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[PRIME] The 6th Annual West Coast Train Trip
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OK, after burning the midnight oil, I have a new version for your consideration. I redid the portal to be a little cleaner and stylized. The destinations I was originally going to circle the destinations around the portal, but I realized I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by having them the background for the inside of it instead. (I also looped them several times so most will appear.) I also redid the PAX design to a cleaner design and moved the title to show more destinations.
So what do you think? Better? Worse? I like turtles?
Your ever-awesome Frog-Backpack Girl.
My friends and I did this last year. Full wizard robes and all. Not many people got it..
!Ravenclaw Deatheaters, represent!
need more people, count me in if you're doing it again
We're plane-ing it this year. Train was awesome, but I can't justify the vacation time addition. I'm just stalking the thread to help out. Also..
RAVENCLAW! Caw CAW!
!Ravenclaw Deatheaters, represent!
Since I'll be getting on the train, I will have all the network gear from years past so we should have somewhat reliable internet and even (drumroll please) possible 4G service. Also i have a couple more routers this time so we'll see if we can extend service from the obs car down to the arcade room to make XBL work.
Now thanks to Verizon's lovely new data caps, the phone I plan on tethering wont exactly have unlimited bandwidth for pillaging. So I plan on caching a bunch of games, patches, movies, and other misc files on an external hard drive for local use. If there are any requests for items to include, PM me and I'll do my best to include it.
Well, my working computer died so I have been out of the loop for a bit. Got my laptop up to snuff and going now. I had one final version of my design to offer. If the design has already been chosen, no biggie- still showing it off...
;p
I was originally going to put binary around the portal, but the design was getting too busy for my tastes...
So far we have two designs, and have received very little feedback. Do we need a poll for this, or are people going to be upset if I make a unilateral decision? Do you even care? Speak up, or no complaining!
The contenders:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/23576467#Comment_23576467
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/23720425#Comment_23720425
I am only on the return trip, but the first design is much better. Very professional looking.
I prefer the first, though I feel like the city names would look better printed in the light banner area next to the year, with the fields continuing to the bottom of the shield shape. It would provide better continuity both in the black text of the year continuing out in a band, and with the neat fields continuing unbroken.
Really neat concept, which can be particularly hard with designs from year to year.
I also prefer the first design, and with this decree I now have the liberty to complain.
THE LAST DAY TO ORDER IS Mon, 8/13 !
DESIGN:
PRICES:
Men's Sizes:
S-XL, $8
XXL $9
XXXL $10
PRE-ORDER INFO
To be guaranteed a shirt, you must sign up!
To pre-order a shirt, add yourself to this google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am6HbqjF0u93dEktWE9LRkd2a2s2THB6S04yUURENkE
Anyone can edit, so please be careful not to accidentally delete or overwrite someone else's entry.
PREPAY INFO
You can send payment via paypal to Weenog42@yahoo.com. INCLUDE YOUR HANDLE NAME or I won't know who's paying me!
You can always pay by cash on the train, but prepaying helps distribution, and makes it easier on my wallet when I place the order.
FAQs
Q: Is there a ladies cut tee?
A: Not this year. There simply isn't enough demand.
Q: Can I get a shirt shipped to me?
A: Not this year. Make arrangements for someone on the train to meet you at PAX.
Q: Can I get a shirt if my plans change and I'm not on the train this year?
A: If you've ever been on the train, you can get a shirt. Make arrangements with someone on the train.
Payment sent from Chikex@hotmail.com.
Yup. I won't be on the return trip though, so you'll need to designate someone on the trip up as your courier.
I understand why it's difficult from a business standpoint, but I wish that shirt companies could throw in ladies' sizes a little easier in large bulk orders that are mostly unisex/male. Every time I've made a bulk order with the shirts I've ordered for other events, we always end up not being able to accommodate our ladies with ladies sizes.
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The irony I've found as a Gamer Girl of Stature, is that when you do actually find women's sizes and cuts, they're all baby cat size. Typically an XL women's tshirt is a size 4-6. WTF?!
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I'm using Paypal because it's what is accessible for most people. If you know of another service, propose something.
This is a break even event. The amount of pizza ordered is based on the amount of money donated. I can't really afford to charge extra pizza and assume I can make it back later on and I am uncomfortable with making even a small profit off this. Do not wait for the pizza to get delivered to ask how much to get a slice or 2 people doing that will probably add up and cost the community some pizza.
You do not have to donate to get pizza but if everyone that plans on getting some pitches in 5 bucks then the pizza will probably last longer then the conductor announcing we have crossed the Washington state border.
As far as special snowflake toppings go the big factors for deciding that are if you donated enough to cover the extra cash and if I think the leftover slices will just sit there uneaten cause you have horrible taste in pizza toppings. As long as you cover those 2 things your request will probably be taken care of and I will make sure you get first dibs on it.
The pizza is community pizza. If you and your friends want a private pizza for yourself the website is up at the top of this post and they will deliver it with our pizza.
Last year we just mobbed around the pizza and caused a huge traffic problem which pissed off Amtrak. We will have to come up in small groups to get the pizza or some people will have to volunteer to act as waiters.
You can send donations over Paypal or just give me cash on the train. If you do donate over Paypal and don't really integrate with the community just let me know who you are on the forums so you don't get turned away from the pizza cause you might be mistaken for a non-WCTT person trying to mooch some.
Edit: Email removed cause I am leaving in about 4 hours just bring cash.
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Also, @Weenog42, you might want to considering using a google form instead of an open spreadsheet for these in the future. Completely eliminates the possibility of someone overwriting someone else's entry.
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Well, since I won't be on the clock, I won't be wearing my Red Cap. But no worries- I have something ELSE to take its place. What is it? I will reveal it on the Facebook page in around 12 hours...
;p