Hand Eye Society Ball 2019: Memento
Y’all, I’m STILL recovering from the Hand Eye Society Ball. Like, oh wow, it was so magical! I get teary-eyed thinking about how you, the community made our 10-year anniversary literally PERFECT! Thanks again to all you hard-working volunteers, fantastic artists, sponsors, friends and ahhh just everyone!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank You!
Didn’t go to the Ball? Sorry to say, but you missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime event, but I’m sure it won’t be the last… but here’s a recap! โฅ๏ธ
Get Involved!
One of our fantastic sponsors, Game Workers Unite Toronto has a Discord! Apply here! Who is Game Workers Unite? Well:
Game Workers Unite is a broad-reaching organization that seeks to connect pro-union activists, exploited workers, and allies across disciplines, classes, and countriesย in the name of building a unionized game industry.
The organization is run exclusively by workers (non-employers), but we actively encourage employers, academics, and othersย to engage in the community and help support the organization’s direct action efforts both materially and through their visibility.
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Trending: #HESBall19
I'm in Toronto right now, showing Wobble Garden tonight at @HandEyeSociety Ball! https://t.co/gCGJVWqKad
— Robin Baumgarten ๐ฑ๐ ๏ธ (@Robin_B) September 21, 2019
Happy to be sponsoring the @HandEyeSociety ball tonight. Who am I gonna see there? #HESBall19 pic.twitter.com/BlYEA3CLEH
— Evan Kubes (@evankubes) September 21, 2019
PLรNGE is all set up! See you folks soon at the HES Ball! ๐
Thanks for having us @HandEyeSociety ๐ฅฐ pic.twitter.com/tEnN2giws1
— Del Nordlund ๐ธ ็็ณ (@cloudiri) September 21, 2019
All set up with my hybrid dj software/snake game, tonight at the Masonic Temple for the @HandEyeSociety ball ๐ pic.twitter.com/PudtYOXDzM
— Cale Bradbury (@netgrind) September 21, 2019
ready for the @HandEyeSociety fancy vidyagame party for fancy games and fancy beings pic.twitter.com/B7f6a4AY6n
— Kenny Backus (@nihilocrat) September 21, 2019
The Archivist (me) needs your help to restore the lore of the @HandEyeSociety . What do you remember? ๐ pic.twitter.com/GU7FH5oH3U
— Jupiter (@OrbWitch) September 22, 2019
Omw to the Hand Eye Ball and got snacks galore for the hard working volunteers+staff! Hope yโall like matcha โค๏ธ #hesb2019 @HandEyeSociety pic.twitter.com/JtKoD6Asqp
— Al Donato – offline, read header (@gollydrat) September 22, 2019
At the @HandEyeSociety Ball with my girls @aisicles & @maplethistles ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/LJcKsYILkF
— ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ (@itsninastar) September 22, 2019
The Wobble Garden at @HandEyeSociety #HESBALL2019 is so cool ๐คฉ pic.twitter.com/iM9k2BclwL
— renee! (@aisicles) September 22, 2019
We out here @HandEyeSocietyโs 10 year anniversary ball pic.twitter.com/3IG93sbViS
— GWU Toronto (@GWU_Toronto) September 22, 2019
It was wonderful seeing everyone at the @HandEyeSociety ball I had a wonderful time! ๐ pic.twitter.com/CAS7Ppjfoa
— Rachel Theil (@teal_ish) September 22, 2019
It was such an amazing experience helping out this year. Y'all are so beautiful and talented and it was an absolute blast getting to volunteer with everyone at Hand Eye ๐
— James Pratt (@jpratt_design) September 22, 2019
Friends I am so incredibly proud of everyone at the @HandEyeSociety
Thank you to all of our volunteers, artists, and staff for making our ten year anniversary such a beautiful, memorable occasion #HESBall19
Time for bed ๐ด
— ๐Len โ ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ค๐๏ธ๐ฎ (@AlennMakes) September 22, 2019
I'm so glad I got to attend the @HandEyeSociety 10th anniversary ball this year, it was an incredible event. You guys did absolutely phenomenal. <3
— ยท SK JYNX ยท (@SK_Jynx) September 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/HillaryPredko/status/1175787680719921152
Thanks for everyone who tried GEMETON at the @HandEyeSociety ball last night.
My goal for this project was for it to be something that everyone could take their own thing away from, and the responses from folks were fantastic.
Big thanks to the Society for having me. ๐ค๐ pic.twitter.com/G1F4uLW60s
— Hangedman (@JonahD) September 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/HillaryPredko/status/1175790890280992768
The @HandEyeSociety certainly knows how to throw a party-turned-dance-boss-battle pic.twitter.com/FwlXcHRHPt
— emilia โจ (@lazerwalker) September 22, 2019
It was an honour to yell at the @HandEyeSociety #HESBall19 crowd through a microphone at the stroke of midnight until they danced hard enough to transform a vicious monster into a beautiful garden. As one does.
— Andrew Shenkman (@AndrewShenkman) September 22, 2019
I was way too busy at the @HandEyeSociety ball to tweet, but here are some progress pics of my +1 shovel! I've never made a foam prop before but I tried my best and being called Shovel Guy all night was suprisingly gratifying ๐๐๐ฟ pic.twitter.com/n2xHwxbQNB
— โจ jesse โจ (@gazictron) September 24, 2019
If you had fun playing Light Organ at #HESBall19 / #HESBall / #HESBall2019, and if you have video of yourself playing it (vertical ok) please send them to us so we can put together a nice reel and apply to more things! @HandEyeSociety @fonograph
Also if you're a video editor hmu— Aaron Bernstein (@BernsteinA) September 22, 2019
I had a great time at the @HandEyeSociety Ball last night talking with old friends and new. But now my social batteries are totally drained so it'll be another Sunday spent hermiting. ๐
— Chris Tihor – Interdimensional Man of Mystery (@ironiciconic) September 22, 2019
Congrats to the @HandEyeSociety on celebrating 10 years of supporting the Toronto #videogame #gamedev community. Thank you! โค๏ธ๐ฎ
— Janal Bechthold (@JanalMusic) September 22, 2019
Now that the @HandEyeSociety Ball is over I finally have time to play some videogames. I make this joke every year
— โจSagan Yeeโจ (@SaganYee) September 22, 2019
Sponsors
Huge thanks to Ubisoft Toronto, Aird & Berlis LLC, CWA Canada, Game Workers Unite, Slanted Door, MKM Group and ID@Xbox for their support!