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Saxonia Issue 04 Part 009
Comment by Breakpoint Mainorganizer Scamp/Vacuum:
I'd like to clear up on a few misconceptions inside this article. First of
all, I'd like to remind the fellow readers of the following fact: Breakpoint
is looking for Amiga Sceners to join the Organizing Team for years now, yet
nobody has applied. It's a shame that the worlds biggest demo party with
tons of great Amiga releases still does not have an Amiga scener actually
running the Amiga compos. Year after year, we have to find a PC scener who
accepts to do the Amiga compo even if he isn't himself active on that
platform (anymore). And after the party, that organizer gets constantly
bashing as a thank you for doing anothers scene work. This sucks. As you
know, this year Chaos who used to be an Amiga scener in the past had taken
over this job, simply because he was the only one in our competition team
with decent clues about the platform. He should not have voiced his
personal opinion about an entry while being the organizer of that compo,
and he got clearly told about this mistake by the rest of the Breakpoint
team. But still: Without chaos there would have been no Amiga Compos at
all, simply because there would have been nobody skilled enough to RUN
the Amiga compos. Chaos enabled the Amiga Compos to take place at this
years Breakpoint, and he deserves some respect for doing that. I didn't
speak with Chaos directly yet, but I assume after this bashing this
probably was the first and last time he was willing to do the Amiga compos.
So, the Amiga scene now has about 10 months left to get their act together
and get someone to exchange the fun of being a BP visitor with the hard
job of being a Breakpoint Compo Organizer, getting beaten up on the
slightest mistake one makes.
Next topic. I don't know what Shifter has to do with the whole issue (he is
not a BP organizer and probably simply wanted to tell Ghandy that he
sucks, rightfully), but oh well. Let's get this straight for Ghandy:
Breakpoint does not have its roots in the "Symposium" parties. The same
applies to Mekka. Breakpoint was created from scratch by someone who has
never been an Organizer of Mekka or Symposium - me. I've never been an
Amiga scener, but come from the C64, and I've never visited Symposium.
Our 40+ people organizing team consists of just one person who used to be
an Symposium organizer - and that's Chaos, who you currently are bashing.
So, let's make this clear: We don't owe the Amiga Scene or Symposium or
anything related shit. There are no roots, got it?
We love the scene, and we love all platforms of the scene. We are very
happy that the Amiga scene is so active releasing at Breakpoint, and that's
why we are supporting it as good as we can. As we are receiving lots of
positive feedback about Breakpoint from the real Amiga scene, we also try
not to take Ghandy's rants in JP too seriously so they don't damage the
reputation of the Amiga scene inside our big organizing team. Conclusion
Have a look what the C64 scene did to improve their stand at Breakpoint
- several C64 sceners joined the Breakpoint Organizing Team for 2006, and
it did magic! So, I again ask each and every Amiga scener reading this:
If you happen to live in Germany (or very close to it), and can afford
spending 7 days around Easter for helping the Amiga scene getting
more support at Breakpoint (there still is a LOT that could be done,
like Seminars, see the C64 scene), please join the Breakpoint
organizing team! scamp
-- scamp@untergrund.net - http://www.scamp.de -
