I've met between ten and twenty a.cc'ers.

I've met approximately zero. Had plans to meet several over on two occasions, but circumstances changed and I wasn't in the position to follow through with the plans. Ah well, someday...

I was basing my conclusion on Detroit and Chicago being there. Compared to where I live it seems cool.
Maybe I should reconsider.

Yes it was. I thought it would have been better if it wasn't so noisy. There was a rowdy group right in front of us and we were cramped in a corner.

Andrei's keen on doing another somewhere with a bit more advance warning.

More notice and the ongoing lack of photographs would certainly make me more likely to attend.

Yes. I'd feel like an important line that separates my normal life from my Allegro.cc life was being crossed. I don't think my opinion here is rational.

...he's afraid we'll find out he really does look exactly like his avatar.

Pete

I'm back home. I had a great trip to London. The Allegro meeting was just one part of it. It was great to meet some a.cc members finally for real. I'm looking forward to seeing William's great puzzle game on the depot.

I had the "Monday Song" on my iPod, sung by Matthew. I think it was the latest mix Ron did. And I had a song called "DTL-song" from my game DTL-rally, sung by Andrei. This song still waits for publication on a.cc, even though it has been played on a Finnish radio station already! What I wanted to show Andrei and William was my latest music tune for Andrei's Chickens game. I thought my lousy iPod would show up on Andrei's laptop, but Windows said it needed to be formatted for Windows.

But I got inspired by the meeting so in the plane back to Helsinki I wrote lyrics for the tune. I'd like to have someone sing it with an American Southern accent. Anyone interested? The recording might find its way into the game as an Eastern egg (hopefully not a rotten one), if Andrei likes the idea. I'll send the tune as a midi karaoke file to anyone interested.

Hi,

I've finally gotten round to posting. Without any further ado, here are the pics.

http://www.allegro.cc/files/attachment/597585
From left to right, me, William and Johan.

http://www.allegro.cc/files/attachment/597586
The legendary Allegro Brew.

The closure of the bottom floor of the Yorkshire Grey did make things more crowded (we were squashed in a corner with barely enough room for my laptop). I only just discovered it had a top floor. If it wasn't winter, we could have sat outside on the benches.

We each got to show off some of the stuff we were working on, although for some reason, Windows Vista on my laptop insisted on wanting to format Johan's iPod before it could read the files (I thought that a USB-connected iPod could transfer files regardless of whether it was Mac or PC formatted).

I finally heard the "Monday Song" for the first time (since I've started work, I've hardly looked at a.cc), suggested some improvements for William's game, and showed off the new music system in Chickens.

Another UK a.cc meetup with more advance notice might be a good idea. I'm still somewhat overwhelmed at the moment, so someone else may want to organise something. Cities outside London are OK, but if it's a mid-week meetup, I'd have to have enough time to be able to get there after I finish work.

I have now met precisely 11 a.cc'ers IRL in 3 countries. I've been to 3 meetups (this one, the Chernobyl con (which reminds me, I still haven't posted all my pics, but at least I now have a digital camera) and the Dutch Allegro con (still haven't leaarned how to open my eyes in the presence of cameras)). I also knew two from a previous job and met two more through job interviews.

AE.

EDIT: PS: If anyone wants larger versions of the pics, you just need to ask...

Nah, it's just a mutation.

Thanks for the pics, Andrei. And read your e-mail

Andrei is being modest here. One of the guys was Shawn.