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[Etrian Oddity]

Oh nevermind, Ikkicon is gonna be at the Renaissance up at the Arboretum, not downtown anymore. Alas.

Piranha is not bad. To be honest I have more beloved sushi bars when it comes to food; but I have a ton of friends who work at PKS.

 

[Troubled Bat]

Yeah, I'm curious as to why they're at a different location. I'll actually be staying there with 4 friends and 4 people that I don't know at that hotel. Should be interesting. :V

I just enjoy trying out new places, especially since it was mentioned here. Hah.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Yeah, I'm curious as to why they're at a different location. I'll actually be staying there with 4 friends and 4 people that I don't know at that hotel. Should be interesting. :V

I just enjoy trying out new places, especially since it was mentioned here. Hah.

Good on you in finding your lovey at Ikkicon. I tried flirting with some of the otaku girls who sat at the sushi bar last year, and whoo boy. Better luck trying to explain to a fish there's a world beyond the water's surface.

Won't lie, I do miss working the sushi bar instead of working at

Spoiler

JW

. But my buddy Otto -- who is the owner/chef of the Kyoten sushi trailer -- is opening his own sushi brick and mortar next year, and I'm gonna help at least one day a week. You clowns better go to the grand opening.

 

[Crud]

Going to hit up Red River go see my friend play at Beerland tonight.

 

[neshcom]

Hey, I teased this the other day, but we're filming a couple of episodes of our YouTube show at HandleBar today 2-4pm and looking for interested friendlies to come by and try some puzzles. No pay, but free drinks! It's not a """Real""" AustinGAF meetup, but it's a good time.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Hey, I teased this the other day, but we're filming a couple of episodes of our YouTube show at HandleBar today 2-4pm and looking for interested friendlies to come by and try some puzzles. No pay, but free drinks! It's not a """Real""" AustinGAF meetup, but it's a good time.

Dang, sorry I missed it! Looks like some good fun.

 

[neshcom]

Dang, sorry I missed it! Looks like some good fun.

No worries! It was really short. We'll probably have another one in early January

 

[Timeaisis]

What up Austin-GAF? How was everyone's holiday?

 

[Etrian Oddity]

I worked twelve and a half hours on Christmas. How about you

 

[kodecraft]

I worked twelve and a half hours on Christmas. How about you

You in retail?

 

[Sydle]

Anyone planning to take a trip to Ultra Arcade for KI World Cup in January?

 

[Troubled Bat]

Anyone planning to take a trip to Ultra Arcade for KI World Cup in January?

I definitely am.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

You in retail?

Hotel.

 

[Timeaisis]

I worked twelve and a half hours on Christmas. How about you

That sucks man, sorry to hear it.

New Year's it's already like two days away, damn. Where does the time go. Anyone doing anything cool?

 

[rothgar]

My daughter was born 3 weeks early on the 23rd, so we spent Xmas eve and day in the hospital. A lot of our Xmas plans were completely turned upside down, but in the end everything turned out great since everyone is healthy and we have a new member of the family.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Be safe everybody. Don't be foolish and get a DWI.

 

[Scirrocco]

Happy New Year Austin Gaf!

 

[Troubled Bat]

Happy New Years, you sexy mofos!

 

[saelz8]

Happy New Years!

 

[Sydle]

I definitely am.

Nice. I haven't decided if I'm going or not. I've never attended one so I'm not sure what to expect.

 

[Malleymal]

Coming down to Austin for the first time in about a month . For super bowl weekend with my boys . Any recommendations on what to do? Any must go places? Just looking to have a great time. Thanks and can't wait to try out your city for 4 days.

 

[Quote]

I went to River Place Nature Trail today which I guess has been opened/closed many times over the last decade for weird city politics. I've been to just about all the good trails now and I think this is the best. I'd easily recommend it over the Green Belt as it has some great up keep. It's more challenging however due to the many elevation changes and stairs.

 

[Chance Hale]

Went to pinballz for the first time and seeing console war graffiti in the bathroom gave me a laugh. Also taught me I'm terrible at pinball so I'll practice in fx or something before coming back, lol.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

I wonder if Asahi Imports has finished their renovations yet...

::edit:: Whoa, La V, Mettle and Congress have all shuttered. Sad month for Austin restaurants.

 

[neshcom]

Hey, I teased this the other day, but we're filming a couple of episodes of our YouTube show at HandleBar today 2-4pm and looking for interested friendlies to come by and try some puzzles. No pay, but free drinks! It's not a """Real""" AustinGAF meetup, but it's a good time.

Hey, we're doing another one of these at Moontower Saloon tonight starting at 5pm! It's supposed to be dry and warm tonight, so come on out

 

[Escape Goat]

Ive been in Dallas since May and havent been to Austin. I dont much care for Dallas

 

[my name is ed]

I went to River Place Nature Trail today which I guess has been opened/closed many times over the last decade for weird city politics. I've been to just about all the good trails now and I think this is the best. I'd easily recommend it over the Green Belt as it has some great up keep. It's more challenging however due to the many elevation changes and stairs.

Awesome never been thanks for the heads up

 

[Blunoise]

Hey guys! So I'm thinking of moving here or Seattle? Help a guy out. I am in IT transitioning to web development

 

[FartOfWar]

Hey guys! So I'm thinking of moving here or Seattle? Help a guy out. I am in IT transitioning to web development

I'm from Seattle and currently live in Austin. As such I'm biased and the northwest is far nicer but also far pricier. I'm also biased because as someone who never had to deal with allergies, Austin tries to kill me with it's so-called cedar pollen (it's actually ash juniper) every December through February. If I didn't love my job here (Arkane) as much as I do, I'm sure I'd plot an escape every December through February. Honestly, come stay for a week as soon as possible to determine the extent to which cedar pollen ruins your life. If after a few days your eyes look like crusted-over butthole meat and you're sneezing six or more times a minute stay the fuck away.

 

[Zoe]

Cedar allergies can take a few years to develop. Enjoy!

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Shawn come to a Gaf meetup

 

[Blunoise]

Another question. How is the diversity here for a black guy? I'm from Atlanta, so will I get bored quick since it is smaller

 

[JonathanNemo]

I wonder if Asahi Imports has finished their renovations yet...

I believe so!

Stopped by there yesterday before flying out to Edmonton this morning, and the expansion seemed rather well stocked. Shrimp Chips and red bean cakes, ho!

 

[Zoe]

Another question. How is the diversity here for a black guy? I'm from Atlanta, so will I get bored quick since it is smaller

I'm not sure there's anyone here who could answer that for you.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Another question. How is the diversity here for a black guy? I'm from Atlanta, so will I get bored quick since it is smaller

Very diverse. Remember that Austin is a super-liberal city. It's Texas so you'll always have hayseeds and yokels who cling to old ways; but race is pretty transcended here by the majority of people, I find. We care more about how intelligent/well-spoken/deep you are rather than how you look or dress. There is a pretty mixed demographic here, just on a smaller scale than something like NYC or LA or Houston.

Also... I dunno how big it is for you, but I personally came from a town with a really good hip hop/R&B scene. And that scene is terrible in Austin.

 

[Blunoise]

Very diverse. Remember that Austin is a super-liberal city. It's Texas so you'll always have hayseeds and yokels who cling to old ways; but race is pretty transcended here by the majority of people, I find. We care more about how intelligent/well-spoken/deep you are rather than how you look or dress. There is a pretty mixed demographic here, just on a smaller scale than something like NYC or LA or Houston.

Also... I dunno how big it is for you, but I personally came from a town with a really good hip hop/R&B scene. And that scene is terrible in Austin.

Thanks sounds good. And no I only listen to underground or Japanese hip hop. So I'll live with that. Also people call me a hipster so I should fit right in, I just don't want to get bored of the town after a few years even with the big outdoors

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Thanks sounds good. And no I only listen to underground or Japanese hip hop. So I'll live with that. Also people call me a hipster so I should fit right in, I just don't want to get bored of the town after a few years even with the big outdoors

Move east of I-35 and you'll fit in then.

Anyways... I've been needing to find an EDM club in town. I think Kingdom and Lanai are about it. :\

 

[Chance Hale]

Officially live in Austin now so that's cool. Do any of the Alamo Drafthouses here have notably better quality screens? Few of them playing the Reverent and I wasn't sure which to pick.

 

[Troubled Bat]

Move east of I-35 and you'll fit in then.

Anyways... I've been needing to find an EDM club in town. I think Kingdom and Lanai are about it. :

Kingdom is pretty lame,IMO. I remember going to Karma at an old location back in 2011, that was pretty damn good and popular. But then the new location killed it pretty badly. :|

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Kingdom is pretty lame,IMO. I remember going to Karma at an old location back in 2011, that was pretty damn good and popular. But then the new location killed it pretty badly. :|

Republic Live could get some good shows (they had Milo & Otis before they shuttered), but yeah. Barcelona used to have awesome dubstep and d&b on Sunday nights back in the day, too.

I still need to go to Elysium.

 

[Auctopus]

So, I'm coming to Austin (from the UK) to work the SXSW festival. I'll be there from the Tuesday to the Monday after the festival.

I'll have a few days off that aren't dedicated to watching music so has anyone got any suggestions of things to do/places to eat?

 

[Lathentar]

Officially live in Austin now so that's cool. Do any of the Alamo Drafthouses here have notably better quality screens? Few of them playing the Reverent and I wasn't sure which to pick.

Isn't the Ritz playing it in 70mm? You'd probably want to watch it there if that's what you care about.

 

[kodecraft]

Another question. How is the diversity here for a black guy? I'm from Atlanta, so will I get bored quick since it is smaller

Diversity is only OK tbh. Houston is alot more diverse than Austin. You coming from the A-town too.....yea you'll feel it if you come to Austin.

 

[HawkeyeIC]

I assuming my expectations were just too high, but La BBQ was a real disappointment. The beef rib was fantastic, pork ribs were just OK, and the brisket was good, not great. Luckily I only waited 30 minutes or so. Couldn't handle wasting that much time in line at Franklins, but maybe I should have?

 

[coredecepts]

Another question. How is the diversity here for a black guy? I'm from Atlanta, so will I get bored quick since it is smaller

Not great. Austin has a decent Latino population and a growing Asian minority. The majority is white. In the north part of town, I don't see many black people. A few of my neighbors are black, which a) surprised me when I moved in because of how few I see and b) made me happy because the city has a pretty big race and class segregation problem. Big sections of the east side have been known as the black part of town or the Latino part of town for a long time. That's kind of starting to change, but only in that some of those areas are being gentrified, and the people who live there are being priced out of their own neighborhoods.

 

[Hylian7]

I assuming my expectations were just too high, but La BBQ was a real disappointment. The beef rib was fantastic, pork ribs were just OK, and the brisket was good, not great. Luckily I only waited 30 minutes or so. Couldn't handle wasting that much time in line at Franklins, but maybe I should have?

I went to Franklins once, it was good, but I dunno if I would wait in that line more than once. I'd say try it once at least though, and get some extra to take home.

Funny story about how I got to go to Franklins. I worked as a developer and we started Agile (basically a method of organizing development of a product), and every two weeks we would have these iteration meetings. These things could last 4 hours to all day (yeah, they really dragged on pretty badly). We did really well on one iteration, so for the next one, we got to have our iteration meeting while in line for Franklins. We brought folding chairs and my boss brought a cooler of beer. Got our meeting stuff in line and had great BBQ.

 

[Sydle]

I assuming my expectations were just too high, but La BBQ was a real disappointment. The beef rib was fantastic, pork ribs were just OK, and the brisket was good, not great. Luckily I only waited 30 minutes or so. Couldn't handle wasting that much time in line at Franklins, but maybe I should have?

I've had both many times and they're the same level of amazing for me.

If you really want Franklin's I would recommend getting a few folks from work interested, order it, and pick it up. You'll have to wait several days. It's not worth a 3 hour line.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

I'm pretty new to Austin, so maybe this isn't such a thing to you guys...but how is Cedar so damn toxic right now? Everyone is acting like they have the flu.

Also, Hi. It's a nice summer day in January.

 

[Zoe]

I'm pretty new to Austin, so maybe this isn't such a thing to you guys...but how is Cedar so damn toxic right now? Everyone is acting like they have the flu.

Also, Hi. It's a nice summer day in January.

Most people don't get Cedar Fever their first year here. It wasn't until my third or fourth year that I got it.

(spring allergies knocked me right on my ass my first year though)

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Most people don't get Cedar Fever their first year here. It wasn't until my third or fourth year that I got it.

(spring allergies knocked me right on my ass my first year though)

High of 81 this Sunday. I'm happy my community service ends Saturday. Goddam what a shitty month for me (apart from my birthday).