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19/04/2006 at 7:38 pm #5254AnonymousInactive
Can you mail events@gamedevelopers.ie with a ‘hey’ and your name/username as we need to get an idea of the numbers attending.
Details:
http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/calendar/viewevent.php?article=214Cheers
Dave
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20/04/2006 at 8:41 am #31030AnonymousInactive
Predictable as my be…I’m not going to be able to make it I’m afraid. Have fun guys.
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20/04/2006 at 10:59 am #31034AnonymousInactive
:lol: i’ve sent you a mail ..
saying save me a seat :D i’ll be there by 10.30
better late than never i say !
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20/04/2006 at 12:28 pm #31038AnonymousInactive
i really got to go to one of theses Shindig, but i have way too much course work to do for 2 weeks time, to even consider going to this one :(
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20/04/2006 at 1:03 pm #31040AnonymousInactive
Oh, and really the timing….April 28….E3 = May 10th…. :(
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20/04/2006 at 1:30 pm #31046AnonymousInactive
Its fine if your organised…get in on the weekends and you’ll be fine ;)
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20/04/2006 at 1:38 pm #31049AnonymousInactive
Oh, I’m not thinking of me, I’m thinking of others. Thats not my excuse for not coming.
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20/04/2006 at 6:40 pm #31061AnonymousInactive
Hrm, I’ll check if anyone in the office is going so I might be able to get a lift down…I really really have to make it to one of these… :?
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20/04/2006 at 6:46 pm #31063AnonymousInactive
I don’t see any reason for me not to make it down. Will send the email once I’m certain.
I might be able to get a life[/quote:7075e82b23]
It’ll make more than one social event for that to happen, Gizmo! :PDidn’t know you moved to Donegal.
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20/04/2006 at 7:32 pm #31067AnonymousInactive
Isn’t Donegal Pete going?
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20/04/2006 at 8:23 pm #31070AnonymousInactive
:shock:
I was sitting there for like 10secs asking myself did I write that Ronny. :lol:
I duno I’ll ask him tomorrow :D
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20/04/2006 at 9:43 pm #31077AnonymousInactive
Freudian slip if ever there was one.
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20/04/2006 at 10:29 pm #31079AnonymousInactive
Wait a sec…I DID write that, ah bugger… :roll:
Wait a second, what are you all talking about…theres nothing wrong with that post! :wink:
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20/04/2006 at 10:59 pm #31080AnonymousInactive
It’d be good to meet some folk, next one will probably be xmas for me
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21/04/2006 at 12:47 am #31083AnonymousInactive
It’d be good to meet some folk, next one will probably be xmas for me
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So are you making it down, Ivan? Birthday shindigs don’t come around too often ya know. -
21/04/2006 at 7:32 am #31086AnonymousInactive
Oh, and really the timing….April 28….E3 = May 10th…. :([/quote:9ae4d8dd4e]
I hear ya on that one. I thought id be able to make it but unlikely. E3 is only 2 weeks away and alot of crap needs to get down for it. Have a good one.
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21/04/2006 at 7:57 am #31087AnonymousInactive
Birthday shindigs don’t come around too often ya know.[/quote:4be780724f]
One could almost say they only come around once a year….
sorry…really sorry I just had to
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21/04/2006 at 11:08 am #31093AnonymousInactive
Yeah, I’ll be at Birthday Shindig
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21/04/2006 at 11:15 am #31094AnonymousInactive
Wahoo!!! Hugs all around!!!
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21/04/2006 at 2:38 pm #31098AnonymousInactive
Assuming he can find the place ;)
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21/04/2006 at 7:36 pm #31103AnonymousInactive
wish I were coming :P
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21/04/2006 at 9:04 pm #31108AnonymousInactive
Wahoo!!! Hugs all around!!![/quote:c42a139598]
:shock:I’m not sure if I want to go anymore…
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21/04/2006 at 9:15 pm #31109AnonymousInactive
You haven’t even seen him dance yet!
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21/04/2006 at 9:53 pm #31111AnonymousInactive
Dancing?? Huggin? What the hell goes on at these shindigs? :D
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24/04/2006 at 8:18 am #31123AnonymousInactive
Dancing?? Huggin? What the hell goes on at these shindigs? :D[/quote:fa273bc557]Drinking, mostly.
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24/04/2006 at 9:33 am #31126Aphra KKeymaster
well the birthday one is a bit different as companies make presentations about their work and it is somewhat less drink focussed…at least at the beginning!
Aphra.
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24/04/2006 at 10:26 pm #31136Aphra KKeymaster
by the way can folks add an affiliation when they are e-mailing the events address? Handy for us to know the balance between industry, students and others and we can draw up a list of attendees. Some new names are cropping up which is great..
aphra.
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24/04/2006 at 10:28 pm #31137Aphra KKeymaster
and if there are any sound and lighting gurus coming along we need someone to help out with that on the night..pm me..
Aphra.
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27/04/2006 at 10:57 am #31205AnonymousInactive
Why is it when I have to get a flight the next day I always end up working until the wee hours. Anywho, I’ll see you lot tomorrow. Ta Ta!
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27/04/2006 at 11:39 am #31207AnonymousInactive
Serves you right for being a slacker. Do you work and leave on time you schmuck!
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27/04/2006 at 12:05 pm #31210Aphra KKeymaster
I’ll be thanking them again tomorrow but a bit thank you to the Digital Hub for providing the venue and security for our birthday event, to Gamestop for sponsoring our awards and to Upstart Games for sponsoring the refreshments.
All coming together nicely so far..
More on confirmed speakers etc. http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/news/viewnews.php?article=265
Aphra.
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27/04/2006 at 7:24 pm #31224AnonymousInactive
a bit thank you to the Digital Hub[/quote:70afe7b9c4]
01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101
haha, binary digit ‘thank you’!
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27/04/2006 at 8:23 pm #31225AnonymousInactive
a bit thank you to the Digital Hub[/quote:f60756cf0c]
01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101011 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101
haha, binary digit ‘thank you’!
:roll:
*gets his coat*[/quote:f60756cf0c]God that was nerdy man.. jez…
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27/04/2006 at 9:54 pm #31227AnonymousInactive
Yeah, but if you can’t slag off the most respectable person in any given situation, you’re falling short, and she didn’t leave me anything else in that particular post…I did use a conversion engine I found online, I didn’t look it up in a chart – if that ameliorates the crime at all. Probably not.
At least I have a cool sig – clumps of souls forever!
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28/04/2006 at 8:17 am #31228AnonymousInactive
I think Coleraine is getting to you…
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28/04/2006 at 2:10 pm #31247AnonymousInactive
um… the name of the pub you’ll be ending up in ?
do you know what it’s called :D
am thinking you’ll be gone from the hub by 10.30 yes?
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28/04/2006 at 2:18 pm #31248AnonymousInactive
Yes, will definately be gone by then. Probably to McGruders. Do you have my mobile #, can give me a bell if you cant find us?
Dave
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28/04/2006 at 2:21 pm #31249AnonymousInactive
thanks Dave… no i don’t .. will you pm me with it :D ta …
and see you later
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30/04/2006 at 3:46 pm #17429AnonymousInactive
Sooooooo, how’d it go? :D
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02/05/2006 at 9:46 am #29737Aphra KKeymaster
well in my unbiased opinion (!) pretty well.
I will write up a proper report and post images later. On the night there was a slightly smaller crowd than last year (40ish), probably given the bank holiday but I think our three speakers (Will, Sarah and Tony) gave some very useful insights into their companies and the casual and mobile games industry.
This was followed by the awards and the winners were
1) newbie – nifty
2) Stamina – Skyclad
3) Salmon of knowledge – Mal
4) Humour – kyotokid
5) group of the year – Demonwarethe event continued after in McGruders where gossip, slagging and the usual ensued…
Aphra.
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02/05/2006 at 9:52 am #26442AnonymousInactive
My God, Ivan got an award…you must have all been fighting off his hugging arms by the end of the night.
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02/05/2006 at 9:53 am #31258Aphra KKeymaster
he was quite well behaved from what I saw!!
Aphra.
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02/05/2006 at 10:10 am #31259AnonymousInactive
Its the bits you didn’t see I worry about ;)
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02/05/2006 at 10:39 am #31260AnonymousInactive
ah the famous hugging, we’ve heard about that.. :P
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02/05/2006 at 1:32 pm #31270Aphra KKeymaster
oh, and I forgot to say that everyone who attended the shindig got a vochure for 2 free hours in the new Multiplay run Xbox play centre in dublin…just more and more reasons to attend events..
Aphra.
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02/05/2006 at 1:35 pm #31271AnonymousInactive
was a great night… nice to see a load of new faces, and some old ones agin. One of the best Shindigs ever, I thought (…although some of the best bits occurred in Skyclad’s living room after the Shindig was technically over – but that’s another story!)
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02/05/2006 at 3:04 pm #31274AnonymousInactive
We don’t want to know what you and Dave in your pricate time Tony.
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02/05/2006 at 3:06 pm #31275AnonymousInactive
It was actually Ian’s dancing that put me (and everyone else) to shame.
It ranks up there with his Eddie Rocket’s rendition of “Lady in Red” from last year…
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02/05/2006 at 3:22 pm #31278AnonymousInactive
8) it was a cool shindig ! i really enjoyed the quick drink and chat with you all
:D
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02/05/2006 at 3:29 pm #31279AnonymousInactive
Aye. Great talks (with many thanks to the speakers), and nice to see a lot of new faces make it along for a few pints too.
Dave
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02/05/2006 at 3:37 pm #31280AnonymousInactive
It was a great night. Freezing it may be, but the beer garden is a good place to spend the evening! It was good to meet the new folks who made it along.
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02/05/2006 at 3:50 pm #31281AnonymousInactive
Sorry missed that one. Seems like it was a good night. Damn you E3, damn you to hell! :x
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02/05/2006 at 7:32 pm #31287AnonymousInactive
Lol, just looking at all the post dates on the last page!
It took us 5 days to summon the courage to post!
I know I was destroyed (!) after 2 pints, a bag of chips and a quarter pounder, but the rest of ye?! (jk)Lovely to meet you all,
Very interesting chats, on subjects ranging from the correct pronunciation of “Yahoo” to the tribal political situation on the disputed island of Jersey – with a smattering of games… stuff… thrown in there too.I look forward to next year’s event (or anything that happens in the meantime).
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02/05/2006 at 8:20 pm #31292AnonymousInactive
3) Salmon of knowledge – Mal
I feel like Fionn mac Cumhail, I now have a great excuse now for sucking my thumb when trying to solve a game design problem :)
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02/05/2006 at 9:26 pm #31294AnonymousInactive
(…although some of the best bits occurred in Skyclad’s living room after the Shindig was technically over – but that’s another story!)[/quote:b98415995f]
I suppose it is a good thing I decided to go home!
Managed to get the train at 7.30AM instead after 4 hours sleep! Anyway, it was great to meet everyone and a great night out after!
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02/05/2006 at 10:08 pm #31298Jamie McKeymaster
well done on the birthday, was a shame that i couldn’t stick around but I’d plans to do a runner out of dublin on friday night since weeks ago so I couldn;’t stay. But I can imagine the usual shenanegans!
Hope everyone had fun, and some very interesting speakers on the night.
Jamie
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03/05/2006 at 11:28 am #31311AnonymousInactive
It was really good, pity I didn’t get to talk to as many people as I would have liked. Also, by leaving early at 12.30am I managed not to make too big of a fool of myself. Woo!
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03/05/2006 at 7:21 pm #31316AnonymousInactive
I always knew there was somethin fishy about Mal.
Thought it was the smell.
Or the fingers maybe…
Congrats matey!
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04/05/2006 at 7:46 am #31319AnonymousInactive
yeah, was sorry didn’t get a better chance to chat with Ivan, Michael from BitRabbit and some of the Upstart crew – but it was great to meet Damien Murphy (can’t remember his forum handle), Destructor!!! and Sofox
Quite a few people travelled to make this one, so fair play to them. And thanks again Jamie for the Xbox Gaming Centre passes! They’ll be put to good use
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04/05/2006 at 8:21 am #31320Aphra KKeymaster
oh, and we announced on the night that Michael from Bit Rabbit (bomberman), who spoke at last year’s birthdya event, is going full time in mobile game development in about a month’s time. Best of luck to him.
Aphra.
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04/05/2006 at 9:54 am #31321AnonymousInactive
good to hear more people giving up regular jobs to go full time game dev.
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04/05/2006 at 10:29 am #31322AnonymousInactive
Have to say i really enjoyed meeting all of you guys. its nice to meet people with the same interests that are good for a laugh. thanks to all who set it up and heres to many more to come. cheers
it was great to meet Damien Murphy (can’t remember his forum handle)[/quote:5977cd68ef]
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04/05/2006 at 11:21 am #31323AnonymousInactive
The best thing about the night was that omen wasn’t there :lol: :lol:
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04/05/2006 at 12:07 pm #31325AnonymousInactive
I concur
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