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rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
[META]ARGFest NYC:How do you like your reality? The Latest PARTY WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND OUR PUPPET MASTER GUESTS. Not that the PM guests are not our friends, they are! But we are thrilled that so many PMs of the most recent games will be here.
New events are going to be added and final venues need to be selected
Still, the basics:
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday July 22
~6:30 -7:00 People in town meet at the Bar at the Hotel Penn
Travel to venue for party
~7:00 - 10:00pm Party - Details to follow
After party - poker
Saturday July 23
Morning - keep open for a bit
Dave Szulborski PM Event -Details to follow
~3:00 -6:00 Something you don't want to miss!! (That's a kloo!)
~6:00 -8:00 Dinner at a sekrit location
Sunday July 24
~10:00-12:00 Brunch
Activities not yet scheduled
* PAC Manhattan - we hope to get this set up, no promises
* Event with Jane McGonigal, Elan Lee (and possibly Sean Stewart) of 4orty2wo Entertainment
* 1st annual ARGFest lecture - may be combined with the above
* Wet T-shirt Contest - somehow that may not make the cut, sorry SpaceBass.. maybe we could do a Super Soaker fight in the park. (just kidding)
Puppet Masters Attending ARGFest - Most Recent Game
List in formation
Dan Carver - The Beast
Dave Szulborski - Urban Hunt
Mike Monello- Art of the Heist
*Brian Cain- Art of the Heist
Jane McGonigal - i love bees
Elan Lee - i love bees
*Sean Stewart - i love bees
Michael Smith - Perplex City
Adrian Hon- Perplex City
*Dan Hon - Perplex City
*Andrea Phillips - Perplex City
Fiona Silk - Perplex City
*Bronwen Liggitt - Perplex City
Sean Stacey - Project Mu
Brooke Thompson - LockJaw
Dan Carver - The Beast
* - means have accepted invitation, just waiting final confirmation
Hotel Penn
Call 1-800-223-8585 (toll free) or 1-212-736-5000,ext. 8460
use the password "unfiction" to access the group rate.
Let us know
We can't confirm some of the venues until we know how many people will be here.
Please (i) post to the wiki to sign up
and(ii) PM Diandra, let her know you will be here and where you are staying. She will keep it confidential.
This post will be updated to keep information current!!!
This is going to be great!![/i]
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:31 pm
Last edited by rose on Mon May 23, 2005 6:05 pm; edited 1 time in total
rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
Two months till ARGFest Two months to go!
The latest confirmations:
players
xnbomb
RobMagus
PMs
Adrian Hon - Perplex City
Fi Silk - Perplex City
Michael Smith- Perplex City
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:24 am
johnny5
Entrenched
Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 995 Location: Elysian Fields
If you want to stay at the Penn...
Book Now!
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 1:37 pm
rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
Venue for Saturday talks I know some people were concerned about the location for the talks for ARGFest.
Well, worry no longer
We have signed the contract for a conference room at the Hotel Penn that will hold up to 50 people in a theater style arrangement.
We will have this room for most of Saturday.
Stayed tuned for specific announcements about times for PM presentations.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:30 pm
LouMac
Pimp Daddy
Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 191 Location: Rhode Island
Hey rose, et al:
Y'all are doing a hell of a great job with all the planning! On behalf of all the people that will be there, I want to give a you a big giant THANK YOU!
Keep up the good work!
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 2:58 pm
Dorkmaster
Unfictologist
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 1328 Location: The People's Republic of Dork
I still can't go, but I'm wondering... do I still get a shirt cuz of the motto thing?
(*DM is a swagaholic)
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:29 pm
celina63
Entrenched
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 909 Location: San Diego, CA
/me seconds Lou's praise to the Planning Peoples
Question: is the online listing of room availability accurate, or do we have a reserved block of rooms? I hope it's the latter, since I was hoping for a roomie to help defray costs... and a double bed just isn't big enough for two relative strangers to sleep on
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 8:53 pm
jamesi
Sentient Being
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 2195 Location: Canadia
Re: Venue for Saturday talks
rose wrote:
I know some people were concerned about the location for the talks for ARGFest.
Well, worry no longer
We have signed the contract for a conference room at the Hotel Penn that will hold up to 50 people in a theater style arrangement.
We will have this room for most of Saturday.
Stayed tuned for specific announcements about times for PM presentations.
Wow. This is simply amazing. Thanks Rose et. al. who made this possible!
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:16 am
joebrent
Unfettered
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 640 Location: New York, sometimes
Everyone, golf clap for Rose.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:55 am
rose
...and then Magic happens
Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117
more fest news
Quote:
Question: is the online listing of room availability accurate, or do we have a reserved block of rooms? I hope it's the latter, since I was hoping for a roomie to help defray costs... and a double bed just isn't big enough for two relative strangers to sleep on
We have a reserved block of rooms!! Do NOT BOOK ONLINE!! CALL AND TELL THEM YOU ARE WITH THE UNFICTION GROUP!!!
(sorry for shouting just want to make sure everyone gets this message)
You won't have to share a double bed with anyone. The double rooms have 2 beds and the triple rooms they bring in a cot or roll-away bed.
---
In other news:
Sunday
Joebrent has graciously and enthusiastically agreed to lead his walking tour on Sunday.
The simplest plan would be to have this after brunch, although I know some people are leaving to go to the Mets- Dodgers game.
But the time will be announced.
Friday night
Will Star, famous DJ in NYC and a real life participant in the Art of the Heist game, is able to DJ our party. He is working with us to find a venue that will allow us to have catering, so we will have inexpensive food there.
Location to be announced.
Will is very cool and you don't want to miss our party if you can help it.
So the exact time and place for things will be announced...VERY SOON I PROMISE!
The schedule is falling into place very nicely.
PS. What is a "golf clap"? Are you throwing things at me or what?
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 10:49 am
hkdl
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 347 Location: Hamilton, OH
Well great news looking like I'll be able to make it, I can't wait to finally meet everyone and it looks like it is going to a blast.
P.S. A golf clap is when you clap very lightly.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:22 am
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
celina63 wrote:
I was hoping for a roomie to help defray costs... and a double bed just isn't big enough for two relative strangers to sleep on
Hmmmm, I was hoping for a roomie too...
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:52 am
LouMac
Pimp Daddy
Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 191 Location: Rhode Island
Oh, crud...I booked online...
/me gets on the phone to fix things...
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:32 pm
joebrent
Unfettered
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 640 Location: New York, sometimes
hkdl wrote:
P.S. A golf clap is when you clap very lightly.
But with appreciation and enthusiasm! No, I'm not throwing things at you. Coins and candies, perhaps.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:05 pm
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
But if you use the back of one hand to strike the palm of the other hand, now you have a Bajoran clap.
/me quickly ducks and runs back to her Trekkie universe.
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 3:05 pm
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