Scene.org
Scene.org is an international non -profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the demo scene and now also many netlabel for electronic music. Scene.org presents to the world's largest file-servers, provides demo scene-related groups and individuals and netlabels free hosting services by granting the Scene.org Awards.
Tasks
Scene.org is run by about 15 volunteers from around the world and funded by sponsors. In addition to providing the world's mirrored file server with gleichlautendem name, Scene.org operates a web forum and IRC network. The target group of Scene.org includes not only the demoscene itself especially interested, want to get the insight into this subculture.
History
In 1996 Jaakko " Mellow -D" Manninen to ask the FTP server to ftp.fm.org Publications of the group Five Musicians available. In 1997, the name of the present Scene.org. After the Hornet Archive - the largest to date Demoscene Archive - concluded on 22 September 1998, Scene.org was the only known public demoscene FTP server and quickly took its present meaning.
The Award of scene.org project was officially terminated on February 4, 2013.
Scene.org Awards
Since 2003 Scene.org gives the Scene.org Awards. The Scene.org Awards are presented annually to the creators of the best intros and demos of the previous year. The winners are ( with the exception of the Audience Award ) selected by a jury of respected demosceners from around the world. The award ceremony is traditionally held at Breakpoint held since 2011 on the The Gathering Party, coinciding with the revision party in Saarbrücken.
The Scene.org Awards are given in the following categories:
- Best Demo
- Best 64K intro
- Best 4K Intro ( since 2004)
- Best effects
- Best Graphics
- Best Soundtrack
- Best Direction ( Best design, good ideas)
- Most Original Concept ( New ideas, original implementations )
- Breakthrough Performance ( demo groups that had their breakthrough last year)
- Audience Award (since 2004)