Charas-Project
Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Zerlina on January 10, 2014, 02:28:43 AM
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Hey guys,
So Lucas is going to be going to New York this summer, and I was going to head down to meet up with him. Fred is also possibly in. Wondering if you guys would want to turn this into a Charas thing. We could all stuff a hotel room to keep things cheap.
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Depending on my situation at that point, I'll consider it. Might as well use that passport that is now accumulating dust.
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Haha I would go, but unfortunately I'm on the other coast.
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Nobody's secretly a serial killer, are they?
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When during the summer? I'm supposed to go up the beginning of August for an IDRS (music related) convention.
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Yeah when exactly, and WHERE in New York?
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To be honest, I don't think I'd fit in very well.
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Nobody's secretly a serial killer, are they?
Seriously. I live in Massachusetts, now I won't have to worry about smuggling my hatchet through airport security.
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Was kind of hoping Lucas would jump in here...
New York City, Lucas will be there from July 2-August 4th, so we could all pick a weekend in there if that works.
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Hatchets can be bought once in NYC.
I was planning to either go back to japan this year (expensive choice) or go to NYC for a few days (way cheaper choice). This can entice me to go to NYC cause even though I am not going alone per se, I won't have "no one" to hang out with it. Even though I am usually a person that never worries about that, it'd be nice to have some company I've never met but interesting to get know face to face. Even if its just for a few hours.
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Hatchets aside, I was considering doing some traveling this summer too, so... I'm actually kind of interested in this. NYC is only about a 3 hour drive from me too.
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Aww hell, if the rest of the gang is going, perhaps I'll fly out there for this. I've always wanted to visit NYC, so this may be a good enough excuse to go there.
Gonna be honest though, it's probably gonna be hella weird to actually meet any of you face to face. It reminds me of the show The Guild.
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So, my conference starts the 5th. I... I couldn't have asked for a more perfect time table. I was originally going to drive up with some classmates, but I might be able to head up a day or two early and meet people.
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Hatchets can be bought once in NYC.
I was planning to either go back to japan this year (expensive choice) or go to NYC for a few days (way cheaper choice). This can entice me to go to NYC cause even though I am not going alone per se, I won't have "no one" to hang out with it. Even though I am usually a person that never worries about that, it'd be nice to have some company I've never met but interesting to get know face to face. Even if its just for a few hours.
If you come to Japan, hit me up! I'm living up in Ibaraki-ken right now. Japan meet!
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Well, the situation right now is that travelling from Sweden to NYC is kinda expensive during the summer. But I'll keep looking around for some cheaper tickets if people are on this idea.
Also, if there is some sort of plan for lodging, that would be great. Apparently hotels are pretty expensive.
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If we all want to save money we could always stuff a hotel room (get an extra cot, rotate who gets the beds, and everoyne brings a sleeping bag). Not sure how you all feel about this, but I've done it for conventions and it just feels like indoor camping.
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I'd like to do this if I can get the time off work. I've never embarked on such a long journey alone, though.
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Yeah, I imagine NYC hotels are pretty expensive. Traveling anywhere in the summer isn't cheap. I was planning on backpacking europe in the summer, but that changed when I realized there was a 600 dollar difference out of the cheapest airports between February and June.
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I'd be for stuffing a hotel room, I had to do it all the time for music festivals in high school, and some trips in college so far. (Better than a gym floor at least)
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Haha we could rent one of the suites with a jacuzzi and everything and call it the Charas Suite. I think it would defeat the purpose of trying to save money, but it'd be hella fun.
All jokes aside, I'd also be okay with sharing a hotel room if I end up going. I just quick looked at prices, and it looks like the rooms will range from $160 to $300 a night. That'll probably change over time, but it's probably a good guestimate for now.
Edit: Also, out of curiosity, I just looked at ticket prices for around that time, and they're half the price I pay for tickets to Wisconsin to visit family (which is half the distance as NY). I was expecting them to be a lot more, so I'm almost certainly in if enough people want to go.
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If it ends up being that 6 or so of us can go, and we split a $200/night hotel room it's really not that bad. If people are coming from not too far away, maybe we can arrange carpools, too.
Also, Fred, if you fly to Toronto it might be cheaper, and we can head down to NY together.
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Having thought about this a little more, I really would like to go. I can feel the remnants of charas getting a little cliquey and I'm gonna feel really left out if I miss something like this >_>
Charas suite sounds awesome. We can hang up a full size version of one of the charas banners.
I would need a pretty good idea of specific days though because I'm supposed to have booked a lot of my holiday off by the end of this month, so work know what's going on.
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All you young in's don't even remember me. Also I am very sporadic with my postings and contributions towards the page.
But coincidentally I may be driving to NYC from south-east Michigan, (10 hour drive), with a buddy of mine. Nobody goddamn road trips anymore. I'll keep you posted closer to when you have a more specific set of dates.
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Ok, well I think it'll hinge on when AFL's going to be there since he's going for a conference, as well as any days anyone is NOT available. My schedule is totally open that far ahead, so if everyone who wants to come could just post either that they have open availability, or what outside dates they can do that's probably easiest.
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Aw, you guys <3
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I'm not sure how far away/long the drive is from south eastern pa. Probably between 6 and 8 hours, i just dont feel like google mapping it atm.
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I'm also available any set of days around that time, I just need to make sure I save enough vacation days.
So I have some good news, I was talking to my manager, who lives in NYC, about where a good place to stay would be. He's gonna send me a list of hotels that are away from Time Square, but a very short subway ride away from Time Square, that will be a lot cheaper. He was saying that the hotels he was thinking of were $130 - $150 a night, but you can get discounts if you book the hotels over an entire weekend.
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Anyone passing through western mass that would want to coordinate? Lucas, I could make a quick pit stop in Brazil and grab you if you're interested!
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Hahah, thanks. My ticket is already bought, however.
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Ok, well I think it'll hinge on when AFL's going to be there since he's going for a conference
I mentioned it on the first page of the topic, but my conference starts the 5th. So I'd be able to go during Lucas's last few days in the states.
@Daoman I keep forgetting we live in the same state.
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What would you guys think of doing August 1st-4th? Gives us a chance to fly in, fly out, and spend two full days in NY. Alternatively we could just do the 1st-3rd but that seems a bit short for those coming a long way.
Anyone who's coming from Europe, if you want to see the sights in Toronto beforehand to make the trip worth it, let me know :)
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With my birthday on August 2nd, I'd be fine with this, if everything goes well on my side.
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August 1st - 4th works great for me. I may end up flying in a day or two early since the plane tickets on Wednesdays and Thursdays are usually cheaper than Friday tickets. If anyone else wants to come a bit earlier we can chill until the rest of the group arrives.
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I mentioned it on the first page of the topic, but my conference starts the 5th. So I'd be able to go during Lucas's last few days in the states.
@Daoman I keep forgetting we live in the same state.
Hmm, i guess i may have forgotten as well lol. Where do you live? I live in the Chester County area (Coatesville, Downingtown, West Chester, Thorndale, Exton, Parksburg, etc)
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I'm an hour north of Pittsburgh.
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Well this is ironic. I randomly check this forum, and I'm living in NYC now.
Hello people. If you don't know don't know who I am, I used to frequent this forum maybe 3 or 4 years ago? Don't mind me.
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Neat. All the cool people are attending.
Except for me. I'm not going anywhere near you psychopaths.
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Neat. All the cool people are attending.
Except for me. I'm not going anywhere near you psychopaths.
Psychopaths unite! Seriously though, it won't be quite a Charas meet up without you.
Well I suppose if we ALL knew each other's faces, it wouldn't be quite the same. Thus far the only face I know is Lucas's (through facebook). Archem, I guess I'll always picture you as your pixelated Minecraft avatar haha.
In all seriousness though, it seems like many of us are pretty serious about this meetup. We should try to finalize a date and time for this.
Edit: Is this thread enough, or should we start a facebook group or something with event details and a time/date to collaborate with?
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Maybe Facebook would be better since we can also verify identity etc. What do you guys think?
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Cool with me.
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Well I suppose if we ALL knew Archem's each other's faces, it wouldn't be quite the same he'd have a harder time stalking any of us.
as for the facebook group, I think that's a fantastic idea.
Aboustso! I remember you!
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Haha!
Alrighty, I'll create a facebook group/event for this sometime tomorrow and share it with you all.
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as for the facebook group, I think that's a fantastic idea.
Aboustso! I remember you!
*hijacks thread
Hey dren! How goes it?
-This is the last I'm posting in this thread. I might do a welcome post or something.
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Geez, so you guys can see how boring I am before we meet in person?
Oh and yeah, I remember you too, Flying Spaghetti Monster avatar and I think Shadow of the Colossus signature guy. Hi.
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DB, do you think you could post the group link here? I think I don't have you on Facebook.
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DB, do you think you could post the group link here? I think I don't have you on Facebook.
Yeah for sure. This weekend turned out to be pretty busy, so I haven't gotten around to making it yet.
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So.. Since I don't want to create a public event that anyone can see and join, I created a private event. The issue is that I have to personally invite people for them to see the group, and I'm only facebook friends with Lucas.
If you guys still want to go ahead with a facebook event to organize the place/time, you'll have to shoot me a friend request (https://www.facebook.com/mziegs (https://www.facebook.com/mziegs)), message me with your charas username, and I'll pass the invite along to you. Let me know if you guys would like to handle this some other way.
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SHould've left it public. Maybe thousands of people would've join. Thousands.
Added you and messaged you. Check your "others" message folder. I'm Isaac.
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I'll be honest and say that the idea of being awkward around you guys is very tempting, but I have no money for traveling.