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Demos at nvision

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From what I gather, this is more than just a scene party and I'm thinking there might be a few commercial/non-scene entries that will really open the playing field and provide some tough competition.

On one hand Nvision could be a great step in the evolution of the scene and we're sure to see some amazing releases, but on the other, a lot of sceners might find they're small fish in a very big pond.

It's gonna be interesting! :)
added on the 2008-08-17 13:30:20 by Wade Wade
navis: seeing as we arent under any (demobox-related) pressure to finish and our animator is on holiday, its pretty doubtful we'll be rushing to make it.
added on the 2008-08-17 16:04:01 by smash smash
demoscene sellout
added on the 2008-08-18 01:25:32 by elkmoose elkmoose
Wade: I imagine we'll see the same schism happen that's happened in europe, where there are big (gamer related) corporate events and smaller hacking-oriented parties.
added on the 2008-08-18 07:25:39 by GbND GbND
GbND: hacking related events?... uh, where?
added on the 2008-08-18 09:02:58 by Puryx Puryx
wait, navis is actually flying over? are more people gonna? i thought only garg+gloom+steeler would :-)
added on the 2008-08-18 09:14:50 by skrebbel skrebbel
I will bring a demo.
added on the 2008-08-18 09:16:41 by arm1n arm1n
Is it known how many groups applied for one of the demoboxes from nvidia?
added on the 2008-08-18 10:18:56 by Stebo Stebo
Quote:
wait, navis is actually flying over? are more people gonna? i thought only garg+gloom+steeler would :-)

http://nvision.scene.org/registrations/ , the list of euroweenies looks pretty similar to http://www.nvision2008.com/Enthusiasts/nvscene_speakers.cfm
added on the 2008-08-18 10:53:39 by hollowman hollowman
Would like to see a video of the "The History of the Demoscene" sometime.
added on the 2008-08-18 11:07:15 by Sander Sander
It will be very interesting to see if the demo-compo can live up to the hype!
I mean with the speculation that the sub-par quality demo-compos of some recent parties (ASM most notably) is a direct effect of groups holding out for nvision, expectations are high.
If the compos indeed turns out to be a big success as people expect, I must say that I am a bit surprised that the organizers managed to pull this off.
A completely new event, far from the geographical "heart" of the scene. What exactly is the draw?
Sure, prices are good, but not as high as ASM for example. The attendance will probably be nowhere near that of the large European parties, so there won't be the massive crowd reactions to your demo on the bigscreen (or do they count on non-scene people attending and watching the compos)?
added on the 2008-08-18 11:31:36 by Sdw Sdw
Well, one shouldn't underestimate the obligation to support the suppliers of free demoboxes - I think this is what (hopefully) makes the compos at NVision totally awesome - nothing less, nothing more :)
added on the 2008-08-18 11:35:45 by Puryx Puryx
And the fact that it's a huge party that allows remote entries.
added on the 2008-08-18 13:17:31 by imbusy imbusy
Nvidia made sure to buy themselves some releases to show off!
added on the 2008-08-18 13:43:59 by okkie okkie
Puryx: The 2nd largest hacker con and (currently) largest NA demoparty, Notacon/Blockparty:
http://notacon.org/
http://www.demoparty.us/2008/speakers.shtml

Sdw: the draw will be that we will now have -two- parties that we NA'ers don't have to fly over an ocean for. For euros, not as much of a draw. I just hope that NV doesn't back out of doing it next year after this year's attendance is low. I mean if you get 3 dozen sceners to a demoparty in NA right now that's a roaring success, they (and by They I don't mean Temis and Gargaj but the NV corporates) seem to expect that if they pour the money into the party that people will magically fill the space... but us NA'ers are all wary and a huge chunk of the potential audience will be going to PAX instead.
It'll be fuckin' rad if the ILM/Lucasarts or Pixar people come in and throw down. I'm looking forward to that. NVScene should be a highly concentrated party.
added on the 2008-08-18 17:51:50 by GbND GbND
every self respecting scene country should have at least two parties claiming to be the biggest and best. slowly but surely, america is catching up. :)
added on the 2008-08-18 17:55:25 by havoc havoc
nvidia will probably compete with a new techdemo, win the compo and laugh at the scene (prods).
added on the 2008-08-18 18:11:05 by the_Ye-Ti the_Ye-Ti
Nvidia/ATI tech demos don't stand a chance artistically to real demos...
added on the 2008-08-18 19:16:09 by slux slux
lol
added on the 2008-08-18 19:17:43 by okkie okkie
GbND: what's the biggest NA hacker con?
added on the 2008-08-18 19:21:17 by xernobyl xernobyl
my imagination tells me rgba will release a 4kb realtime GPU raytracing intro.
added on the 2008-08-18 19:22:21 by xernobyl xernobyl
xernobyl: it's like the movie hackers with Sickboy and Lara Croft and it's all about day-glo, spandex and skateboards!
added on the 2008-08-18 19:28:15 by okkie okkie
This man is an American hacker!

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added on the 2008-08-18 19:31:04 by okkie okkie
okkie: hoho! sick boy, lara croft, and <blink>**MARC ANTHONY**</blink>
added on the 2008-08-18 19:48:02 by skrebbel skrebbel

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