That falls on my birthday weekend and I am 1000% ok with getting to personally celebrate another survived rotation around this Sun with quality humans doing quality projects :D need to check with work but I'm almost positive I can work with this.
Nice! So far it's better for everyone. Its cool. Contributions are appreciated of course, be it projects, talks, money, whatever.. But not mandatory at all. Just come out and have fun.
Also, more info on grindfest can be found at augmentationlimitless.com
So I'm really working on the planning stage now. Anyone who wants to be a planner etc. please jump on the Slack Boards. Also, I'm going to have to figure out the Paintball gun situation. I'm considering having a dude come out with the guns and do CO2 refills etc. It's a tad pricey though.. so if we go this route there will have to be deposits made. I'll have more information on the deposits thing on the EVENTBRITE page.
Any ideas? Who's going to need to rent a gun? It seems like rental, including balls and gas and mask run about 50$. A little more for the guys time too. So who needs a gun? Does anyone have extras? Do people want to switch over to making it an Airsoft event instead?
Semi-auto CO2 cylinder driven Paintball guns. It would probably be cheaper to get a bunch of these. So if you don't arrange your own paintball gun.. you still get to play but it's with a shitty gun. Lol. Sound fair?
Also, if we did do some head-to-head 1 on 1 type games.. it would be fun to have people be totally equilized in terms of equipment. Any ideas?
Yeah. I think I'm going with the crap pistols instead of the service. It's going to be cheaper and we can keep them to make into something else I have an idea for. If this was some seriously competitive thing it would matter.. but come on.
The Eventbrite page is live. Please sign up as it helps us to plan food volume etc. Also, the event isn't 60 bucks. You don't need to pay to come. The 60 buck option is so that you can have a paintball gun and supplies set up for you when you get here. Also, please share this junk on your social media accounts and whatnot. It'd be nice to get a large turnout.
I just had an idea. Lots of people keep emailing.. yet few ever use the sign up on ever Brite even though it has a free option. I was trying to come up with an incentive. Next year what if I did charge something. Like 30 bucks.. the point would be that I could make up a bag of swag for participants... Thoughts?
It's in two days! Everyone is excited. We've a bunch of cool stuff planned, but it's the people that make Grindfest awesome. There is food, crash space and an endless supply of interesting ideas.
I can't vouch for everyone, but I had a blast. I think it was great to get out with everyone and bond. My only critique is that we didn't really get around to brainstorming, projects and community planning. Blame it on my poor understanding of how time works. I'm going to emphasize projects next year.
Cool pix @BirdMachine. Thanks for sharing! I wish I could come... I will be back in the US during this time next year and it would be fun to come see what is going on live!
What is happening in some of those procedure shots? There are multiple holes being punched into arms and something that is happening to the knees/lower legs. Were those implants? Preprocedures for something else?
And who is the person to avoid in the dark with a paintball gun?
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Also, more info on grindfest can be found at augmentationlimitless.com
There's a link at the top of the page.
Any ideas? Who's going to need to rent a gun? It seems like rental, including balls and gas and mask run about 50$. A little more for the guys time too. So who needs a gun? Does anyone have extras? Do people want to switch over to making it an Airsoft event instead?
http://www.ansgear.com/JT_US_50_Semi_Auto_Paintball_Pistol_Green_p/jtus50pistolgreen.htm
Semi-auto CO2 cylinder driven Paintball guns. It would probably be cheaper to get a bunch of these. So if you don't arrange your own paintball gun.. you still get to play but it's with a shitty gun. Lol. Sound fair?
Also, if we did do some head-to-head 1 on 1 type games.. it would be fun to have people be totally equilized in terms of equipment. Any ideas?
~~BLUB~~
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0BeBrCDu_kkNHc2Q1RBeTlwRm8
(also got the pretty ones separated out and uploaded here, if you wanna share but want a link instead of needing to download/upload https://www.flickr.com/photos/147466274@N03/albums/72157683337810955 )
I might be touching up a few more and adding them as time goes on, but this is the bulk of my stuff