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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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No. I'm not finding a place that does karaoke.

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BAM. Remember I'm actually from London..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/insideldn/insideout/pieandmash.shtml
LICKER.

Neenie, we both know my criticisms are pretty lame, but..

1. His right side of face seems to extend too far out to the right, as if his got some kind pf growth next near his right eye/cheek.
2. His chin seems too pronounced, as if he'sa pushing his lower jaw forward, so that his lower set of teeth a further foward than his top set.
3. Not realy a decent comment, but the shading is just white, inking and the airbrush, which ,makes his left shoulder look kinda spacky. That's not a crit on actual artwork, I'm just saying that, well.. you should know how picky I am by now.

At least this time I didn't say "this picture makes my arm feel sad".

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.

Don't forget Pie, Mash and Licker.

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.

People shouldn't quote more than a line or two of text.

When I quote, I usually just edit the quote in the "post reply" page.Ã,  Like the above quote.Ã,  As for actually implementing the feature, I'd suggest a section in the forum etiquette thread (or whatever it's called), telling people they look dumb and annoying with long quotes.Ã,  And even dumber and more annoying with quoted pictures.Ã,  After that, they get a polite message from a mod, telling them to refer to the etiquette thing.

If they do it again, we get Sunshine to call in an airstrike.

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Oh..
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=5046.0
"Common sense rules - we shouldn't have to tell you these
1. Don't quote a huge post to add one line - quote only the relevant bits"
That kinda thing.

Number 2 is the only valid excuse.  The others are just off shoots of 2.

1. Dude. Renouncing Technology might be your most viable option, ever.
2. http://www.trust.com/products/product.aspx?artnr=13022
It's A4 (9"x12"), it's cheap and it has features.  I'd suggest spending the littlest amount possible to begin with, since it'll take a while to get used to.  For me, it's like having to learn how to draw all over again.  It seems pointless trying to learn with oil paints before you've master the pencil.
3. It's A4. Which means tracing normal pics is easy to begin with.

It means living without my significant other for a year..  maybe I'll be posted in Okinawa with Vince.

How many times do I have to tell you, my name's not Vince.

If you hold it in London, UK. I'm there. Chances are your fellow Aussie Layabout might turn up to, if I let him crash at mine for the night.

You appear to have missed "Iqu" from every section. I think your database seems to have made a fatal, yet undetectable error. You best have SSH take another look at it.  Especially since he had the same problem last year.

Oh, wait.. He reads the forums, too..
Crap.

C is in charge of GenGen. I trust his judgement.

On a side note, scotch opped me in #ags because everyone else was away at Mittens.  Thankfully, he can't check the logs to see I abused by power.

Whee.

If I tried sharing a game with a kid any time soon, I'll probably get arrested.
If and when I breed, they're totally playing monkey island.

Piff. That's another category I've lost.

What's THAT supposed to mean? That I have good taste in cinema?

I meant that you watch a lot of films, and that most of the film threads I've noticed, were started by you.

As to your taste in films, "good" is a word that could be debated ad nauseum.  Everyone thinks they're taste in films is the best one.  It's like asking someone their fave color.  It's pointless.

I think what Hardass is trying to explain with the water edit, is the fact that in your original pick, it looked like it was just a slope with a flood.  It seems that the grass goes down past the water line.  In Hardass' pic, he's showing the earthy parts around the rim of the pond/river/lake, where nothing really grows.

I think he's contrast boost has improved it, too.  The original seemed a little dream-like with the fadedness to it, like they have in films.

Awesomely pretty pic, tho.