The Gathering 1992 - From Norwegian Television

[Puni/Void]

That's great news. But the fact remains that The Gathering is more a gaming party than a demoscene event these days. If I were to go The Gathering now, it would be for the gaming as I'm afraid I'd be disappointed if I expected a demoscene event. Better to go to Breakpoint or Assembly if you want to see a huge scene party nowadays I guess.

You are right about that, Teho. It's mostly about gaming these days. As a typical LAN-party, I'm sure The Gathering is top notch. It hosts many competitions in a wide range of games and the prices are very good. The demoscene aspect of the party has slowly faded away though, but that could of course change in the future. If the organizers decide to focus more on digital art and give Sceners a discount when it comes to entrance fees, they might make some people return. Time will show.

[Harrison]

It would be very sad to see it completely turn into a gamers lan party. It would still be a great event, but it would be losing the whole point of the events original intent.

The demo scene has always enticed people to be as creative as they can be and to show off their programming, music and graphics skills and that in turn breaths new life into the creative and gaming markets. If they lose that element from the show it will lose its whole reason for existing.