The 90s called -they want their fad back

It's always nice to see common aspects of the demoscene trickle down into the mainstream, but the opposite can give me the occasional jolt. Assembly 2008 has decided that a revamp of the traditional Oldskool competitions was in order, and to the general positive reception of its audience, they went on and did it.

The mailing list surprised me this morning with an update on the matter. You might want to take a step back here:

Oldskool music has become Realtime Extreme Music

Oldskool graphics has become Realtime Extreme Graphics


…Extreme?! Supplanting of Oldskool music and graphics with Executable 4k Graphics and Executable 32k music competitions -two competitions and two terms proven to be successful at other demoparties, can only be made acceptable with the corniest idea in Sports marketing taped onto it? I'm lost here.