From: HVH@LETT.KUN.NL
Date: Mon 29 Aug 1994 - 18:22:00 EEST
Well, here's yet another Convulsion aftermath message. This one's not
detailing what went on, but it describes how you can see (or re-see)
what you've been missing (or living through). Although I must admit
that there's almost no footage of the (according to the reports) main
activity: drinking beer.
My original plans for taping Convulsion included hooking the camera up to the adaptor and to a normal recorder and just tape all the seminars completely. This, of course, would have resulted in a 24+ hour recording which would have outbored the long version of War and Peace. Un/Fortunately, a problem occurred in that the connection between camera and adaptor seemed to be out of order, and I had to use batteries. As a result, there's only a three hour video of Convulsion '94.
Also I had planned to be buying an MPEG-II video card for my nice new PC and do extensive editing, subtitling and many other nifty things in the production of the tape. However, it seems that this card is not yet available and possibly won't be for some months. So I decided to just copy everything together. The events are more important than the editing anyway.
The resulting contents:
Introduction. Who's who. Does Greg have that bodyguard because the ninja
is still around? Does Sandy really need that chainsaw all the time?
Is Jacob Jardine even now preparing Convulsion 2014? (5 min)
Cthulhu Party Party. The election of a Cthulhuish big shot as the next
European Chairman. See the organisation complain that the audience
makes too much noise after asking them in the flyer to prove that they
can outshout anyone. A perfect illustration of the UK political
system. (20 min)
Trollball. See MOB's description a couple of dailies ago. No more need
be said. (22 min)
The final (I hope) round in the infamous "Initiation Debate". Joerg and
Alex try to put this delicate subject (and each other) to rest with
the help of padded clubs. (3 min)
How the West was One. Even though I myself was busy playing a Rokari
bishop, there is extensive footage of this main event, thanks to Henk
who took over the camera for the duration. If you were in it, you can
now see how silly you looked in that hat, and possibly what was going
on while you were doing important stuff. If you want to be in it at
RQ-Con2, don't worry: you won't be able to deduce any important info
from this; even I have trouble understanding what is going on. But it
does look good. (85 min)
Gloranthan Storytelling. The best storytellers battle it out in the final.
Contains the full presentation of Lewis Jardine's winning entry (with
vocal support by the already mentioned Jacob). (40 min)
Greg Reads. Unfortunately, tape was running out at this time and there
was only room for one story: Grandfather Clay gets captured by Monster
Man. (5 min)
As promised to Joerg the Initiation Battle will in the future be captured as MPEG and placed on soda (if Shannon doesn't mind), but this will have to wait for that video card. As for the rest, we'll do the same as for RQ-Con: everybody who wants a copy lets me know, by email (hvh@lett.kun.nl) or snail mail (Hans van Halteren, van Ewijkweg 3, 6861 ZB Oosterbeek, The Netherlands). After a while I have a look at the number of requests and decide on a means of distribution and on the necessity of payment (or swapment in some cases). The video is in VHS/PAL at the moment but at least one NTSC copy will be made anyway. So let me know if you want a copy.
Hans van Halteren (hvh@lett.kun.nl)
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