LM Meet (Idea Phase)

[Cold-NiTe]

kekekeke.

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It always scares me when I realize that the server is 30 minutes away from me.

[SwiftSpear]

... where you live?

Is the server 30 mins away from you or is LB 30 mins away from you?

REAL LM map

LB and the server are 2 timezones away from eachother.

[Cold-NiTe]

... where you live?

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Check under my avatar.  It's not entirely accurate as I am actually in a suburb between DFW, but I'm in the general area.

I was under the assumption that the server was also in Dallas.

[GrayDuck]

Why aren't I on the map.

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Oh, I'm a nub. In case anyone else failed to notice, as I did, there's a post to add yourself to the map. It's tarballed.

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Pont!


(Sorry, couldn't resisit - lol - good job Manta!)

[Owen]

maybe if it was a "sonic and esuna" meet then yeah, i'd go.

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game for that... stout all round?

[confused!]

i might be game depends on the weekend etc.

[Zero7]

Heh, for the record, the likelihood of a real big organized LM meet happening THIS year isn't looking very good. Although, I must say that next year is looking VERY prospective, simply because practically half of our regs graduate from high school that year and will be legal

And on that note, the current revised possible locations:
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio

Now who could make it to these locations?

[Nooblet]

I think Ohio would be THE best bet for close range. Travelocity or Orbitz for bus fairs or get a buddy and drive down. Ohio is smack dab in the middle for most of us. Also mabey just mabey we could get a pool togeather for air fair for anyone on the west who needs help.

[Sandrock]

Well if anyone is seriously interested, every couple months I host 100+ person LAN parties in Wisconsin, so we could knock out two birds with one stone. Its right in the middle of the Midwest US, and close to the Canadian border. We usually rent out a huge convention hall at a hotel, so we'd have plenty of place to roll out sleeping bags or a hotel very nearby. For our October 2004 event, we had people from all over Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and one guy flew out from Cali to meet his clan, so now GrayDuck has no excuse    Let me know if this would be helpful to the cause.

[GrayDuck]

Well if anyone is seriously interested, every couple months I host 100+ person LAN parties in Wisconsin, so we could knock out two birds with one stone. Its right in the middle of the Midwest US, and close to the Canadian border. We usually rent out a huge convention hall at a hotel, so we'd have plenty of place to roll out sleeping bags or a hotel very nearby. For our October 2004 event, we had people from all over Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and one guy flew out from Cali to meet his clan, so now GrayDuck has no excuse    Let me know if this would be helpful to the cause.

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LOL sand.

I'll be in MN from May 25th to June 5th - might it be then?!  *note I'll have no computer tho *

[Settler]

youd think bill would be used to moving around, what with all those relocations...


how about we do a West coast, east coast and south area "meets" at the same time?? that could work eh that way no one is left out (well the euros can meet too i guess)

that would be rockin  :cool:

[Zero7]

Settler : That was the idea, but realistically, there's really no point in having them all happen at the same time. People will be left out no matter what, people in other regions won't be able to make their own regional meet for whatever reason (and if enough people can't make it, there's really NO point in having it there in the first place). Example: 40 people can make the LM "South" Meet on a certain date, and only 5 people can make an LM "East" Meet on the same date. Not worth having an LM "East" Meet anymore. See my point? It's MUCH easier (and more effective, IMO), to just organize regional meets seperately, and after a while (assuming they're a success), we can TRY to organize a "central" LM meet where people from every region comes together for maybe a week.

Honestly though, I'd rather open up with an east coast meet first. That way I get the experience I need to better organize the massive LM meets and perhaps aid others in starting other area meets (West, South, Euro...)

While it may happen in the future, this current meet is "geared" towards east coasters, as that's where we have the largest concentration of LMers (currently). If this isn't to anyone's satisfaction, all I can say right now is "tough luck". You'll have to wait until someone in another area takes the initiative to try and organize a meet there, or until the LM "East" meet goes through first so I can organize a meet in another region (with help from people IN that region), so future meets happen more painlessly.

Cliff Notes:
1) LM Meet - The one I'm trying to plan is "geared" towards those on the East side (though if people from other regions want to come, they're more than welcome to).
2) There's really no point in really aiming to have multiple area meets all happen at the same time. As it's EXTREMELY hard to time it right to have people in those ALL areas have the time off to make the meet (and therefore making it worthwhile to have)
3) Other area meets PROBABLY will happen in the future, just not now. Either be patient and wait for me to organize it (after LM Meet "East"), or try going at it yourself, or wait until LM Meet "East" happens and is over to get advice/tips from me.

[GrayDuck]

I'm ummmm, not sure sure if a meet is a good idea.  I wouldn't put THIS past most of you  o_O

[Necrosis]

Not to worry, Diablus is spending too much time playing Fable to appear at meets.

[Settler]

a "west " meet would probably consist of people in BC or people in CA

[Zero7]

a "west " meet would probably consist of people in BC or people in CA

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Captain obvious strikes again. :|

[2_of_8]

a "west " meet would probably consist of people in BC or people in CA

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I was thinking of more like Australia or something.

[Mr.Bill]

I'm ummmm, not sure sure if a meet is a good idea.  I wouldn't put THIS past most of you  o_O

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if that's real... hahaha that's just extreme to the point of insanity.



but yeah, I dont anything short of Quebec  or maine will do for us

[EmperorPenguin]

The Midwest states wouldn't be too bad of a drive for me, but if we do end up going East Coast I most certainly will be hopping a plane.  Of course the costlier the trip gets, the harder it is to go.  I'd still give it a shot, it'd be great to meet my fellow LMers in the flesh.

[Doobie Dan]

I'm ummmm, not sure sure if a meet is a good idea.  I wouldn't put THIS past most of you  o_O

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if that's real... hahaha that's just extreme to the point of insanity.

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That's Reno 911, you silly canuck!