Breakpoint 2004 - The Code Inside.

We are pleased to announce the second edition of Breakpoint, the world largest pure      demoscene party. The organizers of all major german demoscene events of the past,     present and future, namely Mekka&Symposium, Evoke, TUM, Dialogos and Underground Conference again have teamed up to bring you 73 hours of pure scene fun. Competitions, booze, a huge bonfire and lots of outdoor and indoor action are awaiting you.

As said, Breakpoint again is for sceners and scene-interested people only - this is not a LAN or copy party. Creativity, Friendship and Fun is what counts. We are quite tolerant on what people do on the party, but if you just want to play games or leech and watch porn, there are certainly better places you can go to. But if you love to create and/or watch demos and other scene art, we surely will give you a very warm welcome.

The party will take place from Friday, 9.4.2004 to Monday, 12.4.2004 in Bingen am Rhein/Germany. We have decided to return to Bingens abandonded military base as it gives us lots of space and freedom for creativity, fun and outdoor action.

We are very happy that another great Breakpoint feature is going to return: The scene.org awards will again be hosted at Breakpoint 2004. The scene.org team will be awarding the best demos and demo artists, this time from year 2003. More details, a list of the award categories and nominees are available at the awards website.

If you wish to join the fun of Breakpoint 2004 we would be very happy if you would take the chance to register yourself as a visitor of our party so we can get a feeling on how many people might show up.

If you have got any questions regarding Breakpoint, wish to offer your help or got some good idea, please write to . You may also discuss the event in our public forums, or join the live discussion at IRCnet #breakpoint.

And for all you PC owners out there, the official Breakpoint 2004 PC Invitation Demo might be of some interest. Also check out the corresponding thread at pouet.net.

	2004-12-27 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	The BP2005 website is going to be launched during the TUM party this tuesday. Also the new Breakpoint 2005 hotline mail address is now active, it's breakpoint05(AT)untergrund(dot)net

	2004-12-19 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	After some of our teams at BP04 have been really understaffed, we are looking for more helpers for BP05. So, here is more german stuff coming up: Das Breakpoint Organizing Team braucht Verstärkung! Wir suchen weitere freiwillige Helfer in folgenden Bereichen: Stromteam - Know-how im Bereich der Stromtechnik. Sprich, Leitungen auslegen, Fehleranalyse etc Netzwerkteam - Ahnung von Routing, Linux, netfilter/ipchains, ggf CISCO IOS. Infoteam - Allgemeines Demoszene-Wissen, sehr gute Englisch-Kenntnisse Beamteam - "Stellenbeschreibung" siehe unten. Anforderungen die allen Teams gemein ist: Teamfähigkeit Szene-Bezug Bereitschaft zur Anwesenheit vom 23.3. (Abends) bis 28.3. (Abends) Übernahme von min. 8 Stunden Teamarbeit/Tag, und mehr wenn es nötig sein sollte Was wir bieten: Freier Eintritt Kostenlose Verpflegung Jede Menge Spaß beim Ausrichten der wichtigsten Demoparty der Welt Das verdammt gute Gefühl, etwas für die Szene getan zu haben Interesse? Dann bitte Mail an scamp@untergrund.net.

	2004-12-18 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	German "news" entry coming up... we're looking for additional organizers and it's much, much easier to communicate if you don't have to talk to each other in a non-native language. Don't be to upset, thanks ;) Stellenausschreibung Du... hast Lust, mitverantwortlich zu sein für alle offiziellen Events, die auf der BP05 ablaufen bist im Idealfall erfahren in der Installation und Bedienung von PA-Anlagen, Beamer- und Videosystemen sowie Audio-, Video- und Lichtmischpulten, bzw. hast zumindest Interesse, keine Angst und ein gewisses intuitives Gespür dafür, wie man die Teile zu bedienen hat und wie man sie fixt/faket, wenn mal irgendwas schief läuft bist Demoszener, kein totaler Newbie und hast 100%ig Ahnung, was welche Compo ist und worauf es dabei ankommt hast kein Problem damit, dass alle anderen Leute einen Scheiß-Musikgeschmack haben bist spontan und gut darin, im Falle der nix-geht-mehr-Katastrophe trotzdem Haltung zu bewahren und alles zu versuchen, um irgendwie den Ablauf weiterhin über die Bühne zu bekommen. Dazu zählen auch (z.T. metaphorische) gezielte Faustschläge in die Gesichter anderer verantwortlicher und rumpanikender Orgas bzw. von Leuten, deren Freunde es nicht in die Musiccompo geschafft haben. nimmst die Sache ernst, kannst ca. 8h/Tag Schicht haben und bist auch sofort da, wenn es außerhalb Deiner offiziellen Schicht irgendwas zu tun gibt. Wenn das so ist, dann werd doch Teil des Beamteams! Als Belohnung dafür gibts dann auch einen der wenigen Orgajobs, bei denen man sogar was von der Party mitbekommt, und sehr viele Möglichkeiten, deinen persönlichen Stil in die gesamte BP einfließen zu lassen. Ist das nicht toll? Interesse? -> Mail bitte! Danke!

	2004-10-13 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	Breakpoint 2005 will take place from 25th to 28th March (easter weekend) in Bingen/Rhein. We are switching to a new location with plenty of nifty new features etc. The invitation demo will be released at TUM'04. The new website will be launched sometime in late December. As we are staying in Bingen, most information on the current 2004 pages (travel info etc) is still valid, so use that until the new pages become available.

	2004-09-03 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	In case you are searching for a nice party to stay at after the Xmas days, check out TUM - The Ultimate Meeting is a 100% pure demoscene party that's held on an regular basis between Christmas and new year's eve. Recommended. (Oh yeah, and many BP organizers will be present too, in case you want to bug us regarding BP2005 news ;)

	2004-08-22 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	The Breakpoint FTP archive has been updated, quite a lot of new stuff there (like several DIVX recordings of Amiga productions).

	2004-06-21 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	Finally: The results of our survey are now available. A big thank you to everyone who gave us their feedback!

	2004-04-21 posted by Breakpoint Organizing
	Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey on the future of Breakpoint. It will help us making Breakpoint 2005 an even better experience for you.