Icons 2008 competitions: hypocritic hogwash
The Icons demo party 2008 edition has been somewhat of a problematic venture for me -the rules are broken.
Something that sticks out in the realtime demo competitions, as a sore thumb after a nice hammer session:
For the non-sceners out there, Rob Is Jarig (note incorrect case of the Icons people) is a sub-par, non-serious demo made by dutch demo group Aardbei way back in 1999 to commemorate the birthday of one of the coders in the group. It was a joke production which has gathered a rather notorious following after it was released in several demo competitions.
Typically, demo competitions dictate that previously released entries are not allowed. For some reason, Rob Is Jarig is usually exempt from this rule and appears at many demo competitions. Several homages, remixes and ports of the original demo were made, and in general, the stage get hijacked by people who dance and sing along to the karaoke text for the duration. It is more of a ritual than serious competition.
Granted, not everybody likes to see this dead horse being beaten over and over, but to instate a specific rule like this is overdone and petty. All you really need to do is to actually enforce the original goldenrule -no previously released entries. All the other demo parties tend to have that rule, but waive it for the simple reason that there is no way that Rob Is Jarig will ever rock the vote due to being released earlier. In some occasions, they do play the demo, but disqualify it to make sure nobody gets any crazy ideas during the voting rounds.
Why would Icons not stick to general rules? Well, because that would mean they'd have to be hardliners on their own turf as well. Take a look at this rule:
When from Finland, deviations from the rules are allowed? Way to go, guys :)
Something that sticks out in the realtime demo competitions, as a sore thumb after a nice hammer session:
- It's not "Rob is Jarig" nor any kind of a remake of it
For the non-sceners out there, Rob Is Jarig (note incorrect case of the Icons people) is a sub-par, non-serious demo made by dutch demo group Aardbei way back in 1999 to commemorate the birthday of one of the coders in the group. It was a joke production which has gathered a rather notorious following after it was released in several demo competitions.
Typically, demo competitions dictate that previously released entries are not allowed. For some reason, Rob Is Jarig is usually exempt from this rule and appears at many demo competitions. Several homages, remixes and ports of the original demo were made, and in general, the stage get hijacked by people who dance and sing along to the karaoke text for the duration. It is more of a ritual than serious competition.
Granted, not everybody likes to see this dead horse being beaten over and over, but to instate a specific rule like this is overdone and petty. All you really need to do is to actually enforce the original goldenrule -no previously released entries. All the other demo parties tend to have that rule, but waive it for the simple reason that there is no way that Rob Is Jarig will ever rock the vote due to being released earlier. In some occasions, they do play the demo, but disqualify it to make sure nobody gets any crazy ideas during the voting rounds.
Why would Icons not stick to general rules? Well, because that would mean they'd have to be hardliners on their own turf as well. Take a look at this rule:
- Production must not contain methods that are very likely highly uncompatible. (For example import by ordinals, BAT droppers)
- Special exception is applied for Flo releases
When from Finland, deviations from the rules are allowed? Way to go, guys :)
Labels: demoscene, icons 2008, wtf
posted by Hung Laxley at
1:56 AM
2 Comments:
Hipocracy means you get a better T-shirt.
Considering how the Icons 2007 shirt was essentially a Limp Ninja loader bar, the irony is staggering ;)
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