Hey guys.. I'll be at GDC this year (as part of the AI summit) and wondered if anyone else from these forums will be there and fancies a low key get together. Any of you bother going to GDC and want to hook up? There are like a billion parties so its only a matter of finding one and stealing ourselves a table. Or we can go to a bar or some such.
Last year I reserved a party for us at Buca D'Beppo. 20 people RSVPed, and 30 people showed up. Fortunately, they were able to accommodate us. It was a fun time! We gathered on Monday or Tuesday, due to most of the parties occur in the main days of the conference. Shall we go at it again?
I'll be there. Flying in Tuesday night (like last year, hence missing the indie gathering) and flying out Saturday. If the meet-up falls on Wed-Fri this year, I'll definitely be there. Otherwise, I'll just be jealous
I'll be there and Monday would work best for me. Tuesday night has several events I need to attend for networking purposes.
I'm there all week, but booked up monday, tuesday and friday so far. So I think weds/thurs would be a good plan. There's probably a few other things I have to go to as well (there always are sneaky little events), but I'd love to speak to other devs. Maybe we can even arrange a little daytime gathering too? (maybe go out for a mid-day snack instead of those god awful sandwiches?).
Getting together for an outside lunch Wed-Fri works great for me. Although, I've always thought the food was OK at convention
I'll be there and would love to hang out, schedule depending. Must not conflict with any open bar events. Haha.
Ok, in order to make a decision, lets decide to meet up at the convention center a midday on wednesday and we can see who is available when from there. If nothing else we can grab an impromptu table somewhere and have a chat and if all goes well we can identify a party that night and go and steal a table for ourselves. I'll post a place/time when I know the layout a bit better. I'll also post my contact info so I can be found while at the conf when I'm there too, so if worst comes to worst, you can contact me.
I'll be there as well, all week. I'm up for whatever and would be interested to meet anyone on here that I haven't already. -Tim
I'll be there too, and interested in meeting up. Note that Wednesday night is usually when the big awards ceremony is (announce games of the year, the IGF awards, etc, etc), so probably not a good night to meet.
Jeff, Ben and I will be there. Probably Rick too, but he will be 50/50'ing his time with a family visit. We'll be at the Flash Game Summit on Sunday too (by mochiads).
I'll be there. Btw, if anyone wants to have a more low key gathering or like 1 on 1 chat while you are in SF, that would be cool too.
I'll be floating around with one of my partners. I probably won't have a badge, but if there is an organized dinner I'll most likely show up to hang out with you all.
Woo, GDC! I look forward to meeting folks at the IGF stand too. As far as Buca d'bepo goes, I'm usually only in the mood for gregarious italian food suddenly and unpredictably, so if that's what you cats are doing, post the date and time! Otherwise, someone could always organize a sweet IndieLunch!