Sweet Meet n' Greet Street Report
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Aethon_NA,
Posted on: 2006-02-23 22:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
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I think you all need to take a road trip up to Chicago so some more fans can get the chance to meet you!!! 
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
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Well, since the 'rockstar' thing was mentioned... why don't you guys just load up in a tour bus and hit all the big cities?
ROAD TRIP!
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
[/ QUOTE ]This was my thought all along. Do a few of em. Different devs can go to some of em. The way I see it, not only is this fun for the players that go, and great PR, but it makes the devs there feel appreciated, for what can often be a thankless job.
Zeus - God of theory
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
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I think you all need to take a road trip up to Chicago so some more fans can get the chance to meet you!!!
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Chicago? Pittsburgh, baby. Pittsburgh.
Why? Well, no good reason, actually, but Pennsylvania and surrounding states are some of the most populous, and Pittsburgh's far enough west to discourage any of those pesky New Joisians from showing up...
Besides, there are drinks a-plenty- most of us are still intoxicated over the super bowl win- we drink just enough to remember the victory, but not the "quirky" performance that somehow made it happen. it's better that way.
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It should be in Miami so that it's totally out of the way no matter where you live.
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Unless you live in Ft Lauderdale
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Or Miami.
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Ugh. You are both correct, sirs! *lives in Coral Springs*
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Tamarac. 
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North Miami, here.
But let's not kid ourselves. It's not gonna happen. 
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This was my thought all along. Do a few of em. Different devs can go to some of em. The way I see it, not only is this fun for the players that go, and great PR, but it makes the devs there feel appreciated, for what can often be a thankless job.
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That's a really good point. I suspect that (despite the travel exhaustion involved) going places -- such as Oregon -- where people are really happy to meet you and are grateful for what you do might be good for morale. Especially after dealing with the faceless onslaught of forum snarkiness, a brief exchange with a smiling face -- in, oh, Oregon -- might serve to recharge the will.
EDIT: Appropos of nothing -- I wanted to note that we have an incredibly high number of microbreweries in Oregon. And... well, strip clubs. Just... tossing that out there.
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That's a really good point. I suspect that (despite the travel exhaustion involved) going places -- such as Oregon -- where people are really happy to meet you and are grateful for what you do might be good for morale. Especially after dealing with the faceless onslaught of forum snarkiness, a brief exchange with a smiling face -- in, oh, Tampa -- might serve to recharge the will.
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Fixed that.
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EDIT: Appropos of nothing -- I wanted to note that we have an incredibly high number of microbreweries in Oregon. And... well, strip clubs. Just... tossing that out there.
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So does Tampa, heck, Joe Redner, the owner of a lot of strip clubs ran for city council.
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That's a really good point. I suspect that (despite the travel exhaustion involved) going places -- such as Oregon -- where people are really happy to meet you and are grateful for what you do might be good for morale. Especially after dealing with the faceless onslaught of forum snarkiness, a brief exchange with a smiling face -- in, oh, America's Armpit -- might serve to recharge the will.
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Fixed that.
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Indeed.
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
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I think you all need to take a road trip up to Chicago so some more fans can get the chance to meet you!!!
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We need something like this up in the frozen Tundra that is Canada
News 8's story on the event is now online!
http://www.news8austin.com/content/t...sp?ArID=156166
If you scroll down you can play the video. I'm in it! Well... in the background. For 3 seconds. (1:08, on the right, with the cap.) 
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I can see some honest suggestions as to where they may have the next event, but it seems everyone is just saying it should be in their own hometown.
Hasn't anyone heard of a centralized event? I mean.... florida? That's as centralized as where I live, and Maine ain't gonna happen either. I know people are just kidding around of course, but it would be nice to have a little... more serious discussion as to where it may be a good place to go.
Don't get me wrong... this would have to be for a bigger event. Let's face it, this last event, with about 200 people, was in the middle of nowhere. Yes, austin may be a very respectably sized city, but texas itself is central to... well, texas. So they had an event, pretty much local only to one state, and seemingly had NO PROBLEMS filling up their reservation cards, and then some. So location wouldn't make a damned bit of difference unless they wanted a bigger event. They could have one in nebraska, or even Maine I'm sure and get the same turnout they had down in texas... it's not that hard for a company like this to attract a couple hundred people apparantly.
But I'd like to see a nice bigger event. Personally, I'd be willing to travel a day to get there too. I consider a good days worth of travel to be between 14-16 hours, so that would place it... well, anywhere between chicago and DC, composing most of the northeast and a decent chunk of the northern section of the states... (the US isn't THAT big after all).
In a bigger event it would also be nice to see things like events. Costume contests, talent show, kareoke, open bar, you name it... it would be fun. Of course I'm probably thinking bigger than they are, but it would be a blast.
Zeus - god of thinking big
See, I'm not willing to travel. So, if they do a bunch of little events all over, fine. If they do a few big ones in only major cities, posts pics.
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open bar
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This alone will inspire people to go further than they would normally.
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News 8's story on the event is now online!
http://www.news8austin.com/content/t...sp?ArID=156166
If you scroll down you can play the video. I'm in it! Well... in the background. For 3 seconds. (1:08, on the right, with the cap.)
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hhmmm, i was on there too.... crud. a whole 4 secs. (:12-:16) shout out to yukie, who was sitting next to me in the event and in the news cast.
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And yes, I have been secretly working out since I got this gig so that someday at a meet-and-greet you guys would post my pic on the boards and Lady_Athyna would fear me.
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You'll need to get a pic of you in a skimpy little cat outfit first. B-)
Don't think they make skimpy coffee cup outfits. At least I haven't found any yet.
*cough*, next one in Atlanta.....
If they do make it an annual event, it's at a great time of the year. Right around when tax refunds come in, so it makes it easier to pay for longer trip, I think. My biggest problem with Quakecon was that it was at the end/middle of the summer, after all the summer travel and everything, and I typically had very little money. Having an event to go to in Feb/March/April timeframe would be great! All that fresh vacation time just waiting to be used.
Difference is... nobody lives in Maine. There's just you and that other guy. Now Tampa is a great idea. It's not Orlando, but it's close enough. Hour and a half drive never killed anyone.
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The problem I see with doing a few little events all over is it would be hell on the devs themselves, which is why I'm assuming they won't be doing that. They would have to take time out of what they are doing, and of course.. travel. You for example can't travel.. whether it's for kids sake or just the dislike of traveling, they're all sound reasons and the same reasons the devs would have.
So I guess I'm hoping they do ... say, two or three fairly big ones. Anything on the east coast alienates the west coast and vice versa after all. Not much can be done about that.
Zeus - god of hope
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News 8's story on the event is now online!
http://www.news8austin.com/content/t...sp?ArID=156166
If you scroll down you can play the video. I'm in it! Well... in the background. For 3 seconds. (1:08, on the right, with the cap.)
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Soooo...they made no reference to the event, why they were there or what anyone was doing?
And no interview with Cuppa?!?
There's a reason I don't watch local news.
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I saw cuppa in the video for like a second! woo!
Didn't see me but I did see Moggie!
How can you save this video? (For archival purposes, of course)
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It was nice to see those picutres and put faces to names.
Aaahhh... the pretty people.
It was also fun to be passing messages by proxy to people like Cuppa. Also, very cool to get phone calls from friends that I'd only ever talked to online.
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I almost could've been there.
Pesky short notice airfare...
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Ever notice how the ears on elves just keep getting longer and longer and longer these days?
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They're called handles.
Seriously though.. I'd highly reccomend the next event be in boston. It's a pretty big place, alot of people available, close to NY/new england, a whole lotta good advantages (still a 5 hour drive for me, but it's still a damned nice venue)
Zeus - god of events
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Boston!?!
I'm sure you meant Tampa. Right? RIGHT!?!
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No, you both mean Seattle.
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News 8's story on the event is now online!
http://www.news8austin.com/content/t...sp?ArID=156166
If you scroll down you can play the video. I'm in it! Well... in the background. For 3 seconds. (1:08, on the right, with the cap.)
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that news anchor called us "junkies" what a way to put a positive spin on it eh?
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All in all it was a great event and look forward to a second annual gathering in the future.
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Who said anything about these things being merely annual?
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woot?
Be well, people of CoH.