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I'd be very afraid to meet any gamedev members. Particularly those who don't exist.
[edited by - coWsaRenOtevIl on January 15, 2004 6:55:26 PM]
[edited by - coWsaRenOtevIl on January 15, 2004 6:55:26 PM]
quote:Better still, a GDNet dating service.
Original post by coldacid
How about it? I''d love to be able to meet with other GDNet people in my area, and I''m sure I''m not the only one. Perhaps there should be some GDNet Meetup thingo organized?
An all meat dating service. That sounds like loads of fun!
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What might be more effective would be if people enrolled in their local IGDA chapters, and met up at the semi-regular meetings that they arrange.
That way you''d not only be meeting people in your area, but many of them would work for game companies, and any gdnetters would be the ones dedicated enough to game development that they actually pay the IDGA entry fee.
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That way you''d not only be meeting people in your area, but many of them would work for game companies, and any gdnetters would be the ones dedicated enough to game development that they actually pay the IDGA entry fee.
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Original post by coldacid
Like yourself? Or members in Tiberia?
Ih, I''m not a Tiberian anymore.
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Original post by Lohrno
Our IGDA chapter closed it looks like. They havent had a meeting in like a year. :''(
Perhaps you should contact them and try and start it up again? Being secretary for a chapter could look pretty damn sweet on a CV when you get a job in the industry...
quote:Yes we are.
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Original post by coldacid
Like yourself? Or members in Tiberia?
Ih, I''m not a Tiberian anymore.
Enough already.
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Original post by superpig
Perhaps you should contact them and try and start it up again? Being secretary for a chapter could look pretty damn sweet on a CV when you get a job in the industry...
I probably should, but I spend most of my time working on demos trying to get them up to snuff so I can apply here (in this area).
I wish I had the time for that...-=Lohrno
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quote:It looks like we''re going to have a meeting on February 10. Sande Chen, who''s active in the Boston IGDA chapter, is here instructing for a few months, so she''s trying to kick start things again.
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Our IGDA chapter closed it looks like. They havent had a meeting in like a year. :''(
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It looks like we''re going to have a meeting on February 10. Sande Chen, who''s active in the Boston IGDA chapter, is here instructing for a few months, so she''s trying to kick start things again.
Awesome! Hmm they haven''t updated the page yet. I wonder if it''ll still be in the Ericcson auditorium...
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there is also ACM. I''m the president for my campuses chapter this year. ACM runs many Special Intrest Groups, including SIGGRAPH (Special Intrest Group for Graphics), which holds a conference every year, usually in San Fransico, and SIGART for AI.
I mention ACM because you don''t necessarily need a chapter to join (it seems people are having trouble finding IGDA chapters. I''m not certain if I have one in my area either).
Honors students could join Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the oldest honors society for computing technology in the world. I have a friend that is a member of the 2600 club... maybe that could be an option.
But yeah, I''d be up to having a large meet. GDNetCon... hmm. We would need some speakers, some seminars. These things aren''t very hard to run. It could be a lot of fun.
I mention ACM because you don''t necessarily need a chapter to join (it seems people are having trouble finding IGDA chapters. I''m not certain if I have one in my area either).
Honors students could join Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the oldest honors society for computing technology in the world. I have a friend that is a member of the 2600 club... maybe that could be an option.
But yeah, I''d be up to having a large meet. GDNetCon... hmm. We would need some speakers, some seminars. These things aren''t very hard to run. It could be a lot of fun.
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