There are hippos as yet unfed.

There is trivia as yet unanswered.

There are prizes as yet ungiven.

And, of course, scores that remain unsettled.

Due to compromising circumstances, some stuff from the anniversary just didn’t get done. We think it’s a shame that effort was put forth and prizes gifted in good faith what never saw the light of day. To that end, why not see everything all squared away at an after-party?

A two-months-later, on-a-weekday-for-some-reason, not-really-at-all-like-an-after-party after-party!

Short and simple, we’ll be picking up some of the loose ends as well as sweetening the tasty with a nice competitive bonus. You see, we’ll be joining in on some of the evenings contest festivities.

Let’s break it all down. The events will be handled logistically pretty much exactly as they would have been at the anniversary proper. Who’s up for some copypasta?

We’ve only had him a few times (and would love to have him more~), but Taylor has sufficiently demonstrated that he is a quizmaster PRO. With a format that’ll put you in stitches and questions that’ll really wrinkle your brain and try your chops, you can be sure that Taylor’s trivia event is NOT TO BE MISSED.

(Also, we hope he has a better name for it than this terrible one we came up with.)

You’ll work in teams of (up to) four to answer questions and then you’ll receive points and then people with more points than other peoples’ points will win the whole thing!

Prizes:
1st place team – $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek (for each team member)
2nd place team – Four pre-chosen faux-retro carts from 72pins.com (entire team)
3rd place team – Sixteen packs of collectible Lego minifigures (entire team)
“Beat GO! Up” bonus – 10 LAN hours to each member of 1st place team – if their score beats ours

Folks who attended our first year’s anniversary might remember the crazy, out-of-the-blue, sleeper hit that was Crossfire. Somehow the nostalgia and the energy and the spectator sport of it all came together in such a way to make it.. well, pretty much the greatest thing ever. Last year, timecrunch prevented us from including Hungry Hungry Hippos (the spiritual successor), so we decided to make it up to both games by escalating things a touch and including that much more. This will be a several game marathon that sees opponents eliminated at each stage, culminating in a tense mystery game showdown.

Prizes:
1st – First pick of two of the following four games (donated by The Wizard’s Chest)
2nd – Second pick of one game
3rd – Last remaining game

• Cir*kis
• Uno 40th anniversary edition
• Cathedral
• electronic Sudoku

This one’s new. Basically, each member of the GO! brood is going to choose an event at which they feel they excel. No tournaments, no brackets. Just a whole mess of 1v1 for anybody that’s willing to step up and play. Each person that challenges us at our chosen event and WINS will receive four (4) free LAN hours.

Damon – Tetris Attack (SNES)
Brian – Undecided
Anna – Undecided

Date: Wednesday, February 1st
Time: 6:00 P.M. – Midnight (or so)
Cost: FREE
Food: Depends on attendance
Specials: 8 hours for $10 / $10 t-shirts

All in all, this should be a fun and chill weekday event. Free gaming and hangouts, plenty of prizes, and lots of love.

See you there! (R.S.V.P. on Facebook)

Love always,
Game On!