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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: BADGE Killer Demo Contest (BKDC-II) Official Statement & Update
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Date: 18 Aug 89 08:24:22 GMT
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              Official Statement from the BKDC-II Committee
              Response to recent postings in comp.sys.amiga

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In: <21363@cup.portal.com>, Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes:

     Am I the only one so busy that I'll NEVER get to enter the Killer Demo
Contest????  I've wanted to each time and the heavens continue to conspire
against me.  I've got this **KILLER** demo idea that just really wants to
get done.  I said THIS YEAR.  But my gosh, the deadline is 2 weeks away
and I haven't started yet.  Sigh.  Hey, any plans to extend the deadline,
a few days, hours, or even minutes??????  If so, let me know!!

In: <394@ncis.tis.llnl.gov>, lindner@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Curt Lindner) writes:

	Why bother????   They probably wont award the prizes again
	this year!  A sysop in the D.C. area here, Eric Fleisher, was
	a winner in last years contest, and has yet to receive 
	anything!!  Also, I've heard of several people who have
	sent their money to BADGE to get the video of the animations,
	only to receive nothing, nor hear one word from BADGE.

	Curt Lindner

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Entries for the 1989 BADGE Killer Demo Contest will be accepted up to the
point where there is NO way to get them into the show --- September 15, 1989
at least.

With reference to the 1988 prize awards:  All, repeat, ALL, announced prizes
were shipped long ago.  A trace is being run on Eric "Dr.Gandalf" Fleisher's
prize as of today (Friday, Aug. 18, 1989) since noone on the BADGE committees
is aware of non-receipt of the prizes.

There no NO BKDC "videos" and no checks were cashed for same.

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             The Committee would like to emphasize:


=>   "ALL NEW MANAGEMENT" is operating the Contest this year, 1989.

=>   ALL entrants in the 1989 BADGE Killer Demo Contest will get something!!!

=>   Learning from experience, ALL prizes will be in hand the evening of the
     Contest, and ALL prizes will be shipped within 2 weeks of the Contest.

=>   Prizes already in hand as of Thursday, Aug. 17, 1989 are:

	+  A2000...................Donated by Commodore Business Machines

	+  A2620...................Donated by GO AMIGO!

	+  DigiView GOLD...........Donated by NewTek

	+  DigiPaint-3.............Donated by NewTek

	+  "Game Package"..........Donated by Electronic Arts

	+  AmigaTeX................Donated by Radical Eye Software

	+  Boing! Jacket...........Donated by Boing, Inc.

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The 1989 BADGE Killer Demo Contest (BKDC-II) Committee comprises:

	Gary Starkweather, Chairman
	Rob Peck
	Ali Ozer
	and numerous other volunteers.

I'm acting as Usenet liaison for Gary (who's not on Usenet); send email for
Gary to me and I'll relay it to/from him.  My uucp addresses are:

	thad@cup.portal.com
	..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad

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At Thursday's (Aug. 17, 1989) BADGE meeting, Chuck McManis was nominated the
"Chief Honcho, Factotum, and Moderator" of BADGE for the next 12 months, taking
the reigns from Leo Schwab.  Thanks (!!), Leo, for hosting BADGE during the pas
t
year, and a welcome to Chuck!

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Repeating the 1989 BKDC-II Rules:

BADGE Killer Demo Contest 2 --- News Flash!

The entry deadline for BADGE Killer Demo Contest 2 (BKDC2) 
is mid-September 1989. Entries should be submitted on floppy to:

	BADGE Contest
	P.O. Box 31008
	Los Gatos, CA  95031

The rules for the contest are very basic. Each entry
	> must be easy to install and run
	> must be safe to run
	> must be freely distributable
	> must promote the Amiga

Any entry can be disqualified for the following reasons:
	< the entry crashes the system 
	< the entry has or installs a virus
	< the entry does not exit the system cleanly
	< the entry is not freely distributable
	< the entry requires disk to be write enabled

All entries should be accompanied with a README file indicating the
minimum configuration required to run the demo and exactly how to start
and stop it. If you'd like your material back, please enclose a self-addressed
and stamped (US$0.45) envelope.

The following prizes have been promised so far; at this point the list
is subject to change (most likely grow). As the list finalizes we will provide
up-to-date information. 

	Commodore		A2000
	Electronic Arts		Populous, Power Dome
	Go Amigo		A2620 Board
	NewTek			DigiView Gold, DigiPaint 3
	Radical Eye Software	AmigaTeX
	Xecom			2400 baud mini modem

Judging will take place at the September 1989 meeting (most likely
to be held on the third Thursday) of BADGE, with the audience voting.
There will be no explicit categories for "best graphics" or
"best sound" (unlike last year), however, there will be a special award
for the funniest demo, and, of course, awards for the overall winners.

BADGE is the "Bay area Amiga Developers GroupE".  The group consists
of developers and users who enjoy working on the Amiga and want to
promote it wherever possible.

The goal of BADGE Killer Demo Contest is to get people to create
demos that promote the Amiga; it has succeeded twice so far (in BKDC0 and 
BKDC1) to attract a killer collection of demos which have made their way 
into dealer windows and many freely distributable disk collections. 
BKDC0 Best Overall winner was "RGB," by Joel Hagen; BKDC1 winner 
was "Charon," by Brad Schenck. BKDC2 is your chance to become famous!

Please give this posting wide distribution; if you don't see it on your
favorite bulletin board, upload it; if you don't see it in your local
user group newsletter, give it to the editor. If you have friends who
use Amigas but don't read newsletters or bulletin boards, print copies
out for them, too!

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