Mittens

Mittens 2002 group photo. Missing are Adamski (Dark Stalkey), jet (JetXL), mattgoble

Mittens 2003 group photo. Missing is Pumaman (CJ)

Mittens 2004 group photo

Mittens 2005 group photo

Mittens 2006 group photo. Missing is Chrille

Mittens 2007 group photo. Missing are Pesty and Scummbuddy

Mittens is the annual real-life meeting for adventure game creators mostly from the AGS community. The first Mittens was held in 2002, and it took place in Laleham, England, and was organised by m0ds. There has been a Mittens gathering every year since then, in various places in Europe, once in the United States, and once in Canada. The next Mittens has been organised for 15-22 August 2008, in north-east France, near the Belgian border. Details can be found on AGS forums.

A smaller meeting, named Brittens is also hosted each year, intended to be for those unable to attend the further-afield Mittenses. Other local AGS community meet-ups have also been arranged or suggested, often with names related to Mittens, such as Lapaset (Finnish for "mittens").

The name "Mittens" comes from a suggestion by Captain Mostly. The idea formed during the production of "The Vestibule", the team (which included Abstauber, Yahtzee, Captain Mostly & m0ds) decided it could be fun to bundle around to Yahtzee's and have a BBQ. This never happened - but the idea was taken further and with it, m0ds launched "Mittens". Mittens are actually fingerless winter gloves. It is also a common name for a cat. It has no association or related meaning with the annual AGS meeting, but the name was made up because it was funny.

Timeline

• 2002: Laleham, England, organised by m0ds.
• 2003: Near Gothenburg, Sweden, organised by Andail.
• 2004: "Electric Boogaloo" in Upstate New York, United States, organised by MrColossal.
• 2005: Agia Anna, North Evia, Greece, organised by Helm.
• 2006: Benidorm, Spain, organised by Farlander and La Lore.
• 2007: Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, organised by Quintaros and BaRoN.
• 2008: Near Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France, organised by AGA and scotch.

Attendees

The following people have attended Mittens so far:

Attendee	2002 (England)	2003 (Sweden)	2004 (USA)	2005 (Greece)	2006 (Spain)	2007 (Canada)	Overall
2ma2	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	3
Adamski (Dark Stalkey)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	5
AGA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Andail	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	4
BaRoN	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Becky	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
Chrille	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	4
Dave Gilbert	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
Disco	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Dominika	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Edmundo (netmonkey)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
Farlander	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	3
Finkenstein (Jess)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	2
FruitTree	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	1
Goldmund	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	3
Grundislav	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	4
Helm	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	3
jet (JetXL)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	5
KANDYMAN-IAC (das kandyman)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	1
Kevbot	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
La Lore	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Layabout	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
MachineElf (Vargtass)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	1
magintz	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	3
mattgoble	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	3
MillsJROSS	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
m0ds	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	5
MrColossal	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	2
Petteri	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	2
Pesty	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Privateer Puddin' (custard)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	2
Pumaman (CJ)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	6
Quintaros	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Radiant	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Renegade Implementor	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Scotch	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	3
Scummbuddy	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	2
Sinitrena	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	1
The Ivy	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Viporizer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	1
Total	13	15	13	18	21	16

Traditions

The most (in)famous Mittens tradition is the group singing of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. This tradition may or may not include being yelled at by angry people in the vicinity being disturbed by the group's singing.

Another Mittens tradition is the attempt to photograph Chris Jones eating onion rings and/or ice cream cones.

At each Mittens there is also a "super quiz" of questions relating to AGS and adventure games. Everyone participates and those lucky enough get to choose from an array of prizes! 1st prize 2006 went to AGA, who won a special boxed edition of Ben Jordan 1 and a signed Mittens poster by La Lore. Grundislav won the competition in 2007.

The Mittolympics are also a special part of the Mittens traditions. Normally run by Andail (when he attends), there are various games that Mitteneers contend against each other in, including; onion ring hoopla, dart, croquet, nail in wood, swimming, running, eating & most famously - arm wrestling.

There is also a popular tendency to; drink things, burn things, break things, smoke things, eat lots of different things, meet & engage with local people things, climb things, fall off things, sail in things, photograph things, tamper with things, argue about things & compare real life things to how they are perceived over the internet things.

Famous Mittens NPCs

» SHUT-THE-FUCK-UP man, Mittens 2002 (provoked by our singing of 'Bohemian Rhapsody')

» Sausage Girls, Mittens 2002

» Vin Diesel, aka really angry tour operator, Greece 2005 (infuriated by Helm)

» "No photos" black lady, Greece 2005 (believed soul would be captured)

» Metro security guard, Greece 2005

» Random waiter guy, Greece 2005 (wore CJ's chef hat)

» Old pizza lady too old to cook 20 pizzas, Greece 2005

» Home from Home girls, Spain 2006

» Wal-Mart employee ("You tell those boys to stop having a good time! Oh I'm just kiddin'!"), Canada 2007

» Random guy at Schenectady gas station who borrowed Eric's phone and was on it for 10 minutes ("I'm comin' ovah now! Tell your momma she got a big mouth!"), Canada 2007

» Crazy Science Centre lady ("Did you step on the white squares? GOOD!"), Canada 2007

Related Media

» Mittens 2002: Comments round-up with Kandyman, Magintz, Dark Stalkey, CJ, 2ma2, Chrille, Andail, FruitTree, Viporizer, m0ds http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/mittens2002comments.mp3

See also

• Brittens
• Lapaset
• Onion Rings

External links

• AGS Meetings homepage
• Original official Mittens homepage
• Laleham Camping Club
• Adventure Club Agia Anna
• Renewal Retreat