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Pilgrimage is a Demoparty which takes place annually in Salt Lake City, Utah each Summer . The first event was held in August 2003 , founded by Legalize (Richard Thomson) of the demoscene group Polygony . Pilgrimage is unique in that it is currently (as of 2006 ) the only active demoscene event of its kind in all of North America , while over 70 demoparties take place each year throughout Europe . {Link without Title} PARTY FEATURES Competitions Each year, Pilgrimage hosts a variety of different Compo s, most of which require a skill in electronic art and/or computer programming, such as:
In 2004 , Pilgrimage managed to raise over US $ 14,000 in Cash and Prize s to award winners of each of the various competitions. Major sponsors that year included Utah's largest independent ISP XMission, ACiD , ATI Technologies , and DeviantART . Seminars demoscene.]] In addition to competitions, which are the main focal point of any demo party, Pilgrimage also hosts seminars on art and technology-related subjects such as 3D programming and design, the history of art in computing, and game design. Partying Not forgetting the "party" in demoparty, Pilgrimage 2004 included the following activities:
CRITICISM Many European demosceners have raised voice against various antics regarding Pilgrimage. [http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=2253&page=1 "Eurotrash" In 2004 , main organizer Legalize stirred up quite a few attenders during his opening speech of the party, where he (in response to European critics of the party) verbally offended the complete European demoscene, labelling them " Eurotrash ". He also delivered a side-jab to attenders from Canada stating that they are "wussies", as don't have an active demoparty anymore - to which the members of demogroup Northern Dragons responded that the actual party invitation demo was "written by Canadians". {Link without Title} They gave another tongue-in-cheek response to the controversy in 2005 by naming their compo-winning demo entry "Eurotrash". Protocol 42 In February of 2006, it was announced that Pilgrimage was cooperating with the annual Protocol 42 LAN Party . This has caused concern among sceners, largely because the description of the demoscene on the P42 website was extremely inaccurate and diminutive. {Link without Title} PartyMeister Several demoparties (including Breakpoint ) across Europe use a demoparty- CMS called PartyMeister , which proved itself worthy during many tests and is still the favored tool of many organizers. Pilgrimage organizing, however, publicly denounced PartyMeister in 2005 on its mailinglist for not having a Software License fitting their needs and stating various incompatibilities with Internet Explorer . Ironically, the party that year was forced to use PartyMeister after the failure of their own system. REFERENCES
EXTERNAL LINKS : Pilgrimage 2004 (archived) : Pilgrimage 2003 (archived)
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