Decembers
meeting was held at a new venue in Leamington Spa, namely
the “The Jug and Jester” pub. The venue was very
successful, and the layout allowed us to change the format
of this event to a more jovial Christmas party. There were
a slew of interactive and fun games available to members,
and I think that everyone agreed that this was a great success;
all had much fun. Some games proved to be a lot more popular
than others, there was only one Singstar songster in the party
and we know who you are!
Alias very kindly
sponsored the bar, so lets raise our glasses in thanks to
them. A 50p levy was placed on all drinks, and this proved
very popular with the members. Although at one point a barman
was heard to say we were not drinking quickly enough!!! The
50p levy did mean that the sponsorship of the bar (helped
by our apparent slow drinking) lasted most of the evening.
Additionally the new venue has the additional benefit of a
late licence, which continues until 12pm, hence there was
much drinking during this time. In a responsible fashion of
course.
Microsoft kindly
donated lots of games, which were given out as prizes at the
end of the night. There was a prize for the Singstar Songster
(more for bravery than for performance), and one for the Donkey
Konga bongo-drumming champion. More games were given out raffle
style by drawing business cards from the list of attendees;
at IGDA events you only have to turn up to get a chance of
winning a prize!
Finally the raffle.
This was a huge success, with tickets being sold at a furious
rate. This was no doubt because of the fantastic prize on
offer, a Nintendo DS with Super Mario 64 game! The prize was
very kindly donated by Blitz Games Limited. There was a huge
interest in the prize and in the playable version that was
on display.
We would like to
say thank you for participating in these raffles, the money
raised goes back into funding more events like this one.
THANKYOU!!
A big thank you
to Andrew Oliver, Emma Morle, Zoë Hurn, Mark Capewell,
Chris Southall, Martyn Ash, and Phillip Drinkwater, we could
not have done it without your help on the night. Thanks to
Kaye Elling for taking some great ambient photos, and Matt
Black for setting up the PA. And for EVERYONE who turned up
to make the IGDA Midlands Chapter December 9th Meet the success
it was.
We hope you all
had a wonderful time and would like to wish you all a very
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! See you all in
2005.
