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Hey all, I've done something weird (isn't that what Mittens is all about?): I've recorded the yelping (that's how you call it, right? someone told me, but I forgot) of the little pony on the Mittens grounds, and made some ringtones out of them.

So Ring1 is the loudest sound on the recording, but I thought I'd include ring 2 as well as it sounded so funny. The sound is a bit too soft though, so I've placed 3 copies of it: one unmodified version (clean) and 2 amplified versions (wihch are both a bit overdriven, but one more so than the other and you might not like the sound of the more overdriven one), so there's plenty to choose from. Just do us all a  favor, OK, and next Mittens, let's not all have the same ringtone on our phones, as that'll be confusing.
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08/Ring1-LittleHoarsey.MP3
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08/ring2-LittleHoarsey-clean.MP3
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08/ring2-LittleHoarsey-MildlyOverdriven.MP3
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08/ring2-Littlehoarsey-overdriven.MP3

OK and now there is this last file available: Some footage of Nacho's singing abilities! (you didn't sound too bad Nacho, honest: I doubt if ould better you, or if I could stand on my hands like that, nevermind about doing both simultaneously!)

http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08/Mittens08-1000%20cards.rar

We'll have to come up with another fun song for you to sing in a funny new position next year! (how about swinging through the room, like Tarzan?)

BTWI was (and still am) trulys Mittens by the event.

I just hope that next year we'll have a shorter walk to do groceries, esp. as not everyone can drive (has a car/license)

Yay, the movie'll be done tomorrow! Thanks Mark 'Shady' Lovegrove (inside joke)! Oh and no need to thank me for being a sport wrt the filming, the pleasure was all mine, thanks for letting me play such an entertaining (albeit short) role! Why do you think I couldn't get that stupid grin off of my face while being so enchanted my spiritual nemesis (Btw Jess, I still smile thinking about both of you)

Oh, this thread was lways destined to become a yucky kiss and hug thread like this, wasn't it? Oh well, because it's beenthe kind of event which deserves it!

So I haven't played all games in the series yet, but I've done my best to catch up a bit after acting in the BJ-movie, and I must say that I liked this one most so far. Good job!

I'm glad we can have written text as well as spoken. I do like how you've (that's plural form) done the voice acting. And as always the story is nice, What I like most about this one is that (no insult intended) it finally feels like an adventure game, instead of a film which plays and where you'll only have to ask all the questions to an NPC and then go to the next NPC and exhaust all dialog again.  I did feel like that with most of the other games I've played so far (not all of them, but the first few in the series), even though I know it's not entirely true it still is true for the biggest part of the games

I've never ever seen any of the original QfG-games in their day, so thanks for giving me the chance to catch up! Loading it down now.

Lorena, I didn't know your English was so good, otherwise I'd have talked with you more. I now only have the impression of "she seems like very nice girl", and talking would have only confirmed that impression, I'm sure.

Nacho, I also wish we could have spent more time with each other, but look on the bright side: at least my rear opening is intact and unscathed. That's worth something too.

And to Eric and Jess: thanks for the tip about Gogol Bordello. The band I mentioned who resemble him so much is Korpiklaani. I know, slightly bizarre spelling, but what would you expect with this taste of music? (I'm now listening to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, who I first heard of in NY, btw)

On of the most amazing things was that we could even talk about politics among diferent nations and not start a war! (I now officially close this cesspitt BTW)

What a band of warm personalities! And lots of  fun to be had as well. Makes me particularly regret having not finished my game at least up to the level of being able to show off a credible demo (all I have now is not worth showing).

Luckily I never got so cose to Jess as to catch her virus (I hope she's better now, and Eric, I think they were all smart enough not to take pictures of anything that would have transferred those germs, the most likely kira's plate suspect would have been kitty who'd been licking clean.But I trust that was also treated to the chemical stew that the dishwasher applies to all the washing up. BTW, My photo and philm archves are rather big so downloading them will take some time.

Mark, sorry about threatening to spoil the movie ending, I've been telling everyone about it ("look for Ben Jordan on U-tube in a few weeks time"), that's how excited I am about it, and about being in it, obviously. Thabks for letting me appear in there as a living, not-obsessed  human as well. It's not even the only acting I've done, Ivy kindly asked for some voices for her game-ski.

Oh and Ivy, I enjoyed voice acting for your game-ski, I wish I had made dying noises with more of a stereotypical Soviet-Russian accent
the experience alone is all the reward one could ever ask (unless you're Tom Cruise, which I'm obviously not), and I wish you best of luck in your up and coming career as a game creator.

Oh and I uploaded some more movies:
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije375/Mittens08/Mittens08-bateauing.rar (caution, 100 MB)

BTW Berrian, The Simpsons are a good place to steal quotes from.

Darthm shouldn't you say "sick as a horse"? You said that Mandarb is a horse, and we also had a little hoarse which wasn't too well (I still grinned at the joke, Eric).

And noholiday will ever again without a rubber chicken with a pulley on-it-somewhere  (alas not in the middle, but at the legs was close enough)
Oh well, back to work again for a tomorrow, and no acces to the website

OK, I've uploaded some photos and philms here:

http://home.planet.nl/~ooije335/Mittens08-Tramampoline.rar
http://home.planet.nl/~ooije375/Mittens08/Mittens08-pics.rar

These  (and future ones) are without any references to the BJ-movie, and the first one only contains some photos and films relating to the tramampoline (I love that typo someone else made at Mittens [no I didn't come up with it myself: no such honour for me], so I will be using it quite a few times), the 2nd is general and even includes the pony! (fly-breedingface)

I am uploading more RARs, but don't have enough room on my ISP's webspace, so I guess I'll be deleting the old archives to make room for new ones.

And yes, I do fully intend to attend Miamittens 09, and even Mittens 10 (but let's not look too far into the future: it only comes day by day anyway).

Good to see Mittens has even generated a new BBC'er (big blue cupper/forummer)! (Kira)

BTW I'm still recovering from a lack of sleep (those darn beds at the chateau!) and a longish trip (so I didn't have  to cross a sea or travel to another continent, it's still tiring) But it was woth my while, thank you all!
Oh and Grundy: best of luck with the family emergency!

I had a blast  well, even without blowing up thhe chateau was fun. I hope you had a safe journey? Ours was rather uneventful, although we got in the early part of the daily traffic jam on the A10 motorway. I will look forthe converter for my camera's memorystick, so I can upload the photos + videos (which will even contain some sneak previews of the BJ movie! )

I AM looking forward to a long night's sleep in a decent-sized bed with decent-sized sheetsand a mattras-cover which doesn't creep out from under you, leaving the cold mattres material  to grace your skin.

Oh well, I got home at approx 1600 hours, so there aren't too many Americans or Canadians who could say the same thing (I doubt even the Britons could) I suggest the following name for next Mittens: Miamittens (I know, a disgracefully lame pun. but forgive me, I've been waiting for so long to mention it and it's late now, almost bed time (uncannily early given prior Mittens experience, but it's boring here by comparison to the chateau. On the upside, my book (well, Oliver Sacks's) arived while I was away,  so that should give me some interesting reading time, as well as the one I still had lying around and had started but have yet to finish, but I now have a new toy! Oh darn, the agony of choice!
It is a shame that I didn't get to say goodbye to the Mittensians from the USA and Canada etc, I only got to wave at you! I'll now try to coompensate for that by typing very loudly: GOODBYE! IT WAS NICE BEING WITH YOU! HAVE A GOOD TRIP HOME/TO PARIS!

Oh well, a quick conclusion: Fromage (CJ), how much do I owe you in total (and  how do I pay? Paypal-id pleazy) including the dangerous boat trip (no, I won't be asking for a boredom discount for that, I was in fact awake for the whole boattrip so it can't have been that bad)

(Ed: corrected a few typos - blasted laptop keyboard!)
BJ movie spoilers have been removed :p  --Mods

Ok, so while the Timmy Mallet thing was a joke, we are considering buying an old London Bus and doing a European Road Trip for Mittens 2010 ... stay tuned!!

I already googol'd Timmy mallett and he seemedmore like a chldren's entertainer - Was wondering how old you thouhht we were? Love to see one of his shows online though, just out of curiosity - he isn't on utube, is he now?

er.. Marco I forgot to ask you this before but we need a plan as to how we're gonna get back aswell right?

Hi Fruity Tree, I'm thinking that we'd go back the same way we came. (assuming there aren't one-way roads we'd have to ride in the opposite direction; that'd be illegal and dangerous!)

There has sadly been a small (but significant!) change of plans: I shall not be coming to Mittens by my own car, since the CBR (Centrum voor Bureaucratische Remmerij) (an even nicer English translation: Centre for Bureaucratic Retards), which is the institution which determines who gets to have a valid driver's license and who doesn't (as in: me) has decided that at all costs, I should not get my license back. There's a long story behind this, I WILL get to Mittens and tell you all about this, wheter you want to or not :o. However: I've promised Radiant and FruitTree that they could come as well, so Radiant has decided to miss the first few days (not that it's his OWN marriage, so what other excuses do you have, Pieter? ) so in terms of comfort, the car is now full. (my 2 parents, myself and one other Person, (FruitTree). However, we might just be able to squeeze one more person in, arrangements sor that are already underway.

Hi all,

This seemed like the most discrete place to post about this, and I wanted the world to know, so here goes: I've been bitten by the blog-bug as well, you can find it at:
http://theyarehere.wordpress.com/
Beware that this blog contains my political points of view, and I'm only attacking (yes, it's that kind of blog) politicians in my own country (as of yet, no guarantees about the future) so most of you won't be particularly offended, at most humored by how I write about Dutch politicians... It helps me vent my opinions without causing friction on other places., such as the AX84 BBS. I hope to be able to welcome you as a visitor soon!
Moderators: feel free to delete this post if it's considered inappropriate.
--edit: corrected typo --

OK,I've moved on and now I'm stuck in a brand new, all-original way:

Spoiler

I found out about hoe to find & take the analgesic, the I vould leave the room at last, but the yellow bulldozer decided todemolish my house, injuring me in the process, on my way to the hospital, the Vogons did their thing and demolished the planet, so game over for me (never mind about what it did to Arthur Dent, I distinctly remember him not dying in the books, against all odds - so another way in which I've moved on.) when I restarted the game, I could quickly take the pill but then I couldn't leave the room, I couldn't even look out the window anymore! As if the hotspots had vanished!

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So, this hints & tips thread bit seems to be more of a bug report so far.

OK, I'll say that I quite like this game so far - even though I can't get out of the first room! The humour is quite nice, not exactly how Douglas Adams would've done it, but close enough to not be a clone and be very much your own. and still funny enogh to remind us (me, anyway) of DA.

I'm stuck

Spoiler

in the bedroom. AD tells me he can't leave the room as he misses the door by a good 18 inches. There's something I should do as well. I've already looked out the window a few times and seen the yellow bulldozer - should I do that many more times? The phone broke as it fell on the floor, I can't pick it up anymore - it won't even highlight anymore -

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So I'm effectively stuck. Please halp?

Oh goody, double good news! Thanks for the tip about in which order to assemble the hook and rope, how stupid of me that I hadn't tried that out myself.
And Agentbauer, thanks for fixing the bugs!

Well, I must agree with the general consensus here: great game! (shame about the typos) (also a shame that the game keeps crashing when I put the rope and the hook together.

How could this have been missed during beta testing?

Dang, Don't tell me I'm too late? I tried downloading it from the link you gave, and it resulted in the following link: http://www.turboupload.com/index.php?p=file_error instead of http://www.turboupload.com/download/Yc9L8QMtU9xc/EighthDoctorEpisode0.zip. Is there any chance you'd re-upload the game? Pretty please?

Nostradamus,
....

Which leaves me with the quesions: where's that drain? and where do I get a battery for the keys/how do I get in my ship?
Edit: never mind, I've already found it, now I ran into the bug mentioned earlier (ObjectOff: invalid object specified when combining the rope with the hook.
FYI: ACI ver 2.72.920 is mentioned in the dialog box, in case that's of any help to you) How do I bypass this bug? (I presume some people have, judging by how far they've gotten into the game)

Computers of any form are not allowed at Mittens.

Ola l'uomo Puma,

How serious are you with that rule? (I'm obviously not counting my car's ECU as a forbidden computer) I could take my laptop with me, but your highness is making me doubt that. Obviously, we won't be playing PC-games all the time (I can set a password that'll make it impossible to use it for that) - also I expect people who want to develop modifications to their game won't want to do that during Mittens.

So - should we consider it to be a guideline or a strict rule?

Thanks, the nickel finally fell through the slot (I mean that as: the light finally came on. Am Downloading as I type. (You gotta love multitasking!)

You're not getting it. I can't find any download-links: if I choose the Download direct link, I end up on a link-less (apart from advertisements) page of megaupload.com. The page does seem to refer to your game since it contains the following text:

Bestandsnaam: InstallSqIV.5.exe                           Beschrijving: Space Quest IV.5 Full Game
Bestandsgrootte: 63.72 MB

Also, it asks me to fill in my UWV. What's that?

All download links eventually lead to megaupload.com, so I'm effectively stuck. Can't you put it on another hoster?