Party
rules
With over 4500 visitors creating a digital chaos lasting
over 70 hours everybody needs to use their common sense and follow the party
rules. Failure to do so can lead to your expulsion from the party place. The
rules are there to make your visit more enjoyable, so let's try to keep them
in mind while at the party place.
Remember that all Finnish laws apply at ASSEMBLY.
This includes copyright laws, laws on drugs, public safety and so on.
So use your common sense and the read the rules below.
You
are not allowed to bring with you
- weapons of any kind (not even LARP "weapons"
if you can do real harm with them)
- edged weapons such as knives, pocket knives
- Leathermans or similar tools with knives (these
are classified as edged weapons)
- explosives or fireworks (e.g. firecrackers are forbidden)
- alcohol or any illegal drugs
- laser pointers, laser pens etc
- smoke machines
During the years people have tried to bring in
e.g. wooden club (1m tall) and a double-edged hand axe, which probably
both were made for a LARP game. Please, leave such items at home.
Alcohol & tobacco
You are not allowed to bring alcohol to the party
place nor can you enter the party if you are intoxicated.
Smoking is forbidden inside the party area. There
is a separate smoking area outside the main entrance.
Software piracy
The copying of copyrighted software is illegal
in Finland and this includes also ASSEMBLY. We will deal harshly with
people selling illegal CD-Rs or hosting pirate FTP sites. Last year several
people were removed from the party place for this activity.
Coffee makers, microwaves and other electricity
hogs
There is a separate corner in the party area near the
Elevator A in the ground floor, where you can store your coffee makers, waffel
irons, microwave ovens, fridges and other household equipment.
It is forbidden to connect any kitchen equipment to the
electricity plugs in the party area outside this reserved area. You can easily
black out a whole electricity segment with a couple of coffee makers - just
imagine how happy your neighbors will be.
Sleeping in cars parked in the parking hall
Sleeping in cars (including motor homes) is forbidden
because of fire safety regulations. If you are coming with a motor home, please
park it somewhere else than in the parking hall.
Music loudness
Like last three years, all very powerful PA equipment
is forbidden. You can bring your own "home stereo" equipment but that's it.
The security personnel will remove all equipment that won't fit the rules.
What is the "normal home stereo" equipment?
- The speakers are not man sized (= big)
- The equipment is not rented from some PA store
- The amplifier won't put out more watts than a normal home stereo equipment
would (maximum being 300W)
We will not allow any PA equipment that
qualifies as a major "ghettoblaster" in to the party hall -
so don't even try to bring monster PA systems to the party place.
If you terrorize your neighborhood with your stereos, you will be removed
from the party place.
We ask you to use common sense. It should be obvious
to all visitors which equipment are really banned. We don't want to put
up a noise contest among the equipment owners. You also have to remember
that the volume level from normal home stereo can be loud as well, so
keep the volume knobs down.
Extra structures on top of computer places
You can build extra structures or place
your tall speakers on top of the your computer place if your place is
on the ground level. However, you are responsible for potential
damages. If you structure falls and damages something, you will pay the
bill. If your security personnel notices unsafe structures, you have to
dismantle it immediately.
You can't build any structures on your tables
if your computer place is in the grand stand. If something would
topple over in these places it could potentially cause a lot of harm to
the people sitting beneath you.
Damages to the party place
Every year we get a couple of smartasses who think
it is extremely cool to paint graffitis on the Areena walls or nearby
traffic signs. Some others find it very tempting to attach stickers on
the walls of the party place. DON'T DAMAGE the party place.
Remember that all damages to the party place are subtracted
from the prizes! Have some respect and don't act like an idiot.
PartyNet rules
There are always a couple of wannabe crackers (read,
script kiddies) trying to cause havoc in the party net, so it is forbidden
to:
- You are not allowed to monitor network traffic to machines other than
your own in any way.
- Cracking attempts on ASSEMBLY servers or other machines in the PartyNet
are of course forbidden
- You are not allowed to distribute or retrieve copyrighted material.
- You are not allowed to distribute or retrieve illegal explicit material.
(Finnish law draws the line with children/animals/violence)
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