EoFF World Meetup and Live Ciddies! - London 2016

[Leigh]

How many days do you plan this to extend over? A weekend?

For a weekend affair then I would suspect that using a hotel, with a conference/venue hiring facility coupled in with accomodation for all attendants. The second day could be spent enjoying the company of each other in London. I'd suggest perhaps planning a picnic in Kensington Gardens (The Kensington Garden Festival! Oooh, cheeky) for something equivocal for lunch together. Go to a couple of main tourist areas in London together, geek out, picture taking, bonding (not bondage) experiences. An evening meal at a restaurant as a party reservation, night time walkings, drinking establishments, pubs, clubs, anything you desire. Back to the hotel, chat in rooms with your now real life friends!

Or you can hope that Nobuo Uematsu plans a Distant Worlds concert EXACTLY on the date that everyone is meeting up. =P Wishful thinking, but it could happen! ;)

[Leigh]

Oh...I guess this would be a good time to say that I will be attending. ;)

[Spooniest]

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PAY ME AND I'LL TALK.


I would play music at such an event if someone could make sure to cart me back to a hotel for a night afterward and get me back to wherever I came from. I know many songs and will be perfectly happy to drink a soda with sugar for the entire evening.

Other than that I require only your tolerance of my ugly face while I stare silently at my phone between sets. Win/win.

[WildRaubtier]

June -this year- is marginally cheaper, but jesus christ those flight times (https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5elm6iex25qpvd/Screenshot%202015-03-05%2004.49.16.png?dl=0)

[Leigh]

I know many songs and will be perfectly happy to drink a soda with sugar for the entire evening.

Flash Gordon.

So I can punch a hole through a wall screaming "Death to Ming!".

[Spooniest]

I know many songs and will be perfectly happy to drink a soda with sugar for the entire evening.

Flash Gordon.

So I can punch a hole through a wall screaming "Death to Ming!".

Drop a quarter in my jar and I'll see what I can learn...

I give you free ligh-tair

[Leigh]

I know many songs and will be perfectly happy to drink a soda with sugar for the entire evening.

Flash Gordon.

So I can punch a hole through a wall screaming "Death to Ming!".

Drop a quarter in my jar and I'll see what I can learn...

I give you free ligh-tair

I'll do this one thing at this event. Then I will sink, sullenly, back into my introverted mythos for the rest of the evening.

[Shauna]

How many days do you plan this to extend over? A weekend?

For a weekend affair then I would suspect that using a hotel, with a conference/venue hiring facility coupled in with accomodation for all attendants. The second day could be spent enjoying the company of each other in London. I'd suggest perhaps planning a picnic in Kensington Gardens (The Kensington Garden Festival! Oooh, cheeky) for something equivocal for lunch together. Go to a couple of main tourist areas in London together, geek out, picture taking, bonding (not bondage) experiences. An evening meal at a restaurant as a party reservation, night time walkings, drinking establishments, pubs, clubs, anything you desire. Back to the hotel, chat in rooms with your now real life friends!

Or you can hope that Nobuo Uematsu plans a Distant Worlds concert EXACTLY on the date that everyone is meeting up. =P Wishful thinking, but it could happen! ;)

It all depends on how many people actually say they're going to go. Absolutely no point in booking out anything big if there's like 10 people! But. We can only wait and see.

[Leigh]

It all depends on how many people actually say they're going to go. Absolutely no point in booking out anything big if there's like 10 people! But. We can only wait and see.

You could, in theory, hire out a large short-stay apartment if the numbers are barely double digits. Example! (https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/720412?guests=11&s=pPKz)

[Shauna]

I imagine that will be a back-up sort of thing.

[Jessweeee♪]

Ok I was kind of a maybe before but I'm officially committed to going now. I've got the money saved and I will have vacation time to spend, so hopefully nothing earth shattering will happen to me in the next year to change that c:

[Night Fury]

I want to go if Jess is going so I can be her creepy stalker :jess:

[Pheesh]

Too close to when I'm planning my trip to USA I'm afraid, and even that is looking iffy at the moment. So I don't know if I was marked down as a maybe or something but count me down as a no.

[Crop]

I'll be there 100%, even if it ends up me getting sloshed in a pub on my own.

[Loony BoB]

My suggestion is to just like, have it at someone's house
This might work in places like the US, NZ, Aus or Canada but in the UK, houses are not designed for large parties unless you are particularly rich or in a particularly poor area. :shobon: London? I'm gonna guess we don't have anyone that rich. xD US people have parties at houses, UK people take their larger parties to pubs etc.

[Sephex]

My suggestion is to just like, have it at someone's house
This might work in places like the US, NZ, Aus or Canada but in the UK, houses are not designed for large parties unless you are particularly rich or in a particularly poor area. :shobon: London? I'm gonna guess we don't have anyone that rich. xD US people have parties at houses, UK people take their larger parties to pubs etc.

I have a party house I can rent on my condo's property. There are plenty of hotels nearby. The party house has an indoor pool. Move it to Homewood, IL and we might be on to something. Cool people can even come up to my condo if they want. I'll tell Shadow not to harm anyone.

This isn't me panicking because I might not be able to afford the trip by the way.

[Psychotic]

You can all come round mine afterwards! By all I mean like five or six of you. I could fit more (I even have a balcony) but I don't think I could cope with the stress of trying to manage seven or more EoFFers being let loose in my house, tearing it apart and fornicating in my bathtub.

[Sephex]

Poop on a couch ONE time...

[Shiny]

June -this year- is marginally cheaper, but jesus christ those flight times (https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5elm6iex25qpvd/Screenshot%202015-03-05%2004.49.16.png?dl=0)
The prices fluctuate and will fluctuate again when it gets closer which is why people say it is better to not buy them too far in advance and of course also not too close to your departure date.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Ok I was kind of a maybe before but I'm officially committed to going now. I've got the money saved and I will have vacation time to spend, so hopefully nothing earth shattering will happen to me in the next year to change that c:

If we try finding you in the airport, the best option is to hold up a white sign with just a :v on it.

If it were a :y you would have no idea and pass us.

[Aulayna]

Is this still a thing? Do I have to save for it?

Will I even be welcome where I've effectively turned traitor now by setting up my own site and leaving Fat Chocobos in FFXIV?

[Loony BoB]

You're the one calling yourself a traitor. You're still posting here!

[Shauna]

EoFF World Meetup: Traitors "Welcome"

:shifty:

[Aulayna]

http://i.imgur.com/EqhPVyX.gif

[Loony BoB]

Oh, no, the city was decided upon a while ago.

[Aulayna]

To be honest London is a central travel hub for people coming from outside of the UK. There are other international airports, but what you save from not flying to London is then often made-up by having to pay for car rental/trains etc on top.

Like when I go home from Ireland, I can fly to a regional airport and it's substantially less than flying to London. But after I factor in trains etc on top it ends up being a much longer journey for pretty much the same amount as flying directly.

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, I think with the city being decided upon for this long we should stick with it. The rest of the UK isn't going to be that much better if you're wanting to have it at someone's place (not to mention what Aulayna said), and it's too late to change to a different country as everyone has been planning their finances based on it being in the UK.

[Pheesh]

To make the whole thing fair, you should make it equally expensive for both UK'ers and Muricans and have the meetup in Australia.

[Shiny]

I thought this was happening May but it's definitely June?

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

To make the whole thing fair, you should make it equally expensive for both UK'ers and Muricans and have the meetup in Australia.

"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."

[Leigh]

To make the whole thing fair, you should make it equally expensive for both UK'ers and Muricans and have the meetup in Australia.

"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."

Ah, Australia. Nature's End Boss Level.

[Pheesh]

To make the whole thing fair, you should make it equally expensive for both UK'ers and Muricans and have the meetup in Australia.

"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."

Or take the next passenger 'roo, great views but the pouches are a little snug.

[Spooniest]

I am accepting requests now for stuff to learn for this gig

And before you ask, no I cannot play anything by dragon force

But I'll try things not as hard as that

[Bubba]

I am accepting requests now for stuff to learn for this gig

And before you ask, no I cannot play anything by dragon force

But I'll try things not as hard as that

What do you say to a few live collaborations, man? I've got quite a big set list of stuff I can do which I could PM you with? I've seen some of your stuff and it's very impressive! It'd be cool if we could sort something out on the night :)

[Sephex]

FREEBIRD!!!

....

I'm sorry. :(

[Bubba]

Haha, the first band I was ever in we used to play Free Bird as our last song. Haven't played that end solo in years but I reckon it could be done! Really need a full band for that though.

[Sephex]

Haha, the first band I was ever in we used to play Free Bird as our last song. Haven't played that end solo in years but I reckon it could be done! Really need a full band for that though.

That's great! I love when people try to mock bar bands or whatever for real by screaming "FREEBIRD" and then they actually play it. Bonus if it is the whole song.

I would probably go gay for you for a few moments if the solo from the end of "White Walls" by Between The Buried And Me was played in front of me. https://youtu.be/FNdRh2un5eg (time stamp 10:54 for reference) Assuming I would be able to be present, that is. Oh hell, I'll go gay anyway.

[Spooniest]

If i leave here tomorrow...(slide guitar)
Would you still remember me

[Psychotic]

Probably good to keep in mind that people most likely want to chat and socialise rather than listen to live performances. Not a dig at Spooniest and Bubba as I know you guys are good, but just wanted to manage some expectations!

[Spooniest]

Uh, i had just assumed thered be a schedule of award presentations broken up by the occaisional musical performance...yknow like an award show...?

And then the After Party of course

[Loony BoB]

It's not the Grammy awards. xD Best to not assume anything at this point, it'll be up to the people who are managing the event to advise on how things will end up happening, and a lot of that won't be known until much closer to the time. Things like the venue, music tastes and other such things will have to be considered before that kind of thing is really seriously looked at. Also, as Psy said, most of the bits between awards will be spent with people actually talking to each other.

[Baloki]

Was there a date for this yet?

Sorry, I meant, is it time for the Ciddies already? /tradition

[Shauna]

June 2016 is all we got until we can hammer down how many people will be in attendance so we can book somewhere nice to hang out. Even if that's just booking a table at a nice pub. xD

[WildRaubtier]

sure but what part of june

my preference is early, that was i can do birthdays while im there!

[Shauna]

I don't know Kent I just said we don't have specific date

[WildRaubtier]

well im gonna take charge here and set it at like the first week or so of june 2016

yall welcome for my leadership

[Shauna]

"week or so"

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

[Shiny]

The week or week after. Week or so.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

well im gonna take charge here and set it at like the first week or so of june 2016

yall welcome for my leadership

That was already the plan.

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Also, anyone who hasn't seen it, check out our Facebook event page with a placeholder June 1st date.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1468374526730247/

[Spooniest]

I wanna go to this just so everyone can tell me they expected me to be taller

Or Nobuo Uematsu

[Chibi Youkai]

It would be amazing if this actually happens. The sooner a date can appear though, the better, because I have to put in vacation months in advance for anything outside the US. Is there still a kickstarter or some sort of funding page for the event?

[Shorty]

There was an IndieGogo, but it failed horribly. I'm thinking we should just have all donations sent to the EoFF (re: BoB's) paypal henceforth.

June 2016 is solid, and in a couple of months we're going to look into seriously booking a venue. I don't think we're totally sure about dates right now, and obviously it depends on what the availabilities of the venues are.

[Shauna]

Indeed - and to seriously look into a venue, we'll need numbers! May have to send out a harassing PM or two. x}

[Sephex]

Can we rent Big Ben or Parliament? I think the Queen has a deviantart page based on her Cloud and Red XIII slash fics, so we might get in.

[Shauna]

Sheetlebug> should probably actually... do something about that meet up thing
Rantz> I'll expect the whole event to be expertly scheduled and planned to perfection Sheetlebug
Sheetlebug> EoFF Hangs Out in a Dark Alley in London
LN> EoFF All Get Mugged In London
Sheetlebug> EoFF Experience the Terrible NHS Waiting Times in London
LN> EoFF Are Confused By Trains In London
Rantz> EoFF get stabbed by chavs in London
Sheetlebug> I'm sure there will be more positive stories like...
Sheetlebug> EoFF Ride the London Eye
LN> EoFF Cannot Afford Hotel After Riding London Eye.
LN> EoFF Slowly Realise Meetup in London is Too Expensive
Rantz> EoFF can't afford to go home from London

What other stories will we have to tell?

[Agrias]

K BUT WATS GOIN ON THO GUIZ

[Agrias]

No hotel even chosen yet? Are we even gonna be in London or in an area close by? Aren't these supposed to be first to get knocked off the list?

[Shauna]

What's important is finding a venue for us, because there's not much point in getting everyone to London with nowhere to go, or getting hotels miles away from the place we're all going to be hanging out. Not many of us are local to London, though, so it has been difficult actually getting a venue found.

[Agrias]

What's important is finding a venue for us, because there's not much point in getting everyone to London with nowhere to go, or getting hotels miles away from the place we're all going to be hanging out. Not many of us are local to London, though, so it has been difficult actually getting a venue found.

A bunch of us will be tourists, there's not much to do for touristy stuff in London of all places?

I mean don't get me wrong I think the venue is important too because of the live ciddies and whatnot, but if getting people congregated in one place is so difficult shouldn't the hotel be the more important thing to pick?

That way even if we all end up going and doing different things for a day we are all together by the end of the day.

[Night Fury]

Hotel is also dependent on each persons own budget, a lot of hotels in London can be pricey - the cheaper ones tend to be further out of the centre. I don't think there's a definitive guest list atm too. I think a venue is most important - after all, people can even book a hotel wherever they would like! Some people might not be as comfortable as others being in the same hotel with members. I would honestly think that hotel is more of something that you should be booking for yourself - absolutely discuss it with others and try and book the same one, but yeah, venue probably more important at this point.

[Shauna]

The main event is going to be the evening with the Ciddies, so that'll be where we'll all congregate following... whatever everyone decides to do during the day. If we don't have a venue then we're gonna struggle to find somewhere for a large group of people to hang out in the one place. Which was the whole point of this meet to begin with.

Saying that many of you will be tourists is fair enough - you will definitely find things to do in London - but we're not going to have much luck getting ~30 people around the tourist traps all together. However, having somewhere that we can say "Well, we have a room booked at this place from 4pm - be there or be square", then if people want to break away and do their own thing for a few hours beforehand, they can do that.

Also I will just echo what Night Fury has said. I think the hotel should be a person-to-person decision, for the reasons she pointed out. Transport links in London really are fantastic, so I don't think finding places to stay will be too much of an issue.

[Agrias]

Well firstly it's not like we're going to be picking a fancy schmancy hotel somewhere. Obviously the more affordable the place the better. And also it's not like the rooms will be right next to each other, and even if someone isn't comfortable being around someone else, you can ask the person at the desk to pick a room far away from that person.

Also, if you pick a hotel, chances are they will have a ballroom or something that can hold us all in it for the ciddies event. If you don't want to use the ballroom, I bet there will be tons of pubs nearby to choose from and preemptively chat with as well.

Not only that, but if there's an affordable hotel, you can guarantee there will be smaller, cheaper chains around it for people who literally want to spend the bare minimum.

It just seems like this is being haphazardly put together.

Either way, if I don't see a place picked out come September, I will be booking my own place wherever I want and will meet you guys on the nights you have events.

[Shauna]

Well, if we're wanting to hire a ballroom in a hotel, that will still come down to choosing the ballroom as the venue, and pricing it around that. No point in saying let's all head to this one hotel and then finding out the ballroom hire is outside of what we can afford to scrape together. And re heading to a nearby pub - we won't be able to waltz into a pub with 30 or so people and expect them to have enough space for us.

Honestly, I think the best course of action is to find a reasonably priced function suite, book that for the Saturday night and have everyone gather there. It is just incredibly difficult to do that when you don't actually live anywhere near the city you're planning the event in.


Either way, if I don't see a place picked out come September, I will be booking my own place wherever I want and will meet you guys on the nights you have events.

I think that's what most people are going to do.

[Agrias]

Well, if we're wanting to hire a ballroom in a hotel, that will still come down to choosing the ballroom as the venue, and pricing it around that. No point in saying let's all head to this one hotel and then finding out the ballroom hire is outside of what we can afford to scrape together. And re heading to a nearby pub - we won't be able to waltz into a pub with 30 or so people and expect them to have enough space for us.

You can ask any hotel for a price estimate on certain amounts and types of rooms as well as a banquet reservation estimate. It's not like you're going in blind as a bat. You just ask a bunch of hotels for that and pick the cheaper place.

Easy.

As for a pub, you also need to call in or email and send in your head count.

You're talking as if this is all gonna be done on the fly when we're flying or just getting there. That's what gets me worried about this type of planning.

[Shauna]

I don't know why you're getting that impression, when we are looking at venues right now. It's not going to be June 2016 and we're still shrugging our shoulders and scratching out heads about where the venue is going to be, phoning up places as we are travelling. We want to have the venue found and booked within the next few months.

If it turns out that the best value for money venue is a Hilton ballroom, then so be it, but I doubt that it will be (a brief google search shows that could be as expensive as £125pp). With the lack of a proper headcount (I doubt we'll get a 100% accurate one), I think that booking a function hall for 50-100 people is probably the best decision we can make, instead of going for somewhere that requires a concrete headcount and charges per person. But, this may not be a possibility. All function suites in my town are a set price for the room, regardless of the number of people. But my town is not London, so who knows?

It is just a case of finding somewhere, which is what we're currently trying to do with the help of a few London EoFFers. They are doing the footwork to find the best place for us, which is more than I can do 400 miles away. So we are just waiting for their feedback at this point in time.

[Pheesh]

There's seriously going to be 30 people at that thing? I was expecting you'd get maybe half that...

[Shauna]

I'm only going by the Facebook event which has 32 going and 17 maybes. So that plus anyone who hasn't responded/doesn't do Facebook, that's like 40 people. But who knows in the end.

[Formalhaut]

Just wanted to pop in and say I think the organisers are doing a sterling job. Trying to organise for so many people is really tough, especially if you don't live in the area you're planning for. Me and Mr. Carny are really excited to see what you guys will do!

[Iceglow]

One of the things that is cropping up repeatedly is how much I get asked "what is the head count for the evening looking like" when I say 40 people, some bars are telling me it's too few, others are telling me it's too many. I'm not having great luck so far. Plus as stated on Facebook, I've been super busy with the end of the Academic Year and now going in to the 6 weeks holidays, I will have a major distraction here for 5 of those. The idea of using one of the Hilton's in London is a tad dramatic there though Shauna, but I agree with your point, these venues can get super expensive. Ideally I think we're looking to hire a venue for at a maximum 400, maybe 500 for the evening (excluding food and drinks cost) which definitely means a smaller venue where it may be a little more crowded but would work out. It'd also be pretty cost effective for us in terms of "ticket prices" adding in the charge for drinks and food (I assume a limited meal with drink offer might be appreciated) and we could be looking at as little as £20pp for the evening.

Tourist traps I.E. The Tower Of London and a few others could definitely be done with a group of 40 people or so. The situation there would be to have it pre-booked as a group. It'd work out cheaper for us (individual tickets are around £20 last time I went) and be easier to do as they'd open up a specific time frame we can go in and start a tour complete with a guide. Others like the Science Museum or the Natural History Museum don't have a price to enter or policies on group size walking in off the street to my knowledge but I could check with them if that was something someone was interested in.

Knowing where DC and the others are hitting up would also help I'm not sure how co-ordinated the rest of the effort is but whilst I appreciate that I'm the odd man out here by no fault other than my own, getting me involved in any discussions going on about location (even if it's like a whatsapp group message and I just read but not reply for a while I'll be aware of the situation) might be helpful because if there's somewhere other Londoners can't get to or aren't having much luck with I can at least try to be of more help.

[Shauna]

I only used the Hilton because it was pretty much the only hit on Google when I did a quick search - I was just trying to make a point at how limited my ability is to truly do any research about where we can go, from all the way up in Scotland. I would not recommend going to the Hilton and I would never really suggest we go, but if there are any cheaper, seedier hotel alternatives... But yeah, £400-500 would be an ideal sort of price. I think I mentioned on the fb post that I found a wee church that will hold up to 75 people for like £50p/h that allows external food and alcohol to be brought in. So, even something like that could be fine.

Regarding tourist traps, we definitely can go and do things (it was never my intention to imply that we couldn't), I just don't think that should be the main thing of the meet up and that should be down to personal choice whether they want to go on the London Eye or whatever (particularly because of costs for many places in London). So, it shouldn't be the coordinator's main concern, sorting out people's day to day activities.

I am not enjoying the news of 40 people being knocked back repeatedly though. xD Why are we such an awkward uncertain number!

[Iceglow]

I'm guessing it's size of function rooms. Especially in pubs. If a pub has a bar/room where they can host functions rented by less than the capacity of that room then realistically, without a large bar fee they're losing money over just opening that room. Especially if they're rammed, something nice pubs can almost guarantee on any given weekend. Others may have a smaller function room than we'd require meaning that they'd have to close the venue for us in order to accommodate. As 40 or so patrons will not spend as much as the overall takings of a full evening or even a partial evening closure could cost, they'd rather tell us we're too big a party to host than unfairly set an expectation on how much alcohol we need to pay for that we'd never be able to drink (unless we were thinking champagne all round haha).

[Shiny]

I want to get a hotel close to the venue if possible. I don't know how gold public transport and walking is in London.

[Shauna]

The subway system in London is pretty great! The NY subway system is similar, actually.

[Psychotic]

When I hung out with Goldenboko, his brother and friend in London recently they were very impressed with it and said it was better than the one in Boston fwiw! As a Fully Fledged London Underground Master Even Better Than That Gimp Steve Who Once Got Lost In Chalk Farm For An Hour (or FFLUMEBTTGSWOGLICF for short) I will be happy to point anyone in the right direction and what stops they need to take if they want to get somewhere.

[Bubba]

When I hung out with Goldenboko, his brother and friend in London recently they were very impressed with it and said it was better than the one in Boston fwiw! As a Fully Fledged London Underground Master Even Better Than That Gimp Steve Who Once Got Lost In Chalk Farm For An Hour (or FFLUMEBTTGSWOGLICF for short) I will be happy to point anyone in the right direction and what stops they need to take if they want to get somewhere.

Don't you mean FFLUMEBTTGSWOGLICFFAH?

[Psychotic]

I got bored. :shobon:

[Zanmato]

It's a great idea, but there's no way that I could be there in 2016, because finding a decent job in Poland is a hard thing and I'm afraid that my budget for entertainment and travelling will be very low. :(

I have to ask my aunt if I could stay in London, it would make the case easier.

Don't make any live shows, because they're a pain in the butt to me, you can record the event and upload a movie to YouTube instead, I'd be glad. :P

I wish you a good luck, folks!
Have fun! ^^

[Bubba]

I got bored. :shobon:

How could you stop when you were so close to the end?!!

Saying that though, if I'd managed to do that then MissH wouldn't be 38 weeks pregnant...


I have to ask my aunt if you could stay in London, it would make the case easier

Perfect. Accomodation is all sorted, guys and gals.

[Shauna]

When I hung out with Goldenboko, his brother and friend in London recently they were very impressed with it and said it was better than the one in Boston fwiw!

I would agree, actually. The one in London (and Paris, for that matter) is much easier to navigate.

[Psychotic]

The Paris one smells funny though.

[Shauna]

Well... it is French.

[Shorty]

I could not breath in certain parts of the French metro. It was as if I were entering The Bog of Eternal Stench.

The London metro is pretty easy to understand! I never know where we're going, though, because I don't pay attention and just have to wait for Psychotic to tell us when to get off!

Sorry I haven't kept up with this thread; my internet connection has been out pretty much this entire month and there is little I can do at work. Will start making some progress next month.

[Zanmato]

I got bored. :shobon:

How could you stop when you were so close to the end?!!

Saying that though, if I'd managed to do that then MissH wouldn't be 38 weeks pregnant...


I have to ask my aunt if you could stay in London, it would make the case easier

Perfect. Accomodation is all sorted, guys and gals.

If I could stay in London, not you! XD
Why did you modified my quote?! XD

[Bubba]

Only joking, man :D

[Zanmato]

Only joking, man :D

It was funny though - you made my day, man! :P

Back to the thread: I hope this event will be succesful. :P

[Shauna]

I... don't even know if there are water parks in London. Also, why would you want to go to a water park in Britain?

A quick google search has shown me they exist. But they're all indoor. xD

[Shorty]

I'm not going to a water park xD

[Psychotic]

I have a suggestion for a day activity: let's go to a water park! :DAfter arranging the Swimsuit Contest for EoFF's Next Cid's Knight I feel confident in saying this is a very bad idea.

[Shorty]

Headlines Today: Harem of Pasty Foreign Adult Nerds Arrive At Local Watersports Centre; Evict Children From Pool

[Rocket Edge]

I didn't realise the event was on Facebook (silly me), so I just added myself to it as I'll be there. I admire all the work being put into this by some of the members here so fair play. I have no problem chipping in whatever the costs are for the function room/bar room etc. etc., and donating money if funds are needed.

A question I need to ask. What is the expectation for the weekend? I understand we are doing the meet-up, and maybe going to a bar afterwards? Or is that the day after? Is there any sort of loose timetable anyone give me? :)

[Chibi Youkai]

You know, there actually is an anime convention in the states held at a water park. So it's not unheard of.

[Agrias]

So Stu (AKA: Balzac) and I have come up with an Itinerary for our time in London, if anyone would like to join please let us know. I've included pricing and websites for all the stuff we've picked out and further details will be decided upon once we've got flights/airbnb flat booked.

June 1: land in the am, probably have a nap (goddamn jetlag) and drink/eat/play video games (£33 for £30 credit on tube rides http://visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/london-visitor-oyster-card/ )
June 2: Somerset House tour FREE @14:45 https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/events/guided-tours and drinking/eating (£150 est. for food/drink/shops)
June 3: Hyde Park horse ride (£170 2H) http://www.hydeparkstables.com/horse-riding/horse-riding-prices and drinking at UK clubs and pubs! (£150 est. for food/drink/shops)
June 4: High Tea at parliament house (£27.50 and £25 for tour) http://www.parliament.uk/afternoon-tea and Ciddies
June 5: Cutty Sark tour & Royal Observatory (£18.50) http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/tickets-and-prices
June 6: AFK Eats episode and sight seeing (£150 est. for food/drink/shops)
June 7: Pegg&Frost Day (£200 est.) (SHAUN OF THE DEAD http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/locations ) (HOT FUZZ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/locations ) (THE WORLDS END http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213663/locations ) (CUBAN FURY http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390237/locations )
June 8: Hangover day, whatevaaaa (£150 est. for food/drink/shops)
June 9: Big Ben FREE @14:00 http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/tours-of-parliament/bigben/ , double decker bus ride/queens guard pic (£150 est. for food/drink/shops)
June 10: London Zoo (£29.75) http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/visitor-information/entry-costs
June 11: breakfast and flight home in the afternoon

[Balzac]

That's me!

[Pheesh]

How are you spending £150 on food and drink on one day and only £18.50 another day including activities?

[Sephex]

Just popping here to say that I probably won't be able to do this. I won't go into detail, but my family has been facing troubles recently and money from my end will be required. I apologize to those who may have been looking forward to the possibility of meeting me.

[Crop]

As always I'm still in, still willing to donate if needed, and still willing to help plan if needed (but am lazy so will only do so if prompted).

[Night Fury]

Hahahahaha that looks expensive as shit no way.

[Shauna]

Anyway I found this place (https://hirespace.com/spaces/london/53605/saint-pauls-hall-sph/st-pauls-hall/business) ages back - it's a church community hall, but we can take in our own alcohol and food and all sorts available up to 11pm for £50 per hour holding up to 75 people and honestly this could end up cheaper than getting a pub overall.

THOUGHTS

(or similar alternatives?)

[Agrias]

How are you spending £150 on food and drink on one day and only £18.50 another day including activities?

Its an overstatement to cover for the days we wont have excess costs. I just put it in to allocate money I already know will be spent somewhere. Also It takes a lot to get me drunk, so i'm an expensive drinker.

[WildRaubtier]

11pm shutout tho, is this some teetotaller shindig??

[Jessweeee♪]

It's starting to look unlikely that I'll be able to make it. My savings have been completely obliterated these past few months. The good news is I'm using the last of it to escape my money guzzling situation. The bad news is idk if I'm gonna make it up in time for this meetup :(

[Crop]

Dropping like flies! Don't make me have to visit you all individually!

[Rin Heartilly]

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but what date is the meetup? :3

If it's 2016, I think I'm still going to be really broke (poor as trout student with no job) and I don't think it's cheap flying from Australia but if it's closer to the end of the year it may be doable for me ^^

[Shauna]

It's in June! Midyear is best for getting the most out of UK weather.

[Pheesh]

It's in June! Midyear is best for getting the most out of UK weather.

If it were about good weather we could have picked any other country.

[Psychotic]

You heard the man, everyone assemble on the Faroe Islands!

[Shauna]

Well, UK was picked, so to make the most of the poor-weather card we have chosen.

[Pheesh]

You heard the man, everyone assemble on the Faroe Islands!

Well hey, I bet it's cheap :monster: