Washingttens! Postponed Until People Come

Disco · Wed 21/06/2006 05:26:42

While it would be nice to attend another AGS meetup, I'm afraid I can only make the two taking place several thousand miles away, not this 600 mile away Washingttens

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edmundito · Wed 21/06/2006 08:39:01

Ooh, can I stay with your sister?

Anarcho · Wed 21/06/2006 17:10:31

That could potentially work for me. I'd have to check with the old lady though...

lo_res_man · Thu 29/06/2006 22:30:16

This sounds,like fun, but where would we be staying? and when is it?

Anarcho · Fri 30/06/2006 00:36:47

Well, as I said in the first post, some people could potentially crash here if it's just for a weekend. But I only have a one bedroom apartment. And my girlfriend probably wouldn't love that idea. There are hostels around, lots of hotels. But they can be costly. We could also do the camping thing...there's actually an island in Maryland I've always wanted to go to...they have campsites and even wild horses. We could camp on the beach: http://www.nps.gov/asis/camping.htm

Just an idea. There's plenty to do in DC.

Ok, as for the dates...I'll double check with my girlfriend tonight, but the weekend of Sept. 2nd should work. So I'd be willing to definitely set Labor Day weekend in stone if we can all agree on that. So far, we've got myself, Edmundo, Dave Gilbert, and Scummbuddy definitely down for this. We've also got interest from lo_res_man and SteveMcrea.

Anybody else?

edmundito · Fri 30/06/2006 00:45:06

We could like split a hotel room. most come with two beds, and dunno if we want to stay at the Hyatt or something fancy like that anyway, so it would be a bit but not too much.

Kweepa · Sun 02/07/2006 16:17:19

Yeah, I'm still interested!
Right now I don't know how much vacation I still have (I've got a trip to NY planned when Dave is out of town, and then my parents are coming to visit in October), so I'll need to check out if it's possible...

Anarcho · Mon 03/07/2006 18:47:22

Ok, the date is set. Check out the first post. This should be fun!

edmundito · Mon 14/08/2006 04:31:00

So, two weeks from now we're supposed to meet in Washington. I was wondering who is still in, who might come, and who's out.... let's compile a list mittens style and all of that...

Dave Gilbert · Mon 14/08/2006 04:32:43

In there like swimwear.

Akumayo · Mon 14/08/2006 05:25:20

Why can't I be 18?

It's the closest AGS meeting to me ever...

Oh well, I'm over it now.

Anarcho · Mon 14/08/2006 21:50:29

Yes, please, let's come up with a final roll call. Here are the people who said they would come:

1. Dave Gilbert
2. Edmundo
3. Scummbuddy

These people have said they're interested but haven't said anything since:

4. SteveMcrea
5. Darth Mandarb

If anybody else is interested, please write back as soon as possible! If only Dave can or will come, then maybe we should do this another time when more people can or will come. Either way, I'm happy to have you all down.

And "Illuminare Acqua" Akumayo, I'm sorry to have to set an age limit, but I don't want to be responsible for anyone underage. It's nothing personal and I know it sucks, but that's the rule I'm setting down. Sorry $:-\$ .

Logan

Akumayo · Mon 14/08/2006 22:29:22

Quote from: Anarcho link=topic=25848.msg354402#msg354402
And "Illuminare Acqua" Akumayo, I'm sorry to have to set an age limit, but I don't want to be responsible for anyone underage.Ã,Â It's nothing personal and I know it sucks, but that's the rule I'm setting down.Ã,Â SorryÃ,Â $:-\$ .

I understand completely, no worries. I'll be 18 eventually, and AGS will probably still be around by then.

Scummbuddy · Wed 16/08/2006 00:07:48

I'm going to totally play up the touristy thing. I'll be wearing my "I (heart) DC" shirt.

We'll make a scavenger hunt by the tourist sites and set up a real life adventure game.

Yeah, like I could organize that in 2 weeks.

Renal Shutdown · Wed 16/08/2006 02:39:33

Pay for my flights, booze and well.. booze and I'm there.
I'm happy sleeping in trashcans, ditches, storm drains, anywhere.Ã,Â I just need to get there.

Hell, I'll drink anti-freeze if you can just get me there.

Anarcho · Mon 28/08/2006 18:35:34

Unfortunately, I've decided to postpone Washingttens due to the apparent lack of interest. Only Scummbuddy and Dave Gilbert said they'd definitely come, and while I look forward to meeting these two gents, I was hoping to host an event with at least a couple more people.

Hopefully we can do this sometime in the future...

Dave Gilbert · Wed 30/08/2006 20:18:57

Hm. I do find this incredibly disappointing, but I think some issues have definitely contributed to its downfall:

1 - The meetup was during Labor Day Weekend, in which many people are travelling

2 - It was scheduled just after Mittens, by which everyone is probably meet-up'ed-out

3 - It's been proven that us lazy Americans don't like to travel, in general.

I think there are a decent number of AGSers in the eastern US to make a meetup like this worthwhile. D.C. is fairly simple to get to. Maybe sometime in November, Anarcho?

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Thu 31/08/2006 00:40:36

Yes, traveling rather sucks. Farther than 10 miles from me is OUT OF THE QUESTION!*

*at least until I have some of that green stuff they call cash.

Anarcho · Thu 31/08/2006 01:20:28

November would probably work fine! Even if we scaled it down to just saturday and sunday and it was just you, me and scummbuddy, that would be fine!

Scummbuddy · Thu 31/08/2006 03:10:39

I definitly want the Natural History Museum back open when we get back together... That place you can spend a good amount of time, its free, it has IMAX movies, its free, and there are dinasaurs, and it's free, and it has that haunted Hope Diamond.