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Rudolfus Macabre Votum	Posted - 2007.11.16 02:44:00 - [1] I have looked at a lot of the pictures, but still can't figure out exactly what goes on there. I would love to go just to be around some other people who play Eve. (My friends think its "dorky", and I think I am only one out of three people in the state of Oklahoma who know how to use a PC.) It looks like a bunch of people sitting around playing cards/Eve on some Apple's. What else is there? Presentations? Tourneys? I would love to go next year, but it better be pretty damn cool to drop 600 bucks on :) I've never been to any kind of fanfest, so enlighten me please!
Dirk Magnum FinFleet Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.11.16 02:54:00 - [2] Edited by: Dirk Magnum on 16/11/2007 02:54:06 My time in Iceland has been the most edifying experiences I've had this year. The Fanfest is only part of the overall experience, although by itself it's still pretty epic, and pictures don't do it justice (as I've attempted to explain to my brother when I showed him my pictures from there.) Also if you're traveling there from America (since you commented on expenditures), plan on spending no less than 100 dollars a day, because on top of getting shafted on the exchange rate Iceland has a high cost of living to begin with, which only makes things worse for us Yankees.
TheWrit	Posted - 2007.11.16 03:25:00 - [3] It's just where all the fanboys meet .
Dred'Pirate Jesus Amarr Ministry of War	Posted - 2007.11.16 03:32:00 - [4] Edited by: Dred''Pirate Jesus on 16/11/2007 03:32:10 Fanfest is were CCP's alien (Elven) overlords put Sansha implants into your brains and give you a free trip to the mothership for indoctrination in the New World Eve Order.. Originally by: David Hackworth ò If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
corporal hicks Gallente Imperium Technologies Firmus Ixion	Posted - 2007.11.16 03:43:00 - [5] Well when I went the first year there were some dudes (geeks) from some crowd called CCP talking about some internet spaceships or something but I was far to drunk to listen. Bars stay open until 6am, you can get breakfast and bed in your hotel after a hard night and mornings drinking. Did I mention drink yet? overall was awesome except I went all the way to Iceland to have fun and party and meet some Icelandic women and ended up meeting a American:( (Really its about drinking and having fun, you can ofc bring your laptop and play eve but imo the idea is to get away and have fun ( eve or drink and a good laugh..easy choice bring on the beers) " Stay Frosty "
Dirk Magnum FinFleet Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.11.16 03:47:00 - [6] Yeah I should probably say the only days I was sober for any appreciable time was Thursday (because you have to be sober at Blue Lagoon) and Monday (because my flight left that day... on a related note, if you can afford it, stay an extra day after Fanfest ends in order to better explore Reykjavik)
Draygo Korvan Merch Industrial	Posted - 2007.11.16 03:59:00 - [7] Why dont you watch the fanfest videos provided by eve-tv? --
Yakia TovilToba Halliburton Inc.	Posted - 2007.11.16 05:28:00 - [8] From what i heard they sacrifice a virgin at the end of the fest in a dark ritual, in order to please the gods of kobol.
iiOs	Posted - 2007.11.16 05:39:00 - [9] Edited by: iiOs on 16/11/2007 05:38:51 bunch of geeks and booze, what do you think happend? BIaTCHFI.., erm I mean GEEKFIGHT!!!
Rudolfus Macabre Votum	Posted - 2007.11.16 06:28:00 - [10] Sounds great so far. Excep the whole 40 USD for a pizza. Damn Please resize image to a maximum of 400 x 120, not exceeding 24000 bytes, ty. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Cortes
zeeZ Exus Citizens of E.A.R.T.H. E.A.R.T.H. Federation	Posted - 2007.11.16 07:07:00 - [11] Originally by: Rudolfus Sounds great so far. Excep the whole 40 USD for a pizza. Damn Where'd you get that from? o0 You know, there's also a Fanfest page with info about it...
Ask Unbeatable Gallente HighTech Marines Ltd.	Posted - 2007.11.16 07:21:00 - [12] Get drunk, meet people, get drunk, hear lectures by the devs, get drunk, have fun, get drunk, use way too much money. c/d?
Dagrin RDM Caldari The Knights of the New Republic Giant Space Amoeba	Posted - 2007.11.16 07:30:00 - [13] Originally by: Ask Unbeatable Get drunk, meet people, get drunk, hear lectures by the devs, get drunk, have fun, get drunk, use way too much money. c/d? confirm. Had a blast, and with Icelandair setting up year-round direct flights from Canada, I plan on going again.

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire	Posted - 2007.11.16 07:58:00 - [14] I heard someone say there will be an increasing number of pilots in 9 months Secure 3rd party service .

OrokuSaki	Posted - 2007.11.16 08:33:00 - [15] hmm, i kinda feel the same as the op. while the past fanfest always had some groundbreaking news which made you sad cuz you werent there to hear it first this time it feels like its all been drunk away so whats the deal? what was the big-bang? i doubt that the announcement of the webwars thingi was the pulling horse for this years fest

CCP Oveur	Posted - 2007.11.16 08:39:00 - [16] Originally by: Ask Unbeatable Get drunk, meet people, get drunk, hear lectures by the devs, get drunk, have fun, get drunk, use way too much money. c/d? You forgot, "get drunk" again. Executive Producer EVE Online

Lochmar Fiendhiem Caldari International Multi-Player Consortium Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.11.16 08:53:00 - [17] Ever seen the TV show Oz on showcase? Originally by: Halkin bob is dead, goons are great, cheese is cheesy, there we go no need for any more threads
NereSky Gallente Trinity Nova KIA Alliance	Posted - 2007.11.16 09:02:00 - [18] Beakfast = a couple of slices of pizza and Beer Talk and live Eve accompanied by more beer and pizza listen to talks about Eve (more Beer) Lunch -- Pizza and beer more Eve maybe some shopping of Eve items Eve Eve Eve Eve , Beer Beer, and Beer (need Beer at this point to wash down the Pizza At this point you are meeting Your friends in game and enemies alike, whilst drinking Beer and talking Eve More Pizza, Eve and Beer and talking Eve Best 3 days and nights ive had in Years
Le Skunk Low Sec Liberators	Posted - 2007.11.16 09:25:00 - [19] Edited by: Le Skunk on 16/11/2007 09:26:15 I went, but symbolically burned my pass outside CCP HQ. Then i stood where I was for three days glaring at anyone who left or entered the building. Some local tramps took me for a god and erected me a teepe made from elk skin. SKUNK
Rodj Blake Amarr PIE Inc.	Posted - 2007.11.16 10:32:00 - [20] It's like Bohemian Grove, but for interweb spaceships geeks. Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori.

Huitzilopochtli Tlaloc Forum Moderator	Posted - 2007.11.16 11:59:00 - [21] Originally by: CCP Oveur Originally by: Ask Unbeatable Get drunk, meet people, get drunk, hear lectures by the devs, get drunk, have fun, get drunk, use way too much money. c/d? You forgot, "get drunk" again. on advertage i was drunk by 11am in the morning at this years FF and usually stayed that way till i went to bed. - Thanks Hutch. ____ forum rules \| [email protected] ôWar is not the dreadful end to all things as mankind fears. Conflict brings balance to nature as it adapts, mutates, and transforms itself into something stronger than before. Mankind is the master of nature because we can choose those mutations on our own accord. We can accelerate the inevitable dominance of a species. Through war, we can make ourselves stronger at the time and place of our choosing. War is not hell, far from it. War is beautiful. War is divine.ö - Grand Admiral Mekioth Sarum, excerpt from a commencement speech to Paladin graduates of the Imperial Academy, 23215 AD

LaVista Vista Corporate Research And Production Pty Ltd Zzz	Posted - 2007.11.16 12:12:00 - [22] What happens at FF stays af FF. Proud nublet of more public ISK than * CAP4U - The Plan
Cypherous Minmatar Liberty Rogues Namtz'aar k'in	Posted - 2007.11.16 12:50:00 - [23] #1 you do not talk about fanfest #2 YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FANFEST #3 you drink a lot and laugh with other players #4 you walk up to CCP Ginger and point out that you killed his frig with a carrier on SISI during the armageddon day Lots to do at fanfest tbh :) --------- Liberty Rogues Website
Winterblink Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2007.11.16 12:57:00 - [24] Honestly, when explaining it to people at work I always have to say "it's not as lame as it sounds", because most people expect it to look like Comic-Con or something. There's a focus on socializing instead of playing EVE, so there's not like a hundred PCs set up for people to jump online and mine. Who the hell flies a zillion clicks to play a game they could just as easily (and cheaply) stayed home to do? Lots of developer seminar type things to attend, giving you a sneak peak at upcoming features or filling in the blanks on existing ones. Lots of stuff to buy, and again, a frackload of people to meet and drink with. Check my blog out, I was writing up daily reports of what happened this year while I was there. Might shed some light on it for you. :) warp drive active \| nature vraie
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.11.16 12:57:00 - [25] Originally by: NereSky Beakfast = a couple of slices of pizza and Beer It was so cold you could slice beer?
Rilder Caldari THC LTD Dogs of War.	Posted - 2007.11.16 13:42:00 - [26] Originally by: Chribba I heard someone say there will be an increasing number of pilots in 9 months Wouldn't that be a story for your children.. "Well Bobby(lol BoB), You were concieved during a big meetup of other EvE-online players" --
Skraeling Shortbus Caldari The Arrow Project Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2007.11.16 14:47:00 - [27] Originally by: Rudolfus three people in the state of Oklahoma who know how to use a PC.) Wrong sir both my parents hail from OKC :) Matter of fact im in springfield right now. Love to the Assault Frigate!
Trof Gallente Griffin Inc. Kinetic Maelstrom Alliance	Posted - 2007.11.16 15:41:00 - [28] If you want to SEE what happened at fanfest head over to EVE-TV. They have alot of videos of the various lectures and events. Free your Mind! Acknowledge and Move On!
NeoTheo Caldari Dark Materials	Posted - 2007.11.16 16:09:00 - [29] already told the other half i am going next year, no exceptions.
Rudolfus Macabre Votum Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.11.17 01:29:00 - [30] Edited by: Rudolfus on 17/11/2007 01:30:04 Pizza...Beer...Eve... Looks like im scraping up the cash to go next year :) Originally by: zeeZ Exus Originally by: Rudolfus Sounds great so far. Excep the whole 40 USD for a pizza. Damn Where'd you get that from? o0 You know, there's also a Fanfest page with info about it... I heard it somewhere on the forums so I looked up a Dominoes in Reykjavik. A large pizza is 2450 Kronurs, so I got on a currency calculator and it turned out to be 2450 Kronurs = 40.07 USD. How much did you yankees end up spending by the time the thing was over and you were back home? I need a ballpark figure to try to save up to. Please resize image to a maximum of 400 x 120, not exceeding 24000 bytes, ty. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Cortes
Wendat Huron Stellar Solutions	Posted - 2007.11.17 01:47:00 - [31] What happened at the Blue Lagoon and why were there apologies extended regarding it? These forums are FUBAR, upgrade this decade!
Obidom Jax	Posted - 2007.11.17 07:45:00 - [32] From what i can gather Blue Lagoon is a thermal heated lake/pool? When they went it was pouring with rain and the wind was forming HUGE waves But from what i hear it was still a blast
SiJira	Posted - 2007.11.17 20:50:00 - [33] Edited by: SiJira on 17/11/2007 20:50:16 Originally by: Rudolfus I have looked at a lot of the pictures, but still can't figure out exactly what goes on there. I would love to go just to be around some other people who play Eve. (My friends think its "dorky", and I think I am only one out of three people in the state of Oklahoma who know how to use a PC.) It looks like a bunch of people sitting around playing cards/Eve on some Apple's. What else is there? Presentations? Tourneys? I would love to go next year, but it better be pretty damn cool to drop 600 bucks on :) I've never been to any kind of fanfest, so enlighten me please! a lot of beer and procreation the only people that CCP takes the advice of with regards to balancing the game and what to add first are the ones with vip passes ____ __ ________ _sig below_ devs and gms cant modify my sig if they tried! _lies above_ CCP Morpheus was here Morpheus Fails. You need colors!! -Kaemonn [yellow]Kaem
Danton Marcellus Nebula Rasa Holdings	Posted - 2007.11.18 00:17:00 - [34] Originally by: Obidom Jax From what i can gather Blue Lagoon is a thermal heated lake/pool? When they went it was pouring with rain and the wind was forming HUGE waves But from what i hear it was still a blast I'd not have it any other way, thermally heated pool with rain and huge waves! They should add a sprinkler and a wavemachine. Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav! Also Known As
Skarsnik Caldari A.W.M Ka-Tet	Posted - 2007.11.18 00:52:00 - [35] Originally by: Wendat Huron What happened at the Blue Lagoon and why were there apologies extended regarding it? I went on the Trip and quiet honestly was a completely different experience to last year. Obviously there were 90-100 EVE nutters all running out into the cold, oh so cold night and into the geothermal pools, The wind was so hard and cold at some points the water was being blow off the top of the water and freezing almost instantly. This had the effect of being accupunctured regularly. Was an absolute blast though, I hope they do it again next year. ------------- Your signature exceeds the maximum allowed filesize of 24000 bytes -Kreul Intentions ([email protected]) EVE-Ink Tattoo Project
JonVe Gallente The Greater Goon GoonSwarm	Posted - 2007.11.18 00:58:00 - [36] What's the legal drinking age in Iceland anyway?
Rudolfus Macabre Votum Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2007.11.18 01:33:00 - [37] Edited by: Rudolfus on 18/11/2007 01:33:28 Originally by: JonVe What's the legal drinking age in Iceland anyway? Google is your friend :) Its age 20 in Iceland...and apparently the US has the highest legal drinking age. Not like it ever mattered anyways. Please resize image to a maximum of 400 x 120, not exceeding 24000 bytes, ty. If you would like further details please mail [email protected] - Cortes
Dirk Magnum FinFleet Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.11.18 03:07:00 - [38] Originally by: Wendat Huron What happened at the Blue Lagoon and why were there apologies extended regarding it? I'm just throwing this idea out there, since I haven't actually heard any apologies about the Blue Lagoon side-trip. When we were there the weather was worse than at any other time at Fanfest. Howling wind, horizontal rain, and an air temperature I suspect was in the low thirties without taking wind-chill into account. You have to take a shower before entering the lagoon, which means being soaking wet while you walk the fifty feet or something from the heated building out through the elements towards the water. From my time in the army I've learned that there's two primary kinds of suck: the traumatic kind that haunts you for months that you never want to talk about or experience again, and the kind that's worth calling home about to say "dude you'll never guess what I just did, it totally SUCKED! ". Walking about in freezing temperatures soaking wet in a foreign country is the second kind of suck. I'd do it again for sure.
Imperius Blackheart Caldari Trinity Nova KIA Alliance	Posted - 2007.11.18 04:57:00 - [39] 2007 was my first fanfest, and I can tell you reliably, beer happens. http://www.myspace.com/cakeisalie
SiJira	Posted - 2007.11.18 18:55:00 - [40] Originally by: Imperius Blackheart 2007 was my first fanfest, and I can tell you reliably, beer happens. no hard stuff ? ____ __ ________ _sig below_ devs and gms cant modify my sig if they tried! _lies above_ CCP Morpheus was here Morpheus Fails. You need colors!! -Kaemonn [yellow]Kaem
Selene D'Celeste Caldari The D'Celeste Estate	Posted - 2007.11.18 20:08:00 - [41] As to an earlier comment, there are more people from OK on EVE than you think. My theory is that the state is so ******* boring that there's not much else to do other than have kids as soon as you turn 18. =P

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