Underground Conference 4 gw
   Show your skills. Competitions...

A party of course needs competitions. But as Underground Conference is a special party, we got special competitions, too. Some of our ideas got ripped by other partys during the last years, just like some other concepts. Oh well, we don't care too much. We are better anyway ;)

We will have two types of competitions: The major ones that even will have some real prizes for the winners (but please remember we still are non-commercial, so don't expect too much, details about prizes will be published at a later time). The second type of competitions are the not-so-major-but-lotsa-fun-competitions including realtime-competitions like the FAAAAAAAAAAAZZT-Intro-Competition (those will be announced at the party).

Please notice that this list still may change. It's up to you what competitions will be held and which will be dropped. Discuss this topic with other visitors if you like. If you have an idea for a special competition or a liveact, let us know. We're open for almost everything. Hey, this is UC, remember? ;)

Demo/Intro Compo [Updated]
Pixel GFX Compo
Multichannel-with-live-support Compo
Chiptune-Compo
Multichannel-Compo
Cracking-Compo
Shit-music-Compo
180 BPM Topfschlagen (Pan-beating)
SID-Music-Headbanging
PR0N-Leech [Updated]
POSiNG-Competition
Harddisk-Throwing
Faaaaaaaazt-Competitions
Compo-Machine


Demo/Intro Compo [Updated]

rules: All sizes, all lenghts, everything allowed but: format must be .BAT, .COM or .EXE (for PC's that is. Amiga, C64, Atari and whatever-users might prefer some other format ;) Organizers will try to run everything. Remember: This is not TP4 - not the best 3ds-duck will win, the most creative demo will. Also keep in mind that visitors might be drunk or stoned or just in funny mood. Don't show us boring code, don't show us a boring "design-demo". Do something we can laugh about. This is your chance to do something progressive. Fun. Whatever. There are no convention. Just do something NEW and outstanding and there is a good chance to win the compo and lotsa love from the visitors.

Additional Information [New]: This is some kind of "wilddemo"-compo. The difference is: We don't allow VHS or MPEG's or similar shit. If you use a different platform than the competition-machine listed below, bring it along and show your demo/intro live. Explanations what the demo is running on will be shown to the visitors so they can compare. Right now we only have information about planned entrys for the listed compo-machine and a 386-DX/33 with just floppy and GUS. If you feel like doing a 386-oldschool-thingy, that's your chance ;)

Pixel GFX Compo

rules: All fileformats on all systems. This is the pixel compo. Nearly all partys today allow you to hand it stupid scanned or rendered shit as a "pixelled gfx". That sucks. Every real gfx'er who hand-pixeled his image should be pissed about it. We won't accept that for UC. If there are doubts about your contribution, be sure to have some steps of the work handy.

If there is enough request for one, we will held a seperate compo for Raytraced Images. We don't think so right now. Same goes for the ANSI Compo

Multichannel-with-live-support Compo

rules: This is one of the best inventions UC brought to life. Everyone loves it, so make sure not to miss this chance for a contribution. Create a module with your favourite tracker. At the party you have to "support" your song live. Either with your voice or with some weird instrument or whatever comes into your mind.

Chiptune-Compo

rules: Create a Chiptune with your favourite tracker. Maximum filesize is 40KB. If you prefer you can also do a "real" chiptune using SID, ADLIB or whatever.

Multichannel-Compo

rules: The classical Music-Compo. Maximum filesize is 1 MB. Not much to say about this one.

Cracking-Compo

rules: At the party it will be possible to get a "crackme"-programm. This programm just consists of 3 different protection levels. For every level you solve (find the hidden message) you will get 1 Point. The person who first solves all 3 levels gets 3 additional points. Guess what, the person with the highest score wins. Even if you are not a cracker, this competition might be an interessting new alternative for you. Try it.


Not-so-major-but-still-lotsa-fun-Compos:

Shit-music-Compo

rules: Create the worst module in the universe. But be creative, it's too easy to make 250BPM-hardcore-shitmusic.

180 BPM Topfschlagen (Pan-beating)

rules: This compo exists since the very first Underground Conference. Beat on an old pot with a stick. We will sample it and measure the BPM-Rate. You have to get at close as possible to 180 BPM to win.

SID-Music-Headbanging

rules: Yeah, now that's a HARDCORE competition. We will play some nice C64-SID-Tunes and some weird braindead people will jump, bang and dance to it. The best way you are a complete nerd ... and it's hell fun ;)

PR0N-Leech [Updated]

rules: Maybe the most insane competition. 100% senseless. We will setup a server full of porn-pics. At the beginning of the compo, we will open up ftp access to that server. Now everyone gets 10 Minutes to leech as many files as possible. Then we will check who got most. The winner may keep all files, the others may do the same ;)
Additional Information [New]: This is a freestyle-competition. Everything is allowed. Just get as many files as possible. You may flood other participants, you may try to DOS-attack them, everything (as long as nothing get's destroyed and not hardware attacks occur... i.e. cutting all other cables doesnt count ;). Yeah, this will be a fucking freaking ACTION competition ;)

POSiNG-Competition

rules: Now it's time to show off. Just convince the audioence that you are the biggest poser of all times. Bring your rented girlfriend, tell a nice posing story about yourself or whatever. Just pose ;)

Harddisk-Throwing

rules: This is another competition that exists since the very first Underground Conference. You will get some old HDDs. Throw them as far as you can. The winner wins. The meassurements will be done in ELiTEGROUP Member steps.

Faaaaaaaaazt-Competitions

rules: 2 b announzed at the party


Compo-Machine

For all PC Competitions, the Compomachine will be:

celeron 450, 128 mb ram, gus, sb16, Riva TNT2 For other systems we might use something differnet. Toasters and such.

More info on this topic at a later time.