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Pokecrawl Episode 5: The Spell of the Unown
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Welcome to the official thread for Pokecrawl Episode 5: The Spell of the Unown!
I swear, we spelled that right.
This event is strictly 21+.
Prologue
You wake up in a back Boston alley, dazed, confused, and missing the ears off of your costume. Your vest is full of badges, and you have a Lugia or Ho-oh in your inventory. Or just your pokedex, you probably tried to capture it too soon and it ran off. As you're waking up, you're getting back snippets of memories of friends and foes, of cobblestone walkways, and of maybe one or four too many shots of tequila.
And yet once again you decide to work off your hangover the hard way - yet another pokemon adventure! This time your travels take you to Unova, because you don't really have any say in the matter.
What This Is
Welcome to PAX East version of the PrePAX bar crawl. You may remember us from the other PrePAX bar crawl, The Triwizard Drinking Tournament. Or if this is your first PAX, maybe not. In any case, the Pokecrawl is a barcrawl/scavenger hunt that's Pokemon themed. The goal is to get as drunk as possible while participating in drinking games designed to get you there. Oh yeah, it's also a great way to meet fellow PAXers and make friends before the convention itself. As always, attendees will be encouraged to come dressed as characters from the Pokemon universe (1st & 2nd generations).
This event will be held in Faneuil Hall bars and the closely surrounding areas. All bars will be walking distance to each other. We come as a group, and leave as a group, so don’t try to get left behind!
What This Isn't
This still isn't a kegger at the Theta Phi Delta. It's also not Wizard, Twilight, or even TwiWizard themed. We wouldn't want to get punched in the face, now would we? After all, this is Boston.
What's New For Episode 5
Challenge: complete four gym things!: Did you catch Lugia or Ho-oh last year? Congrats, that has no bearing whatsoever on how you'll do this time around, except for possibly permanently increasing your alcohol tolerance! We're starting an all-new completely optional series of side challenges revolving around beating four gym leaders during your journey. Beat them all, and you'll get a super special extra button! Isn't that the best!
New team colors!: Gold and silver are out, black and white (respectively) are in!
2014 Team Facebook pages!: Find your team’s color, and request to join! Links are here:
RED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433429513561883/
YELLOW: https://www.facebook.com/groups/457479007657804/
GREEN: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619299404826712/
BLUE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472589279622592/
How To Participate
Register here! http://pokecrawl2014.eventbrite.com
Please, please don't come to the published bar list if you are not registered. We'd love to have you tag along, but we pretty much max out the bars as-is. You will need to bring a printout of your registration confirmation or have it available on your smart device when you check in. We will be asking each participant for a donation of at least $1 for Child's Play. This donation will cover your scorecard and any buttons you win. The team that raises the most gets bragging rights after we present the collected donations to Gabe & Tycho.
Dressing up is half the fun - try and wear your favorite pokemon from your group's type, or just wear your team's colors!
You can register starting on March 21st, 2014 at our Eventbrite page at http://pokecrawl2014.eventbrite.com. When registration opens, it will not have a waitlist due to the functionality of Eventbrite. Any cancellations or spots that open up will immediately go back into the pool.
How Do I Win?
There's really no winning, per se. This is pretty much a fun, drunken night out with fellow nerds. But for those of you who do manage to finish your scorecards, there will be a button confirming the fact that you have indeed "drank 'em all". We're also raising money for Child's Play, so try and raise the most. Still not enough? That leads us to...
Beat some gym leaders!
For those of you who think the standard drinking challenges aren't hardcore enough, there is one final challenge. There will be four gyms along your journey, and you can challenge the leader by proving that you can consume their very favorite alcohol. If your pokemon type is weak to their gym type, you'll have to do a double shot! Woo!
Tips & Tricks
Don't Be a Dick: First and foremost, don't do anything that's going to embarrass yourself or anyone else. Especially since alcohol is going to be involved you're going to want to leave your asshole pants at home. Don't get punched in the face. This is Boston, after all.
Know Your Limit: The only person who knows your alcohol tolerance is you. There's nothing worse than an overindulged drunk so don't be that guy. If someone notices that you're getting sloppy you're already past the point of no return. You should probably stop drinking when someone points out to you that you're peeing on a bar stool.
Leave No Pokemon Behind: We arrive as a group and leave as a group. If someone has to be That Guy/Gal who gets so wasted that they think they're actually Brock, it's the responsibility of the crawl as a whole to ensure this person makes it safely back to their hotel. Use the buddy system, handcuff yourselves to each other, whatever. No one is to vomit in a bus terminal by themselves. Not this night, at least.
Respect the Professor and their Assistants: Anyone designated as a Prof/Asst for the crawl isn't there just to hand out signatures; they're there to make sure everyone's having a good time and that everything runs smoothly. They're there to keep everyone moving and to stop people from jumping up on the bar and dropping trou. If one asks you to stop picking bar fights with Tom Cruise, it might be a good idea to do so.
HAVE FUN: This is the most important guideline of all: Have fun! We're all on vacation and we're drinking with fellow nerds so let's enjoy it. Keeping ourselves fairly reasonable for the evening will make it a good time for everyone.
Guidelines For Trainer Duels
When approaching a bar that has a designated trainer duel as its challenge, pair up with your opponent outside if you can. That way we can avoid as much confusion inside the bar itself as we can. Order your drinks together. You pay for your opponent's drink. If you want to buy your opponent a $50 shot that's up to you but that's your financial burden. In addition to the rules of that particular challenge, keep the drink you order at 2 shots or less. Also there can only be alcohol and soda/juice/etc in the drink. Your usual mixers. I don't want to hear about anyone ordering each other Cowboy Killers, Cement Mixer, Bloody Tampons, or whatever other crap you sickos think up.
Team Pokemon
For those who've chosen RED - Tepig. Highly spirited and quick to anger. You're basically a teacup pig, and the ladies love those. You're governed by the element of Fire. Weak vs Water.
For those who've chosen GREEN - Snivy. Tolerant of others and even tempered. The least ridiculous looking starter, so you have that going for you. You're governed by the element of Grass. Weak vs Fire.
For those who've chosen YELLOW - Blitzle. You are an untamed spirit and refuse to surrender. Who doesn't like ponies? You're governed by the Electric element. Weak vs Ground.
For those who've chosen BLUE - Oshawott. A rascal and a trickster. You look pretty weird till you hit puberty. You're governed by the element of Water. Weak vs Grass.
WTF?!?! You're not Atlus!?
Don't panic! This is still the same Pokecrawl you know and love. Atlus just needed a break from the hecticness of heading up a 400+ person bar crawl year after year. We've all been involved in helping with this event in the past, either as professors, Nurse Joy, or putting together routes and bars. We're all dedicated to making this work as smoothly as possible, and you'll find not much has changed. This event wouldn't be happening without the fantastic framework that Atlus has worked very hard to create, and we're hoping to maintain his vision for the event.
Other stuff
Duels, challenges, maps, and routes are coming soon. Keep an eye on the forums for more information.
We're always accepting volunteer spots as assistants or Nurse Joys - it requires signing off that trainers completed their duels and challenges, herding trainers from one bar to the next, and making sure we don't lose any trainers. It's a fun job, but you probably won't be able to do all the challenges as they’re written unless you're Redbeard levels of high-tolerance. This is a great option for those that don’t feel like waking up hungover on Friday, but still like the energy and social spirit of the crawl. We prefer our volunteers mostly sober. Sober-ish. More sober than the trainers. Preferably. Please contact the professors or organizer directly if you're interested.
Reminders:
-You must have a print out of your confirmation email or have it available on your smart phone.
-You MUST provide your full name during the registration process, forum handle is optional
-You MUST be over the age of 21. No minors allowed. This is a bar crawl, please don't bring your children.
-Attendees are limited to registering for 2 tickets (Yourself +1)
-If you harass people on the forums or the team Facebook pages, you will be removed from the crawl, and your ticket will go back into the pool.
-Duplicate/multiple orders, orders containing more than 1 ticket type, and otherwise suspicious orders will be cancelled. If you have an issue with registration please contact me immediately.
I swear, we spelled that right.
This event is strictly 21+.
Prologue
You wake up in a back Boston alley, dazed, confused, and missing the ears off of your costume. Your vest is full of badges, and you have a Lugia or Ho-oh in your inventory. Or just your pokedex, you probably tried to capture it too soon and it ran off. As you're waking up, you're getting back snippets of memories of friends and foes, of cobblestone walkways, and of maybe one or four too many shots of tequila.
And yet once again you decide to work off your hangover the hard way - yet another pokemon adventure! This time your travels take you to Unova, because you don't really have any say in the matter.
What This Is
Welcome to PAX East version of the PrePAX bar crawl. You may remember us from the other PrePAX bar crawl, The Triwizard Drinking Tournament. Or if this is your first PAX, maybe not. In any case, the Pokecrawl is a barcrawl/scavenger hunt that's Pokemon themed. The goal is to get as drunk as possible while participating in drinking games designed to get you there. Oh yeah, it's also a great way to meet fellow PAXers and make friends before the convention itself. As always, attendees will be encouraged to come dressed as characters from the Pokemon universe (1st & 2nd generations).
This event will be held in Faneuil Hall bars and the closely surrounding areas. All bars will be walking distance to each other. We come as a group, and leave as a group, so don’t try to get left behind!
What This Isn't
This still isn't a kegger at the Theta Phi Delta. It's also not Wizard, Twilight, or even TwiWizard themed. We wouldn't want to get punched in the face, now would we? After all, this is Boston.
What's New For Episode 5
Challenge: complete four gym things!: Did you catch Lugia or Ho-oh last year? Congrats, that has no bearing whatsoever on how you'll do this time around, except for possibly permanently increasing your alcohol tolerance! We're starting an all-new completely optional series of side challenges revolving around beating four gym leaders during your journey. Beat them all, and you'll get a super special extra button! Isn't that the best!
New team colors!: Gold and silver are out, black and white (respectively) are in!
2014 Team Facebook pages!: Find your team’s color, and request to join! Links are here:
RED: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433429513561883/
YELLOW: https://www.facebook.com/groups/457479007657804/
GREEN: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619299404826712/
BLUE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472589279622592/
How To Participate
Register here! http://pokecrawl2014.eventbrite.com
Please, please don't come to the published bar list if you are not registered. We'd love to have you tag along, but we pretty much max out the bars as-is. You will need to bring a printout of your registration confirmation or have it available on your smart device when you check in. We will be asking each participant for a donation of at least $1 for Child's Play. This donation will cover your scorecard and any buttons you win. The team that raises the most gets bragging rights after we present the collected donations to Gabe & Tycho.
Dressing up is half the fun - try and wear your favorite pokemon from your group's type, or just wear your team's colors!
You can register starting on March 21st, 2014 at our Eventbrite page at http://pokecrawl2014.eventbrite.com. When registration opens, it will not have a waitlist due to the functionality of Eventbrite. Any cancellations or spots that open up will immediately go back into the pool.
How Do I Win?
There's really no winning, per se. This is pretty much a fun, drunken night out with fellow nerds. But for those of you who do manage to finish your scorecards, there will be a button confirming the fact that you have indeed "drank 'em all". We're also raising money for Child's Play, so try and raise the most. Still not enough? That leads us to...
Beat some gym leaders!
For those of you who think the standard drinking challenges aren't hardcore enough, there is one final challenge. There will be four gyms along your journey, and you can challenge the leader by proving that you can consume their very favorite alcohol. If your pokemon type is weak to their gym type, you'll have to do a double shot! Woo!
Tips & Tricks
Don't Be a Dick: First and foremost, don't do anything that's going to embarrass yourself or anyone else. Especially since alcohol is going to be involved you're going to want to leave your asshole pants at home. Don't get punched in the face. This is Boston, after all.
Know Your Limit: The only person who knows your alcohol tolerance is you. There's nothing worse than an overindulged drunk so don't be that guy. If someone notices that you're getting sloppy you're already past the point of no return. You should probably stop drinking when someone points out to you that you're peeing on a bar stool.
Leave No Pokemon Behind: We arrive as a group and leave as a group. If someone has to be That Guy/Gal who gets so wasted that they think they're actually Brock, it's the responsibility of the crawl as a whole to ensure this person makes it safely back to their hotel. Use the buddy system, handcuff yourselves to each other, whatever. No one is to vomit in a bus terminal by themselves. Not this night, at least.
Respect the Professor and their Assistants: Anyone designated as a Prof/Asst for the crawl isn't there just to hand out signatures; they're there to make sure everyone's having a good time and that everything runs smoothly. They're there to keep everyone moving and to stop people from jumping up on the bar and dropping trou. If one asks you to stop picking bar fights with Tom Cruise, it might be a good idea to do so.
HAVE FUN: This is the most important guideline of all: Have fun! We're all on vacation and we're drinking with fellow nerds so let's enjoy it. Keeping ourselves fairly reasonable for the evening will make it a good time for everyone.
Guidelines For Trainer Duels
When approaching a bar that has a designated trainer duel as its challenge, pair up with your opponent outside if you can. That way we can avoid as much confusion inside the bar itself as we can. Order your drinks together. You pay for your opponent's drink. If you want to buy your opponent a $50 shot that's up to you but that's your financial burden. In addition to the rules of that particular challenge, keep the drink you order at 2 shots or less. Also there can only be alcohol and soda/juice/etc in the drink. Your usual mixers. I don't want to hear about anyone ordering each other Cowboy Killers, Cement Mixer, Bloody Tampons, or whatever other crap you sickos think up.
Team Pokemon
For those who've chosen RED - Tepig. Highly spirited and quick to anger. You're basically a teacup pig, and the ladies love those. You're governed by the element of Fire. Weak vs Water.
For those who've chosen GREEN - Snivy. Tolerant of others and even tempered. The least ridiculous looking starter, so you have that going for you. You're governed by the element of Grass. Weak vs Fire.
For those who've chosen YELLOW - Blitzle. You are an untamed spirit and refuse to surrender. Who doesn't like ponies? You're governed by the Electric element. Weak vs Ground.
For those who've chosen BLUE - Oshawott. A rascal and a trickster. You look pretty weird till you hit puberty. You're governed by the element of Water. Weak vs Grass.
WTF?!?! You're not Atlus!?
Don't panic! This is still the same Pokecrawl you know and love. Atlus just needed a break from the hecticness of heading up a 400+ person bar crawl year after year. We've all been involved in helping with this event in the past, either as professors, Nurse Joy, or putting together routes and bars. We're all dedicated to making this work as smoothly as possible, and you'll find not much has changed. This event wouldn't be happening without the fantastic framework that Atlus has worked very hard to create, and we're hoping to maintain his vision for the event.
Other stuff
Duels, challenges, maps, and routes are coming soon. Keep an eye on the forums for more information.
We're always accepting volunteer spots as assistants or Nurse Joys - it requires signing off that trainers completed their duels and challenges, herding trainers from one bar to the next, and making sure we don't lose any trainers. It's a fun job, but you probably won't be able to do all the challenges as they’re written unless you're Redbeard levels of high-tolerance. This is a great option for those that don’t feel like waking up hungover on Friday, but still like the energy and social spirit of the crawl. We prefer our volunteers mostly sober. Sober-ish. More sober than the trainers. Preferably. Please contact the professors or organizer directly if you're interested.
Reminders:
-You must have a print out of your confirmation email or have it available on your smart phone.
-You MUST provide your full name during the registration process, forum handle is optional
-You MUST be over the age of 21. No minors allowed. This is a bar crawl, please don't bring your children.
-Attendees are limited to registering for 2 tickets (Yourself +1)
-If you harass people on the forums or the team Facebook pages, you will be removed from the crawl, and your ticket will go back into the pool.
-Duplicate/multiple orders, orders containing more than 1 ticket type, and otherwise suspicious orders will be cancelled. If you have an issue with registration please contact me immediately.
I am IRCs resident nerdbro and member of the PokeCrawl planning committee.
Red B/Gold Professor
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Red B/Gold Professor
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In case you're looking to join a team based on who is volunteering for it, here's a semi-comprehensive list. It's liable to have some changes, and we're still looking for extra volunteers for a couple teams. Please message me if you're interested.
Red
Professor - Rappak
Assist - TBA
Schedule:
Bar 1 7:15 Bell In Hand
Bar 2 8:30 Hennessys
Bar 3 9:30 Wild Rover
Bar 4 10:30 Black Rose
Bar 5 11:30 Stadium
BLACK:
Professor - Arsonisfun
Assist - Riverglow
Bar 1 7:15 Bell In Hand
Bar 2 8:30 Black Rose
Bar 3 9:30 Hennessys
Bar 4 10:30 Stadium
Bar 5 11:30 Stadium
Yellow
Professor - Victoryoftheppl
Assist - TBA
Bar 1 7:15 Black Rose
Bar 2 8:30 Stadium
Bar 3 9:30 Hennessys
Bar 4 10:30 Wild Rover
Bar 5 11:30 Black Rose
BLACK:
Professor - Loofmodnar
Assist - TBA
Nurse Joy - Rose_Tyler
Bar 1 7:15 Black Rose
Bar 2 8:30 Hong Kong
Bar 3 9:30 Wild Rover
Bar 4 10:30 Bell In Hand
Bar 5 11:30 Black Rose
Green
Professor - juju
Assist - SWAE
Assist - peetsnack (?)
Nurse Joy - smorggie
Bar 1 7:15 Stadium
Bar 2 8:30 Black Rose
Bar 3 9:30 Hong Kong
Bar 4 10:30 Bell In Hand
Bar 5 11:30 Bell In Hand
BLACK:
Professor - delicious3.14
Assist - Certain.shade.of.green
Assist - Tryfan
Bar 1 7:15 Stadium
Bar 2 8:30 Hennessys
Bar 3 9:30 Black Rose
Bar 4 10:30 Wild Rover
Bar 5 11:30 Bell In Hand
Blue
Professor - RidleyDragon
Assist - Fugitoid
Bar 1 7:15 Hennessys
Bar 2 8:30 Hong Kong
Bar 3 9:30 Black Rose
Bar 4 10:30 Stadium
Bar 5 11:30 Hennessys
BLACK:
Professor - Aylaviere
Assist - Capeguy
Assist - petrieslastword
Bar 1 7:15 Hennessys
Bar 2 8:30 Stadium
Bar 3 9:30 Hong Kong
Bar 4 10:30 Black Rose
Bar 5 11:30 Hennessys
All of the regular challenges except the first will involve pairing up with someone from the opposite team to complete. Try and do this outside the bar before moving in, but we do understand that we're a big crowd, it can be very cold, and the teams may not arrive all at the same time. If you're inside the bar and looking for a challenger, hold up one of the hand signs that represents your team color:
There are also four gym challenges, spread out over the last four bars, if you're up for them. Ground, fire, water, and grass. Each gym consists of doing one shot of the indicated alcohol. If your team is indicated as weak to the gym, do two shots instead of one. These do not need to follow one after another, they can be spread over the time at the bar.
The schedule of challenges is as follows:
No need to pair off with anyone, go ahead and start on your own - buy yourself a drink you've never had before. The more unusual, the better! You're at the first bar with both the black and white teams on your color, so while you're trying new things, make some new friends.
BAR 2: THE PROPHECY (8:30 - 9:20pm)
Pair off with an opponent from the opposite team. Between you and your opponent order three shots: 1 Whisky (Fire), 1 Vodka (Ice), and 1 Tequila (Lightning). Between the two of you, all 3 shots must be consumed to complete this challenge.
Ground Gym: One shot of rum. Yellow is weak and does two.
BAR 3: LEAGUE RIVALRIES (9:30 - 10:20pm)
Pair off with an opponent from the opposite team, and buy them a drink in the spirit of your team's color.
Fire gym: One shot of whiskey. Green is weak and does two.
BAR 4: A CHALLENGER APPEARS! (10:30 - 11:20pm)
Pair off with an opponent from the opposite team, and buy them your least favorite drink. Remember, nothing that curdles or will kill them. Keep it to alcohol and the usual mixers.
Water gym: One shot of vodka. Red is weak and does two.
BAR 5: FRIENDS AND FOES (11:30 - ???)
You're back with the first people you drank with! Pair up with someone from the opposite black/white team from you. Decide if you think they are your friend or your foe. If they are your friend, let them choose what you get them to drink. If they are your foe, you get to choose.
Grass gym: One shot of tequila. Blue is weak and does two.
MAPS! (I've also added schedules under each team's section)
Red White - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kdKsdHNw-6cI
Red Black - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kzMob7r20TTw
Yellow White - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.ktQfi0k2U-5U
Yellow Black - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.k_D9ZYrO
Green White - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kFoffW7-XW8M
Green Black - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kKEYwCf0BeAk
Blue White - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kHMsTCf1C2fY
Blue Black - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zw-PUl-z9Xhk.kcpLZOawk6JU
For those of you who prefer text and grids - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajdod8x-vY9JdGlwUWxLX0VIcjB0NE1nV1FJUlpZekE&usp=sharing
Red B/Gold Professor
[15:53] <+juju-work> ArsonIsFun is one of the best people I know.
Design Wizard, Pizza Enthusiast, Craft Beer Extraordinare from MA
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I plan on spending $100 on the night at most. Around $8-10 a drink average for me with a tip (just for the challenges), times 5 bars, plus various extra drinks because I'm an alcoholic.
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I would also figure at least ten dollars per bar, and that's being very conservative. If you want to participate in all the challenges and not be that guy who orders your challenge partner 'the cheapest thing you have' I'd bring $100 if you can since it's better to have more than you need rather than run out early
You will use the eventbrite page when it goes live to get your "ticket" for a team. People tend to have ones they have been on many years in a row now so some go faster than others, HOWEVER, you will have a blast no matter which team you get.
They'll accept you if you register for their team before all the tickets are gone! Be sure to hit Eventbrite on the 21st.
Pokecrawl planning committee 2014
Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Once more.
<@zerzhul> you win at twdt
Bring it on.
#TeamBlue
While encouraged, this is not necessary.
The first year I wore a canary yellow polo shirt- it turns out yellow's not a bad colour on me.
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The second year (Team Red) my friend and I combined with a minor troll to Boston by wearing Montreal Canadiens t-shirts.
Year three (Team Green) Irish national rugby team jersey, baby.
But this is just for preference and because I'm a bit anal-rententive about my clothing. You could come in wearing pinkwith neon green polka dots and it's a non-issue (well, aside the eye-strain you'd be causing on our poor, fragile retinas).
PSN: L00nyEclip
Steam: Loony Eclipse
Twitter: @Loonyeclipse
Surely you mean this video, right near the end and let's not forget that you were our most lovely Nurse Joy, pink wig and all
Team Blue Black Professor here, I think I'm more excited about this than PAX itself
God, I wish I could give you a straight answer on this. Midnight or later is when I'm usually bundled up and taken back to my room.
That's cause Yellow is the best!
It's always a late night, but I take the crawl pretty seriously.