If we have to push it to next week, we can... but so far Sunday looks good.

Sunday's looking hot so far. I think it's a keeper.

In that case, I will be there to play Leisure Suit Larry, crack stupid jokes and promote the hell out of the Space Posse. And yes, I seem to be doing the latter already.

Then, by golly, in five hours time, we shall have a Hangout. Now I just gotta figure out how to run Jones on a Mac ... ;)

 

Might want to get on a PC, just in case.

Oh, and - so no one can blame me for any confusion - these are the times we're talking about: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Space+Quest+Superfan+Sierra+Classics+Hangout&iso=20130210T16&p1=69&ah=4

DOSBox is cross-platform. So is ScummVM, if that supports Jones.

 

I'll be there and I'm planning to rediscover my love for LSL5 :)

Well, that was ... interesting. ;)

 

Great fun to see Chris again; Sam got the short stick as usual; Akril did her thing; Jess popped in for a surprise (and I forgot to say goodbye) ... so I think a good time was had by all, but we had a terrible time with the connection (had to restart three times) and our special guest (LordKat) was unable to join for some peculiar reason.

 

Fred suggested we do this again some time and do it right. I agree.

I got the impression that LordKaT wasn't impressed, and that's why he didn't join. He seemed a bit disgusted. :mellow:

On that note, can someone explain to me what the heck is going on in the YouTube comments for

? Not sure if those guys are trying to be hostile, funny or just... weird.

LordKat's fans? I don't know...

 

Maybe we should disable comments for the hangout YouTube links?

Guess that's the most logical option. Cool fans he's gotten himself there.

 

Disabling the comments might be a good idea, if it becomes a reccuring issue. I'm not offended by those comments, but life is so much easier when you don't have to deal with douchebags.

Edit: Never mind.

Sam: No, he wanted to join, but he was having problems of an undisclosed nature. He could watch, but was unable to join.

On that note, can someone explain to me what the heck is going on in the YouTube comments for

? Not sure if those guys are trying to be hostile, funny or just... weird.

 

Screw it. I'm not offended. Let people comment how they want. We can ignore them how we want. ;)

Sam: No, he wanted to join, but he was having problems of an undisclosed nature. He could watch, but was unable to join.

 

Fair enough... Hope he's interested if we have a follow-up hangout :)

Screw it. I'm not offended. Let people comment how they want. We can ignore them how we want. ;)

 

ur juzt sayian dat cuz ur not vergen :(

 

Nah, true that.

Those comments almost look like spam. Or somebody drunk-commenting. I'd say it's safe to delete anything that doesn't make sense.

 

What really bugs me is that after the Hangout, all the games I was trying to install suddenly started working. So for future events, I highly recommend getting your games running before the Hangout starts.

What really bugs me is that after the Hangout, all the games I was trying to install suddenly started working. So for future events, I highly recommend getting your games running before the Hangout starts.

 

I'll definitely plan on doing that next time. For some inexplicable reason, when I was running Hoyle 3, the screen was positioned about 5 pixels too low in the DOSbox window. If I wanted to move a particularly small game piece, I'd have to click five pixels above it.

 

And now I'm kicking myself for not bringing up The Black Cauldron during the "non-linear gameplay" discussion. It's probably the most non-linear game Sierra ever made -- multiple paths, multiple puzzle solutions and multiple endings as well.

Let's set February 23rd as a tentative date for the next hangout. Same time, approximately.

 

That way we have time to gauge special guests for interest. Having Roses or LordKaT participate would be great, particularly since LordKaT is a former Subchan poster.

I'll probably be available for that date.

Me, Akril, Troels, Frede - Anyone else? Maybe we should round up LK again?

What's the theme of the next hangout?

It was intended to be a redux of the last hangout - Non-SQ Sierra Adventure Games - since the previous attempt ended up being a disaster due to technical and scheduling difficulties.

Hmm, tricky one. I'm somewhat game for the 23rd, but my Wi-Fi adapter is still acting up quite often. As I did last time, I can tether from my phone without using more bandwidth than my data plan allows, but I'm not sure if it's the best connection for something like this. At least, I got the impression it wasn't up to snuff last time.

 

Make of that what you will. If the rest of you decide to do it on the 23rd, I can be there, but I'd personally prefer to wait till March where I'll have purchased a proper Wi-Fi adapter...

I'll try to make it in again. And not sit around playing Hoyle this time. :P