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Wait, evening for the ahead of time meeting or for the session? Either way I should be able to come. Evening actually works great for the meetup for me since I just found out I have a band audition that day, first come first served from 10 to 9, so I will probably still be there but you never know. Anyone want to suggest an exact time for the meetup and or the ahead-of-time meet?
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Meeting up beforehand might be tricky for me at this point, since I'm not going to be in town until august first or second. Still, it's workable.
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So we're all agreed on August 23rd? Sweet. I'm voting some sort of pizza-party afterwards, or perhaps the killer burritto's that San Fran is so famous for. Or we could go hang out at the mall, play role reversal and gang up on/exlude the cool kids from our tightly knit, nerdly clique.
Just to confirm, Joe, I CAN stay with you a few nights? I dont eat much, and though I smell, you're a guy so you'll live.
Probably.
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Yeah, no worries, just as long as it isn't for too long. I can't offer either style or comfort, however.
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Yeah, as long as this cafe is relatively near Shattuck there's a pizza joint called Arinell close by. It's pretty small but the pizza is amazing. If we can nail down a time, late afternoon would work great for me.
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averagejoe
Yeah, no worries, just as long as it isn't for too long. I can't offer either style or comfort, however.
Dude, I'm currently sleeping in a single bed with mattres 99% composed of springs, and the room its in is just big enough to house the bed and my luggage. Sadly to say, this is the best accomodation I've had so far. I'll take the floor, seriously. How long is too long, btw? I was only thinking two maybe three nights (depends on train time tables), I got people to do and things to see in Oregon shortly after the meet up.
Also, hurrah, Pizza! It's like, my diet now.
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I might be out...I have to pack for Burning Man, go down to meet my mom's friend, etc.
I have lots of opps for DnD during the year (too many) and only 1 for Burning Man...
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Felixaar
Dude, I'm currently sleeping in a single bed with mattres 99% composed of springs, and the room its in is just big enough to house the bed and my luggage. Sadly to say, this is the best accomodation I've had so far. I'll take the floor, seriously. How long is too long, btw? I was only thinking two maybe three nights (depends on train time tables), I got people to do and things to see in Oregon shortly after the meet up.
That's probably fine. It would be best for me to know specific dates as soon as you can give me them, however.
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our meet up is 23rd, yes, so i'll probably arrive on the 22nd, and stay the nights of the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, leaving via train on the 25th.
And - though I wouldnt dare deterr you from Burning Man, which I assume is some sort of festival where you set people on fire - it'd be really cool if you could come, Pock's, cause so far our meetup is pretty lacking in the female gender.
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Pocketa
I might be out...I have to pack for Burning Man, go down to meet my mom's friend, etc.
I have lots of opps for DnD during the year (too many) and only 1 for Burning Man...
My twin sister is going to burning man. She tried to convince me to go, but, eh, I just don't feel the spirit of burning things. That and i'm not much of an artist. So, the earlier part of the week, which I hear is the best part, I wouldn't be able to appreciate as much as her friends. It's a maybe for me next year (But then, so is PAX, oh gawds, the choices)
A note on the 23rd, I may not be able to make it, as I'm returning from a wedding around the same time, I'll see what I can do though.
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You guys should have done it ealier... I am up in the nothern area until about the 14th. Oh well, you guys have fun, maybe next time.
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Felixaar
our meet up is 23rd, yes, so i'll probably arrive on the 22nd, and stay the nights of the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, leaving via train on the 25th.
Alright, that should be fine, though the 22nd may be a tricky date for me. Without knowing much specific, it might be more convenient for me if you arrive on the 23rd, but I'll for sure be able to put you up either way.
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Well, we seem to be at an impass folks. Icewalker is our contact for the session and the only one who knows where it is. Since he's gone until who knows when, should we come up with a contingency plan?
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Well, we seem to be at an impass folks. Icewalker is our contact for the session and the only one who knows where it is. Since he's gone until who knows when, should we come up with a contingency plan?
Well, our contingency plan would probably just be our original plan. I'm not even sure that we'd have enough people at this point to make his original suggestion worthwhile, though I may be wrong on that.
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Well, our contingency plan would probably just be our original plan. I'm not even sure that we'd have enough people at this point to make his original suggestion worthwhile, though I may be wrong on that.
Which was what? Apples to Apples a eudemonia? Sounds good.
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I'm in. If 22nd becomes a problem send me a PM.
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Felixaar
I'm in. If 22nd becomes a problem send me a PM.
I thought it was the 23rd but come to think of it that might work better for me.
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I thought it was the 23rd but come to think of it that might work better for me.
No, he's referring to when he'll be in town.
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No, he's referring to when he'll be in town.
Oh....:smallredface:
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Ok...I'm back.
We've been semi-stalled for a while, so my being gone wasn't significantly worrying me, but that was unfounded. Sorry.
So, I'll contact Jon to find out if he's in town 23rd, which he may not be. He works in Berkeley, but spends any long periods of time where he isn't here in Washington with his girlfriend.
I'm actually still in Hawaii, although now I have internet. I'll be back on the 15th, so no worries about missing it or anything. 23rd is a Saturday, correct? That should be good.
Cafe Roma is pretty far from Shattuck, but there is a small row of shops just across the street from it, which is where we eat when we have lunch during it. There's a pizza place, and an alright Chinese place. The cafe itself also has good food, but it's pretty expensive.
As to the game...I'm not sure I can get access to Jon's phone number while I'm still in Hawaii, so I may have to contact him rather last minute, ie he may not be able to do it and we should have our secondary plan set up now, so there aren't any last minute revisions of plans necessary.
So far our backup plan is hanging out at Eudemonia/Games of Berkeley, right?
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I may go, I may not.
I've been confirmed for Brawl Thunderdome.
I mean, basically the same thing, right?
(reference: Death Guild, it's a goth club in SF, they go to Burning Man every year, running a Thunderdome: geodesic dome made of metal people climb on like a big monkey bar playground hemisphere thing, and they put two(?) competitors on bungie cords and give them soft boffer weapons to fight with)
(basically, I'm going to Burning Man, I'll be by the Magic Camp, and my mom knows one of the head(?) lamplighters, and I'll be delivering coffee (JAVA ROYALTY))
(tl;dr Burning Man)
(tealdearbrc)
EDIT: I didn't feel like actually editing it, but anyways.
I leave the MONDAY right after.
WOO I'm in.
Could I get a ride with somebody? From like, North Berkeley?
Also, need I bring anything?
REFERENCE FOR ME:
I'm the steampunk thing.
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Yay, another confirmation (though the post was a bit zany). I'm lookin' forward to this.
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Wait, what time is it again?
See, there's a school picnic that day.
BHS is split into small schools, mine has a picnic.
But it's most likely at the school.
So I'll be near Eudemonia.
I.e. I could even walk from there.
So ride no longer needed!
Somebody bring an MTG deck, please.
But not white or blue, white and blue vs white OR blue is not that fun.
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So you may miss it then if Jon can run the game, but if he can't then you can hang out with everyone at Eudemonia/Games of Berkeley?
Good news, by the way: I do have his phone number here, so I'll call tomorrow and find out if he can do it.
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No, the School for Sausages, Juicy and Edible, did not say whether it will most definitely happen that day, but the picnic on campus would be around 11-1, but maybe even early as 10:30. It's really for my sister though, because she'll be the new person to the small school. I just gotta drop a dish off, make an appearance, sign up for the spam lists, and solve world hunger before I leave them.
(btw, reference, SSJE is sort of like the word sausage, hence the in-joke between school members)
What time would this be again though? I'm really tired, it's really late, and I, for one, am in the Bay-A.
Would anyone be willing to pick somebody up from BHS? :smalltongue:
I could just walk, or make my mom drive...
oh no, 5 blocks, how ever could I survive.
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1. Any other high schools gonna be present?
2. Anyone else from the Hive (BHS) gonna be representin'?
3. Couldn't I hang out anyway if I got there late? Or is this a DnD meetup, not a social meetup?
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3 is the main thing being discussed. If Jon can't make it to run us the game, it'll be a social meetup up on shattuck over the course of the day and you can show up whenever, but if we do get a game, it may well start earlier than 10:30 and everyone will need to be there the whole time. It's also pretty far from BHS: you could walk, but it'd probably be 45 minutes or so.
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Okay, I think doing a game and all is pretty big for a first meet up. I would understand if this was a group of friends that knew each other ahead of time. If tabletops are anything like other things I've been involved in (classes, clubs, sports, cliques, etc.), it really depends on if the people involved are compatible. We don't know each other's style: maybe one person is a rule-stickler, one person likes to double-cross alot and mess everything up, and another person likes to roleplay. In some situations, that can be good, but the thing is, I wouldn't recommend it unless we knew each other ahead of time, else we're all just putting money into something that's going to end up with...being wasted money.
It's a meetup.
DnD is kinda big for a meetup.
Like.
Pretty big.
As this is the first meetup (hopefully of many to come in the future) and I hope to meet you all (especially Icewalker, he seems very chatty on the forums, wonder if he is IRL) and have time to talk, not just play (BLASPHEMY! they cry) I am changing my vote to against the DnD plan.
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\as a veteran Meetup'er for GitP'ers, I may be able to offer some assistance!
What to do...
Since you're not looking at a weekender, don't limit yourself to running a D&D or other role play game. One-off's can be fun, but try to find something that will let people hang out and be themselves.
Try to have it in some place that won't mind if you get a little loud, since you're going to be having fun and you don't want it to be stifled (sounds like you've got this under control).
Figure out what kinds of
other games you all like to play and what everyone has and can bring. Some popular ones for the meetups I've attended are Apples to Apples, Curses, and Munchkin (or any of it's variants). These games have the advantage of not really having an upper limit to the number that can play. If prodded, I'm sure some others can make some other suggestions (I'm looking at you, LLama). :smallcool:
Depending on the number of people you've got coming, some newer ones I've run across that were fun are Hex Hex (3-6 players) and Bang! (3-8 players depending on which expansions you have), and I've heard really good things about Last Night on Earth, though I've never played that one in particular.
And don't forget the standard "party" games like charades. Here is a
link with some other ideas, but the 'net is full of them.
And don't forget, this is most important, tell the rest of us how much fun you had! (and pictures or it didn't happen :smallcool: )
tl;dr against DnD plan because:
*Expensive
*Not drop-in friendly
*Time consuming
*Requires dedication
*Not as social an event as just sitting around talking
Somebody bring an MTG deck! Or a PSP. Or a DS. Or a GBA. Or a puppy.
EDIT: No offense, Icewalker, but your estimate was totally extremely way off. Or else you have been deeply misinformed by your sources. I have a group of friends that walks their every Friday from the school, and I never thought it took 45 minutes, but I went online to check (time flies when one has fun!)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=eudemo...=1&sa=N&tab=wl
It's basically 5 blocks. The shorter-length blocks are the unit I'm using. It'll take me maximum 15 minutes to get there. I'd say 7, but I'm not even sure. But I walked a mile in 10 minutes before, so...yeah...poor estimate. EDIT 2 WITHIN EDIT: Google says 8, but that assumes I follow traffic signals. :smallyuk:
Also, hours we're thinking of meeting up? I need to know when to get up.
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I could probably dig up my old MTG cards, I haven't played in a while though. Sorry, no BHS but I'll be representin' ECHS (El Cerrito). Like I said, I've got an audition on Shattuck somewhere between 10am and 9pm so I don't know when I'll be showing up. Looking forward to meeting you all.
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Hmm, I left my MTG cards back in Australia... I can bring a PSP tho :smallamused:
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No love for the puppies?!
LOL, it's just, handheld consoles: easy, casual, no dedication. Same with M:TG stuff. Hopefully, we won't have to play though!