[ML-General] [General] Retro Gaming and Computing Night '16 on Sat, Nov 12!

[Joshua Pritt]

I discussed this with the others and forgot that saturday will be part of
our mini sumo bot classes/tournament!

http://melbournemakerspace.org/2016/10/sign-build-battle-robot/

So we pushed our retro game night out to Nov 26.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Chris Hunt <vashvs at gmail.com> wrote:

> That would be awesome!
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if there's a way to have some sort of simultaneous game night
>> between ML256 and Melbourne Makerspace?  Some sort of DOOM, Quake, or
>> Unreal tournament over the interwebs?
>> We could set up two live stream cameras on a big screen showing the other
>> space's event or even be able to walk up to the camera and say hey to
>> everyone from time to time?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Tyler Crumpton <tyler.crumpton at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all you Pac-Man professionals, TI-99/4A tinkerers, and Atari adepts!
>>>
>>> It’s that time of year again! Retro Game and Computing Night 2016 is
>>> upon us.
>>>
>>> <http://imgur.com/8tTdgKU>
>>>
>>> Come to Makers Local 256 for a night of retro awesomeness and fun!
>>>
>>> There will be all kinds of systems and games, SNES, SEGA, NES, GameBoy,
>>> Atari, as well as Amigas and other computers. We may even have a LAN setup
>>> for old school games like Duke Nukem 3D and Starcraft. We are allowing all
>>> games and systems released pre-2000, so feel free to bring your own systems
>>> and/or games. Challenge Tyler to a game of Joust on the arcade machine if
>>> you feel like getting dunked on! 😉
>>>
>>> We will also have the grill and food going!
>>>
>>> Please come join us, play some games, meet new people and see our space.
>>> Also, remember your donations will help us continue to do events like these.
>>>
>>> Details:
>>>
>>> Date: *Saturday, November 12, 2016 4pm-11pm*
>>> Address:* 414 Stevens Ave., Huntsville, AL 35801*
>>> Cost: *Free! But donations are strongly appreciated!*
>>>
>>> We will be ordering t-shirts again this year, with this year's logo on
>>> it! Here's a preview of what the t-shirt will look like (not finalized):
>>>
>>> <http://imgur.com/LyQvKmy>
>>>
>>> Additionally, we'll have glass cups and double-insulated stainless-steel
>>> tumblers available for sale with the sand-blasted logo on them! More info
>>> about the prices of the shirts and other items will come in a few days once
>>> we get it all priced out.
>>>
>>> <http://imgur.com/6xn1Txm> <http://imgur.com/gOadGyI>
>>>
>>> Here's a sneak-preview of what the stainless-steel tumbler sand-blasting
>>> will look like (but with the above logo instead):
>>>
>>> <http://imgur.com/3ol5znS>
>>>
>>> If that wasn't enough for you, Chrono.gg <https://chrono.gg/>, a
>>> game-deal-a-day site started here in Huntsville, has kindly donated a bunch
>>> of Steam game codes to be included with t-shirt and cups sales, and to be
>>> given out randomly to attendees! Thanks!
>>>
>>> Keep an eye out for an email in the next few days with t-shirt and
>>> pricing info! All proceeds go to Makers Local 256 so that we can keep
>>> hosting events like this!
>>>
>>> Game on!
>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>> Joustmaster
>>>
>>> Tyler Crumpton
>>> tyler.crumpton at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
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