I'm back but I decided to leave my laptop in canada. why would I want it?
but for now, is sleep. and as for jacuzzi pics... they may be nsfw... for those of us actually in the jacuzzi.
I have returned home now, after a whole lot of travel problems. I would've been home yesterday if it hadn't been just a whole darn series of unfortunate events that led to me missing my flight.
An 100% Official Report will come soon. Also, pictures!
Hope everybody had a great time at Mittens 2007. Looking forward to many pictures posted from all you Mitteneers.
We are in a bookstore in Toronto. Whoo.
Is it Cole's Bookstore? I remember going to Toronto when i was younger and we always went into that bookstore. It had 2 floors and a ton of books. I really liked that place.
I am back ;D
A good time was had by all, but I've been up for about 26 hours now, ignoring cat naps here and there, so photo's will be later today.
And it's all over for another year :'(
Eric, Jess and Francisco are safe and sound at Casa De Colossal.
So many hours on the road... We arrived last night at 2am, had pizza and died. But we're alive now!
Quote from: MrColossal on Sat 28/07/2007 16:06:14
Eric, Jess and Francisco are safe and sound at Casa De Colossal.
So many hours on the road... We arrived last night at 2am, had pizza and died. But we're alive now!
Yay!
27 hours and much smelliness later, I am home. Shower time!
Welcome back!
I arrived home safely at 3am and scared the bejeesus out of my housemates. Hope everyone had as much fun as I did...I really can't put into words how awesome it was to meet so many of you. I'll put together a flickr album of my pictures soon. We'll have to see about the Jacuzzi ones though.:P
Hm, actually, maybe I should go through Scummbuddy's laptop now that I have it here...;)
Wow, I finally made it home as well.
For those not present at the Toronto airport, I had the pleasant surprise that my flight was delayed for, wait for it, six hours. After spending some time in the Toronto mall with the other Mitteners and failing to find ye olde secrete passage, we returned to the airport only to find the flight delay had been escalated to two days. Yep, you heard me right. There was a large bunch of people with no clue what was going on, a phone number handed out that did nothing, and a very long queue that could get you hotel vouchers. After spending approx 1.5 hours making it to the front of said queue, I was given a ticket on a flight to Amsterdam with stopover in Frankfurt. Then I had to spend another hour in line checking my luggage in, because only three of the twenty desks were open, plus some extra time at security because the guy in front of me had a heavy metal christmas ornament (don't ask) in his carryon luggage and was given the third degree. Then in Frankfurt it turned out that my plane to Amsterdam was also delayed by about an hour and a half. Yay for airlines. My total delay was about eight hours, which admittedly is better than forty-eight.
Oh and yeah, Mittens was fun.
We just lost a Grundislav. He is at the airport with a delayed plane [Do airlines have no experience being an airline?!] and Jess and I are now home alone with our kitty.
We don't have many pictures but I think there are more than enough from other people's cameras. Mittens was pretty much amazing and I had a great time. I haven't laughed for a week straight in a long time. No time for a real report because Jess and I are off to the Mittens '04 location to go swimming, it's gorgeous out!
Hooray!
eric and jess
p.s. Pete, you left a piece of yourself in every location you visited. A sock at the cabin, a hoodie in Derren and Grundislav's room [oh la la! PIX PLS], a blue cup in the car and a hair tie in the futon and probably your dinner on the hotel floor in Toronto. And of course, a piece of youself in all of our hearts! AWWWWWWW
I am back now as well, just walked in the door. A mere four hours from Toronto, yet I am certain I was the last one home :P What was going to be a 5 hour wait for my 14 hour coach ride home after leaving everyone at the airport turned into very cool end to Mittens when I bumped into Ivy and Kevfop at the station unexpectedly :D
This year's gathering was fantastic, and the cabin and its amenities couldn't have been better. As per usual, photos and highlight will be on hold until I get a few more hours kip.
I am back, also.
Thanks to Darren for organising the place, to BaRoN for all the driving, to Scummbuddy for bringing the pixel blocks (and for kindly giving me the Serenity DVD, now I have to work out how to multi-region my player) -- and of course to everyone for coming. It was great to see old friends like eric and jess again, and to meet you new guys.
My only regret is not getting in more time in the hot tub. ;)
Anyway, photos:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/mittens2007/
http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/index.html (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/index.html)
No comments as of yet, one photo is upside down, a few random 'reference' photos have slipped in, but hey!
YouTube videos to perhaps follow tomorrow.
I have always thought that AGA looks like Ray Liotta.
Great pics so far. Finally got a hot tub pic. yay!! :)
You went to Niagara Falls, i could have been there in 15 minutes. :'(
Quote from: MrColossal on Sat 28/07/2007 20:55:02
We just lost a Grundislav. He is at the airport with a delayed plane [Do airlines have no experience being an airline?!] and Jess and I are now home alone with our kitty.
We don't have many pictures but I think there are more than enough from other people's cameras. Mittens was pretty much amazing and I had a great time. I haven't laughed for a week straight in a long time. No time for a real report because Jess and I are off to the Mittens '04 location to go swimming, it's gorgeous out!
Hooray!
eric and jess
p.s. Pete, you left a piece of yourself in every location you visited. A sock at the cabin, a hoodie in Derren and Grundislav's room [oh la la! PIX PLS], a blue cup in the car and a hair tie in the futon and probably your dinner on the hotel floor in Toronto. And of course, a piece of youself in all of our hearts! AWWWWWWW
This is because I wanted to make sure everybody would NVR 4GET me! Also, I totally didn't forget that I owe you guys money!
Also also: http://www.froghaslipstick.com/web/mittens2007photos.html
I'll upload the one video I took later. I am lazy right now!
I've uploaded some videos now. I have a few more that will go up soon, but these are the best imo.
200, dead or alive!/AGA and Grundislav are a little too competitive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ROu8am9y50)
AGA tries the swing-set rings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nigY_CIZ1Y)
Pesty vs. Lumber/P.S.- She's a d00d (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMb97cIqCw)
Grundislav enjoys (?) a shot of maple syrup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhRSX5W04g)
*Edit* Goup photo! ^_^
(http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~disco/mittens07group.jpg)
(L to R) Kneeling: Radiant, mattgoble Standing: Kevbot, Jetxl, The Ivy, Quintaros, CJ, MrColossal, AGA, Grundislav, BaRoN, Disco, Scummbuddy, Pesty, and Jess.
Quote from: Domino on Sat 28/07/2007 23:10:04
I have always thought that AGA looks like Ray Liotta.
You're actually not the first person to say that. Can't say I see it though.
It looks like a fun time was had by all, but where are my waffles!?
I'm back, just got home. Both my flights were delayed, and I stupidly forgot that maple syrup is a liquid, so they made me surrender it to security as I didn't check my bag.
But all that aside, Mittens was amazing. I loved seeing all the old faces and meeting the new ones, and laughing all week about stuff like Clumsy Fop and "I'm comin ova now!," the alternate Bible and the sand in the water.
I only took 3 pictures, but I took lots of video, so I'll get that edited and uploaded ASAP.
Quote from: Grundislav on Sun 29/07/2007 04:35:46
I'm back, just got home. Both my flights were delayed, and I stupidly forgot that maple syrup is a liquid, so they made me surrender it to security as I didn't check my bag.
But all that aside, Mittens was amazing. I loved seeing all the old faces and meeting the new ones, and laughing all week about stuff like Clumsy Fop and "I'm comin ova now!," the alternate Bible and the sand in the water.
I only took 3 pictures, but I took lots of video, so I'll get that edited and uploaded ASAP.
Putchor momma on the phone! She gotta big mouth!
I move that Chris changes the text below his avatar from "I sense danger" to "Yes, I can teleport, honestly" :)
Glad to see everyone got back ok, and I forgot to thank JetXL for hosting the quiz, so thanks and enjoy the rest of your trip.
Nice pics everyone, and I like the greyscale effect in your goup photo, Disco ;)
Anyway, I've now updated the mittens attendees list and the forum titles, so if I've missed anyone please do let me know and I'll get it fixed up.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/Mittens%20attendees.xls
Just for reference the titles are based on number of Mittens attended, as follows:
6: Mittician
5: Mittoholic
4: Mittens Addict
3: Mittens Regular
2: Mittens Faithful
1: Mittens Initiate
I got back Friday afternoon and dove straight into Harry Potter 7. Now that I've finished the book I don't have to worry about anyone phoning certain people with spoilers. :)
Mittens was a lot of fun and it was great meeting everyone. It was fun to see more of Ontario, visit different cities, and laugh over the kid's colouring books at a certain Bayfield restaurant. Did the picture of the foxes survive?
I'll have pictures up after I've sorted through them.
Testing.
EDIT: whoo. So how does it feel to be so below me and CJ, everyone else? :P
<--- Great
Damn, wrong forum ;)
Anyway, great photos so far :D keep them coming
My photos (http://www.agagames.com/mittens2007/).
Awesome!!! What the hell is that box thing Grundislav's head is in :p
A pinhole camera.
Looks like a jolly good time, really would have liked to have been able to afford this one :(
<BEST DOCTOR ORPHEUS VOICE>
I BRING YOU MITTENS PANORAMAS!!!
</BEST DOCTOR ORPHEUS VOICE>
Quick, Rough AND Ready!
The front of the cabin (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/Cabin_Front_Panorama.jpg)
Goderich Main Square (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/goderich_main_square.jpg)
Niagra Falls (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/NiagraFalls_1.jpg)
Niagra Falls 2 (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/NiagraFalls_2.jpg)
Playing on the Beach (http://www.mattgoble.com/interactive/ags/mittens_2007/the_beach.jpg)
Enjoy!
Well, here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7558639@N06/show/) are my fantabulous photos for the week. For some reason they uploaded in reverse chronological order, so you might want to go through them backwards. Enjoy! :D
For those of you who (like me) dislike flickr's Flash gallery thing, you can see The Ivy's photos in a less annoying format here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7558639@N06/).
Sister, did you not get my text message or did Annie just give me a wrong number? :'(
Or do you just HATE ME!?
It's not often I use this smiley, but ???
Anyway, I love your panoramas, Matt ... wondered what you were doing standing there taking several photos at a time ;)
And as for a couple of Ivy's hot tub pics ... the less said the better!
Im not home yet, but in new york city. Yes, I survived Detroit (I lost count of the amount of crack hobos wandering dangerously to the road).
I'll post some pics when I get home this friday. Including the first finished mittens game!
Quote from: jetxl on Mon 30/07/2007 20:14:32
I'll post some pics when I get home this friday. Including the first finished mittens game!
Lies! We made a game at Mittens 2003!1 It had 3 rooms and was made in dos roomedit :(
And the best music ever.
Quote from: Pumaman on Mon 30/07/2007 19:53:34
Anyway, I love your panoramas, Matt ... wondered what you were doing standing there taking several photos at a time ;)
And as for a couple of Ivy's hot tub pics ... the less said the better!
Ditto on both counts. ;)
Yes, great pics all around. But where is our Clumsy Fop pilot episode???
Hope everyone enjoyed getting back to work today as much as I did :) .
Ask and you shall receive!
Clumsy Fop! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsZqKF1-eSo)
HAHAHA! Grundislav, you are my hero. Too bad you can't hear it when I say, "Who invited that guy?" ;)
aw, I was just starting the opening titles to The Clumsy Fop... TOO FAST FRANCISCO! That is your new name!
:o
You guys are weird. I love that Jess can simultaneously exist on both sides of the hot tub depending on the camera angle!
Edit to Eric: I showed some of these pics to my wife, and she said "Hey! I have that shirt!" to which I replied, "Yes, you do. And there's the girl who designed it!" She was impressed.
Quotefile (http://ags-meetings.americangirlscouts.org/?s=prevyears&y=2007&e=mittens&i=quotes). 90% CJ silliness, as usual.
Tim Horton...
QuoteEarly on the morning of 21 February 1974, while driving on the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to Buffalo in his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car, (a gift from Sabres' GM George "Punch" Imlach), Horton was involved in what is now an infamous accident. He was negotiating a curve on the QEW where it crosses over Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines, Ontario when he lost control and hit a cement culvert. The impact flipped the vehicle and Horton was thrown. He was not wearing a seat belt. Horton was reported dead on arrival at the local hospital. A police officer pursuing Horton's vehicle said that he had been travelling at over 160 km/h (100 mph).
There were reports Horton had consumed a considerable amount of vodka, and was rumoured to have been taking pain killers due to a jaw injury suffered in practice the day before. An autopsy report released in 2005 showed Horton had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. The blood test also showed signs of amobarbital, which was possibly a residue from the Dexamyl pills that were found on Horton's body. Dexamyl was a prescription drug that mixed an amphetamine with a depressant. The autopsy showed no indication Horton was taking painkillers as previously thought.
Doing this can get you your own franchise named after you. My sister loves his coffee though.
edit: most of this quoted from wikipedia and not me.
Quote from: Domino on Tue 31/07/2007 02:34:35
Tim Horton...
QuoteEarly on the morning of 21 February 1974, while driving on the Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto to Buffalo in his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car, (a gift from Sabres' GM George "Punch" Imlach), Horton was involved in what is now an infamous accident. He was negotiating a curve on the QEW where it crosses over Twelve Mile Creek in St. Catharines, Ontario when he lost control and hit a cement culvert. The impact flipped the vehicle and Horton was thrown. He was not wearing a seat belt. Horton was reported dead on arrival at the local hospital. A police officer pursuing Horton's vehicle said that he had been travelling at over 160 km/h (100 mph).
There were reports Horton had consumed a considerable amount of vodka, and was rumoured to have been taking pain killers due to a jaw injury suffered in practice the day before. An autopsy report released in 2005 showed Horton had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. The blood test also showed signs of amobarbital, which was possibly a residue from the Dexamyl pills that were found on Horton's body. Dexamyl was a prescription drug that mixed an amphetamine with a depressant. The autopsy showed no indication Horton was taking painkillers as previously thought.
Doing this can get you your own franchise named after you. My sister loves his coffee though.
edit: most of this quoted from wikipedia and not me.
You know, as an avid coffee drinker that has been told by several Canadians that Tom Horton's coffee is very good, I was looking forward to trying it, and I wasn't very impressed. It didn't taste any better than an average cup of convienience store coffee. Maybe I was expecting too much, though.
you crazy Americans, the place is called Tom Hanks. And they make excellent shoes.
Also, we totally saw like 3 Tom Hanks' bleeding over into America when we crossed the border! YOU STAY ON YOUR SIDE!
I had a completely excellent time and totally went through Mittens withdrawl. I miss all of you already! If I bought a hot tub would you come visit it?
Here are my pics, they are not many, but they are what I gots!
http://jessfink.com/mittens2007/
ALSO: Grund, bravo. The Fop pleases old people and dumb babies alike.
Damn, looks like we've missed our chance:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6923511.stm
Wait, wait. There was a mittens? I need to sleep less.
"You have to make mixed drinks twice as strong, otherwise they don't show up on film - Kevbot"
Hahahahahahaha. Ive had my head buried in the GEN GEN forum. I didnt realize a North American Mittens was going down!
Aww, hate to have missed this one as well. I have to stop missing mittens...:(
Great photos so far, I really miss you guys!
Oh, and I think I was the first to point out that AGA looks like Ray Liotta.
Aw Andail! We missed you! You should come to mittens France(or Miami?) next year.
I just checked out those panoramas Matt took and they are blowing my mind. They are so awesome!! Now I can remmember the scene forevers.
I've seen quite a few strange things at Mittens, but never anything like this religious experience. I'm going to email the Vatican and tell them I saw the Virgin holding the Saviour in Canada:
(http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~disco/500romp2.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/572px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg)
Maybe I'll be interviewed on television :D
Can we trade roles please, Grundislav?
Um, ok...
(http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~disco/500reversal.jpg)
AGA's only a virgin to his own species
Quote from: evenwolf on Wed 01/08/2007 06:47:51
"You have to make mixed drinks twice as strong, otherwise they don't show up on film - Kevbot"
Thanks. I'm glad people found that so funny.
Hey all,
I know it's been a while in posting since I returned, but I just wanted to thank everyone for making this old fop feel right at home on the retreat. I was nervous at first to be sharing a cabin in the middle of nowhere canada with more than a dozen strangers, but you all were amazing people and I'm happy to have met all of you.
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/The_Ivy/Eric.jpg)
Speaking of strange things captured on film...
Everyone has to find their own technique when it comes to bubble blowing... And that's all I'll say on that!
So all that Fop stuff made me forget that I had actually taken more video at Mittens!
Here are some clips, more to come:
AGA plays "Chubby Bunny" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xivJWBpwMBA)
Blame Canada! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-g1hSrcjNg)
Visiting Niagara Falls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9msCsnfOc)
Grundislav, you have a beautiful voice. Pity it didn't capture Kev saying "Now get the fuck outta our country" afterwards ;)
Quote from: Pumaman on Fri 03/08/2007 19:46:15
Grundislav, you have a beautiful voice. Pity it didn't capture Kev saying "Now get the fuck outta our country" afterwards ;)
Yeah, that's wasn't very Canadian of me.
I should have said "Now get the fuck outta our country, PLEASE"
Quote from: Kevbot on Sat 04/08/2007 02:58:22
Yeah, that's wasn't very Canadian of me.
I should have said "Now get the fuck outta our country, PLEASE"
Now get the fuck outta our country, PLEASE. Also, here's some money.
Quote from: AGA on Sat 04/08/2007 05:37:50
Now get the fuck outta our country, PLEASE. Also, here's some money.
But leave your apples at the desk.
More videos-
Grundislav on 500 and his willingness to forego personal maintenance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3COOgJ8OKUY)
Pesty and Kevin's barehanded puppetry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHlbXTfvBbY)
Disco spinny dances at the Science Centre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhqXaw_GuAI)
AGA would make a terrible feline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcMWAokdaI)
Erin doesn't do "ghetto" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvSWohomn8A)
Finally got time to go through the photos and upload them. Anyway, photos are HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11094565@N05/sets/72157601287762958/).
Haha, that Cthulu one is priceless. :)
Everyone can sarcastically thank Erin for rummaging around my computer and deleting teh UlTiMaTe Monkey Island fan game.
And one of my favorite quotes comes from Eric:
''Yeah, because eating an egg that comes from a rabbit makes it THAT much more appetizing'' referring to those lovely Cadbury eggs.
I wish i could have been at both Mittens and Brittens, you guys looked like you had loads of fun well maybe one year I'l make it.
Quote from: Scummbuddy on Wed 08/08/2007 15:47:59
Everyone can sarcastically thank Erin for rummaging around my computer and deleting teh UlTiMaTe Monkey Island fan game.
Hey, be thankful I didn't dig up anything more incriminating on that computer. ;)
Scott, It's probably just payback for you leaking Nanobots ;)
Yeah, well, Mittens '087 might have had science centers, and fops, and puppets...but Brittens '087 had incontinent dogs, cat poop, and dead shrews!
Now who's jealous?!
...
I'm afraid I'm going to have to arrest you on a violation of code 1985: Unlicensed Time Travel and a violation of code 2015: Spoiling the Future
Well, yeah...so? I'm still not jealous. >:(
...
Godammit!
I knew buying that calendar off a guy wearing a cardboard belt was a mistake.
Quote from: LimpingFish on Thu 09/08/2007 22:33:02
Well, yeah...so? I'm still not jealous. >:(
You're just envious because we're jealous and you're not.
Quote from: m0ds on Thu 09/08/2007 15:07:08
Scott, It's probably just payback for you leaking Nanobots ;)
You mean the NanoBots game file she conveniently forgot to "empty" from my recycle bin... ;D
We should all play this game (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=32076.msg413933#new) and eat more french toast.
The Clumsy Fop is my favorite movie of all time.
And that's not an easy thing to say about Canadian cinema.
Haha, cool, I'll pass along the compliment. :)
Even though Fop and I...kinda...aren't dating any more. Gasp!
You fell in love with CJ, am i right? :)
Quote from: rodekill on Tue 14/08/2007 01:15:48
The Clumsy Fop is my favorite movie of all time.
And that's not an easy thing to say about Canadian cinema.
It's not Canadian! It was just made there! Also, way to not show up at Canadian Mittens you fool you!
Quote from: The Ivy on Tue 14/08/2007 01:24:52
Haha, cool, I'll pass along the compliment. :)
Even though Fop and I...kinda...aren't dating any more. Gasp!
Man, now that means ya'll won't be visiting... You didn't even consult us on this!
Quote from: Domino on Tue 14/08/2007 01:30:53
You fell in love with CJ, am i right? :)
Damn, you got me. Something about that acerbic British wit just sweeps me off my feet. :P
Quote from: MrColossal on Tue 14/08/2007 02:39:23
Man, now that means ya'll won't be visiting... You didn't even consult us on this!
Not so! We're still good friends. Kev agrees we could definitely still come visit. Don't pull in that welcome mat yet!
Yeah I don't even have a good excuse for not going. I just forgot really.
Been really busy at my new job... making games!!!! WHEEEEE!!!!!
Finally got that book finished. And wow, Harry does die on page twelve!
Any chance of uploading those videos somewhere we can download them?
For those who haven't had enough photos yet... (http://crystalshard.net/Mittens.zip)
Are you incapable of holding the camera upright? Probably half your photos are from the wrong angle!
Hey, I just remembered. Didn't someone take a picture of Kevin and I wearing moose hats in the back room of the Bayfield General Store? Where is that picture?
Ask and you shall recieve:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/The_Ivy/n207104780_30821007_3991.jpg)
It's Disco's picture. If you were on Facebook you might have seen it. ;)
Quote from: AGA on Wed 15/08/2007 19:15:04
Are you incapable of holding the camera upright? Probably half your photos are from the wrong angle!
I suggest rotating your monitor 90 degrees.