Since we're not all lucky enough to live less than a damn long flight away from PAX, I was wondering if we've got enough in the Baltimore/DC area that would be interested in some sort of a post-PAX get together. It might just be the post-pax blues talking, but I think even a smallish dinner/gaming/frolic in the park type thing could be nice if we've got others that are interested.
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Myself and 3 other NoVA friends are repeat PAX attenders, I think we'd all be interested!
GenXer, if you can get your NoVA friends up here, that'd be awesome.
So there's 4 major things that need to be done to make this happen.
1. Pick a date.
2. Pick a location.
3. Pick what we're doing.
4. Confirm attendees, and then rock the fuck out.
My suggestions include some football on the mall (always fun), or ESPN Zone (too bad we don't have anything like gameworks as far as I know), rock band (can be done at someone's place...I'd offer mine but it's a basement which means too cluttered to set up stuff), and tabletopping (can be done pretty much anywhere, though obviously indoors is preferred.)
Lets here y'alls thoughts?
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I'm only in DC for a day or so, so far, in my planned road trip.
We do have something that's at least similar to GameWorks - Dave & Busters! I know there's one at White Flint mall, that's the one I've been to most recently. There's another one at Arundel Mills actually, I think. Can be pretty crazy and hard to get into on weekends, but if people would be up for tues-thurs night, those are usually the least busy (which means more games open!).
This might be a good place for a first gathering so no one person has to play host right off the bat. First week in October would work for me as far as I know. Baltimore ComicCon is coming up on the 27th and 28th, so the week leading up to that's a little busy on my calendar.
If we can't do Dave and Busters, here is what I got in my apartment:
Full size black and red ping pong table. Ready for 4 player matches.
Xbox 360 Elite with Rock Band 1 and 2 (Rock Band 1 instruments, 1 guitar)
PS3 20GB
Powerful Quad Core gaming PC
Living room has a 37" 1080p Sharp LCD with Yamaha 5.1 sound
My bed room has an old 20" SD tube TV (classic gaming?)
Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Cherry Pepsi (Grenadine and cherries) on tap!
Kitchen table seats 4 for table top gaming.
I have a toaster oven that I can use to make appetizers like chicken wings, mozzarella sticks,
poppers of various types and fried mushrooms.
I don't drink but you guys can drink as much as you want (if you are 21) if you can get home
safely. Smoking can be done on my porch only.
I could probably host up to 20 people.
Does that sound interesting?
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September 20th and 21st
September 27th
Any weekend in October except for October 10-13 (Cedar Point PAX forum meet-up!).
Those dates also work if we do something at my place (see previous post).
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I'm more than willing to go make the reservations there for something like a party room so our stuff is secure, (I'll throw down if theres a fee, and take voluntary donations to recoup) so lets figure out a time.
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I see two votes for the first week in october. I'll have to consult my wife, but I'm pretty sure we're free then. Some time tues-thurs would be good, I can probably get myself off of work one of those.
or 47.40 miles away from me.
The Hanover (7000 Arundel Mills Circle Suite D-1 Hanover , MD 21076) location is 35 minutes or 24.77 miles
away from me.
I will show up at either location.
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There are 7 people posting in the thread and three of us can go to the White Flint location. What about the other 4?
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But I'm more hampered by date- if it's early in the week, say Sunday/Monday/Tuesday (2008/9/28-30), I can definitely make it, but later than that and I'll have to be moving on to the next locale on the Road Trip, probably.
With a confirmed date I can make a proper risk/reward assessment.
On a somewhat related topic- does anyone have any recommendations for things to see in the DC area- beyond all the obvious tourist stuff?
Every hour on the hour local performers stab, rob and rape people. Be sure to get plenty of pictures of that.
They love it when you take photos of their "crimes".
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Homeless people playing chess in Dupont Circle is always a trip.
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Yeah issue on my end, Tuesday at that time does not work for me. Why are we doing it on a weekday anyway, why wouldn't we be trying for a weekend? Sundays would seem like a good day, since sunday evenings are not usually crowded.
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A Sunday that is not 9-28 or 10-12 will work for me.
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Would Sunday 10-5 at 6pm work for anyone?
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Have a good time though guys- and give a report back on here after it's done!
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Yes that would. I reserve the right to be there before 6pm though.
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I will be there near a main entrance (I think there are two on opposite sides of the building) with jeans and my
Black Mantle hoodie on. Should I print out a sign that says PAX on it as well?
I am bringing 55 tickets with me leftover from my last Dave and Busters visit. Maybe at the end of the night we
can pool all of our tickets and get something sweet.
Remember guys. We are going to the White Flint location.
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I can see that GenXer had a late cancelation, but what about the rest of you? I wanted in front of the main
entrance to Dave and Busters inside the mall from 5:45 to 6:30PM with a sign next to me that said PAX, and
no one approached me.
I had a delicious dinner and I played 2 super fun gun games. I played all the way through a Star Trek Voyager
gun game in which the sprites were comprised of maybe 30 to 40 polygons. And I made it half way through a
newer Aliens gun game. That was cool. The guns kick when you shoot and there are buttons for grenades and
for your flame thrower.
Also ski ball.
You should have been there. It would have been fun shooting our way through one of those games together.
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