That's great! People looks great too! Next one I'll try to be there.

Is it me, or is everybody saying "Yarrrr!!!"?

No, it's not just you.  That is exactly what everyone was saying...funny you could tell that.

Nice to see somebody got into the whole pirate spirit of the thing with an eye patch.

Are you in the photo, Ron?

Nope, sorry, Ron isn't in it. I am though..

It was really great meeting you, Ron, and all these other people. Thanks for signing my map of Amsterdam :D. I hope the meeting in London is will turn out to be just as great as this one.

Thanks Ron for sharing your time with us, and I hope to see you on my website (http://www.ninqualda.net) someday soon!

Greetings, Wisse

Jesus, the Dutch are doing something right with girl gamers. That's way more than are supposed to be coming to the London meetup.

I would just like to point out that Rodi is not a girl.

Hey Ron, I really had a great time!
You're a great example for us storytellers! :)
The comic I wanted to show to you (About the first person shooter hero) can be found in Dutch on www.Adventure-Island.nl. Paco is putting the english version (in a rar) on his server, so that you can download the english version :)

Again, thanks for the day, and I hope to see you again!
Junaid

Okay Ron, here it is, I hope you like it: http://www.pacomania.com/files/adventure_island.rar

)(*&^%$#@!
Why did I choose to stay in Egypt instead of going to Europe few weeks earlier? Well, maybe I will have my chance in Paris... :)

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the great meeting, it was most excellent and inspiring.
Glad to hear you like what I am doing with the Monkey 1 comic.
When it's completely done, I'll be glad to give you a copy.

Hope you'll like those DVDs we gave you.
Good luck with your current (and future) project(s) and enjoy the rest of your stay in Amsterdam!

Paco

Oh and watch out for those semi-naked men climbing in ropes.

It never fails: Gilbert shows up, and someone gets naked. And it's usually a guy.

i saw that man too, when I went to Amsterdam hahaha

Hi everyone,

It was great and alot of fun, it was a little odd in the start but it ended up being just great. Thanks alot for the meeting, are you going to post more photo's btw, i would like some more :) (Judging the fact that you took one right in my face :-P)

Anyway, thanks alot for the meeting and of course the fact that you and your girlfriend (Forgot her name :-( ) for paying for our drinks, that was really nice of you.

Enjoy your stay in Amsterdam and London, hope to see your RPG someday!

Ivo en Debbie

Pity the shops were closed when I left, because I had wanted to buy my promised copy of Pajama Sam (hopefully the English dub is on there too!) and immediately rush back to have it signed. No flimsy paper scrap for me, no sir! Real Authentic Ron Gilbert Games (RARGG hereafter), only the best.

That said, I take pity on our German friend who now surely endures the 4,5 hour trip back to Bonn. It shows a level of character and nerdism to do that. Yarr I say!

But Ron, it was great talking to you. Surprisingly, the conversation went in many direction besides games and more games. We also chatted about Dutch politics, American topography and, okay, games. Things got weird when some naked old guy in a string decided it was necessary to climb a rope and pull off acrobatic antics in the air. It was weird seeing him in clothes after that. It just didn't feel right.

Yarr!

Good thing the conversation wasn't about Dutch topology and American politics, which would have been much more boring ;)

And yeah, when that naked guy was suddenly dressed it was like going 3D! ;)

I couldn't make it :'(

Nice meeting you all :) I had a lot of fun!

It's obvious that this was endorsed by Coca~Cola.
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Yarrr, I'm just jealous.

We actually drank more wine than Cola. I even drank rosé for the first time. It was nice, tangy.

Hey, seems I missed a lot by being late. It was still worth the trip (3 hours in my case), though my English collapsed in an incomprehensible mess as always when it gets interesting -- so I just grinned like an idiot the whole time.

To Ron and his girlfriend: The sequel (in a way) to Samurai Fiction is Stereo Future (SF in both cases). But be warned, it's quite strange.

At times like these, I wish I was dutch.

I'm really happy that all of you had fun, maybe I'll meet Ron Gilbert some-day... maybe some-day (sigh).

Ron, thanks a lot for the great meeting! It was one of these special moments that don't happen often. I arrived safely in Germany and still am blown away by that naked man. We don't have these things in Germany. Hope to see you at Ronfest 2006 somewhere closer :)

Hi all,

It's always nice to observe the fact that adventure gaming is still alive, at least in our minds. Surely we all would like storytelling games to be brought back into our economy so badly that I think it's about time we actually did something about it.

Ron, my appreciations go out to you and your girlfriend for giving hope to us all by spending time, money, patience and great stories in your spare time.

I'll have a demo of my newly fashioned point & click - style engine finished real soon. I'll post it to you once it's done and then I hope we can work something out in terms of a small demo game with a mini-script.

Great meeting y'all and maybe till we meet again.

Cheers,

Ralph

Hey Ralph,

Remember MapleLeaf?

..waiting for you...

Regards,
The gang, gathered to get to you

Yep, we're on his trail

Here are some pictures I took yesterday:
http://www.adventure-treff.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6296

Are there any other pics online?

You know on those photo's, the guy standing next to Ron at the Cafetaria is me :D

Yeahhh! Special guest Marek was there!

See some of you Sunday, plus special guest
Ron with any luck!!

is it just me, or does the white handbag strap on the girl on the far right make it look like her arm is floating away from her body? (because it blends into the background)

see, i knew that if i kept asking someone would take photo's

Hey guys,

I really enjoyed being with all you fellow geeks and our guru Ron. Though It was a bit noisy and cold and I couldn't see half of it, we still managed to get some interesting conversations going. It was amazing to see what people would do to get Ron's attention...(yes it even included climbing a pole and waving around in nothing but a string).
I hope te see you people on future occasions again. And to Ron and his girlfriend(sorry I didn't get your name either...) NEXT TIME THE PHOOD AND THE WINE'S ON US!!! we owe you ;)

I'll post my pictures this week-end

Cheers,

Tarim/Youval

So, Ron, would you pay a visit to us in Spain as well?

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I can't believe that I missed this! I was in Amsterdam just a week earlier and it's only a 30 minute trip for me! This sucks so much that I didn't know about this! OH F*CK!!

Please tell me that there's going to be a repeat? Asides the random folk from VALVe, you're really the only game developer that I'd like to meet and be generally geeky to..

Now I shall never be able to squeeze the true secret of Monkey Island out of you!

NoooOOooOoOoOo!!!!1111

He'll never anwser that, unless he gets the rights to Monkey Island and makes the sequal.

Or when we put him in the same room with the naked guy and lock them up.

What good would it do us if the old naked guy knows the Secret to Monkey Island?

Then we could squeeze it out of the old naked guy?

i'd rather not touch a nekkid guy :O

I'm not sure what I wouldn't do for the true Secret of Monkey Island...but touching the naked dude is probably one of those things.

What's the problem? Actually he felt very soft, but don't think I'll tell ya the secret!

That's disgusting :P

It was nice meeting you all in Amsterdam.

I thought it would be fun to create a simple drawing of the group photo in pirate style. I just hope everyone is still recognizable (including the ones that weren't in the original).

Here it is: http://home.versatel.nl/crimthan/stuff/amsterdam_meeting.gif

Wow Iris! That looks super! You really have a nice style going there!

That is so cool!! I love us in pirate style, though my only pirate thingy is a sword.

This drawing Rocks!

Ps. It's Ron on the left and his girlfriend on the right, right?

Thats some sweet stuff!

Hey cool drawing! Thanks for chopping my hand off :)! No really, cool drawing!

HA!  That's great!

Yeah, cool pic! Great that Ron and his girlfriend made it on it. It's also nice that on that drawing I look like someone who looks good ;)

But guys, I want to see photos! The real stuff :)

yeah me too

wow, that picture is awesome, Iris! Great job :)  Can I use it for my meeting picture gallery?

I've got 13 pictures and I'm currently working on a little galery page, but in the meantime, I stumbled upon a picture which was so full of narrative potency that I had to fill in my version of the story.

If you can think of something witty to fit into the balloons, please mail me, so I can add them to the picture and hang it in my gallery:

http://sa.arandoir.com/images/Tarim/p10_b_c.jpg

Cheers,

Tarim a.k.a. The One eyed falafel Guy

Wahaaahaaa, that's brilliant. I'm the guy who says he's afraid Ron will find out about the cardboard fries :D

ROFL!!!! That's hilarious!

By the way, here is my proof that there was voodoo with us...
http://www.adventure-treff.de/images/bild.php?bild=features/ronfest_7.jpg

Sure, no problem. I don't mind if you add the picture to your gallery. I'm glad you all like it. :)

Wish I had a suggestion for the balloons, but I'm not good at this. Though I think the stuff you came up with is really funny.

did you smoke weed there ron?
You can answer honestly,cause i quitted smokin,but have nothing against it.
I'm only interested

Hehehe more people wearing Lonsdale in Amsterdam than in London
Skinheads of the Monkey Island?
Putt putt on the terraces?

Since when does a sweater decide what someone is like? I wear Lonsdale because i like the clothes, just because some idiots wear them as well doesn't mean i have to throw mine away....

Okay I'm done with my picture gallery!

You can find it on: http://sa.arandoir.com/gilbert.html

have fun,

Tarim

Cool! Nice layout and stuff. But you should open the pictures in another window, in that way you can easily go back to the site..

Cool anyway! One-Eyed Falafel Guy!

Hey Ron, you should visit a more Tropical place, something exotic like Monkey Island for your next destiny, something like M… MEXICO, I’m sure that in Mexico are more Monkey Island’s Fans and Ron Gilbert’s Groupies than me,  you know, you don’t need to go to far like London or Amsterdam to meet Fans. Most of the Time Latin America is forgotten and that hurts, even it’s closer than Europe.

...sorry about my bad English :(

COULD ANYBODY PLEASE TELL US WHERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND 256 VGA CD???

I don't know if you are aware that this is the site of the maker of Monkey Island and i don't think he likes the fact that you are asking for an illegal download...

CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME WHERE TO DOWNLOAD MI 1 AND MI 2?
IS THAT I HAVE THE WHOLE MONKEY ISLAND ORIGINAL CDS COLLECTION AND NOW I BROKE THE CD THAT INCLUDES 'THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND' AND 'LE CHUCK'S REVENGE'.
PLZ I'M REALLY DESPERATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE AT STORES BY NOW.
BTW I HAD THE LATEST VERSIONS (256 VGA)
PLZ SOME1 HELP ME!
THX