San Diego Meetup

[DrWilloughby]

Hi folks- It's been a long time since we had our last San Diego/Orange County meetup. I'm longing for a sense of community. Would anyone be interested in a Friday, June 27th meetup, probably in North County San Diego?

I'd love to see some old faces, and maybe meet some new ones as well!

[SteveZ]

Count me in! I'll go where the majority decides, but my preference would in be the La Jolla/Mira Mesa area.

-Steve Z.

[Chris Evans]

I'm definitely up for it. If it's anywhere in the north county, I'll be there. :)

[GolfHacker]

I might be interested in that. My full-time job is in Rancho Bernardo; however, that Friday is my off-Friday (we work a 9-80 schedule, so we get every other Friday off). So I'll be home in La Mesa on that day. But I would be interesting in meeting the locals, provided I don't have to drive an hour or more to get there. Let me know what location you decide on.

[James C. Smith]

I will probably come. I have to see if I can get the night off.

[DrWilloughby]

Excellent! Looks like we'll have a nice little group. Let's do the Rock Bottom in UTC/La Jolla at 7:30PM, Friday June 27.

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&channel=s&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&dq=rock+bottom+loc:+La+Jolla,+CA&daddr=8980+Villa+La+Jolla+Dr,+La+Jolla,+CA+92037&geocode=8075756797266251795,32.871232,-117.233866&ll=32.871232,-117.233866&iwstate1=dir:to&iwloc=A&f=d

(Correction, changed to 7:30PM)

[James C. Smith]

I will be there.

[SteveZ]

See you guys there!

-Steve Z.

[cyrus_zuo]

Planning on being there...if that doesn't frighten anyone away ;)

[GolfHacker]

Russell, that will be great to see you again. Haven't seen you since the 2004 IGF. What brings you to San Diego next week?

[Morgan Ramsay]

I'll probably attend.

[urbansquall]

I should be there. Woot. ;)

[DrWilloughby]

This should be fun! I know of three others that will be showing up too. Quite a crowd!

[Jim Buck]

Guys, have a Longboard Brown for me. Ahh, I'm missing the likes of Karl Strauss and Rock Bottom.

[GolfHacker]

Excellent! Looks like we'll have a nice little group. Let's do the Rock Bottom in UTC/La Jolla at 7:30PM, Friday June 27.

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&channel=s&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&dq=rock+bottom+loc:+La+Jolla,+CA&daddr=8980+Villa+La+Jolla+Dr,+La+Jolla,+CA+92037&geocode=8075756797266251795,32.871232,-117.233866&ll=32.871232,-117.233866&iwstate1=dir:to&iwloc=A&f=d

(Correction, changed to 7:30PM)

So how are we going to find each other? I've never seen any pictures of you guys, so how will I recognize any of you? I might remember Russell from IGF 2004, if he shows and my memory functions properly...

[DrWilloughby]

Are you kidding me? You can't recognize a bunch of game developers in a bar? Are you sure you've been to GDC? ;)

Here's a pic of me (http://fitblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/jessica-alba-california.jpg)

[Ryan Clark]

Are you kidding me? You can't recognize a bunch of game developers in a bar? Are you sure you've been to GDC? ;)

Here's a pic of me (http://fitblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/jessica-alba-california.jpg)
Sorry to bust in on this San Diego thread, but Andy, you're far more attractive than that hussy!

Don't sell yourself short ;)

[GolfHacker]

Are you kidding me? You can't recognize a bunch of game developers in a bar? Are you sure you've been to GDC? ;)[/URL]

Well, some of them looked normal...

[urbansquall]

This is my first meet up too, so I echo Golf Hacker's question. ;)

[DrWilloughby]

OK, quite seriously, look for a table of a few to a bunch of 30ish looking guys that look vaguely nerdy. Here's an actual picture of me (http://www.pocketwatchgames.com/content-img/founder.jpg).

[GolfHacker]

Here's one of me (http://www.mygamecompany.com/images/troyhepfner.gif)

[James C. Smith]

Look for guys wearing shirts that say Reflexive (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/2309032732_c4b07e5148.jpg) and Game Tunnel and names of other game companies.

[Morgan Ramsay]

Oh, tonight's the night. I better get ready.

[Chris Evans]

Sorry I won't be able to make it tonight. I have some pressing issues with my game that I have to attend to right now and I can't step away.

Have fun though! Hopefully we'll have these meetings more often instead of every two years. :)

[Morgan Ramsay]

Thanks for the good time, laughs, and discussion. I didn't get a chance to meet everyone.
(Do I owe someone from Reflexive my portion of the bill? If not, thanks for the meal, too!)

[GolfHacker]

Agreed, it was nice to meet a lot of you guys for the first time. I didn't realize there were so many local indies!

Thanks, Andy, for organizing this and making it happen. I would like to do this more often.

Russell and James, thanks for driving all the way down just for this occasion. I really appreciated that. It was good to see you again, Russell, I enjoyed our chat. And I was glad to meet you, James. Just sorry we didn't get a chance to talk more.

SteveZ, thanks for showing us your games. Great stuff!

urbansquall, thanks for flagging me down on my way in and gathering most of us together outside beforehand.

And I'm horrible with names, but to the lurker from Florida who just moved here and decided to join us - thanks! I enjoyed meeting you too. I look forward to seeing some games from you.

Maybe next time, I can meet the other three guys at the other end of the table who joined us late. I assume one of you guys was Morgan...

[Siebharinn]

And I'm horrible with names, but to the lurker from Florida who just moved here and decided to join us - thanks! I enjoyed meeting you too.

That would be me. Thanks guys, it was a lot of fun, and great to meet all of you.

Bill

[DrWilloughby]

It sure was fun. Thanks everyone for coming down, esp the Reflexive guys. Sorry about the long wait, next time we'll get reservations!

[urbansquall]

I had great fun. Sign me up for the next one. ;)

[Morgan Ramsay]

Maybe next time, I can meet the other three guys at the other end of the table who joined us late. I assume one of you guys was Morgan...Yeah, I was wearing the black Freedom cap, and was sitting directly across from Andy.

[GolfHacker]

Oh ok! I remember you. Now I will know who you are at the next meet-up! Thanks!