So head on over to wannabe.gathering.org read the crew descriptions and apply.

Processing
As every year it takes some time to process all applications that we receieve so please don't fear if you don't get an answer straight away, as we will not begin allowing admission to crew before the 3rd of november.

The crew
To be a part of the crew at The Gathering is something really special. We get together once every year to make The Gathering come true. There's all kinds of amazing stuff to do if you have the skills and/or will.

We have Event with all their skills in making stage design, including lighting, sound and AV, and their surrounding decorations bring the arena to life. They're also behind compos, both gaming and creative, they're on stage making fun and off stage making sure all the fun is captured on tape.

Then there's Security who keep us all safe, among other things they make sure no troublemakers enter the venue. Their Medic team will assist those who have a sudden need for medical assistance.

There's Tech, the people whom every year continue to design one of the world's largest temporary networks. They are responsible for what we need of servers (DHCP and much, much more) and provide support to our participants.

As you're reading this we obviously also have our own Info-crew, who makes systems such as Wannabe, they write for gathering.org and all our other information channels. They will help you from the Info:desk during the party and handle any press related matters.

Last, but not least, there is Core, and not as mystical as they sound they do what everyone else does not. They make food for the crew, they handle logistics, sponsors and whatever else might come up.

Still interested, familiarize yourself with the various crews by reading through the descriptions at wannabe.gathering.org now and apply!

And if you want to look your best, we've gathered some useful tips below:

• Make sure what you write is easily understandable. Stick to bokmål, nynorsk or English. A well written application with proper language might lead to a better first impression.

• Let the chief know why you should be chosen for this crew. Be specific – if you want to contribute with your "experience" or "being a positive addition to the crew", you're not really saying anything.

• Describe any relevant background or experience that you feel might come in handy.

• Remember that your chief only sees your application, nothing more – he or she cannot guess what skills you have if you do not present them. The text field might look small, but don't let that stop you from being thorough.

• Let a friend or parent review your application. Some extra feedback might give you that extra edge.

• Consider carefully whether you want your choices to be prioritized or not. If your first choice is a bit too ambitious, it might be hard to get into your second or third choice. The reason for this is simply that the chiefs mainly look at the applicants who have their crew as first priority, and by the time your first choice is rejected, your second or third choice of crew might be filled up. Make sure you read the descriptions of the crews you apply to properly, and answer any additional questions as best as you can.

• (Ninja tip: Make yourself known. This can be achieved by hanging out at our forums, our IRC-channel and participating at other parties, or even in another part of the TG-crew. This is a common long term strategy for those seeking admittance to some of the more demanding crews.)

To set the standard, we'll start off with the Savant performance.

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It's all downloadable right here.

1. 634 pts That's not even the right color... -
offwhite^darklite
2. 489 pts Cat & Mouse - Trung Chi Duong
3. 399 pts Journey to the Elemental Mother - Equiliari
4. 366 pts To tusen kroner rikere, yo! - Kristoffer Sørensen
5. 363 pts Waypoint - Ole Gunnar Stensrud
6. 349 pts Flying beast - Arja Ottesen
7. 284 pts Air-piracy - Jim Tommy Myhre Kjexrud
8. 256 pts Fire and ice - Susanne Ellingsen
9. 254 pts In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling -
Thor Merlin Lervik
10. 238 pts Dancing with the Breeze - Mariel Simone Edlund
11. 233 pts Firewalker - Kjersti Stuvik
12. 213 pts The Longest Journey - Trine Mikkelsen
213 pts Væristykset (shivers) - Julle Ulpovaara
14. 209 pts The Poisoned Mountain - Camilla Thorsen
15. 192 pts Surfer - Asbjørn Nedrehagen
16. 186 pts All alone - Simen Kuttner-Larsen
17. 185 pts Squirrel at Sea - Torbjørn Aardal
18. 146 pts Obscured by Snow - Sigurd Stubø Sandberg
19. 131 pts Elemental drift - SuperTeD
20. 100 pts Age of hair - "Goofy" Christoffer Bakken Tallerås

You can download all the creative compo entries here.

Photo:

1. 343 pts Mantis - Luffie / Simon Østrem
2. 241 pts Survival - Heidi Melissa Davidson
3. 224 pts Splinter: Moar nuts plz? - Miriam Hatlenes
4. 198 pts Through the eyes of a stray dog - Keith Mellingen
5. 194 pts Micro Spider - Alexander Long
6. 193 pts Step forward. - Andy'
7. 185 pts Not All Those Who Wander - Håvard Fandrem
8. 180 pts London Bridge At Night - Anne Lise Fladeby
9. 179 pts #aww på EFNet - Classic
10. 176 pts Innsjø og Sol - Andreas Bjerkø Olsen
176 pts Lake in moonlight - Jim Tommy Myhre Kjexrud
12. 171 pts Kua mi - Heidi Troppen
13. 166 pts Kitten - Redomex
14. 161 pts Redheads - Baldur Kjelsvik
15. 153 pts Freedom - Martin Zimmer Wold
16. 145 pts Path to the Mysterious - Mariel Simone Edlund
17. 122 pts A walk in the woods - The Dietrich
18. 116 pts Look - Sigurd Sveen
19. 111 pts Harmony - Camilla Thorsen
20. 100 pts Happy happy joy joy at Åpningsshowet - Delia Tee
21. 97 pts Sunbathing - Thor Merlin Lervik
22. 86 pts Cold Toddler - Ole Gunnar Stensrud
23. 79 pts Blikk - Edvin Wiggen Dahl
24. 68 pts Off Season - Ole Henrik Bach

Themed Photo Manipulation:

1. 412 pts Space Marine Owl - Asbjørn Nedrehagen
2. 306 pts The offering - offwhite^darklite
3. 242 pts Bear Titan - Equiliari
4. 222 pts Krig Fly - svudle dudlan
5. 175 pts Man vs. Owl - Fredrik Strupe
6. 167 pts Forgotten - Susanne Ellingsen
7. 156 pts Super Mecha Owl - OKB
8. 155 pts Owl Fishies - Thor Merlin Lervik
9. 153 pts You never touch a water spirit - Delia Tee
10. 150 pts Dystopia - Jim Tommy Myhre Kjexrud
11. 148 pts The forgotten city - Kristoffer Sørensen
12. 114 pts Mountain Journey - Keith Mellingen
13. 109 pts March of The Monks - Bjarte Nordhaug
14. 106 pts Penguin God - Jonathan Aanesen
15. 102 pts 2 - Markus H. Hovd
16. 91 pts The Cloudmaker - Tryll
17. 74 pts Three monks walking on a wooden bridge beside some
old buildings - Marius Alexandersen
18. 72 pts Citadel - Joovie
19. 71 pts Not So Ordinary - Mariel Simone Edlund
20. 67 pts Buddhist Jebus Near Bridge Over Troubled Water -
SuperTeD
21. 61 pts Eastern surprice - Zargot
22. 53 pts We Come Bearing Gifts - Confide
23. 51 pts Chilling on da street with my homeboys - DaMoggen

Fast Remix:

1. 173 pts Savant - Surive (Rootkit remix) - Rootkit / Kashif
Khan
2. 161 pts Savant-Survive (Roxcent Remix) - Raymond
Kirkedelen
3. 152 pts Savant - Survive (Ask Lars Remix) - Ask Lars
4. 139 pts Savant - Survive (Chimeric Remix) - Chimeric
5. 133 pts Savant - Survive (Joakim Skurk "Remix") - Joakim
Skurk
6. 129 pts Savant - Survive (Difee Remix) - Difee (Kristoffer
Lund)
7. 113 pts Survive (INVESTOR! Remix) - Martin Zimmer Wold
(Martin Wobble)
8. 100 pts Survive (Fnkee Remix) - Savant
9. 93 pts Savant - Survive (Anstein Kvarstad Remix) -
Anstein Kvarstad
10. 82 pts Savant - Survive(Capox Remix) - Capox
82 pts Savant - Survive(Timmy Concrete's crappy
apnea-remix) - Mats Øksne
12. 70 pts Savant - Survive (Glexes Remix) - Glexes
13. 62 pts Savant - SURVIVE (Rokseth Remix) - Rokseth
14. 52 pts Survive - Nyrepai Remix - Sindre Andersen

Ten Second Movie:

1. 172 pts Pulp Fiction Apertmant Scene in 10 Seconds - Keith
Mellingen and Robin Froland
2. 160 pts 2 Fast 2 Furious - SiH
3. 99 pts I'll make a man out of you - Kjersti & Ellen
Stuvik
4. 89 pts A bird in the hand - SuperTeD

Visual Effects:

1. 407 pts It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a god damn
flying rainbowcat. - Ola Thorsen
2. 251 pts A ship falling from the sky - Keith Mellingen
3. 163 pts ARNE redder dagen! - kimerim
4. 48 pts Walk In The Urban - Andreas Aanerud

Small HTML:

1. 5 pts Clusterfuck9 - Zomgtronics
2. 3 pts 0xFFSinCos - Emil Sandstø
3. 1 pts Starfield - Harald Lønmo

Useless Utility:

Typewriter-Simulator - MooG

MS Paint:

1. 451 pts Silly cat, get off the rails - Delia Tee
2. 438 pts Tiger Woods - Kristoffer Sørensen
3. 365 pts Calm - offwhite^darklite
4. 339 pts Volcanic shaman - Maiken Louise
5. 333 pts Sempiternity - Thor Merlin Lervik
6. 295 pts Sunny Day - Jim Tommy Myhre Kjexrud
7. 265 pts Todays flavor is....RAAAIIINNBOWWWW! - Ozan
Drøsdal
8. 213 pts Path of the Samurai - Tara Karlsen Haugland
9. 193 pts Make me shine - Arja Ottesen
10. 192 pts Fall! - Tine Hauglund
11. 166 pts Wavering Mist - Mariel Simone Edlund
12. 142 pts Island in the Sky - Miebk
13. 119 pts Ut på tur, aldri sur! - Anne Elise Bolla Nergaard
ft. Crystal Lam
14. 80 pts Free Hugs - Alida Stårvik

Remix:

1. 189 pts Torgny - Nights (Rootkit Remix) - Rootkit
2. 153 pts Torgny - Nights (INVESTOR! Remix) - INVESTOR!
(Martin Wobble)
3. 106 pts Torgny - Nights (Kim-Erik Remix) - Marius
Berthelsen
4. 85 pts Torgny - Nights (Glexes Remix) - Glexes
5. 73 pts Torgny - Nights (Fnkee Remix) - Fnkee
6. 50 pts Torgny - Nights (Daniel Vikeby Remix) - Daniel
Vikeby

Freestyle Music:

1. 150 pts Isolate - Rootkit
2. 136 pts End of the Earth - Miu
3. 119 pts This is The Gathering - DJ eXeCute
4. 116 pts Tortured Easter Eggs - Chimeric
5. 111 pts This Is Summer - Raymond Kirkedelen
6. 109 pts Inboxia - Joakim Skurk
7. 104 pts Transylvania Compo (Original Mix) - Dirotch
8. 103 pts Firefighter - INVESTOR! (Martin Wobble)
9. 93 pts Regrowth - Ask Lars
10. 90 pts Zeal - Achintya
11. 87 pts Solstråle - Morten Linderud
12. 81 pts Kjip Dang - Cloud-Nine
13. 68 pts Through Time - Capox
14. 66 pts Ism Incorporated - Mats Øksne
15. 42 pts Force - Plexim

Rendered Graphics:

1. 727 pts Into The Storm - Asbjørn Nedrehagen
2. 447 pts Future VR of Graphics Past - Kim Strandli
3. 391 pts Sea serpent - Jim Tommy Myhre Kjexrud
4. 351 pts Insectman - Espen Netland Jakobsen
5. 332 pts Valkyrie on the move - Hermann Eytorsson
6. 272 pts Tanks i skog - Nils Henrik Lundquist
7. 258 pts Vampire Chickface - Trung Chi Duong
8. 196 pts Desert toll plaza at night - Aileen Stavnes
9. 150 pts Somewhere Out There... - Walle
10. 134 pts Nighstrike - Christian Bergesen
11. 131 pts Dogfight - Morten Hanevold and Keith Mellingen
12. 113 pts Derelict Confession - Thor Merlin Lervik
13. 82 pts 3D Ring - Beeccy

Freestyle Graphics:

1. 559 pts Tom Brooks - Asbjørn Nedrehagen
2. 501 pts The Ruins - Joovie
3. 394 pts Transylvania 2635 - Equiliari
4. 393 pts Out for the day - Delia Tee
5. 344 pts Important Delivery - Ole Gunnar Stensrud
6. 289 pts Evening in Transylvania - Mariel Simone Edlund
7. 286 pts Snow Warriors - Kristoffer Sørensen
8. 243 pts The summoning - Susanne Ellingsen
9. 177 pts Worst Detective Ever - Ozan Drøsdal
10. 143 pts Fight under the Moonshine - Trine Mikkelsen
11. 117 pts Scrap Metal - Carine L. Johansen (Crrine)
12. 105 pts Tempest - Thor Merlin Lervik
13. 87 pts Hold Tight - Alida Stårvik
14. 0 pts Mighty Sky - Camilla S. B.

AI Programming

Semi Finals:

Qualified for finals:
1. Indigo - GIR: 9 wins, 740 points
2. Fredrik Strupe - bob-kaare: 8 wins, 780 points
3. telc - TelcBot: 7 wins, 1080 points
4. Zomgtronics - zomgBot!: 7 wins, 1020 points
5. Øivind & Jo Are - C4UL8R: 7 wins, 580 points
6. zerodave - segfault: 6 wins, 2030 points
7. shad - shad: 5 wins, 1220 points
8. petterroea - BobBot: 4 wins, 1110 points
Did not qualify for finals:
9. Peeta - Blackbot: 4 wins, 1030 points
10. Thomas Andresen - Lilfire: 4 wins, 640 points
11. oklien / soba violence - #trending: 4 wins, 440 points
12. Thor Merlin Lervik - BigSinep: 4 wins, 0 points
13. Tapped, Hakonvl - D'N'B (Drops and Bass): 3 wins, 790 points
14. Eivind Grimstad - Grimbot: 3 wins, 0 points
15. Ivar Kråbøl - Kai the Artificial Intelligence: 3 wins, 0 points
16. Tormod Myrvang - AI program: 2 wins, 270 point
17. Marius Skadberg - Impossibot: 1 wins, 860 points
18. Niklas Johansen - Chilli: 1 wins, 220 points
19. 2rsvold - Trinity: 0 wins, 790 points
20. Jckf - No Monk: 0 wins, 530 points
21. Arne Sund - Motherfish: 0 wins, 510 points
22. Zargot - ZargBot: 0 wins, 260 points

Finals:

Winners:
1. Fredrik Strupe - bob-kaare: 5 wins, 630 points
2. zerodave - segfault: 4 wins, 2580 points
3. telc - TelcBot: 4 wins, 1120 points
4. shad - shad: 2 wins, 1541 points
5. Indigo - GIR: 0 wins, 1000 points

Runners-up:
6. Øivind & Jo Are - C4UL8R: 0 wins, 920 points
7. petterroea - BobBot: 0 wins, 840 points
8. Zomgtronics - zomgBot!: 0 wins, 720 points

Fast Game Development:

1. 170 pts Adrift - Indigo
2. 137 pts Immortal in Wanderland - Team Noroff
3. 136 pts Hover Helmet - King-Kwan Mui
4. 92 pts Elemental Bump - Hege, Ole og Andreas
5. 88 pts Nightmare Fight Man - JiiChan
6. 70 pts BunnyWorld - Markus Øynes
7. 50 pts Lifes Beat - Vetle Skagestad

Game Development:

1. 363 pts ORBIT - 4Bit Games
2. 261 pts Size DOES MAtter - DOS Studios
3. 186 pts CubeStrike - Marius Skadberg
4. 179 pts Gravinoid - Indigo
5. 126 pts Pigmentum - King-Kwan Mui
6. 104 pts Sick Little World - JiiChan
7. 47 pts Fungus Time - Thor Merlin Lervik

Freestyle Video:

1. 415 pts Råklipp - Håvard Fandrem
2. 287 pts Nye plasser - Classic
3. 280 pts Transylvania Planet - Simen Tørresvold
4. 251 pts Renewing Memories - SiH
5. 209 pts The Gathering 2014 - Sondre Jacobsen
6. 202 pts Self-Tidying Bedroom (Stop Motion) - Alexander
Long
7. 191 pts Eg lige egentlig ikkje guttetiss - trailer -
Magnus Mærland
8. 111 pts Sirkus Eliassen, Staysman & Lazz (Aftermovie) -
Camilla Thorsen

Fast Demo:

1. 195 pts pedoge is so wow - zomgtronics
2. 137 pts Cat Noir - Cos feat. Ferris
3. 127 pts LED KATTZELIN - Indigo
4. 87 pts NSA & Cats - _tor & catacsyl
5. 73 pts Kraizy Kittenz - Lightcore
6. 72 pts Compofillers need love too! - Darklite
7. 48 pts Too Damn Fast - Thinktank

Combined Demo/Intro:

1. 273 pts Nu - Elix
2. 259 pts Aurora - zomgtronics
3. 170 pts Cubes & Spheres - _tor & djhkan
4. 155 pts Forgotten greets - Indigo
5. 115 pts 8kOfMagic - Marius Skadberg
6. 89 pts WYSIWYG - Broken by design
7. 78 pts Ballgrinder - Lightcore

TGPC

1.Vegard Edvardsen (355 poeng)
2.Håvard Pettersson (352 poeng)
3.GeeksByNature (346 poeng)
4.Martin Stensgård (344 poeng)
5.Fredrik Asgard (311 poeng)
6.Duckslayer (282 poeng)
7.ZomgTronics (275 poeng)
8.shadaeflicious (266 poeng)
9.Marius Skadberg (260 poeng)
10.Terje (249 poeng)
11.Sungod (235 poeng)
12.Oystermag (214 poeng)
13.zochwar (187 poeng)
14.Team Cadence (186 poeng)
15.Zargot (178 poeng)
16.Fredrik Strupe (169 poeng)
17.Harald Lønmo (159 poeng)
18.Lars Sætaberget (155 poeng)
19.Frank Lyder Bredland (147 poeng)
20.Morten A. Erlandsen (129 poeng)
21.JAMM (121 poeng)
22.Kristoffer Stærk (111 poeng)
23.Kevin Sillerud (108 poeng)
24.Marius (101 poeng)
25.ms94norge (94 poeng)
26.Patrick Tørresvold (92 poeng)
27.Martin Lehmann (62 poeng)
28.Roger Antonsen (58 poeng)
29.LuxusElg (55 poeng)
30.Emil (51 poeng)
31.HerbertMachDas (51 poeng)
32.Rico Clark (49 poeng)
33.Max (46 poeng)

For a lot of us, the saturday at TG is about spending that last amount of energy and strength. Some run in a line through the halls, some lose their voice calling out for Arne and a lucky few win comptetions and prizes.

We have put together a highlight reel from day 4 so you can relive the awesomeness that is saturday night in Vikingskipet as many times as you want.

We've recorded the whole concert and made it available to everyone. But seriously, don't listen to the Miu concert unless you have a subwoofer bigger than yo' mama!

That was silly. Just click on the video, you.

Please write a descriptive subject on the email. Example: "LF - Teddybear, yellow and pink. Laughs when tickled on belly".

The body should contain when, where and how the item in question was lost, as well as colour, shape and smell.

Read the full interview on the norwegian website!

Read more about the Nerd Royal competition here. (Article in norwegian.)

Adam thought the overall skill-level in the competition was fair, with some "up-and-coming" players. Despite this,
the world champion made it to the top without any trouble.

The final match was played against Vegard Nyeng. According to last years winner and competition admin second running, Mads André Valderhaug, Adam had no problems smashing the opponent.

Vegard got the full experience of meeting one of the big names in the game, and was not at all disappointed to place second. When asked if he thought the road to the finals was difficult, he brings up the challenging second fight against third place winner Philip Rothshild.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Adam before TG, click here to read the interview.

Read the full report on the norwegian website.

We will close voting for Thursday and Friday's compos today at 4 pm.

Voting on Saturday's compos opens when the show starts at 19:30, and will close at 10 pm. This is because the prize ceremony starts very soon after today's show ends.

Thursday's compos were:
Fast Graphics
Photo
Themed Photo Manipulation
Fast Music
Ten Second Movie
Visual Effects

Friday's compos were:
Remix
MSPaint
Freestyle Music
Rendered Graphics
Freestyle Graphics

Saturday's compos are:
Fast Game Development
Game Development
Freestyle Video
Fast Demo
Combined Demo/Intro

Vote at compo.gathering.org

If you want to look at all the entries again, remember that you can find them at ftp.gathering.org/TG/2014/CreativeCompos.

DOS Studios has already won a BAFTA Award (Britain's version of the Oscars) for the game «Size DOES Matter». It's a rhythm based game for mobile and tablet, which is due out in a few months time.

4 Bit Games is a completely fresh studio working on the game «ORBIT», a competitive sofa game for up to four players where you fight in space! It's due out in May. At the moment they have a Steam Greenlight campaign running, and they would appreciate your vote.

Both these companies are pretty new, and they can tell you about their experience if you're interested in doing the same.

Support indie companies

There are at least four other games on Steam Greenlight who also need some votes:

- Antagonist with the third person horror adventure game «Through the Woods».

- Sarepta Studio with the co-op adventure game «Shadow Puppeteer».

- Moondrop with physics game «Amphora».

- Inconspicuous Creations with the strategy game «Heroes in the Fast Lane».

At the same time we start a talk about 3D Sculpting in the Creative Lounge. Come by to watch and learn! If you've submitted a contribution in one of the creative competitions, come by and pick up your exclusive Creative TG t-shirt that will be given out at the same time. Last but not least, we also start the Game Dev Showcase at 12 – definitely a time to be in the lounge with other words.

14:00 we finally kick off the AI competition. This is a very entertaining competition where skilled programmers have created players that think themselves, and play against each other. Bugs and action guaranteed!

Two hours later at 16:00 we hit one of the last deadlines this year, this is the deadline for the Combined Demo/Intro competition. Do not forget it if you work on a demo! At the same time you can come by the lounge for part 2 of the multicopter workshop, where participants will try to build a multicopter.

At 18:00 we get the last two deadlines – The Gathering Programming Champtionship and the Hacking Competition. Watch out for these!

Now you finally have a little time to hang out in the lounge before we move towards the stage for the last composhow.

Here we start with the final in AI, before we move on the Fast Game Dev, Game Dev, Freestyle Video, Fast Demo and Combined Demo/Intro. After that, remember to vote immediately, then hang out with awesome people in the lounge, before the prize ceremony at 22:30.

We hope you had a wonderful creative The Gathering, and can return home with a lot of new knowledge and inspiration.

If you want to see us again before the next TG, come to Solskogen or Kindergarden – these are two pure demoparties that are held within an hour with car from Oslo. They are held respectively in July and November. If you think this sounds interesting, come by the lounge and talk to us, so we can tell you more about demo parties!

And last but not least, are mentors are here for you! If you're wondering about something, come by and ask for a mentor in your field, and we will help you out!

Take a look at the slideshow above, take a pick and vote for which one you think is the best at The Gatherings Compo-system.

– Police dogs search the party every year to make sure we are a drug-free event, says Valvik.

Friday six persons were reported for drug abuse, one for possession of tablets, four tested negative and one case is still pending.

ftp://ftp.gathering.org/TG/2014/CreativeCompos/animation-workshop-running-samples.swf

There's also a competition associated with this workshop: Make your own running animation.

The deadline is Saturday at 2pm. You can make an animation in any program you want. The participant with the best running motion will win.

Upload your entry here:

http://compo.gathering.org

We generally try to upload the entries as soon as possible after the competition has been shown.

Download this year's compo entries here:

ftp://ftp.gathering.org/TG/2014/CreativeCompos/

And don't forget to vote! Go here to vote:

http://compo.gathering.org/

Also remember to read the rules for this competition.

Friday awaits more deadlines, a new stressful task, several interesting lectures and educational workshops.

Set your alarm clock for 10:00 if you like to create demos with a time pressure. It's time for the fast demo competition! A competition that brings forth the worst hacks in you, and pushes your creativity to a new level. The theme consists of three fairly random words which you should use to create your demo in just eight hours.

At 12:00 the deadline troll comes forth and streaks its deadline hammer at Useful Utility, Useless Utility, Small HTML, Freestyle Graphics, Freestyle Music, Freestyle Video, MS Paint and Remix. If you're creating something for any of these competitions, be sure to set your alarm clock!

The day's first workshop starts at 12:00, and you can learn how to create your own Chrome Extension. Afterwards, you can submit your own extension and win awesome prizes. At 14:00 Wictoria Nordgård takes over, with a workshop about useful tips and tricks in Photoshop. Bring your own laptop or use one of our workstations in the lounge.

At 18:00 the day's last deadlines hits. This time it's Fast Demo and Game Level Design. Do not forget to submit!

An hour later we kick off our componight with MS Paint and Remix, followed by at 21:30 with Freestyle Music, Rendered GFX and Freestyle Graphics. Be there or be lame!

This promises for yet a wonderful creative day at The Gathering. And do not forget to come by the lounge if you want to learn something new or just hang out.

Read the full article on the Norwegian website.

We made an map to easier show you where you can locate the closest shower!

Tips:

Always wash your hands

Clean up after yourself! Don't leave your towels lying around in the shower

Maintain a good standard of hygiene, and take into account that there are more people here than just you

And remember, a clean nerd is a happy nerd.

You can download the map here

We've also had a workshop with Illy Binfield on Artifial Intelligence, and the compocase for Small HTML has been released. The day has also been marked by deadlines in a number of graphical competitions as Photo, Themed Photo Manipulation and Ten Second Movie.

If you work with contributions for any of the following competitions; Fast Graphics, Fast Music or Visual Effects, be sure not to miss the deadline today at 16:00 SHARP.

The day will continue with workshops in drawing portraits with June Daugaard Jensen. Jo Emil Holen and Liam S. Crouch will give you an introduction to programming, and UiO will talk about building multicopters.

The evening concludes with the final in DJ Academy at 19:00, and a grand composhow on the main stage at 20:30.

The creative presentations were kicked off with a lecture from Jo Emil Holen and Liam S. Crouch on how this year's invite was put together. After the lecture, slides, script and source code to the invite was posted on GitHub.

The presentation of the script can be found here: https://github.com/joms/Indigo/releases/tag/1.0

The source code of the demo can be found here: https://github.com/joms/Indigo/tree/The_Gathering_2014_Invite

If you have not seen this year's Invite? Check it out on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6rgFTP944Q.

Or enjoy it as a demo should be enjoyed - download it from Demozoo: http://demozoo.org/productions/103343/

Anthropomorphism, Journey and Elements

Have fun and good luck! The deadline is in FOUR hours!

Remember to read the rules!

Also remember to read the rules for this competition.

May the smallest HTML file win!

The map updates continuously.

We talked to 10 people at TG14 about their gaming plans this Easter!

It is your own responsibility to keep up to date with when the registration to your favorite games end. You can do this by visiting the respective games own pages here on gathering.org (see game menu on the left).

Here is a small tutorial on how to enroll in gaming competitions.

Breakfast is served from 08:00 am to 11:00 am.
Dinner is served from 15:00 am to 18:00 pm.

If you have any allergies, it is important that you notify the people working during breakfast on Thursday.

The food can be found in Nordre Sving. Not sure where it is, or have any other questions regarding meals? Hear with the passionate folks at Info:Desk.

He will come to the auditorium at 12:45 to give his feedback on your entry and mingle with us.

The material for this compo can now be found here!

This is not something you want to miss out on!

How to sign up

There is no magic involved, follow these steps:

1. Chose your games in the left menu on this page.
2. Click on the game(s) you want to compete in.
3. Click the sign-up button.

You will be taken to the sign-up page and the game bracket. Follow the instructions you are given there.

Simple as that!

Remember to visit Game:Desk to tell them you signed up!

Most of the competitions also require that you walk over to Game:Desk and tell them that you (or your team) are at The Gathering.

Game:Desk can be found in the north of The Wiking Ship.

In the northern end of the ship you will find ChillOut. Take a break from gaming and try something new. At ChillOut you can sit down in a comfortable chair and relax, pearl yourself a piece of plastic jewelry or try one of the many board games available.

See their schedule below.

In addition, they can tempt you with free slush and fresh fruit, free hugs, or just someone socialize with.

- The idea behind ChillOut is to provide the participants with alternative activities.

There will be, among other things, organized a draft for Magic: The Gathering with a buy-in of a hundred NOK, and a nerfgun-arena outside the ship. More information will be provided in the future.

- We wish to welcome all participants and crew to ChillOut!

Nerdswim

ChillOut are the ones responsible for Nerdswim. Check out this article for more info, or go to the ChillOut stand.

KANDU

KANDU is an organization which, among other things, makes The Gathering possible. It is the board of KANDU who are responsible for electing the members of the management team of The Gathering, supervising our economy, and help where help is needed.

But KANDU is so much more than just TG. They regularly arrange interesting lectures, barbeque- and game nights, or borrow equipment to smaller arrangements who might find themselves in need of it. The last few years they've bought equipment for a stunning two million NOK, whereof a good part of said equipment is found in the hall we're located in right now.

When you bought your ticket for The Gathering, you were also signed up as a member of KANDU. Her you will receive multiple benefits, and are given the right to vote during the General Assembly, should you want to. Read more at kandu.no

This is happening at ChillOut:

Magic draft Thursday - Saturday at 15:00

Scavenger hunt Friday at 01:00

Photo safari Friday at 23:59

Nerdswim Friday from 12:00 - 16:00

Compo in beading is running during the whole party - the winner will be announced Saturday at 21:00!

Remember to bring a USB stick with the music you want to use!

Are you into music mixing ? Are you the go-to person for new music? Want to learn a little about DJing ? Or maybe you're already an accomplished DJ? Then you have the opportunity to show off at this year's The Gathering!

This year. Battery, Universal Music and The Gathering launch "DJ Academy: powered by Battery"! There will be courses, live mixing with CDJs and mixing with applications like Serato , Ableton Live and Traktor . A unique opportunity to find a program you will learn the basics or expand even more in the program you already know well.

The seminars / workshops will be held on Wednesday from 16:00 to 20:00 with about an hour for each program. The leaders of the workshops are experts in their respective programs and will both go through the basic functionality, advanced functionality and give you some "tips and tricks".

Thursday from 16.00 to 18.00 there will be held a contest with live mixing on CDJs . Here, each participant have 15 minutes at their disposal. Participants can play music from all genres they like , but they must mix a minimum of three songs within their 15-minute set. A jury will judge sets the participants topics based on three areas; track selection, mixing and technical execution. The prize is still a secret, but we can say so much that you do not need to add any plans for next Easter quite yet. Registration for this contest will be during the CDJs course to be held Wednesday at 16:00. It's a first-come, first served basis.

Wednesday will go like this:

16.00 - 20.00 DJ Academy: powered by battery

DJ Ash Valley goes through how to mix with CDJs. Note It will be used pioneer rekordbox and it is recommended that everyone makes sure to familiarise with it. It is freeware and can be downloaded from www.pioneerelectronics.com.

Ferris shows you some of what you can do with Traktor

Miu takes a quick tour on how he uses Ableton to prepare songs for a set.

About the speakers

DJ Ash Valley jobs daily at Universal Music and DJ 's often in Oslo's nightlife world. He has played in places such as The Villa , Fish and Wildlife and Jäger , where he has worked to book into some of the biggest house DJs.

Ferris is a 22-year-old EDM powerhouse hailing from the idaho wilderness and taking Oslo by storm. He's produced everything from ambient soundscapes to hard hitting Super Nintendo riffs, and now he's here to share his experience with the powerful and easy-to-use traktor dj platform.

Miu has more than 16 years experience in the studio, and has recorded music for happy people in eight years. He has worked with anything from live sound and rock bands to electronica, film and television sound, video games, systems and acoustics. He has also played with several of Holland's biggest DJs, and is close to the international artists like Pegboard Nerds and the American music industry.

Unfortunately, they only have a limited number of bricks, so you might have to be patient. ChillOut will update @Tg14chillout on twitter with information about the staus of the cooler bricks supply.

Legacy clients with only 2,4GHz can connect to the "The Gathering 2014 2.4Ghz" ESSID.
2,4GHz is only best effort – the main focus is stable 5GHz

The password for both is: Transylvania
(case sensitive)

hack.tg14.gathering.org

Tasks will be added continuously.

Good luck with the tasks, and be sure to check out the rules.

Alone, or in a team with up to 3 people, come up with a function/feature for the community page and make it as best you can. The most important part is that it's in working condition.

Entries will be evaluated on the basis of an overall impression, where they pay extra attention to creativity, effort, visual first impression and the quality of source code.

The deadline is 2:00 pm, Saturday 19.04.14

To read about the contest and the prizes, visit their blog.

compo.gathering.org/tgpc

to see the tasks you have to solve! Tasks will continuously appear on this site, so remember to check in often!

You will have to register a new user or a team in this compo system in order to submit solutions.

Discussion and clarifications happen all the time at our own IRC channel: #tg-creativia at EFNet. You're welcome to join us!

Good luck!

This is where you can talk to other participants and the crew at The Gathering. Welcome!

If you don't know how, you can connect trough your browser here.

You can also use a client on your desktop such as mIRC.

In this competition you don't have too much time, so try to think small and scope it down! A small and well executed game is much better than a game with many half-finished features!

This year's theme is: Reality is not what it seems!

Remember to read the rules for what you need to deliver and what's expected of you or your team!

Good luck!

The newfound places are in the south-east of The Wiking Ship. A 802.11n (5GHz) WIFI connection is recomended if you want to get online. The table space will be 72 cm width and 90 cm depth.

The tickets will cost NOK 990,-. There is a maximum of one ticket per person.

This is a new ticket round, so you can buy a ticket, even if you are not in queue for the normal TG tickets. If you are in the queue, you will not be offered these tickets automatically. You have to visit geekevents.org and buy one of the new tickets. The tickets will be calle "FlankePlankePlass"

The tickets for the empty seats are available at geekevents.org and will only be available if you pay with VISA or MasterCard. The sale will start at 7am 16th of April 2014, and the ticket will only be visible in Geekevents from that time. The tickets will not be sold in the entrance.

Seating for these tickets are "free", so there's no seat-reservations through geekevents, but you'll have to buy the tickets there.

Watch the video to see three of the new faces we got in our stab. Two of them haven't even been on The Gathering before. They just went straight to crew!

Make sure to keep yourselves updated on gathering.org for further information!

Watch episode 2 here:

The gas station Shell Espa in Espa is famous for their tasty buns, and now they're giving away one for free to the participants and crew of the Gathering.

It's enough to tell them you're going to or from The Gathering. No purchase is necessary, but it's always nice to support the local commerce. The offer is valid on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday.

The gas station is situated along the E6, by Mjøsa in Stange kommune.

Grab yours now, and decorate your desktop with this years theme!

Wallpapers TG14 is available as a .rar file.

It might happen that you realize you forgot something at home when you arrive at The Gathering, or maybe you just need to fill up on candy during your stay. That calls for a trip to the grocery store. Since it's Easter, the closing hours of the stores are different than they usually are. Wednesday is a normal working day, but most stores keeps closed on Thursday and Friday. There are also some gas stations nearby that are staying up during the holidays. Have a look at our overview over stores and gas stations that are located nearby, with closing hours.

The editorial staff has had the pleasure of speaking to two of the many volunteers who make sure everything goes according to plan.

Tech:Server

With his twelfth year as crew at The Gathering, we have with us Knut Auvor Grythe, Co-Chief of Tech:server. In addition to aiding Tech:Net, they also configure our DHCP, DNS, and e-mail servers. During TG they are critical, making sure the network is actually working, by continuously monitoring both the flow of traffic and the uptime for the network.

- Every year before The Gathering, it is necessary with a review of the source code from the previous year. There's usually a lot of dirty hacks from the year before that needs attention.

The sourcecode, which is also publicly available for everyone to see on GitHub (https://github.com/tech-server), is reused every year, with amendments of course.

The exciting part of working in Tech:Server, Knut Auvor claims, is to be able to find new creative solutions that would otherwise not be valid in a work-setting. What works in a job-setting wouldn't be guaranteed to work at The Gathering, and vice versa..

One must also include that the purchase of candy and Coca Cola is a vital part of the preparations. - We've had a consumption of Coca Cola as high as 50-60 liters.

Event

With us we also have Guro Faller, our very own Event:Organizer. With a huge area of responsibilities, including but not limited to the scene, game, and the creative, there are a lot of balls in the air to juggle at once, needless to say, this requires thorough planning and attention to detail.

When everything is to be prepared, it is important to double-check any details; - We are covering the studio production, livestream, lectures, workshops, and last but not least, entertainment. Most importantly is perhaps the booking of special guests and artists. This year we can among other things tempt with bloggers from Geek and Sundry, which will co-star as hosts in our studio, something we are all looking forward to.

- Our greatest challenge is perhaps finding something the participants enjoy, and can feel inspired by. Perhaps they learn a new programming language, pick up a new interest, or find a new channel to follow on YouTube.

What i'm looking forward to the most is motion capture, Guro says, as it will be the first time ever this comes to The Gathering. Most exciting for the participants is that they themselves will be given the opportunity to put on these special motion-capture suits, and partake in the fun themselves.

Something else that is also new for this year are the "lightning talks", a new concept where the participants can share their passions, interests, or whatever it must be about their chosen subject of choice for a brief five minutes. We hope that as many as possible will want to join, both as a lecturer and as audience.

This year, short-term parking has moved to the asphalt parking lot, on the west side of the Viking ship. If you arrive the computer party by public transport, you end up at the south side of the Viking ship.

Long-term, camping and trailer parking is at the same place as before.

- From 15 to 60 cars

Safety officer Harald Christiansen says that the change has been made to allow additional cars on short-term parking at the same time.

- Because we loops cars throughout the parking lot, we can accept a total of 60 cars in the short-term parking. Previously it has only been room for 15 cars at a time.

Christiansen says that this has been a collaboration with the police.

- This is the first time we change the car parking system in six years.

- Remember that you can only stay in the short-term parking for 10 minutes with a driver, he reminds us.

Read more about how to get to the Viking ship here.

The participant ombudsman Sondre Langenes encourages all participants to bring a warm sleeping bag and a good sleeping pad:

– Ideally you should bring a sleeping bag that handles sub-zero temperatures, is his recomendation.

He also wants to remind everyone to take a look at the official TG packing list before leaving for Hamar.

Check out the packing list here.

Something extra to think about this year, is that Bunnpris in Hamar no longer exists. That means that you should remember to buy what you need before you arrive, or on Wednesday before the shops close for the holiday.

If you arrive tuesday night, you ought to bring some bbq food. From 11 pm we'll fire up the barbeques, so that you won't be hungry.

Download the film clip and everything you need from the FTP!

We look forward to see what you can do with our clip! Good luck! Just remember to read the rules!

If you have a valid ticket for TG14 and your entry is done, you may now upload your entry to the compo system in order to get feedback on what you've made. If there is a chance that your entry might be desqualified, we will alert you, and you will have the time to fix this!

If everything is OK, and your entry looks good, you may lower your shoulders and relax, maybe even use the time to create something else for another compo!

Start uploading your entries in the Compo System now!

You might want to read the guide to the compo system, too!

Back by request on Friday, we have Miu, who should need no further introduction, but he is back to bring the base.

Last off, on saturday we have Karin Park. Her live sets are undeniably electrifying, pushing musical boundaries and encapsulating to watch.

There's still one suprise, what artist will perform at the opening show. You may ask us, but you'll get no answer until you're actually there. You know, in front of the stage, wednesday evening, awesomeness is hereby promised!

Download the six images HERE!

Remember that you need to use at least three of the six provided stock photos in your masterpiece. Show us what you can do with them!

Good luck!

Maybe you've been working on a Demo, and you are looking for a composer to work with. Or maybe you love a specific comic book series, that you want the world to hear about. Anything goes - so apply now!

The rules are as follows:
- Length: Max 5 minutes
- Language: Must be English or Nowegian
- No copyrighted material (music, films, etc.)

Sign up now!

Å være «nerd» er hva en gjør det til. Betegnelsen som vi kanskje unngikk tidligere, har vi nå valgt å omfavne og like. At man nå kan like å være nerd, er et resultat av vi har stått - og funnet - sammen gjennom utviklingen. Det er flere av oss og vi våger være «nerder» sammen.

Spill forener oss

I dag kan alle kan være en nerd. Uavhengig av kjønn, sosialstatus, atletiske evner og familiens formue. Å være nerd handler om å brenne for noe og å bruke tiden sin på å bli bedre i det. Tidligere var det kanskje vanskelig å finne en felles aktivitet eller interesse å brenne for. Slik er det ikke nå. Det finnes nemlig et hav av spill som alle kan like.

For å registrere deg i konkurransen omtalt i denne artikklen, kan du bruke dette skjemaet.

Som resultat av økt mengde spillmuligheter, kan stadig flere finne et spill de brenner for. Et spill de vil bli bedre i. Et spill de er sosiale gjennom. Og det gjøres på en arena hvor den atletiske, rike, tynne eller fattige kjemper på like premisser som sine rake motsetninger. Spillene bringer oss sammen.

Nerd royal - Kongen eller dronningen av nerdene

På The Gathering er vi i større eller mindre grad nerder sammen. Her handler om å samles rundt en felles interesse og å dele den med både venner og ukjente.

For å feire nerden, har The Gathering og Atea kommet opp med et konkurransekonsept som er nytt av året; NERD ROYAL.

Reglementet for Nerd Royal finner du her!

En talsperson for Event:Game uttalte:

- Kort fortalt så er det at vi har en turnering med navnet "Nerd Royal", hvor vi skal kåre Kongen eller Dronningen av nerdene. I selve konkurransen så møter man og skal spille 3 tilfeldige spill som trekkes før de skal spille.

Det vil være en omfattende kvalifiseringsrunde for å sikre seg en plass i sluttspillet, som vil bestå av 32 deltakere. Fra den dagen TG14 starter, gjennomføres det derfor en omfattende og spennende kvalifiseringsrunde. I kvalifiseringen får potensielle deltakere muligheten til å sanke kvalifikasjons-poeng i ymse konkurranser rundt omkring i Vikingskipet.

En av kvalifiseringskonkurransene innebærer at du er god på lete. Du skal nemlig finne en vampyrstake (bildet, over). Det er hele 26 av disse vampyrstakene gjemt rundt i Vikingskipet.

Hvis du har registrert deg som deltaker i Nerd Royal, og finner en av disse vampyrstakene, kan du ta den med deg til Game:Desk.

De 32 beste gjennom kvalifiseringsrundene blir senere utfordret i tre tilfeldige spill. Det vil si, det trekkes tre spill av en pott på ti. Deltakerne kan naturligvis etterlate alt til flaksen, og satse på at de trekker tre spill de kan, men turningsformatet er Singel Elimination og du får bare en sjanse. Det skal noe til å ha så stor flaks.

Spillpotten

Å ha nogen lunde kontroll på majoriteten av spillene i potten det trekkes fra er en fordel. Listen over spill det trekkes fra, offentliggjøres derfor allerede nå. På den måten får alle en sjanse til å fornye sine ferdigheter i spillene allerede i dag. Listen inneholder litt av hvert, og de fleste finner nok noe de allerede mestrer ganske godt.

Spillene det trekkes fra er:

1. Orbit
2. Mario Kart
3. Donkey Kong
4. TetriNET
5. Kinect Sports
6. CS:GO
7. Audiosurf
8. Stepmania
9. SC2
10. Trackmania

Etter konkurransene innenfor de tre spillene, står en litt heldig og veldig gjennomført dyktig person igjen. I tillegg til æren, er ikke pengepremiene så verst de heller. Kongen eller dronningen av nerdene, vinner nemlig et gavekort på 5000 og en HP Pro X2 datamaskin. Andre og tredje plass får gavekort på henholdsvis 3000 og 2000 for innsatsen.

Vinneren krones også kongen eller dronningen av nerdene - på verdens største dataparty.

There is of course the traditional Freestyle Video where there are no limitations except the length and ambition to tell anything. Show the documentary film about the birds of Svalbard, or the music video for your band that you have made as long as it does not have a length of more than five minutes.

And now we introduce two brand new competitions for you!

The Ten Second Movie competition challenges you to make a masterpiece of a video that lasts for only ten seconds! Get your camera or pull out old fashioned pen and paper to make it. Animate or shoot your ten second movie. Watch a film you want to recreate and pull out the main plot points or just your favorite scene and recreate it in your own vision.

In the Visual Effects competition, you may show off your skills in special effects. Use a clip that we provide to create exactly what you want. Edit the colors, create explosions, new dimensions, add robots, remix it to what suits you!

We hope to see a lot of interesting video entries this year! Good luck!

Parents/guardians

The participant ombudsmen answer all inquiries from participants and parents/guardians. Call them at +47 22 69 69 00, choice 1.

The participant ombudsmen are also available at do (at) gathering.org for non-urgent inquiries.

Press

Our press team will answer e-mails as usual before and during TG. See the Press page for more info.

Sponsor contact

Call them at +47 22 69 69 00, choice 3.

Other inquiries

Important inquiries must be directed to +47 22 69 69 00, choice 5.

Our phone is staffed 24/7 from Saturday April 12th. Before that you may not get an answer if you call in the middle of the night.

Note: info (at) gathering.org will not be staffed from Monday April 7th through Monday April 28th.

Tickets are digital and can be modified by the owner at any time. It is very important that it is your name on the ticket you are using. You can print out a check-in proof with the ticket information at the time you completed the pre-check-in. You only need the check-in proof and ID to gain access to The Gathering.

In short: The ticket itself is digital in the sense that it only exists in Geekevents. The ticket's status in Geekevents decides whether it is valid or not.

UNDER 16: If you are under 16 years old, you must bring the consent form, or scan and upload it to Geekevents.

Just like at the airport

To compare this with something you might be more experienced with, let's say you are at an airport:

Your check-in proof is the reference number you have when you go to the check-in counter. When you check in you get a boarding pass, which in our case will be a bracelet you get when you arrive at Vikingskipet.

If you go to the airport with a ticket which has been canceled, you obviously won't be able to fly. Likewise, you won't be able to enter TG if your ticket has someone else's name on it, even if you have completed the pre-check-in.

We're setting up a shuttle bus from 12:00 until 18:00.

This year we have a restriction of 200 free tickets. A ChillOut member will hand out bracelets on arrival at Ankerskogen.

However, Ankerskogen is offering TG participants and crew members a discount on regular tickets the same day. The price is set to 75 NOK (normally 110 - 135 NOK). All you need to do is show your TG bracelet.

So don't forget to pack your swimwear!

You will find more information at ChillOut in Vikingskipet.

"If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is."

To apply for CFAD you need to be a participant at The Gathering, and in Security:Security and Security:Medic you need to be at least 18 years old.

The crews you can apply for are:

Core:CrewCare
Core:SponsorSupport
Info:Content
Info:Desk
Security
Security:Security
Security:Medic
Tech:Support

To read about all the different crews, check out this link.

Register and apply for Crew For A Day in Wannabe.

The ticket will provide a seat for you in the Creative Lounge, a dedicated area to the creative participants, such as musicians, video producers/editors, graphic designers, cosplayers, demo coders, game designers/developers and hardcore programmers from all over the world.

This ticket is for those of you who attend The Gathering to participate creatively, either by attending seminars, workshops or competitions, but also if you want to learn some new tricks of the creative trade.

To buy this ticket you need to write a short application in which you explain why you are interested in it. A good application includes links to earlier work if you have it (demos, artwork, music, cosplaying, videos etc.) and a description of them. You write the application in Geekevents.

We have Creative tickets and Creative No-Seat tickets. In addition we have foreigner versions of both these types of tickets. A Creative No-Seat ticket is suitable for participants who don't need a huge workspace this Easter, and perhaps are planning on bringing a laptop only. Although this ticket is for participants who attend TG for the creative competitions and seminars, you can participate in all the compos, not only the creative ones. The Creative Lounge has sofas, chairs and tables enough for you and your laptop all Easter.

Cosplay! Awards! takes place at The Gathering on Friday 18th of April at 20:00.

There are four categories in this years competition:

Cosplayer of the Year
Golden Art
Hidden Gem
Lost Art
Read more about the categories here.

What is Cosplay! Awards!?

The show is all about showing off your work - no matter how much effort you have left in it. It is about you getting motivation to continue cosplaying, and to inspire other people to getting into this fantastic art. It is not a competition in how to be the best Cosplayer.

We hope you want to attend regardless of whether you are a professional artist or you have just started Cosplaying. As a participant in the competition you're only expected to show off your costume and answer a few questions about it. There will be no difficult questions, just trivial ones to understand your choice of character.

This show is not about awarding the "best" costumes, but to show off all the creativity involved in making a costume. Even if you make your costume while attending one of our workshops, we still encourage you to sign up.

Our Cosplay! Award! show will have a panel of judges consisting of three active cosplayers. Sachie from Geek & Sundry, Vegard and "Tora" - the orange sabertooth tiger will be our judges for the award show.

How do I sign up?

Please fill out the form below with some information about you and how we can contact you if we have any questions before, during and after Cosplay! Awards!. Describe the character you are Cosplaying as, too. If you already have a picture of your character/costume please attach a link to the photo.

You can register any time you want, just make sure you do it before 21.00 Thursday 17th of April.

The Gathering is a celebration of art, gaming and creativity. It sounds like my kind of heaven, says Amy Dallen

Sachie will be cosplaying and judge Cosplay! Awards!, Amy will show and tell from a magical world of comic books and Scott will let us be a part of his of retro gaming! They will be hosting live shows and make a vlog or two from The Gathering. Maybe you want be a guest in one or two of their Geek & Sundry vlogs?

Do you need some comic book news or just inspiration for what to read next, then watch Amys show Talkin Comics Weekly or maybe Scotts vlog about how and why you should play retro games!

We also hope you know of our Cosplay! Awards! show, but if you don't know how to start your costume, Sachies vlog How to Start Cosplaying is a great place to start and Sachie might give you a few tips and ideas. Have you already started planning your costume for Cosplay! Awards! or costume in general and want a few pointers to how to get it smashing looking - take a look at her vlog 7 Ways to Take Your Cosplay To the Next Level!

• 40+ tickets March 26th 5 pm.
• 20+ tickets March 26th 8 pm.
• 10+ tickets March 27th 5 pm.
• 5+ tickets March 28th 5 pm.
• Everyone else March 29th 5 pm.

A seat reservation guide can be found here.

The venue map is here.

Do note that large speakers are not welcome in the game area and the silent zones.

Code by JoMs and petterroea
Music by Kepler
Graphics by JoMs and Mulm

If you're a soundtrack lover, you can listen to it and download it right here.

The remix kit can be downloaded here: Torgny - Nights

What's new this year is that you have one month to complete your remix. You can start now, but you submit the remix at The Gathering. We are looking forward to hearing your version!

Torgny Amdam has released his second album as a solo artist. His new album "Oil Panic" consists of nine tracks of original beats, hypnotic vocals and creative, unexpected melodies.

Lead singer Maria Due contributes to three of the songs. The music on "Oil Panic" is in dialogue with top 40 pop, but also characterized by an experimental brutality . The album is also inspired by the new "attitude" that characterized New York in the early 80s, when disco met punk and punk met hiphop.

In fall 2013, the Oslo-based artist released the album's first single in the form of "Grønn Extra", which is also the opening track on the album. The song received good response and was later remixed by Mother North aka Melkeveien.

Here's what Torgny himself says about "Oil Panic": "Hopefully, the record can be experienced in several ways, depending on whether the listener is most concerned about oil politics, sexuality, or simply sonic journeys of electronic art."

We have had many interesting talks and lectures at The Gathering earlier, but 2014 will be something quite extraordinary, even by TG-standard. At TGs second day Roger Gihlemoen and Stian Sørensen will talk about motion capture - a lecture where you can be involved! During the lecture it will be possible to take on motion capture suit and jump into the film world.

What is motion capture?

Motion capture is a method to give animated characters natural movement and behavior. By using motion capture it is possible to give the animation several more nuances of life that would not be possible by just animating the character. Motion capture using the whole body is called Performance capture, hence the using the actors full range of feeling, facial expressions, body language and movement. Motion capture has a variety of suitable areas for usage. At The Gathering will Roger and Stian show and tell us how it is used in games and movies.

How is it done?

There will be tournaments of all sizes in almost 20 different games, both for PC and consoles. Detailed description of each competition and rules will be announced continuously in the coming weeks.

The Game crew are looking forward to an Easter filled with games and entertainment. We hope as many of you as possible will take part in our game tournaments.

PC games:

• Counter-Strike Global Offensive
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Quake Live
• StarCraft 2
• Minecraft
• Trackmania
• Battlefield 4
• TetriNET

Console games:

• Tekken
• Super Street Fighter IV
• Super Smash Bros Melee

In the weeks to come we will announce more games.

We strongly encourage you to register if you're not represting an established news outlet. If you do not, you maybe turned down at the door and that's not nice for you or for us. With that being said, we're a computer party, that means we would love to have you if you make your own great content and have the visitors or views (on sites like Twitch, Youtube, etc) to show it.

As a member of the press you will get:

• Access to a quiet room.
• Refreshments! (We've got coffee, tea and sodas. It's easter so who knows maybe the bunny shows up with some candy.)
• Working space with the best view of the venue.
• Extended access to TG14.

Need to park your mouse, get the TG14 mouse pad.

Meal ticket

To ensure a good meal during TG we introduced the meal ticket a couple of years ago. This is a ticket that lets you put your mind at ease and ensures you don't need to save extra money for food during TG.

Due to kitchen capacity we will sell a maximum of 700 meal tickets.

This year the meal ticket includes the following:

Thursday - Homemade lasagna with freshtossed salad, bread and butter
Friday - Meat patties with gravy, sauerkraut and boiled potatoes.
Saturday - Taco buffet.

In addition to the above you'll get access to the breakfast buffet on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 08:00 until 11:00 in the morning. At the buffet you'll get various kinds of bread, spreads and eggs along with milk and coffe

The Mealticket caters to people with allergies and special needs.

Price: 600,- NOK ex. fees.

TG-QPAD TG13 L.E. Pro Gaming Mousepad

Mouse in QPAD-quality.
Hybratek™ coating gives you a mix between soft cloth and hard top mouse pads. The cloth gives you an extremely smooth and nice feeling. Hybratek™ coating gives you a fast, speedy glide.

The original eSport mouse pad.

Price: 250,- NOK ex. fees.