N A I D - T H E  A P R A X I A  F A C T O R
North American International PC DEMO Festival

NAID - Infofile Version 2.2 - January 10th, 1994

Organized by

MAIN ORGANIZERS

Mr. Khan                              (Etienne Caron)
The Veritech Knight                   (William Le)
Midnight Sun    (Site Coordinator)    (Eric Lagacé)
Struk           (Public Relations)    (Laurent Gauthier)
Deverox         (Design)              (Benoit Ladouceur)

THE TEAM (In alphabetical order)

Alex                                  (Alexandre Boisseau)
Bird                                  (Michel Gaudreau)
Boggart                               (Eric Nadeau)
Coluche                               (Philippe Bédard)
Cousin IT                             (Simon-Pierre Pomerleau)
Foin                                  (Louis-Martin Carrière)
Karine                                (Karine Boulianne)
Killer                                (France Viau)
Kodiac                                (Cédric Legault)
Martin                                (Martin Pépin)
Pierre                                (Pierre Jackson)
Hegor                                 (Richard Dumas)
Shaun                                 (Shaun Doré)
Spelljammer                           (François-Michel Larocque)
The Black Vulture                     (Philippe Gamache)
White Wizard                          (Pascal Alain)
Wolf                                  (Benoit Provencher)
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Sponsored by

Current Official Sponsors:

Collège Edouard-Montpetit

Introduction

You are reading the official invitation text-file to the North
American International Demo Festival held at Edouard-Montpetit
College in Longueuil, 15 minutes from the well known city of
Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Prepare for *the* most INCREDIBLY HUMONGOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY
event ever held ...in Montreal that is. For those who ever dreamnt
of attending a big demoparty, (on this side of the ocean), this
is the closest you'll ever get without having to learn any
finnish :) .

The event will last 2 days, Saturday the 15th of April from 9am
until 9pm Sunday the 16th.

Ticket costs are: 5$ for only one day.
7$ for the works (2 days plus sleeping quarters).

Places are limited to 1100 people, so reserve your tickets today!
(7 canadian dollars...Do you know how much that is worth? Dare to
compare! :> ).

Party Features

There will be on-site at the festival:

Demo/intro/music/gfx compos w/prizes

Lotsa space for everyone
(capacity is around 1100 peoples + computers)

Lots of Parking space

Easy access to water, bathrooms, showers.

Electricity for everyone (Bring your own computer!... but if it
gets decapitated, trampled on, or simply thrown into the olympic
sized pool, well... JUST TOO BAD ! :>> The organizers are not
responsible for your equipment)
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Security guards on service 24h/day

Lots of comfortable and quiet sleeping places (Bring your own
sleeping bags). Classrooms (where people will sleep) will be
locked to ensure luggage safety. You can reserve classrooms in
advance if you are a group. Contact us!

First-Aid available on the site 24h/day

HUMONGOUS Dolby Surround sound system

HUMONGOUS screen

HUMONGOUS light setup

On-site Olympic size pool

Diskthrowing competition and other crazy-like activities

Dinosaur museum (Come show-off your PC Junior,XT,etc.)

On site programming/music making/gfx drawing

The Party-place is close to every luxury this civilisation
can provide (restaurants, bars, shopping malls, arcades,etc.)

The Voting System

The Jury will be composed of professional people in the domain of
graphics, music, and programming. There will also be public prizes
where the public will be the judge.

Prizes

Prizes will be composed of cash and/or hardware. All numbers
here are subject to change (probably for the best :>).

Ranking         Demo    Intro    Music  Graphic     Total

1st place      1000$     500$     300$     300$
2nd place       600$     350$     200$     200$
3rd place       300$     200$     100$     100$

Public Prize   1000$     500$     300$     300$

2900$    1550$     900$     900$   = 6250$

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Competition Rules

Demo Compo

The Demo's runtime size must not exceed 3 megs. Time limit is
20 minutes. All demos will be run on the same machine (Contestants
will have some time to test their productions before the compo).

Intro Compo

The intro's runtime size must not exceed 100k. Time limit is
5 minutes. All intros will be run on the same machine (Contestants
will have some time to test their productions before the compo.).

Music Compo

All the songs will be played by default with Inertia Player (IPlay).
If you have a file format IPlay cannot play or you don't want to
use IPlay, be sure to have your own player (All songs must be
tracked, no midi files will be accepted). There will not be a seperate
compo for multi-channel and 4 channel songs. (A song is a song).
Song length cannot exceed 5 minutes. Limit one song per person.

Graphics Compo

All graphics must be "hand drawn" (so to speak). No ray-traced,
ripped or scanned images. Maximum resolution is 640x480x256. The
latest version of CSHOW will be used to display the pics. When
submitting a pic, an earlier version of that pic and a non-signed
version must also be handed in. Limit one pic per person.

Competition Computer

The computer used for the compos will be:

486DX2/80 with 8 Megs of RAM
A 32bit Local Bus VGA card
Gravis UltraSound sound card w/ 1 meg
or Sound Blaster Pro2.

Distribution

Everything will be distributed on-site and off, unless the
respective authors request otherwise.

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Deadlines

Intros ··· All intros must be received by
19h00 Saturday the 15th of April 1995.

Demos ···· All demos *must* be received by Midnight,
Saturday the 15th of April 1995.
(Midnight as in the minute between
Saturday and Sunday).

Music ···· All music compositions must be received by
15h00 Saturday the 15th of April 1995.

Graphics · All pics must be received by 15h30
Saturday the 15th of April 1995.

Of course, if it took 6 months of your life to code the most
ultimate demo ever in the history of mankind, and it's 5 minutes
late, well...
JUST TOO BAD !

Application

When submitting a demo, intro, music or graphic for the compo
(either the day of the compo, or to one of the organizers in
advance, preferably the latter), be sure to fill the appropriate
form and pack it with your submission.

See section "Contact Us" to know how to... contact us! :)

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Demo Compo        │                                           NAID'95

Group Name (if any): _

Member(s):
AGE    NAME/HANDLE

< You can add lines! >

Your country/town/etc:

Demo TITLE: _

Demo Size (kb): _     KB

Demo Approx. Length: _     Minutes

Could it be released on site?  [ ] Yeah!
[ ] No way (or: we will ourself...)
[ ] Uncertain yet...

Anything else we should know?

< You can add lines! >

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Intro Compo       │                                           NAID'95

Group Name (if any): _

Member(s):
AGE    NAME/HANDLE

< You can add lines! >

Your country/town/etc:

Intro TITLE: _

Intro Size (kb): _     KB

Intro Approx. Length: _     Minutes

Could it be released on site?  [ ] Yeah!
[ ] No way (or: we will ourself...)
[ ] Uncertain yet...

Anything else we should know?

< You can add lines! >

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Music Compo       │                                           NAID'95

Author(s)/Group(s):
AGE    NAME/HANDLE      of       GROUP

< You can add lines! >

Your country/town/etc:

Specify File Format: ___
File Name          : _

Song Title         : _
Song Style         : _
Song Size          : _
Number of channels : _
Song approx length : __ minutes and __ seconds

Will you have your own player?  Yes [  ]   No [  ]
If Yes, enter the command line we should use to play your song:

Anything else we should know?

< You can add lines! >

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Graphic Compo     │                                           NAID'95

Author(s)/Group(s):
AGE    NAME/HANDLE      of       GROUP

< You can add lines! >

Your country/town/etc:

Artwork's Title: _
Specify File Format: ___
File Name : _
File Size : _
Resolution: ____x____, _____ colors

Anything else we should know?

< You can add lines! >

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CONTACT US!

Call The Robotech Factory +1-514-465-3408 and leave the necessary
feedback. SysOp: The Veritech Knight

Write on: NADnet - Official NAID echo net!
WHQ: Rash Reflections +1-514-635-4043, SysOp: Coluche

Internet: E-Mail naid@ebsco.com (fastest/cheapest way)
mail answered by the Veritech Knight

Snail-Mail:

NAID / APRAXIA
College Edouard-Montpetit
945, chemin de Chambly
Longueuil (Québec)
J4H 3M6

Don't hesitate to call / write for info.
Route maps available if you are comming by bus or car (ask for them).
Send ticket orders to the above address, don't forget that ticket
prices are in canadian funds and please make your checks out to :
NAID/APRAXIA - College Edouard-Montpetit.
(If you want maps add 1$ for shipping&handling)
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P.S. - Do not worry if you sent us mail to an older adress released
in a previous version of the info-file, that mail will still reach
the main organizers and is forwarded to the College.