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Atomic's 100th issue night of nights!

By David Hollingworth
15:57 Apr 24, 2009 | 26 Comments
Tags: atomic | party | pizza | beer | gaming
Atomic's 100th issue night of nights!
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The dust has settled from the issue 100 party, but the memories - and this gallery of images - will live long.

Ow, my head.

But that's okay, because all today's pain was in the cause of a damn fine time last night, as Atomicans and readers, tech industry insiders and Atomic staff past and present gathered for a good old fashioned party. And what a night.

It was the perfect expression of Atomic - good friends, beer and pizza aplenty, cool tech to fondle (thanks again to Manli and Qnap for their generous sponsorhip!), and Call of Duty 4 on a ten machine LAN. Even though we had a few no shows, we still made a very big dent on the bar - go Atomic!

Highlights of the night include meeting Krispy89 and seeing him warm up as he got Atomican after Atomican to sign his PC's side panel (which he'll be sending us pics of shortly), walking away with a signed poster of our own, scrawled on by all the guests, and watching the intense concentration of the guys getting into the LANing. UTS turned out to be an excellent venue.

So, thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate our mag. As I said on the night, we could not have made it this far without the backing of such a passionate community - cheers to all of you who have helped us reach this milestone. And even bigger thanks to Phil Vella and Taline Haroyan, our tireless barstaff!

See you at the issue 200 party!

 
 
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26 Comments
Krispy89
Apr 24, 2009 4:29 PM
Thanks for the mention hawkeye. I really appreciate it.
R4nd0M
Apr 24, 2009 4:50 PM
A very good night. CoD4 lan was great fun too.
The Manta
Apr 24, 2009 4:56 PM
I'm so jealous!

Looks like you lot had an awesome time.
iamthemaxx
Apr 24, 2009 5:01 PM
Awesome night.
Next morning, not so awesome.

Good to see so many there! Thanks Atomic!
Hawkeye
Apr 24, 2009 5:08 PM
Yeah, I'm still feeling seedy, and my jeans are all glittery and still smell of beer :)
smadge1
Apr 24, 2009 5:59 PM
can we have the #200 party in Brisbane?
Eldarin Aenil
Apr 24, 2009 6:01 PM
Awesome photos guys. Huge respect to the camera person. Shame the photo glitter didn't sparkle as much as Hawkeye's wit. Oh wait... it did... :P~

Thanks to all the staff for a brilliant night. Much love to D'arcy and Zara who absolutely out-sparkled any glitter.
Fenn
Apr 24, 2009 7:20 PM
Well *we* were totally fine this morning...AccessDenied was a different story...

Thanks Atomic Crew for a fantastic night! And to the many Atomicans who always turn out to be just as fascinating irl - if a leeetle cluckier than I anticipated ;-)
orcone
Apr 24, 2009 7:50 PM
Image 32:

SWEET JESUS
He overclocked his thumb.
GhostFaceKilla
Apr 24, 2009 8:28 PM
No booth babes?? Does Chaos Lady count?
ahsoka
Apr 24, 2009 9:14 PM
I wish I was there...
AccessDenied
Apr 24, 2009 9:42 PM
I sorta remember Dora the explorer.

I *DO* remember the 11pm dinner served to our hotel room. That was a really nice cut of meat.. Wagyun (Spelling?) meatloaf.
Fat_Bodybuilder
Apr 25, 2009 10:45 AM
http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Gallery/143306,atomics-100th-issue-party.aspx/32

Who's this dude?
battlefield_gir
Apr 25, 2009 11:26 AM
Im sad that i couldn't go.
battlefield_gir
Apr 25, 2009 11:26 AM
due to geographic restrictions...
I now live in the uk.
Rory K
Apr 25, 2009 1:54 PM
Damn it. I totally would've come.
... if I could afford to fly to Sydney.
... and miss out on a couple days of Year 11 VCE.

Oh well, there's always the next time you have a 100th issue. Wait...
Coggsa
Apr 26, 2009 7:43 PM
Well, I hope someone else got the invite when i had to RSVP no :(
Looks like I missed a great time!
thedirtymex
Apr 27, 2009 11:30 AM
I think there was a guy from APC there as well. one of the tech reviewers!
Hawkeye
Apr 27, 2009 11:53 AM
We had journos show up from Cnet, T3 and New Enthusiast. Mostly because A lot of ex-Atomic writers are still in the industry :)
Krispy89
Apr 27, 2009 7:47 PM
I didn't know that cnet and T3 were there. WHY WASN'T I TOLD ABOUT THIS?? I could have got them to sign it as well.
AccessDenied
Apr 27, 2009 8:47 PM
They probably did.. You managed to get just about everyone. And I'll point out that there were more than one 'party goers' that didn't have Atomic 'usernames'.

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Fenn
Apr 27, 2009 8:51 PM
Nope, NO boothbabes! There were Chaos.Lady, Silhouette and my very pregnant self... also the gorgeous and classy female staff members. I think there were a couple of partners/nonforumites as well. Only intelligent, sparkling (hehe), witty geek chicks allowed at that party!
TheFrunj
Apr 27, 2009 10:54 PM
Hollingworth is ~still~ sparkling! That glitter just won't come out :D

-JR
Krispy89
Apr 28, 2009 8:45 AM
How is DH coping with his new sparkly character?
Hawkeye
Apr 28, 2009 11:57 AM
NOT. BLOODY. WELL.
Ashlar
Apr 29, 2009 4:38 PM
Classic night...
Just looked at all the photos now.

I can't believe I managed to sneak into 5 / 50 shots -- the photographer must have liked me. >_>

And thank's a great comment, DH... its going into my sig, hahaha.


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