Liberty City Welcome Wagon Mixer Wednesday!

As established residents of Liberty City, it’s only right that we send out the Welcome Wagon for our newest resident, Cooper Hawkes.

Yes, he received his copy and he’s worked through a bit of the single-player storyline.

As such, he’s not done any multiplayer yet to my knowledge, so GameHounds is organizing a Welcome to the Neighborhood Multiplayer party for Hawkes on Wednesday, April 7 at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. There will be racing, shooting each other in the face, punch and pie.

Because GTA’s multiplayer is limited to 12, we will only have 10 spaces available for invites. To keep chaos and set-up time to a minimum, here’s how to get in on the action. Sorry to be so strict on these rules, but if we don’t it’s going to be one big clusterfuck from hell.

How do you get an invite to the party? Details after the jump…

Follow these instructions, and you’ll be on your way. Remember, no promises, as spaces for the party are limited to 10 (because of GTA’s multiplayer limits):

1. Before you do anything, make sure you have GamerEdie on your friends list (yeah, sorry PS3 players, this is an Xbox-only thing). Send a friend request now if you don’t already have her on your list. Edie’s gamertag is IRLGirl. Don’t wait until the last minute to send this request. Do it today (Tuesday). She will accept all friend invites on Tuesday so we’ll be ready to go Wednesday.
2. Next, email a request to be included in the party to edie(AT)gamehounds (Dot) net, subject line: “Hello Kitty Island Adventure.” Yes, I’m serious. It will make it easier to find in my mailbox. Include your gamertag in the email so I can be sure to add the right people.
3. Precisely 15 minutes before the party starts Edie will start sending out invites in the order that the emails were received (that’s 8:45 p.m. Eastern/5:45 p.m. Pacific). If your name comes to the top of the list and you’re not logged on or are not on her friends list yet, we will go to the next name on the list. If there’s still spaces available after we get to the end of the list, then we’ll come back to you. If not, then we apologize in advance.
4. We won’t be able to accept game invites from you, so please don’t bother to send us one. Really. Think about it.
5. Don’t bother to send “inv pls” messages. Edie will be furiously trying to organize the invites, and begging to get in won’t help you. We’ll go by ORDER EMAILS ARE RECEIVED, not by desperation or bribes. We have ethics.
6. We reserve the right to boot anyone for being an asshat (screaming into the mic, repeatedly calling everyone “fa**ots,” acting like a spoiled 12-year-old). We reserve the right to determine what “asshat” means. This is supposed to be fun. If someone is booted and a space becomes available, we’ll send out invites for replacements based on the list of emailed requests.
7. Please be age 18 or older. Yeah, I know, we have a lot of younger folks who listen to our show, and if you can act in a way that doesn’t make us suspect you’re a kid (ie: in a mature way), that’s fine. However, if you really are a 10-year-old (yes, we’ve met a surprising and disturbingly high amount of young children in this game), please don’t ask for an invite. This game is a mature game for mature audiences, and we can’t exactly skewer parents for buying GTA IV for their children and then condone partying with them in multiplayer. It creeps us out.
8. We’ll start the games as soon as we get Hawkes in the party, which right now is set for 9 p.m. Eastern. This may wiggle a bit because it’s dependent on child, wife and connection.

Hope to see you there.