ricardocabellov5.5

First of all.. I want to say that all that is just my opinion. Perhaps I'm wrong, perhaps i'm not. But I was thinking about that those days (tho I don't know exactly why).

The demoscene people is always complaining about that there is not enough new people each year. Like the demoscene is dying slowly. Yes, probably, not because what we do now is not like what we were doing some years ago.. but perhaps the feeling between the people and the motivation bigger. However I still thinking all that needs more new people, and the question is, how to promote this stuff?

We did some polls sometime ago regarding that. At least in Spain the people that is in all that is mainly because computer magazines that had that demoscene space. Also there is some other people that just get interested in a Party where they went to play games, share stuff and they seen all those movies on the screen. And the the final options is the contacts, a friend that just starts to find all that interesting.

Looks like the first option is something that we are not doing anymore, longtime ago Dr.Pain/Fuzzion was doing a lot of tutorials on a computer magazine. Also (not sure if was because Nefron/Iguana) on magazines like PC Actual there was a CD with a compilation of the last demoscene stuff. Not sure if they are still doing that. Don't think so. So, however, the main door, is closed.

Organizing bcnparty we did a very good (in my opinion) movement. We just joined Art Futura. We had A LOT of promotion in very famous Design/Art/Computer Portals/Magazines. And basicly because Art Futura. We had the luck of be able to show to A LOT of people a selection of demos, to play a videotape with that selection three times during Art Futura with a short description of the movement, just to possible new people. Man.. bcnparty website received hits from shift magazine (that's impressive!)!! Art Futura main orgos were great with us, helping us a lot with everything (mainly promo) and also they give us a free ArtFutura entrance for each bcnparty attendant. So, what was the bcnparty mood about that?

"We are just providing content to Art Futura, they are not giving us anything."

Cool! V Cool! For first time we were promoting the demoscene as the art it is (the art of realtime and optimization) in the perfect place. So, because some other tiny things and also because a very stupid rivality thing (we are not artfutura, we are bcnparty! we are better!) the cooperation with Art Futura was not continued anymore. It's a shame, isn't it?

Well, at least organizations like digitalekultur are doing now these kind of movements. Promoting the demoscene in computer art events. And this is why the germany demoscene is still that strong.