Proposed Meet & Greet, Baltimore/DC Metro
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-12-10 14:16 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
It was great to meet those who were able to attend today's event! My thanks to those who put it together, from the organization and coordination to the outstanding name badges. This may have been a small group of people, but they have a remarkable amount of talent!
It was also good of Traegus to choose to share his birthday with us. What a great sport!
You know, I had a pretty good opinion of the players of this game before attending this meet & greet, but seeing what a sharp, funny, friendly, and generous group we've got here in the DC/Maryland/Virginia are lends credence to CoH's reputation for the best community around.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in game, on the forums, and at the next get together.
@Glass Goblin - Writer, brainstormer, storyteller, hero
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
this was the first meet and greet i have been able to attend and it was very enjoyable, one of the most fun social experiences i have had in awhile mostly because i had other people to talk to about stuff im familiar with lol
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Oh I most certainly did consider it before posting these pics. |
Originally Posted by Traegus
Torroes, just as bit of warning, i went thru my old PM's and realized i still have your personal info, i say this in hopes you consider that before posting any pictures!!!
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Enjoy all.
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The link leads no where hon. |
Originally Posted by Torroes_Prime
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Never fear, though, I have video of this event. :-D
Evil Obs is EVIL.
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Might help if I set the album to be publicly viewable wouldn't it? Try now.
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Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
The link leads no where hon.
Never fear, though, I have video of this event. :-D Evil Obs is EVIL. |
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I knew I liked you!
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Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
Evil Obs is EVIL.
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@Glass Goblin - Writer, brainstormer, storyteller, hero
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
To all who attended today's Meet and Greet:
Thank you all for coming. Tonight has made my trip from Dallas, Texas to Baltimore, Maryland COMPLETELY WORTH IT! (I'm contemplating 'sarcastic' orange letters just for poo's and giggles)
Turgenev walked away with a commissioned drawing from the talented Liz.
Torroes Prime walked away with the sexy Razor Naga mouse.
And, Crazed Drifter walked away with a 60-Day Time Card.
I always knew CoX had the best community out of any MMO, and events like this solidifies that idea even more.
To everyone who showed up, I really do apologize for the 'on the fly' plan changes before you could meet up with us, but I'm glad we all finally found one another. I look forward to seeing all of you in game, and even possibly getting the chance to see you all face to face again.
Neutrio, THANK YOU for getting my Texan skin out of the north cold. LOL
Edit: I just tried to get the pics off my camera and onto my laptop, but for whatever reason, the card isn't reading. So, when I get home on Monday (Unless I get REALLY Lucky between now and then) I'll upload the few pics I have and the lovely video.
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[Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: Good job, Anti-Matter. Troll them.
Freedom, Virtue, Exalted
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Unfortunately, it's still giving "Sorry, that page was not found."
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Originally Posted by Torroes_Prime
Might help if I set the album to be publicly viewable wouldn't it? Try now.
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@Glass Goblin - Writer, brainstormer, storyteller, hero
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
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Third time's the charm?
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Originally Posted by GlassGoblin
Unfortunately, it's still giving "Sorry, that page was not found."
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I can see the album, but I can't view the pics for whatever reason. |
Originally Posted by Torroes_Prime
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Still sad pandas.
[Admin] Anti-Matter: I was in ur dimenshun, killin ur d00ds.
[Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: Good job, Anti-Matter. Troll them.
Freedom, Virtue, Exalted
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grrr.... okay there is one last thing I can try.|
Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
I can see the album, but I can't view the pics for whatever reason.
Still sad pandas. |
Click here (and pray).
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woooooooooooooooooo fixxxxxeeeedddddd!!!!!
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Originally Posted by torroes_prime
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[Admin] Anti-Matter: I was in ur dimenshun, killin ur d00ds.
[Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: Good job, Anti-Matter. Troll them.
Freedom, Virtue, Exalted
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It works for me, now.|
Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
I can see the album, but I can't view the pics for whatever reason.
Still sad pandas. |
Thanks!
@Glass Goblin - Writer, brainstormer, storyteller, hero
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
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You are quite welcome Obsidian :-)|
Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
Neutrio, THANK YOU for getting my Texan skin out of the north cold. LOL
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Thanks for schlepping all the way up here from TX & chillaxing with us!
Glad to have met everyone -- or at least those that were kind enough to swing back through D&B again :-P
Hope to hang out with you all again!
- Neut
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Originally Posted by Torroes_Prime
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dude, did you take no other pics? they all gotta be me with the sombrero????
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
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:-D Evil Torroes is EVIL :-D
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Originally Posted by Traegus
dude, did you take no other pics? they all gotta be me with the sombrero????
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[Admin] Anti-Matter: I was in ur dimenshun, killin ur d00ds.
[Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: Good job, Anti-Matter. Troll them.
Freedom, Virtue, Exalted
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*FAINTS*|
Originally Posted by Obsidian_Light
Turgenev walked away with a commissioned drawing from the talented Liz.
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Best. Win. EVAR.
...my pix will be up later today. I kinda fell asleep at the KB last night.
Lovely meeting all of you (even Traegus, you bitter, bitter thing you)!
@TURGENEV - Freedom Server / IRON / B.A.N.E / HORDE
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It's not like there was a lot else worth taking pictures of. You kind of stole the show Traegus.
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Originally Posted by Traegus
dude, did you take no other pics? they all gotta be me with the sombrero????
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Thanks all for the great time last night. And yeah, apologies to Traegus for being the butt of the jokes this time around. I'm 100% positive* that it won't happen next time.
*guarantee not valid in the U.S.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
Well, as much fun as it is to pick on Traegus I would like to start putting though toward the next M&G. There is a fair ammount of interest in doing a M&G centered around the Avengers movie premier which is slated for May 4th.
Now I can see 2 ways of doing such a get together:
1) We do the M&G for the Premier itself. We get a group rate from a movie theater (Or hell if we can swing it rent out the damned theater). We get together a few hours before the movie for lunch, chat mingle, play jokes, whatever and then we go to the movie with the understanding that all of us are there to see the movie. That means we all understand that we're not going to talk during the movie.
2) We do the M&G a few weeks after the Premier itself, get together a few hours before the movie to mingle, chat, talk, play jokes and whatever else and then go to the movie. This difference with this approach is that there is no garuntee that we're all there to see the movie (and lets be honest chances are that we'll have already seen the movie so we'll be there to hang out more then to see the movie).
Who wants to do which approach?
i'm down for the movie, and i prefer the no talking version (and especially the no clapping and singing version), but i long ago swore to never again go to an opening weekend movie. i would prefer a week or so after it opens so as not to have to deal with the swarms of folks, but for the opportunity to hang out again, i'll make an exception.
but, i say we find another theater, arundel mills has a nice theater and all, but parking is really beyond belief there, not sure everyone would be up for that again. specifically of rthe folks who had to drive over an hour to spend almost the same amount of time looking for a spot.
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
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Well since I'm organizing the next one, I'm leaning toward doing it at a theater in this State (virginia). But yeah, I'll worry about what theater we do it at after we decide which format we want to carry it out with. |
Originally Posted by Traegus
i'm down for the movie, and i prefer the no talking version (and especially the no clapping and singing version), but i long ago swore to never again go to an opening weekend movie. i would prefer a week or so after it opens so as not to have to deal with the swarms of folks, but for the opportunity to hang out again, i'll make an exception.
but, i say we find another theater, arundel mills has a nice theater and all, but parking is really beyond belief there, not sure everyone would be up for that again. specifically of rthe folks who had to drive over an hour to spend almost the same amount of time looking for a spot. |
There are a couple theathers right along the I95 corridor down here. annoying they seem to go up in quality the further south you go.
Basically we've got a Theather at Spring Field mall. It's about a 20 minute walk from the metro station so that would be a plus for people to get to. The down side, the mall and the theater itself are pretty crappy.
Heading down to woodbridge (about 20 minutes south of Springfield) we get to an AMC theater. They have stadium seating and is generally good though their prices are getting to be rather outrageous in my opinion. Most new movies are $14 there. But it is attached to one of the nicer malls in the area. Lots of places to get together for lunch/dinner and hang out.
Then If we go down to fredericksburg we have a Muvico theather in an outdoor mall/town center sort of set up. Really georgeous place. They have premium seating with a win/beer lounge attached to the theater. At premium seating you're allowed to bring your drinks into the theaters and the seating is outstanding. Literally, Treagus and I could be in seats next to each other, lean back and stretch our legs out with another foot and half between our feet and the backs of the seats in front of us, spread our shoulders out and still have 8 inches of space between us. I'm use Traegus and I as reference since we're both fairly stocking fellas. The Price is a bit high at $14 a seat but for the quality of the theater I think it's worth it. The down side is it 40 minutes south of Springfield.
So yeah, Option 1: Metro accessible and easy to get to but pretty crappy in terms of quality.
Option 2: Not metro accessible, but close enough to make car pooling viable from a metro. Not bad in terms of Quality. Bit expensive though.
Option 3: Just too far to make multiple Car pools viable so would need to coordinate for transit from a Metro. Great location with lots to do.
Heh, not my fault I can walk to Arundel Mills 
No, I would be more then happy to do the no talky version, I always do no talky at the movies, outside of re-releases where everyone is quoting along with the movie ala Rocky Horror.
As for the locale, I did mention to get there ahead of time due to the parking concerns, it is ridiculous out there. If you have directions to a nice theater with good decent parking, then I would be more then game to be the one driving an hour this time. Let's do this...!
"when i can savagely beat sheep while issuing ultimatums and torturing people, then i may go back into it" -vara nocturne
Not enough Evil...
I take it back NC SOFT is enough evil for anyone...
Someone bring something that can be the 'Spirit of Obs' for this. I know, for a fact, the chances of me being able to come back up here is going to be none to 'it'll be a cold day in hell'.
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[Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: Good job, Anti-Matter. Troll them.
Freedom, Virtue, Exalted
OH, you got jokes.... quite obviously you got jokes, as a matter of fact i now am the owner of joke sombrero!
There will be payback, and the only thing you got going for you Turg is there is now a little baby that at least partly relies on you for it's well being. But, that only means i can't physically damage you, everything else is still fair game!!!!!
Torroes, just as bit of warning, i went thru my old PM's and realized i still have your personal info, i say this in hopes you consider that before posting any pictures!!!
it was a great get together, thanks for making it happen elvensword (NEVER SHOW ME YOUR ARM AGAIN!!!!), but how i lost control of the situation, how i became the butt of the jokes, i will never know. i demand a chance to redeem myself, therefore, another meet and greet will be required.
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"