Hurricane & Brutal Summer Party
Held in Tranebjerg, Samsø, Denmark by Hurricane (amiga) and Brutal (c64).
About 900 people attended. There were two main halls, one for the c64 and
one for the amiga guys, and in addition VIPs were allowed special rooms to
concentrate on their demos.
More then 50 tunes were played over three hours for the music competition... Vote counting was a mess, Connor/Balance was first declared winner of the amiga graphics competition, but Kefrens demanded a recount. The result was that a new winner was declared.
On the final day of the party, Hurricane put the last nail in their own coffin when they announced there would be NO PRIZES for any of the competitions (despite proud claims in the invitations of prizes in
excess of 100.000DKK!). The reason was not explained at the party, but Brian
later stated in an interview with Balance's "Magbox #1" that the reason for this was that only about half of the attendants actually payed the entrance
fee, and that the party went under-budget by about 60-70.000 DKR.
Most people's overall impression of the party was that the organizing was lame, and the arrangers were dubbed "Hurrilame" by merciless party attendants. The group did not survive long after the party - with their reputation shattered, they had little choice but to declare the group dead.