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I noticed that you guys will get to invite 5-10 others .... *cough cough*.... .... please.... haha.... okay... well... If none of you want to when you guys get to invite people that's okay... cause i'm fine waiting too... But that's some pretty cool stuff with the meeting and all! Can't wait for more info.

As you can read on Juzzi's report of meeting, we met a couple of important people in the Messenger community.

The meeting was fantastique and also very unique (one of a kind meeting) as Joost told us later. (sic: though let's hope more will follow ). It was held in the "In De Wildeman" in Amsterdam. A nice causey little pub specialized in hundreds of different beers from all over the world. (sic: They couldn't have found a better place IMO!! I'll sure return to that pub when I'm in A'dam again)

The MSN people came a little later as intended. Nevertheless, the meeting went on well after what was announced in the invitation we got.

After half an hour Joost got a phone call (or something, or he SMS'd, dunno anymore) from another dude and he would come over also. In short, and after a while there were 6 MSN people instead of the announced 3

Because it was in a pub and because we were with many people we all chatted away (what else do you do in a pub, except drinking ). Unfortunatly, because of this it was very hard to follow every (very interesting!) conversation. Nevertheless, I bet many people would give their right hand for knowing some stuff (just teasing ).

Before I went to the meeting I had put all the questions (well almost) asked here in this thread and in the thread on mess.be on paper.

Joost seemed to be very anxious to start answering them. He actually asked a pen and started to write down the answers (to the questions he could answer that is). It almost seemed like an examination, lol. Most questions were discussed, etc...

Anyways, unfortunatly I had to leave at 21u10 because the last train to Belgium departed at 21u23. I sure wanted to stay though. So, the group photo was taken (best one will be the one taken by Inky, so stay tuned), shaked hands and said goodbye (until online).

Juzzi also left at that point to catch his train. We had to run to the station because we were really short in time. And damn, my condition is worse then I thought Arrived at the station (and more dead than alive, at least I was, Juzzi had no trouble at all ), we looked at the departure monitor. His train arrived at platform 1 or something, just only 10m away. Of course, mine... platform 14... DOH! So there I found myself running again (I better stayed at the pub )

Anyways, that was my short, but extremely interesting meeting with the MSN people...

PS: Joost loves to annoy his contacts with the nudge feature (shhhht.... I didn't say this )

EDIT: oh, one last thing which was very clear: They are always seeking new, fresh ideas and programmers/developpers. So if you're up to it, get in contact!

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Originally posted by groessl35
I noticed that you guys will get to invite 5-10 others

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or maybe 10-20 as I already am on the closed beta tester team (and haven't used my invites yet)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
So, the group photo was taken (best one will be the one taken by Inky, so stay tuned), shaked hands and said goodbye (until online), and that was my short, but extremely interesting meeting with the MSN people...

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This is the one from Inky, judge for yourselves

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
So, the group photo was taken (best one will be the one taken by Inky, so stay tuned), shaked hands and said goodbye (until online), and that was my short, but extremely interesting meeting with the MSN people...

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This is the one from Inky, judge for yourselves
http://files.stuffplug.com/msgramsterdam.jpg

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can you please put arrows and show who is who?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
PS: Joost loves to annoy his contacts with the nudge feature (shhhht.... I didn't say this

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must be why it exists

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
or maybe 10-20 as I already am on the closed beta tester team (and haven't used my invites yet)

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be sure to think of me lol dont worry Im already gonna get my invite..lol dont waste it on me

I hope you all had a great time if only I where old enough and in the same country

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Originally posted by lou_habs

can you please put arrows and show who is who?

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Second on the far left is TheBlasphemer, and on the far right standing up, I do beleive that is CookieRevised. (Hat or something on head)

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Originally posted by lou_habs
can you please put arrows and show who is who?

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I hope I've got every name right, except for the three guys which I didn't remember the name from (someone fill me in, I'll update the picture)

final update: all names are present now

Sounds like things are going really well with the Beta and WLM. I'm glad they are open to new ideas and all from people not on the development team. It would definitely be fun to try out the Beta, and those who get invites better give plenty of details as to what's going on.

And, yes, I hope this isn't the only meeting of its kind. We (the general user population) could definitely use this sort of thing to get our ideas and questions to the Messenger team more effectively.

Aww Juzzi's cut out haha... Kinda.... well, there's a tiny part of him in it.

Sounds good guys, thanks for the information!

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Originally posted by groessl35
Aww Juzzi's cut out haha... Kinda.... well, there's a tiny part of him in it.

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Cookie and I were in an extreme rush, we had to be @ the station in like 7 minutes, I suppose I should've paid more attention to the camera . I might be on another picture though.

Until what time did everyone else stay actually?

I'm off to school now..