VGL Louisville Meetup - pics pg 22+

[Nekofrog]

I'm waiting for some paypal money to come in (it might not be in in time ) because we're getting raped on our paychecks right now (not getting the wage we were promised when we started working).

Hopefully it comes in on time.

[Sole Signal]

+$208 to ifirit's account

bgc, tweek, and myself +1 just paid. Let's go stragglers!

[big giant circles]

+$208 to ifirit's account

bgc, tweek, and myself +1 just paid. Let's go stragglers!

qft. uh, 10 char

[Nekofrog]

Payment sent for 2 tickets.

[Monobrow]

Sorry guys, can't go, but have a good time. Looks like when I go up there it won't coincide with this.

[tweex]

just paid you ifrit. let me know if there are any problems.

[ifirit]

Alright, guys! I've received payments from everyone except one person, darkman40228. Since he's only posted here once, I'm not really sure he'll still be attending. But to be fair, I'm going to leave the window open until 5pm E.S.T. today (when the banks close). After that I'm going to go ahead and buy the tickets for everyone. I'll hold on to everyone's tickets until the day of the concert/meet-up. However, if you would like me to mail your ticket to you, please let me know.

Current Attendees:

BGC

tweek

Audix + 1

Nekofrog + 1

Sinewav

dPaladin

ifirit

A total of 9 people, so far. Looks like this is going to turn out to be a great meet-up, people.

Also, I still need to know who needs/is willing to share a hotel room in Louisville and which hotel you'd prefer. Additionally, if you need transportation to Louisville, let me know as well.

Attendees: || Transportation: || Hotel: || Hotel Choice: ||

BGC ______ || Yes || Yes || No Preference ||

tweek _____ || Yes || Yes || No Preference ||

Audix + 1 __ || Yes || Yes || No Preference ||

Nekofrog + 1 || Yes (Pending) || Yes || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

Sinewav ___ || Yes || Yes || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

dPaladin ___ || Yes || No || N/A ||

ifirit _______ || Yes || Yes || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

I'll set the deadline for choosing a hotel for Monday, June 23, 2008, one week from now. I'll reserve the hotel under my credit card. At that time, I'll set-up a Paypal page as well for the hotel and set the payment deadline for Wednesday, July 16, 2008, two days before the meet-up, in case we need to cancel the reservation for some reason.

[tweex]

Audix, his +1, BGC, and I are planning on sharing a room. Not sure where yet, but I'm guessing it will be the same place as Ifrit is staying.

Jimmy and Greg will need to confirm this!

Cheers guys.

[big giant circles]

Right, Me, Tweek, Audix, and his friend are planning on a room. I don't really care which hotel. Yes, I'll have transportation. I'm fine with whatever hotel everyone else chooses. I do think our groups should stay at the same hotel at least.

Also, I'm going to try to get in touch with Tommy this week. At the DC show, Tommy was very open to having OCR people help with certain events, like judging various competitions, etc. Would any of you be interested in helping with such? I don't want to tell him we might be available if no one's going to be willing to commit to it if he says "ok". Input please.

Also, are we still feeling the Batman movie thing?

[Nekofrog]

Willing to share a room with anyone, should they also be willing. We are quiet and do not snore. Also do not take well to snoring of others.

Any takers?

As I've mentioned in terms of transportation, but car is broken down right now but it SHOULD be up and running and available to seat 3 others (provided you're not a gimongous fatass). I'm so confident that it will be repaired that I have bought tickets.

[Sinewav]

I'm really wanting to do the 21c Hotel thing. That place looks awesome.

One problem... I just had surgery, and my sinuses are all clogged and apparently making me snore very loudly. Supposedly, I should be better buy the time of the meetup, but no promises. just to be cautious, is there anyone who isn't going to sleep much, or sleeps really hard, who would like to share a room?

Transportation: Yes.

Batman: Hell, Yes.

Helping out Mr. Tallarico: Sure.

What kind of stuff would we be helping Tommy with? I'm more than willing to lend a helping hand, even if it's just carrying equipment. Just curious.

[ifirit]

Alright, since I've not received a notice or payment from darkman40522, I've gone ahead and purchased the tickets for the concert. Our seats are in the Orchestra Section (AA - S): Row H, Seats 12 -20. That's one of the rows in the middle of this section (but closer to the stage) with seats just left of center stage. I'll be receiving the tickets by mail in 2-3 days. Again, I'll be holding on to these tickets until the day of the meet-up. However, if you would like me to send you your ticket(s), please let me know via PM.

I've updated our list of attendees and travel information here:

Attendees: || Transportation: || Hotel: ____ || Hotel Choice: ||

BGC ______ || Yes ___________ || Yes _______ || No Preference ||

tweek _____|| Yes ___________ || Yes _______ || No Preference ||

Audix +1 _ || Yes ___________ || Yes _______ || No Preference ||

Nekofrog +1|| Yes (Pending) _ || Yes _______ || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

Sinewav __ || Yes ___________ || Yes _______ || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

dPaladin _ || Yes ___________ || No (Pending)|| N/A ||

ifirit ___ || Yes ___________ || Yes _______ || (2) 21c Museum Hotel ||

It looks like there will be a total of 8 people who are looking to share a hotel room. Four of us prefer the 21c Museum Hotel, with four having no preference other than staying at the same hotel. I suggest that we get 2 double bed rooms (four people per room).

I'll plan to have BGC, tweek, Audix and his friend stay in one room, since they've requested this arrangement, and Sinewav, Nekofrog, his girlfriend and myself in the other. If this arrangement is too much of a problem, would it okay with everyone to allow us to switch people?

Since I've already stated that I'll leave the deadline to decide on the hotel for next Monday, I won't make any plans right now. We still have time to sort things out. Let me know if there's anything else that I'll need to consider.

[Nekofrog]

Everything sounds good to me.

[big giant circles]

Since everyone is leaning toward the museum hotel, I think we should just go ahead and call that *the one*.

I'm also fine switching up people if the need arises, but I doubt the need would/should arise.

Also, being married, I should warn that I might involuntarily spoon whoever I'm next to...

[dPaladin]

Potentially muddy waters. This probably won't be a problem, but it's not the kind of thing I should wait to tell you guys about:

I share a car with my brother.

My brother and some of his/my RL friends might be going to VGL too. They haven't bought tickets yet but it looks like at least one or two want to go. If it's less than six people, then they can all share a car on the way back (or there, if we're meeting beforehand as well), and I will request that it not be mine so I can hang out with you guys afterward. I can't stress enough how unlikely it is that they'll all want to go. It was three of us last time and the other people seem mildly interested, but they'll probably be less interested when it's time to pay.

If I do end up stranded in Louisville with no car after the show, I have a few options:

1) Pay one of the hotel room groups some money for a nice warm patch of floor to sleep on, then get a ride home the next day, either by calling home, bumming a ride off of someone who is going west, or TARCing as close to home as I can then walking the remaining seven or eight miles.

2) TARC/hitchhike (is that even possible any more? damn) home that night.

3) Leave with my RL friends directly after the show.

4) Have them all hang out with you guys, the delegates from the internet!

Anyway, option one seems the most likely in this scenario (which itself is not very likely), so is it cool with you guys if you have a potential 5th person in one of the rooms?

ALSO: I'd be okay with helping out doing whatever at the concert, but I wonder if that will disqualify me from winning the Space Invaders thing. I won it last time, and even though there was only one thing in the prize bag that I ever used, it was still cool. I'm out of practice, so it probably won't even matter.

ALSO ALSO: Should I get some OCR stuff, like a shirt or some-such? I kind of had a dream of ordering one the same day one of my mixes got posted, as lame as that sounds. I guess I'm asking if you guys are going to wear your OCR stuff.

[big giant circles]

Yes. Everyone who has an OCR shirt, wear it. Black is typically the most popular color, but if you have white, that's cool too. Or, if you're really REALLY awesome and have one of the oldschool jerseys, you can earn mad cool points by sporting that bad boy.

I'm trying to work things out with DJP, we're kicking around the idea of him sending me a bunch of shirts for us to potentially sell as merchandise at the show like we did at the DC show. So while you guys are welcome to go ahead and buy one right now, if you wait a week or so, I should be able to tell you if I'll be bringing a bunch, and then you can just buy one directly (and save a bit on shipping).

Also, I think I can probably speak for everyone and say that if you end up in need of it, I don't think anyone would mind letting you crash in their room if you get stuck for the night.

[ifirit]

I'll make reservations for 2 Double Bed rooms at the 21c Museum Hotel online on Monday. Paypal page will also be set up at that time. And I have no problem with letting dPaladin crash on the floor. I'll bring my sleeping bag, just in case.

But, if you'll be leaving the next day with the rest of us (and since you live in the Louisville area anyway), I see no reason why we couldn't give you a ride. There's no need for you to walk eight miles home, even after taking a bus ride part of the way there.

As far as helping out Tommy Talarico with VGL, I'm in. I'll be getting there early to make sure everything at the hotel is taken care of, anyway. I'm also still up for going to see Batman: The Dark Knight. And so far, there haven't been any naysayers.

Also, I'm going to be really REALLY awesome and wear my oldschool jersey with the purple sleeves. But, since I haven't purchased the new (and sleeker) black Tee yet, I'm willing to purchase one at the concert.

Attendees: || OCR T-Shirt (Wearing): || OCR T-Shirt (Purchase): || Dark Knight: || Helping Mr. Talarico: ||

BGC ______ || Yes (Black?)__________ || No (Selling)___________ || Yes_________ || Yes _________________ ||

tweek ____ || ? ____________________ || ? _____________________ || ? __________ || ? ___________________ ||

Audix +1 _ || No ___________________ || Yes ___________________ || Yes ________ || Yes _________________ ||

Nekofrog +1|| ? ____________________ || ? _____________________ || Yes ________ || ? ___________________ ||

Sinewav __ || Yes (Black) __________ || Pending _______________ || Hell, Yes __ || Yes _________________ ||

dPaladin _ || ? ____________________ || Yes ___________________ || ? __________ || Yes _________________ ||

ifirit ___ || Yes (Jersey) _________ || Yes ___________________ || Yes ________ || Yes _________________ ||

[Sole Signal]

You sir, are organized.

Here's my plan so you can fill out the checksheet. Buddy and I are going to be driving down early, probably getting there around 4 or so, then either hanging out at the hotel and meeting OCR folk or helping out at VGLive. We'll both be buying black OCR t-shirts, and going to see Dark Knight.

[Sinewav]

I'll wear my OCR shirt (black). When did they make these jerseys? I've been lurking here since 2002 and I don't really remember them at all.

And I'll consider purchasing an OCR shirt, since my current one is starting to get worn out.

[big giant circles]

I'm trying to work things out with DJP, we're kicking around the idea of him sending me a bunch of shirts for us to potentially sell as merchandise at the show like we did at the DC show. So while you guys are welcome to go ahead and buy one right now, if you wait a week or so, I should be able to tell you if I'll be bringing a bunch, and then you can just buy one directly (and save a bit on shipping).

give me a couple more days and i'll have an update for those of you considering buying shirts before hand.

[ifirit]

I've made reservations for two 2-Double Bed rooms at the 21c Museum Hotel. I haven't received the room locations yet, but our current room assignments are: Room 1 - (big giant circles, tweek, Audix +1), Room 2: (Sinewav, Nekofrog +1, ifirit). The cost per room is $159.00 as originally stated, meaning that the cost per person is $39.75. Again, the pay-by date for the hotel room is Wednesday, July 16, 2008. I've set up a PayPal page as well, which is listed below.

PayPal Page for Hotel Rooms at 21c Museum Hotel

Currently, our information is as follows:

Attendees|Transportation|Hotel: ____||OCR T-Shirt (Wearing)|OCR T-Shirt (Purchase)|Dark Knight|Helping Mr. Tallarico|

BGC ______||Yes ___________||Yes _______||Yes (Black?)__________||No (Selling)___________||Yes_________||Yes _________________||

tweek ____||Yes ___________||Yes _______||? ____________________||? _____________________||? __________||? ___________________||

Audix +1 _||Yes ___________||Yes _______||No ___________________||Yes ___________________||Yes ________||Yes _________________||

Nekofrog+1||Yes (Pending) _||Yes _______||? ____________________||? _____________________||Yes ________||? ___________________||

Sinewav __||Yes ___________||Yes _______||Yes (Black) __________||Pending _______________||Hell, Yes __||Yes _________________||

dPaladin _||Yes ___________||No (Pending)|No ___________________||Yes ___________________||Yes ________||Yes _________________||

ifirit ___||Yes ___________||Yes _______||Yes (Jersey) _________||Yes ___________________||Yes ________||Yes _________________||

I'm still missing a couple of pieces of information, but all I need for the moment is information regarding T-shirt purchases and providing help for Tommy Tallarico at VGL for BGC's benefit. Let me know if there's anything else I'm missing or feel I should provide. I'll post information about in-town travel later.

[Nekofrog]

Update:

We've got the parts for the car, only now a new issue has come up. It won't start up to get it to the place to get repaired, which means there's another new issue.

Luckily our coming paychecks (31st) will be very sizable, so we can likely take care of whatever it is.

The problem is just finding out WHAT it is. I really hope we get this ironed out before the meetup, 'cause we've already paid for the tickets.

[dPaladin]

I don't have an OCR shirt to wear yet, though I might be buying one in time for the concert if I find the money. And I'm totally up for Batman.

[big giant circles]

remember, i'm working out the details to see if we can sell them there. in which case you guys will have first dibs.

neko, you might consider subscribing to AAA. they'll tow your car in case of stuff like that.

[Nekofrog]

Update:

Just magically came into $10,000.

Will definitely be there