Kodi Arfer / Wisterwood

Are we still doing that 48-hour Zelda thing?

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#001 | Dont Interrupt Me |
And if so where?
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#002 | Dont Interrupt Me |
I guess not. Ah, well. I was kind of looking forward to it.
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#003 | Mith |
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8698917785&ref=mf

Here's the when, I'm still not sure on the where, though.


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#004 | Dont Interrupt Me |
Oh, sweet. Never even occurred to me to check Facebook. Yeah, the where is pretty important.
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#005 | Mith |
If they are still having it in the Bronx, stopping by will be rather easy.


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#006 | AzumarillMan |
This is gonna be awesome. Now to find a place to stay overnight...
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#007 | Mith |
Why not there?


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#008 | Dont Interrupt Me |
Is there room to stay there? I don't even know where there is.
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#009 | Mith |
Who knows? With luck, Wil is going to see this and give us some answers. Worst case scenario, I can likely house a few for a night or two, provided you don't mind an hour and a half drive.


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#010 | Dont Interrupt Me |
That doesn't really work because our drive is two hours. Thanks, though.
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#011 | Mith |
From Philly to the Bronx in two hours on a Friday night.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Goddamn that was a good one. You'll be lucky to make it in three. More likely three and a half.


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#012 | AzumarillMan |
DIM we should probably leave like right after I get out of class at 4:30. I think splitting a Holiday Inn or something will suffice for us.
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#013 | Mith |
I would highly recommend that. The Turnpike on a Friday can make a strong man weep.


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#014 | AzumarillMan |
We're not driving though, neither of us has our cars up here. Besides, I am NOT getting into a car with that fiend.
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#015 | Dont Interrupt Me |
Really? I thought we'd leave Saturday. You think there'll be enough to do the whole two days?
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#016 | AzumarillMan |
Yeah, good point. Saturday it is then.
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#017 | Jacehan |
I was thinking of stopping by on Sunday....
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#018 | Jacz the Mage |
Comments, Wil?
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"'Jewish people eat a lot of Chinese food' - Well, have you tasted Jewish food?" - Wil, commenting on stereotypes
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#019 | willis5225 |
I actually just sent a facebook message:

Children of the Revolution,

Just a reminder, guys, Zelda Nerdgasm 08 is THIS WEEKEND. Ideally, you can swing by any time of the day or night, except that we'll be making a trip to the Jolly Tinker [relatively divey Irish bar that is patronized entirely by eighteen-year-olds and a surprising cross-section of my immediate group of friends] at some point (whoever spread the rumor that this is not the case was spreading seditious lies).

This will officially be at my place ([even I'm not dumb enough to post my mailing address on the internet, IM me if you didn't get the facebook invite]) starting Friday evening (probably depending on when Chris [whom you guys don't know, but who is coming up from DC] shows up, unless that will be unimaginably late into the process) but feel free to come by anytime after 7:00 for, at the very least, pre-game activities, which include... uh, I'll get chips or something.

Also, my buzzer's broken, so make sure you have my phone number (for which you can message me, although I believe it's on my profile page) so I can let you in when you arrive.

And if you're on the fence, come anyway! I can't promise that it'll be the best decision you've ever made in your life, but I can pretty firmly say it'll be top twenty, *maybe* top ten.

-W


So if you guys are showing up, note two major things. (1) We're certainly going to a bar at some point (probably Saturday night) (realistic/actual state-issued ID preferred) so if that's an immediate turn-off, you're better off coming Friday. (2) I haven't got a *ton* of sleeping space, if you're driving a long distance. I've already pretty well given up the idea that we're going to stay up for the whole 48 hours, and certainly no one should stay up for days at a time then drive to Pennsylvania, so I'd recommend a sleeping pallette of some kind. (Again, this is only if you're planning on staying for a relatively long haul and/or are coming from far away).

If you need directions, let me know (although I strongly recommend public transit if possible, as parking is quite a task). Also, bear in mind that there's going to be a lot of downtime for everybody, so if you have any nerdy pasttimes to share, bring them up now (I know SOMEONE must own Settlers of Cattan, which I have been using as a punchline for some years now). If I think of anything else, I'll let you guys know.

Also, anyone other than you four (DIM, AMan, Mithril and James) planning on coming by?
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#020 | Ocarinakid2 |
I'll actually be in New York (City) this weekend, but probably won't have any free time. Wish I could, though. If my immediate family abandons me, I'm down.
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#021 | HeyDude |
I'm thinking about being there. It'd be a long road trip from Detroit, but who knows? Could be cool.

You going to have room? I'm definitely not coming if I have to pay for a hotel, too. I ain't rich.
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#022 | Jacz the Mage |
I might be able to borrow either the Order of the Stick board game or the Talisman board game, which would be fun.

I don't think anyone in my circle of friends owns Settlers of Catan, though.
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#023 | Mith |
I had planned on stopping in Sunday, noonish. The grand pooh-bah of Marvin will be in town on Saturday and I'll be forced to go schmooze. Are you guys still going to be at it at that point?


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#024 | AzumarillMan |
As of now it looks like we're going to get there Sunday morning and just stay the whole day...we're too cheap to pay for a hotel.
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#025 | Digitalpython |
It's things like this that make me reconsider my stance on separating my real life and the internet. Then I start thinking about how such a meeting would affect both my actions online and my actual self. And from there, it's only a matter of time before it degrades to a Seinfeld ripoff involving you guys almost killing Independant Digitalpython.

I'm still not entirely sure that's a bad thing. The Seinfeld part, not the death part.
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#026 | willis5225 |
I mean, again, you can *theoretically* crash at my place, I jus don't know how restful it will be. But yes, we should still be at it well into Sunday afternoon.
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#027 | Mith |
I had no doubt that I could crash at your place, especially if I had gone to the pub with you. Pub=Coma in most instances. See you Sunday at 12. Hopefully I'll get to call up during your hangover.


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#028 | Jacehan |
Oh good, I'm glad we're all aiming for Sunday. It motivates me more to actually go.
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#029 | AzumarillMan |
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
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#030 | willis5225 |
Sunday it is.
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#031 | Mith |
I going to try and make it. I'll probably only be able to stay for an hour or two, though.

This is either going to great or awkward. Wil's voice threw me a little today. It's definitely different talking in real life to anyone from here.


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#032 | LinkPrime1 |
...What the hell?
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#033 | Mith |
Is this the first you've heard of this? If so, head over to the Bronx. Wil's having a party.


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#034 | ShadowSpy |
I've kinda been reading through this topic with envy for the past two weeks. Damn you east-coasters!
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#035 | LinkPrime1 |
Bronx? I'll actually be heading through there about about 7:00 to go freeze my ass off upstate.

Yay camping?
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#036 | Mith |
Nothing wrong with camping. Are you camping in a tent or a camper?

I miss going down to West Virginia, parking and just walking off into the woods for a week with everything I needed in my backpack.

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#037 | willis5225 |
Update:

We've just finished OoT after a grueling 22 hours. Things were not helped when we all got really, really drunk and passed out between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00. Also, the gamecube controls are really weird so for some reason we were all hopeless with bosses. And some funny stuff happened. Our character for OoT (and thus for MM) is named "Jesus," so that's been pretty funny. I can honestly say Ganon's ending line ("Curse you Zelda... curse you sages... curse you JESUS!") was worth every moment of soul-wearying Zelda playing.

We're now starting up MM and hoping to make up for lost time. Also, ordering Chinese food.
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#038 | Mith |
Update:

I stopped in for 2 and a half hours today and came to realize the mind behind Majora's Mask was a crackhead. I had never had the opportunity to see that game, and I was honestly less confused when I first arrived than when I left. I also completely forgot that my camera was in my pocket until the end. I have one fuzzy pic of Wil and a shot of the toaster that DIM wasn't there to receive and that was it. All in all, it was a fun time and I'd do it again if this becomes annual.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=93100&id=814780121

I'd probably make a point of coming earlier in the weekend, though. Will's bedroom seemed almost like a clown car. Every twenty minutes or so, another person would come out and rub the sleep from his eyes.


PS- Did you guys finally get into Wind Waker?


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#039 | Jacehan |
Yeah, I didn't show up because Wil told me that DIM and AMan weren't going to, and it made me reconsider how much money it was going to cost me to get there and back. (If I had already been in Queens, I would have went regardless. But these days $25 is a lot of money.)
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#040 | Dont Interrupt Me |
Ah, well, maybe next month we'll host something near here. Like Four Console Mario RPGs In 58 Hours. Or something else if anyone has a better idea.
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#041 | AzumarillMan |
Sorry guys. Maybe next time...I'm just not one to go against my parents' word. They are paying to send me here after all.
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#042 | Jacehan |
Your parents were against it?
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#043 | Dont Interrupt Me |
Also, I don't really know what I'd do with another toaster. I can't even use the one I have due to dorm regulation.
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#044 | Jacehan |
Just the presentation would be hilarious, I feel, regardless of the actual use of the item.
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#045 | Mith |
Yeah, I only got it for the presentation. It seemed fitting.

And how could I forget- Kosovo's free!

*drives down street leaning on horn*


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#046 | willis5225 |
So final update:

We finished MM at about 6:00 (46 hours) which was pretty bad. We spent easily an hour finding the boss's chamber in the last temple. It was crap and I hate MM now. Nick (whom I believe was passed out the entire time you were there, Mith) made, eventually (he awoke in the middle of the long-awaited Ikana boss fight) a stunning performance on the moon, but yeah. It's funny; we actually worked out a totally organic system of nap-taking, which was pretty cool) a series of amazing plays against many foes. I mean, it took two sleepless nights, but we got the whole thing down to a more-or-less science.

It sucked. A lot. But as of this afternoon we had worked it out. Then we all went home and damn do I want to sleep.

Also, whoever wants this toaster, now's the time, before my roommate insists upon keeping it or some other situation arises (in which I send it to DIM for the sake of HUMANITY).

Okay, I go to bed. Further explication about how we managed to beat all four (y'know, through trickery) will be available. Special thanks to everyone who made it out here (ie Mith, who showed up despite, y'know, perhaps the most significant financial transaction in a given individual's existence).
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#047 | ShadowSpy |
=[

I wasn't there.
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#048 | Mith |
Further explication about how we managed to beat all four

I'll bet it involved going back and bribing the one re-dead that we missed.

As for the toaster, give it to the girl (forgive me, I'm horrible with names) who wanted the explanation for the me having brought it in the first place. Thankfully she bailed us out as we stared stupidly trying to come up with a logical answer with "It's an internet thing isn't it".


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#049 | LinkPrime1 |
Nothing wrong with camping. Are you camping in a tent or a camper?

It was in a tent. The trip itself was cut short sadly, but still a ton of fun. Nothing like crawling into a ball in a sleeping bag trying to stay warm in single-digit degree weather!
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#050 | willis5225 |
Basically, we started up Wind Waker and Hastings (the vaguely emo-looking guy) got killed by the first boss. It asked him to save, at which he scoffed, this being a speed-run, selecting "no." Then it asked if he wanted to continue playing and he said "you stupid game, I just told you, no!" Rather than do the tutorial bit again, they just loaded up a file right before the last boss fight, beat that and then repeated with TP. All in all a good strategy.
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