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Dear fellow destructoid members.

I'm finally back with some more information on the website EuroNARP 2 is using for organizational purposes. For those who have absolutely no clue what I'm on about, please read my previous post for a first glimpse of what this website thingie is all about.

First off, the name change: I'm (soon! I promise!) releasing the website in the current form - a spin-off from ALP - as NARPed-ALP. I'll be maintaining it for bugs like-so. This implies there will be a brand new version written from the ground up under the name NARPed. More information and requests for comment will come later about that: READ: certainly after euronarp 2 and somewhere before euronarp³.

Changelog:
Added a google map that shows where users are coming from. May facilitate the whole car-pooling process.
Made it possible to have multiple tech requests. This might not be so useful for you, but it was for me.
Added feeds for both news and replies on news items.
Added an irc page and some free java applet for those who can't be bothered to use a real irc client.

Todo:
Fix the installer system
Fix multi-language-ness
Remove tournament mode (meaningless, I know... it's just a todo)

You WANT it?!
For development of the website, take a peek at http://euronarp.vstone.eu/trac/.
As soon as I feel like the installer has been fixed, I'll be tagging a release and providing packages.
You can already download a svn snapshot right from the svn browser.
Note: This is also where bugs should be filed and requests should be entered.


And for the fun of it, some screenshots!

Image below is: besides resized, an overview of the (google) map with the current attendees for euronarp 2 (those who have set their coordinates really).



You can easily pinpoint your latitude and longitude (what you need to set your location) by clicking the map and reading out the values below on the right.


Below: Overview of a news post and some replies. Nevermind that dutch in there...




You can also catch a better view of them rss feeds right-above.


IRC with the applet opened up. I suppose it's open for improvement.

after the huge success that was the SEGA-NARP, we're gonna have one dedicated to "THE BIG N", for some
the start of their love of videogames, the source of all joy, for others ( like me ), the subject of their first
fanboywars ( I was a SEGA-player back in the days...), but a huge bucket of memories for all!

If you want to read a bit about the SEGA-NARP, here's a short recap:
[url=http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/mistic/dtoideurope-s-latest-event-recap-limited-seganarp-132087.phtml]
mistic's blog [/url]


So the next one will be in july, the exact date is not yet decided upon...

Open suggestions:
4th of July
11th of July
18th of July
So what fits best for you guys?

< you can discuss it here in the comments or follow the correct way and join our google-group ( see on the right
side of this blog ) or check the thread of the forum:
FORUMSSSSS!!!! >

The big one will be in Belgium on the 4th of September ( 3 DAYS STRAIGHT!!! )

A way to connect all europeans and organise meetups, narps and the rest a whole lot easier :-)
A lot of US-cities have a google-group and blog to easily connect to eachother, now us Eurofags have our own group and blog ( banner should be redesigned asap as it merely shows my first tryout in GIMP, same goes for the avatar but that was second, submit your designs to the googlegroup! ) .




Post anything you're about to do related to gaming to the group and then I'll go through them and post a regular update to the blog so everybody gets notified of it. If anyone wants to join in as an active admin, feel free to notify me :-) ( we'll prolly start a google-calendar as well, we get a nice overview of all the events going on )

the googlegroup is: http://groups.google.com/group/dtoideurope




The first 2 events that'll happen ( and that I'm aware of at the moment ) are the miniEuroNARP and the EURONARP2 ( both hosted by me (mistic)).

the first EURONARP was absolutely EPIC, if in doubt, read the recap: here

here's a pic of the "survivors" of the 1st EURONARP:


So as for the events that are coming, as you'll see on the googlegroup, 2 of them have been added already.

AGENDA:

febuary 2009
1. MiniRetroEuroNARP in honour of mistic's birthday
Country: Belgium
Date: 21 + 22 February 2009
Eventtype:NARP
organiser: mistic
Description: Small version of the EURONARP, only retro-consoles allowed ( nothing of 'this gen' ), max 10 people

september 2009
1. EURONARP2
Country: Belgium
Date: 4+5+6 september 2009
Eventtype:NARP
organiser: mistic
Description: Second Edition of the EURONARP, bigger, badder and more badass! ;-)

So if you have any more events coming up, or are planning to organise a few, simply join the group and start contributing!

I sadly can't access gmail from work, so I will only be able to 'allow' new members into the group in the evening for the next few days ;-)

With this, I say good evening to you all, and now I'll go outside to smoke a bit :-)