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MZXCon

2012-06-16T13:19:04Z

Mzxgiant:

'MZXCon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still early in development, and as only two named MZXCons have passed, the details and events are still being tested for how well they fare with attending community members.

== MZXCon 2008 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Peru_-_2008.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2008. Left to right: pyro1588, asgromo, MZXGiant, Insidious, Exophase, Terryn, Wervyn]]
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' home, on July 11th-July 13th, 2008. The attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[Exophase]]
* [[Terryn]]

During this MZXCon, there was a 4-hour [[BKZX]] involving two teams of three people, with [[Insidious]] judging. The topic was "SANITY". The two games produced were:
* "Perfectly Sane Damsels In Distress" (Wervyn, Terryn, pyro1588)
* "Mind Phuck" (Exophase, asgromo, MZXGiant) [Winner]

Other activities included seeing the movie "WALL-E", a brief mall visit, and swimming.

== MZXCon 2009 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Atlanta_-_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2009. Left to right: Insidious, CJA, pyro1588, Tixus, Revvy, commodorejohn, Wervyn, MZXGiant. Not pictured: Apollyon, Nicole]]
This convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia at [[Wervyn|Wervyn's]] family home and apartment, from July 10th-12th 2009. Attendees were:
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Apollyon]] and girlfriend Nicole (briefly)
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Friday night, lasting roughly 4 hours.
* Viewing of the movie "Up", in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* A [[BKZX]] with about half of the attending guests who were still awake at the time, with the topic [[Gravity]] as a nod to the old meme.
* A jam session that produced about 20 minutes of music, compiled into an album titled "[http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=14496 ? SPEEDING ?]"

== MZXCon 2010 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Chicago_-_2010.JPG|thumb|right|Group photo, 2010. Top row, left to right: MZXGiant, Insidious, Quasar84, Terryn, Tixus, Wervyn, Kuddy, Revvy. Bottor row: asgromo, CJA, duvel, Exophase, pyro1588, commodorejohn. Not pictured: Es]]
This convention was held in Chicago, Illinois at the H.I. Chicago Hostel, from July 9th-11th 2010. This convention was the first hosted outside of people's homes, and was coordinated jointly by [[Esdemo1|Es]] and [[Mzxgiant|MZXGiant]]. Attendees were:
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[Esdemo1|Es]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Kuddy]]
* [[Terryn]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[ler|duvel]]
* [[Quasar84]]
* [[Exophase]]
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Saturday night, lasting roughly 2 hours, in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* Viewing of the movie "Grown Ups", another continuation.
* A [[BKZX]], with topics of "Rebirth" and "Steampunk Technology" needing to be combined into the same game.
* Touring of the Chicago Science & Industry Museum

This was notably the first convention to use only public transit to get around the area, and was geared toward a more "tourist" style of convention, sometimes to its detriment. It is also the only con to date where the chief organizer of events and schedules did not live in the target city.

== MZXCon 2011 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Peru_-_2011.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2011. Top row, left to right: Wervyn, asgromo, Insidious, Kuddy, MZXGiant. Bottom row: Christina, Revvy]]
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' family home, July 29th-31st, 2011. Attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* Christina, Wervyn's Fiancee
* [[Revvy]]
* [[Kuddy]]
* [[asgromo]]
Activities during this con included:
* A [[BKZX]], with topics that MZXGiant doesn't remember right now
* A showing of a movie in 3D, which MZXGiant also doesn't remember right now
* Board game night

[[Category:Community]]

File:MZXCon Peru - 2011.jpg

2012-06-16T13:10:58Z

Mzxgiant:

MZXCon

2012-06-16T13:09:18Z

Mzxgiant: /* MZXCon 2010 */

MZXCon

2012-06-16T13:08:54Z

Mzxgiant:

'MZXCon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still early in development, and as only two named MZXCons have passed, the details and events are still being tested for how well they fare with attending community members.

== MZXCon 2008 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Peru_-_2008.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2008. Left to right: pyro1588, asgromo, MZXGiant, Insidious, Exophase, Terryn, Wervyn]]
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' home, on July 11th-July 13th, 2008. The attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[Exophase]]
* [[Terryn]]

During this MZXCon, there was a 4-hour [[BKZX]] involving two teams of three people, with [[Insidious]] judging. The topic was "SANITY". The two games produced were:
* "Perfectly Sane Damsels In Distress" (Wervyn, Terryn, pyro1588)
* "Mind Phuck" (Exophase, asgromo, MZXGiant) [Winner]

Other activities included seeing the movie "WALL-E", a brief mall visit, and swimming.

== MZXCon 2009 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Atlanta_-_2009.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2009. Left to right: Insidious, CJA, pyro1588, Tixus, Revvy, commodorejohn, Wervyn, MZXGiant. Not pictured: Apollyon, Nicole]]
This convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia at [[Wervyn|Wervyn's]] family home and apartment, from July 10th-12th 2009. Attendees were:
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Apollyon]] and girlfriend Nicole (briefly)
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Friday night, lasting roughly 4 hours.
* Viewing of the movie "Up", in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* A [[BKZX]] with about half of the attending guests who were still awake at the time, with the topic [[Gravity]] as a nod to the old meme.
* A jam session that produced about 20 minutes of music, compiled into an album titled "[http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=14496 ? SPEEDING ?]"

== MZXCon 2010 ==
[[File:MZXCon_Chicago_-_2010.jpg|thumb|right|Group photo, 2010. Top row, left to right: MZXGiant, Insidious, Quasar84, Terryn, Tixus, Wervyn, Kuddy, Revvy. Bottor row: asgromo, CJA, duvel, Exophase, pyro1588, commodorejohn. Not pictured: Es]]
This convention was held in Chicago, Illinois at the H.I. Chicago Hostel, from July 9th-11th 2010. This convention was the first hosted outside of people's homes, and was coordinated jointly by [[Esdemo1|Es]] and [[Mzxgiant|MZXGiant]]. Attendees were:
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[Esdemo1|Es]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Kuddy]]
* [[Terryn]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[ler|duvel]]
* [[Quasar84]]
* [[Exophase]]
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Saturday night, lasting roughly 2 hours, in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* Viewing of the movie "Grown Ups", another continuation.
* A [[BKZX]], with topics of "Rebirth" and "Steampunk Technology" needing to be combined into the same game.
* Touring of the Chicago Science & Industry Museum

This was notably the first convention to use only public transit to get around the area, and was geared toward a more "tourist" style of convention, sometimes to its detriment. It is also the only con to date where the chief organizer of events and schedules did not live in the target city.

[[Category:Community]]

File:MZXCon Chicago - 2010.JPG

2012-06-16T13:07:20Z

Mzxgiant:

File:MZXCon Atlanta - 2009.jpg

2012-06-16T13:05:28Z

Mzxgiant: Group photo from MZXCon 2009, held in Atlanta, GA

Group photo from MZXCon 2009, held in Atlanta, GA

File:MZXCon Peru - 2008.jpg

2012-06-16T13:02:55Z

Mzxgiant: Group photo from MZXCon 2008, held in Peru, MA.

Group photo from MZXCon 2008, held in Peru, MA.

MZXCon

2010-07-12T15:29:12Z

Mzxgiant: /* MZXCon 2010 */

'MZXCon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still early in development, and as only two named MZXCons have passed, the details and events are still being tested for how well they fare with attending community members.

== MZXCon 2008 ==
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' home, on July 11th-July 13th, 2008. The attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[Exophase]]
* [[Terryn]]

During this MZXCon, there was a 4-hour [[BKZX]] involving two teams of three people, with [[Insidious]] judging. The topic was "SANITY". The two games produced were:
* "Perfectly Sane Damsels In Distress" (Wervyn, Terryn, pyro1588)
* "Mind Phuck" (Exophase, asgromo, MZXGiant) [Winner]

Other activities included seeing the movie "WALL-E", a brief mall visit, and swimming.

== MZXCon 2009 ==
This convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia at [[Wervyn|Wervyn's]] family home and apartment, from July 10th-12th 2009. Attendees were:
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Apollyon]] and girlfriend Nicole (briefly)
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Friday night, lasting roughly 4 hours.
* Viewing of the movie "Up", in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* A [[BKZX]] with about half of the attending guests who were still awake at the time, with the topic [[Gravity]] as a nod to the old meme.
* A jam session that produced about 20 minutes of music, compiled into an album titled "[http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=14496 ? SPEEDING ?]"

== MZXCon 2010 ==
This convention was held in Chicago, Illinois at the H.I. Chicago Hostel, from July 9th-11th 2010. This convention was the first hosted outside of people's homes, and was coordinated jointly by [[Esdemo1|Es]] and [[Mzxgiant|MZXGiant]]. Attendees were:
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[Esdemo1|Es]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Kuddy]]
* [[Terryn]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[ler|duvel]]
* [[Quasar84]]
* [[Exophase]]
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Saturday night, lasting roughly 2 hours, in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* Viewing of the movie "Grown Ups", another continuation.
* A [[BKZX]], with topics of "Rebirth" and "Steampunk Technology" needing to be combined into the same game.
* Touring of the Chicago Science & Industry Museum

This was notably the first convention to use only public transit to get around the area, and was geared toward a more "tourist" style of convention, sometimes to its detriment. It is also the only con to date where the chief organizer of events and schedules did not live in the target city.

[[Category:Community]]

MZXCon

2010-07-12T15:27:51Z

Mzxgiant:

'MZXCon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still early in development, and as only two named MZXCons have passed, the details and events are still being tested for how well they fare with attending community members.

== MZXCon 2008 ==
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' home, on July 11th-July 13th, 2008. The attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[Exophase]]
* [[Terryn]]

During this MZXCon, there was a 4-hour [[BKZX]] involving two teams of three people, with [[Insidious]] judging. The topic was "SANITY". The two games produced were:
* "Perfectly Sane Damsels In Distress" (Wervyn, Terryn, pyro1588)
* "Mind Phuck" (Exophase, asgromo, MZXGiant) [Winner]

Other activities included seeing the movie "WALL-E", a brief mall visit, and swimming.

== MZXCon 2009 ==
This convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia at [[Wervyn|Wervyn's]] family home and apartment, from July 10th-12th 2009. Attendees were:
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Apollyon]] and girlfriend Nicole (briefly)
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Friday night, lasting roughly 4 hours.
* Viewing of the movie "Up", in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* A [[BKZX]] with about half of the attending guests who were still awake at the time, with the topic [[Gravity]] as a nod to the old meme.
* A jam session that produced about 20 minutes of music, compiled into an album titled "[http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=14496 ? SPEEDING ?]"

== MZXCon 2010 ==
This convention was held in Chicago, Illinois at the H.I. Chicago Hostel, from July 9th-11th 2010. This convention was the first hosted outside of people's homes, and was coordinated jointly by [[Esdemo1|Es]] and [[Mzxgiant|MZXGiant]]. Attendees were:
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[Esdemo1|Es]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[Insidious]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[commodorejohn]]
* [[Tixus]]
* [[Revvy]]
* [[CJA]]
* [[Kuddy]]
* [[Terryn]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[duvel]]
* [[Quasar84]]
* [[Exophase]]
Activities during this con included:
* Asian style karaoke on Saturday night, lasting roughly 2 hours, in a continuation of the previous year's trend.
* Viewing of the movie "Grown Ups", another continuation.
* A [[BKZX]], with topics of "Rebirth" and "Steampunk Technology" needing to be combined into the same game.
* Touring of the Chicago Science & Industry Museum

This was notably the first convention to use only public transit to get around the area, and was geared toward a more "tourist" style of convention, sometimes to its detriment. It is also the only con to date where the chief organizer of events and schedules did not live in the target city.

[[Category:Community]]

DigitalMZX

2010-05-26T13:13:21Z

Mzxgiant:

The main MZXer hub, DigitalMZX is home to an archive of [[MegaZeux]] games as well as a message board; until late 2002, it was a fully-realized webpage but a hosting snafu caused all of the page information to vanish. It was first known as "The Untitled MegaZeux Page" from its birth in 1999 to 2000 and ran by [[joshdw1]] and [[Maverick]]. At first, it was a minor community page, but with the all-but-certain death of [[mWorld]] in late 2000 it quickly became '''the''' MegaZeux community hub. The two main draws of DMZX are its huge, searchable archive of MegaZeux items and its long-established forums; since its ascendance in late 2000, only [[Zeuxworld (website)|Zeuxworld]] (and possibly the [[Anti-Archive]] on the archive front alone) had come close to matching its scope. A few [[ZZTers]] will deal with DMZX's forums for various reasons; past examples include [[craNKGod]] and [[Knightt]], while present examples include [[Dr. Dos]], [[Nadir]], [[Ando]] and [[burstroc]].

The adminship at DMZX first consisted of [[Tixus|Mz_Weird]] (more well known now as Tixus), [[Diamond|Sei Mamoruno]], [[Esdemo1]], joshdw1, Maverick, [[Hercules]], and [[Micah Lee|flucknugget]] - most had been members of the freshly-killed [[Square of MegaZeux]]. Many of the admins were replaced or have outright left the community. The current effective admin list consists of Tixus, [[Wervyn]], [[Terryn]], [[Kurushimi|Kuddy]], [[Exophase]], [[Insidious]] and [[MZXGiant]]. There is also a category specific moderator, [[WildWeasel]] (Community). [[Lancer-X]] was until recently also an administrator, but has been on a self-imposed sabbatical since October 2007. Moderation styles per admin/mod vary.

In November of 2007, thanks to problems with lack of hosting space and nagging from Maverick (who maintained the server), DMZX migrated to inMotion hosting and took a more collective approach to hosting payments. (Previously josh and mav had been managing all hosting costs, even though they had very little to do with the site anymore). This move brought with it a wealth of available storage space and bandwidth, and reignited a drive to develop infrastructure and services for the site. After expressing great interest in developing the site and starting several projects to that end, [[MZXGiant]] was brought on as a site admin and PHP developer in December.

Since being brought on, [[MZXGiant]] has also recruited [[astral]] and has solicited help from more design-inclined members such as [[Tox|Malwyn]], [[KKairos]] and [[CJA]] to assist with CSS and graphics associated with the driving software. As of May 2010, DigitalMZX has been split into three distinct, inter-operating components; the forums, the vault, and the wiki. All three systems share a user/password database for ease of use but are run on different software packages; the vault's being hand-developed from the ground up within the community by [[MZXGiant]] with help from [[Wervyn]].

==External links==
[http://www.digitalmzx.net DigitalMZX]

[[Category:Community]]

DigitalMZX

2010-05-26T13:12:31Z

Mzxgiant:

The main MZXer hub, DigitalMZX is home to an archive of [[MegaZeux]] games as well as a message board; until late 2002, it was a fully-realized webpage but a hosting snafu caused all of the page information to vanish. It was first known as "The Untitled MegaZeux Page" from its birth in 1999 to 2000 and ran by [[joshdw1]] and [[Maverick]]. At first, it was a minor community page, but with the all-but-certain death of [[mWorld]] in late 2000 it quickly became '''the''' MegaZeux community hub. The two main draws of DMZX are its huge, searchable archive of MegaZeux items and its long-established forums; since its ascendance in late 2000, only [[Zeuxworld (website)|Zeuxworld]] (and possibly the [[Anti-Archive]] on the archive front alone) had come close to matching its scope. A few [[ZZTers]] will deal with DMZX's forums for various reasons; past examples include [[craNKGod]] and [[Knightt]], while present examples include [[Dr. Dos]], [[Nadir]], [[Ando]] and [[burstroc]].

The adminship at DMZX first consisted of [[Tixus|Mz_Weird]] (more well known now as Tixus), [[Diamond|Sei Mamoruno]], [[Esdemo1]], joshdw1, Maverick, [[Hercules]], and [[Micah Lee|flucknugget]] - most had been members of the freshly-killed [[Square of MegaZeux]]. Many of the admins were replaced or have outright left the community. The current effective admin list consists of Tixus, [[Wervyn]], [[Terryn]], [[Kurushimi|Kuddy]], [[Exophase]], [[Insidious]] and [[MZXGiant]]. There is also a category specific moderator, [[WildWeasel]] (Community). [[Lancer-X]] was until recently also an administrator, but has been on a self-imposed sabbatical since October 2007. Moderation styles per admin/mod vary.

In November of 2007, thanks to problems with lack of hosting space and nagging from Maverick (who maintained the server), DMZX migrated to inMotion hosting and took a more collective approach to hosting payments. (Previously josh and mav had been managing all hosting costs, even though they had very little to do with the site anymore). This move brought with it a wealth of available storage space and bandwidth, and reignited a drive to develop infrastructure and services for the site. After expressing great interest in developing the site and starting several projects to that end, [[MZXGiant]] was brought on as a site admin and PHP developer in December.

Since being brought on, [[MZXGiant]] has also recruited [[astral]] and has solicited help from more design-inclined members such as [[Tox|Malwyn]], [[KKairos]] and [[CJA]] to assist with CSS and graphics associated with the driving software. DigitalMZX has now been split into three distinct components; the forums, the vault, and the wiki. All three systems share a user/password database for ease of use but are run on different software packages; the vault's being hand-developed from the ground up within the community by [[MZXGiant]] with help from [[Wervyn]].

==External links==
[http://www.digitalmzx.net DigitalMZX]

[[Category:Community]]

MZXCon

2010-04-21T17:00:19Z

Mzxgiant:

DMZX staff

2010-03-26T19:41:38Z

Mzxgiant: /* dMZX Development Team */

'''This page is an effort to break down the hierarchy of dMZX Staff and contributing teams'''

== dMZX Administration Core Members ==
* Exophase
* Insidious
* Kuddy
* MZXGiant [Lead: dMZX Development]
* Terryn
* Tixus
* Wervyn
* wildweasel [Moderator]

== dMZX Development Team ==
'''Aesthetics Team'''
* astral
* CJA
* KKairos

'''Wrench Wielders'''
* MZXGiant
* Wervyn

DMZX staff

2010-03-26T19:41:17Z

Mzxgiant: Created page with ''''This page is an effort to break down the hierarchy of dMZX Staff and contributing teams''' == dMZX Administration Core Members == * Exophase * Insidious * Kuddy * MZXGiant [L…'

'''This page is an effort to break down the hierarchy of dMZX Staff and contributing teams'''

== dMZX Administration Core Members ==
* Exophase
* Insidious
* Kuddy
* MZXGiant [Lead: dMZX Development]
* Terryn
* Tixus
* Wervyn
* wildweasel [Moderator]

== dMZX Development Team ==
'''Aesthetics Team'''
astral
CJA
KKairos

'''Wrench Wielders'''
MZXGiant
Wervyn

MZXCon

2008-07-13T14:43:59Z

Mzxgiant: Caps fix.

MZXCon

2008-07-13T13:27:11Z

Mzxgiant: New page: 'MZXcon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still earl...

'MZXcon' is planned to be an annual event where MZXers from all parts of the country or world can get together in one location for friendly competition, and socialization. It is still early in development, and as only one named MZXcon has passed, the details and events are still being tested for how well they fare with attending community members.

== MZXcon 2008 ==
This convention was held in Peru, Massachusetts, at [[Insidious]]' home, on July 11th-July 13th, 2008. The attendees were:
* [[Insidious]]
* [[Wervyn]]
* [[MZXGiant]]
* [[asgromo]]
* [[pyro1588]]
* [[Exophase]]
* [[Terryn]]

During this MZXcon, there was a 4-hour [[BKZX]] involving two teams of three people, with [[Insidious]] judging. The topic was "SANITY". The two games produced were:
* "Perfectly Sane Damsels In Distress" (Wervyn, Terryn, pyro1588)
* "Mind Phuck" (Exophase, asgromo, MZXGiant) [Winner]

Other activities included seeing the movie "WALL-E", a brief mall visit, and swimming.

MegaZeux Excellence Awards

2008-01-16T03:27:54Z

Mzxgiant: Added council for 1996 MZXEA

The '''MegaZeux Excellence Awards''' (also known by its abbreviation, ''MZXEA'') were conceived by [[Adam Parrish|Adam (myth) Parrish]] as an annually-held awards ceremony where the community voted on their favorite [[MegaZeux]] games released that year. In actuality, only three were ever held: the first two were held in 1996 and 1997, after which community interest began to wane. A final effort was made by [[Hercules]] to revive the tradition in 2000, which was ultimately to be the last MZXEA. In general, the perception was and is that there are not enough high-quality MZX games released on a yearly basis to justify the ceremony, and everyone is already aware of those games that are high-quality anyway. In addition, controversy over [[Luke Drelick]] engaging in ballot stuffing for his game, [[Engine: The Second Attack|Engine 2]], caused a decline in faith in the legitimacy and credibility of the awards.

===Awards===
The MZXEA had three major awards for best overall game, each represented by an ampersand (&). The Gold Ampersand went to the best game released that year, while the Silver and Bronze Ampersands were awarded to the two runners-up. Genre-specific awards were also given, including awards for Best Unfinished/Demo Game and Best [[Day of Zeux|DoZ]] Game.
''(This needs to be rewritten with specific rules and regulations, including a description of the council system. Relevant details are at [http://web.archive.org/web/20010405044452/mzxea.wmute.net/about.html])''
===History===
====1996====
{| class="wikitable" style="padding:1em; border:1px solid black;"
|+'''Ampersands'''
!style="padding-right:1em;"|Award!!style="padding-right:1em"|Winner!!Author
|- style="color:#ec6;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Gold'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Orb of the Twisted|Orb of the Twisted Demo]]||''[[Nathan Ridley]]''
|- style="color:#aab;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Silver'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Weirdness]]||''[[Software Visions]]''
|- style="color:#e86;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Bronze'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Honor Quest]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:1em; border:1px solid black;"
|+'''Category Winners'''
!style="padding-right:1em;"|Category!!style="padding-right:1em;"|Winner!!Author
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Action-Oriented Game'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Damaged Mind]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|- style="color:#e86;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Adventure Game'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Honor Quest]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Comedy Game'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Darkness]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|- style="color:#aab;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Puzzle-Oriented Game'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Weirdness]]||''[[Software Visions]]''
|- style="color:#ec6;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Graphics'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Orb of the Twisted|Orb of the Twisted Demo]]||''[[Nathan Ridley]]''
|- style="color:#aab;"
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Sound/Music'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Weirdness]]||''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Demo/Unfinished Game'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Quest of Durin|Quest of Durin Prerelease]]||''[[Adam Parrish]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Utility/Engine'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[MegaZeux Encyclopedia|MegaZeux Encyclopedia v1a]]||''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|'''Best Website/Internet Resource'''||style="padding-right:1em;"|[[MegaZeux Stockpile]]||''[[yenrab|Barney9651]]''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:1em; border:1px solid black;"
|+ '''Nominees'''
!colspan=2 style="padding-right:2em;"|Best Action Game!!colspan=2|Best Adventure Game
|-
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Damaged Mind]]||style="padding-right:2em; font-weight:bold;"|''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Honor Quest]]||style="font-weight:bold;"|''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Nick Brick||style="padding-right:2em;"|''Jubal Scharold''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Engine (game)|Engine]]||''[[Luke Drelick]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Bomb Brothers]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Otto Germain|Jeremy Lamar]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Crystal Cities||''Millenium Software''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Super Zero II||style="padding-right:2em;"|''Visitech''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Zog the Hunter]]||''[[Nathan Ridley]]''
|-
| || |
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Zeux series#Zeux II: Caverns of Zeux|Caverns of Zeux]]||''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
!colspan=2 style="padding-right:2em;"|Best Comedy Game!!colspan=2|Best Puzzle Game
|-
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Darkness]]||style="padding-right:2em; font-weight:bold"|''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Flik!]]||''[[Helios Software]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Funky Chunkey Monkey]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Scott Hammack]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Calmness]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Oh No, Not Another Star Wars Parody!]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Kevin Vance]]''
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Weirdness]]||style="font-weight:bold;"|''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Yapok Sundria|Yapok Sundria 2, Castle of the Aardvarks]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Yapok Jr.|Daniel Haug]]''
|-
!colspan=2 style="padding-right:2em;"|Best Graphics!!colspan=2|Best Sound/Music
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Weirdness]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Software Visions]]''
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Weirdness]]||style="font-weight:bold;"|''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Bloodgate||style="padding-right:2em;"|''Tom Ivey''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Honor Quest]]||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Slimed]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Helios Software]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Bloodgate||''Tom Ivey''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Quest of Durin|Quest of Durin Prerelease]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Adam Parrish]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Engine (game)|Engine]]||''[[Luke Drelick]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Orb of the Twisted|Orb of the Twisted Demo]]||style="padding-right:2em; font-weight:bold;"|''[[Nathan Ridley]]''
|-
!colspan=2 style="padding-right:2em;"|Best Demo!!colspan=2|Best Utility/Engine
|-
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Quest of Durin|Quest of Durin Prerelease]]||style="padding-right:2em; font-weight:bold;"|''[[Adam Parrish]]''
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[MZX Encyclopedia]]||style="font-weight:bold;"|''[[Software Visions]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Orb of the Twisted]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Nathan Ridley]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Smileys||''[[Adam Parrish]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[Sivion]]||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Clint Neilson]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Autoscroll||''[[Kevin Vance]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Bloodgate||style="padding-right:2em;"|''Tom Ivey''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Majik Boomerang Engine||''Majik''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|TGOMDDAD||style="padding-right:2em;"|''[[Wondercow|Luke St. Clair]]''
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Saint Games Sword Engine||''[[Wondercow|Luke St. Clair]]''
|-
!colspan=2 style="padding-right:2em;"|Best Website/Internet Resource
|-
|style="padding-right:1em; font-weight:bold;"|[[Megazeux Stockpile]]||style="font-weight:bold;"|''[[yenrab|Barney9651]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|[[mWorld|Matt Williams's ZZT and Megazeux Page]]||''[[Matt Williams]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Realm of Megazeux||''[[Adam Parrish]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|MegaZealot Links Page||''[[Darren Hewer]]''
|-
|style="padding-right:1em;"|Scott Hammack's Megazeux Page||''[[Scott Hammack]]''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="padding:1em; border:1px solid black;"
|+'''Council Members'''
|'''[[Adam Parrish]]''' (chairman)
|-
|[[Gregory Janson|Alexis]]
|-
|[[Matt Williams]]
|-
|[[Kevin Vance]]
|-
|[[Darren Hewer]]
|-
|[[Scott Hammack]]
|-
|[[Luke Drelick]]
|-
|[[Nathan Ridley]]
|-
|[[Barney9651]]
|-
|[[Evan Furchtgott]]
|}

====1997====
''(I will do these later, or someone else can. Relevant details are at [http://web.archive.org/web/19981205130919/http://www.inquo.net/~myth/awards/index.html])''
====2000====
''(I will do these later, or someone else can. Relevant details are at [http://web.archive.org/web/20010405044452/mzxea.wmute.net/about.html])''
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[[category:Community]]

KKairos

2008-01-11T19:54:25Z

Mzxgiant: Redirect to KKairos' user page

#REDIRECT [[User:Kkairos]]

MZXWiki:Community Portal

2008-01-11T16:08:17Z

Mzxgiant: Removed Athens since it appears to have gone MIA

==General Sites==
*[http://www.digitalmzx.net/ DigitalMZX]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/megazeux/ MegaZeux on SourceForge]
*[http://hillofants.com/zu/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ZUltimate]

==Groups/Personal Sites==
*[http://aevaze.xeirxes.com/ Aevaze]
*[http://www.pooproad.com POOP ROAD >:(]
*[http://zzo38computer.cjb.net/ ZZO38COMPUTER]
*[http://teabone.awardspace.com/ The Official T-Bone Website]
The personal sites of many MZXers can be found at [http://www.box43.net/?p=hosted box43].

Summer 2007 DsDoZ

2008-01-09T17:58:06Z

Mzxgiant: Fixed link to MZXGiant user page

The Summer 2007 Dualstream [[Day of Zeux]] was hosted by Lancer-X and Terryn on Jul 21, 2007 at 5PM GMT (1PM EDT.) The topics were "Genetics" (General) and "Sentient AI" (Specific.) Judges were [[Luke Drelick]], [[MZXGiant]], [[syntaxglitch]] and [[KenOhki2112]]. Due to various complications, [[KenOhki2112]] was rendered unable to complete his judging, and so final results were tabulated from the remaining three judges' scores. This DoZ marks the second time the divided scoresheet method first seen in the [[Christmas 2006 Dualstream Day of Zeux]] was used. There were 15 entries, 3 of which were disqualified.

This DoZ also saw a change to the grace period system, substantially reducing penalties. There was no penalty for the first fifteen minutes, a 10% penalty for the following fifteen, a 15% penalty for the fifteen following those, and a 20% for the final fifteen minutes.

==Game Rankings==

*1st Place - Entry 5171 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[The Galatea]]'' - The Allium Conspiracy ([[LogiCow]], [[Malwyn]]) (Score: 1024/1200)
*2nd Place - Entry 18385 - '''Genetics''' - ''[[Last Generation]]'' - The Batman Brigade ([[Exophase]], [[Quasar]], [[Tixus]]) (Score: 841/1200 after 10% penalty)
*3rd Place - Entry 8165 - '''Genetics''' - ''[[Project Excelsior]]'' - Envoys From B-Garden's SeeD's DoZ Task Force ([[NiMa]], [[RobDonkey]], [[asiekierka]]) (Score: 833/1200)
*4th Place - Entry - 27347 '''Genetics''' - ''[[Skwirl Stars in... The Game That Skwirl Stars In]]'' - HE'S GOT BIG BALLS D=> ([[Kaede]]) (Score: 733/1200)
*5th Place - Entry 2628 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[Oops!]]'' - Rogue Regenerated Exploding Contractors @_@ ([[Old-Sckool]]) (Score: 630/1200)
*6th Place - Entry 7676 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[Rogue Android]]'' - WE SUCK AT THIS ([[Insidious]], [[JohnK]], [[paulguy]]) (Score: 593/1200)
*7th Place - Entry 28635 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[BOB OF THE FUTURE]]'' - Teamshi ([[Goshi]]) (Score: 544/1200)
*8th Place - Entry 23217 - '''Genetics''' - ''[[A Nervous Stroll]]'' - Team Chinese Meals Interest Floor ([[asgromo]]) (Score: 540/1200)
*9th Place - Entry 2716 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[2716]]'' - FUCKING GENISSION ROAD >:U ([[CJA]], [[ Guy]]) (Score: 406/1200)
*10th Place - Entry 31067 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[Contingency Crisis]]'' - Failbox Allstars ([[Taitorian]]) (Score: 335/1200)
*11th Place - Entry 40984 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[Unit Unresponsive]]'' - Team ?C?llate y ZZT! ([[ Quantum P.]]) (Score: 238/1200)
*12th Place - Entry 5582 - '''Genetics''' - ''[[Mutant Farmer]]'' - MASSIVE ARMY OF KILLER ATTACK KITTENS ([[Apage]], [[Ikokou]]) (Score: 190/1200)
*DQed - Entry 5443 - '''Sentient AI''' - ''[[Digital Crime Alert Monitoring & Prevention]]'' - Team Opressive Totalitarianism ([[wildweasel]]) (Score: 160/1200)
*DQed - Entry 8898 - '''Theme Indeterminant''' - ''[[Moonlight Blue MZX edition]]'' - gomen nasai ([[Lancer-X]]) (Score: 154/1200)
*DQed - Entry 76385 - '''Genetics''' - ''[[GeneTEAcal Experiment]]'' - Team Matt, you don't want my help! ([[asiekierka]]) (Score: 41/1200)

==Judging Sheets==
''See [[:Category:Summer 2007 DsDoZ Judging Sheets|Summer 2007 DsDoZ Judging Sheets]]''

==External Links==
*[http://doz.digitalmzx.net/Summer2007/ Summer 2007 DsDoZ official site]
*[http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12657&st=0&#entry215634 Official results thread]

[[Category:Competitions]]

Day of Zeux

2008-01-09T17:56:32Z

Mzxgiant: Added Winter 2007 DoZ to "Anonymity Rule" exception list

A '''Day of Zeux''', typically abbreviated as '''DoZ''', is a competition invented by [[kvance]] in which teams and solo competitors are assigned a topic and must create a game within 24 hours based on one of the topics. The submitted games are then scored by a number of judges (usually four) selected by the DoZ's host to determine the winner. Day of Zeux competitions pre-summer-2001 were confined to one topic; however, the two-topic "Dualstream" format (abbr. '''DsDoZ''') popularised by [[Terryn]] has since replaced it. The terms "Dualstream Day of Zeux" and "Day of Zeux" are now synonymous.

Days of Zeux competitions are typically held twice per year, within the first month of summer and first two weeks of winter. There have been some exceptions (such as Easter 1999).

==Past Day of Zeux Rules==
Most current Day of Zeux competitions typically ran under these default rules:
===Teams===
Teams will consist of one to three people. If necessary, competitor(s) may also appoint an alternate member who can take the place of any member of their team should they be unable to attend the Day of Zeux. This alternate member can only be added to the team at the start of the DoZ, before the topics are announced. Sign-ups should typically be accepted from the time the form goes on the page until the Day of Zeux ends (for obvious reasons, the alternate member field should be removed when the topics are announced).

===Topics===
When the Day of Zeux starts, two topics will be presented: an abstract topic and a concrete topic (often referred to as "general" and "specific" topics, respectively). They should be posted in as many places as possible - e.g. [[DMZX|DigitalMZX]], IRC, the email addresses of the host(s), and on the DoZ site if one was created. A team or solo competitor may only use one topic as the game's theme. If the average score in the theme category for anyone's game is below 10 (33%), it will automatically be disqualified.

===Anonymity===
Up until 2005, the Day of Zeux enforced an anonymity rule, which forbade contestants from disclosing their identity within their games. This was done to prevent biased scores from judges, but has since been removed from the rule set.

===Team Numbers===
Each team will receive a number prior to the start of the competition. These numbers were originally used for anonymity purposes; however, since the anonymity rule typically no longer applies to DoZs, it is now merely for traditional and organizational purposes. The ZIP/RAR file that competitor(s) submit must have a filename that matches their team number. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification.

===External Material===
All material except music, sound, and the default MZX charsets/palette must be created within the 24 hour period. If any evidence is found that the competitor(s) used material such as engines, character sets, palettes, and artwork created before the announcement of the topics, the competitor(s) will be disqualified. Use of external programs such as [[CharWorks]] and [[Palzor]] during the Day of Zeux is permitted, as long as it is done within the 24 hours.

===Game Submission===
Before submission, the competitor(s) must make sure that the ZIP has the same filename as your team number (ie. 424.zip for team 424). The game will be expected to run as intended when it is unzipped, so make sure you include all music, WAVs, and (of course) the .MZX file. Games must be submitted to, and received by, the host of the Day of Zeux in any way possible. (note to competition hosts: enter your contact information here)

===Grace Period===
Following the end of the 24 hours, a one hour grace period will be in effect for late submissions and patch submissions (see below). Any games submitted in the second half hour of this period will receive a score penalty depending on how late it was received. Any games submitted after the DoZ and grace period have ended will be judged, but disqualified.

* 1-30: no deduction from final score
* 31-40: 7.5% deduction from final score
* 41-50: 15% deduction from final score
* 51-60: 30% deduction from final score

===Patch Submissions===
Competitors will be allowed unlimited patch submissions during the first half hour of the grace period, with no penalty. After that half hour has passed, competitors will be allowed one patch submission, which will suffer the score penalties above depending on lateness. (If the first submission is received during this half hour, it will count as your patch submission.) Any further patch submissions will suffer the score penalties, PLUS an additional 5% penalty for each patch submission. Please make sure you are satisfied with your game's status when you submit.

===MegaZeux Version===
The judges will be playing all games in the latest version of MegaZeux (2.81c as of this writing), so please make sure it runs well in that version before submission. SMZX mode will be permitted, but no bonus will be given just because you are using SMZX, so if you're going to use it, use it right.

==Scoring==
The scoreset and text in this section were written by [[Wervyn]], with slight alterations.

The maximum score that any judge can give to a game is 400 points (300 before rank weighting is factored in). After rank weighting is applied, the sum of all judges' scores, minus late penalties incurred during the grade period described in the rules, will be the final score (1600 points is the maximum score if there are four judges).

===Gameplay===
75 points max. The meat and potatoes of any game. If you don't have gameplay, what DO you have? This encompasses how well the game works as a whole, how fluid the play is, and most importantly, whether it's FUN or not.

===Graphics===
60 points max. All this emphasis on graphics over game these days is sickening! But even so, graphics are an important part of the game, since without them, we'd just be playing text adventures (not entirely a bad thing, but still). So, does your game look nice, have you made good use of space and color, or do I want to stab out my eyes as soon as I load the title screen?

===Innovation===
45 points max. Mother is the necessity of innovation, or something like that. We at the DoZ value creativity and new design concepts highly. Of course, make sure your brilliant idea WORKS, first. Innovation that makes the game new, interesting, on basically makes me go "hmm, never thought of doing that before" is a good thing. Innovation that crashes my computer, not so much.

===Plot===
40 points max. Me, I'm a sucker for a good story, I can almost forgive a game for being buggy as hell and for looking like my monitor threw up, if the story sends me into raptures of ecstasy. Almost. Story is important, but it's not going to carry your game any more than your nifty sword engine will. Also, plot will be scored according to how important the judge thinks plot is to the game. You probably won't get a perfect score here without a perfect plot, but you might get a decent score here for no plot at all, if your game is designed to be a mindless arcade shoot-em-up.

===Music/Sound===
35 points max. Music does for the ears what graphics do for the eyes. Humans being (by and large) visual creatures, this category is only worth about half as much, but it's still important. Music creates ambiance, and sound effects heighten the atmosphere. If they don't work with the game, then they might as well not be there. For this reason, you may be awarded a few pity points for having no sound or music , since we firmly believe that no audio is better than bad audio.

===Theme===
30 points max. The purpose of the theme category is more to ensure that you're following the rules than it is to get you points. That said, you'll be sorry if you completely neglect this, since as outlined in the rules, if three or more judges score your theme less than 33% (less than 10 points), you automatically lose.

===Discretion===
15 points max. For all the niggling little details that just don't seem to fit in any other category. Mostly, this is about using common sense and good taste. Loads of pointless obscenity, obvious pandering to the judges (as opposed to subtle pandering, which can be a good thing if done right), and sometimes particularly addle-brained bugs, all will get you counted off here.

===Rank Weighting===
100 points max. This is a special score for the judges, so that they can incorporate their gut instinct into an otherwise methodical system. Unlike the other scores, which are directly designated by the judge, the rank weight is awarded proportionally based on the judges personal ranking of the games from best to worst. What happens is the judges favorite game receives a full hundred points, the judges least favorite game receives no points, and the games in between receive a percentage of the points based on how high they are on the list. For those interested in the formula, RW = (N - R)/(N - 1) * 100, RW is rank weight, R is the judge's awarded rank, and N is the total number of entries. IMPORTANT: This is NOT simply a restatement of the games' ranks as calculated from their other categorical scores. This is so that the judge can express their personal feelings on the submissions as a whole, independent of any other scoring they might have made.

==Current Day of Zeux Rules==

'''Theme - 100/400 (General) 20/400 (Specific)'''
For the general theme, this should be the most important category. You'll be scored on how well you interpret and use the theme, as well as how much the theme can be felt in all elements of the game. For the specific theme, the purpose of the theme category is more to ensure that you're following the rules than it is to get you points. That said, you'll be sorry if you completely neglect this, since as outlined in the rules, if you receive an average of 5 or less, you will automatically be disqualified.

'''Gameplay - 90/400 (General) 120/400 (Specific)'''
The meat and potatoes of any game, if you don't have gameplay, what DO you have? This encompasses how well the game works as a whole, how fluid the play is, and most importantly, whether it's FUN or not.

'''Graphics - 70/400 (General) 90/400 (Specific)'''
All this emphasis on graphics over game these days is sickening! But even so, graphics are an important part of the game, since without them, we'd just be playing text adventures (not entirely a bad thing, but still). So, does your game look nice, have you made good use of space and color, or do I want to stab out my eyes as soon as I load the title screen?

'''Technique - 60/400 (General) 80/400 (Specific)'''
This is a game-making competition, and so each game is expected to use at least some Robotic. However, all code is not created equal: some code is cooler, faster, shorter and generally just better than other code. Does your code make movement feel slow or smooth? Is your entire game spread out over many, many boards with a lot of repetition, or is it modular and on one board? Is the programming generally impressive?

'''Story - 50/400 (General) 50/400 (Specific)'''
Me, I'm a sucker for a good story, I can almost forgive a game for being buggy as hell and for looking like my monitor threw up, if the story sends me into raptures of ecstacy. Almost. Story is important, but it's not going to carry your game any more than your nifty sword engine will. Also, story will be scored according to how important the judge thinks story is to the game. You probably won't get a perfect score here without a perfect plot, but you might get a decent score here for no plot at all, if your game is designed to be a mindless arcade shoot-em-up.

'''Sound - 30/400 (General) 40/400 (Specific)'''
Music does for the ears what graphics do for the eyes. Humans being (by and large) visual creatures, this category is only worth about half as much, but it's still important. Music creates ambience, and sound effects heighten the atmosphere. If they don't work with the game, then they might as well not be there. For this reason, you may be awarded a few pity points for having no sound or music , since we firmly believe that no audio is better than bad audio. 
[[image:DoZ_General_Theme.png]][[image:DoZ_Specific_Theme.png]] 
Four judges, 400 points each, 1600 points total. Late penalties incurred during the grace period described in the rules will be deducted from this final, 1600 point score.

==Variations==
There are a few variations of the Day of Zeux, most of which increase or decrease the time limit. A ''Week of Zeux'', or ''WoZ'', ends exactly a week after topics are announced. A ''Weekend of Zeux'', or ''WEoZ'', usually begins on a Friday or Saturday and lasts for 48 hours. These extended time competitions are extremely rare, as people often lose interest before the competition ends and very few quality submissions are actually received. The longer the competition, the fewer the entries.

The ''[[Blitzkriegzeux]]'', or ''BKZX'' (alt ''BkZX''), which the DoZ itself was originally based on, is usually organized on IRC and can last up to two hours. Day of Zeux scoring rules rarely (if ever) apply to a BKZX; most BKZXes taking place after 2004 are scored by peer ranking, but in rare cases (or when there are less than three competitors), the person organizing the BKZX decides which game is the best.

Past Variations:

*[[The Summer Weekend of Zeux 1999]] - [[ChryoZak]]/[[Ibrahim]], "Reality", 7 entries (1 DQed).
*[[Week of Zeux 1999]] - [[Magus919]], "Experimentation Gone Wrong", 2 entries.
*[[Weekend of Zeux 2001]] - [[joshdw1]]/[[Maverick]], "Conspiracies", 3 entries.
*[[Zeuxworld's First Annual Week of Zeux 2002]] - [[ZzCrook]], "Dinosaurs" and "The Afterlife", 4 entries.

==Rule Variations==

*Almost all past DoZ competitions used an "anonymity rule" where teams hid their identities from the judges; only the host or file administrator knew the people's identites. The exceptions have been the first DoZ in 1998, [[Christmas 2005 Dualstream Day of Zeux|the Winter 2005 DoZ]] and the most recent two, [[Summer 2006 DsDoZ|the Summer 2006 DoZ]] and [[Winter 2007 DsDoZ|the Winter 2007 DoZ.]] Several DoZ entries were thrown out over anonymity violations, notably [[Nash|Nash's]] [[Porno Creep]].
*The December 2006 Day of Zeux has a drastically different scoresheet than the one detailed above. In an effort spearheaded by [[Wervyn]], new scores were proposed which would weight the "theme" score far more heavily and restructure the categories; however, compromise between dissenters such as [[Exophase]] over the theme weighting led to two separate scoresheets (one per topic; one as Wervyn proposed and one more closely resembling the default). The scoresheet and debate are detailed [http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11315&st=0 here.]
*In one DoZ, teams were allowed to have four members total ([[Winter 2000 24 Hours of Zeux|Winter 2004]]).

==Past Days of Zeux==

*[[Day of Zeux 1998]] - [[Wondercow]], "Time Travel", 6 entries.
*[[Day of Zeux, Icy Season 1999]] - kvance, "War", 10 entries.
*[[Day of Zeux, Easter 1999]] - [[Stargazer]], "Stress", 12 entries.
*[[The Winter 1999 24-Hours of MegaZeux]] - [[Ibrahim]], "C.O.S.T.A.N.", 13 entries.
*[[Winter Day of Zeux 2000]] - Ibrahim, "Freedom", 14 entries.
*[[Winter 2000 24 Hours of Zeux]] - Ibrahim, "Exploration", 10 entries.
*[[Summer Dualstream Day of Zeux 2001]] - Terryn, "Rebirth" and "Bloodthirsty Plants", 15 entries (2 DQed).
*[[Newyear Dualstream Day of Zeux 2002]] - Terryn, "Stability" and "Forces of Nature", 14 entries (2 DQed).
*[[Dualstream Day of Zeux Q2 2002]] - [[Exophase]], "Disease" and "Solar Energy", 20 entries.
*[[Newyear Dualstream Day of Zeux Q4 2002]] - Terryn, "Equilibrium" and "Medicine", 13 entries (6 DQed).
*[[Summer 2003 Day of Zeux]] - Exophase, "Trust" and "The Internet", 20 entries (2 DQed).
*[[12th Biannual 2004 New Year's DualStream DoZ]] - [[Wervyn]], "Intelligence" and "Swords", 13 entries (2 DQed).
*[[Summer DsDoZ 2004]] - Terryn, "Fate" and "Mines", 9 entries.
*[[Christmas 2004 Dualstream Day of Zeux]] - [[User:Kuddy|Kuddy]], "Fear" and "Ancient Ruins", 17 entries (1 DQed).
*[[Summer 2005 Dualstream Day of Zeux]] - [[Insidious]], "Growth" and "Space Exploration", 20 entries (3 DQed).
*[[Christmas 2005 Dualstream Day of Zeux]] - Kuddy, "Valor" and "Organized Crime", 16 entries (8 DQed).
*[[Summer 2006 DsDoZ]] - Insidious, "Death" and "Pirates", 13 entries (2 DQed).
*[[Christmas 2006 Dualstream Day of Zeux]] - [[RoSS]], "Memory" and "Flight", 15 entries (1 DQed).
*[[Summer 2007 DsDoZ]] - Lancer-X and Terryn, "Genetics" and "Sentient AI", 15 entries (3 DQed)
*[[Winter 2007 DsDoZ]] - WildWeasel, "Tranquility" and "Wild West", 13 entries, (Judging in progress).

==Miscellaneous==

*The longest-standing scoring system was contentiously hammered out between [[Exophase]], [[ajs]], and [[Terryn]] in late 2001. Before that the scoring sheet was often in flux.
*The entire set of scoresheets of the Summer 2000 DoZ ("Freedom") is missing.

[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Competitions]]