GerMittens 2013 - No Bandwidth Edition (aftermath)

Miez · Sun 18/08/2013 16:35:00

QuoteI propose renaming this one to Who needs cycling when you got swag?

Totally!

Adeel · Sun 18/08/2013 17:57:43

Nice photos Miez

. Needless to say but these photos clearly show that you all had a great time!

A request: I were wondering whether you could label a photo or two of all mitteneers along with their usernames so that newbies such as myself would recognize everyone...

A question: What was your first reaction when you saw that floor is made up of glass?

Miez · Sun 18/08/2013 18:12:24

Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Sun 18/08/2013 17:57:43
A request: I were wondering whether you could label a photo or two of all mitteneers along with their usernames so that newbies such as myself would recognize everyone...

We made a group photo in front of the Reichstag - I'm pretty sure we could label that... I didn't take that picture though.

Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Sun 18/08/2013 17:57:43A question: What was your first reaction when you saw that floor is made up of glass?

I took me a couple of tries before I actually walked on it

m0ds · Sun 18/08/2013 18:48:26

Back home safe and sound and had a lot of fun. Cato, sorry I didn't get to say goodbye! That will cause some PMD for sure

Hope everyone is home, well, and happy! It was a lot of (relaxing) fun!

Edit: Real nice photos Miez. LOL, the URL was left after all

Snarky · Sun 18/08/2013 21:06:19

The purpose of the Mittens photos is not to parade our vile physical bodies before the prying eyes of all forum members... but you can see labeled group photos from past years at http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/Mittens, which should give you a key to most of the people from this year, too.

Thanks for the photos, Misja! Although I seem to be scowling in a lot of them, I had a really great time, honestly. It was lovely to see you all, again or for the first time. The place, despite some minor problems, was great, and the surroundings were absurdly idyllic. I also think the program was just about perfect, with plenty of time to relax but enough to do to not get bored. As evidence, I will list what I did on Friday:

-Got up, sat by the pool reading in the sun
-Made pancakes, ate pancakes
-Played "Resistance" board game with Miez, dkh, cat, bicilotti and Ascovel
-Read some more (finishing Neil Gaiman's "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" that I got from Miez), watched people playing in the pool
-Sauna
-Pool
-Watched Mods film his Mittens FMV game
-Went for a bike ride around a nearby lake with a bunch of Mitteneers
-...including a ferry ride
-...and a picnic
-...and an underwater tunnel
-...and a stop at the lakeside beer garden of a local brewery, for a beer and a pretzel
-Came back just as it was getting dark, ate pizza, hot dogs and a home made salad
-Made, played "1000 blank white cards"
-Watched dailies from the FMV shoot
-Mostly didn't watch the two Ben Jordan movies
-Final night chatting with fellow Mitteneers, saying bye to bicilotti
-Bed

That is just about as perfect a day as I can imagine.

Mittens = bliss

I feel extremely grateful that I could be a part of it once more this year, and to all of you for being part of it as well. Special thanks to Abstauber and Christina for organizing, dealing with much of the hassle and work before and during the week, shuttling us around, and for being such wonderful people. Let us know if there's a problem with the deposit; you are NOT going to be stuck paying for it.

Hope to see all of you as well as the people who sadly couldn't make it this year next summer! Perhaps in Croatia...?

Miez · Sun 18/08/2013 21:24:49

Quote from: Snarky on Sun 18/08/2013 21:06:19
Special thanks to Abstauber and Kristina for organizing, dealing with much of the hassle and work before and during the week, shuttling us around, and for being such wonderful people. Let us know if there's a problem with the deposit; you are NOT going to be stuck paying for it.

My thoughts exactly!

arj0n · Sun 18/08/2013 21:43:15

Finally back home after a 7 hours drive plus 3 hours extra for German traffic jams.
Mittens2013 was such an awesome experience.
Thanx for Dad and Owowow (Ab & Christine) for hosting it in a great way!
Thanx to all mitteneers, you all were a great and lovely group!

tampie85 · Sun 18/08/2013 22:28:09

Yup, was quite some drive, but totally worth it! Thnx fellow mitteneers for making this the best holiday ever! It was a blast meeting you all and do fun stuff together. I'm really going to miss you all! Thnx Dirk and Christina for organizing such an amazing holiday!

Igor Hardy · Sun 18/08/2013 22:54:22

Big thanks from me too guys! That was a hell of a lot of great Mittens.

And thanks very much for the photos, Misja. I've just decided to change my hair dresser.

AGA · Mon 19/08/2013 00:42:34

I'm back! (and have been for the last eight hours - just been busy until now)

I'll do a writeup tomorrow, but for now I've updated the Mittens pages on the wiki and updated the forums titles. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes.

tampie85 · Mon 19/08/2013 00:49:53

That's a quicky

Thnx for adding the mittens titles so soon.

LimpingFish · Mon 19/08/2013 01:00:10

Welcome, fellow serfs! Hopefully we can all upgrade our titles next Mittens!

tampie85 · Mon 19/08/2013 01:09:30

That's the goal yeah!

cat · Mon 19/08/2013 08:51:24

I'm back from Mittens. It was a great week and I really enjoyed seeing you guys again and meeting the new Mitteneers

Thanks a lot to Dirk and Christina for organising!

m0ds · Mon 19/08/2013 11:05:17

Thank you Dirk and Christina

Fun and happy hosts! I had totally forgotten about the existence of ICQ thank you for reminding me that Dirk

PS: If anyone wants to have a go at turning a couple of clips of bicilotti walking into useable 8 frame walking animations or so, it needn't be first person. And it needn't be totally elegant but I think I have clips of him walking in all the major directions

Anyway thanks everyone for taking part in that, will get down to it real soon!

bicilotti · Mon 19/08/2013 11:43:09

Quote from: AGA on Mon 19/08/2013 00:42:34
I'll do a writeup tomorrow, but for now I've updated the Mittens pages on the wiki and updated the forums titles. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes.

I think I should be Knight!
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?action=faq is missing the highest title

dactylopus · Mon 19/08/2013 11:52:54

It sure seems to be a fun time, and what a good looking group!

Thanks for the pictures, and I hope sometime to see an event close enough to me that I can attend.

abstauber · Mon 19/08/2013 13:36:16

Still not completely home as we had to stop at the home of Owowow's parents

Now we just need to catch their cat and drive home. In the meantime, enjoy the group photo!

Full size:
http://shatten.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Mittens2013.jpg

I'll post the remaining pics and some more words later on.

tampie85 · Mon 19/08/2013 14:17:30

A selection of my photos (Arj0n's photos will be uploaded soon)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.555125081216587.1073741833.100001572990822ype=1&l=16e5192ef2

bicilotti · Mon 19/08/2013 15:07:38

Both albums rocks, good job Tamara and Miez!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555129561216139&set=a.555125081216587.1073741833.100001572990822ype=3&l=16e5192ef2
^-- this one is a masterpiece, Tamara! You captured the moment, I can feel the tension in the air!

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