He's from Denmark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Would the Live Ciddies take 10 hrs. like the online version, or will everybody bring BoB food so he doesn't have to run off anywhere?
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He's from Denmark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Would the Live Ciddies take 10 hrs. like the online version, or will everybody bring BoB food so he doesn't have to run off anywhere?
I hope they take longer than 10 hours! Hopefully like 18 hours!
everyone will be drunk in about 3 hours and then there will be no need to do the ciddies anymore
"And the award for MLT get Banned goes to... UR MOM!" *laughs* *Ciddies over*
That's how I predict it will drunkenly end.
im gonna spam every irl convo or "thread" if you will until i am forcibly ejected from the venue so i can finally fulfill my dream of being sort of banned
IRL banned. It'll be a first!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
Yeah that's a thing, so when we all meetup are the CK's still like superior in an authoritarian capacity? Like if I accidentally say something untoward can they drunk tank me so I'm not allowed to speak for the next hour or something?
theyre gonna have thier own table and some kind of hostess who puts us where we sit
*hostess leads me to small table next to dumpster outside*
In person I have cool new things I can do like eat cat food/garbage to impress everyone and show off :greenie:
Try and see if I'm not the first Cid's Knight to make this a real thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Wolf LeonhartIRL banned. It'll be a first!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
Walks back in wearing Groucho glasses. Is banned again for "having a second account IRL."
*barges through door*
VERY HAPPY TO BE MEMBER HERE I AGREE WITH THE ABOVE POST BUY VIAGRA CHEAP PROPECIA ILLUMINATI WEIGHTLOSS VIAGRA BUY HERE CLICK ME
If I want to give someone a moogle hug do I just rub up against them for a bit when they say something I like?
You just hug them and say "Kupo!", I guess.
Okay, but I'm still gonna do the rubbing thing :greenie:
I'm going to slap people on the arse when I approve of them. Well. I mean, I probably approve of lots of things, but this arse slapping thing is special.
Just no rough stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
I was talking to Shorty about the idea that we should definitely have a guest book type of thing. Everyone can write their name and username in it. It'll be nice memorabilia for the time we're there. We can also do it school yearbook style, where you go around to people and write something in their book that they can look back on later.
Another idea is for us to have a bunch of disposable cameras laying around for anyone to use.
These are just a few more things to keep in mind later on when we start to raise funds for the trip :-)
Sounds great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart
I should be able to donate some money towards the costs of the event. I'm only a student, but I can probably set aside at least £100, if not more if circumstances allow. :)
I got my passport photo taken yesterday and am applying for a passport!
should we do a marathon of final fantasy games as well? seeing as we all joined here for a reason...
what a nerd DC
If there's Final Fantasy involved I will not be participating :nonono:
Too smurfing right. There should be no Final Fantasy at the Eyes on Final Fantasy meet up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alive-Man
Me and Paul were out for my birthday the other day (thanks for missing my birthday thread again guys. I know you love me really but damn I think I've had like 3 made in 12 years of being a member!) wandering round London's West End and generally discussing how terrible socialism is and why the Zumba party taking place reminded us of the dictionary definition of "Mutton, dressed as lamb" (it was like a photo was found in the dictionary). Along the way we had an idea of "Things To Do" which included a trip to the National Gallery (heads up non UK people who've never visited; Museums and Art Galleries if owned by the National Trust are free to enter) where we do a caption competition. We've done this in the past, it was very amusing.
That's weird, I would have make one but somehow it is not on the Calendar. Kinda wonder how that calendar works nowadays. It was all cool the last time but then Paul and Rantz said I was the one that broke it. I got no idea how I did it. :screwy:
19th June right? Happy Belated Birthday Iceglow! Hope you had a blast! :bigsmile:
can we make a strip final fantasy game idk like strip poker but with FF idlk how it will work but i guess what i mean is can we all get naked together at some point
This is what I base my plans on as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
London sounds like the perfect place to watch Woy and his boys fail horrifically once again in Euro 2016.
Haha this is also true.
Thanks for the belated birthday wishes. I had an awesome week what with getting a new job with like £2k a year more pay :D
Another suggestion: we write colours on pieces of paper and then put them in a hat, mix them up, then take a colour out at random. Whoever is wearing shoes of the colour that was drawn from the hat has to get naked and spend the rest of the day as such.
No nudity. I will forcibly eject everyone. :colbert:
Ain't nobody got time for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
wow its pretty clear that you want to touch our naked frolicking man-bodsQuote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
cripes
be more subtle maybe shauna
Your bodies just entice me so. :(
I will cover myself in K-Y Jelly and do a few situps! :greenie:
good idea. get all jellied up. shauna won't be able to get a good hold of our slippery naked bods. the head table where the mods sit and they're reading out a Ciddies speech and naked jellied dudes just take a long run up and slip N slide the head table and shauna chasing desperately but to no avail
:stare:
ohheyshorty howis it going?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...asual-pose.gif
why can't I rep this post
what is this injustice
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
rep bans are a thing?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
I wish I could rep Parky! He is the only one who understands my vision :love:
mods think they are punishing me, but they are actually punishing the rest of the forums :(
*this is me repping you, Kanye*
Shorty and I, together, will be able to stop you and your nonsense.
#repparkernowboys!
We ought to launch this as an official campaign.
#kanye2014
raise kanye awareness
What if I am too aware? :confused:
then you will go crazy and run the streets of LA(?) naked
(kony2012 reference)
Been around God's country, and there's one thing I know. There's no better place for jackin' it than San Diego.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
:lol: That SP was on last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by PsychoticBeen around God's country, and there's one thing I know. There's no better place for jackin' it than San Diego.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanye West
i was thinkign maube we could play spin the bottle? idkl haha i was just thinking of fun things we could do and i googled "things to do at sleepovers" idk live ciddies isnt the same but it similar
plan B: we could play twister
planC: we could make prank phone calls xD
plan e: all of the above but also bake and decorate cupcakes
I'd definitely like to see what a lot of members here can do with a cupcake; some say the art of cupcake making is a doorway into the soul.
I can make a lot of cupcakes for you and your soul! :bigsmile:
But whether they are edible is not an issue right? :bigsmile:
No, as long as we can watch them together :greenie:Quote:
Originally Posted by Christmas
The EoFF world meet up thread of Parker is never going to make decisions ever and live ciddies 2016
Excuse me but this is an eoff world-wide meetup and my ideas are just as valuable as yours if not more so
if we let certain people plan this event it will be boring as heck
ok so i was thinking we could maybe hire contact jugglers to walk around in the background who is with me
Boring as heck? I'll have you know that my Watching Paint Dry event will be a hit, I guarantee it.
a+++ would twister with parker
its gonna be like that ep of the office US where there are two parties competing and everyone leaves the loser party because the cool people party has better stuff
we wont get to do the ciddies but we'll have our own cool people awards
Hey nerds :flirt:
Thanks to Lynx's suggestion, we're gonna lock this thread and open it back up again in six months to kindof "preserve enthusiasm." It's kindof turned into a giant spamfest, which is okay, because this event itself will probably be one giant spamfest. We'll open it back up in December for more hype!
This thread is open again! Do we have any new people who want to add their name to the ranks of the London meetup?
We are looking for venues in London that are cheap but not gross. Any help would be appreciated.
and also I want a photobooth with Final Fantasy props
Sounds like a great idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
What season is this going to be? If it's Ssummer or Winter I can probably do it. Spring and Fall is harder for me to travel.
Summer! June!
I'm a definite for this! depending on my living situation, i'll either split a room with some of you or some of you can crash at mine out in the sticks
Matt can drag his big ass Buster Sword all the way to London for this! xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
He knew its true purpose when he acquired it.
I thought photo booths would be more expensive than they are. Not that they're cheap by any means, but.
I never really got into the photobooth craze because my brain keeps screaming "You could buy so many disposable cameras for that cost and just set up a designated area for people to abuse them (and people could use their own cameras too) and end up with better quality pics" but yeah. Think more in line with how pro photo areas are set up during red carpet / school balls / business "thank you" nights or whatever. Just an idea. We might even be able to invest more in props that way. This is all assuming we have a half decently sized area, of course!
For disposable cameras wouldn't you have to have someone clicking them? And then you have to get them developed. Seems more convenient to just have an automated machine do all the work and print it right there.
did someone say camera? i'm there
Any of my pals who've been to a party with a photobooth have LOVED the photobooth! I think they're great and all round fun because nobody has to be behind the picture and they're just silly. People will be taking cameras for photos anyway so those photos will be taken too.
I get that they're cool, but worth £400-600? I suppose if we have the cash to spare then it's all gravy.
I wouldn't be opposed to donating money towards things for the event. (Provided that by 2016 I'm in a nice job, like)
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps36680ca2.png
http://www.patreon.com/eyesonff
We need donations, nerds!
Please note that right now we are just collecting donations. As previously discussed, we will be requiring a buy-in amount from everyone attending in order to pay for meals, but we are not collecting for that at this time. Currently, we are running a campaign to acquire funds in order to secure a venue. If you can help, please do!
anyone donated for shorty to get on stage yet?
EDIT: unfortunately i have to pay to fix a boiler (yay sudden expenses) so need to wait till payday :(
Also do we have an amount of total donated?
Donated $15 but not bothered about receiving one of those thank you cards.
I'll probably donate some more next year. MissH and I are in the middle of buying a house though so that will be taking priority at the minute!
$1,019.18 at the moment, I believe, via one large pledge which I'm sorting out with someone and a few other donations. Although I haven't got Bubba's donation through just yet.
Halfway to Bootaytown!
There's nothing on the Patreon for $1000... o.O are there two pages to donate to?
Wow. Awesome! Thanks to our generous friend!
The $1000 donation is being dealt with outside of the donation pages to avoid massive fees being applied to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockharted
Bubba's is through Patreon. It charges at the end of the month.
I don't give my card to donation sites like these. Do you have a Paypal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
There's an IndieGoGo, as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockharted
loony_bob@yahoo.com - let Shorty know how much you're sending so she can manage the budgeting end.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyI don't give my card to donation sites like these. Do you have a Paypal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
We're creeping up on a year!
Who is excited!?
Anyone willing to babysit for MissH and I that night?
Can I bring my wifey?
Sure! Worth noting that babysitting will take place at the event itself, and may involve drunken babysitting and/or an unplanned and highly erratic shift rotation of said babysitting role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
there are no children allowed oh my god
Baby juggling will be the main event.
I'm sure baby Bubba can stay with either of their Grandparents for a night or two :)
No baby-juggling allowed. Not after last time... jeez!
But... I've been practising! :(
did yall nerds decide on a date yet or what
i tried looking through the thread but it as all parker promising to display his booty
June 2016!
Really, people should be looking to start confirming whether they'll be joining the meet-up so we can get a solid date and get this moving forward.
june 2016 is too far away to look at flights, but jan's looking mighty affordable so here's hoping
like 5 months extra is extra "see what/if i can manage" time which is good
also we should coordinate arrivals so we can convince some unlucky local to spend a day at the airport waiting for us so we can get a lift, smurf navigating london after a 20 hour transit, seriously
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! ;)
Oh...I guess this would be a good time to say that I will be attending. ;)
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.
June -this year- is marginally cheaper, but jesus christ those flight times
Flash Gordon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooniest
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by LeighFlash Gordon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooniest
So I can punch a hole through a wall screaming "Death to Ming!".
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooniestDrop a quarter in my jar and I'll see what I can learn...Quote:
Originally Posted by LeighFlash Gordon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooniest
So I can punch a hole through a wall screaming "Death to Ming!".
I give you free ligh-tair
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leigh
You could, in theory, hire out a large short-stay apartment if the numbers are barely double digits. Example!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
I imagine that will be a back-up sort of thing.
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:
I want to go if Jess is going so I can be her creepy stalker :jess:
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.
I'll be there 100%, even if it ends up me getting sloshed in a pub on my own.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinx
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBThis 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinx
This isn't me panicking because I might not be able to afford the trip by the way.
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.
Poop on a couch ONE time...
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by WildRaubtier
If we try finding you in the airport, the best option is to hold up a white sign with just a :v on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessweeee♪
If it were a :y you would have no idea and pass us.
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?
You're the one calling yourself a traitor. You're still posting here!
EoFF World Meetup: Traitors "Welcome"
:shifty:
Oh, no, the city was decided upon a while ago.
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.
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.
To make the whole thing fair, you should make it equally expensive for both UK'ers and Muricans and have the meetup in Australia.
I thought this was happening May but it's definitely June?
"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pheesh
Ah, Australia. Nature's End Boss Level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pheesh
Or take the next passenger 'roo, great views but the pouches are a little snug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart"Welcome to Perth. If you don’t like it, you can always drive 9000 miles to the next town."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pheesh
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 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooniest
FREEBIRD!!!
....
I'm sorry. :(
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
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.
If i leave here tomorrow...(slide guitar)
Would you still remember me
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!
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
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.
Was there a date for this yet?
Sorry, I meant, is it time for the Ciddies already? /tradition
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
sure but what part of june
my preference is early, that was i can do birthdays while im there!
I don't know Kent I just said we don't have specific date
well im gonna take charge here and set it at like the first week or so of june 2016
yall welcome for my leadership
"week or so"
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
The week or week after. Week or so.
That was already the plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by WildRaubtier
Attachment 63640
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/
I wanna go to this just so everyone can tell me they expected me to be taller
Or Nobuo Uematsu
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?
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.
Indeed - and to seriously look into a venue, we'll need numbers! May have to send out a harassing PM or two. x}
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.
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?
K BUT WATS GOIN ON THO GUIZ
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?
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think that's what most people are going to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Agrias
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
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.
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.
There's seriously going to be 30 people at that thing? I was expecting you'd get maybe half that...
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.
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!
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.
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!
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).
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.
The subway system in London is pretty great! The NY subway system is similar, actually.
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?Quote:
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I got bored. :shobon:
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! ^^
How could you stop when you were so close to the end?!!Quote:
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Saying that though, if I'd managed to do that then MissH wouldn't be 38 weeks pregnant...
Perfect. Accomodation is all sorted, guys and gals.Quote:
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I would agree, actually. The one in London (and Paris, for that matter) is much easier to navigate.Quote:
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The Paris one smells funny though.
Well... it is French.
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.
If I could stay in London, not you! XDQuote:
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Saying that though, if I'd managed to do that then MissH wouldn't be 38 weeks pregnant...
Perfect. Accomodation is all sorted, guys and gals.Quote:
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Why did you modified my quote?! XD
Only joking, man :D
It was funny though - you made my day, man! :PQuote:
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Back to the thread: I hope this event will be succesful. :P
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
I'm not going to a water park xD
After arranging the Swimsuit Contest for EoFF's Next Cid's Knight I feel confident in saying this is a very bad idea.Quote:
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Headlines Today: Harem of Pasty Foreign Adult Nerds Arrive At Local Watersports Centre; Evict Children From Pool
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? :)
You know, there actually is an anime convention in the states held at a water park. So it's not unheard of.
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/lo...r-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-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/vi...iament/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/vi...on/entry-costs
June 11: breakfast and flight home in the afternoon
That's me!
How are you spending £150 on food and drink on one day and only £18.50 another day including activities?
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.
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).
Hahahahaha that looks expensive as trout no way.
Anyway I found this place 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.
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(or similar alternatives?)
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.Quote:
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11pm shutout tho, is this some teetotaller shindig??