THE FUTURE IS BEFORE YOUR EYES : SUNDOWN 2008 : 12-14th SEPTEMBER 2008 : UNITED KINGDOM
The UK's premier demoscene party is back for 2008 and is due to take place from the 12th-14th September at the same location; the Budleigh Salterton Town Hall. Based in the peaceful seaside town of Budleigh Salterton, part of Devon on the South-West coast of the UK, Sundown returns for the fourth time to celebrate the demoscene culture and provides 72 hours of non-stop demoparty action.
This year sees our continuing trend of year on year improvements in the form of:
MASSIVE Big Screen and superb clarity projection courtesy of Stage Electrics
Highly improved, non flammable quality soundsystem
Another Free-for-all projection screen for scener use
Competitions in conjunction with the mighty Bitfellas
OPEN Competitions for remote participation in many categories
Space for up to 100 people
Drinking is FULLY permitted but you cannot buy drink from us unless we give it away (which does happen!)
Much more to be announced!
WE HAVE PRIZES - thanks to nVidia and Renoise!
For those wanting to get in touch please make a note of my number: rc55 (Ruairi Fullam) - (07779) 263720
NEWS UPDATE!
Hi there! I thought I'd put together a blinking huge update on how planning with
Sundown is going for the '08. There certainly has been a big change in the
amount of work involved for this year, down to a number of factors.
So, what's new? :
- FIRSTLY, IF YOU NEED A LIFT FROM EITHER LONDON AIRPORTS OR EXETER TO
BUDLEIGH, MAKE SURE YOU GET IN TOUCH NOW TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT
Use the forums or e-mail rc55@rc55.com.
- GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! :)
Less than two weeks remaining - and remember the competitions are OPEN - so you DON'T have to be at the party to compete.
- NEW SOUNDSYSTEM
We have a new Sound system provided by Shevek (from Tech Adventure). This
professional audio setup ensures the best possible audio quality for all
productions shown. Shevek is a keen professional audio enthusiast and
spends a signficant amount of time maintaining his PA equipment to peak
performance. Put it this way, if it caught on fire like the soundsystem did
last year, it's safe to say we're cursed.
Syphus has been a member of the UK Demoscene and more recently was joined
the prestiguous Amiga group UP Rough. Unlike most "chip-tune" musicians,
Syphus arms himself with authentic software and hardware, utilising his
arsenal of Commodore Amiga systems and both classic and new-era trackers,
from Protracker, to Xeron's awesome AHX-on-crack HivelyTracker.
We still await the call back from REED RICHARDS, who actively avoids us
when we raise the question. I seriously don't think he's as British as he
thinks.
- HIGHER QUALITY PROJECTION CONFIRMED
We've enlisted the facilities of Stage Electrics (Exeter), to provide us
with the same high quality screen but a newer projector, the SANYO XT16
which will throw 3500 ANSI lumens at 1024x768 onto our 14 x 10' Fastfold
screen. This will ensure that the colour accuracy will be far improved over
last years existing projector, making sure the show will look the best it
can. The fist sized pixels are back!
- HIGHEST SUNDOWN ATTENDANCE EVER
Our current attendance list shows that we have 27 people fully paid up, 55
people planning to go and 33 people considering coming to Sundown.
People of note include Allister Brimble formerly of Team 17, members of
TRSI, Calodox, BDSE, Torment, UK Scene Allstars, Rebels and IRIS.
It may be that this year we could have some form of capacity issues, but
nothing we cannot work with. Hamtastic!
- NEW DESIGNATED SLEEPING AREAS
We now have three rooms available which can accomodate around 3/4 sceners
for sleeping purposes. These are currently first come first served - and
are provided in addition to the other areas in and around the hall where
people can sleep. Two of them even have toilets right next door, so if you
have a weak bladder, you can rest easy.
- LIMITED SHOWER FACILITIES
Put simply, my sister lives near the hall and is willing to allow people
to shower at her house for £2.50 per shower on Saturday morning (the cost
is because she is on metered water), be sure to bring your own towel, or
if you require one in advance, please contact us.
- WE CAN BUY YOU SLEEPING EQUIPMENT, LIKE - £20
For £20 we can provide you with an inflatable mattress and 300gsm sleeping
bag for use in the party hall - be sure to ask in advance by e-mailing us.
If you would prefer specific products, feel free to e-mail us your order
from the www.argos.co.uk catalogue.
- NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM
VJ Lex from Pyrolighting / The Party Lab will be providing us with an
assortment of professional lighting to spice up the atmosphere of the party
hall - changing our traditional salmon walls to something much more
atmospheric - coupled with our live music on Friday and the demo shows on
Saturday, the party will look the part!
- MEATY'S QUIZ
Giles Constant of Assembly TV will return once more to present his panel
quiz with four select sceners to test their demoscene knowledge, skills and
endurance in a style unparalleled in the scene.
Expect Ham. Expect Pretzels. Expect Inflatables. Meaty's Quiz is back.
- MUCH IMPROVED NETWORKING
Traditionally our Network facilities have been bloody awful, however this
year, we have a much improved solution in the form of a Wireless link
provided by WestLAN (LAN Party crew) - using uber-stable Zyxel bridging
and a tried and tested routing solution meaning a stable connection should
be available for the entire duration of the party.
- THERE IS A NEW PICTURE OF THE QUEEN AT THE BACK OF THE HALL
You cant help but swell in up in euphoric patriotism as our ultimate
monarch beams her trademark understated smile amongst us all. Be sure to
wave to her as you chew on your beef jerky, scoff your space-cake or down
your cheap beers.
- FOR SOME REASON THERE IS A NEW PROJECTOR AND SCREEN INSTALLED WE CANT USE
Yeah, it's true! It's probably HD as well, but I have been told that we can
most likely use it for Sundown 09! There's even a kick ass audio setup
there too!
- SECOND PROJECTOR
For anyone wanting to do a XERON OF IRIS, there's a second projector and 6
x 6' screen for anyones use - private demoshows and Wii shenanigans are
encouraged. (For those not in the know, XERON often had small crowds around
him at previous Sundowns, where he showed many Amiga demos running on
native hardware - 060 all the way!).
- FOOD FACILITIES TBC.
Depending on demand, we may have assistance on Saturday and Sunday in the
form of the classic Bacon butty and Tea service, meaning you can truly live
the utterly British cholesterol-ridden diet. After an evening of poor sleep
and alcoholic abuse, utilise our food service to heal yourself in the way
millions do across the country every weekend.
- I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT SEEMS REMOTELY RELEVANT TO THIS
Really, I can't. So come along, rock out to the gigs, enjoy the prods,
party on the beach, roll around in the huge park, eat a pastie, get a
funny look from an old person, eat some chips, drink some tea, tiptoe in
the sea, collect a rock, send a postcard, SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES, VOTE VOTE
VOTE, go for a walk along the cliffs, high five your friends, make many
new ones, stay up late, thank you come again and most of all KICK IT
DEMOSTYLE!
Syphus has been a member of the UK Demoscene and more recently was joined
the prestiguous Amiga group UP Rough. Unlike most "chip-tune" musicians,
Syphus arms himself with authentic software and hardware, utilising his
arsenal of Commodore Amiga systems and both classic and new-era trackers,
from Protracker, to Xeron's awesome AHX-on-crack HivelyTracker.
