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[Jillian Aversa]

OverClocked ReMix presents...

Philly Meetup: Episode III

Starring:
YOU

Where:
Philadelphia, PA (and surrounding area)

When:
Saturday, June 28th
12:00 noon at 30th Street Station (main concourse, by the info desk)

What:
Alright, so this year we have an idea for what could be a reaaaaaalllyyyy fun meetup. The Manayunk Arts Festival (http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Top_10_Things_to_Do_in_June/668/U/Manayunk_Arts_Festival/1998.html) will be happening on this date. It's a very popular annual event in Philadelphia, not just for art, but for food and music as well. Sounds nice, right? But there's more! As I was looking up the location on Google Maps to see what kind of public transportation would be available, I found this:

http://soundtempest.net/jill/epicpretzel.jpg

Brethren of OverClocked ReMix... Fate has called us to the Manayunk Pretzel. It is literally right where the R6 (regional rail) lets off, and two blocks away from the festival. I think this may potentially be the best photo opportunity this community has ever seen.

So yeah, plan would be to meet up at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia first, because it's the big hub for Amtrak and the regional rails. As soon as everyone is gathered, we can hop on the R6 to Manayunk ($3.50) and enjoy the food and festivities for the afternoon.

Once we head back to 30th Street Station in the early evening, folks can either head home or hop on the R5 ($7 and 15 minute ride) with zircon and myself to Ardmore. We have a nice new apartment, great flat screen TV, Wii, Xbox, PS2, and a grill... so BBQ and games will ensue! And this can also be extended to a sleepover if people are interested. As José put it, breakfast the next morning of a meetup is the best part! There is an IHOP just a five minutes' walk from our place.

So whaddya think? To help get an idea of what kind of food to buy for the BBQ, please post about whether you'll make it to that part of the meetup, and also if you'd like to sleep over! :<

Part 1 (Manayunk):
zircon
pixietricks
Xerol
Bahamut
djpretzel
Anna
José the Bronx Rican
Palpable
Amy
Escariot
Dominique
Dyne
Sporknight
Katsurugi
Kroze & girlfriend
Xenon Odyssey
HydeGFF

Part 2 (BBQ):
zircon
pixietricks
Xerol
Bahamut
djpretzel
Anna
José the Bronx Rican
Palpable
Amy
Escariot
Dominique
Dyne
Sporknight
Katsurugi
Kroze & girlfriend
Xenon Odyssey
Kulaman
HydeGFF

Part 3 (Sleeeeeeepover)

Ardmore:
zircon
pixietricks
djpretzel & Anna, Palpable & Amy, and Xerol (all carpooling together Friday night)
Bahamut (arriving Friday night)
José the Bronx Rican

With Kroze:
Kroze & girlfriend
Sporknight
Escariot, Dominique, and Geoffrey Taucer (all carpooling together; have to leave before the group breakfast on Sunday to get Tauce to his next destination)
Xenon Odyssey
Kulaman

And anyone else that may join up between now and June 28th!

Anyone driving up Saturday morning is still welcome to park for free at our place in Ardmore if they arrive by 11:00 am at the latest. There's also parking in the city, but it'd probably be easier (and obviously cheaper) to do it in our lot.

[Foxhull]

GIANT PRETZEL!?!!?
Now I have to check my schedule and see if I can come.

[The Pezman]

Well, me being in South Carolina that month necessitates me bowing out of this. However...
I think this may potentially be the best photo opportunity this community has ever seen.
Only if Jon sets up his turntables in front of it.

[Xerol Oplan]

Will you be putting people up the night before as well? If so put me down for everything. I can also bring some food and some of my patented BBQ sauce that I forgot to make for the Baltimore BBQ.

[Jillian Aversa]

Will you be putting people up the night before as well? If so put me down for everything. I can also bring some food and some of my patented BBQ sauce that I forgot to make for the Baltimore BBQ.

Yes, for people coming a greater distance we can host them starting Friday night. :>

[Bahamut]

I'm up for everything.

[DrumUltimA]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyybe. We'll see what my schedule ends up being, but there is a SLIM chance I'll be in bmore-- in which case I can hitch a ride with xerol

[Jillian Aversa]

(I will kidnap you, Doug. Actually... I'm coming home this week starting Saturday. Any chance we could do what we did that one time and meet up? Any Boston friends to visit?)

EDIT:
(Oh wait, I am a Boston friend!)

[DrumUltimA]

jill, it is possible! Somebody from boston may be buying my old marimba, so I need to drive up there anyways. i'll keep you posted :D

[djpretzel]

How can I resist? Definitely planning on attending. Pretzel Meets Pretzel: Who Will Prevail?!

[Xenon Odyssey]

Cool guys; have a meet-up when I'm home for summer.

I'll have to echo everyone else with the schedule dealie; there's always the possibility I can sneak back up to the city for that weekend.

[Katsurugi]

Hmm.. I will have to think about it. I am free that day, but I want to figure out how much it'll cost overall before I make any sort of commitment. I haven't been paid yet this summer... ;_; Also, I might have some hook up with free BBQ sauce, but I don't want to take advantage of my friend too much. A bottle or two should be fine. If you buy it online, it's like 10 dollars each and that's a bunch for BBQ sauce.

How can I resist? Definitely planning on attending. Pretzel Meets Pretzel: Who Will Prevail?!
I have my bet is on Pretzel.

[Escariot]

I'm in for all

[Jillian Aversa]

Katsu et al: concerning the BBQ, people are welcome to bring things that don't need to be refrigerated as long as they don't mind carrying them around for the day. (Unless you'd be staying the night before, of course.) That being said, we can also just have everybody chip in a couple bucks at the end.

Commuting from NJ shouldn't be expensive or time-consuming, me thinks. And there's always the possibility of carpools. Once you're actually here, the costs would just be regional rail ($3.50 and $7 round trip) and whatever other food or things you'd buy.

And yays!

[José the Bronx Rican]

Guess who?

I'm for all of it, too.
I'd better start planning.

[zircon]

Awesome! I'm glad there's lots of interest here. Best way to get from NJ to Philly is via NJ Transit to 30th Street Station; should be <$20 round trip. Bus will work too, though it will probably take you into Center City in which case you gotta take a 5 minute, $2 subway ride to get to us.

[Xerol Oplan]

Cool guys; have a meet-up when I'm home for summer.

I'll have to echo everyone else with the schedule dealie; there's always the possibility I can sneak back up to the city for that weekend.

I'm driving up the night before, if pixie/zircon don't have a problem with a couple more people both nights I could give a couple rides from Baltimore.

[Bahamut]

Awesome! I'm glad there's lots of interest here. Best way to get from NJ to Philly is via NJ Transit to 30th Street Station; should be <$20 round trip. Bus will work too, though it will probably take you into Center City in which case you gotta take a 5 minute, $2 subway ride to get to us.

The only thing about taking NJ Transit to Philly is that one of my friends told me that it's somewhat time consuming to do so if you're from the NYC suburbs in NJ. Depending on how cheap you are, it could be better to just take Greyhound.


So you'll still be using your place by Drexel then, or are we gonna be going to your place in Ardmore for the sleepover?

[Dyne]

I'm there for the whole deal. Maybe I'll bring my acoustic guitar with for when we retire to the apartment. I don't play loud anyways. (Also, if possible, I'd like to park near the apartment like I did for the first Philly Meetup I came to, it's just easier for me so I don't have to worry about remembering where my car is.)

[zircon]

The only thing about taking NJ Transit to Philly is that one of my friends told me that it's somewhat time consuming to do so if you're from the NYC suburbs in NJ. Depending on how cheap you are, it could be better to just take Greyhound.


So you'll still be using your place by Drexel then, or are we gonna be going to your place in Ardmore for the sleepover?

We'll be in our new apartment in Ardmore. This also means that if you park in Philly you'll have to drive to Ardmore to park overnight. Luckily it's a safe neighborhood, and we do have a parking lot in back (how baller is that?)

[Dyne]

We'll be in our new apartment in Ardmore. This also means that if you park in Philly you'll have to drive to Ardmore to park overnight. Luckily it's a safe neighborhood, and we do have a parking lot in back (how baller is that?)

Awesome, parking in the lot. Nice. Just out of idle curiosity, what time do you plan on leaving for 30th Street Station?

[Jillian Aversa]

We'd have to catch the 11:28 train, so the latest anyone coming early to park should arrive, to be safe, is 11:00.

[Sporknight]

As a Drexel student (a whole 4 blocks away) and an avid listener of OCRemix, I am so totally there, for the festival and BBQ totally, and most likely the sleepover if there's still space.

Sounds like a great time!

[Jillian Aversa]

Cool! But yeah, it looks like we will be getting a lot of people at this meetup - it's only been two days since I posted the thread! Our new apartment is nice, but it's not huge and we do have very thin walls so sound travels to the neighbors. If this keeps up, we may have to give priority to people coming from a distance for the actual sleepover. (Those who live nearby could still meet up again in the morning for breakfast, though.)

[Palpable]

Totally interested and I'm almost positive I'll be available for this (again, depends on work). I'd be up for the sleepover as well, if there's still room at Andy's/Jill's rapidly filling apartment.

[Jillian Aversa]

We'll definitely make room for people coming from out of state! But perhaps if this does get really big, Sporknight could host some people since he's in University City. We'll see when it gets closer...

[Sporknight]

We'll definitely make room for people coming from out of state! But perhaps if this does get really big, Sporknight could host some people since he's in University City. We'll see when it gets closer...

Oh gee, thanks for volunteering me :P
I'm still in a dorm, so I could only really do one guest. Seems like something we'd have to figure out once we get a definitive head-count. Even then, you cant really do a definitive head-count until the day of.

[Jillian Aversa]

Ohhhh, hehe... Drexel dorm rooms are like closets. Sorry, I didn't realize that you were living on campus. ^_~

[Katsurugi]

As of the moment, I am leaning towards going. But most likely, I will not be able to sleep over due to the number of people and I do not live terribly far either. Though I would like to get breakfast with you guys one day. The game playing would be great too. Anyway,that's the plan for now. Besides, my friend is on break for only a short while from UPenn during that time which is kind of unfortunate. Otherwise, I would definitely stay over or something. I only have weekends free mainly too.. I don't have a real summer vacation.

[Escariot]

Bump! My girlfriend is coming, too.

[zircon]

Hey Spork, what dorm are you in, out of curiosity?

[Jillian Aversa]

Andy and I will have to cap off the sleepover at 7 guests due to space. So far we're all booked, so that means as of now that Katsurugi, Dyne, and Sporknight won't be able to stay with us, sadly, since they aren't commuting as far.

Anyone new reading this: if you live nearby and could host anyone, please let us know! Sporknight said he could host one guest in his Drexel dorm. So that makes accomodations for 11 people total so far if you include zircon and I.

Sporknight: are you sure one guest is all you could do? When Andy was living in his closet of a Drexel dorm room, we managed to fit four people - two in bunk beds and two on the floor. :3

We probably won't have breakfast the next morning until around noon, so anyone having to commute would still have time and be welcome to return!

[Sporknight]

Hey Spork, what dorm are you in, out of curiosity?

I'm gonna be in North hall over the summer - which actually, as far as dorms go, is fairly spacious. Sure beats Calhoun freshman year *shudder*.

Were it not for the guest policy I could cram in quite a few more people, no doubt, but I'm only gonna be able to sign in one person. I could consider asking my suite/floormates to sign a few guests in, but I can't promise more then one spot at this point.

[Jillian Aversa]

Funny, I don't remember the sign-in thing ever being an issue for us considering we were out of town friends. But maybe the hall you're moving to is stricter?

[Zeklan]

It is times like these I wish my vehicle wasn't a piece of shit. :puppyeyes:

[zircon]

Funny, I don't remember the sign-in thing ever being an issue for us considering we were out of town friends. But maybe the hall you're moving to is stricter?

They might have changed the policies since I was in Van R... or it might be stricter, yeah. But actually, I seem to recall having to deal with getting help signing multiple people in for overnight stays. That definitely was a regulation we had to deal with at some point.

[Jillian Aversa]

It is times like these I wish my vehicle wasn't a piece of shit. :puppyeyes:
Where are you from? Maybe you can hitch a ride with someone else. Or if not, there's always public transportation. :3

[Dyne]

Andy and I will have to cap off the sleepover at 7 guests due to space. So far we're all booked, so that means as of now that Katsurugi, Dyne, and Sporknight won't be able to stay with us, sadly, since they aren't commuting as far.

Boy, am I glad I checked the thread. Well, are there any hotels close by in Ardmore? If there are, maybe I'll just stay at one of those friday night, and just print some directions to 30th Street Station.

Edit
For the sake of my own sanity, if anyone (and by anyone, I do mean you Sporknight) is still able to host, I'd definitely do that as an alternative to a hotel room, but the question is...can you deal with epic snoring the likes of which you've only read about in books or heard about in nightmares????

Okay, it's not THAT bad. Anyway, either way, I'm going to do my best to find a place to stay...somehow.

[Dyne]

I found a decent hotel in Center City, matter of fact, it's near last year's meet up point. Which is awesome. And it's affordable. So I might do that.

[Jillian Aversa]

Center City is pretty far, though, if you'd want to hang out the next morning. Before you book anything, maybe Sporknight will be able to report on whether he can host people. Or someone else who can may show up...

EDIT:
Or since your drive is only an hour, you could save money by commuting if nobody is able to host.

[Sporknight]

Center City is pretty far, though, if you'd want to hang out the next morning. Before you book anything, maybe Sporknight will be able to report on whether he can host people. Or someone else who can may show up...

EDIT:
Or since your drive is only an hour, you could save money by commuting if nobody is able to host.

I can still host a person, it's hosting more then one that would be difficult. I can handle the snoring, it's just you'd most likely be sleeping on the couch in the common area of the suite, so bring a sleeping bag or some sheets. Or, look into public transit options I suppose.

[Lord.Roderick.i]

Why are the meetups so FAR away always :(
I wish you guys made a closer to the south for once so I could go, I've always wanted to go to one, but its always so very far from me :(
Even if it was Georgia or South C. or maybe even North C. I'd drive to that, but drive to Philly... way too far :(
Idk about planes, they are too expensive around this time of the year.
Is there a train that gets up there?

[Palpable]

Why are the meetups so FAR away always :(
I wish you guys made a closer to the south for once so I could go, I've always wanted to go to one, but its always so very far from me :(
Even if it was Georgia or South C. or maybe even North C. I'd drive to that, but drive to Philly... way too far :(
Idk about planes, they are too expensive around this time of the year.
Is there a train that gets up there?

Bug Liontamer to make a Hotlanta OCR meetup, now that he's living down there. Note: I made this post just so I could say Hotlanta.

[Katsurugi]

It's Philadelphia, so I'm sure that there's a train that goes there. It all just depends on where you're leaving from exactly. Personally, I think that trains can get to be very costly. But that all depends on what rail you use and how far you're traveling. If you are traveling that far, then you probably also have to find some place to stay too unless you plan on staying awake the entire time and only sleeping on the train. Figure out the costs for both plane and train. As you book tickets closer to the date, the prices skyrocket. A month in advance should give you a moderate price for plane tickets. Trains on the other hand are running all the time and are pretty much a flat fee. Considering that it's already June. Do it ASAP!

How far is Center City? I thought you guys were going to have a breakfast around 11 or 12. Dyne just has to wake up earlier.. But it seems as if spork can host him... if all goes well.

[zircon]

Drexel is in University City; from the dorms, it's a 10 min leisurely walk to the train station, 20 minute train ride to Ardmore, and 5-10 minute walk to our apartment. Center City is the area ~1 mile west of Drexel's campus. You can take the subway from there directly to 30th Street (which goes to Ardmore, as it's the train transport hub) easily.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Oh, man, this is PERFECTLY timed, if I can organize transportation.

I'm going to a gymnastics camp in State College, PA, starting June 29th.

Is there anybody comming from down south that could give me a ride up? I may be able to catch a bus up into VA if somebody could drive me the rest of the way.

EDIT: Actually, it appears a bus into Philly will only cost me about $50, so I should be able to swing that no problem. I'll need to know how to get from the bus stop to the meetup location, though.

[Katsurugi]

It depends on what kind of bus it is. I would imagine that most buses would stop near or around the 30th St. Station which is the meetup location!

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Greyhound.

[Escariot]

Taucer, if you get up there, I can take you to Woodward.

[Katsurugi]

Greyhound.
It seems as if all of the Greyhound stations in Philly are near Metro stations as well. At the very worst, you are a subway ride and transfer over to 30th St. Station. The best case scenario is if you are dropped off at 30th St. which is a Greyhound bus stop. The only catch is that there is no actual station there. It just lets you get off.

The main Greyhound station is around 11th St. which is a block away from the subway on the Market-Frankford Line. Two other stations are located on Broad street. If at the North Broad Street Station, you would proceed to the Olney Transportation Center and take the subway south to City Hall on the Broad St. Line and transfer to the Market-Frankford Line. Conversely, if you are the South Broad Street Station, you will take the Broad St. Line north to City Hall and then transfer over to the Market-Frankford Line.

http://www.septa.org/maps/click_map.html

I have only been to Philadelphia twice before and have a very shallow understanding of their system and city... but this seems like the right way to go.

[zircon]

Greyhound stops at 11th Street, but it's very very easy to get to 30th street from there. Here's how you do it. You are deposited in Market East station or thereabouts, which is about 1 minute from a Market-Frankford subway line (it's in the same general complex, you would just look for the signs.) You take it West and hop off at 30th street. No transfers.

[Jillian Aversa]

WAIT!

SOLUTION!

Haaaaaahhahahaha... I can't believe we didn't think of this before. Andy and I will already be living in our apartment in Ardmore, yes, but our lease at the other place in University City doesn't expire until July 1st. So that means that everyone who can't fit in Ardmore will at least have plenty of space to sleep, and not worry about the Drexel dorms.

Granted, it will not be particularly glamorous given that all the furniture will be gone... But we can leave a few lamps, and donate comforters to help make the floor softer. And hopefully people can bring their own blankets and sleeping bags as well. For anyone staying at 34th street, those things can be dropped off between 12 and 1 on Saturday while we're all waiting for the train to Manayunk. It's just a 15 minute walk to the apartment.

After the festival during the day, people will be coming back to our place for BBQ and games anyway. So everyone can still stay as a big group to hang out. Going back to University City would just for the sleeping part, and then that group could come back in the morning for breakfast if they want!

Escariot, Dominique, and Taucer would most likely be with the Philly group because they have to leave earlier Sunday to get Tauce where he needs to go. So as long as one other person with a car could join that sleepover group, the others could still come back in the morning easily (and for cheaper, if we all pitch in for gas).

Will post more about space and spreading people out later tonight, after I've talked to more folks about their travel plans. Luckily, nobody will have to pay to stay in a hotel unless they want to, and the group will be about half and half, so nobody will be lonely!!!

[Kroze]

Escariot told me to post in here that I am coming...
So here I am posting that I am coming...

And hopefully I don't get insanely lost once again like last time..
Depending what my girlfriend is doing at the time, she will be coming as well.

Damn you Escariot for making me post...

Also if you are lucky, I MAY bring a cut of the second episode of Eden: The Zhang Chronicles with new music by Bustatunes and Escariot doing a voice...

[Dyne]

Yay! No more staying in a hotel! ^_^ Or a dorm for that matter. Anyways. I'm looking forward to this, I can't wait!

[Sporknight]

Yay! Sleepover! Sounds like fun! And much much simpler, too.

[Jillian Aversa]

Okay, and yet another slight change of plans perhaps? Kroze lives in Cherry Hill, NJ, which is a 47 minute drive to Ardmore. He has graciously reported that he could host the other half of the group, if they'd prefer the longer commute over zircon's empty apartment. People might be more comfortable sleeping there. What do y'all say?

For Saturday night, the breakdown looks like this. Those who are carpooling together will be kept in groups for logistical reasons, and then José was the next non-carpooler to post about definitely sleeping over, so Andy and I can take him under our wing.

Ardmore:
zircon
pixietricks
djpretzel & Anna, Palpable & Amy, and Xerol (all carpooling together Friday night)
Bahamut (arriving Friday night)
José the Bronx Rican

With Kroze (or at the Philly apartment if people would rather do that over the 47-minute commute):
Kroze & his girlfriend
Dyne
Sporknight
Escariot, Dominique, and Geoffrey Taucer (all carpooling together; have to leave before the group breakfast on Sunday to get Tauce to his next destination)
Katsurugi (still hasn't decided about sleepover?)

And anyone else that may join up between now and June 28th!

Thanks very much to Kroze for offering up his place! Although it'd be more comfortable there I'm sure, the commute is over twice as long. If you could post your preference, we'll get a sense of things!

Anyone driving up Saturday morning is still welcome to park for free at our place in Ardmore if they arrive by 11:00 am. There's also parking in the city, but it'd probably be easier (and obviously cheaper) to do it in our lot.

[Dyne]

For me it really depends on everyone else, I'll go with the flow, but in the case of casting a vote, I'm voting for the apartment in Philly only because it's in town. If everyone else decides to go to Kroze's, I'm cool with that.

[Sporknight]

I'm fine either way as well. Go with the flow works for me - assuming there's sufficient bedding around I'd be fine with the empty apartment, or if we're not gonna be too much of a hassle I'd be fine with going to Kroze's. It's good to have both options available tho, definitely.

[Jillian Aversa]

We have three comforters to spare, which could be used to help soften the floor below you. It's hardwood, though - no carpet. (And we wouldn't have any other additional blankets to provide for snuggliness over top.) So I do think Kroze's place would be more comfortable, especially if he has any couches or cots.

[Kroze]

We have three comforters to spare, which could be used to help soften the floor below you. It's hardwood, though - no carpet. (And we wouldn't have any other additional blankets to provide for snuggliness over top.) So I do think Kroze's place would be more comfortable, especially if he has any couches or cots.


Lots of couch space and carpeted floor... its an actual house...
Also kitchen and pool.. and other various shit.
So yeah, I could imagine its a BIT more comfy than the small apartment with nothing in it. No offense to Andy or Jill. :P

[Jillian Aversa]

Ha, none taken. We're glad to be out of that place! Our new apartment is much nicer, and in a pretty suburban neighborhood with lots of shops and restaurants.

[Dyne]

Lots of couch space and carpeted floor... its an actual house...
Also kitchen and pool.. and other various shit.
So yeah, I could imagine its a BIT more comfy than the small apartment with nothing in it. No offense to Andy or Jill. :P
Alright, you've got a pool. You win. :)

[Jillian Aversa]

Hehe, well... you wouldn't have time to use the pool unless you guys either left early Saturday evening or woke up reaaaallly early Sunday morning.

EDIT:
Ouch, Kroze and I just exchanged addresses... The drive from his place to ours is actually 47 minutes - versus 20 minutes from the Philly apartment. It's still up to you guys, but I just thought you should know in case this changes anything.

[Sporknight]

Assuming there's enough room in cars for everyone it's not a problem for me. I'll gladly chip in for gas.

[Bahamut]

I wish this meetup was now :sad:

[Kulaman]

oh dear... now i have to actually contemplate going to this thing, and i really do need to get that OCR shirt...

I'll also need to consider whether i should drive up or take a train, that will depend on what kind of parking is available near the Univ. City apartment, and I can go from there to 30th street station.

[Bahamut]

Only 2 weeks to go :-o . Damn time flies.

[Xerol Oplan]

I just found out my high school reunion is the same weekend. I'll have to make a decision.

[Xenon Odyssey]

As far as I know, I'll be up in Philly that weekend, so you can expect to see me.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

So it's looking like I'm going to take an overnight busride from Raleigh to Philly, which will get me there around 8:30 AM on Saturday.

[Dyne]

I just found out my high school reunion is the same weekend. I'll have to make a decision.

The choice is obvious. The decision clear. You'll have another reunion in five years.

[djpretzel]

Does anyone coming need shirts/hoodies? I think most of us are covered, but if you do - either for yourself or someone you know - let me know types/sizes ahead of time and I'll bring 'em with. Discount convention prices of $10 for shirts and $20 for hoodies (and of course no S&H) would apply :-o

[Jillian Aversa]

As far as I know, I'll be up in Philly that weekend, so you can expect to see me.
Yay! Do you plan on meeting us at 30th Street Station? Are you coming to the BBQ? And will you be sleeping over (with the Kroze bunch)?

[Kroze]

Does anyone coming need shirts/hoodies? I think most of us are covered, but if you do - either for yourself or someone you know - let me know types/sizes ahead of time and I'll bring 'em with. Discount convention prices of $10 for shirts and $20 for hoodies (and of course no S&H) would apply :-o

I would just bring a box and whatever is left over, I'll take out to Comic Con to sell if you would like...

And will you be sleeping over (with the Kroze bunch)?

"The Kroze bunch"? Wow.. sounds like a disease...

[Xenon Odyssey]

Yay! Do you plan on meeting us at 30th Street Station? Are you coming to the BBQ? And will you be sleeping over (with the Kroze bunch)?

I'll be meeting you guys at 30th Street and plan on coming to the BBQ, but I promised a friend I'd see him while I'm in Philly so I'll be crashing at his place.

[Kulaman]

Seriously guys, will there be parking available or should I plan on taking a train up? I need to know so i can make arrangements. Also, should I plan on bringing anything beyond an extra set of clothes and basic hygiene products?

[zircon]

Nah, you don't need to bring anything (except money.) If you're driving, you'd need to drive to our apartment in Ardmore, and then take the train with us to get to the meetup spot (30th St Station.) That's the only way it would be free, anyway. But train would mean less to worry about.

[Katsurugi]

I'd first just figure out the costs of driving versus train. But with a train, you wouldn't have to worry so much about getting to the station. You would have to be confined to a train schedule on the way there and on the way back. That's probably the main disadvantage of using the train. Money is probably the only thing you need unless you want to bring other stuff to keep you entertained on the train or whatever.

@ djp: I will require a large black hoodie. Bring one at the very least if you're not already bringing a box for Kroze.

I probably won't be able to stay overnight. I have a lot of stuff I need to take care of before going back to school on the Monday after. I still really need time to think about it. I hate cramming in stuff all in one day. I'll let you guys know at the end of the week. It's too early to tell yet. But sleeping in an empty apartment is fine with me.

[atmuh]

im totally coming

[Jillian Aversa]

I think the only second sleeping option at this point is Kroze's place, as opposed to our empty Philly apartment. There isn't going to be any air conditioning there, and the next tenants will likely be moving in by the 28th as it turns out.

I would recommend that people arriving Saturday not drive unless it's really necessary, because it'll probably be more hassle than taking the train. :3

EDIT:
And Atma, do you plan on coming to the BBQ and/or sleepover as well?

[Dyne]

Does anyone coming need shirts/hoodies? I think most of us are covered, but if you do - either for yourself or someone you know - let me know types/sizes ahead of time and I'll bring 'em with. Discount convention prices of $10 for shirts and $20 for hoodies (and of course no S&H) would apply :-o

Well, I could totally go for a 3X t-shirt. I'll hold on the hoodie for now since it's summer time. But a black, 3X t-shirt would be awesome.

[Bahamut]

I could use another black OCR XL shirt myself. My old one got too cracked up :sad: . White OCR shirt 1, black OCR shirt 0.

[Kulaman]

okay, so i just did the math... I'm driving. it'll cost me <$30 for gas each way, and round trip on Amtrak will be somewhere around $100...

also, i was planning on going to The Manayunk Arts Festival with you guys as well, that sounds like a lot of fun.

Can/should i bring my Sega Genesis? Some awesome retro gameage would be freakin' sweet.

[2Radical]

goddamn me for being in Holland....

[Kroze]

I think the only second sleeping option at this point is Kroze's place, as opposed to our empty Philly apartment. There isn't going to be any air conditioning there, and the next tenants will likely be moving in by the 28th as it turns out.

Come into my web said the spider to the fly....

[HydeGFF]

Hey,

My username is HydeGFF. I'm actually a regular member over at Gamingforce Forums (hence the GFF) but I listen and download OCremixes quite regularly. I was wondering if I could also tag along for this event. I have an older brother in Philly studying at UPenn so I was thinking about visiting anyways. Transportation and lodging is solved on my end and I was hoping to join in the fun at the Arts Festival.

Please let me know what you think.

PS: I did the birthday shout out to my girlfriend on VGDJ two summers ago.

[Katsurugi]

Come into my web said the spider to the fly....
Pixie!! Help. :(

[atmuh]

well it looks like ill be at captain huges graduation party that day
there will be two banned guys there pretty awesome imo

[José the Bronx Rican]

Some awesome retro gameage would be freakin' sweet.

What he said, to the nth power.
Please bring it!

[Palpable]

Hey,

My username is HydeGFF. I'm actually a regular member over at Gamingforce Forums (hence the GFF) but I listen and download OCremixes quite regularly. I was wondering if I could also tag along for this event. I have an older brother in Philly studying at UPenn so I was thinking about visiting anyways. Transportation and lodging is solved on my end and I was hoping to join in the fun at the Arts Festival.

Please let me know what you think.

PS: I did the birthday shout out to my girlfriend on VGDJ two summers ago.

If you've got transportation and lodging figured out, I'm sure we'd all be happy to meet new faces. The more the merrier. :smile:

[Geoffrey Taucer]

JOSE, CHECK YOUR FUCKING PM INBOX.

Also holy shit, just over a week away.

[Jillian Aversa]

Of course, Hyde! Will you be meeting us at 30th Street Station before heading to the festival? And do you think you'll also stay for the BBQ, or go back before then? Your brother is welcome too!

[José the Bronx Rican]

JOSE, CHECK YOUR FUCKING PM INBOX.


I did; I just don't have a reply ready yet. Tonight, promise.

[HydeGFF]

I don't have any specific plans so I can definitely stick around for BBQ. I am playing the day by ear basically. I'll ask my brother if he wants to tag along too although his girlfriend is living with him so I'm not sure if they already have something planned or not.

I will be wearing my own custom OCremix shirt. Sharpie + white t-shirt. I'm a 5' 8" korean guy with long hair.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Hey, is there anybody else besides Escariot who could swing by State College to drop me off at Woodward after the meetup?

Escariot says he may not be able to make it.

[Escariot]

Whoop whoop! Got onto a PC here in Indiana. The current situation is as follows:
I'm here in Indiana until Sunday
I've received a job offer in the NoVA area and may be starting as early as this coming week.
Tuesday - Friday is likely to be spent with family in Maryland, if I'm not working.

[Jillian Aversa]

Congrats, that's great! Let us know when you find out whether you'll be able to make it.

Hopefully someone else with a car may still be able to help Taucer out, if plans fall through for Escariot!

[Xerol Oplan]

I need to know from djp & co. when they'll be by and stuff. I may be working late so if they were planning on coming up earlier that might throw a wrench in things (and/or I'll need to get time off ahead of time).

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Jill, do you know if there are any buses or anything that go from Philly to State College?

[Bahamut]

Jill, do you know if there are any buses or anything that go from Philly to State College?

Greyhound definitely goes there - good luck with a 4 hour bus ride though :razz:

[Jillian Aversa]

Jeremy's tough. If he can handle the bus ride from North Carolina to PA, he can handle this!

Xerol, we should try to get a hold of Dave in IRC if he doesn't see this. Andy and I are busy unpacking and doing birthday activities today, but let me know if you're not successful.

[Escariot]

Update!
I'm back in.
Trip is now going from Wed-Fri, then we'll head up to the meetup for Saturday.
All is well.

[zircon]

Just so everyone knows, if you're gonna be at the Saturday BBQ, please bring $4 cash. We had to buy a LOT of food so that small contribution will help cover our expenses. :3

[Xerol Oplan]

Is there any food/beverage I could bring as well? I was planning on just bringing some food to begin with (and forgot to mention) but that kind of changed when I changed to not driving up myself.

[Palpable]

Is there any food/beverage I could bring as well? I was planning on just bringing some food to begin with (and forgot to mention) but that kind of changed when I changed to not driving up myself.

I'm not sure how it got decided that djp and I were carpooling with you, Xerol, but my car can't seat 5 people and all our stuff comfortably for three hours. So I won't be able to give you a ride. :-( Is it possible you can still drive, or catch a ride from someone else?

[Bahamut]

I'm not sure how it got decided that djp and I were carpooling with you, Xerol, but my car can't seat 5 people and all our stuff comfortably for three hours. So I won't be able to give you a ride. :-( Is it possible you can still drive, or catch a ride from someone else?

And there you have it, xuck in action!

[Monobrow]

And there you have it, xuck in action!

This really should be thoroughly documented.

[Xerol Oplan]

Pixie said you'd be able to, and I just kind of assumed that was still in place. That being said, I'm along the way and if you want to swing by my place and trade a passenger so it's less crowded (and so I don't end up driving up alone and taking 4 hours and 230 miles again). At least let me know what timetable you were planning so I can somewhat plan around that.

[Jillian Aversa]

Yeah, um... I even talked to Dave about it. I'm not sure why he didn't inform you, Vinnie... Xerol was in this from the beginning - even before significant others joined up. Are you sure you can't seat 5 people? No trunk? It's not like people will need much stuff for a short 2-day sleepover... Backpacks or duffles can be held on laps.

[Katsurugi]

All right. I've got my final plans already ironed out. I will arrive at the station probably around 11:44 AM or so that's what the schedule tells me. I would like to stay for the BBQ, but I have to catch a 8:00 PM train at the 30th St. Station. I'm not too sure how well that would fit in. It all really depends on the timing. Heating up the grill and cooking takes time and all of that jazz. I would hate to go to Ardmore only to have to return after 15 minutes. So yeah, we'll see how it goes.

Anyone bringing Guitar Hero stuff? I think that would be quite suitable.

DJP: I will require a total of TWO large dark blue hoodies. I've realized that they don't come in black, but it would have been pretty cool if they did. Please respond so I know that you've read this post.

[Kulaman]

I can swing by and pick-up Xerol on my way up, but I'll need some more information.

@Xerol: I need to know how much stuff you're planning on bringing and where to pick you up. Am I correct in assuming that you want to arrive on Friday evening?

@Pixie/Zircon: I'll need an address so i don't just wander around in PA with Xerol...

[zircon]

A heads-up to everyone who is staying overnight on Saturday:

Saturday marks the first day of the semifinals on OurStage. These only last Saturday and Sunday, and chances are, both myself and sgx will be in them, and competing for a $5,000 grand prize. We may want to do some group voting for a bit sometime on Saturday, but it might look fishy if many of you don't have accounts and the OS staff all of a sudden see a bunch of registrations from the same IP. So, if you'd like to help (it's simple and fun to judge) you might want to register an account now. :)

[Jillian Aversa]

Kulaman: we can't host any more people Friday night. Dave, Anna, Vinnie, Amy, Xerol, and Bahamut are all going to be there already. You two are welcome to journey up together Saturday morning, but it would still be nice if the former crew could fit Xerol since that was the original plan. Hoping Vinnie or Dave will see my previous post about that.

In other news...
Yes, you may want to register on OurStage.com if you haven't already! Andy could make it to the finals with TWO songs this month, so it would be really great to have your help voting at the meetup if that's the case. That would be fun, hehe.

[Kulaman]

That's fine, I'm just trying to open up some more options, I will be driving through Xerol's area anyway.

[Palpable]

Talking to djp last night it sounded like he and Anna wanted to get a hotel on Friday night. That would leave room for Kulaman, if he were to bring Xerol. Let's let Dave confirm though.

In case there isn't room at Jill/Andy's apartment for Kulaman, my car can physically take five, but it would be a very uncomfortable ride for those in the back. It's not a big car. I'm personally ok with it, but I'll be driving. :P I don't want to speak on behalf of those I've already promised I'm taking, i.e. Dave and Anna, whether they'd be ok with it.

Sorry for the miscommunications but yesterday Dave seemed as confused as me that we were supposed to be taking Xerol. I think this plan got decided without us. :< Thanks for offering your car up, Kulaman.

[Jillian Aversa]

Andy and I definitely remember talking to Dave about it way back when... And I also remember Xerol bringing it up in IRC when he was there. But regardless, having three people in the back seat isn't really that bad. Andy and I drove from Baltimore to PA with 5 people in a rented PT Cruiser (read: tiny) with our stuff piled up practically to the ceiling (including laps) and it wasn't that bad. This, of course, would be nothing like that... :>

As soon as Dave can give a definitive answer about hotel-age with Anna, we can figure out who'll be driving when and with whom. Phew!

[Palpable]

Whoops, Dave was planning to do the hotel thing Saturday, not Friday. So that means the Kulaman plan won't exactly work. But talking to Dave it sounds like he is ok with us picking up Xerol and just having three in the back. Xerol, I'm sending you a PM about our plans. When we've got everything figured out, I'll let everyone know what we decide.

[Sporknight]

So it turns out I picked up a summer job...and I'm working Saturdays from 1-6. So seems I wont be able to make it to the meetup this time around. I'd get a sub, but I'm going to need one July 4th most likely (goin home that weekend), so I dont wanna ask for both weekends off. If something changes around then maybe I'll pull a miracle off and be able to show, but I wouldn't count on it.

When are you guys planning on getting back to 30th st station? If it's after 6 or so I might be able to tag along for BBQ/sleepover, but if not no worries.

[Palpable]

Final plan: we're swinging by and picking up Xerol on Friday night. Should be getting to Philly pretty late, around 11 PM. Sorry there's not enough room at the apartment for you on Friday, Kulaman, but we'll catch you on Saturday?

[Kulaman]

Indeed you shall.

I'd like to get there around 11am and chill for a while before we go haring off to 30th st. station and then the festival. I'll probably be a bit frazzled after driving that long alone and need some time to recover.

[Jillian Aversa]

11:00 a.m. is the very latest time anyone can arrive to our apartment Saturday morning if they want to park their cars. We will be leaving to catch the train shortly after, so there won't really be much hanging out. Was that your plan? If so, you shoot to arrive a little earlier.

[Kulaman]

OIC... well shoot, I guess I'll be arriving around 10-10:30 then. I still need a target location though, otherwise I'll never get there.

[zircon]

NOTE: We will be meeting at noon, Saturday at the INFORMATION DESK in the middle of 30th Street Station, where all the Amtrak train times are. It's pretty hard to miss, as it's in the main concourse.

In case anyone misses us for any reason, either in Ardmore or the meetup point (30th Street), here are some directions.

READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT

* If you're driving to Ardmore first, and you're going down Cricket Ave from Lancaster, look on your RIGHT. You'll be driving for a short distance, passing a parking lot, a pub, and a carpet cleaner on your right, before you arrive. Look for a two story red brick apartment building with black shutters. To the LEFT of the building is the entrance to our parking lot. It's narrow and will take you all the way behind our building, where you will see the parking lot itself. Don't park on the street!

* Once you are parked, go back to Cricket and walk back the way you came up to Lancaster (it's just a straight line.) You'll wind up at an intersection. Go STRAIGHT, passing in between the Primavera Pizza Kitchen on your left and Radioshack on your right. You'll walk straight into the train station, which is little more than a bunch of benches near the tracks. You should be able to find a door to the ticket office; the door faces outwards to the tracks. Get a round trip ticket to 30th Street Station, if you can. If the ticket office is closed, don't worry, you can get a ticket on the train for $5.

* Upon arriving at 30th Street Station, IF we are still there, then get to the main concourse, which is down a ramp. If we left for Manayunk, get to the ticket counter and simply buy a round trip ticket there. The clerk should tell you where to go.

[Katsurugi]

pixietricks (<- 11 chars)

[Jillian Aversa]

Oui? (<-- 4 chars)

[Katsurugi]

Just bumping because of updated infoz.

[Jillian Aversa]

Speaking of infos...

WE ARE MEETING AT 30TH STREET STATION, NOT THE MANAYUNK PRETZEL

Bahamut (hehe) somehow thought we'd be convening at the pretzel first, so I just want to make sure nobody else had that assumption. ^-^

[Escariot]

Hey. I'm here at Kroze's place. Been here since 12:45am or so. No rape has happened yet. :)

Kroze, his girlfriend, Dominique, and myself will likely be taking one vehicle down tomorrow and actually parking and meeting you all at Manayunk.
I need to know if either Sporknight, Xenon, or Kulaman will have a vehicle available to drive here.
I think the original plan was to have Dyne also sleep here, and he would have a car, but since I do not see his name on the list, I can only assume that he won't be crashing here. PLEASE get ahold of Jill, Andy, or myself before 11:00am tomorrow. I will be contacting them in the morning to gather information. (A Private message is fine for me).

[zircon]

It sounds like Kulaman is driving so he should have a car available.

[Dyne]

A slight twist of events has enabled me to get there sooner. So I should be at the apartment before you leave for 30th Street Station. See you all then.

[Escariot]

It sounds like Kulaman is driving so he should have a car available.

Thank ye for the update. We will be meeting you all at Manayunk. Andy, Keep in touch with texts for time planning. :-)

[HydeGFF]

Back from the meet. Going to head out to bars pretty soon. Had a good time today. I'll try to post more and attend more meets in the future. For the sleep over crew, have a good time. Hope you enjoy breakfast tomorrow ^^

[Jillian Aversa]

It was great to meet you, Hyde! I'll post all the pics sometime tomorrow evening prolly. Thanks to all who came. :D

[Escariot]

The Kroze Krew is now back in New Jersey. Tauce, Nicky, and myself will be leaving early tomorrow and won't be able to make it to the IHOP breakfast tomorrow. To Hyde, Xenon, and Katsu, it was great to meet you. To Kulaman and Spork, you're right behind me...

We'll have the pictures uploaded as soon as we can get a free minute to upload and link them..


- pCe

[Xerol Oplan]

I've got my videos put together and uploaded. Photos tomorrow (since I took ~50 and probably only got a few good ones).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1FW7qDJNRo

[atmuh]

who the heck is holding the camera

[Sporknight]

Well I'm back and settled in my dorm safe and sound and all. The meetup was a load of fun, and I'm glad I could make it! I look forwards to the next one!

[Escariot]

Dominique and I are safe back home. Taucer is at his camp. I hope everyone had as great a time as we did. Hopefully I'll be seeing most of you back at Otakon.

[Xenon Odyssey]

Since my friend's internet was on the blink when I was at his place last night, I'm back home in MD postin'. I had a really fun time, and it was great to meet everybody! Definately making plans for more in the future.

[McVaffe]

I've got my videos put together and uploaded. Photos tomorrow (since I took ~50 and probably only got a few good ones).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1FW7qDJNRo

I remember that story DJP is talking about. It was Dan's fall that diverted the group to the hospital instead of my house out here. U guys should do a summer NYC meetup so I can actually make it sometime...

[Escariot]

I remember that story DJP is talking about. It was Dan's fall that diverted the group to the hospital instead of my house out here. U guys should do a summer NYC meetup so I can actually make it sometime...
You should drive down to Philly, Baltimore, or DC/MAGFest or something. :<
T'would be great to meet you.

[big giant circles]

I'm disappointed by the lack of pictureage so far. This thread fails.

[Kroze]

I'm disappointed by the lack of pictureage so far. This thread fails.

NO U PHAIL!

[Bahamut]

So I'm back in NY after one of my top 5 worst bus rides ever to get back home. Twas a fun time and am definitely looking forward to seeing some of you guys again.

I remember that story DJP is talking about. It was Dan's fall that diverted the group to the hospital instead of my house out here. U guys should do a summer NYC meetup so I can actually make it sometime...

If people want, I'm willing to go to one sometime in July and I'll post a thread suggesting one tomorrow. The December ones are no good for you?

[Xerol Oplan]

I need to get a USB cable before I can get my pictures off. I also have more videos.

I just got up after sleeping for 5 hours. I'm sure I didn't need sleep as much as some people but I still needed it.

[Katsurugi]

who the heck is holding the camera
Xerol is. But in his defense, his camera is very small and being that size and weight, it's difficult to keep still.

As for pictures, mine will be up next week. I have a specific place where I like to get my photos developed and scanned rather than your local Target or Rite Aid where some high school kids don't take pride in their work. Other people were using digital though.. they should have no excuse! ;)

It was cool to see/meet everyone though I know I wasn't there long enough to have a meaningful conversation with most everyone that came. Bowling was great. I haven't done it in a long while since the local one by me closed down. I finished half a subway footlong at the train station, which is kind of like a miniature bbq... okay.. it wasn't. But that's fine with me.

[Dyne]

Well I certainly had fun. Can't wait to do it again, and I'm getting geared up for Otakon! Can't wait for the OCR Panel.

[Xerol Oplan]

Got a lot more, but this is the one I wanted to get up:

http://xerol.org/h/v/1260/PHOT0451.JPG (http://xerol.org/h/img/1260)

[Monobrow]

... you weren't towed were you?

[Jillian Aversa]

Okay, here come my pics! (4 at a time... yay)

Everyone watching Taucer toss his balls
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/01.jpg

Dramatic shot!
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/02.jpg

Line of people waiting for the R5
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/03.jpg

HydeGFF has the dough for "bowling." Riiiight... ^_~
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/04.jpg

[Jillian Aversa]

Taucer, Katsurugi, Xenon Odyssey, Bahamut, Hyde, Escariot, and Kroze at the bowling alley
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/05.jpg

Group shot! Clockwise from left: pixietricks, zircon, José, Palpable, Amy, Xerol, Xenon Odyssey, Anna, Kulaman, djp, Bahamut, Kroze, Nicky, Escariot, Hyde, Taucer, and Amy II
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/06.jpg

Getting our BBQ on
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/07.jpg

Work it with that apron, Katsu
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/08.jpg

[Jillian Aversa]

Oops. Andy SWEARS this was an accident...
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/09.jpg

Taucer and zircon - true candid!
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/10.jpg

lol, that's Dave's license
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/11.jpg

Artsy fartsy shot :3
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/12.jpg

[Jillian Aversa]

zircon's beefy hands from slapping burgers together
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/13.jpg

Nice work, everyone! (Except djp because he didn't do the pose.) Sporknight is here now too. He's the guy in the brown shirt, standing in the back!
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/14.jpg

Lighting sparklers :D
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/15.jpg

Wheeee, fire!
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/16.jpg

[Jillian Aversa]

Fire, fire, fire
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/17.jpg

Most people's sticks had gone out by this point
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/18.jpg

Kroze with his enormous treat from Coldstone Creamery
http://soundtempest.net/jill/phillymeet08/19.jpg

And that's a wrap!

[Bahamut]

I miss it all already :sad:

[The Pezman]

If people want, I'm willing to go to one sometime in July and I'll post a thread suggesting one tomorrow. The December ones are no good for you?
Let's have an NYC meetup to take a car/train down to Baltimore for Otakon. Now that I've missed this I feel like I have to go there.

[Bahamut]

Let's have an NYC meetup to take a car/train down to Baltimore for Otakon. Now that I've missed this I feel like I have to go there.

I'm not going to be able to go to Otakon - I have to drive back to Illinois around then.

[José the Bronx Rican]

Finally, I'm relaxing and putting up pics.
The usual exhaustion after a another great meet, made worse with that no-AC/traffic-laden/3hr. bus ride. Went right to sleep, then right to work in the morning.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly001.jpg

Dave's Rii-al bowling doesn't have flair of his Wii bowling.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly002.jpg

Dyne was damn good.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly003.jpg

pix eventually got the hang of things, while I got nice, then slumped; been out of practice for decades.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly004.jpg

Kats seems to be using an "imaginary-wiichuck" style.

[José the Bronx Rican]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly005.jpg

Whatever works, right? Still, you had to see Wes' "police choke hold" technique. Kroze's was my favorite: his ball goes down the lane with NO SPIN on it WHATSOEVER.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly006.jpg

Barbecue. djp knows what wets his whistle.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly007.jpg

This grill became unusable after one session.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly008.jpg

Mizzu Supaakuru: AASOMMU PAAWAA!

[José the Bronx Rican]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly009.jpg

Our combined light display could be seen as far as the next blade of grass.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly010.jpg

KulaKar reps OCR.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly011.jpg

Outside the Coldstone, enjoying dairy products.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly012.jpg

Ibid. We then headed back to homebase.

[José the Bronx Rican]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly013.jpg

A friendly game of "..." what was it called again? Something to do with peasants and archbishops and stuff. I was king for one game; every other game I was pretty much Baldrick. pixie also played...

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly014.jpg

...along with Xerol and Vinnie, who kept winning...

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly015.jpg

...Amy did her thing, and Anna took Vinnie's crown and became drunk with power.

[José the Bronx Rican]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-29philly001.jpg

Next morning. Xerol was lapping after napping.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-29philly002.jpg

Dave and his PSP. "Loco Roco" was the game.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-29philly003.jpg

Amy entertained with her performance. Lovely.

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-29philly004.jpg

Wes on DS [correction - PSP]: Mega Man.

Breakfast was kickass again. Seeya on the next meet!

[Xenon Odyssey]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-29philly004.jpg

Wes on DS: Mega Man (ZX or Advent?).

I'm sorry, but that totally looks like a PSP to me :P

[McVaffe]

So I'm back in NY after one of my top 5 worst bus rides ever to get back home. Twas a fun time and am definitely looking forward to seeing some of you guys again.



If people want, I'm willing to go to one sometime in July and I'll post a thread suggesting one tomorrow. The December ones are no good for you?

usually stuck at work 99% of the time between mid nov and mid jan. Very sad =(

[Xerol Oplan]

Still haven't got Sunday pics off, but here's a few I have up:

http://xerol.org/h/v/1262/PHOT0430.JPG (http://xerol.org/h/img/1262)
Loitering near "No Loitering" signs was a common theme.

http://xerol.org/h/v/1263/PHOT0447.JPG (http://xerol.org/h/img/1263)
Posting this before djp gets a chance to shop it.

http://xerol.org/h/v/1265/PHOT0445.JPG (http://xerol.org/h/img/1265)
Dyne was really good.

http://xerol.org/h/v/1261/djpbeer.jpg (http://xerol.org/h/img/1261)
The spoils of victory.


That all said, there's a possibility of a mid-July meetup (location TBD), and then Otakon. After that, I'm planning an Ocean City, Maryland meetup. This would probably be a weekend in October. Condos are really cheap to rent there that time of year (a Friday-Monday would be between $40-80 each for 8 people) but I need to know what weekends work best for everyone. Any weekend after Labor Day weekend in September or October is up for grabs, and I'll be deciding by popular vote. Once a date is decided I'm going to need $10-20 from everyone who's coming as a deposit (since I'd need to put a deposit down when reserving).

One example of a place I'm looking at. (http://www.shorepro.com/scripts/rentall/cobolcgi.dll?runcobol+rm1795i.cob+A='401+10/24+10/27+00570'+l=rmcgix32.dll) (This is actually my preferred location, and it seems to be open every weekend in October. It's near the boardwalk, and earlier in October the water should still be warm enough.)

I'll make a separate thread for this soon, but I want to see who's interested here first.

[José the Bronx Rican]

I'm sorry, but that totally looks like a PSP to me :P

My slip; it was Vinnie and Amy with the DSes.

[Bahamut]

My slip; it was Vinnie and Amy with the DSes.

Yeah, I was on my PSP playing Mega Man Powered Up.

[The Pezman]

Re: The photos

What, no animated gif shot?

[Jillian Aversa]

Haha, love that No Loitering pic! Man, we were awesome.

Xerol: do you know when Doug was planning on coming down to Baltimore? I definitely wouldn't be able to go the weekend of the 12th and 13th (music video shoot), and possibly not the weekend after for the same reason. Late July may also be a visit home to Boston, so I dunno yet if I could do this one.

[Escariot]

http://www.bronxrican.com/about/snaps/2008-6-28philly012.jpg

Ibid. We then headed back to homebase.
Wow... My girlfriend doesn't look happy that you're pointing a camera at her.

[Palpable]

A friendly game of "..." what was it called again? Something to do with peasants and archbishops and stuff.

The Great Dalmuti! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dalmuti)

[joe_cam]

Son of a bitch. I wish Taucer would've said something to me about this.
I hate you Taucer.

[Katsurugi]

More pics, most of them self explanatory:

"Hey, guys. It's hot outside."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420014.jpg

Taucer juggling!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420012.jpg

Taucer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420015.jpg

[Katsurugi]

Xenon looking cool at the bowling alley.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420004.jpg

Pixie throws...!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410019.jpg

Pixie waits for the results!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410018.jpg

Taucer bowls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420005.jpg

[Katsurugi]

<3 balls. Yellow, black and blue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420007.jpg

Sometimes they're red too!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410022.jpg

Amy in action.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410016.jpg

Amy II post-action.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420002.jpg

[Katsurugi]

Jose caressing his ball in mid-conversation with Kulaman.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410021.jpg

DJP bowling at light speed!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410023.jpg

zircon bowling at normal speed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420006.jpg

It's okay, Nicky. You'll do better next time!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410024.jpg

[Katsurugi]

A happy candid shot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12420003.jpg

Group shot, without flash.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410015.jpg

With flash.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410014.jpg

[Katsurugi]

zircon, our grill master who had no idea how to start up the grill:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410012.jpg

Taucer drinking alcohol, totally under the confines and restrictions that the law has placed on its citizens.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/Katsurugi/OCRemix%20Philly%202008/12410013.jpg

Just wanted to apologize for some of the shots being a bit dull looking or out of focus. I didn't really know that we were going to a bowling alley. It's always dimly lit there. I wish I had more bbq shots, but I kind of left before the whole thing got started. Maybe next time.

[Foxhull]

Man, I'm sad I missed out on this, I totally would have been there if I didn't have a job...then again, with gas prices, maybe not. :lol:

[José the Bronx Rican]

Caressing my ball? Jesus... :lol:

Nice action shot of Amy I; I was trying to capture something exciting like that.

[Escariot]

Sweet. As soon as I resize the pictures, I'll upload... sometime... just moved to NoVa working on an internship here... so uh... soon-ish..