Apologies for the late update – life’s hectic, you know the drill…
Anyway, we’ll be having drinks at The Embassy on Tuesday 1 June from 7pm and hope to see you there.
The Embassy looks likely to shut up shop in June – announcements will be made when last drinks are called.
As a result, we’ll resettle around the corner at the BLVD Bar in July. Details will be available that at this Tuesday’s gathering.
It’s looking like a good turnout according to facebook (http://www NULL.facebook NULL.com/?ref=logo#!/event NULL.php?eid=127915020556524)and we’d like to encourage you to invite fellow games folk along for a night of networking…and comparing notes on RDR
The trivia night went off with a bang on Tuesday the 4th of May (yes, there were some Star Wars related questions).
The game was host to over 100 players and it was roughly an hour and a half before the dust settled. The top ranking team was “The Fucking Volcano in Iceland”, those ever-tasteful fellows took away the grand prize of a PlayStation 3, generously donated by Big Ant Studios. The winners were followed closely by The Lavish Badgers (winners of a Wacom tablet, donated by Wacom) and then, coming in at third, was Colonel Mustard’s Lonely <3′s Club Band (winers of a copy of Expose 6 and also a membership to CG Society, all thanks to our friends at Ballistic Media). A $100 drink card for the Mana Bar up in sunny Queensland was given to the team that finished last, who will remain anonymous (for obvious reasons). There were also three lucky winners, of the Heads and Tails games ran through the night, that received some fantastic GDC T-Shirts (thanks to Jenn Sandercock). The night was a huge success and a lot of fun was had by all, both in attendance and those participating.
Thanks to everyone who could make it, and a very special thanks to our wonderful sponsors, Big Ant Studios, Wacom, Ballistic Media, Jennifer Sandercock, The Mana Bar, and of course the BLVD Bar for being wonderful and giving the trivia night a home.
SARQAT
Touch my Pixels
The Voxel Agents
Colonel Mustard’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
*My Epeen is over 9000*
The Billionaire Skeletons
The Lavish Badgers
Tin Man Games
Team Rocket
Team 3
Tuckshop Lady Headbutt
The Red Barrels,
Team Rocket’s Blasting off again
Team Andromeda
More teams will be formed tomorrow night and anyone not wanting to play is welcome to hang about
It’s at the BLVD Bar in Southbank, just around the corner from The Embassy near the Macca’s. If all else fails The Embassy folk will help you with directions.
Great prizes, and also the possibility of a gold coin donation from trivia players towards a decent drink card for the winn ing team.
Also up for grabs are:
A PS3 thanks to Big Ant Studios (who have two teams vying for the prizes)
A Wacom tablet thanks to Wacom
A Ballistic book and online membership to the CGSociety
A $100 Drink card for the Mana Bar – save it up for GCAP!
It’s time to make plans for how you’d like to be involved in Freeplay this year – be it as a speaker, volunteer or participant.
Paul Callaghan, Co-director of Freeplay, will be about before Tuesday’s Trivia Night at the BLVD Bar in Southbank from 6.30, if you want to chat to him about how you’d like to contribute.
Information about the call for speakers and volunteers is available from the Freeplay website (http://www NULL.freeplay NULL.net NULL.au/2010/05/speakers-volunteers-exhibitors-oh-my/)
