laptopbattle.org o las batallas de laptops. Seattle vuelve a la carga

laptopbattle.org ha desarrollado una genial idea heredera de la laptops-jams londinenses (un local en Londres en el que se reúnen músicos-laptop para improvisar. El local ofrece copas, una conexión wireless y una entrada a mesa para el audio. Heredero a su vez de los locales de improvisación para músicos de blues y jazz). Las Batallas de laptops se organizan en varias ciudades americanas y ofrecen exportar esa genial idea. Cada participante dispone de tres minutos para ofrecer su set y es contestado por su adversario. Como si se tratara de un campeonato de tute, es decir, com cuartos de final, semifinal y gran final. Hay condiciones, y son estas:

LITERAL:
RULES OF THE LAPTOP BATTLE™
>1. No external controllers. Input devices such as keyboards and fader/knob boxes are not allowed for 2 reasons.
i. they take up too much space in the setup
ii. no controllers levels the playing field by only allowing the laptop.

External soundcards are often necessary for contestants to perform, and are allowed.

>2. Battles are chosen randomly.

>3. Battles are 3 minutes long. Contestants can choose whether they want a 30 second warning issued by the MC. At 3 minutes the MC will fade out the contestant’s output.

>4. Judges (5) decide the outcome of battles in a single elimination style.

>5. Contestants must be at the location of the battle half an hour before the battle for reasons below.
a.minimum amount of set-up time.
b.alternates will be onsite to take the place of contestants who fail to show up on time.