Just dropping by. Any old timers still lurking around?
 
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It's quite weird. Logging back here even now. So much time has passed but I still remember a lot of it like yesterday.
 
Growing up with Gaming World. Meeting tons of people. Losing some people. Always learning. 

Hey guys

I'm moving soon to a new appartment and who knows when I'll be able to connect to the internet? That aside, I haven't been too active here or in IRC. A lot of real life stuff has happened in the past year and GW hasn't been in my top priorities.

Then there's the fact that GW isn't interesting to me anymore. I don't even want to participate in any community events anymore and overall I just don't feel like I fit in (heh relic from old good times, whatever). Checking GW is feeling more like a liability than anything else.

This isn't a "leaving forever" post though. I might be back if I feel like it and I'm sure I'm going to be checking the forums every now and then.

Take care everyone.

Here is the first entry for GW Iron Chef's 2nd round. I got together with my girlfriend and we had a lot of fun with chickpeas. If you know what I mean.

Anyway, here are the ingredients:




Sunny Chickpea Tomato Soup

Our appetizer was a soup (what a huge surprise). It was made of chickpeas, tomatoes (both red and yellow) and chicken stock. We seasoned it with garlic, cinnamon, lemon juice and a variety of peppers. It was served with some parsley and a spoonful of creme fraiche. I'm not lying when I say that this was one of the best soups I have ever had.




Eastern chickpea patties with rice and salad

For the maincourse, we decided to make falafel-inspired patties from chickpea paste seasoned with cumin, coriander, salt, garlic and parsley. We didn't deep-fry them (like you do to falafel) but instead opted for a healthier choice and cooked them in the oven. The patties were served with rice and salad. The salad had a garlic dressing while the rice & patties had plain yoghurt and salsa sauce on them.




Chickpea pancakes with whipped vanilla sauce & syrup

We didn't find the dessert as impossible as Wash Cycle hinted. We opted to make a variant of the mediterranean snack la socca. They are basically chickpea pancakes made from gram (chickpea flour). Our variant used whole ground chickpeas and it was seasoned with honey and sugar and served with whipped vanilla sauce and syrup. They too were pretty delicious even if I say so myself.




All 3 dishes together



It was a great meal and we had a lot of fun doing this. 

Yes friends, it was that time again. "They" had gathered. Last friday we had the 3rd official finmeet. It was the day ramirez slayed a dragon. We didn't have quite as many people as last time, but I dare say that we did have more fun than last time! The lineup: ramirez, DragonSlayer, Verne, Jonbi, Erasmus^_^, Babar, mika (+gf) and me.

There's not much to tell about the meet itself that isn't strikingly obvious from looking at the pictures. We got together, ate well, drank well and played well. This time in addition to the video games, we also had some board games (whoa).

The meet movie this time was Dark City. While it is a great movie, in retrospect it maybe wasn't the best possible movie to watch in a meet (I had to keep throwing rami with paper balls to prevent him from falling asleep). It was, however, decided by a public vote so no complaints can be made.

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Awards:

Winner of the "Ace in the hole award" for winning the poker tourney
ramirez

Winners of the "Chile lakastuu award" for winning the Pictionary tourney
DP & Babar

Winner of the "Drinking so much you get hang over before getting drunk" award for drinking
Erasmus^_^

Winner of the "Extreme Lionheart bravery award" for having the balls to bring your girlfriend to the meet
mika

Winner of the "GFDÖÄ award" for winning the Scrabble tourney
Babar

Winner of the "Chef award" for making good sweet & sour pork for 10 people
DP

Winner of the "Butterfingers award" for not hitting any notes in Guitar Hero
Erasmus^_^

Winner of the "Easily influenced award" for buying Guitar Hero 3 a few days after the meet
Verne

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I don't really feel like writing more so here's the good stuff!