Bay Area Bitmob Meet-Up

Editor's note: The headline pretty much covers it...bay area Bitmob meet-up coming soon, details still in flux at the moment! -Demian




As Derek Lavigne mentioned in his post today highlighting the fact that you can now find the Pixel Revolt podcast on iTunes [iTunes link], Derek and fellow Pixel Revolt podcaster Jeff Grubb will be visiting San Francisco next month, from July 9-12. Since the staff and a number of other Bitmobbers are local to SF, Shoe suggested a meet-up for staff and community members to get together and discuss life, love, and why in some cases regifting is a perfectly acceptable action. Oh, and we'll probably talk about games, too.

So if you're in the area, mark your calendars now! And please drop a note in the comments so I can gauge how many people are planning to show. I'll post details -- like exactly when and where in SF the meet-up will be -- as the weekend approaches. (For those of you who live elsewhere: Derek's going to be documenting the entire weekend on video, and he'll post the highlights here on Bitmob.)

Comments (40)

Eh, sorry guys, I'll be out the rest of 2009. Can't make it.
Dan Hsu , June 13, 2009
What Shoe means to say is, he has a bunch of bunkbeds and can accommodate a pretty much infinite number of house guests.
Demian Linn , June 13, 2009
Nah, I'm just kidding. I'll be picking all of you visitors up in our Bitmob cable car.
Dan Hsu , June 13, 2009
I am a Bay Native, so what caffeine waterhole are we hitting up?
Juan Letona , June 13, 2009
You like that pic, eh? I also do Photoshop work for weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Brett Bates , June 13, 2009
Dang, I live on the EAST COAST. The only thing I get here is mosquitoes and the Red Sox.
Trevor Hinkle , June 13, 2009
Wow and you get to visit the elusive Denny's while your at it. Lucky BitMobbers.
Toby Davis , June 13, 2009
Toby, what's this elusive Denny's you refer to?
Brett Bates , June 13, 2009
If San Francisco is the new "Gaming Mecca", then its time to make a Hajj!
Lance Darnell , June 13, 2009
@Brett I'll give you a call when we do my future son's bris ceremony. smilies/cheesy.gif
Karen Chu , June 13, 2009
I'm going to say I'm coming now then cancel at the last minute. It's my way. You should keep a candle burning for me anyway.
Tracy Ryan Peterson , June 13, 2009
Brett um Denny's cast ring a bell?
Toby Davis , June 13, 2009
Bitmob Bay Area Meet-up? I'm there.

As Juan said, there must be some sort of caffeine related venue involved. Jittery nerves FTW!
Terrence Stasse , June 13, 2009
@Trevor: I'll trade you the Giants and A's for the Sox! You can keep the mosquitoes, though.
Greg Ford , June 13, 2009
@Trevor: And then I'll trade you back the Red Sox for any other team in baseball. As long as it's not the Sox! (Sorry, Greg. I used to live in New York.)
Brett Bates , June 13, 2009
@Trevor, at least you're not stuck somewhere in Michigan right? Not only do we have the worst unemployment in the nation but it's also not feasible to drive to any event, East Coast or West. Why can't everything be based somewhere more central to the country, like Illinois?
Jordan Vincent , June 13, 2009
@Toby: I'm drawing a blank. What podcast is that from?
Brett Bates , June 13, 2009
Podcast?
Juan Letona , June 13, 2009
@Brett @Toby Shoe and Crispin Boyer did a "podcast" while they ate lunch at Denny's while they had their Sore Thumbs blog up and running.

@Everyone Else We'll see if we can get a place and time set up soon. Is everyone coming so far of proper adult beverage age?

Derek Lavigne , June 13, 2009
Ooohhh wiener fest, I'm in. But not hugging/blowing any thing.
Joshua McCluskey , June 13, 2009
Man, I hate living in the Midwest...nothing ever happens here. I wanna move to Cali someday.
Adam Jorgensen , June 13, 2009
@Brett: You used to be cool.
Greg Ford , June 13, 2009
@Greg I'm with Brett on this one. Born and raised in CT and I bleed pinstripes
Derek Lavigne , June 13, 2009
Also, as Brett mentioned, if you show up be ready to have a video camera stuck in your face, so don't be shy!
Derek Lavigne , June 13, 2009
Derek I know about the podcast that is why I mentioned it I remember the last time in CT when I went to Mohegan Suns at the age of 20 and shoveled 3 feet of snow off the car for my mother back in feb 2003.
Toby Davis , June 13, 2009
I'd love to come, but not sure if I can make the great trek. If I have enough money and time, I'll do my best to come.

I'm betting that some of you guys are coming to PAX, so we should schedule another meet-up there. I attended PAX last year, and it was a good time. It should be even better this year without a girlfriend tagging along.
Brian Shirk , June 13, 2009
I need to move to SF.
Rich McGrath , June 13, 2009
*Another reason, I'm happy I just moved to the SF.
Bill Niles , June 13, 2009
This should be Saturday day/night, right? would probably be the best for everybody.
Jeffrey Michael Grubb , June 13, 2009
I was actually thinking Friday night happy hour time, but that's all up to our Bitmob overlords
Derek Lavigne , June 14, 2009
So, wait, we're not doing this at Denny's? Red Lobster then?
Crispin Boyer , June 14, 2009
I vote for Red Robin even though I am not going.
Toby Davis , June 14, 2009
We could do a Chain Crawl: Denny's, Red Lobster, IHOP, Chevy's, Cheesecake Factory...shouldn't be too hard to hit all the chain restaurants in the city!
Brett Bates , June 14, 2009
@Crispin We can do it anywhere you want if you're picking up the tab.
Derek Lavigne , June 14, 2009
I wish I didn't live in Detroit. smilies/sad.gif
Jeff Voss , June 15, 2009
@Everyone too far away or too poor or too busy to go to the Bitmob meet up

Sucks to be us, don't it?

Lance Darnell , June 15, 2009
I am sooo tempted to drive up the 6+ hours up from LA for this meet up...will there be live entertainment?
Carlos Macias , June 17, 2009
Maybe if we ply him with enough mixed drinks, we can coax Derek to do his videogame-themed shadow puppets. My favorite is his shadow of Shadow of the Colossus.

But seriously, Carlos, come if you can, but don't break your neck (or your wallet) to make it. I'm sure there'll be more opportunities for Bitmobbers to get together in the future!
Brett Bates , June 17, 2009
Fuck, I will make it a point to be in the bay on those days. Any chance we can not be totally cliche and have it on the other side of the bridge? Oak town represent!
Michael Pangelina , June 21, 2009
Zero chance!
Demian Linn , June 21, 2009

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