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[David C.]

I think it's time to get together. The weather is getting nicer and I actually have free time.

Not sure if the usual coffee shop exists, but I'm sure we can find a spot.

Dave

[David Cornelson]

Looks like Filter closed and I can't find what replaced it, if anything.

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[Andrew Schultz]

Yeah, looks like it closed. It was nice and relatively quiet without being too dead.

I'd be willing to meet up pretty much anywhere in the city.

I hope people have kept busy with their own projects.

[IF Karona]

It would be most convenient for me to meet up somewhere near a brown line or blue line station. That said, I am open to other suggestions.

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[Peter Nepstad]

I’m on board too downtown or wicker park is good for me too 

I’m so sad filter is gone!!! 

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[Ed Blair]

I haven't done any IF stuff in a while but I'd be down to check in.
Are we looking for a coffee shop with lots of seating again?

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Yes.

[Peter Nepstad]

Wormhole is a coffee shop nearby but not a lot of seating options if I remember right. If bars are an option there's the Emporium, I don't recall what the noise level is in there for conversating. I work downtown lots of big bar/eateries in river north near the merchandise mart. I can't think of anything like Filter :(

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[Ben Collins-Sussman]

Sad that Filter died -- there's no place quite with that much room in the hood anymore. But I agree, I think Wormhole is the next best bet, and we should give it a try. They're open till 9pm every night, and the 80's theme is perfectly fitting of IF. :-)

If we can't find room, or get kicked out early, the wonderful Volumes Book-cafe is just a block down, and they're open till 10pm. They may have room for us as well.

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Wormhole looks good but we’ll need the backup.

I suggest next Thursday night at 6:30.

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Generally speaking just about any night would do for me but as it turns out I'm going to Margo Price concert on the 12th, so actually any night other than the one you just picked. The Thursday following? I'm open whenever, except for that one specific evening...!

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[IF Karona]

I am in a similar situation. Generally week night's are good for me, but on the 12th I will be observing an annual religious tradition that will not be conducive for a meetup.

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April 19th?

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That works for me! How do others feel?

April 19th?

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I'm in SF that week. :-/

April 19th?

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[Ben Collins-Sussman]

We should try meeting again someday.  :-)  Plenty of other hipster coffee shops in Wicker Park, though!  Brü Chicago is a good option (open till 8pm), and so is Alliance Bakery (open till 9pm). 

Have you folks tried A Beauty Cold and Austere?  A whole game based on exploring the beauty of mathematics.  Sounds like it was made for Andrew Schultz.  :-)

[Andrew Schultz]

Funny you should say that! Someone who tested the game before me told Mike Spivey (the author) the same thing. I had fun testing it and helping iron a few things out.

It would be interesting to see more games like that for other subjects. Chinese Room deals with philosophy, and I think it inspired ABCA. It seems like chemistry and physics would be ripe for that sort of creative treatment, too.

It would be nice to get together. Maybe if/when it is not too hot. Since I've started using Divvy regularly, I'm a lot less at the mercy of bus schedules, so there is one less silly excuse not to get out and visit somewhere new. Both look pretty close to a bike station, too.

[Jeremy Freese]

Have divvy-like electric scooters come to Chicago yet?  All over SF, in the way that makes you wonder whether it is a fad or a Moment In Transportation History. 

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[Ben Collins-Sussman]

Also:  has anyone else signed up for Cragne Manor?  Jack and I just did... there's something like 60 participants already!

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Have divvy-like electric scooters come to Chicago yet?  All over SF, in the way that makes you wonder whether it is a fad or a Moment In Transportation History. 

On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Andrew Schultz <blurglec...@gmail.com> wrote:

Funny you should say that! Someone who tested the game before me told Mike Spivey (the author) the same thing. I had fun testing it and helping iron a few things out.

It would be interesting to see more games like that for other subjects. Chinese Room deals with philosophy, and I think it inspired ABCA. It seems like chemistry and physics would be ripe for that sort of creative treatment, too.

It would be nice to get together. Maybe if/when it is not too hot. Since I've started using Divvy regularly, I'm a lot less at the mercy of bus schedules, so there is one less silly excuse not to get out and visit somewhere new. Both look pretty close to a bike station, too.

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We should try meeting again someday.  :-)  Plenty of other hipster coffee shops in Wicker Park, though!  Brü Chicago is a good option (open till 8pm), and so is Alliance Bakery (open till 9pm). 

Have you folks tried A Beauty Cold and Austere?  A whole game based on exploring the beauty of mathematics.  Sounds like it was made for Andrew Schultz.  :-)

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[Andrew Schultz]

I've seen plenty of scooter-skateboard things (not sure what they're called) in bike lanes, but Divvy only has regular old-school bikes. Whatever those things are, they seem like they're going to last longer than Segways. (Remember those?)

I was considering Cragne Manor, but then, I have my own stuff to work on, and I don't want it to get in the way. If I have any sort of idea, I'll sign up, but horror really isn't my genre. Even being able to riff on horror isn't.

[Jeremy Freese]

Hmm... I can participate in IF again and all I have to do is write a design doc for one room???  Sold!  (I've never played Anchorhead, but I've recently become a fan of Arkham Horror: The Card Game, and so I assume that is qualification enough.)

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I've seen plenty of scooter-skateboard things (not sure what they're called) in bike lanes, but Divvy only has regular old-school bikes. Whatever those things are, they seem like they're going to last longer than Segways. (Remember those?)

I was considering Cragne Manor, but then, I have my own stuff to work on, and I don't want it to get in the way. If I have any sort of idea, I'll sign up, but horror really isn't my genre. Even being able to riff on horror isn't.

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Also:  has anyone else signed up for Cragne Manor?  Jack and I just did... there's something like 60 participants already!

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Have divvy-like electric scooters come to Chicago yet?  All over SF, in the way that makes you wonder whether it is a fad or a Moment In Transportation History. 

On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Andrew Schultz <blurglec...@gmail.com> wrote:

Funny you should say that! Someone who tested the game before me told Mike Spivey (the author) the same thing. I had fun testing it and helping iron a few things out.

It would be interesting to see more games like that for other subjects. Chinese Room deals with philosophy, and I think it inspired ABCA. It seems like chemistry and physics would be ripe for that sort of creative treatment, too.

It would be nice to get together. Maybe if/when it is not too hot. Since I've started using Divvy regularly, I'm a lot less at the mercy of bus schedules, so there is one less silly excuse not to get out and visit somewhere new. Both look pretty close to a bike station, too.

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We should try meeting again someday.  :-)  Plenty of other hipster coffee shops in Wicker Park, though!  Brü Chicago is a good option (open till 8pm), and so is Alliance Bakery (open till 9pm). 

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[Ed Blair]

don't those scooters call the cops? y'all can keep 'em.

i haven't putzed with inform in a long time but a single room might
still be within my grasp. lemme see how many other deadlines i have
going on right now. also i can meet, and i have a friend who'd like to
come along depending on timing.

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I got to hang out for a bit with the folks in Club Floyd and play A Beauty Cold and Austere. Despite having no great passion for mathematics, I found the game immediately compelling.

Anyway, I too can get behind this we-should-try-meeting-again plan.

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[Ben Collins-Sussman]

Was in Cambridge MA this week, went to the IF Meetup at MIT, run by Zarf.  Got to playtest his 1-room for Cragne Manor, then we all went out to dinner.  Pretty fun time.  :-)

[Jack Welch]

Hi Chicago IF Folks,

I'm in town for a conference that goes through Tue afternoon, so I was curious if anyone would like to get tomorrow for dinner/drinks/etc. tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night is October 1, so it's also the night that IFcomp should go live. 

Depending on whether games are actually posted in time, we can either obsess about may be coming this year, or if the games are online, we can pour over the covers and blurbs and make wild extrapolations.

Either way, if anyone's interested, let me know. I don't know Chicago all that well, so I'll rely on your recommendation.

If nobody can make it, no sweat - this is ultra short notice.

Cheers,

Jack

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I’m in.

Great! Is there a successor to the Filter Cafe?

- Jack 

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We never nailed one down.

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[Ben Collins-Sussman]

I'm in. Let's go to Haven Lounge, which is a late night coffee shop and bar built into the Den Theatre, just a block down from where Filter used to be. Looks perfect, and is open till 11pm. 

Backup plan:. Emporium (80s Arcade Game Bar) is across the street.  Fun, but would be harder to hear each other speak.

What time?

[Jack Welch]

I'm flexible on time - whatever works for you guys - Jack

[david.c...@gmail.com]

I can’t get downtown until 7 ish.

[Jack Welch]

Ok, so how about Haven lounge at 7:30 pm tomorrow (Monday) ?

Anyone else?

- Jack

[Ben Collins-Sussman]

FYI, they have a coffees and beers and sandwiches.  Fine for a simple dinner, or you can eat beforehand.  :-)

[Andrew Schultz]

I'm sorry I missed this. I fell asleep...after IFComp I took care of a lot of things that I'd put off over the weekend, and they left me pretty tired. They were worth it, though.

Jack, wish I could've said thanks in person for all your hard work and great suggestions. Maybe some other time.

  Andrew

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I did the parent thing where you sit on a couch and wake up three hours later. Sorry I missed you guys.

[Jack Welch]

HI Andrew - no problem. I'm in Chicago for a medical meeting, so by the time we met last night, I had spent eight hours drinking coffee to ward off post-IFcomp submission narcolepsy. I'm back to Chicago every few months, so I'm sure we'll run into each other. Cheers- Jack

[Jack Welch]

Sorry we didn't run into each other last night, but I appreciate the parent thing.

I mentioned the meeting in Cambridge and had the same concerns that you did about hotel cost at the time of year (around graduations). Hopefully, they'll bump the meeting date, I'm hoping for earlier in the year.

- Jack

[Jeremy Freese]

Jack -- Are you still based in Madagascar normally, or are you in the US?

[Ben Collins-Sussman]

He's back for a year (in the D.C. area) before they get re-deployed next August, out to the U.S. embassy in Cyprus.

[Ben Collins-Sussman]

By the way, the new venue (Haven Lounge) is much better than Filter Cafe.  Awesome vibe, good beer, open till 11pm.  We no longer have the problem of "where to meet".  We should meet.