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            september, 11th to 13th '98

            theatersaal (mensa zwei), aachen

            organized by black maiden, kaoz, kolor & tokyo dawn rec.

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            . introduction

            . money

            . location

            . network

            . timetable

            . sponsors

            . competitons

            . contact

            . closing

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            when all the visitors had left and the youth-center in
            arnoldweiler was clean again, all of us felt that evoke '97 was
            something special. not only for the organizers but mostly for the
            visitors. all the positive resonance we got on irc, in fido,
            through email and the release of dpi's party-report simply forced
            us to plan for a second edition.
            in december the organizing-team started its work: discussion on
            general questions and more detailed issues. what could have been
            better? what was cool? things got really busy from march on
            (especially as we couldn't find a suitable location at first) but
            since mekka/symposium the first information is available to the
            public. an updated and enhanced version was released at wired -
            together with the invitro by noize, which came 3rd in the 64k
            compo.
            the third (and hopefully final) version of this infofile got
            released just 2 weeks before the event.

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            the entrance fee for this year will be DM 30,--. we are sorry
            that we had to raise the price from DM 25,-- but due to various
            reasons the expences were a lot higher than expected. as we still
            wanted to garuantee interresting prices for the winners we had to
            correct the first announcements.
            please, keep mind that we will accept german currencies only. all
            girls get in for free. all the money which is left after
            subtracting our expences is used for the prices.
            unlike last year we will not accept any reservations before the
            party. pay-in-advance is not possible as well.

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            one of the cities with a very strong european touch is going to
            welcome the scene at evoke nine eight. aachen, close to the
            belgian and dutch border.
            the partyplace will be the mensa of the university of aachen,
            called 'theatersaal'. it is located right in the heart of
            the city, in turmstrasse.

            car
              the most easy way to come to evoke nine eight by car would be
               to exit autobahn (highway) a4 at 'aachen-laurensberg'. turn
               right, direction 'aachen-stadt' (city), on kohlscheider
               strasse, which later turns into roermonder strasse. be careful:
               stick to the tempo-limit as there is a radar-trap on the way.
               after (ca.) 3 km - shortly before a large crossing - you will
               find turmstrasse on the right. stop your car in turmstrasse and
               try to find a parking-slot. if you have come to the end of
               turmstrasse without finding one, turn left at the crossing and
               - just some meters later - right on the parking ground. take
               your stuff and go into the location. after you have checked in
               you have to drive your car to bend-platz, a large and free
               parking ground in kuehlwetterstrasse. Parking is not allowed
               neither in turmstrasse nor on the parking ground opposite of
               the theatersaal.
               if you should happen not to have much equipment simply drive to
               bendplatz (kuehlwetterstrasse) and park there.
               for those who didn't get it there will be signs guiding to the
               location. just as last year. a map was included with this
               version of the infofile.

            train
              if you are coming by train exit aachen hauptbahnhof. from there
               on you have to take the bus. the bus-station you will find
               right when you exit the station. every 15 minutes lines 3 and
               13 will take you to the location (do not cross the street or
               you will go in the wrong direction). after 20 minutes the bus
               will stop at ponttor. exit the bus, turn towards the crossing
               and turn left then. on the other side of the road you will find
               the sign 'mensa', the location of the evoke.
               another solution could be to exit aachen west. from the station
               go to inzestrasse, turn left and you will find the mensa-sign
               again. prefer this solution if you don't have lots of equipment
               and if you find a train which stops directly at aachen west.
               in any case please contact dv8 for more information. in some
               cases we could catch you from any of the mentioned stations.

            plane
              try to book a trip to 'maastricht-aachen'. other airports
               could be 'luettich', 'koeln/bonn' or 'duesseldorf'. in every
               case, please contact the organizers.

            more info
              please, take a look at our homepage for more information.
               if you would like to have information on aachen
               you can contact the 'verkehrsverein bad aachen' at
               acinfo@t-online.de or at http://www.aachen.de

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            until this very moment there are no announceable news on this
            topic. we will try hard to organize a pretty cool party-
            network within the next days. internet-connectivity will _not_
            be available.
            we will spread news on this affair through our webpage and
            the newsletters (you have to subscribe to our mailinglist to
            receive them). please, contact faxe whenever you have questions.

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            unlike last year we will give you a - more or less - worked out
            timetable before the party.
            please, keep in mind that coming before 18 o'clock on friday is
            of no real use as the doors will be closed.

            fri 1800 doors open
                2200 opening ceremony

            sat 1400 deadline: ansi, 4channel, 4k-intro
                1500 ansi
                1600 4channel
                1700 4k-intro
                1900 deadline: 64k-intro, multichannel
                2000 64k-intro
                2100 multichannel

            sun 0000 deadline: vga, demo, wild
                0100 vga
                0200 demo
                0300 wild
                1000 deadline: voting
                1200 pricegiving
                1400 doors close

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            without the below partners and sponsors a party like evoke could
            not be possible.
            a big 'thank you' has to go to the organizers of mekka /
            symposium, especially to hardball (amable), for their support
            and tips. the same greets go out to darkness (imphobia).

            be
              the builders of one of the 'alternative' oses out there. they
               built a new system from scratch and are actually concerned with
               performance. they claim their software makes your hardware
               hard.

            cybersp@ce
              the creators of the unisex fragence for the next century.

            elsa
              elsa is a leading manufacturer of advanced communication and
               computer graphic products.

            micrografx
              micrografx donated a copy of their 'windows draw 6'. thanx.

            pearl agency
              one of the largest mail order-firms in germany and around. they
               offered one of their 'hypersound 32 pnp pci-wavetable'-cards to
               us.

            scala
              scala are going to donate two copies of their wonderful
               multimedia-system called 'scala multimedia mm200'. we are going
               use this program to show announcements on the bigscreen, by the
               way.

            softcom
              just as last year they offer bandwith and capacity for our
               webpage. take a look at their site at http://www.softcom.de

            suse
              suse offered copies of their latest linux-distribution to us.

            zyklop mailorder & querbeat rec.
              zyklop offers cdroms, cds, tshirts, gus and much more as a
               mailorder-service to the szene.

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            besides meeting friends, it is the compos that make us come
            to parties like evoke.
            some things about the compo went really wrong last year. we don't
            want to beautify this. as we hope to have learned from our faults,
            we made some changes to the rules. for example, there will be 100%
            public voting and - for each compo - a dedicated organizer.
            just like last year we will give away all the money as prices,
            which was left after paying our bills.

            compo-pc
             . amd k6-2 300, 128mb ram
             . elsa victory erazor (agp)
             . gravis ultrasound (pnp or max)
               and soundblaster 64 awe value (on demand only)
              as for the beamer the maximum resolution is 800*600*32bit


            general rules
             . the competitor must be present at the party. in case of a
               group-production, at least one member of the group.
             . every attender may contribute with a maximum of one entry
               for every compo.
             . entries must not have been released before and they must
               be handed in before each deadline (on 3.5", zip-disc or cd-r).
               3.5" and cd-r will not be given back to the contributors!
             . the organizers have the right to cancel a compo, if there
               aren't enough competitors.
             . if there are too many entries for a compo there will be a
               preselection.
             . the organizers reserve the right to make changes to the
               competition rules and to disqualify any entry which is not
               suitable for the competition for any reason. this includes
               anything violating german law.
              you have to supply a valid *.frm with each of your production.
               for more information take a look at the subdirectory /release,
               please.

            demo
             . platform independent.
             . dos: sdd will be running. your production must not need more
               than 64mb of ram.
             . windows: the latest drivers for the victory erazor will be
               installed. direct x in the latest version will be available.
               we will run the demos under windows 98.
             . for all other platforms: contact us for more information.
             . you may use the benefits of the amd-'3d now!'-technology in
               the party-version of your production. if so, you have to
               provide a release-version which runs on non-'3d now!'-
               processors as well.
             . dos4gw.exe, pmodew.exe and dos32.exe will be available in the
               path. also for the intro-compos.
              filesize limit: 10 megs

            64k-intro
             . filesize limit: 64 kb
             . please, supply a sb-compatible version (may be >64k) if your
               party-version is gus-only
              see demo-rules for more information.

            4k-intro
             . filesize limit: 4 kb
             . sound allowed
              see demo-rules for more information.

            multichannel
             . filesize limit: 1 meg
             . maximum playing time: 4 mins
               longer songs will be faded out after 4mins
              for playback we will use ft2 (*.xm) or it (*.it)
               if you would like to use a different format contact
               assign, please.

            4channel
             . filesize limit: max. size for standard .mods
             . maximum playing time: 4 mins
               longer songs will be faded out after 4 mins
              only .mod format allowed (max 4channels)

            graphics
             . maximum resolution: 800*600
               if above, your contribution will be scaled down
             . all pictures will be shown with latest seaview
              you may submit raytraces or photoshop-work. but no scans.

            ansi
             . maximum size: 80 * 1000
             . will be shown with latest acidview (dos) at 14400bps in
               80*25 and in vga-mode
              ansimations will not be allowed

            wild
             . this is the compo for all your productions which do not fit
               in any other compo. e.g. animations or videos.
             . maximum rooling time: 10 mins
             . entry may be given on vhs-tape as well.
             . if you would like to bring your own hardware, you can use VHS,
               S-VHS and RGB with the beamer.
              no other limitations

            handdrawn (surprise)
             . we are planning a surprise handdrawn-compo. if you would like
               to participate, keep in mind that you should bring the right
               hardware (din a4-paper & your favourite pens) for such a compo.
              we will announce the theme for your drawings at the party.
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            world wide web
              http://kaoz.org/evoke/98/


            assign (tdr)                                       assign@usa.net
              compos: multichannel, 4channel

            avenger (bm)                                    avengerbm@aol.com
              compos: vga, ansi

            dv8 (bm)                   tobias.may@viktoriaschule.fh-aachen.de
              tourist-office

            dwarf (kaoz)

            faxe (kaoz)                                           fx@kaoz.org
              network, beamer, general

            kyp (bm)                                     wahrheit@t-online.de

            noize (kolor)                                 noize@gmx.de (down)
              compos: demo, intro

            pandur (bm, gilden)                                 p4ndur@gmx.de

            poti (bm, kaoz)                                    evoke98@gmx.de
              general, compos: wild

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            organizing is quite a lot of work, which is especially true for
            the last weeks until the event. as an organizer you may forget
            about some things in all this chaos.
            so, we really appreciated all your mails on evoke we got until
            this moment. and we will appreciate you writing to us whenever
            you still have questions, comments or suggestions on evoke.
            see you there.

            poti
            (for the organizing-team)

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