July Shindig.

ooooh.. shindig.. have to make this one.. have to :D

1st , 1st , 1st :D

Me too or I won’t be able to make it :)

sorry, am being very smily and positive today.. just got my new G5 through the door, and it’s quiet Yipee.. and no beeps either

1st is still good :D

Cant be 15th anyway, im probably having a pissup before i move outta cork. 1st might work though

sorry, am being very smily and positive today.. just got my new G5 through the door, and it’s quiet Yipee.. and no beeps either

1st is still good :D[/quote:30b0074c59]
Through the door? That must be the smalled Mac ever! :lol:

hey folks. where is the shindig this time. i wouldnt mind going to this one.

safe bet i’d say dublin?

Just a note to where the july shindig could be.. Galway is game dev buzzing lately here plus all the festi fun around the town is coming alive now!

Just a note to where the july shindig could be.. Galway is game dev buzzing lately here plus all the festi fun around the town is coming alive now![/quote:01e3c86e28]
A problem for most is that it’s so far away. Even still, I think it could work. I’d like to see somewhere different and explore a new town. Accommodation may also be a problem for a lot of folk travelling from all across the island.

1st sounds like a good plan to me. Come to think of it, any of those dates works for me.

safe bet i’d say dublin?[/quote:01e3c86e28]
Drats, and here I was presuming we’d have it in Clare. :( :wink:

Weddings, stag parties , weddings, stag parties and a few more weddings that’s July ;) … 22nd would be the only one I can make it along to!

any weekend except the 1st would do me

Well like i say each month, ye want a change. cork! tis the city of culture, also we get the best weather :)

haha, i was at that picnic yesterday (and by at i mean passed by and passed by i mean drove speedily on the way to the beach).

nah places has a good atmosphere around at the moment, very european, lots of foreigners. Can actually for once walk down the city without running into someone you know on every corner.

I reckon ye have it here, it will change ye’re opinions. beer is cheaper also, so are clubs. (most expensive club being 8 euro, i wouldnt hazard a guess at the prices in the big smoke these days)

as for the iq, im sure its as high as most places, few ppl living here are from cork ;) as for the ugly folk again, we got the foreigners to make up for that. Swedish, danish, finnish etc.

well us southerns have ventured north ;) i can see an endless battle beginning.

beer is cheaper also, so are clubs. (most expensive club being 8 euro)[/quote:b559587e17]

…rather expensive for a biscuit… get a pack of 5 mint ones for 79p(ieces of lizzy) up here…

I’m over in august, so I dont care about July…wa-wa :D

1st, 8th and 29th should work, 15/22 definitely no way.

How ’bout Dublin still but somewhere else than Toner’s ?

beer is cheaper also, so are clubs. (most expensive club being 8 euro)[/quote:0b08d6b763]

…rather expensive for a biscuit… get a pack of 5 mint ones for 79p(ieces of lizzy) up here…[/quote:0b08d6b763]

lol..

How bout mahaffeys again now that the college season has ended? :)[/quote:115ce454b6]groovy

UPDATE: 1st and 29th should work, 8/15/22 definitely no way.

(my options shrinking faster than a shrinkety-shrinking… shrinking thingy thing… :cry:)

1st then?[/quote:03e110dd07]that weekend will lose you Ian, Jamie and myself – which, by my reckoning, loses you 40 – 50% of the usual crowd!! Have fun the three of yeh!! :lol:

which, by my reckoning, loses you 40 – 50% of the usual crowd!! Have fun the three of yeh!! :lol:[/quote:aa916e5c88]

LOL :lol:

..am over in Germany at the moment so the 1st is out for me….think I could make the 22nd in Dublin…even for a mini-shindig for those who can’t make other dates..

Aphra.

am free 22nd :D

22nd then? :)[/quote:39c3ac812a]sounds good

Can probably make that one alright.

that need not exclude others meeting on the 1st or elsewhere in ireland it just happens that most of my trips to dublin are around flights out of dublin.

I like the idea of a shindig elsewhere and would like to encourage people to self-organsie such events. Unfortunately just at the moment my schedule doesn’t really allow me to do so….hopefully that will all change come September!

Aphra.

Works for me. Are we definitely deciding on Mahaffeys? I think that would be a good change.

Guys’ n Gals, what’s happening?

I can now state with certainty that I can only do the 29th :cry:

Steph – there is a small group able to get together on the 22nd…

Would more people like claire etc. be able to make it if it was on the sat night, i.e. the 23rd?

Looks like we might head back to Mahaffey’s behind Trinity College for a change…

Aphra.

Thx 4 that, but can’t either/or (22/23) :(

Wedding speech duty and all that…

:D 22nd is grand for me :D

Yeah i must get directions from ye closer to the date. Coz im determined to make this one. Got a couple of weeks off before I start my new job, finishing my academic career officially this friday!

cool…so as far as I can see there are enough people able to make Friday the 22nd in Mahaffey’s pub in Dublin…if it is a really nice evening maybe we could have one or two beverages sitting outside the Pav bar in Trinity College (less than ten minutes away) and then move onto Mahaffy’s…

Dave can you check if Mahaffey’s are ok with us landing in that evening and don’t have any other events planned…? You just might be passing :)

Aphra.

Should be able to make in along that evening, might be in late though I’ll be just back from Brussels

A few of us from Donegal are thinking about coming down to see what all this shindig business is all about.

So as newbies we wanna know what time does the drinking start, and what time does the drinking end?

(Can we bring a SNES and Mario Kart and see what you guys are made of, or is that very idea enough to be banned from all future shindigs?)

Ghost Valley 1 – Time Trials anyone?

Should be able to make in along that evening, might be in late though I’ll be just back from Brussels[/quote:0442ffc270]

So basically what your saying Pete, is that if your dinner with the ambassador finishes early you can go buy those |-|off CD’s and you might make it to the shindig.

k, got you.

With these Ferraro Roche you’re really spoiling us…..

the ambassador is coming ?

Assuming we are back in Mahaffeys, we all end up walking towards Doyles after we get kicked out, and some bright spark generally tters the infamous ‘just one more’ line.
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Since its been a while since ive been at a shindig i feel its my duty to utter that line on Friday night ;)

anyone on for meeting earlier for a spot of grub?? Aphra and myself will be out of the IGDA meeting in the Hub at 6pm or so, if anyone is game…

Well since this will be my first shindig, and since I’ll actually be working in the hub at that time on that day, any chance I could join you all?

Well since this will be my first shindig, and since I’ll actually be working in the hub at that time on that day, any chance I could join you all?[/quote:8caa4523cd]absolutely! We’ll meet you at the gate of the Digital Depot at 6pm, if that’s ok

Can do. Where would be good?[/quote:3e81f10e6b]I guess somewhere between Mahaffeys and Dame St?

the Indian would be my first pref also

sure ill be up early tomorrow so ill go for a spot of grub round 6pm outside the depot then..
gotta find the hub now :)

Well Dave i am fond of the pints( case study: derry).

sure ill be up early tomorrow so ill go for a spot of grub round 6pm outside the depot then..
gotta find the hub now :)[/quote:19be41b92b]if we are going for the Indian (Aphra is in favour too) you could always meet us on Gorges St rather than trekking up to Thomas St

indian sounds good. George st might be best, when ye decide on which indian let us know.

Nagina Tandoori ? Georges St.. that sounds cool .. love to join you all

i’m in favour of earlier meet up , as i’m working on sat :(

6.15 ?

if this is the place .. where is it near ? never been there, but know the name

almost directly opposite the dunnes stores at the bottom(ish) of georges st.

and in case any one is really lost, Georges St. is th major St. that comes off dame st at Rick’s Burgers, and Dame St. is of course the big st leading away from the main gates of Trinity College.

Nagina Tandoori has, I think, a pink/purple shop front, and a sign that looks like if you chopped one of the legs off the ‘N’ it would be quite inapproopriate.

Right so, 6 at hub, for 6.15 at Nagina.

sounds good to me…

Aphra.

Righto ill see ye at nagina round 6.15 or so.

I’m working on a project right now with a graphic designer who’s not met you guys :D .. i’m going to bring him along if that’s ok

see you later

*looks around*

Hrm, guess I’m the only one left around here… :D

Have fun anyway guys, I gotta make it to one of these when I’m back in college!

Definitely, have to make the next one, should be working by then (I hope!) and will actually have some cash to spend. Enjoy yourselves you crazy kids!

Didn’t make this one as I won’t be back in Belfast until early September. Any antics that the no-shows should know about? How was the turnout?

Hope it went well. :D

Shindig was a good one. Too many beverages i reckon were consumed though..

Too many beverages i reckon were consumed though[/quote:2f28ee62d0]

too many?! ;)

too many ??

by whom :D

come on now ;) tell.. hope you all stayed for a good while

I’m not sure what too many is, but I definately didnt appreciate how I felt this morning…[/quote:e565e4f857]did yiz hit Doyle’s after I left?

Sorry I didn’t make this one, guys’n’gals, was away at my Brother’s wedding in France (and pushed it to 5:25 AM -ish, which proved a tad much at my ripe old age the following…same…??? morning :lol: )

No think it was fibber we went to.. General consciences was sore head i reckon. Aphra how was your head, think you were smart towards the end, went on the o.j (if my memory serves me correctly)?

Hey guys,

It was great to meet you all the other night. Sorry I couldn’t stay longer, I’ll make sure I leave the car at home next time!

well there are a few gaps in my memory of the discussions and events ..maybe people can fill them in…

Ian_hannigan _____ lady in red

Fitch, Tadhg, __________ sambucca _______ MIDAS _____ politics

IGDA ________ politics

Noel, Dave _________ Pooka _________ GAA

Matt _________ Jamie X2! ___ thesis

Pooka, Phooka, Kapooki ____ ghosts, mushrooms, ??

Fibbers ______ 2 euros __ rock? metal? music?

when jet lag clears maybe these blanks will get filled in (+8 hours ahead here at the moment in Taiwan!)

Aphra.

well there are a few gaps in my memory of the discussions and events ..maybe people can fill them in…
Ian_hannigan _____ lady in red
Fitch, Tadhg, __________ sambucca _______ MIDAS _____ politics
IGDA ________ politics
Noel, Dave _________ Pooka _________ GAA
Matt _________ Jamie X2! ___ thesis
Pooka, Phooka, Kapooki ____ ghosts, mushrooms, ??
Fibbers ______ 2 euros __ rock? metal? music?
when jet lag clears maybe these blanks will get filled in (+8 hours ahead here at the moment in Taiwan!)
Aphra.[/quote:81721f31cd]

haha. Yeah i remember the 2 euro alright, cheapest band i went to see in ages, surprising it was at the heart of dublin.
yes i remember the GAA talk and how 5 games were to be done and how so ozzy bunch took the contract but nobody knows whether the game is made or not contray to game’s website.. all in all, good night. (oh probably a bit of cultshi bashing also, i remember something about “your from tipp but you have the thickest cork accent, whats that about?”). :P

some of my mates were saying Fibbers used to be 2 pounds to enter – that must be deflation, right? Says a lot for the place – Doyles it might have to be next time!!

Aphra.

I blame Tony and Ian for leaving early. None of us who were left were responsible enough to suggest somewhere decent :)[/quote:13e94153ac]now, now… since when are Ian or I EVER been able to dissuade you from the dark side?!