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30 second comps are stupid!

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After a day at the office I come home to, totally unexpected find new prods by MFX,FLT,ASD,Conspiracy and FR
30 seconds or not this ist just way cool!
As happy as Al Bundy with a new issue of "big 'uns".
or billy madison on nudie magazine day :)
added on the 2006-11-07 01:59:53 by phoenix phoenix
A girl I knew (friend only) told me she once had brief relationship with some poor guy who couldn't last longer than about thirty seconds. She didn't have much positive to say about that experience.
It seems ironic as well as strange; that within a scene so traditionally respectful of small limitations, that one's patience could be so benign to with regards to time.
it's exponentially harder to say something profound within 30 seconds than it is within 4 or 5 minutes; just as it is harder to write something for four tracks than it is 32. Or how about lets denote all great works of art to be size?
Give me 10second demos. Give me 18min intros. give me wow factor.
added on the 2006-11-07 12:55:40 by Gaia Gaia
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A girl I knew (friend only) told me she once had brief relationship with some poor guy who couldn't last longer than about thirty seconds. She didn't have much positive to say about that experience.

Nothing else to say about it.

Come on! 30 seconds it's for showing the name! As in ADITS.
added on the 2006-11-07 17:26:02 by xernobyl xernobyl
For those who haven't noticed, tv commercials are also 30 seconds. And some of them are extremely memorable.

30 seconds should be enough to say a 'story' with a meaning.
added on the 2006-11-07 17:33:37 by Navis Navis
After size limits there is a new idea: time limits. This could be interesting since it forces to make the demo densely spiced with interesting effects and atmosphere.
added on the 2006-11-07 17:41:53 by Adok Adok
We could also say that 128b and 256b are stupid too. Both 30' demos and 128b/256b have limitation: in first "what effect and how to present it in the best way" and in second "how to optimize it correcty" efforts. I preffer Hardwired/TSL than Oddysey/ATZ demo from the Party 1991.
added on the 2006-11-07 18:19:37 by sim sim
Adok: then you go to a party to watch 2 minutes of demos? :|
added on the 2006-11-07 18:29:48 by xernobyl xernobyl
30 seconds? pff. 5 seconds to rule them all. with looping!
The scene has to except this 'new found' form of competition!

Maybe Breakpoint 2007 can set an example
and do this 30 seconds demo compo with the same size limit of the 'real' demo compo for starters??
added on the 2006-11-07 20:08:23 by magic magic
ehm.. accept ofcoz not except ;)
added on the 2006-11-07 20:15:18 by magic magic
It hardly seems worth downloading, unpacking and running if all you get is 30 seconds.

Personally, when I watch demos, I like to grab a coffee, sit back in my chair and enjoy the show.
So this is what espresso is for.
added on the 2006-11-07 20:22:32 by doomdoom doomdoom
30 seconds to add something to a pouet discussion thread ... thats to much waste of usefull time and damn it : I did it :D
added on the 2006-11-07 20:27:21 by titus^rab titus^rab
Yeah, lets have a 5s "flash" demo compo.
added on the 2006-11-07 20:37:19 by Stelthzje Stelthzje
ffs, you guys act like if all demos would be 30 secs long from now on
added on the 2006-11-07 20:40:28 by zoom zoom
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After size limits there is a new idea: time limits.
"new" ... get your facts straight.

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Maybe Breakpoint 2007 can set an example
and do this 30 seconds demo compo with the same size limit of the 'real' demo compo for starters??
I doubt breakpoint organizing will listen to you.
´30 seconds demo/intro whatever´ ?
Nothing more than a quick eyecandy - maybe - .

Some advertising spots have the same length. coincidentally.

And when it comes to advertising - sorry demoscene, you guys / girls are too creative for only making advertising. At least thats my experience after several years.

Its 30 secs. compo demos why should it happen again? ;p
added on the 2006-11-07 22:36:24 by gentleman gentleman
MadenMann: if you doubt something please explain ur self so people know where you base you oppinion on :D
added on the 2006-11-07 23:19:08 by magic magic
simulaatio (either I or II or both) also had a 45 second wild compo. That worked pretty well.. If the prod was shit atleast you didn't have to look at it for long;-)
added on the 2006-11-08 00:13:16 by uncle-x uncle-x
I just don't get it. Every such a post appears I just look to check whether it's magic or only stefan posting as magic and every time it's the real magic. WTF?!

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We won't dicuss this anymore with anyone not actually involved for obvious don't-waste-time-on-trolls reasons.
added on the 2006-10-11 by scamp
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ffs, you guys act like if all demos would be 30 secs long from now on


they wont? :D
15 sec then? :D
added on the 2006-11-08 14:31:27 by elkmoose elkmoose
We could also have a 0-second demo compo (= gfx compo)
or a 0-day demo compo (= fast demo compo)
;-)
added on the 2006-11-08 14:38:36 by Adok Adok
oh gee.. really?

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