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Alt Parties are great, festive, IRL events that occur with a gathering of Alternate DBZ players from near or far. While they have yet to achieve a yearly schedule, each party has managed to outdo the one before it, with more people attending and promising to come again in future events with every iteration.

Tradition

An Alt Party, regardless of its length or size, typically consists of two events -- a visit to GameWorks, and a convention at Icebreed's place. This has not always been the rule for every single Alt Party, nor has it been the entirety of events for every party, but it has occurred commonly enough to be considered the tradition of the Alt Party.

GameWorks

Commonly, the first place that all of a Party's participants meet up at is GameWorks, located in the Ontario Mills mall. Filled to the brim with all kinds of arcade games, new and old, and complete with a bar for mature Alters, Alt Party revellers often spend hours here.

The highlight of the GameWorks visit is often playing the Dance Dance Revolution game.

Icebreed's Place

After exhausting themselves at GameWorks, and optionally seeing a movie at a local theater, the Alt Party gangs usually head to Icebreed's house in Norco. There, movies are watched, more video games are played (typically including at least one game of Super Smash Brothers) and much conversation is had. After times grow short, the party usually disbands, though larger parties with guests from afar may stretch well beyond a single day.

Record of Alt Parties

Alt Party I

This was the first official Alt Party. While it consisted almost entirely of local players, it managed to cement a lasting friendship between many of them. The entire party was hosted in Joell's (formerly known as Tie-My-Shoes) garage. A GameWorks tradition had not yet been established, but a lot of Super Smash Brothers was played.

Date

Unknown (2000?)

Attendees

Tie-My-Shoes (Joell), Icebreed, Tiryst (Kyle), The Loser Mun (Joey), Rythor Dark (Kevin), Brad

Images

Alt Party II

The second Alt Party established the traditions of GameWorks and going to Icebreed's house. However, everyone neglected to bring a camera, so no media of the event was retained.

Date

Unknown (2001?)

Attendees

Icebreed, Tiryst (Kyle), Rythor Dark (Kevin), Nemesis_Ora (Nat), Max (Nat's brother, non-Alter), Max's girlfriend (non-Alter)

No media available.

Alt Party III: Norcal

Somewhere along the line, several Northern California Alters decided that they wanted to attend an Alt Party, but because of various reasons, they couldn't make it down to Southern California, where most of the parties are held. So, they had their own, instead. While lacking many of the usual attendees of Alt Parties, their party was no pushover. Details on the event are currently limited, however.

Date

Unknown

Attendees

Ducky_Dumblen, Tetsu, Prime, Allen, Nemesis_Ora (Nat)

Images

Alt Party IV

The fourth party was much like the second, but this time, we were honored by the attendance of North Californian, Ducky_Dumblen! The party did not go to Icebreed's house, this time around.

Date

January 2002?

Attendees

Icebreed, Tiryst (Kyle), Rythor Dark (Kevin), The Loser Mun (Joey), Nemesis_Ora (Nat), Max (Nat's brother, non-Alter), Ducky_Dumblen

Images

Alt Party V

The fifth party was a grand upscaling, as we were blessed with Pamela's attendance from eastern Canada, as well as the twins from up the coast -- Uncanny Danny and Hiro Brinstar!

Pamela and Icebreed also later toured the Disneyland theme park, on their own.

Date

August 2004

Attendees

Icebreed, Tiryst (Kyle), Uncanny Danny, Hiro Brinstar, Nemesis_Ora (Nat), Pamela

Images

Alt Party VI

In this Alt Party, we really outdid ourselves. While still upholding tradition, we managed to extend the party over several days, and we were able to secure the attendance of such far-flung Alters as Kamin from western Canada, Lana from Colorado, and Vixtar Firefly from Fresno! Uncanny Danny was also able to make a return appearance.

Since we had several different gatherings over the days consisting of different people, the attendance list shows anyone who came to any of the gatherings.

Date

July 2006

Attendees

Icebreed, Tiryst (Kyle), Uncanny Danny, Kamin, Lana, Vixtar Firefly, Rythor Dark (Kevin), The Loser Mun (Joey), noughtymonki (Devilin), Danielle (Kyle's girlfriend, non-Alter), Candace (Kevin's girlfriend, non-Alter)

Movies (DivX-enabled player required) Images 1 (WinRAR archiving software required)

The Next Alt Party!

There are no plans for the next Alt Party. When they are made, they will be posted here.