Austin, TX Meetup

Jason Young

Hey everyone,

Dinner and beer time! aajohnny and EvanL just moved to town, so let's use that as an excuse to get together.

We're going to do Jan. 30th at 7pm at Opal Divine's. Located here.

So, please answer zee poll, and/or let us know if you've got any questions or suggestions.

skankerzero

it says 'you may not vote on this poll'.

Jason Young

Weird, Justin isn't able to either. He wasn't able to even post a poll in the first place which is why I set it up.

Wonder if it has something to do with mod privileges?

maximumsproductions

Time to get mom to iron my polycount shirt.

Justin Meisse

yup, I informed Adam, looks like it's either ghosts or gremlins. So if anyone is looking at the number of affirmatives and thinking "I'm not going if only 3 people are gonna be there" add at least 2 to that number :P

TelekineticFrog

i voted it worked...i think...is justin off the island?

Justin Meisse

ooooooooof! $500 order minimum for the lounge! so once I have a better idea of the number of people I'll see if we can just do a regular call ahead reservation.

Jason Young

So add a voting option for "I will go if Justin picks up the $500 lounge tab"?

aajohnny

Of course I'll be there! Looking forward to meeting some Polycounters.

Lee3dee

suggestions for places to meet that are cheaper than NXNW ^^

Opals - we met there last time
Mr Tramps - usually place for beer night, layoffs, etc
Sherlocks - decent bar, decent food.
The Park - next to kingsisle, overpriced bar food.

Justin Meisse

fuck the park, I'd only go there to toss a molotov cocktail, they screwed me on chicken strips NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET!

is NXNW that expensive? (not booking the lounge). I like Opals cuz it's just down the road from my house.

Jason Young

Eh, looking at the nxnw menu it's not too bad price-wise. I'd be fine with opals as well if more people want to go that route.

For the people that say no to the poll, what's the reason?

EvanL

Will try to make it. I just moved to Austin not too long ago too.

Justin Meisse

Anyone have an issue with doing Opal Divine's Marina instead of NXNW? It's a little more casual and open compared to NXNW and it's got a large selection of good drinks and decent food. It's only about 3.7 miles north on Mopac -> link

link to location's website

Full Drink Menu

Cap

I would be down for either Opals or that NXNW place...or really any place in that general area

BoBo_the_seal

pffft how about Pluckers!

- BoBo

Justin Meisse

BoBo_the_seal wrote: »

pffft how about Pluckers!

- BoBo

Pluck that!

Opal Divines, 7pm this Thursday, I will not be getting drunk and ranting about my beefs with the game industry! Instead I will drone on about the finer points of beer brewing. Who am I kidding, I'll probably do both.

Jason Young

Yeah you will.

Any of the maybe votes going for sure? If so, post up so J Money can get an accurate head count.

multitud3

i'll be there with oroboros. he's getting me into the dota 2 scene here. it'll be good to meet some of the austin polycounters.

BoBo_the_seal

3 of us from OMNOM! will be there.

nazeil

Well since I'm new to the Austin area maybe I'll swing by and meet some other local Dev's. Besides, who doesn't like beer?

skankerzero

perhaps a facebook event for this? It helps as it gets put into my calander.

Elijah

I'll be there.

Cav73

I am fairly new to Austin as well. It will be nice to meet more polycount peeps.

EvanL

How late will you guys be there? I probably have to work a bit late today, but if you guys are still there, I'll try to swing by sometime around 8-9.

Jason Young

I was planning to stay for a couple hours. We'll feed Justin plenty of beers so he'll be there all night probably.

Justin Meisse

OK, made the reservation under "Polycount" for 7pm tonight! Dress warm, we plan on being inside if it's miserable out but if it isn't too cold they have outdoor seating with heaters.

I made a facebook event if that's your thing

BrianP

I'll be there with the OMNOM! group!

Damytria

Looking forward to seeing some old faces as well as some new ones =3

maximumsproductions

Damn, had to get stitches on my face today T_T. Not sure if its a good idea now, nor appealing. Ffff

Justin Meisse

Damytria wrote: »

Looking forward to seeing some old faces as well as some new ones =3

look forward to seeing you, animeboyz!

Lee3dee

looking forward to seeing ya all! been far too long

Justin Meisse

adam wrote: »

Posting here because there is no way I'm going to let that Austin meet-up thread have more replies than ours.

That Toronto meet-up is going to be way more fun than ours!

OrganizedChaos

Just found out about this from Chris White- Jeremy and I should be able to make it

aajohnny

Justin Meisse wrote: »

That Toronto meet-up is going to be way more fun than ours!

IT IS WAR

Lee3dee

great turn out tonight! awesome meeting new people and seeing those I haven't seen in ages!

aajohnny

Yeah totally and I got to fondle greentooth.

adam

Anyone take pics???

MiAlx

yeah guys, pics or it didn't happen, especially aajohnny's greentooth fondling

Rhinokey

i hardly knew any of you people!

Jason Young

There was also steam machine/controller fondling!

Nice to meet you guys and gals! There were still a few left that I didn't get to meet, so we definitely need to do this again soon. I heard Justin wants to have a bbq lol peer pressure.

EvanL

A bbq sounds amazing. I knew we could leave it to Justin to come up with great ideas. Nice.

I'm a bit a lurker, but I've been reading the advice, feedback, and general gold from you guys for years. It was nice to finally meet some of you especially since I got to where I am by listening and learning from you guys.

Cav73

Nice meeting PC people last night. I plan on doing an art dump fairly soon and stop being a lurker. ;-)

maximumsproductions

adam wrote: »

Anyone take pics???

Didn't Justin take a GTA style selfie with everyone in the background? Haha

hogjonny

When is the next meetup?