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Re: IBO Beach Party
Posted By: Miguel Chavez	Date: 8/18/09 10:59 a.m.
In Response To: IBO Beach Party (Jillybean) : Quote of the event: So how come no one ever does write ups any more? - : Schooly D I don't know this School D person... I can't acknowledge him or else my peeps will make my life hell. : After impromptu American Football at Deadly Night , someone on IBO suggested : we get together for a beach party. Like, because internet people are so : 'at one' with nature? See what we were doing there? No? Fuck that then. : And so it came to be that Miguel, Furhman and myself piled into a piping hot : car For all of 1 minute. Subaru AC ftw! on Friday afternoon and braved the taxi drivers of New York to attempt : IBO's first ever beach party. After being only slightly sidetracked by : some amazing shopping (how long did you spend there on the way back, Mig?) http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive26.pl?read=773266 shaddup http://www.tangeroutlet.com/riverhead : we found ourselves creekside and Mig happily broke into a house and : started eating food. Seriously folks. Why do none of you lock things? Why : do you have a three storey shop dedicated to M&Ms? Why are cheese pretzels : so disgusting when they look like they should be so good? : Anyhoo, initial exploration introduced us to Half Sunk Lizzy and the : Pillar of Autumn . Soon afterwards, Alexion and Domino appeared. I gather : that they had a totally relaxing and calming drive up. That was the : impression I got. Then restamolah, Schooly D and Infinite Se7en returned : from food shopping and were unperturbed at the breaking and entering : (freaks). Someone may or may not have set about boosting the neighbour's : unsecured wireless. I wouldn't know anything about that. I think Claude would've been most disappointed if there was no 'netz. Though of course he'd probably have a phone to tether off of I bet. : Upon request, Furhman, Domino, Infinite and myself were taken by retsamolah : to see the newly christened Beach Schooly D where the shit was going to : get real. The area was absolutely beautiful, warm weather, lots of sun. : Jynx showed up when we returned and then left to get some decent beer, : because light Bud sucks. He bought Guinness. I always liked him. Schooly D : then got all domestic on us and started to grill some burgers and hot : dogs. Amazingly, no food poisoning set in. don't forget the v-dogs : Nof completed our group by appearing later in the evening, straight from : work, looking dapper in his work gear. This was soon rectified by a trip : to the beach. Along with Betsy, naturally. Men tried to make fire. Men, : rather surprisingly, actually made fire. We watched the shooting stars, : Alexion and I lauded Red Dwarf, we all regressed a few years and sang : 'Good Riddance' on a beach, by a fire, to acoustic guitar. Replete with : obligatory mumbling. Also 'I Will Survive', which was an odd choice, but : remarkably fun. : We returned that night to the house where we had our set up on the porch. : Three x-boxes between ten of us and three small monitors. Projector : unexpectedly unco-operative. I think Schooly D sabotagued it in order to : ensure he got more Robot Voot Wars (or whatever that pretty kaleidoscope : of colours was) time. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/v/virtualonxboxlivearcade/ : We played some CTF and territories on Halo 3 before : we discovered . . . : Nof's Awesome Gametype (NAG) : Super low gravity. : Multi CTF : Random guns. : Gravity Hammers. : This game is great fun. I think we should have played more of it. But not on : that effing Two Face/Facing Twos (whatever it's called) map. Facing Worlds 1.5, don't know if this is the exact version of what we played: http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=74188282 : That map : hates me. Halfvalanche was kinda fun, http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=38512462 : but by this point I was knackered. I : have to say, at this point I really did miss Louis Wu, if only because : it would have given rets and schooly someone else to no scope. Because : it's not an IBO lan without ice cream at odd hours, we cracked out two : large tubs that didn't last long. I retired to bed and I think a few : people stayed up, but I've no idea who. Furhman ate a tub by himself as he dozed off. That loser. : Incidentally, Domino sleeps like a log. No matter how much noise I made : fumbling about he didn't wake up. The next morning I found Infinite Se7en : curled up on two canvas chairs, his head hanging off the end. It looked : about as comfortable as it sounds. Furhman was on the couch at one point : too. : When Mig woke up, things got more civilised as he made pancakes. Nof went on : to prepare: Nof's Awesome Turkey Burgers : Turkey mince : Cumin seeds : Garlic (I think) : Garlic bread crumbs. : Possibly an egg, I didn't pay that much attention. However, he will post it : in this thread and I will adopt it as my own. : It was time to storm Beach Schooly D. Since the tide was out, Mig, Alexion : and myself led the initial charge in the canoe. Mostly by pushing our way : along the sand banks until we got to Beach Schooly D. We saw off the rival : old couple and staked our claim on the sand. Nof, Domino and Infinite : Se7en appeared, then Furhman, Schooly and rets. Schooly and rets stole the : canoe and Half Sunk Lizzy to go back for Jynx and the grill, so Mig and : Nof explored the beach. : : : : (That's a Halo - it was going to be a Mister Chief but neither myself nor Nof : could remember what he looked like) : : (That's Coagulation) : Pretty soon we were all in the water - then the most amazing thing happened. : The Pillar of Autumn returned, revamped as Beer and Grill Boat. Looks like no one took a picture. :( That would've been quite a shot! : There : is little in life that is so good as lying on your back in the sea with a : beer in one hand and the sound of 'how the fuck do we get the grill off : the boat' coming from behind you. : Then came our American Water Football session. Which is surprisingly tiring. : I can't tackle for shit. Jynx tackles Schooly. A lot. Schooly runs in : Jynx's direction. A lot. Game stops for 'strategy'. A lot. Americans are : weird. We eventually gave up and limped back up to the beach, compared our : slashed feet, and lit the grill eventually using all of our paper plates. : Grill was good. : : : (Grill Master) : : Mig tried digging to China. We decided to check the internet connection on : the beach. In dribs and drabs we went back until Infinite, Domino, : Schooly, Rets and myself were left with the Beer and Grill Boat and went : tubing. It was as amazing as it sounds. Infinite's scarily good at it. : : (This is scary, but not in the scarily good way . . .) : After we got back (and in what is possibly the only occasion where a LAN : attender wore a summer dress to part of it) we chowed down on Mig Pasta : Chow, Just pasta with a bunch of sauted veggies thrown in, and Rets' folks homemade meat sauce. Yum! : which is another good recipe that should be posted. We then went to : see District 9 which I'd describe as a visceral, but brilliant movie. Taps : into some freaky body fears though. Furhman gets up in the middle of the movie and we all wonder what offended him about the movie to never return - but most likely he just took a dump - then stays by the exit in case he needs to pinch another loaf - mystery solved. : More Halo was played. Rets and I did : the most bitching rendition of Caledonia you'll ever hear. We played a : little Halo 1 and were quickly reminded about the differences in warthog : physics. : Next morning, as I had gotten quite used to not rowing by this point, Schooly : and Rets rowed around the creek while I sunbathed. It is the life, I tell : you. When we got back I'm sure some robot wars was played, possibly some : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (Donatello why did you fail me in Survival : Mode?) Alexion and Domino hit the road, as happy and relaxed about it as : they were when they arrived. Mig made: Mig Chow (Original) : Potatoes, : Cumin seeds, : Spinach, : Broccoli, : Some other stuff I'm sure he will post that recipe too . . . LOL you forgot the biggest ingredient: Basmati Rice :) Just a variation on this: : Jynx and Furhman left, Nof had to be reminded to leave, Mig headed out. : Infinite, Schooly, Rets and myself took the Beer and Grill Boat to Sand : Hill, which included Schooly breaking the boat by trying to open a beer, : and then nearly breaking his teeth trying to drink it. Sand Hill is steep, : but next time we'll have a bonfire there. Upon return we played Scrabble : where I had a hand that included 10 I's. That worked out well for me. : Fucking Scrabble. Forced people to use glue on their feet, to witness : their pain. Infinite Se7en is always getting called by chicks by the : way. After about two hours sleep, we were on the road again to the : airport, fittingly, to the 'Boys of Summer'. Farewell lovely Jilly! Next LAN show up with your hubby and kids. :) : : (Light, the natural enemy of the geek) : : (It's such a good thing you can't see my incredible pattern of bruises in : this pic) I didn't touch you! OK, maybe I tackled you once or twice. hah! : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Why is this write-up so long? Well, I had a brilliant time back at Deadly : Night. I loved New York, I loved the atmosphere of the LAN. Since then I : have been desperate for another LAN but I had no idea what was coming with : the beach party but all I can say is that it completely surpassed all my : expectations. There are so many hilarious moments I keep remembering and : trying to add to this. So a huge, huge thank you to all of you guys - : especially Mig and his family for putting me up and feeding me. The rest : of you for making it so much fun. Sam for hosting (and for trying his very : best not to use the camp councillor voice) : HBO: We Deliver.

Message Index

IBO Beach Party	Jillybean	8/18/09 4:09 a.m.
Re: IBO Beach Party	General Vagueness	8/18/09 9:01 a.m.
Glad you packed a suit, mate.	SonofMacPhisto	8/18/09 10:10 a.m.
Recipes. There are recipes in this write up. *NM*	Stuntmutt	8/18/09 10:58 a.m.
The Recipe for Nof's Gobbleburgers	nof	8/18/09 8:23 p.m.
Thank you!	Jillybean	8/19/09 10:05 a.m.
Re: IBO Beach Party	Miguel Chavez	8/18/09 10:59 a.m.
Weeeeeeeeeeee! Ctf	nof	8/18/09 8:27 p.m.
Things	Schooly D	8/18/09 11:21 a.m.
Brofist *NM*	retsamolah	8/18/09 12:38 p.m.
Re: Things	DominoEffect	8/18/09 2:24 p.m.
Re: Things	urk	8/18/09 7:34 p.m.
Re: Things	DominoEffect	8/21/09 3:12 a.m.
Re: Things	urk	8/21/09 10:09 a.m.
DominoTheory/DominoEffect *NM*	Cocopjojo	8/21/09 11:17 a.m.
Re: Things	KP	8/18/09 6:40 p.m.
Wait...	Ross Mills	8/18/09 4:43 p.m.