While I’m not attending SF fest, I did read this today and see that Malone was locked out of his account. If you guys catch him on some mode of communication, let me know that I’ve reset his password and that the new one is in his facebook inbox.
Hey Fiirky, thanks! Unfortunately I never got a message from you so I just did it myself.
Sorry for being away so long, but you guys know me and I spend very little time on the computer during summer.
I’ve been mountain biking several days a week, have done two races, and hope to do a third this summer if time allows.
I have also been active in the ski team here. There are three major tournaments each summer. We have won the first two and the third (Nationals)is next weekend here in Janesville.
I’ve also been working - full time electrician, part time bike sales and service, and part time lumberjack.
So, now that we have that out of the way, let’s get down to business - SF Fest '11
It will be at my house this year, and of course all are invited. I understand that finances, family, and time can make it difficult for many of you to attend, but trust me, we always have a lot of fun at these things. Surprisingly, very little Homeworld is played. I have a spare bedroom, plenty of room in the basement, and a large backyard with a 6 man tent for anyone that would like to stay at my house.
For activities, there is a go cart track about half an hour out of town called Sugar River Raceway. Go to www.sugarriverraceway.com for info. Right next to that is of course the Sugar River, which is a great place to go tubing down the river with a pony keg tied to your tube. www.crazyhorsewi.com for some info on that. We can also camp there if you guys want to “rough it” for a night. Another company that does tubing down the river is S & B Tubing - www.badger-trail.com/SB-tubing for info.
Drew might also bring his boat and I have my Jet Ski and we always have a lot of fun in the river. We have also enjoyed Mini Golf in the past.
On Wed and Sun nights at 6:30 my ski team, the Rock Aqua Jays perform. As I said, we have won our first two tourneys, if we win the third (and it is looking good) we will be the best ski team in the nation, and possibly the world. www.rockaquajays.com
Of course I would like you all to meet my girlfriend Jennie, but being kind of a Sci Fi buff herself, she is going to a big Stargate convention that weekend in Chicago. Those who come up Thurs or Fri or stay till Sun eve will probably run into her. She really did want to attend SF Fest as she enjoys hosting parties and geeking out. But she goes to this big convention every year and is really looking forward to it. (She also wants to see me drunk, which happens very rarely, but SF Fest seems to bring out the party animal in me)
So, there it is, anyone who wants my addy or phone number let me know. If you guys have any other ideas for activities let’s hear them. Let’s keep this great tradition going - someday there will be a HW3 or its equal and SF will be there!
Malone out.
I’ve got my work schedule worked out so I can be there Thursday night. 
I’m planning on sleeping at your place Malone. Probably won’t be bringing the boat. Fuel is too expensive to haul it so far. It will be great to get together again.
Annoyingly due to my financial situation I won’t be able to make it this year… those plane tickets are a killer. Shame I won’t be able to catch up with you guys.
None the less I hope you have a great time and no doubt you will!! 
Pete
Hey guys! Sorry I haven’t been around in a very long time. I’ve been quite busy. I’ve been swapping jobs and just got perm at one that i really enjoy. Plus I moved out of my parents. I finally just got internet at my place.. Thank god too. LoL So I may have a chance to get on and say Hi every now and then and hopefully get a game in!
I would love to go to SF Fest 2011 but I just don’t have the money for it this year. :\
So other than that, how is everyone?
Sorry you guys can’t make it this year. This is the 8th annual, hard to believe. I was poking around on the net last night and discovered that a gaming conference/show is being held in Germany next weekend and there is a slim possibility that Homeworld 3 could be announced while we’re together. How awesome would that be? Reaper doesn’t think he’s going to be able to make it, I think I’ll give him a call this week and pressure him over missing one after making it to the first 7 years.
Drew, can you remind Reaper that of course there will be a STEAK NIGHT? I don’t know if we want to go to a restaurant or grill our own, but one way or another there will be STEAK NIGHT.
Vic, I’m sorry you can’t make it. Save your money and hopefully you can come out next year. How cool would it be to have all the Eastern SFs like Split, Fiirks, Vic, and Pit to road trip out here? Maybe if we do it at Reaper’s next year (Ohio) it won’t be such a drive for you guys.
Airwave, we are going to miss you too but I definitely understand. Airplane tickets across the Atlantic can’t be cheap. Never the less, we will definitely hoist a beer in your name, and maybe toast the Queen’s Mum.
Drew, it will be good to see you again. It’s ok about the boat, we will still have a blast racing go carts and tubing down the river. Sleeping at my place is no problem.
Malone out.
Oh, and by the way, my team won the National Ski Championships yesterday.
We are now the best ski team in the nation, which by extension probably means we are the best in the world and possibly even the galaxy. 
http://www.gazettextra.com/weblogs/latest-news/2011/aug/14/rock-aqua-jays-win-national-title/
Malone out.
Congradulations to the champs Malone. I’ll shake your hand when I get there. Reaper is a no go for sure. 
So… who is coming besides you and Fatboy?
And yes, we had a real De Lorian in our Back To the Future Ski Show. How cool is that?
Malone out.
I’ll be there but my cell crashed after last SF Fest so I lost everyone numbers (but Drew who called me).
I plan on being their Thurs late afternoon, leaving Sunday when everyone else does. Staying @ Malone’s as well. I’ll need an address for directions though.
Hey Syntax, it will be great to have you! I’ll text you my address so you will get my addy and my phone number all at once. See you Thursday!
Malone out.
Alright then! Drew and Syntax arrived late last night and we ate some taco pizza. Stayed up til 2 am talking about camping, Homeworld 3, etc… Today we are going to a gun shop, liqueur store, mall, race some go carts, eat some pork cutlets, and possibly play some Homeworld tonight.
I’ll take pics and put them on Facebook.
Malone out.
Well, today we played HW1 for about 16 hours. Somewhere in the middle of that we grilled up some steaks, watched a couple Firefly episodes, and well, that’s about it. It’s 3 am now so I’m heading to bed.
Malone out.
I’ve made it safely to my step-daughter’s house. Malone, you were an awesome host once again and I had a great time. I was not expecting to play Homeworld at all but it sure was a blast. Thanks for letting us ride your sweet mountain bikes my butt still hurts a little 
. I wish more people could have made it, the HW series has brought together an incredible group of people.
Yesterday’s marathon HW session brought about a conversation about having a set evening like the 1st Saturday of each month that everyone can count on there being a fair amount of activity and players. We had several 4vs4 matches last night and it was incredible to be part of it. Thanks to all of you that weren’t at SFest but found time to play some games with us yesterday like Fatboy, Chainster, Havoc, G-force, osgier, Volans, Rami-HG, EvilTesla, HalflifeRyan(drunk) 
and several others I’m sure I am leaving out.
The weekend always goes so incredibly fast and it seems to take forever for the next one to come around. I’m always sad when our visits end. It always makes me think of that 1st year when some of Reaper’s and Malone’s kids cried when it came time to leave.
Enough sappiness, I’m off to bed. In my book, another incredible SFest.
Thanks Drew! I’m glad you guys had fun. Sorry about the go cart racing thing though. But we did have some awesome steaks!
I put up pics on Facebook. For those people still living in the Stone Age and don’t have Facebook, here is a link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2303320832721.133096.1540253231&l=d5cc3f1316&type=1
I do think that was the biggest HW marathon I’ve ever done. We started around 10 am on Sat and played til about 2 am Sun. Yes, we paused for steaks and a couple episodes of Firefly but that was about it. Syntax said he hasn’t seen a 4 vs 4 in a couple years and we must have played half a dozen of them.
It was also brought up that maybe we could figure out a way to do a big camping trip together that might involve tents, mountain bikes, canoes, and hiking. Something to think about…
Also (to reiterate) what Drew brought up, would be the return of SF Nights. These were very successful in the past and with the huge turnout on Gameranger over the weekend we thought it might work out again. To keep it simple we were thinking of the first Saturday night of every month. However the next one coming up is Labor Day weekend and I know that many people will be out of town and unable to spend a night on the computer. Syntax already has plans to help his brother move from Colorado to Michigan so he would be out for sure. So I propose that for Sept we go with the second Sat (the 10th) and then try to go with the first Sat of every month after that.
I’ll start a separate thread for SF Nights so we can keep this one cleared for SF Fest goodness.
So, glad you guys had fun!
Malone out.