The Gathering (LAN party)
gathering abbreviated tg short computer party held annually vikingskipet olympic arena hamar norway last five consecutive day starting wednesday easter year year tg attracts mostly young people attendance increasing every year early vegard skjefstad trond michelsen member demogroup deadline decided wanted organize big demoparty norway late eightiesearly ninety common demoparties commonly called copyparties time organized large demogroups fact deadline wasnt particularly well known mr skjefstad suggested group crusader involved time crusader one norway popular amiga group partly music disk also diskmag crusader eurochart first crusader werent keen idea organizing party mr skjefstad reminded fact always complained party sort chance show everyone done caused crusader agree briefly considering party fall decided easter would better school closed easter week period maundy thursday easter monday official holiday norway meant target audience would time attend tg organizer crew could work fulltime tg minimum usage vacation day people gathered skedsmohallen lillestrøm way expected count following year tg continued grow skedsmohallen venue people visiting party capacity venue making clear bigger venue required venue rykkinnhallen bærum visitor count risen venue could hold led intervention local fire department banned indoor sleeping consequently organizer hire large construction tent heavy duty heating equipment still snow ground bigger venue could found may one reason skjefstad crusader declined arrange party group stavanger led magnar harestad proposed host party instead got approval backing tg crew hired stavanger ishall siddishallen party renamed gathering however caused sharp drop attendance barely people attended even filling hall half capacity may due moving event away eastern densely populated part norway previous event held well within one hour drive capital oslo stavanger km oslo taking hour drive meanwhile venue built winter olympics made available hire price increasingly reasonable due lack interest amongst vikingskipet ice skating arena hamar time norway largest indoor arena located ⁄ hour drive central oslo good infrastructure power parking etc skjefstad crusader decided rent another go gathering attracted around visitor organizer decided create separate organization kandu kreativ aktiv norsk dataungdom creative active norwegian computer youth specific purpose running tg every year thus promote creativity computer literacy since gathering continued grow maximum capacity vikingskipet attendee reached kandu however decided switch venue although even larger venue telenor arena fornebu outside oslo available instead ticket event sold increasingly quickly gathering concert electronic music performed stage sabastian teir alias kebu gathering cancelled recommendation local health authority due covid pandemic instead arranged online hashtag tgonline inperson event resumed however january gathering announced via x formerly twitter event canceled promise release information future gathering set return following announcement x looking volunteer tg last five day holy wednesday easter sunday every year longer bigger computer party people tend let daily rhythm go instead sleep see fit many simply front computer people arena stand lot people time usually spent front computer many like use opportunity meet new old friend real life people wildly different opinion constitutes proper lan party common trend tg year seem warez game popular counterstrike irc however many visitor find boring long run many unofficial minievents happening time informal competition build highest tower soda can uncommon people spotted private miniraveparties put together people pc pa system tg always hub young creative people battle many type competition demo coding music graphic animation game hardwaremodification dance dance revolution name addition usually concert thing happening live stage twice day well seminar etc first year focus tg pretty much demo tg held time breakpoint german sceneonly party earlier mekka symposium many european demosceners left tg favour bp tg like majority computer party become gamer event scene tg still life though tg introduced feature demosceneonly area creative cashback handing entry creative competition get discount demooriented event fact go back far match number entry handed creative competition tg organization kreativ aktiv norsk dataungdom kandu formally responsible hosting tg addition around volunteer participating make tg possible every year collectively called crew tg crew split multiple subcrews democrew eventdemo gamecrew eventgame firstaid crew securitymedic network crew technet server crew techserver well logistics crew corelogistikk etc exact list varies somewhat year year chief report upwards responsible aspect party crew member volunteer unpaid advantage crew member normal visitor free entrance access crewonly sleeping room hot food served time day member crew must arrive party place one day party start stay one day party aid cleaning afterwards people chief typically come even sooner everybody want become crew except security logistics crew minimum age applying special interface called wannabe chief usually pick crew based application coming previous experience crew member earlier year must reapply every year want crew rare person done good job selected next year including tg tg ticket ticket everything else happening vikingskipet sold billettservice company closely related postal service norway partly sold via internet partly phone always picked local post office billettservice system broke hard every year thousand people tried order ticket event simultaneously try make ticket sale bit smooth group people closely related administration tg made separate company called partyticket partyticketnet ptn short selling unified ticketrelated service ordering payment seating handling competition etc smaller larger computer party partyticket went online first time like billettservice instantly went massive load partly due problem thirdparty service authorizing credit card transaction however ticket still sold matter hour much better lot problem fixed ptn successfully managed ticket sale several computer party still problem left decided postpone ticket sale one day fix problem discovered sale went relatively smooth next day one hoped one would finally see end problem especially new queuing system new hardware installed however server buckled enormous load queueing system found severely buggy apparently shuffling people around queue random frustrated lot visitor many never got ticket many people blame ticketsales problem directly ptn tried pressure tg choosing solution queuing system changed instead buying actual ticket people put virtual queue thus loading server lot less peak hour next day people processed start queue time system ended working lot better queueing system despite misconception medium since however major issue norwegian tax authority demanded tax paid ticket sold consider gathering cultural event cultural event norway exempt paying tax although management tg sent complaint tax authority reconsider demand august management tg required pay nok unpaid tax could caused staging gathering cancelled money paid august deadline event could closed good however august kandu gathering tax case temporarily exempted paying tax ticket sold future also law amended secure computer party norway stated reason decision gathering purpose gather youth inland abroad get together cultivate computer culture storting declared white paper computer gaming considered culture gathering kandu signed agreement ticket sale company called unicornis ticket system geekevents agreement three year period kandu signed new contract geekevents fouryear period year tg name tagline tagline doesnt really mean much still influence logo way round material list name includes gathering official website kandu website gathering pouët net enough hege nordli – gathering page – gathering computer party mean gender inclusion hege nordli academic paper gathering demo party party general pdf momssjokk «the gathering» vg nett spill lover momshjelp til gathering nettavisen various logo