Party/Swap Games/Braai

[Sminty]

Hey Guys

We talked about this briefly in another thread but I figured I would make a more 'on topic' thread here.

The basic idea is we have come up with an excuse to get together again.

I'm gonna leave the date blank for now and put in a very provisional Saturday the 21st of April....That's 2 and a half weeks from now.

Obviously its gonna be a bring an braai thing so tell me what you want to bring in the name of salads etc that you want to share.

The braai will be at my house. The address is 5 Smith Avenue, Edenglen. I will post directions later depending on if there is any interest.

Along with everything else bring your old games and hardware you want to unload or swap for other things and we can have a good old swap meet. Don't be shy about what you bring, this is the whole [-]excuse[/-] reason why we are getting together.

So if you are in the Jo'burg area in the next 2 and a bit weeks please put your name down on this thread so we can organise things better.

[WingNut]

/me check calender...
hmm, birth of first child plus girlfriend's birthday and 5 year anniversary...
Naaah, nothing important on, I'll be there! :D

[Noodle]

/me puts his hand up *present*! :cool:

[sss]

hold the phone.. i'll be in jhb on the long weekend!

[stoke]

21'st is GOOD!
me writes down in journal ... leave enough money for some meat.
@sss .. what long weekend? This one now? 6,7,8,9 April? Hu hu hu hu? Be specific dammit.

[Ga5can]

Making diary entry ... would be nice to see a few more Geeky faces :D ... and Blinky :(

[Flangenimblick]

we could just get together so you guys could build a shrine to my total general awesomeness and then proceed to sacrifice sminty on my altar of "the-flange-rocks". Thats always good for a laugh... :D

followed by a ritual naked fire dance and fireworks...


...there will be punch and pie...

[Ga5can]

There is one little problem with your suggestion .... WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SEE OTHER GEEKS NAKED??????

We are all in for burning Sminty though :D

[stoke]

Speak for yourself. I'm just there for the meat, burnt Sminty is not going to taste so lekka. :p

[sss]

ah nevermind i probably wont make it

[senorblinky]

Making diary entry ... would be nice to see a few more Geeky faces :D ... and Blinky :(

and Blinky :( ?- Why the sad face vanilla bear?
I'll give you something to cry about! :weep::whip: ... :fart:

Anyway, I'll bring my fine behind and something to burn for lunch - as well as my awesome collection of 9 video games...

Thanks Sminty!

[Sminty]

I agree...I don't taste good at all.

ok...so far there are <counts on fingers> um, 4 peeps? did I count right....seems 21st is a winner with most so far also.

Haha, still haven't even told the wife...wanted to do that after we settled on a date so I guess I will tell her tonight.

One more thing. Spouses, rug rats and significant others are welcome and Blinky if you want to invite any of your fellow clan mates please do, would be nice to have more guys from other clans also. I got a big yard I am sure we will manage (um bring chairs, I got a severely limited supply).


I have a large (half barrel) braai and then a smaller one. This should be enough but just in case if anyone feels like packing an extra braai in they can, but we can organise something like that closer to the time.

[senorblinky]

Will Do, thanks Captain Smint!
I'll probably drag old Troep along.

[stoke]

Watchout smints .. you know how these WrG things are ... suddenly at the last minute everybody and their catz and dawgz wants to be there as well.

[Sminty]

Lol, well that's what I am kinda aiming at....as long as they play BF2/2142 or related to that person they are pretty much welcome. (as long as they behave)

[Punky3025]

Lol, well that's what I am kinda aiming at....as long as they play BF2/2142 or related to that person they are pretty much welcome. ](as long as they behave)

I dont think that Stoke can come

[senorblinky]

... (as long as they behave)

Damnit! So close... :cry:

[Noodle]

Smint define behave :D

[Sminty]

hehe....looks like I will have to...behave ie. Leave my wife n kids unviolated and in blinky's case the pets too. Try not to break anything worth more than say R500 which pretty much narrows it down to my car and the walls.

[TG]

Hmm... are you sure you want to be posting your address on a public forum? :p

[Vortex]

Awww.. OK, I'm up for it - Sminty will be upset (apparently) if I don't bring da wiffie and kids. The weekend of the 21st should be cool for me.

I'll check with my walking diary though..

[JAWS_Firefox]

I will try and make it but can only commit a little closer to the time.

[senorblinky]

I always laugh at the way men have to check with their partner before they do anything. Whether it's to ask permission, or check availability, it's been ages since i've seen a man in a relationship make a unilateral decision.

Then again, i'm on my way there - i think that scares me the most.

[Ga5can]

I do believe the married people can affirm this ... but it goes ... Married men are the most peaceful creatures on this planet! They go and aks to keep the peace :D

[Sminty]

lol...the whole point of being married is that you love that person and hence you care about how they feel and what makes them happy...its not being a wuss its being in love, the whole reason you got married...remember?

Oh and my wife has written the 21st down...so now its cast in stone guys....21st it is....more details to follow.

[sss]

i'll be a bit late... like the 27th

[senorblinky]

HAHAHAHA! Relax man, I was just taking the piss.
Best comedian on relationships has to be Jeff Foxworthy. In South Africa it has to be Tim Plewman (forgive me for the spelling of his surname) and his irrepressible portrayal of a father, husband and MAN in defending the caveman.

I urge any and all of you to see it, it is magnificent.

I completely understand what it is to be a considerate human being, it's not being whipped, it's being decent. Looking forward to meeting the missus!

[Stool]

ooooo :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
/me derails this thread to go look for some jeff foxworthy torrents

[Sminty]

me? no relaxed? I'm calm...CALM I TELL YOU! don't tell me to relax, I'll relax you inna face boyo....

now where did I put those damn pills?

[w1z4rd]

I wouldnt mind being there. Do we bring our PC`s and LAN there or is that too geeky?

[senorblinky]

Celebrate good times, come on!
Celebrate good times, come on!

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now

Celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

Celebrate good times, come on!
Celebrate good times, come on!

(You know, our lives would be much more interesting with Soundtracks, don't you think?)

[Vortex]

I don't I'll be bringing my PC - with my kids there it will not work.. :sad:

Perhaps we can make another plan to do a LAN game some time. Plan a nice long day of gaming & pizza..

[Noodle]

Pizza is the staple diet of the lanner ya know.

I'll bring my machine along for whatever else might be on me drives, But I'm there for the dead meat and social :D

[Sminty]

lol, you are more than welcome to bring your PC's...there are 4 PC's in the house already though, although only two are capable of running BF2.

[Megnut3025]

OOOh sounds like fun...and although I dont pass on the whole "behaviour thing" Im sure my charm and witt get me in :p

Only sad part is... we're actually in Jhb...but leave on the Friday for Rustenburg for my Lil Sisters wedding til the Monday....
awww.... so close.... but no dead meat ... :sad:

Maybe another time :)

Enjoy it guys n gals!!! :woot:

[Sminty]

Nutter, you gotta get your priorties straight...first ya ditch us for those unmentionables and now you go and consider a wedding in the family more important than getting together with the geeks....you're slipping I tell ya.

[senorblinky]

Slipping indeed Nutter
And i was so looking forward to meeting the Pee Ee Peeps...
Hell, you guys could start you OWN clan - the tag can be |PEP| :rofl: !!

Would probably explain WW's wardrobe too...

So Sminty - what does your wife like? what must i bring? i already got you the Afro Comb.

[rainy]

:cuckoo:

[Sminty]

Ok.

So far we have the following [-]freaks[/-] people saying they will be there or confirm later:

- Wingnut
- Noodle
- Stoke
- Ga5can
- SenorBlinky
- Troepster (?) - having been volunteered by the blinkster
- Vortex (et al).
- FireFox (will confirm closer to the time)
- Wizard
- ArchAngeljfk
- Pvt Mustard

Did I miss anyone?

Could you guys please tell me what you gonna bring extra, like tater salad, green salad, chips, whatever....don't have to bring much, just enough so we can pretend we aren't just eating meat.

I'll be PM'ing my address with a map to everyone who has/will confirm later.

@Blinky dude...I'm not exactly doing anything special, no need to actually bring anything for me or the wife but since you are so insistent my wife has her eye on this 4 carat diamond ring ;) (and that's carat and not carrot smartass, don't think I didn't see that one coming)

[Vortex]

Archie and Mustard from jfk were talking about coming too.. ;)
Are you still sure about the 'et al' bit?

I'll bring a salad of some sort and a couple of 2l bottles - Sprite & Coke (Though the coke comes in 1kgs, I'll pour it into an empty 2l bottle)

[WondaWoman]

Would probably explain WW's wardrobe too...


I think the VICIOUS taunting is just a cover up for your desire to be me! :gyes:

[Sminty]

@Vorty...thanks for reminding me...they still need to confirm but so far it seems like Archi and Mustard will be there...I've added them to the list now.

The et al part is totally up to you...my pets are used to kids and so is my family...the question is, do you want to bring the kids along? Like I said, totally up to you.
Of course the same is true for everyone, lots of us have kids and would be nice to have kids around that the other kids can play with.

[Noodle]

Round what time will this start, should I bring anything else like charcoal or anything?

You know the meats gotta burn somehow?

[Vortex]

@Vorty...thanks for reminding me...they still need to confirm but so far it seems like Archi and Mustard will be there...I've added them to the list now.

The et al part is totally up to you...my pets are used to kids and so is my family...the question is, do you want to bring the kids along? Like I said, totally up to you.
Of course the same is true for everyone, lots of us have kids and would be nice to have kids around that the other kids can play with.

Who else will be bringing kids? I don't want to be the ONLY one running around frantically trying to keep the lil ones out of trouble..

[Sminty]

@Noodle. I have two braais, one big un (half barrel thingy) and another smaller one...looking at how many people are coming (please tell who is coming with you also) I would say that should be enough. So don't worry about buns, bread, condiments or charcoal etc...I'll take care of that. But if you can bring some snacks or a lekker pudding that is made from a recipe passed down from your great great great gandmother that would be cool.

@Vrotten...well my 2 kids and my wife will be there...My kids are 11 (and a half) and 10 and my wife is, um, younger than me.

[senorblinky]

@Blinky dude...I'm not exactly doing anything special, no need to actually bring anything for me or the wife but since you are so insistent my wife has her eye on this 4 carat diamond ring ;) (and that's carat and not carrot smartass, don't think I didn't see that one coming)

What's this now? I offer to bring gifts and what do i get? sarcasm and insults?
Maybe I'll just send your wife and your mother sympathy cards...

But seriously, we'll be abusing your home, so I insist - please don't offer anymore gift ideas, you've had your chance, punk, now you'll have to settle with what i think is nice... You've made your bed! And like my ouma once said, don't kak on your own voorstoep, cause i might just bring those kids of yours itching powder, stink bombs and sugar filled sugar cubes with sugar coating - I KNOW they'll just LOVE that...


And BTW Wonda, jy's 'n cutie!

[Noodle]

@Noodle. I have two braais, one big un (half barrel thingy) and another smaller one...looking at how many people are coming (please tell who is coming with you also) I would say that should be enough. So don't worry about buns, bread, condiments or charcoal etc...I'll take care of that. But if you can bring some snacks or a lekker pudding that is made from a recipe passed down from your great great great gandmother that would be cool.
If there was such a thing, I would not want to mess it up. :p

It will only be me and the voices in me head, so about a dozen or so :D

[Sminty]

ok, the list of guys confirmed they will be coming are:

- Wingnut
- Noodle
- Stoke
- Ga5can
- SenorBlinky
- Troepster (?) - having been volunteered by the blinkster
- Vortex (et al).
- FireFox (will confirm closer to the time)
- Wizard
- ArchAngeljfk
- Pvt Mustard
- oldtop
- frequency

if I missed you out please PM me....also let us know what little extra thing you're gonna bring to share with the guys...either a salad or a pudding or snack...if you don't volunteer something I'm gonna assign something for you.

I will PM all the peeps who have confirmed on Wednesday with directions and whatever other instructions.

Oh, don't worry about chairs, we got that and tables sorted.

[JAWS_Firefox]

OK, I'm confirming. I'll be there.

Bringing my wife along but no kids...they're big and already out the house.

My wife was worried she's going to be the only woman there but I reassured her. So Vorty, you now have to bring the wife or otherwise I'm in trouble. Anyone else bringing wifes, girlfriends? (Hopefully not both at the same time!)

We'll bring Potato Bake. Might just need to heat up in the oven again.
I'll need final numbers coming so she can make enough for everyone.
(Worthwhile coming just for that... :) )

[Sminty]

potato bake...yum....ok, in that case I think maybe I should give the wrong directions to the other people, more tater bake for me ;)

Well my wife will be there too and my rugrats naturally. I asked my girlfriend to meet me later ;)

[Vortex]

Hmmm.. I'll bring the wife FF however I *might* have to leave the kids with babysitters.. 3yo and 1yo might be a little much if there aren't others of the same age.. Lemme see how it goes..

PS. The girlfriend will come to the next one.. SHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Albereth]

Should be doable - Reno's party is on the Sunday.

[Noodle]

I'll bring brandy (for cooking of course ;) )

[senorblinky]

Do you have a jungle gym?
I'm asking for me, not for the sake of the kids.

[Vortex]

Nope - but he might have a Jungle Jim.. I personally prefer Jungle Janes.. ;)

[Sminty]

Hehe..as a matter of fact I have a jungle gym and a tampoline...but blinky you need to put shorts on before you jump on that. Your kilt upsets the animals.

Vortex, you leave my jungle jane alone, she'll hurt ya.

[senorblinky]

GOLLY GLEE! A TRAMPOLINE! IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS IN APRIL!
I like bouncing Boing boing boing
up and down until i get a pain in me groin!

Don't worry, I'll kick of the boots and wear jeans then, OOOH, I'M SO EXCITED!
And i just can't hide it! (whoa no no no)
I'm about to lose control and i think i like it!

[WondaWoman]

okay..i'll bring my portable stripper pole and um...:blush: dammit..wrong forum.. :gno:

Yeah trampolining is fun..until you get yourself wedged in the springs coz you tried to do a double back somersault... :yikes:

[senorblinky]

Wonda, You had a good thing going... now would someone direct me to the RIGHT forum please?

[Vortex]

The spanish fly says... NO! :)

I've just got a hold of C&C3 and Blitzkrieg and GT3! :) Now.. If I could only get more time in the day somehow..

[Sminty]

hmmm...think I are in the wrong forum too...where is this pole dancing forum?

[senorblinky]

That's what I asked Sminty!

I've been searching through all my carp, to see what games i can find, and it doesn't look good (it's games that i like, and will most likely be judged for playing, like the my little pony and Barbie games...)
The sheer volume of copied/cracked speletjies... i hope no-one at this braai is a member of a law enforcement group...

[Vortex]

lawl - Then I'm also in a little trouble! :D

I do have a good amount of legal games though..

[Sminty]

hehe....well I would be the *last* person on earth to judge people with copied games ;) I've got a fair amount of both.

Hey! Don't leave the barbie games at home though, remember I have an 11 year old daughter (who has, among other things, a barbie duvet). Although she will probably just sneer and say she got those ones already. She can be very cruel.

[senorblinky]

I never had cool duvet covers or moerse action hero orientated toys when i was coming up. We did have a mud pool in the back yard (all natural, very strange indeed) and my sister and i would destroy our church clothes to play in that thing.

Actually, now that i think back, we didn't have any toys at all... Good thing i'm a boy, or i would have had nothing to play with.

[Sminty]

you still have nothing to play with blinky...which is why you admire Ga5can so much.

[senorblinky]

Didn't think a little cute joke like that would bite me in the ass...
I have half a mind to bring your wife a walker on Saturday.
Then i can "hide" it in "embarrassment", and say, "I'm sorry Mrs. Sminty, but your husband told me that your were really old"
And then just see how it goes from there...

[stoke]

:boxing: :boxing: :slide: :boxing: :boxing:

[Onyx]

hmmm...think I are in the wrong forum too...where is this pole dancing forum?

The forum you speak of is accessible by invitation only :D :p
.... unless you are a member ;)

[WondaWoman]

Yup...like Onyx said... members only :wink:

[JAWS_Firefox]

Scrolled thru posts (fast) and didn't see any times mentioned?

@Onyx & WW: Dread asking this but what is required to be a member of this "other" forum?

[Sminty]

errr...I got a member...does that count?

@blinky....hehe, only person who would get hurt then would be you...clearly you don't know my wife. Ask stoke, she's not a woman to be trifled with....'cept maybe by me.

[Sminty]

Ok, times...not something I have given a lot of thought to....I figure I will start up the fires around 11-12, depending on popular demand. I will probably be out of bed by around 7am so get yourself there anytime after I woke up really. My wife organised some chairs n tables so if you are really early you may have the priviledge to help carry 'em. I figure aim for getting there around 11-ish....but let's throw it out there...

what time suits you guys?

[Onyx]

@Onyx & WW: Dread asking this but what is required to be a member of this "other" forum?

You need the right equipment :rolleyes: :rofl:

[WingNut]

Okay, just confirmed me gf will be joining me as well for this...um..event, so yah... see you guys there. :)
Oh yeah Smints let me know what kinda extra foodstuffs you want us to bring so I can unchain...err...ask mah wimmin to organize it :D

[stoke]

11H30. I'm there.

[senorblinky]

11am? Might still be in a BF2 Coma from trying to race Peetie to Sergeant Major.
But i will definitely come early, just so you all can get used to me and we can relax in the afternoon.

What must i bring beside some beverages and the odd salad (and Of COURSE the games - watch me forget THAT)? some music? Shoes? Toilet Paper? Just let me know!

[Sminty]

Ok, sorry guys...I said I would PM on Wednesday and its Wednesday now but I don't have the time to type out the message. I will PM everybody who said they will be coming by 8pm on Thursday.

[Sminty]

ok, PM's sent.

If you didn't get one please drop me a line so I can send it to you also (and only if you are going to the braai smartasses).

[stoke]

Hey ... that PM's awesome .. Smints ... next time I get lost i'll give you a call. :wink:
/me sprints off weaving madly from side to side.

[Noodle]

I've got a 20 port hub I'll bring along.
Got like Ummmmmm 2 network cables.


My machine will stay at hom though, got booze n meat so who needs that :D

[Sminty]

If anybody is willing could you drag along your bf2 cd? I'll use my own key I just need the cd so I can re-install it on my desktop. I left my cd in the laptop when I took it in to get fixed (if that's ever going to happen).

[Noodle]

Will do smints, it will be in the cd case I'm dragging along :D

[stoke]

I'm gonna write me BF2 SF image and the appropriate software to a DVD and donate it to smints.

[Noodle]

Good on ya stoke.

[Vortex]

Great to see everyone! I'll get around to posting a couple of pics at some point, but suffice it to say I had fun! :)

Most of the real life people did NOT match up to the people in my head - What a mind bender! :)

[Sminty]

Now that was fun. Was really jol meeting some new faces and some old faces (or in the case of Firefox, some *really* old faces ;)). We really gotta do something like this again soon.

I had so much fun chatting to you guys that I completely forgot to actually get around to installing BF2, so I am still sans BF2. In fact I am not sure how much game swapping went on at all but I am sure a few guys got some done ;).

Some left a CD wallet behind full of CD's...most have "Troep" written on them. So if its yours you know where it is now. I'll put it somewhere safe (ie somewhere the kids don't usually look (I was thinking their school bags).

Again, thanks for turning up guys it was a total blast.

[WingNut]

haha, yeah, left my laptop and cd's in the car..."to get later and do some swopping..." yeah right... anyhoo, was really awesome meeting the peeps in person, can't wait to see the (embarrassing) pictures!
Thanks for the use of your place Sminty!

[senorblinky]

IT'S TANK TIME!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

What a fantastic day, filled with BF2, tasteless jokes, a trampoline and alcohol. I had an absolute blast, Thank you SO much Sminty for arranging it, and letting us abuse your place and your trampoline.

I Got some AWESOME games today - thank you Vorty! Can't wait to start playing Carmageddon - Can i play online?

I had the best time, and i reall hope we get to do this again soon - You WarGeeks Rock! It really is a pleasure putting the names to the faces, i sommer know the next time we'll play online is going to be so much lekkerder.

PS - that Troep folder thing is mine (well, actually it's Troep's :rofl: ) - i'll get it from you one day... one day...

[stoke]

Yea ... thanks Smints. Was an absolute hoot.
I hexpecially appreciate Mustard from JFK telling me their strat for the game today.

[JAWS_Firefox]

Muchas fun, guys. Laughed so much!

Thanks again, Smints and Heidi, for arranging and hosting.

[Noodle]

Twas a lekered time indeedley.

When did the trampoline start? Musta been after I had gone already :sad:

Bah oh well always next time I say.

Was kool meeting da geeks/JFK peeps. :sharp:


Smints shot for da place, you guys were awesome hosts (even if you did wait a while to let me out) :D

[ArchAngel]

Smitny shot for the party was great fun even had three games of battlefield.

My pc that was empty seems to be full again. Still feel duck tape might have been in order for the traitor aka mustard giving away all strats for today but i still have my tricks.

Was a great day up to the point were BLinky mentioned his little black number thank god it was not there "LOL":rofl: . Was great day all and all.

Just like to extend full gratitude for all of the JFK booytjies was great fun.

Albie one day when my pc big and strong will get the rest.

:bow: ArchAngel

[Mustard]

Ahh tactics but were they the real tactics stoke hmmm we shall see. A big thanks to Sminty and Mrs Sminty for a great laugh , thanks to Blinky i wont have to work out my tummy muscles at Gym this week. Good to put faces to the voices , all in all a good day , untill tonights war.

[Tresbien]

Finally got Photoshop working again, so here is my contribution to the pics from the braai. :)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=185558&nocache=1

[Sminty]

LOL, brilliant collage...and ouch, got me right under the ear...must been rainy sniping there.

[senorblinky]

HA! You MISSED ME!
Come on, you aint gonna get a bigger target!

Nice post Tres, rep for the effort!


damn, gotta spread it around, already gave you rep for the flu thing... now some other peeps need to add value, before I can add value to you!

[Albereth]

Thanks - BTW I was just resting my eyes dammit. LOL

[Tresbien]

My most humble apologies to Noodle, your sniper shot is now also on the collage. I don't think I was too clear in my description of the collage, the head shots are of the Geeks who were there, I am doing another one with members of the other clans who were also there. :) This is the updated link for the collage including Noodle: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=185905&cat=1053

[Tresbien]

And here's a sniper's eye view of the Not-so-Geeks at the Braai. Senor Blinky - I didn't miss this time :D
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=185919&cat=1053

[SaintMg]

Nice one Tres :D

[Megnut3025]

Nice thread... Pity we missed the get 2 gether... darn those sister types for having weddings.... :rofl:

Kewl Pics Tres.... so hows the councelling going after meeting "those" peeps :D

I know mine says just another 3 years or so :p

[Sminty]

In our defence Nutter was a bit more messed up than most before she arrived ;)

For those of you who don't recognise the pics in the pics...the WrG pic the guys are:
Top: Saint, Noodle and Stoke
Middle: Sminty, Ga5can, Firefox, Wingnut and Albereth (albi was tired cause he was the first one there ok).
Bottom: Vortex

in the second pic of the WrG friends we have:
Top: Frequency, Blinky, Mustard
Bottom: Oldtop (Mustard's dad for those who don't know) and ArchAngeljfk

Hehe...had so much fun I can't wait for next time.

[Vortex]

Yeah - get your passports in order - perhaps you can visit the West Rand this time?!

[senorblinky]

I've got my multi-pass.
Can't WAIT for the next one!

But please, will the next photographer just TRY to make me prettier than i really am? Maybe we should have a braai in the dark and use a camera without a flash.