THE "COPY ME" RULE SET - by Netpoet/Park Studios/Downlords

In this chapter I give you a complete set of party compo rules that I propose.
Feel free to use this set any way you like, including adding, deleting or 
changing of parts or whole sections. Please take note of the fact that you will 
still have to put life into the surprise compos. It doesn't make sense to give 
everybody the same compo ideas, of course, so you'll have to make up some own 
ones. :-)

I. GENERAL RULES

1. Entries have to be handed in or uploaded until the given deadline for each 
   compo.

2. Entries that don't match any of the rules listed here or violate any laws
   (especially copyright and protection of minors laws) will not be taken into
   the compos ("disqualified"). By entering an entry the competitor assures
   that by doing so he does not violate any third party's right or law.

3. The organizers have the right to cancel compos or pool several ones together 
   into one for any reason.

4. If referred to a packed filesize, this refers to the size of the unpacked
   file after having been packed with the ZIP routine in the current public
   version.

5. The organizers have the right to have a preselection for each compo. 

6. The author of an entry must either have legally entered the party place
   (usually by paying entry fee or being a woman, as women usually get in for 
   free) in person or have a group member present who hands it in for him/her.

7. Voting system
7.1 There will be a mixture of jury voting and public voting for all compos 
    except for the fun compos that are rated by only public voting. 
7.2 There will be different juries for the Demo, Graphics, Music and Fast 
    categories. 
7.3 Jury members are chosen by the organizers among the applications that have 
    taken place before the party starts. If the jury does not have enough
    members, the organizers choose jury members among the party visitors as 
    they see fit. If asked by the organizers, jury membership is not mandatory.
    In the process of choosing of members, the highest goal is to find
    sophisticated people with different views on the issue to get the most 
    distinguished evaluation possible.
7.4 All juries are set to consist of 7 members. If in spite of all effort to 
    set up juries, the organizers couldn't find enough members, organizers fill
    up the jury members.
7.5 Jury votes count 70% of the final votes, public votes count 30%. 


8. Anonymity
The organizers are allowed (DON'T HAVE) to make graphics or music entries 
anonymous for the presentation during the compo and the party FTP server, if
the artists didn't hand in an anonymous entry version (if required in the
rules) or if this is necessary to keep anonymity.

9. Entries that are not the alleged author's work ("ripped entries") will be 
   disqualified.


II. SPECIFIC RULES

1. Demo category

1.1 General Demo category rules

1.1.1 The compo machine will have the following specifications:
      [Put your specifications here including driver versions!]
       - [Motherboard]
       - [CPU]
       - [RAM size, type and speed]
       - [Operating system]
       - [Graphics card type, RAM type, size and speed onboad]
       - [Soundcard]

1.1.2 The following libraries will be present on the compo machine:
      [List the present libraries here]
       - [First]
       - [Second]
       - ...

1.1.3 The maximum playing length is 10 minutes.

1.1.4 "Unpacked" in this context means that the executable file package may not
      exceed the filesize limit in their "as is" condition, meaning that you 
      may not use an external packer like ZIP, RAR etc. to pack them. You may 
      use an internal executable packer though.

1.2 Demo Compo

The maximum filesize of the executable file package of Demo entries is 8mb
(= 8.589.934.592 byte)  (unpacked).


1.3 64k Intro Compo

The maximum filesize of the executable file package of 64k Intro entries is
65.536 byte (unpacked).

1.4 4k Intro Compo

The maximum filesize of the executable file package of 4k Intro entries is 
4.096 byte (unpacked).

2. Wild Demo category

2.1 Wild Compo

2.1.1 Allowed formats:
      - DVD
      - VCD, SVCD, MVCD
      - Official DivX of any version (codec has to be included)
      - XviD
      - Ogg Video

2.1.2 Entries will be played with the currect public version of Zoom Player. 


2.2 Console Compo

2.2.1 Allowed formats:
      - Playstation 1
      - Playstation 2
      - XBOX
      - Dreamcast

2.2.2 Entries will be played in their native environment.


2.3 Mobile Compo

2.3.1 You can use any kind of mobile gadget with its own specifications, but 
      you have to bring the gadget along to show the organizers that the demo 
      runs on it. 

2.3.2 Entries have to include a list of specifications the gadget has that the 
      demo was made for.

2.3.3 You may hand a captured video of the demo in that will be shown in the  
      compo if you show the organizers that the demo runs on the gadget.


3. Graphics category

3.1 General Graphics category rules

3.1.1 Entries must have two versions: an anonymous and a release on. Anonymous 
      versions may not include any information about the identity of the author,
      must especially not be signed. Release versions may contain the picture 
      in a resolution higher or size bigger than the rules allow. The anonymous
      version will be shown during the compo and be available on the compo FTP
      server, the release version will be sent to scene archives after the
      party.

3.1.2 The anonymous entry version must include 4 pictures of the workflow
      ("steps") giving a clear idea how the pictures evolved. The release
      version may NOT include any steps.

3.1.3 Entries must include a list of used tools (hardware and software) with 
      the exceptions of everything that's typically computer-internal (like OS,
      monitor, mouse etc.).

3.1.4 Maximum picture size: 1024*768 pixels

3.1.5 Allowed formats are:
      - JPG
      - PNG
      - TIF
      - GIF
      - PCX
      - BMP

3.1.6 Entries are shown with ACDSee in the current public version.

3.1.7 You may use all tools you want if not stated otherwise.


3.2 Freestyle Graphics Compo

Nothing specific, just keep the general rules. This also means that you may 
scan or photograph your own work that has to connection to computers.


3.3 Raytraced Graphics Compo

3.3.1 Entries must have been rendered with one of the following programs: 
      - 3D Studio Max
      - Cinema 4D
      - Maya
      - Lightwave
      - Povray
      - Softimage
      - Blender
      - zPaint

3.3.2 The entry has to include one wireframe rendered version of the entry in
      its final status.

3.4 Theme Graphics Compo

Entries have to deal with the theme "[Theme]" in a perceptible way.

4. Music category

4.1 General Music category rules

4.1.1 Entries must have two versions: an anonymous and a release one. Anonymous
      versions may not include any information about the identity of the author
      and no text in our outside the module or song. Release versions may last
      longer, but their filesizes may not be higher than the rules allow. The
      anonymous version will be shown during the compo and be available on the
      compo FTP server, the release version will be sent to scene archives
      after the party.

4.1.2 Maximum playing length of all entries is 3:30 minutes.

4.1.3 Covers and remixes will be disqualified if your work doesn't obviously 
      show.

4.2 Streaming Music Compo

4.2.1 Allowed file formats are:
      - Ogg Vorbis (quality setting of Oggdrop at least 5.0)
      - MP3 (at least 192kbps CBR, ABR or VBR)
      - FLAC (Fully Lossless Audio Codec)
      - APE (Monkey's Audio Codec)

4.2.2 Entries are played with the current public 2.9x version of Winamp. There
      is no need to enter a Winamp plugin for any allowed file format.

4.2.3 Ogg entries have to be encoded with the Oggdrop quality setting 5.0; MP3 
      entries have to be encoded with at least 192kbps CBR, ABR or VBR.

4.3 Tracked Music Compo

4.3.1 Allowed file formats are the following. The programs in parenthesis after
      the file format define the program that will be used for playback during 
      the compo. If not stated otherwise, the newest current public version of 
      the program will be used.
      - MOD (XMPlay)
      - STM  (XMPlay)
      - XM (XMPlay)
      - IT (XMPlay. If you request Impulse Tracker to be used, hand it in as 
        well.)
      - RNS (Renoise)
      - MT2 (Winamp via MT2 plugin)

4.3.2 The maximum file size of the entry is 800.000 byte (packed).

4.4 Jingle

4.4.1 Allowed file formats are the same as in the Streaming Music Compo.

4.4.2 The maximum playing length of the entry is 30 seconds.

4.4.3 The jingle has to deal with the topic "[Topic]".

5. Fun category (set themes and deadlines here! Don't publish surprise 
   compos on your website, of course! :))

5.1 Handdrawn Compo 

5.2 Fast Music, Coding or Hacking Compo

5.3 [etc.]
