Can we talk about Demoparties as creative environment (working vs raving)?
category: parties [glöplog]
Just to give my perspective: I still do love all this raving shit until early morning and still love sleeping inside the hall, no matter what. And want to keep on with that, as long as this is possible for me.
But you eventually made some valid points here, since we do not get younger AND you are totally right, that sound-system nowadays got really equipped.
I also like the suggestion made here, that there are also always smaller parties to attend, that do not have this monster-PAs, eternal compo-blocks and such.
PS: Leaving the party for a hotel also does absolutely not work for me - it's a little like you explained, rp. I needed to do it during covid times and it still feel strange for me to do so.
But you eventually made some valid points here, since we do not get younger AND you are totally right, that sound-system nowadays got really equipped.
I also like the suggestion made here, that there are also always smaller parties to attend, that do not have this monster-PAs, eternal compo-blocks and such.
PS: Leaving the party for a hotel also does absolutely not work for me - it's a little like you explained, rp. I needed to do it during covid times and it still feel strange for me to do so.
@D.Fox: Was surprised that all compos allowed remote entries this year. Thought this only applies to the fast-compos. Is this helping in any way (like having enough entries for certain categories)?
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@D.Fox: Was surprised that all compos allowed remote entries this year. Thought this only applies to the fast-compos. Is this helping in any way (like having enough entries for certain categories)?
We allow remote entries ever since we returned to the E Werk.
gasman put it beautifully in the Revision thread:
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Quote:Remote submissions are relatively new invention, they are corona leftovers afaik.
They are indeed, and of course this question came up when we returned to doing real-world events. I was one of those fervently in favour of continuing remote submissions, mainly in view of the massive support we had from places like Japan and South America during the online editions - places from where people can't reasonably be expected to make the trip to Germany. (Kudos to those who do anyway :-) ) It would have been such a kick in the teeth to send them the message "thanks for the support but now we're going to go back to doing our old on-site thing, kthxbye".
If there's one positive to come out of covid, it's that it got us to figure out better ways to include people across geographic boundaries. Let's not throw that away.
Going back to rp's post...
First off, kudos for the honest feedback. I have to admit that I was absolutely stunned by how much I liked MountainBytes — the opposite of Revision in every imaginable way: fewer people, fewer releases, less noise.
But the most important thing for me was how quiet the party place was most of the time. I had tons of great conversations and even small ad-hoc work sessions, which I really enjoyed.
In contrast, the PA at Revision's main stage is so loud that it's absolutely impossible to hold a conversation. (Yes, the real party is outside, but I'm just one of those strange people who like to nerd out watching or showing stuff on the screen.) Maybe it’s just me, but has the volume level increased over the years?
Does it really need to go full volume for all jingles and things like the photo compo?
I'm not demanding anything here — it’s probably just me.
First off, kudos for the honest feedback. I have to admit that I was absolutely stunned by how much I liked MountainBytes — the opposite of Revision in every imaginable way: fewer people, fewer releases, less noise.
But the most important thing for me was how quiet the party place was most of the time. I had tons of great conversations and even small ad-hoc work sessions, which I really enjoyed.
In contrast, the PA at Revision's main stage is so loud that it's absolutely impossible to hold a conversation. (Yes, the real party is outside, but I'm just one of those strange people who like to nerd out watching or showing stuff on the screen.) Maybe it’s just me, but has the volume level increased over the years?
Does it really need to go full volume for all jingles and things like the photo compo?
I'm not demanding anything here — it’s probably just me.
