Looks like Grumpy Gamer (aka Ron Gilbert, father of the good adventure games) is going to England, and maybe it's time you guys host Brittens or something if you want to meet him.
More info: http://grumpygamer.com/6425809
Maybe I will be going to Brittens if its May 7-8.... I don't mind getting a last minute ticket for that special guest. I guess CJ just doesn't count as "special" enough anymore.Ã, :P
So far as I know, I'm the only AGSer in London. I'm probably not the best representative of the community to meet him, tho.
London is only a couple of hours away :O someone set something up please! D:
Now, if you could just get Tim Schaefer in the room, you'd have the whole trinity: Schafer, Ron and JC, er CJ
Yes! London would be great, only an hour from here and you can get a return on the train for just £33.
Oh, damn, why don't I live in england? Meeting him would be so great. Be sure to take video cameras and tape record EVERYTHING. Ya hear?
SSH - I'd probably swim to london if Tim Schafer was going too.. ;)
Actually, seriously, there would be no harm in inviting TS... can't we get Remixor to pass on the invite, since he's he's best bud or something?
What's so special about England? Why won't he come to Finland instead? :=
Quote from: Pablo on Fri 22/04/2005 13:31:30
What's so special about England? Why won't he come to Finland instead? :=
I so totally agree on that!
Quote from: Pablo on Fri 22/04/2005 13:31:30
What's so special about England? Why won't he come to Finland instead? :=
That is a good question, what is good about England?
Anyone?
What's so good about England? Ron Gilbert is visiting. Why is Ron Gilbert visiting England? Because it is good.
What's so good about England?.......
I think Israel is a very nice place for him to visit, don't you? :=
And damn, SSH, do you want me to swim the ocean? ^_^
Seriously though, thats a good idea.
Except, doesn't Tim live in the US?
Quote from: Babar on Fri 22/04/2005 13:36:38
What's so good about England? Ron Gilbert is visiting. Why is Ron Gilbert visiting England? Because it is good.
What's so good about England?.......
The english cuisine is the most sophisticated in the world, really. Fish & chips.
Don't forget Pie, Mash and Licker.
Licker? do you mean Liquer?
I am probably up for it, it depends if I can get the time off work.
If we could get Ron Gilbert to come along and camp in a tent in Staines, anything's possible!
Can I stay in somebody's house?
Yuffie. As much as I'd like you to stay at my "house" (such as it is), it'd mean getting up at 6 am to avoid my dad.. and sleeping on the "sofa".
Actually. That offer's open to anyone who want's to stay in the poorest borough in London. (Barking and Dagenham).
Anyhow: I'm assuming a few things here..
1. Lots of peepholes want to meet Ron Gilbert.
2. Y'all aren't from London.
3. Ron won't have a great amount of time while he's here.
Ergo, I'm willing to attempt arranging a short(ish, we can't get him drunk and take him anywhere) meeting with Mr. Gilbert.
Custard, Chicky, I'm assumming you're both in.
I'm thinking of contacting him, to ask him where in London he's staying, and asking for a few hours of his time so we can meet up with him, and throw our collective adoration in his general direction.
1. I want to find out if anyone has spoke to him yet, so we don't don't look like a crazed squad of organised stalkers, and..
2. I want to make sure I have the authority to organise something like this.
Therefore:
1. If you're even considering this trip (I can meet you anywhere in London, to make sure you get there, even if it takes a few trips), please reply ASAP.
2. CJ. I'm looking at you. I'm praying here. Give me a damn response, you cheekily grinned harlot. I want to respect your AUTHORITaY.
3. Give me any links that he might find useful, "AGS.co.uk" etc, too make sure he actually wants to meet us. (goatse.cx not included).
Apologies for the lack of sobriety while I type this, I'll make damn sure I'm sh*t hot if and when I do contact him.
As for the whole "house" thing, you can all stay in my flat, on the floor if need be. The whole 6 am thing will probly be in affect, tho. It'll all depend on Ron's availability tho. I'll probly be able to push it to 7am, but that's pretty much the cut off.
"Sh*ttens" here we come.
I think CJ/Pumaman/God/baby/Chris should go. He needs to talk about making engines and such with the father of SCUMM himself (AND STEAL HIS IDEAS!!!!1). Ron's working on a new thing (kind of) called Sauce (which is in a way the sequel to SCUMM), which you can read about it on his website under the ntry "SDL".
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Also, a couple of dumb things:
First of all, it's LIQUOR.
And second, British people say "Y'all"? I bet it sounds totally different from the American "Y'all">
1. If CJ isn't there, it's obviously just a couple of dorks/nerds/geeks meeting by accident.
2. I have a tendancy to drift into a southern twang, whilst speaking. Sadly, I can sing a Badfinger song in the same way.
EDIT:
No. I'm not finding a place that does karaoke.
EDIT 2:
BAM. Remember I'm actually from London..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/insideldn/insideout/pieandmash.shtml
LICKER.
Floor and 6am kickout is fine if i can meet ron gilbert :D
southern twang eh? :p
When is he in the country? If it overlapped with Brittens then it would be very easy to organise meeting him since people would already be in London anyway.
QuoteI will be in London for a couple of weeks
QuoteLet's try for the weekend of May 7-8.
Couple of weeks in may it would seem, too early for brittens i would have thought..
Very soon too. Organisation will be needed sharpish if we wanted to do it (and yes, I'd be in).
My vote would go to a squad of Brittens Expeditionary Force style commandoes, sorting something out with a long time frame on short notice. So we can all bask in Mr. G's reflected glory for the longest possible period of time.
In the meantime, I'm contacting him now, to find out how long he's going to be available.
I'll be back with any info that I can gather, once I've gathered it.
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I will be London for 2 weeks, although I am planning a 4 or 5 day trip to Amsterdam, but I don't know when yet.
Since I don't know the area at all, picking a place to meet where we can all get some food and drink and talk is a little hard.Ã, Please feel free to suggest a place and I'll run it by everyone who responded with interest, and if it gets a solid "eh", then we'll meet there.Ã, It doesn't have to be in London proper either.Ã, I'm staying about 20 minutes outside of the city, not sure what it's called.
I am flexible and am willing to do what ever works for everyone else.
Ron
I'm currently trying to think of a suitable place.Ã, More when known.
EDIT:
Also, again. ASAP response time required. Aggie's in. Yuffie's a definite possibility. Who else can actually make it? If it's a large number, I'll have to plan the venue accordingly. Also, give me a list of foods you won't eat, incase I have to make a restaurant/eaterie decision. No point making plans just so I find out someone can't eat a certain thing.
I'm definitely going. Can we have a definite date so I can book my flight? Either the 6th or the 8th? Not the 7th?
Ron said May 7-8 weekend.
Btw, Yufster, did you forget your account login and password? :=
No, I'm just lazy.
(http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/11/19/mtv13_gallery__550x394.jpg)
Goddamn I fancy Nick Rhodes so fucking much.
PS I'm vegetarian.
If enough other AGSers show up I might go.
damn count me in, just a hop onto the tube stop and I can be anywhere within london :)
Just gotta get back home one weekend right in the middle of my exams, but RON GILBERT!!!!!!!1
I'd go just for a laugh, and also to float the idea that Space Quest really was a lot better than Monkey Island.
Heh...
Btw, Chris, I've been meaning to ask... do you even own monkey island? have you even played it? :P
you know he's a sierra kid.
I want CJ to go to talk to Ron and say "whats an adventure game? GTA?"
Can we get a definite list?
I can't believe Ron Gilbert agreed to meet you crazed loons.
That doesn't sound like the action of a grumpy gamer to me.
Tell him to quit frigging around and go make an awesome new adventure franchise.
Seriously though, are we going to make good use of this time and actually have an insightful discussion about game development? Rather than discuss the secret of Monkey Island?
Neither. I suspect most of the time will be spent dribbling.
Well, I for one intend to have a highly intellectual and interesting discussion with him. And afterwards can we go to the park and feed the squirrels?
Hi people! Remember me? Of course you do, because I'm that awesome. Anyway, I know I've not been particularly active in the community in recent times, but this sounds like a most funky event! Would I be welcome, fellows?
YES!!! Most definitely!
And somebody locate M0ds.
Quote from: Yutzster on Mon 25/04/2005 23:24:28
Seriously though, are we going to make good use of this time and actually have an insightful discussion about game development? Rather than discuss the secret of Monkey Island?
BORING.
Anyone who wants to come to Oklahoma can meet me, though.
Quote from: shbazjinkens on Wed 27/04/2005 02:13:12
Quote from: Yutzster on Mon 25/04/2005 23:24:28
Seriously though, are we going to make good use of this time and actually have an insightful discussion about game development? Rather than discuss the secret of Monkey Island?
BORING.
Anyone who wants to come to Oklahoma can meet me, though.
Lol, speaking of which... when are we throwing that "Hickens"? :P
QuoteLet's try for the weekend of May 7-8.
:Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, (
/me is dancing his tears away.
In case anyone missed it while the forums were down, arrangements have been posted on Ron's site:
http://grumpygamer.com
"The final location for the London meet-up is The Volunteer at 247 Baker street at 2pm on Sunday, May 8th."
Am here, Yufster! :D Ron Gilbert @ the Volunteer! It is year of the volunteer so PERHAPS we can persuade him to take up AGS as a hobby...!! Yay, it's a kind of Mittens in its own right! I'll be going, and maybe take the FoY demo for him if YOke comes back in time! Not sure if I'll go in by train or car but cars in London are never a good idea.. :/ I'll probably have work the next day but if not, I'll see if I can find a party, I mean floorspace with someone who's there. Or just go home. :D Up for talking adventure game development with him! Or just listening, satisfying enough sometimes :D
OMFG :D :D :D WTF i'M SO EXciTED :D :D :D :-\ :D!!! WTF IS GOING ON WTF :D!
Here are the people I know of who are going:
AGA
Custard
Iqu
M0ds
ShatteredSponge
Yufster
Scotch
Gabez
Guy That Lives 5 Minutes Away From The Volunteer
Baconian
Ron Gilbert
Now let's add another say, 10 random people, and that's... 22 people, pretty much max.
About.
EDIT BY AGA: Tarim isn't going, it seems.
You better take some cameras and get some pictures, or else I'll keeel you all.
Quote from: m0ds on Sun 01/05/2005 17:50:04
I'll see if I can find a party, I mean floorspace with someone who's there.
My floorspace is currently gearing up for the aftermath of Gilbofest. Aggie, Custard, Scotch and Yuffie are all confirmed crashers. You're welcome, too, m0ds.
Oh, my, GOD!
I can bring all my Westlife CDs!
And my posters of Mickey Joe Heart!
Then I can put make up on you and do your hair in quiffs.
It'll be like, a sleepover!
Then I can take pictures.
And we can talk about Boys.
OMG.
(PS. Mickey Joe Heart won the Pop Idol! And he was Ireland Eurovision Entry! He's so dreamy. He plays a shamrock green guitar and stuff)
Think you guys can get him to sign my four copies of MI1 for me?
I'm so freakin' jealous. Netmonkey and I are normally a whole lot closer to him than you all are. I'm inviting him to my house for milk, cookies, and Mittens 08.
Cheers Iqu! We shall see :D
Goddamn - I'd like to be there ... but eh. No. Alas. :'(
Quote from: Yutzster on Mon 02/05/2005 22:30:59
Then I can put make up on you and do your hair in quiffs.
This might pose a problem.Ã, You might need to butcher your Barbie Hair Studio Deluxe to pull it off.
Unless you're talking about pubic topiary.
..Which might also pose a problem.
And Scummie, I'd be happy to do it if had spares..
..or room in my hand bag for more than my old Kixx hard box copy of it.
god-dammit! I have to work that day. If i didnt i would go! Poobungies!?!
He shall also be in the pot-famous Amsterdam tomorrow at 3:00: http://grumpygamer.com/5939321
JetXL, I'm looking in your direction, but I'm not sure if you live in Amsterdam itself.
Netmonkey,
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=20614.0
JetXL is busy :(
Who's Ron Gilbert?Ã, ;D
I'm almsot definatly going as well :) but i'll have to cut it quick as I gotta head back up to Uni in the evening as i have an exam on Mondaya t 9
OMG, I met Ron Gilbert!!!!111
A few pics:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ronittens/
Thanks, Puma! Great pictures.
Yufster, I hope you didn't try to make out with Ron Gilbert.
... Oh, wait, I'm confusing Ron with Tim Schafer. 8)
Well, i'm back and i had a great time.
I'll post some photos tommorow if any of them are any good..
I'd like to thank Ron for the meetup and also Iqu for offering me somewhere to sleep (even though i disappeared in the end - sorry)
Gilbertfest was great fun!
'Grumpy' gamer indeed! Ron is an extremely friendly, chatty guy and talking to him was great! His girlfriend was there too, and she's absolutely lovely and really friendly as well.
I still haven't slept after 49 hours of being not sleeping, which is why I'm using words like 'great' and 'friendly' over and over, because my brain isn't working. I'm writing this from the Airport Internet Terminals in Dublin. I won't be home for hours yet, either.
We met loads of great people as well, although Tom Cruise and Bambi stick in my mind (of the people I hadn't met before). Tom Cruise looks SO MUCH LIKE TOM CRUISE that my unsleptend head simply boggles at the thought even now. Jesus Christ, wtf. His girlfriend, Bambi, kicks ass so much. She's so damn cool. Luckily, Mark took everybody's details so I'll probably end up sending her an e-mail. She rocks. Jesus. PS Bambi was her real name and she kicks ass, and is really nice.
Chris Jones rocks by the way.
I hope Berian and Dave are currently sleeping soundly in the airport where I left them, and will eventually catch their bus and get home safely. I hope everybody got home safely, especially Mark, who seemed endearingly hopeless. Also, was it just me or did some people simply... VANISH at some point? I hope they appeared home safely also, they were good people.
I'm so tired! Ha ha ha, wtf?!
Also I met ShatteredSponge AKA Nick, who everybody agreed was NOTHING like he told us he would be. He is a goodlooking, friendly young chap (he has the exact same sense of humour as he has online). We were all astounded. The information Sponge gave me to identify him when we met up was "I am fat and ugly". NICE JOB THERE.
Meeting up with people was hilarious.
I am never going to be able to talk to you guys again on IRC in quite the same way.
Man I had so much damn friggin' fun.
And I wasn't as 'insane and hyperactive' as people thought I would be, FACT. The reason I don't eat skittles? They've got Beetle Juice in them. FACT. Not because I'm hyperactive.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/dasjoe/uhoh.jpg
please excuse this horrible photoshop. had to kill some time
I guess you had fun :)
...waait... Did I misread something, or was The McReed Case on the CD with other games to be show to Ron? If so, I feel goddamn HONORED...
Quote from: Pumaman on Sun 08/05/2005 22:57:28
OMG, I met Ron Gilbert!!!!111
Did you have a talk about AGS with him, Pumaman? If you did, what did he think about it?
(http://www.btinternet.com/~ctswin/chicken.jpg)
What's that, Puddin'? :P
it's a rubber chicken, signed by Ron Gilbert.
The "rubber" and "chicken" bits were the only ones I was missing. Thanks :)
T'was good to meet you guys again; and to meet some of you for the first time.
Everyone was really nice ... and in one particular case, almost too nice. That's one intimate moment I won't forget any time soon, Iqu!
Yufster was surprisingly restrained in her hyperactivity (must've been the morphine we slipped in her drink); and Ron and his girlfriend were cool. It's great to hear some words of wisdom from the man himself.
Oh, and to Tom Cruise, if you're reading this, I do apologise for going on about the likeness, I know you've heard it a gazillion times before.
And to the guy whose jacket I spilt beer over, again, my apologies for thatÃ, :-[
Bring on Tim Schaferfest 2006Ã, :)
EDIT: I almost forgot to show off my 100% Authentic Ron Gilbert-approved train ticket:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ronittens/ronticket.jpg)
Bring on the pictures people!
Just got home!
I was restrained in my hyperactivity? Okay! Actually, I did lots of subtle idiotic things that nobody seemed to notice:
Every time I walked into a stool I'd apologise loudly to it.
And every time the peaks of mine and Mark's caps knocked, I'd say 'ow'.
And I kept calling referring to Chris Jones as Chris Reee...ones.
Yeahhh! Another best day of a life, really enjoyed it! I have a report + pictutres to post when I get home in a while.
Yufster, things didn't quite go to plan, when you sent me that text I was on an 11 mile walk home from Oxford, 2am - 6am, that part wasn't fun at all... LOL... Well, it wasn't fun last night - but now it just adds to the very memorable day :)
It was great to see familiar faces, and meet new ones! I'm glad that picture you took of me and Ron came out Chris, my version looks rubbish! :D
Everybody post your favourite bits/memories
Best parts of Gilbertfest:
When Iqu kissed Ron Gilbert's neck, grabbed his ass and hugged him. Legendary stuff.
Ron Gilbert telling us that Chris Remo and Jake Rodkin running into the Apple store five minutes before they interviewed Ron, to print questions.
The Pidgeon Park! I don't know where it was, but we went to a park full of Pidgeon that looked like things. One looked like Vin Diesel. One looked like Martha Stewert. One didn't look much like Ron Jeremy, but he kept giving himself a blowjob. One of them looked like a chicken.
Iqu making out with Chris.
Mark phoning directory inquiries to find a pub that was open; "She hung up on me! Probably thought I was a piss-head."
two things
a) pictures are coming but im officially too tired to do it now
and
b) yep, mcreed was on the cd
and
c) I'm sorry Ruis, but LSL 2 Point & Click didn't make it on, it wouldn't download for me. sorry man :(
By the way Mark, THANKS!
Right after I told Ron I'd love to get in to Game Design through art, I went an drew the 'Gilbertfest Group Sketch'. Then, Mark mentioned Beyond Reality.
:(
REPORT!
The day started early, perhaps not as early as some but early enough for me - certainly! What with it being a Sunday the local public transport connections are rubbish. I took the 9am bus to Oxford, and then waited half an hour or so for Gabez to turn up. Once he was there we decided to set off immediatley - and though I'm not a student the chubby ticket inspector guy still gave me the discounted student rate, yay! From this point I just KNEW it was going to be an AWESOME day!!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/01_gabez.jpg)
(Gabez enjoys the journey, thinking carefully about what to ask Ron...)
On the coach we had a great chance to bond, and Gabez told me all about his up coming video production; "Mean Streets Of Eynsham" ... Well, I knew they had a toll bridge but never knew of any mean streets! :P He also gave me some top secret ScummBar news! I felt honoured :D
Arriving at Baker Street just before mid-day, Gabez pulled out his printed map which unfortunatley did not come with any kind of scale. So we thought we'd test the "scale" to see whether we'd make Tate Britain before Ronfest, and walked to the Volunteer. It was closed, and though he tried, Gabez was unable to get through to Yufster to say... "Hi".
So with 2 hours to kill before the big man got there, we walked off to find the Tate Britain (without paying for transport) and also (with any luck) find a little games exchange shop where I could find a copy of MI or similar, as I had nothing "specific" for Ron to sign... We never found a shop, and halfway to the Tate Britain it turned 1pm, so we decided to head back to the Volunteer. Still, it was a pleasent walk! :D
At the Volunteer I asked the young guy behind the bar where the "reserved for ron" table was, and he pointed me in the right direction. I firstly met Nick Jm Basil and Jameela - who I understand are fans of Ron and especially enjoy reading GrumpyGamer.com... No-one else was around, until moments later when someone like Berian shouted from across the pub - him and all the other "familiars" were already there, but NOT in Ron corner!!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/02_corner.jpg)
(thats custard, yufster [signing FoY cd for Ron], part of aga, shattered sponge, Chris, scotch, Iqu & Gabez)
As you know I took along a CD with the FoY beta demo and also a load of AGS games that people wanted Ron to see... AGA also took a CD of AGS Award Winners. I made sure that everyone who attened Ronfest got to sign the little inlay - I think it gathered over 20 signiatures in the end, excellent!!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/03_agafoy.jpg)
(Here we see Berian [AGA] with a very good gayme)
As Ron mentioned, just about everyone was there before he was - so I managed to aquaint with a lot of people. By the end, I had chatted to everyone (except one guy) and gotten just about everyones contact details. The majority of people there were GrumpyGamer readers. The second majority there were AGS folk :D I mean, I admit - I don't really read GrumpyGamer.
The questions commenced immediatley!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/04_questioned.jpg)
(Uh oh, someone asked that question again!!)
There was a rumour that Spaff would turn up, and also Chris Jones. And then yes, Chris DID turn up! And he even got a bigger round of applause than Ron did. LOL...
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/05_cjbeer.jpg)
(Chris doesn't hesitate when a bar is involved)
The majority of people stayed for the duration. There was a lot of interesting discussion, and though I didn't get to have a specific chat with Ron, what he had to say was very interesting. You'll have to come next time to find out exactly what he has to say!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/06_roncorner.jpg)
(Ron had his very own corner with his very own fans!)
Also with Ron was Taylor, his girlfriend - who though I believe hasn't ever dabbled with game development, (and never knew of what Ron did until she met him) still has a lot of experience in the computer world. I can't remember now but she did tell me she was a developer of some kind. They were in London as she has relations there whom she and Ron were visiting.
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/08_cjtaylor.jpg)
(She doesn't care, Chris :P)
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/07_ronchat.jpg)
(Custard listens eagerly to what Ron has to say)
What was also interesting was the number of people there, who looked like someone else. For example, Tom Cruise made an appearence, as did Jeremy Irons. FruitTree made a guest appearence too.
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/09_cjagascotchron.jpg)
(CJ, AGA & Scotch ["Doesn't m0ds look ugly in that pic!"] and Ron ["Oi!"] + Jeremy Irons)
Okay, I apologise. Tom Cruise wasn't REALLY Tom Cruise but was in fact Andy and had to endure a day of looking like someone else, Jeremy was actually Holger - who I found to be a very interesting guy, who is working on some of his own publications. Also next to Ron in the above picture is Piers - who made it all the way to Burger King with us but then disappeared...!
Naturally I had a drink or seven, (thank you Iqu, thank you CJ, thank you Berian) and soon reached an elated state - I was drunk and with Ron Gilbert!! Sex is good, but this was even better! Plus it lasted longer than 5 minutes!!! :P
Iqu was in an even worse state than me, and made a very good attempt of pulling Chris!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/10_cjiqu.jpg)
(Yufster has a MUCH better version of this + kissing!)
As far as I'm aware, everyone got to appreciate Ron. I know everyone got to listen to him and a majority to speak to him - and I remember a lot of people saying they were amazed that Ron was here, in London! It really was a great surprise :)
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/11_rongabez.jpg)
(Gabez decides against his well thought up questions, and opts for the hypnosis routine instead)
Quite a few people managed to sneak in a "me and Ron" picture, I certainly wasn't having much luck - my final attempt and... aww damn. He's obscuring his face again damnit! :P
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/12_ronmods.jpg)
(L-R: unknown cheek, Piers, Chris [afro of], Esper/spongey, Bambi, Duncan, Ron, me, guy*)
Being the legend that he is, Ron cleverly paused time so that he could take a group photo of us all safely, without being mown down...
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/13_ronroad.jpg)
(Don't try this at home kids, he is the only One!)
Ron left well before tea time, his absence caused the group of new found friends to deplete slowly, until a point when the majority of people got hungry and decided to move on to Burger King. During THAT walk we managed to lose another bunch of people (And Holger, you never came back! Did the ATM machine swallow you?!)
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/14_bk.jpg)
After that we settled into another small pub, had a few more drinks and socialsed a little further. I got to rub knees with Yufster too, so TOTAL w00t! It was great to meet all the new people and of course to see all those who I am familiar with... And another thanks to Yufster who kept giving me money so I could continue on as part of the hardcore group!
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/15_streetwalk.jpg)
(This picture is as drunk as I was)
However, like all good things, Ronfest/Gilberfest/Ronittens had to come to an end. Victoria Station was our final destination by about half midnight. Yufster and her friend Chris sailed off into the night, and shortly after that, so did I.
(http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/fun/ronfest/16_goodbye.jpg)
(Goodbye London, hello 11 mile walk!)
It was a superb day! Honestly. Mittens 04 currently being the holiday of my life, this was again one of the best days of my life... A chance to meet a legend, similarly minded people and of course people who are already friends... Well, it doesn't get better than that for me...
---autograph scan here---
I hope I'll see you all again sometime!! You're welcome to visit Brittens, in Staines, on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd July. Keep an eye on the AGS forums for news and updates :)
* I can't remember your name dude, sorry. I'll call you Mr Smart, because you outsmarted me with something when I first said hello to you.
** Duncan, you have no excuse but to make the game we all designed in the second pub. Email me whatever I wrote and I will see whether it can be made, Ron Gilbert Quest (and what was it's sub-title?) :D
neeee
Why is Dave wearing horse blinkers in that picture of me, dave and arthur?
Oh, don't tell me that Chris Jones was driking Fosters again...
He would've if they'd served it in that pub. He had to settle for England's answer to it, Carling.
Woops, I was completely unaware of this happening!
You apparently had a blast :)
Just seeing you makes me looking forward to mittens soooo much. You're all coming, right?
Quote from: Iqu on Tue 10/05/2005 07:40:22
He would've if they'd served it in that pub.Ã, He had to settle for England's answer to it, Carling.
But as everyone knows, Foster's is actually just as English as Carling. Only CJ is deluded enough to think it actually has anything to do with Australia.
Quote
Ron,
You are a legend!
Look behind you...
If anyone can suss my meaning, I will sleep with you!
You want him to look behind him! :D! I WIN.
I can't remember what I wrote.
I wrote, "I prefered Sierra".
Well, it's true! I'm not gonna lie!
Most surreal moment of the whole day was when we were walking around what we thought was Hyde Park, trying to find an entrance gate. Eventually I got irritated by the lack of a gate and started hammering my fists against the wall in frustation, whereupon a little old lady wearing a crown peered over the wall and snapped sharply, "Do you mind?!"
Turned out to be Buckingham Palace.
Was fun ^_^
Hopefully you guys will visit London again sometime. Or Cardiff :P (moving there in October). Or have some form of gamey gathering somewhere. ^_^
Well, Tom Cruise (I mean Andy :P) and I are off to play WoW. (in case anyone plays on the europeon side we're on the Arathor server). :) Ã, (We're Mothhive and Desmorgana, night elves. Currently. Havn't started our characters on the other races yet.)
...I live in Cardiff ¬¬
...I have WoW ¬¬
...I like cheese ¬¬
I'm Ron Gilbert!
I have nothing to do with it!
Quote from: Iqu on Tue 10/05/2005 07:40:22
He would've if they'd served it in that pub. He had to settle for England's answer to it, Carling.
You're saying Chris was on pints of "Wife Beater"?
Oh Chris, how could you!
;D
QuoteYou're saying Chris was on pints of "Wife Beater"?
No. It was me and Aggie drinking the Stella Artois.
Yes, it was a truly touching experience for me; finally meeting a man of such high stature. Although, I did get a tad too drunk... I have a feeling I've violated him. Still, I greatly appreciate the supersecret stuff he gave me! And the 14 1/2 minute chat with him! The pretzels were mighty tasty as well...
Ah, hell. Who am I kidding?
Yeah, silly matt. Wife Beater is Stella, not Carling.
I like pie.
AGA - Sooo Cardiff person. Know any safe areas with pretties and fairly decent rent rates? :P
Preferably atleast a mile away from the ocean. *ocean-phobic* We'll have to see if you have anything in common with Andy and I, then we'll have to kidnap errr befriend you. ^_^
Puddin - Guessing you aren't on Arathor. <_< >_>
I haven't really played it religously so i haven't got settled onto one server, i might pop on and say hi again one day ._.
Heh heh. Well, I'm a student, so I'm only in Cardiff 4 or 5 months of the year.
As for nice places, hmm... That would depend on what kind of money you guys can afford to spend, I suppose. If you wanna email me on
(http://www.agagames.com/images/contactme.png)
(take THAT, spam!), I can probably find out some more info.
Oi. I want to see the kissing pictures!
There'll be no voyeurism on these forums, thankyou very much!
If you want to know what it's like kissing Iqu, I suggest you meet him and try it yourself :P
It was so funny. They were getting all intimate, and CJ was kind of playing along (like the shameless hussy he is) and then Iqu sort of SLIPPED and kissed him, and CJ made this very small, nervous, "Oh, good god, ummm." and struggled free.
It was possibly the highlight of Gilbertfest.
Wow. This made me respect CJ even more than before, which was very high allready. CJ you stud! Iqu's just attracted to power.
Quote from: Yutzster on Sat 14/05/2005 20:33:19
They were getting all intimate, and CJ was kind of playing along (like the shameless hussy he is) and then Iqu sort of SLIPPED and kissed him, and CJ made this very small, nervous, "Oh, good god, ummm." and struggled free.
Maybe I've just led a sheltered life, but I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've ever been kissed by a guy. Quite a life-changing experience ;)
Besides, it seems that the infallible Match Maker has spoken on our relationship:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/matchmaker2.jpg)
Quote from: AGA on Wed 11/05/2005 03:33:34
Yeah, silly matt. Wife Beater is Stella, not Carling.
Yeah, true, but I'm sure there's a Will-Carling probably libellous (sp?) comparisson as well.
Or maybe I should just go to bed.
Don't buy Freeview! You only get TMF! It's not worth it!
:P
19%?
That just means we'll have to work harder at the relationship.
Besides, I'm the one that likes to be spanked with the inflatable dolls.
What is that? Some sort of TV show thing? Is that real!?? Or a photoshopped image?
I didn't realise there was such a vast difference in culture between the UK and Ireland. Since I've been over there I've been nothing but confused by your words and phrases and TV shows.
Well I'm flattered that my photoshopping skills were such that you couldn't tell.
But yes, it is real, only with the names altered. TMF is a music channel that kindly allows you spend a pound on a text message so that it can generate a random number for you to determine how successful your relationship is.
I hear several people have broken up with their significant other after the Match Maker returned low scores for them. Whoever said romance was dead.