Dittens anyone? (dutch mittens or bokshandschoenen)

AGA · Wed 06/07/2016 07:54:58

I'll be there, and I'm by no means fluent in Dutch. Dutch is basically just a combination of English and German anyway, you'll be covered!

selmiak · Wed 06/07/2016 21:31:07

Oh, if it's that easy I bet I can even speak dutch with the help of the ultimate translator beer. Sounds interesting, easier to reach for me than mittens. A weekend in august or september sounds okay but not exactly the 1 week at the end of aug and the 1 week at the beginning of september.

FruitTree · Fri 08/07/2016 11:15:25

I think english will be the main language wo make it easier on everyone.
I suggested the weekend of 23-24-25 september!

AGA · Fri 08/07/2016 11:54:04

The thought is that we could hire an eight person hostel dorm for approx â,¬30 per person per night. That would give us a communal space to do nerdy stuff like play board games or whatever, without having to spend a fortune renting a whole property the way we do for Mittens. We could also do stuff out in meatspace too of course, but this would also allow us to do stuff you can't really do in a bar or club.

cat · Fri 08/07/2016 12:52:22

â,¬30 per person per night sounds much more expensive than a vacation rent. A quick search brings up several houses that would be cheaper.

Example
https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p866925

(I might consider coming if it is somewhat close to an airport)

AGA · Fri 08/07/2016 13:09:58

I looked at some properties, but I was looking at more central Amsterdam, which was understandably way more expensive. The one you linked is 30m from Schiphol and 1hr from Amsterdam Centraal (even late at night), so actually looks a good option... As long as it doesn't end up being just three people attending it could be worth doing.

selmiak · Fri 08/07/2016 19:27:39

I just want to mention Rotterdam is also a nice place in NL. Amsterdam is fine too.

AGA · Mon 11/07/2016 08:49:29

Rotterdam is a bit less accessible from around Europe though. It's on the Thalys (high speed train) network, but the airport isn't particularly big, and isn't very well located. Fine for people who live in NL though, since it's on all the train lines.

FruitTree · Mon 11/07/2016 15:36:52

quick summary:

When? -> the weekend of 23rd 24th & 25th of september
where? -> someplace near Amsterdam (probably a hostel in Amsterdam or otherwise some property in the amsterdam area)
who?

confirmed:
-Radiant
-AGA
-FruitTree

interested in coming:
-Amayirot Akago
-Selmiak
-Cat
-Viporizer

Radiant · Mon 11/07/2016 18:22:48

Ah, please change me from "confirmed" to "tentative, depending on my schedule". I know I selected four weekends in the doodle poll, but that doesn't mean I can treat them all as reserved until the poll concludes. I will try my best to make it though, Amsterdam is easily within biking distance for me.

AGA · Tue 12/07/2016 15:07:52

We've confirmed it'll be 23-25 September, so there's no need to hold multiple weeks in your diary... This is the point where you start avoiding scheduling anything else that weekend!

selmiak · Tue 19/07/2016 12:08:57

I want to bring my laptop and wacom there, but booting up my laptop after some time only made me realise it stil runs on WinXP and is terribly slow, especially for Photoshop... anyone got a cool linux to recommend that is very easy on ressources and can easily run wine+photoshop. Or rather a fresh XP install?
Somehow I don't want to overwrite all these funny gif animations I downloaded back in 2003, but something has to happen

AGA · Tue 19/07/2016 12:49:27

I have a large screen (17") Windows 7 laptop I could bring if you wanted to borrow it for the duration. It'd also have WiFi, which I'm guessing your WinXP laptop may not?

selmiak · Tue 19/07/2016 15:06:12

Does it havre photoshop? I have no clue about gimp. The wacom drivers are pretty plug + play on win7.
So I guess you won't be coding much in AGS or the like then?
Hope some (kind of) gamejam happens there

AGA · Tue 19/07/2016 17:53:02

I could have Photoshop if I chose for it to have... I guess it depends on what we're aiming to do, and what other people are going to bring.

arj0n · Thu 28/07/2016 18:04:29

@AGA:
So, I noticed you've confirmed to visit Dittens
You'll understand that I can't pass up such opportunity to catch up on a few things with you...
Looking forward to see you again.

@FruitTree:
Please add me to the 'interested in coming' list.

AGA · Thu 28/07/2016 18:12:07

Do try to contain your excitement.

AGA · Thu 28/07/2016 19:13:27

So we seem to have quite a few people interested now, and have found a date that works for everyone in theory (at least those who bothered to reply...). Should we look for a rental property in a nice accessible location as Cat suggested, weekend of 24th September?

FruitTree · Mon 08/08/2016 10:03:37

yes! lets do this! @Arj0n thats great to hear!

I would prefer a place where we could do some geeky stuff and perhaps inspire each other to work on games and such.

Does anyone have some suggestions?

FruitTree · Fri 19/08/2016 10:21:32

Here are two options for rent!
One in Utrecht:
https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p866925

And one in Zandvoort:
https://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p813222

the latter one has my preference for a couple of reasons, first it's next to the ocean, second the OCEAN! and third it's still available in our planned weekend!

Both are about a thirty minute trainride away from schiphol national airport.
Both have plenty of room to host us AGSers and I think we need to book soon!
So Imma need all y'all to confirm your stay!

It's gonna be se much fun! so lets do this!
Every post after this one should read: CONFIRM!

If ya got questions about the whole event or what shirts to bring just PM me!