U.S. Demoscene Party - Blockparty

[Rayza]

Anyone going to this event? Looks like virt will be there doing a talk on FM Synthesis. I'm thinking of going since a horror convention I attend occasionally will be in Cleveland the same weekend. I've always wanted to check one of these out, but they tend to be in places like Finland and Sweden..

http://www.demoparty.us/index.shtml

Actually reading a bit more, this seems like a smaller gathering at something called Notacon.

http://www.notacon.org/

[OverCoat]

[21:47] <soc> coda
[21:48] <soc> are you going to blockparty
[21:48] <@coda> yes
[21:48] <@coda> are you
[21:48] <soc> no lol
[21:48] <soc> but Rayza from OCR apparently is
[21:48] <soc> maybe
[21:48] <soc> there's a thread about it there LoL
[21:48] <soc> who else is going
[21:48] <soc> virt is going
[21:49] <@coda> everyone
[21:49] <soc> D:

I've always wanted to go to a demoparty but MAGFest is enough plane rides for the year.

I might hang with shizzies during PAX though

[ifirit]

This is exactly the kind of thing I'd like to attend, but to work out travel and accomodations within two weeks on less than $100 doesn't give me much chance of actually doing it.

If anyone wants to offer me a ride or a place to stay, I'd buy them food and drink for the weekend.

[Rayza]

I was seriously considering going, but the cheap room blocks are all gone. It's a bunch more expensive now.. Boo..

[ifirit]

Boo, indeed.

[norg]

i haven't been to a demoparty since naid95 and naid96. i'm desperately going to miss all my old friends who are going to be there. ):

[OverCoat]

I was seriously considering going, but the cheap room blocks are all gone. It's a bunch more expensive now.. Boo..

[this is about Breakpoint 2008, a popular EU demoparty]
[00:41] <Drule> Q: Where can I sleep?
[00:41] <Drule> In the hall, either on the grandstand or on the fluffy carpet under the tables.
[00:41] <Drule> that's fucking disgusting
[00:42] <stupid> nite
[00:42] * stupid (stu@71-36-107-9.ptld.qwest.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[00:42] <Drule> good night
[00:42] <yessopie> heh
[00:43] <yessopie> Yeah, I guess, I've been to a lot of demo parties before, the only one where you didn't sleep on a sleeping bag was block party last year, you had to rent a hotel room
[00:43] <yessopie> with the cost of the hotel, I'd rather just sleep on the floor
[00:43] <yessopie> at LTP we actually slept on a sleeping bag outside
[00:43] <yessopie> I was woken up by some guy yelling for everyone to get in, since it was about to start to rain
[00:43] <yessopie> Oh, and Statix slept on my sleeping bag
[00:44] <yessopie> I should have asked him to autograph it