Competitions are probably the main attraction of every decent demo-party. This is where people get to show their skills to a (hopefully) big audience, this is where you get to see productions that may become milestones in scene history, and this is where you get to see how good you really are.

To make the competition fair and interesting for both the demomakers and the viewers, there are rules. Deciding about these rules is always hard, and so is deciding which compos to hold. I hope you can agree with our decisions - but if you have a good idea on how to improve them, feel free to contact the respective organizers, we always have an open ear for constructive criticism!

Ofcourse, a party is not a dead serious event - it's also about entertainment. We'll try to make the compos as entertaining as possible for you, and there will also be fun competitions organized by Steeler and XXX. They will be announced on the party. If you have a good idea for a fun compo, contact them!

That much for the introduction, here's a list of rules that apply equally to all competitions:

• If you submit something, you have to be present at the party. Submissions via E-mail are only allowed for the demo compos and after further negotiation with the respective organizers. E-mail entries have to be submitted at least 2 days before the party officially starts!
• Entries which we cannot get to run will be disqualified. No panic, you will get your chance to fix problems, and you can always ask us whether you can test your production on the Compo-PC.
• Racism, child pornography, and any kind of content that violates german law will be disqualified. We will neither make exceptions to this rule nor accept any objections.
• We reserve our right to kick productions out of the competition, if we think them to be total crap or detestable, even in competitions without preselection. They are not disqualified and you can still vote for them, but they will not be shown (or played) on the bigscreen. And please don't complain about freedom of speech - you can ofcourse say what you want, but you certainly cannot force us to help you with it.
• All non-disqualified entries will be spread. We will do our best to make them available in release packs on our compo server directly after the competition was held.
• We reserve the right to skip long and boring parts in demos during the competitions, especially scroller parts and endscrollers. This is to make the compo more interesting for the majority of visitors - if they want to read the full scrolltext, they can still watch it on their own.
• If there are less than five entries for a compo, the given compo will either be cancelled or combined with another compo. We will ask you for permission before combining with another compo, and if the compo is cancelled, ofcourse your productions won't be spread by us, so you can release them elsewhere.
• Compo entries may not have been released before. So please, don't even try.
• Pure animations are not accepted, except in the Wild competition. Note that Flash Demos are considered to be pure animations, even though it's not technically true. And just like last year's Mekka&Symposium, if you submit a flash demo entry to the demo competition at the demo deadline, don't expect us to hold a second wild demo compo just for your entry :)