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CSS BALL 2021

Gather.Town • 25th March

Attendees: 83

An Online Ball

We weren't going to let Covid get in the way of our annual ball, so we decided to host our first ever online CSS Ball. Gather.Town was our venue of choice, where we created a virtual palace complete with dining hall, dance floor and hidden treasure. Proximity voice and video chat was also enabled, so guests could walk around, chat and show off their outfits!

An image of the Gather.Town map with the dining hall

But what about food?

Don't worry, we had that covered! Each guest received an Uber Eats voucher (worth more than the ticket cost!) which they used to get their favourite dish delivered straight to their door. And just like at any other ball, we sat together at (virtual) tables!

An image of the Gather.Town map with the dining hall and several members of the CSS community

...and drink?

The great thing about this year was that we could bring any drink we wanted. We even created our own cocktail just for the event!

An image containing the recepie for the 'TeX' cocktail

Fun and Games

After we'd eaten, we enjoyed the custom-built maze and a treasure hunt around the map we had created. We had a group photo competition, and got up to some famous CSS shenanigans. Everyone had an absolute blast, and for many of us it was the highlight of the year!

An image of a maze as part of the game at the CSS Ball
An image of the game being played as part of the Ball with 5 people in the image
An image of Rick Astley being played as part of the Ball
An image of multiple attendees of the online ball