Competitions & Rules
Pilgrimage 2005 will have competitions for the categories of
demo,
graphics,
music,
ANSI/ASCII,
Wild (anything goes) and
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR).
Additional competitions will
be announced as the details are finalized.
All compos will be governed by the general compo rules
as well as rules specific to that compo.
Our intention is to have a compo only if we have enough entries
to justify a true competition, so a compo may be cancelled due to
insufficient entries. The Pilgrimage organizers consider a minimum of
4 entries for a competition -- someone must lose!
Would you like to host a competition
at Pilgrimage? Contact the organizers to find
out how you can organize an unofficial competition at our party place!
All entries submitted to a compo will be published on internet file
servers, even if a competition is cancelled. Cancelling a competition
only affects prize distribution to "winners"; any prizes from cancelled
competitions will be raffled amongst all guests.
Conversely, competitions may be subdivided if there are too many
entries. For instance, if there are a large number of demo entries, the
compo may be split into a "64K and under" demo compo and a "over 64K"
demo compo.
So-called "fast" compos may also be held at the party, where the time
for completing the compo is of a short duration, such as one hour. These
compos will be impromptu by their very nature.
Although not a prize-winning category, so-called "wild demos" entries
are always welcome. Wild demos are typically animated short films, but
like all demoparty entries they should be created on a computer, so we're
not talking just using your camcorder and some editing software.
The Pilgrimage organizers may introduce additional compos during the
party.
If you have any questions about the party rules or any of the
competitions, please contact the organizers
and ask!
- Deadline for all entries is 5:00 PM Saturday,
September 17th, 2005.
- Only original, unreleased works may be submitted to a competition.
- At least one team member or creator of the work must be physically
present at the competition in order to enter. In the case of
productions created by a group, any member of the group may serve as a
representative.
- All entries shall be submitted in the form of a ZIP file which
contains the file(s) for the competition entry.
- The ZIP must contain a "README.TXT" containing:
- The title of the entry
- The name of the author/group submitting the entry
- Material governed by copyright (images, music, models, etc.) of
a third party may not be included in any entry without a written
release permitting the use of the materials in accordance with
these rules.
- Submissions must be made electronically (CD-ROM, floppy disk,
etc.) before the deadline of a competition. Please mark
clearly on the media the following information:
title, author, and
group (if applicable).
- All entries will be made publicly available for unlimited download
without fee on internet file servers and web sites.
- All registered Pilgrimage guests are eligible to vote.
- All competition entries will be qualified by a jury.
- Jury members will be selected by the Pilgrimage organizers.
- Juries reserve the right to disqualify any entry for failure to
abide by these rules. A majority vote of the jury is required to
disqualify an entry.
- Winning entries for each competition are selected by a popular vote
point system. The three entries with the highest number of points
will be awarded first, second and third place prizes, respectively,
in a competition. Points are computed from the rankings on ballots
of party guests.
- In the event of a tie in the number of points, the jury for that
competition will break the tie by a majority vote of the jurors.
- Points are awarded by individual vote of guests and jurors.
- Each registered guest and juror will cast ballots for
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in each competition.
- Ballots of jurors carry five times the significance of a guest in
the competition they juried.
- Jurors may not preside over a competition they have entered.
- The Pilgrimage organizers reserve the right to cancel any
competition for any reason.
- Competitors must be physically present at the party to enter.
- These rules may be changed without notice.
- The most current version of the rules are available at the
Pilgrimage web site: http://pilgrimage.scene.org/2005/compos.html.