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[HaxanMike]

I'd just like to add to the chorus of THANKS to everyone who organized the event. It's not easy planning an event like this and you guys did an amazing job.

It was great meeting everyone and putting names to faces, even if I am so bad at that sort of thing I'll forget it all by the time I'm done typing this sentence!

I hope to see you all at the next one, and the one after that, and the one where 20,000 people come from all over the world and we can say "remember when..."

[krystyn]

Oh yeah, you were the shady guy with the french fries!

[Varin]

[johnny5]

[wraith]

To join the chorus: ARGfest was awesome fun. Massive kudus to rose, bags and all the folks involved in putting it on. Having been to past ARGfests I was a little worried that it would lose the casual bits, but it all worked out. The people were still the focus and the panels were just icing on the cake.

My favorite parts were anytime spent talking to fellow argfesters, jane's talk and toasting Evan Chan (who "couldn't be with us"). I didn't even mind walking halfway across the brooklyn bridge, because we got to see some tall ships and some nice views.

I also think that if the organizers are out of pocket we should all chip in and make it right.

No complaints what-so-ever, but a couple of small suggestions:

1) first night meet and greet should be somewhere where we can all yack our heads off without having to shout too loudly.

2) The name tags were a great idea, but only lasted one night. I think next time, we should have name-cards on lanyards, with the nick writ large and real name small (personally I find the nicks easier to remember). There are still people that I never found out who they were (which for an ARGfest is a first -- there have never been that many before). For simple minds like my own its troublesome trying to remember two names for everyone. I think we should just give in to using nicks. Of course this would require a membership fee of some sort.

Again, ARGfest was a blast. Many, many thanks to the organizers, panelists, game-meisters and most of all to all the ARGfesters who made it so much fun. So where is it next year?

[johnny5]

[wraith]

[johnny5]

[Pixiestix]

i... sniffle.... never got my name tag.... sniffle...

[jamesi]

I didn't get a nametag either, but it didn't make much of a difference. The one suggestion I openly discussed with people was, for the next ARGFest, a pre-fest picture list of the attendees. I walked by the ARGFest group on Friday twice before recognizing Varin, who I wouldn't have recognized had I not visited her website in the past.

[wraith]

[greywolf]

Having finally recovered from ARGfest.........I can't wait until the next one, and yes, Curtis has been told he MUST be there

It was wonderful seeing all the festgoers from years past and meeting all of the festgoers for the next ?? years. Thanks so much to Rose, Bagsbee and Joe for showing us southerners that "yankees" can have fun

eventually I will have pictures up on flickr, the account name is greywolf. I'll post a link after I group them.

@Chippy: Letterman was great, I didn't realize how small the set really is.

@bags: Curtis enjoyed chatting with you at Stout, we ended up there again on Monday night, very nice place, thanks.

We had an excellent time and can't wait to meet up with all of you again, the name tag idea is a good one, we weren't there friday and didn't get to meet (remember the name) of some of the people there

[Pixiestix]

[wraith]

[vpisteve]

Rather than repeat myself:

ARGN argticle.

Favorite memories? Yeah, I got plenty.