| mekka & symposium | General Information |
Introduction |
In the last years, this demo scene event has grown to the best
and biggest German party and its name can sometimes be heard
together with "The Party", "The Gathering" or "Assembly" in the
same sentence.
That doesn't mean it's just another huge anonymous lamer conference; in 1997 we had 750 visitors, in 1996 the Symposium had 640, the Mekka 300 visitors, in 1995 the BlackBox Symposium had also around 300 visitors. This party is known for its "scenish" flavour, for prominent sceners being there and for high-quality releases. Attenders come from all important platforms, that is mainly the C64, PC, Amiga and some other systems such as the Atari. For the Mekka & Symposium 1998, we expect about 850 visitors having four nice Easter days. |
Location |
The party place is situated between Hamburg and Hannover, in a
small town called Fallingbostel. Most of you already know this
hall from the Symposium & Mekka '97 and we are confident that
the space will suffice one more time. Some mistakes we've made
last time will be corrected, so we'll have a dark hall in the
day-time, better sound equipment and clean toilets. The address
is:
Heidmarkhalle An der Heidmarkhalle 1 29683 Fallingbostel http://www.fallingbostel.de/ ;-)
 A phone number will be published on our WWW site a few days before the event starts. If you're going to come by car, you will be driving down the highway A7 - Fallingbostel is announced (here's a good map). From the highway exit, there will be signs directing you to the party place. Also, people living there will recognize you by your weird look and gladly point you the way to the Heidmarkhalle. When coming by train, you have to use some major train to either Hamburg or Hannover (whichever is nearer to you), and change for Fallingbostel there. Then you can make use of the free 24h Bus Shuttle service we will set up like every year. You should have contacted Raw Style in advance, just to be sure. If you're coming without equipment, you can also take the walk (half an hour). We'll open the doors on Friday, the 10th of April, 12:00 CET. The party will last until Monday the 13th, 12:00 CET. The entrance fee for the whole time amounts to 50 DM (about 35 US-Dollars). We don't take foreign currencies. Girls and Mat/Ozone get in for free! There is no table reservation, and no possibility of paying in advance! Money which is left is spent on the competition prizes. Bring your own power connectors! There will be an external warm sleeping hall right besides the party hall. Nevertheless, if you need a quiet place to sleep, you can stay at the local youth hostel, which is located about 500m from the party place. If you have the necessary member card and you are interested, this is the address:
Jugendherberge Fallingbostel DJH Landesverband Hannover e.V. Liethweg 1 29683 Fallingbostel Phone: +49 5162 2274 |
Bus Trips |
Are you organizing another bus trip to MS98? Please contact Raw Style so we can advertise it on the web page (and for plain boasting ;D) |
Features |
The IRC channel #ms98 on IRCNet has been open since January; drop by and meet the organizers and the visitors! |
Food |
We'll sell sandwiches, snacks (Mars, Snickers etc.) and Coke/Sprite etc. all the time. A snack-bar providing fries, hamburgers etc. will be in front of the building, almost 24h a day. Besides that you can still walk those few meters into the city of Fallingbostel and make use of the shops and bars there (most shops open only on Saturday). Of course you may also bring stuff from home. |
Time Table |
Friday, 10th April ------------------------------------------ 12:00 Opening 16:00 Opening ceremony Saturday, 11th April ------------------------------------------ 15:00 Deadline I: All music and graphics competitions, Wild, 4K Intro. 18:00 C64 Music competition 20:00 Graphics competition 23:00 Wild competition Sunday, 12th April ------------------------------------------ 01:00 C64 Graphics competition 08:00 Module competition 09:30 Ronny/Teklords live at the turntables 10:00 Deadline II: All intro competitions, Game 32K. 11:00 4K Intros Amiga, PC, C64 12:30 ANSI competition 13:00 Graphics, repeat 14:00 XM competition 16:30 Game 32K competition 17:30 C64 Graphics, repeat 18:00 Deadline III: All demo competitions. 18:00 40K Intros Amiga 20:00 64K Intros PC 22:00 PC demo and Win95 demo competitions Monday, 13th April ------------------------------------------ 00:00 Amiga demo competition 02:00 C64 demo competition 05:00 Voting deadline 10:00 Prize giving, closing ceremony 12:00 End of the party |
General |
The usual legal mush: We are not responsible for stolen computer
equipment or other personal items you bring with you. We aren't
responsible for personal injuries either. Take care of yourself,
your friends and your luggage. We didn't have much trouble with
theft on our parties, but it might be better to think twice
about taking a certain valuable thing with you onto the party.
The use of alcohol is hereby explicitly forbidden. After facing severe damages and personal attacks on the last party due to heavily drunken individuals, we chose to put up this rule. Drunken guys won't be let inside, disturbing guys will be put outside. Don't consume Vodka in front of the stage. Don't *vomit* onto the floor. If we find you to be destroying things, either intellectual property (hacking the network system), or physically damaging the building, you can be sure we won't forget you. Please respect German law. Illegal actions, especially regarding software piracy, can not be tolerated. Dutch visitors should try to be aware of the fact that weed is an illegal drug here. Have fun! And if you have ideas of what might be fun on the party, don't hesitate to contact us, even on the party.You're part of the party! |
