Subj : Re: Revision 2023
To   : hollowone
From : Adept
Date : Thu Apr 13 2023 08:45:17

 ho> down sleeping. Compo started about 1h later than original announcement
 ho> and staying longer than midnight was no point to me. Half of the demos
 ho> could be easily selected out or put into wild/crazy demo category. 

Yeah, I think the whole, "this is a demo party" has made them not want to pre-select demos. Since oftentimes people presenting that particular demo at that particular place was the reason to come to the party, in ways that joining the photo compo just isn't.

But I do wonder if this is a single-year problem, since it's the first in-person Revision in a while. If it's not... Well, probably a good problem to have, since theoretically it's a sign that the scene is growing.

But, also, categories are hard, and reasonably voting on things that aren't particularly similar is also hard. And I think that comes into play inmost of the compos.

 ho> Seeing Disney Animation Studio alike demos together with Fairlight's
 ho> masterpiece in the same category is just pure voting nonsense.

Afterward, someone was making the suggestion to have a separate, "commercial-engine demo" competition. And I know there's a desire for a separate fantasy-machine compo for, e.g., tic80 or Pico8 entries.

But there were already 25 compos or something, and they'd have to think about taking concerts out of the schedule if they want to have enough time for everything, as it is, without reliably going past 2a.

Though 2a-3a demos _does_ make the compo way more watchable for those in the Americas.

 ho> But it was good to see Revision is back as real party. Some forgotten
 ho> heroes came back with a release this year, I believe thanks to that
 ho> simple fact, as well.

Yeah. Definitely neat. Even if COVID still screwed up my personal attendance. And, on that note, hopefully not too many people wind up getting sick.

And which forgotten heroes were you thinking of, with that comment? I'll admit that my knowledge of scene names can be limited, at times. Especially with noticing how long a particular group has been gone for.

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