Richard Dean Anderson is to launch Halo 3 in Dublin on Tuesday

GerardKeating · 22-09-2007 12:58pm #1

Richard Dean Anderson is to launch Halo 3 in Dublin on Tuesday.

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ixoy · 22-09-2007 5:59pm

Gah! No details of where it is or when on the Tuesday!

lego · 23-09-2007 1:25pm

I'd say he'll be doing the launch in one of the city centre games stores around Jervis Street/Henry Street/Ilac Centre area. Game (x2), Smyths, Gamestop, etc... are all located around that area.

the_syco · 23-09-2007 2:40pm

lego wrote:

I'd say he'll be doing the launch in one of the city centre games stores around Jervis Street/Henry Street/Ilac Centre area. Game (x2), Smyths, Gamestop, etc... are all located around that area.

Or maybe the xbox gaming centre, with all those shiney xboxs?

lego · 23-09-2007 10:44pm

the_syco wrote:

Or maybe the xbox gaming centre, with all those shiney xboxs?

Never even knew it existed.

http://www.xboxlivegamingcentre.com/Venue.aspx

Can anyone verify that this is where he'll be?

24-09-2007 12:31pm

Can't wait till tomorrow. I'm going to the launch party and RDA is hopefully going to be there.

I have been warned that I'm not to wear my Stargate jacket, nor am I to attempt to kidnap him.

GerardKeating · 24-09-2007 12:41pm

GerardKeating wrote:

Richard Dean Anderson is to launch Halo 3 in Dublin on Tuesday.

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He on Rad D'arcy tomorrow on TodayFM...

User45701 · 24-09-2007 1:49pm

didnt patty and selma attempt that?

ixoy · 24-09-2007 1:58pm

Deleted User wrote:

Can't wait till tomorrow. I'm going to the launch party and RDA is hopefully going to be there.

Care to tell us where it is? Is it invite only?

24-09-2007 2:00pm

User45701 wrote:

didnt patty and selma attempt that?

I believe that they did. I'm hoping to lock him in a cell in my basement alongside Scott Bakula.

Jesus Wept · 24-09-2007 2:28pm

HOw much do you want for a lock of his hair?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1CZ7yCgkOM

Loomis · 24-09-2007 2:37pm

OMG is this going ahead or what?
No interest in gaming or Star Gate but would love to meet him just cause he's MacGyver!

Mr E · 24-09-2007 2:41pm

Heard this morning that its Gamestop in Stephens Green at midnight.

Loomis · 24-09-2007 2:58pm

Midnight? What the **** would it be at midnight for?

Riesen_Meal · 24-09-2007 3:00pm

Mr. Anderson wrote:

Midnight? What the **** would it be at midnight for?

Thats when the game is released!

guest · 24-09-2007 3:00pm

Mr. Anderson wrote:

Midnight? What the **** would it be at midnight for?

Because it's released on Wednesday, so will they sell it 12 midnight or 12:01? Haha ahem

Loomis · 24-09-2007 3:13pm

Isn't that kinda retarded?

24-09-2007 3:18pm

ixoy wrote:

Care to tell us where it is? Is it invite only?

The launch party is invite only. It's a shame as I know a number of other people who desperately want to go.

Loomis · 24-09-2007 3:42pm

That's unbelievably gay.
I can't meet my namesake

ixoy · 24-09-2007 4:53pm

Deleted User wrote:

The launch party is invite only. It's a shame as I know a number of other people who desperately want to go.

Kidnap him and bring him to us or you're banned

24-09-2007 5:22pm

ixoy wrote:

Kidnap him and bring him to us or you're banned

That's the plan anyways. "Oh Mr Anderson, is it just me or does this cloth smell like chloroform?"

magicbastarder · 24-09-2007 9:04pm

i was given the opportunity to interview him, but turned it down.

the question i'd have asked him though, would be 'is stargate SG1 a real life wormhole x-treme?'

ixoy · 24-09-2007 9:31pm

magicbastarder wrote:

i was given the opportunity to interview him, but turned it down.

Before I seek to have you banned from eh.. life .. I'll give you a chance to defend yourself and tell us, with all due respect, why the hell you turned it down..

magicbastarder · 24-09-2007 9:32pm

because i'm no journalist. in return for interviewing him, i'd have had to write an article...

ixoy · 24-09-2007 9:46pm

magicbastarder wrote:

because i'm no journalist. in return for interviewing him, i'd have had to write an article...

Awful excuse! *Dials P3X 195 and hurls magicbastarder through* BANNED!

.. not really...but I should..

lego · 25-09-2007 6:37am

http://www.irishdev.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=5757

Where on the ground floor of Stephens Green SC is Gamestop?

25-09-2007 10:13am

Not long now. Anyone have easy access to a storage container for a few hours?

Loomis · 25-09-2007 10:21am

Deleted User wrote:

That's the plan anyways. "Oh Mr Anderson, is it just me or does this cloth smell like chloroform?"

:eek:

senordingdong · 25-09-2007 11:15am

Hang on, are you saying we can't just go to Gamestop at midnight to buy the game?
How the **** do you get 'invited' to these things?

senordingdong · 25-09-2007 11:34am

Whatsmore, is there even a Game Stop in Stephen's Green?

Alas, I spoke to my contact in Game Stop and he told me that the midnight opening is not by invite only. Does someone have the wrong info or are these two seperate events.

User45701 · 25-09-2007 1:33pm

well i work in I.T and my company got a few invites and we where asked if we needed +1 and stuff so i think it is invite but im not 100% maybe there is a number of open places on a 1st come 1st serve

andrewsqual · 25-09-2007 4:27pm

Because I am going and I don't have any love for Halo whatsoever or McGuyver. Also it isn't in St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre but you are close.

Loomis · 25-09-2007 4:58pm

I thought it happened last night?

And big gay btw!
I wanna meet MacGyver

senordingdong · 25-09-2007 5:03pm

andrewsqual wrote:

Because I am going and I don't have any love for Halo whatsoever or McGuyver. Also it isn't in St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre but you are close.

The staff of Gamestop in Stephen's Green don't share your attitude.
Where is it taking place then, smarty pants?

koneko · 25-09-2007 5:07pm

senordingdong,

Ignore him. The launch party is taking place somewhere else but that's invitation only. The thing you're thinking of is the Gamestop launch at midnight in the Stephen's Green store. That's not invite only, I don't think you even need a pre-order to go (not 100% on that bit though, but they're open till 10 so you could always pop in to pre-order earlier).

They'll apparantly have a DJ and prizes to give away in a draw, but I'm not sure if Richard Dean Anderson will be there, some suggest he might pop in but it's not definite.

senordingdong · 25-09-2007 5:14pm

Ah yeah, I rang them.
They said that it's going around but they have no official confirmation and as such they don't want to tell people he will be there.
She said it will be fun anyway so no harm in going along.

...now all I need is a 360...

User45701 · 25-09-2007 7:26pm

Ye the launch party is somewhere else, but i dont understand why that person registered and his first post was to attempt to annoy you by saying he does not like halo or mcgyver. Very odd.

ProAntix · 25-09-2007 9:16pm

...If we all turn up they'll have to let us in. Confirmed.

Berns · 25-09-2007 11:22pm

Hope some1 brought a Camera. Ah well, atlantis out on Friday I think

lego · 26-09-2007 12:58am

I was at the launch party, he didn't turn up.
He's staying at the Merrion Hotel (on the same street as the houses of the Oireachtas), apparently he was wrecked and the launch appearance wasn't part of his contractual obligations, so he didn't bother coming.

DingChavez · 26-09-2007 2:14am

He wasn't there but i did get a free Halo pen and a redbull..... >_>

paulie13 · 26-09-2007 10:19am

Launch party was pretty poor I have to say.

Most people had to stand around waiting for someone on the couches to give up their seat before they could play the game.

I dont know what TV screens they were using, but the game definately looked better on some than on others.

Overall, I wasnt blown away by the graphics I have to say

senordingdong · 26-09-2007 10:36am

Was at the cinema and popped over to Stephen's Green afterwards, stuck around for about ten minutes but it became obvious he wasn't gonna be there so we left.

User45701 · 26-09-2007 1:35pm

When i came into work today it turned out someone in my job didnt go i coullda got 4 passes to the launch party and i didnt know till today, ah well

Cork Exile · 26-09-2007 4:59pm

EA Sports launched FIFA 08 in Krystle. Lots of free drink. Had an invite but couldn't make it.
No MacGyver there either!!!!

27-09-2007 4:18pm

The launch party was very poor. Bar the copious amounts of free alcohol there was'nt muct to recommend. I did get quite a few laughs out of watching some old guy try and play Halo.

monument · 27-09-2007 11:11pm

Deleted User wrote:

Not long now. Anyone have easy access to a storage container for a few hours?

:rolleyes:

And some people were wondering why he wasn't there.

27-09-2007 11:14pm

monument wrote:

:rolleyes:

And some people were wondering why he wasn't there.

Was it because he heard you would be in attendance..:)

Demonique · 30-09-2007 8:20pm

monument wrote:

:rolleyes:

And some people were wondering why he wasn't there.

Mr Anderson is wary of meeting fans of Stargate and McGuyver at organised events, he used to do McGuyver conventions but had bad experiences with fans at them, he was groped (something that has happened to Michael Shanks at SFX: the Event and which Michael wasn't happy about) and apparently some loon tried to stab him.

The bit on the Simpsons about him attending a Stargate convention is untrue, he wouldn't do an event of that size. He did do an event last year with Amanda Tapping, she has been doing events with them for the last two years and she persuaded him to do an event with her, there was only about 250 attendees, it was a one-day event, it was £350, he only brought pre-signed autographs and it sold out very quickly.

EDIT BELOW:

Okay, I checked the event website, I was wrong about the price and it being a one-day event and about the number of attendees.

It was £230, the event was being run over three days and there were 580 attendees in total.

From the event website:

Included as part of their ticket price, each ticket holder will be entitled to:
* a moderated Q&A session with Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping
* a "Meet the Guests" coffee morning or afternoon tea where Richard and Amanda will circulate the tables and chat to small groups of fans informally
* a group shot photo session with both actors
* a charity auction with both actors
* a pre-signed photograph of both actors
* a specially commissioned Avalon 2006 memento
* a sight-seeing tour with fellow fans
Accomodation and travel to and from the venue is NOT included in the ticket price

Also from the event website:

Each attendee will spend a half day (either morning or afternoon) at our principle venue in the company of our special guests and no more than 120 fellow fans. In the evening the fans from both morning and afternoon sessions will join together to enjoy a charity auction with the actors at our secondary venue which is only a stone's throw away.

monument · 30-09-2007 11:35pm

Demonique wrote:

Mr Anderson is wary of meeting fans of Stargate and McGuyver at organised events...

From crazies, to people who think it is their god given right to get anything signed by any actor/etc, I wouldn't blame him.

I guess by saying the above I might even be annoying some of the people Anderson wishes to avoid.

Deleted User wrote:

Was it because he heard you would be in attendance..:)

Please remind me what you had in your bag.

senordingdong · 01-10-2007 4:53pm

I recall him saying to Ray D'arcy that he didn't like them because they were so impersonal.
I wonder what would happend if I showed up at his door.

Richard Dean Anderson is to launch Halo 3 in Dublin on Tuesday

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