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Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Pride on March 22, 2005, 01:43:31 PM

Sign up here!  :2thumbsup:

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Post by: Fabio on March 22, 2005, 01:54:15 PM

MOST def!!!

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Post by: nitro on March 22, 2005, 02:58:56 PM

hmm.. maybe, sounds like fun!

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 22, 2005, 03:25:44 PM

as of now, 95% in for me, providing i can make arrangements to get there. w00t

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Post by: garland on March 22, 2005, 03:41:42 PM

I'm doing my best to ensure I can go :)

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Post by: VonDouche on March 22, 2005, 03:55:00 PM

if i can find a way to get there...

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Post by: TekieB on March 22, 2005, 04:17:50 PM

hell yes!

edit: garland if you could make your avatar a lil smaller it would be nice

edit 2: make sure you go and pre-register for the BYOC line and the quakecon forums (BYOC reg is friday night) at www.quakecon.org to ensure a spot (or if you plan on volunteering) and hopefully next week some time I can start working on the FITES quakecon video of our adventure from last year, or to give you guys that have never been before an idea of it check out the pic gallery page from last year: http://www.fites.net/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&album=15

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Post by: Nimby on March 22, 2005, 04:51:27 PM

Sigh, I HAVE to be there ...

oh well, such is my life ;)

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Post by: Pride on March 22, 2005, 05:18:06 PM

I know sully and FF are going....

so that makes like 7-8

Sully and FF were thinking about renting an RV for the trip.

If you factor in Hotel costs and airfair, its probably cheaper!  Take turns sleepin in it

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Post by: Pride on March 22, 2005, 05:19:47 PM

http://www.gorving.com/buyrent_cat.cfm?subcat_id=52&level=3&id1=50&id2=52#TC

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Post by: VonDouche on March 22, 2005, 05:59:59 PM

gas would be a killer for an RV... think about it...  15mpg TOPS  gas is 2.099 (as of this morning at sheetz on the carlisle pike), but mid summer it is going to be 2.75ish for 87octane  flying might actually become a good option if it goes much higher then that

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Post by: TekieB on March 22, 2005, 06:07:34 PM

http://travel.travelocity.com/flights/AirSearch.do?SEQ=11115363290062222005

arround $350 for a flight, plus getting to the hotel.

and honestly, Having the car there last year was nice because we could expolore/goto the mall/frys and fun stuff like that, plus the roadtrip was an adventure in itself.

And I know this year i'm bringing a laptop down no matter what, cause lugging the tower arround was a pain

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 22, 2005, 06:50:13 PM

i would be in for chipping in for an rv of something.  i just want to go!  I would probably consider bringing a laptop to, but i don't know.

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Post by: TekieB on March 22, 2005, 06:54:07 PM

Quote from: "billabond1"

i would be in for chipping in for an rv of something.  i just want to go!  I would probably consider bringing a laptop to, but i don't know.

If you have a laptop that can handle the games go for it! I would deffinitly do that over lugging a mid tower/17" CRT anyday, but i'm going down more for the fun of being there, as i'm not a "hardcore gamer" so i'm intending more on taking pictures (with "my" trusty D100) and posting daily updates and such on fites. So all I really need is photoshop and some light gaming, hence a powerbook is going to fit the bill. (I'm also gonna attempt to get a press badge) But make sure you can run the games to your liking on a laptop, you will be more than fine on q3a/cs but like ut and doom3 you might run into problems with.

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Post by: Agent4054 on March 22, 2005, 07:01:43 PM

holy hell... yeah im goin again if theres room

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Post by: VonDouche on March 22, 2005, 08:16:10 PM

ohh sweet jesus he has come out of his hole

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 22, 2005, 09:23:57 PM

tekie, my laptop can run almost everything except doom 3.  But i still love my main rig.  

Long time no see agent,  how is eq2 treating you?  

anyway, after talking to my parents, i am 98.5% in for going (without considering transportation)

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Post by: garland on March 22, 2005, 10:36:21 PM

better?
:P
This is my GGL.com profile pic.  
So yeah, I'm gonna go.

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Post by: Valkerie on March 23, 2005, 06:38:41 AM

i already said it once but yea im in for the RV ill chip in and i do believe i am going to have my comp built by then so i guess im in yea...

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Post by: sully! on March 23, 2005, 09:17:41 AM

With all these youngins wanting to go I guess that makes FireFly and I the "parents" :wink:

Ok, so first step is get signed up on the night of April 15. FYI, even if you don't get signed up that night, there is still a pretty good chance you will get in. Many people will sign up for a BYOC spot and then never show. They sign up just in case they can make it.

As for flying vs. driving, as long as your car engine doesn't completly die (as mine did last year), driving is much cheaper. I did all these calculations last year and there is no contest.

Flying you've got to pay for the round trip ticket plus the extra cost of shipping your computer (a costly and DANGEROUS thing to do) for each person. By driving you can split the cost among everyone traveling with you and it becomes a lot less.

I will start finding info about renting an RV and doing actual cost comparisons to see if it is feasible.

Tekie, I definitely want to register as press this year. Keep in mind this doesn't mean everyone from FITES is press. We should limit press to Tekie, me, and maybe one more. Contact me on AIM so we can figure out the who's where's why's how's when's and what's.

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Post by: garland on March 25, 2005, 09:29:04 AM

What about bus travel?  Wouldn't that be the cheapest way to go?

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Post by: Pride on March 25, 2005, 10:06:23 AM

Good question Garland....

Can they pack PC's, monitors and whatnot?

Or is it smarter to have someone who has a truck drive down with all of the PC's and have everyone else take the bus?

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 25, 2005, 10:20:53 AM

I just looked up the rates for grayhound.  It is 298.00 for a round trip from harrisburg to dallas(not sure how close dallas is to grapevine)

edit: i am not sure if i did it right

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Post by: Pride on March 25, 2005, 10:53:12 AM

also remember, gas prices will be near 2.50 that time of year.. if not higher

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Post by: Biggles on March 26, 2005, 11:32:03 AM

Greyhound is probably the best way to go for lugging a lot of stuff a long way. We managed to stuff alll the cases from the instruments in jazz band (lotsa instrument cases, about 3 amps and a drumset) so about a dozen computer towers and monitors should be no problem. You can always throw small towers in the overhead bins =P

If billabond's estimate is right it would be $25 a person for a dozen people, which is not bad.

I myself  am not going though.

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Post by: VonDouche on March 26, 2005, 01:10:19 PM

Quote from: "Hugh_G_Rection"

Greyhound is probably the best way to go for lugging a lot of stuff a long way. We managed to stuff alll the cases from the instruments in jazz band (lotsa instrument cases, about 3 amps and a drumset) so about a dozen computer towers and monitors should be no problem. You can always throw small towers in the overhead bins =P

If billabond's estimate is right it would be $25 a person for a dozen people, which is not bad.

I myself  am not going though.

I assumed that was /person

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Post by: Biggles on March 26, 2005, 02:55:51 PM

Quote from: "VonDouche"

Quote from: "Hugh_G_Rection"

Greyhound is probably the best way to go for lugging a lot of stuff a long way. We managed to stuff alll the cases from the instruments in jazz band (lotsa instrument cases, about 3 amps and a drumset) so about a dozen computer towers and monitors should be no problem. You can always throw small towers in the overhead bins =P

If billabond's estimate is right it would be $25 a person for a dozen people, which is not bad.

I myself  am not going though.

I assumed that was /person

*jaw drops* glad I'm not going then...

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Post by: sully! on March 26, 2005, 04:25:06 PM

There is no way I am taking a grayhound bus the whole way to Texas. It would take forever and a half. Driving ourselves will only take forever :)

Not to mention the fragility of computer equipment. I really doubt it would survive the trip. Also, that leaves no transportation once you're down there.

I'm still going over RV stuff, BUT two vans would be better since we don't really need an RV to sleep in. One for people, one for equipment. Fabio has mentioned his van to me, anyone else have a van that would like to go? I can't have a "I think my parent's would let me use theirs" and then come to find out you didn't ask them about it. If you don't own the van, make absolutely positive you have approval to use it. We hoped to use FireFly's parent's van last year and that didn't happen, so be forewarned.

One other thing I really need to stress. If we want to do this and split travel costs, we really need to stick together and split it. If everyone ends up doing something different or the refueling bills are not split along the way, then traveling together means nothing. Also traveling in as few vehicles as possible (ie, 2 vans vs. 4 cars) will also serve us better in the long run.

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 26, 2005, 07:05:08 PM

unfortunately, i can not privede anything in the transportation department.  I would be more than happy taking turns driving, but as far as a vehicle goes, i can't help.  Also, i am totally willing to split any costs that need to be split.

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Post by: sully! on March 26, 2005, 09:38:26 PM

Just as an update on where I am in my research:

It's looking like if we have 9 people going (just a number to use, not accurate), it would cost anywhere from $200-$330 per person for the RV. That is including rental and estimated fuel costs.

Flying looks to be $299 for a round trip from BWI to DFW(which is right next to the Gaylord). However, you also have to factor in shipping your computer. FedEx has a "Hundredweight" rate where you can ship multiple packages and if they total over 100 pounds you get a special rate. That rate to Grapevine is $1.15/lb. Between computer, monitor, accessories (keyboard, mouse, UPS/surge, discs, etc.) I estimate it to be 125-150 pounds, putting shipping at about $175(one way). If you have a laptop to game on, congratulations.

One method I'm kind of curious about is train travel. I'm going to go look at that now. I will let you know after I look into that.

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Post by: sully! on March 26, 2005, 09:52:57 PM

Ok, train travel is out. The schedule just isn't very accomodating. If we left Saturday the 6th at 1:40PM from Harrisburg, we wouldn't arrive in Dallas until Monday at 1:20 PM. The ticket is $163 one-way, and I can't seem to find a return trip for when we would need it. Also, it really doesn't make much sense to go to Dallas by way of Pittsburgh and then Chicago before heading south to Texas, as their schedule would have it laid out.

Geez, I wish I was rich so I could just fly and be done with it. No better yet, just retire and roam the country in my own RV attending every LAN party along the way.

Edit: I'll take one of these...

http://www.countrycoach.com/downloads/pdf/2006_affinity_specs.pdf
http://www.countrycoach.com/model.cfm?brand=aff&my=06§ion=interior

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 26, 2005, 11:55:03 PM

using you number from before, would three cars work?  You could run one car jam packed full of computer stuff and a driver and passenger to keep company.  then you could run two cars, one with three people and one with 4 people.  these two cars could also serve as overflow for comp stuff and luggage.  

i really don't know, just an idea that came into my head

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Post by: sully! on March 27, 2005, 12:37:52 AM

We could barely do it with three cars last year and that included an overhead luggage rack on my car. Cars just don't provide enough space to fit a lot of monitors and computers. And you don't want to be cramped for a car ride that long.

Tekie and Agent had to be crammed in the backseat with a stack of our 4 PC towers for about 3 hours for the first part of the trip to meet Nimby in VA. Yes, they're both scrawny so that helped, but this drive will take at least 24 hours or more to complete.

Another thing with only two vans, that means you only need two drivers and makes taking turns driving easier to manage.

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Post by: TekieB on March 27, 2005, 09:01:39 AM

and just a thought, with cars/vans (not rv's) the 25> crowd can drive as long (for me and fabio at least) as there is someone over 21 in the passanger seat.


And i'm not sure (like 99.9%) that Nimby can't drive down with us cause he needs to be there early for staff duties (thats what he told me in IRC)

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 27, 2005, 10:04:51 AM

you are right about being able to drive when there is someone 21 years of age and older in the passenger seat.  It's to bad that my dad won't probably won't let me use his car for the trip.  He has a big volvo wagon that is awsome at hauling stuff, but it is old and i fear it might have problems on the way.

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Post by: sully! on March 27, 2005, 10:57:05 AM

yes, better not to risk it on a long trip. Turning around and rescuing your car in Arkansas after you get home is not a fun thing to do. Sadly I know it all too well.

Nimby: Yeah, I remember you saying something about that at some point. What's the word? When are you planning on heading down? I'm assuming when you said you were in, you meant for the room, which we should probably reserve soon. Now that we know the layout of the place from last year, let's try to get something with Atrium view and on the same side as the convention hall (cuts down on unnecessary lugging of equipment through the atrium). Can you take care of that if that's the case?

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Post by: Nimby on March 27, 2005, 11:44:31 AM

I actually don't need a room this year, so I won't be part of the room reservations ... sorry :-/

also, I'll be driving down the friday before hand ... so ... you guys might plan to not have me as part of the carvan ... :-/

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Post by: sully! on March 27, 2005, 11:03:55 PM

:shakeno:    :bigcry:

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 27, 2005, 11:10:24 PM

:instagib:

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Post by: garland on March 29, 2005, 09:47:02 AM

I would consider driving if it wasn't such a long distance.  However, the problem is that it's an immense distance and I seriously have no interest in being crammed in a small car worrying about gas mileage for 10+ hours.

I'm probably going to do the bus thing if for no other reason than the ease of it - just pack up my shiznit (bubble wrap if necessary) and curl up for a nice long nap.  Plus most buses have bathrooms onboard.  That's a nicety that can't be discounted.  

Airplanes are too expensive, trains seem to be out, so I'm probably going to stick with my idea of going bus-travel.  Plus we can always look into group rates.  Just an idea.

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Post by: sully! on March 30, 2005, 09:50:17 AM

10+ hours? Put the emphasis on the + my friend.

Estimated straight through non-stop for any reason is about 22-23 hours. Factor in bathroom and meal breaks, plus we stopped in Memphis to get some sleep last year, and it took us about a day and a half.

If you really want to do the bus, that's your decision. But could we count you in on splitting the room?

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Post by: sully! on March 30, 2005, 09:55:38 AM

One more thought on the topc of travel arrangement...

All these calculations are based upon me picking up whatever rental vehicle on Friday night and leaving Saturday morning.

But, if we cut a few days off there and leave Monday morning, we still get there early to do volunteering and save ourselves a few hundred bucks on travel and room expenses.

I realize we all want to be down there as much as possible, but this may be the best solution for our wallets as I know everyone is concerned with price.

Thoughts?

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Post by: Billabond1 on March 30, 2005, 03:01:46 PM

I did not even know when we were leaving in the first place.  

Judging by how long you say it takes to get there, we would still arrive tuesday morning/afternoon is we leave monday morning.  

The event starts on Thursday so we would still be there for a  day and a half before the event starts.  Being there longer would be a good time, but i don't know(like sully says) if those extra days would be worth the extra $.  

I am very flexible, so what ever is going to work better.

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Post by: sully! on March 31, 2005, 09:15:38 AM

Last year we left Saturday morning partly because of the excitement of going for the first time and partly because Nimby had to be there by Sunday.

Getting there Tuesday would be a good time of arrival. It's before the madness that takes place on Wednesday/Thursday and it gives time to get familiarized with the massive layout of the Gaylord and most importantly to volunteer your sweat and tears for setup.

I'll run the numbers again this weekend and see how much of an impact that makes. I'd still like to get 1 or 2 more people, but we'll see how things go.

FYI: Be sure to pre-register yourself on the QuakeCon website and fill in as much information as you can so when 9PM on April 15th rolls around, regging for the BYOC will be much easier. That site will be swamped for several hours that night and any precious seconds you can save will be helpful.

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Post by: TekieB on March 31, 2005, 12:15:18 PM

I think I have one more person that is intersted in comming along, once he gets it oked with his parents, I told him to reg here. And all that fun stuff. But yeah, i'll keep you guys updated.

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Post by: garland on April 01, 2005, 11:05:33 AM

I would say not yet.  The woman is coming with me and I haven't asked her yet how much she would be able to handle sleeping arrangements like that (she's VERY VERY PICKY)

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 01, 2005, 03:18:34 PM

I will make sure to register right away on the 15th.  
Who are the people currently on the list?  

Also, i am currently torn as to whether or not i want to bring my laptop or my main rig.  My laptop runs almost every game decently, but i don't know if the smaller size is worth the lack in performance, after all it is a lan party.  input?

I saw on the quakecon faq that there was not going to be any windows file sharing, that would not be cool.

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Post by: TekieB on April 01, 2005, 05:06:37 PM

dc++ > smb

they don't mention it so they don't alreat 4 letter agencys

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 01, 2005, 09:59:49 PM

:greedy:  :greedy:   :beers:

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Post by: Judge on April 02, 2005, 01:25:48 AM

do they have monitor rentals at QCON like cpl did?

i'm going assuming they will have a d3 tournament.

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Post by: TekieB on April 02, 2005, 08:39:40 AM

they do have monitor rentals, and they should have a doom3 tourney

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Post by: Nimby on April 02, 2005, 09:35:08 PM

Tournaments have not been announced yet.

also, can you imagine WFS without a domain controller with 3000+ systems?  hell, WFS freaks out over 10+ systems ... 3000 would bring the network to a halt with Netbios lookup Crap. :p

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Post by: Tomb on April 14, 2005, 09:47:35 PM

I would consider going, since im starting my new job ill be able to afford this crap. I should have my license by then, I got my lan bag. But the main question is whether summer school is gonna be in order. If it is im gonna go friggin bonkers. :bomb:

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 15, 2005, 06:06:37 AM

Hey sully, do you have any more info for us on this?

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Post by: sully! on April 15, 2005, 08:00:01 PM

I've been busy lately, I'll get the info as soon as I can find time.

Meanwhile, 1 minute 30 seconds until signup begins. Are you ready?


Set....

GO!!!!

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Post by: TekieB on April 15, 2005, 08:01:47 PM

f5

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Post by: TekieB on April 15, 2005, 08:18:56 PM

1281 to register

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 15, 2005, 08:49:59 PM

if it is the number at the bottom of the e-mail, then i am number 1364

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Post by: sully! on April 15, 2005, 09:09:19 PM

well it's now about 10:10 PM, and I'm still trying to get in.

/tapfoot

I was 700 something last year, this is insane.

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Post by: FireFly on April 15, 2005, 09:11:15 PM

AAAHHHH!!!!!!  I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!  I can't get through, this is so frustrating!!!  How did all u other ppl do it!!! :p

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Post by: FireFly on April 15, 2005, 09:12:45 PM

Oh, and were any of you listening to Radio ITG, I was on it ^_^

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Post by: TekieB on April 15, 2005, 09:21:28 PM

you were? what time?

were you the girl talking about DDR?

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 15, 2005, 09:26:01 PM

i only caught the end of radio itg.  I was at work and i signed up there first try.

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Post by: FireFly on April 15, 2005, 09:34:32 PM

Finally!!!!  I'm number 2445.  I'm only on the waiting list for the Miss QC tourney though, #52 :\  Ppl probably won't show up though, and if I volunteer enough, I'm sure they'll hook me up and let me play.  Time to start practicing.  Being the only female representitive for FITES, i gotta kick some ass!

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Post by: FireFly on April 15, 2005, 09:39:22 PM

Yup, that was me talking about DDR ^_^.  You were lucky bililabond :p

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 15, 2005, 09:41:01 PM

:badboy:   kick some ass!  I am not signed up for any tourney's, i would rather just chill and not worry about them.  Also, i hope someone organizes a ut insta gib tourney.

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Post by: sully! on April 15, 2005, 09:42:55 PM

It's about friggin time!

At 10:40 PM I finally got through and regged successfully. I was number 2585 so I'm in, but it took awhile.

Now I'm re-pumped. I'll get to work on those numbers for everyone.

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Post by: sully! on April 15, 2005, 09:45:27 PM

It won't be official of course, but there always impromptu and/or unofficial tourneys organized by the attendees. You just have to keep an eye on the quakecon forums or post something yourself. You're bound to find multiple servers of multiple games at multiple times.

Although oddly, I didn't see many FarCry games last year. Oh yeah, FarCry multiplayer sucks...nm.

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Post by: TekieB on April 15, 2005, 09:46:08 PM

Quote from: "sully"

It won't be official of course, but there always impromptu and/or unofficial tourneys organized by the attendees. You just have to keep an eye on the quakecon forums or post something yourself. You're bound to find multiple servers of multiple games at multiple times.

Although oddly, I didn't see many FarCry games last year. Oh yeah, FarCry multiplayer sucks...nm.

and doom3 didn't?

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Post by: sully! on April 16, 2005, 12:39:42 AM

yeah, but it was a new and novel game at the time and there were a bunch of id lovers there, so....

Anyways, here's some numbers to ponder:

Rental Company           Initial Cost   Est. Fuel  Est.Total Cost  Cost/Person
===============================================================================
Ault's Motorhome Rental     $2,057.95    $663.89     $1,681.43       $240.20
Martin Motorhome     $2,657.36    $663.89     $2,066.80      $295.26
CruiseAmerica             $2,594.42    $663.89     $2,450.09      $350.01
Susquehanna RV             $2,144.42    $663.89     $2,062.19       $294.60
Lady Luck             $2,476.19    $663.89     $1,841.26       $263.04

Some explanation...

Initial cost is rate for 1 week plus security deposit plus mileage plus cost for a car tow (if applicable).

Est. fuel is based on the current natl. avg gas price and 10mpg (the consensus mpg I got from all the places I called) and 2911.8 miles according to Yahoo Maps.

Est. total cost takes inital cost, adds sales tax, and subtracts the security deposit. The security deposit is only refundable if there is no damage and the RV is returned clean. Some places also give a mileage credit per day. If this is the case, that is factored in as well.

Cost/Person is total cost/number of people, which currently stands at 7.

I am currently leaning toward Lady Luck. Ault's is cheaper, but we cannot tow a car with them and the extra $23 would be worth it to have a car down there.

I am calling the Gaylord tomorrow to reserve a room. I will post room costs after I get done there.

FYI, if we get 2 more people to go, the cost/person drops to $186.83 for Ault's and $204.58 for Lady Luck.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on April 16, 2005, 03:37:33 PM

big ty for all of the costs.  I am sure having a car down there would be nice.  I might be able to volunteer my car for that use, but i have to check on that.  As i said, i am flexible, so whatever will work.

Any idea what the hotel cost/person will be?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 16, 2005, 06:33:06 PM

*looks down at bottom of e-mail*

hey look, i was #38 to sign up for BYOC reg. Thats nice.

welp.. tho numbers sure are intimidating. lets do it. *puts on bank robber mask*

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Post by: sully! on April 17, 2005, 01:52:12 PM

To keep you up to date, I just got off the phone with the Gaylord and they are having a problem with the reservation system right now (it shows they have no rooms available which the person knew for a fact to not be the case, so don't worry). They will call me back tomorrow after the problem is resolved.

I am shooting for arrival on Tuesday the 9th and departing early Sunday morning on the 14th. That's 5 days, so rough guess right now is (5*119)/7=$85 per person, but this does not factor in taxes or fees. I will get a solid estimate after they call me back.

EDIT: Did everyone who said they're going get signed up? I tried looking up who registered and I did not see Valkerie. Did you get in dude?

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 17, 2005, 03:04:44 PM

85 bucks for 5 days in a hotel sounds awsome!

Edit:  what size is the rv?  any idea?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 18, 2005, 11:11:16 AM

Aults: 24-29
Martin: 28-30
CruiseAmerica: 30
Susq. Valley: 29
Lady Luck: 29

These all have seatbelts for at least 7 people, but have *cough cough* room for *cough* more.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Pride on April 18, 2005, 11:27:45 AM

Just keep agent duct taped to the toilet!  That frees up a spot! haha

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 18, 2005, 01:47:42 PM

yeah but where do you go to the bathroom.. i mean ya cant just.... erm that'd be inhumane.

Title: Hotel Costs
Post by: sully! on April 18, 2005, 04:58:52 PM

Apparently the QuakeCon website was wrong on the room price, it is $129 per night base cost for a quad occupancy.

So, that makes it (($129*5 nights)+taxes and fees)/7 people = ~$110 per person.

FYI, there is a 7.25% sales tax and a 12% room tax, plus a $10 night "resort fee" which includes high speed internet in the room, free shuttle service to local attractions (ie, the mall), first 20 minutes of local calls are free, and some other stuff I just kind of zoned out because I was multi-tasking. So that's what the taxes and fees entail.

The room is currently reserved with an atrium view, but the actual room is not assigned until you check in, so I can't guarantee it will be on the convention hall side.

I asked this earlier but still no answer...Valkerie are you still in or not? If you're not, then everyone else's prices go up. Please let me know ASAP so we can get this planned accordingly.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on April 18, 2005, 09:03:11 PM

Are 7 people really going to fit in a room?


edit:  Some interesting info from the quakecon site if you have not seen it

    * At this time, all 3,200 seats in the BYOC are full.
    * At this time, all of the tournaments are completely full.
    * As of April 18 @ 5:15 PM CDT over 4,800 people were registered
    * Of the 5 servers handling registration, the crush of people managed to bring only one to its knees.
    * It took 9 minutes and 38 seconds to go from w0lfy (#1) to lilfields (#1000) on registration night.
    * The official QuakeCon IRC channel topped out at nearly 400 users

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 18, 2005, 09:24:30 PM

Quote from: "billabond1"

Are 7 people really going to fit in a room?

didnt we have something like 12 people one night in our room?

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Post by: Tomb on April 18, 2005, 09:27:38 PM

Hey they do it all the time in china. The mexicans can put like 1000 in a big rig, most will likely die but who cares.

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Post by: Agent4054 on April 18, 2005, 09:33:13 PM

that reminds me of a quote...

I dont have harddrives.. i just keep 13 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers.

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 18, 2005, 09:38:26 PM

Quote from: "Agent4054"

I dont have harddrives.. i just keep 13 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers.

so true

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 18, 2005, 09:43:15 PM

We had a base of 7 people in our room last year, plus on some occasions more, so yes, 7 people is not a problem.

Also keep in mind that this runs 24/7, so except for maybe Tuesday night, people will probably be sleeping in shifts just because they be down in the BYOC until 6AM before they finally crash for the night.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: l4mby on April 20, 2005, 03:16:29 PM

I will be going ! weeee !

Ok, I'm only about 75% sure that I'll be there. You see, I got this lovely thing called jury duty scheduled for August sometime. Not sure when, so I'm hoping it doesn't fall w/in that week. I'm going to try my hardest to get out of it, so if I do make it to QC, chances are I'll possibly not be there on monday. *snickers*

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: cuzzNkev on April 20, 2005, 05:28:53 PM

Yes your honor, I believe we should emasculate him, scewer his recently severed nuts, and roast them over an open pit.  Tends to get you disqualified really quick.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 21, 2005, 01:57:47 AM

Quote from: "cuzznkev"

Yes your honor, I believe we should emasculate him, scewer his recently severed nuts, and roast them over an open pit.  Tends to get you disqualified really quick.

All that for a parking ticket? Ouch. Hope you're never on my jury! (should I ever need one) :)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: cuzzNkev on April 21, 2005, 07:23:35 AM

Whatever it takes to not get on jury duty.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Valkerie on April 21, 2005, 09:14:46 AM

IM IN... now i am also pondering what to do with myslef...seeing as i am not too good at all at gaming i might just go for the fun of being there and not worry about gaming, plus i want to wait till i have my own comp built so i dont have to worry about it crashing or freezing every 30 seconds so i guess that means one less computer to take along :)  But i as well will split costs for whatever may arise of the situation and also why dont we just rent a small uhaul trailer for the equipment and get a couple of vans.  i know you can rent them for fairly cheap err so i think...

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 21, 2005, 10:05:30 AM

Actually man, i hardly got any gaming in last year... you'll be too busy going to parties and/or just running around goofing off.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: l4mby on April 21, 2005, 04:24:58 PM

Quote from: "cuzznkev"

Yes your honor, I believe we should emasculate him, scewer his recently severed nuts, and roast them over an open pit.  Tends to get you disqualified really quick.

Well, I was thinking along the lines of a little less extreme that I truly do feel. STOP FILLING OUR JAILS W/ DRUGEES ! Sad when 1st time drug offenders get worse sentences than a lot of 1st time sex offenders. HRMMS.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on April 21, 2005, 04:51:34 PM

my moms at federal jury duty as we speak, it sucks :(

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: l4mby on April 21, 2005, 07:05:39 PM

I garantee it'll be sth involved w/ drugs. There's nothing else around here that happens. Seriously.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on April 21, 2005, 08:23:15 PM

i was just looking at pics of 29ft. rv's, and they are nice.  woohoo, quakecon!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: BulletHeqd on April 22, 2005, 04:46:45 PM

Quote from: "billabond1"

i was just looking at pics of 29ft. rv's, and they are nice.  woohoo, quakecon!

Renting or buying?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 22, 2005, 05:08:30 PM

:rofl:

I wish I was buying. We're looking at renting one for the trip down to Texas in August.

Why? You want to go to QuakeCon? Read through the 7 pages of this thread and look for all the fun!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: odin on April 23, 2005, 10:55:52 AM

Hi, I'm looking to drive to qcon for the best value.  I don't need much space (either my et team maker the main tourney, or i'm going for fun).   I skimmed through the 7 pages.  I live a little sound of baltimore, but am willing to meet you along your route if there is anywhere i can park.  If you get any solid info, or just to get to know me, email me.  Hi, and thanks for at least reading this!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 23, 2005, 12:42:42 PM

Welcome odin!

Baltimore's not that far out of reach at all. In fact it's only about a 2 hour drive south of us in Harrisburg.

Last year we and Nimby met up to travel down together. He's in Annapolis.

If you truly are interested in going with us, that makes 8 and I think that would be the max number of people I'd be comfortable with in one vehicle.

So that means with 8 people, travel cost breakdown would be:

Rental Company      Initial Cost   Est. Fuel Costs      Est. Total Cost      Cost/Person
===================================================================================================
Ault's Motorhome Rental   $2,057.95   $651.37         $1,681.43      $210.18
Martin Motorhome   $2,657.36   $651.37         $2,066.80      $258.35
CruiseAmerica      $2,594.42   $651.37         $2,450.09      $306.26
Susquehanna RV      $2,144.42   $651.37         $2,062.19      $257.77
Lady Luck      $2,476.19   $651.37         $1,841.26      $230.16

Also, it looks like the avg gas price has dropped about $.05 since I last posted, so that helps too.

Odin, can you send me a message (preferably e-mail) with your name, handle, age, and willingness/ability to drive an RV.

I also still want to look into getting a large van (like the kind schools use), but I just haven't had the time. And when I do have the time, the place is closed :(

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Post by: Pride on April 25, 2005, 08:41:13 AM

Quote from: "odin"

Hi, I'm looking to drive to qcon for the best value.  I don't need much space (either my et team maker the main tourney, or i'm going for fun).   I skimmed through the 7 pages.  I live a little sound of baltimore, but am willing to meet you along your route if there is anywhere i can park.  If you get any solid info, or just to get to know me, email me.  Hi, and thanks for at least reading this!

Welcome to the boards!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 25, 2005, 09:08:51 AM

Odin,

Due to FITES.net budget cuts, we can no longer expand our welcome message beyond Pride's initial greeting. For a more elongated welcome, please donate $35 into my personal bank account.

Thank you.

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 25, 2005, 02:52:39 PM

agent has like 5 jobs, i am the one that needs the money  :tongue:

welcome to the board odin   :beers:

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Post by: Valkerie on April 26, 2005, 08:08:21 AM

welcome to Fites homie(100ml, agent, ghetto)  anyway hope you can join us at qcon.   make sure to keep up on the updates on the boards.

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Post by: Agent4054 on April 26, 2005, 09:32:41 AM

you callin me ghetto? im not the one with the pink shoelaces. *cough* but ok i submit. Welcome to FITES, Odin. May your stay be long and fruitful.

Tip: don't hit on pride. I know he may look like a chick, but don't let that fool ya. He's really a fairy... hence the name ;)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Valkerie on April 28, 2005, 09:02:46 AM

well that got off topic rather quickly...  So anyone else have anything qcon based to say.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 28, 2005, 09:30:27 AM

Yes, I do. I stopped in at Rohrer's Bus Service in Duncannon as I saw they had several large vans (the kind schools use) in their lot. I went in and asked if they rented them. Unfortunately they don't. They do however rent 26-passenger buses. Random thought, but wouldn't be awesome to take a short bus to QuakeCon?? We could just act like our retarded selves and fit in perfectly! :)

Anyways, that means I think the RV scenario stands firm. The next step is to actually go see these RV's in person and make the decision from that. If anyone wants to go see them with me let me know. It will have to be a weekend. If I go myself, no big deal, I just thought I'd offer.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on April 28, 2005, 10:18:08 AM

would be fun

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on April 28, 2005, 11:41:55 AM

i would be up to going and checking them out with you.  Let me know when you want to and i will see if i am free.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Valkerie on April 28, 2005, 12:26:26 PM

well where is this place if it's anywhere close to lancaster or somewhere in between i might go...

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 28, 2005, 01:48:48 PM

Nowhere near Lancaster. One of them is in York, the other in Gettysburg.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 28, 2005, 03:07:57 PM

Just got off the phone with Lady Luck RV. Apparently I wrote the weekly rate down wrong, so the correct price for them is $244.73 per person (with 8 people). Still the 2nd cheapest and unlike the very cheapest, allows a car tow.

Sorry. But I guess it doesn't make that big of a difference overall.

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Post by: Valkerie on April 29, 2005, 06:39:50 AM

yea but you can still get the car tow so if you just use the hitch and rent a u haul trailer we could put all our crap in the u haul and go on our merry way...

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 29, 2005, 10:55:14 AM

if you are towing a car behind you, you can put all of the crap in the car itself. No one will be actually driving the car.

Were you talking about putting a U-Haul attached to the car? Number one I don't think that's legal and number 2, even though a U-Haul trailer isn't that expensive, free is always better.

If you were talking about getting a trailer instead of towing a car, remember we want to have a car while down there so we can get around to the places around Grapevine at more easily.

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Post by: Billabond1 on April 29, 2005, 12:42:13 PM

being able to get around seems like it will be quite useful.  I was looking at quakecon '04 pictures on s2i's website and i saw some of you guys at fry's, that place looks 1337.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on April 29, 2005, 03:08:07 PM

Yes, Fry's is (as tekie put it) the Wal-Mart of computers, electronics, and geek toys of all shapes and sizes. They even had UT2k4 setup on two machines on adjacent end caps that you could LAN on. It was at that moment I knew I found Geek Heaven.

I've been to CompUSA in Towson a few times, but FRY's is 10 times cooler.

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Post by: Valkerie on May 04, 2005, 08:38:07 AM

yea i see your point about the car, and this fry's place tekie was telling me about it a little while ago it sounds pretty freakin awesome...

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on May 07, 2005, 01:53:46 PM

sully and i went to check out rv's today.  After much trouble, we made it to the first place.  Here are some pics from there http://photobucket.com/albums/v216/billabond1/fites/rv/

we did not get a chance to really look at the second rv we wanted to look at, but we did get something accomplished.  And i got to eat some good hot dogs   :2thumbsup:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on May 07, 2005, 04:11:46 PM

LOL sully is wearing the exact shirt as i am today. taking after the master i see :)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on June 16, 2005, 10:36:22 PM

lets give some life to this thread

55 days | 10 hours | 24 minutes

until quakecon...woohoo!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on June 16, 2005, 10:36:59 PM

w00t!

edit: Crape, 1000 posts

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Tomb on June 22, 2005, 11:29:19 AM

Count me out I got like no money for anything. Maybe next year when im a senior.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on June 28, 2005, 01:39:19 PM

43 days | 19 hours | 21 minutes

to quakecon

sully, do you have any more info for us.  the sooner i put in the days i need off to my boss, the better.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 03, 2005, 03:27:14 PM

gah i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait. i cant wait.



EDIT: tekie got me kinda psyched up last night. lol damn you tekie.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 03, 2005, 11:18:41 PM

what did he do?  send you lots of quakecon pics?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on July 03, 2005, 11:29:27 PM

Quote from: "billabond1"

what did he do?  send you lots of quakecon pics?

asked him if he was ready

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 03, 2005, 11:39:20 PM

I called the guy about confirming the RV, but haven't heard back from him yet. He is a commercial airline pilot, so good chance he's out of town flying to some far off place.

On other news, one of the people who responded to my post on the QuakeCon forums as wanting to travel down with us said he is out. He was only going to be going if his RTCW team qualified for the tournament (and they didn't) so he is out. That leaves us with 5 or 6 people for the RV.

Tekie and Fabio, is there anything I can say to convince you (or your parents) to come down with us instead of flying?

This year will be a much different driving experience I promise (ie, we're not taking my car or any other small sub-compact for that matter).

The fewer people that are driving down with us, the harder it becomes to pull it off financially.

Think about it. There is a TV in the front console (although I've been told it doesn't work while the RV is driving), there is a table for easy access for laptops (and I'll bring a 5-port switch for some LANage if need be), or you could use the table for cards or other board games that I plan on bringing for the trip, a queen size bed in the back and LOADS more room than last year or an airline seat will give you.

We're about 1 month away. Damn. It's approaching faster than I realized.

Anyone else have an inkling to go? We're talking an insanely sweet time here. Please just think about it. You won't regret it. I promise.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 03, 2005, 11:52:44 PM

my buddy backed out so i have a free garunteed spot into the byoc. its up for grabs. if anyone wants it PM me.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 04, 2005, 12:01:54 AM

woohoo...quakecon

i better start saving!

anyway...tekie and fabio, you guys would sure have more fun in a rv full of geeks and games than an airplane full of business men with fancy clothes and cell phones.  :wink:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on July 04, 2005, 12:08:38 AM

Quote from: "billabond1"

woohoo...quakecon

i better start saving!

anyway...tekie and fabio, you guys would sure have more fun in a rv full of geeks and games than an airplane full of business men with fancy clothes and cell phones.  :wink:

i'll talk to the rents tomorow and see if we can refund the tickets (if it's ok with fabio)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 04, 2005, 12:18:53 AM

Quote from: "billabond1"

you guys would sure have more fun in a rv full of geeks and games than an airplane full of business men with fancy clothes and cell phones.  :wink:

rofl billabond

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 04, 2005, 12:30:19 AM

woo hoo! Geeks!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on July 04, 2005, 12:32:26 AM

Quote from: "sully"

woo hoo! Geeks!

who? us? geeks? never

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 04, 2005, 12:33:26 AM

hey im PROUD to call myself a geek

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 11, 2005, 11:46:29 PM

30 days | 9 hours | 15 minutes
           :2thumbsup:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 12, 2005, 10:11:57 PM

Ok, so I've gotten out the quick story in e-mail to most of you affected by this, but as promised, here is the full details. I got a call from the guy today about his RV. This was a side business he ran to offset the costs of owning the RV, so it wasn't something he relied on to make a living. He was talking to his insurance company today asking about towing a car behind the RV and the subject of liabilities and maintenance logs came up.

Although he has been taking care of the RV and performing routine maintenance on it, he didn't keep records of it. So for the time being, his rrental business is on hiatus. That means no RV rental for us.

However, with our dwindling driving numbers (now down to 4 from our original 7 or 8), the RV was becoming an expensive proposition. So we now no longer need all that room and it the cost has increased dramatically.

I looked into renting a mini-van today. Since we will only need room for 4 people, this is now an option.  Comcast has an agreement with Avis that
lets employees get a discount on car rentals. The discount in this case is about $113 off plus UNLIMITED mileage. So rental for 8 days (I put in 1 day extra just in case) plus taxes and state surcharges, etc. comes to $432.54.

I declined the insurance stuff because my credit card will cover that at no charge. I haven't figured out the estimated gas costs yet, but it should definitely be cheaper than the RV as well. RV's only avg. 10 mpg, the van should get about 23 mpg.

As for the room:
 
Arrival Date 8/9/05
Departure Date: 8/14/05
 
Room Rate, plus taxes, etc.: $722.40
Resort fee: $10/Day x 5 days = $50
Parking: 50% discount = $4.50/day x 5 days = $22.50
 
grand total: $794.90 / 6 people = $132.48 per person
 
Is that count of 6 correct? We've had a couple people drop out and I know there have been mentions of maybe this person or that, but by my counts I'm seeing me, FireFly, agent, billabond, tekieb, and fabio. If this needs adjusted in any way please let me know ASAP.

It's late, I'm going to bed. I'll figure out the estimated fuel costs tomorrow or the next day, but this covers most of it. E-mail me or post here if you have any specific questions.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 12, 2005, 10:21:17 PM

w00t this trip might not break my bank as i had originally thought. good good good news.


29d 10h 34m 32s, btw

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 17, 2005, 04:07:18 PM

24d 16h 53m 51s

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Tomb on July 17, 2005, 08:27:02 PM

OMFG agent has it down to a T.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 20, 2005, 01:32:16 PM

Well quakecon is forthcomming, and man am i excited!

it is about 20 days until the fites crew departs on the 22 hour drive to grapevine texas.  

the official time until the actual event begins is now
21 days | 19 hours | 32 minutes

woohoo...quakecon

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 20, 2005, 02:04:30 PM

ROCK ON!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Tomb on July 20, 2005, 08:51:36 PM

Your gonna have the time of your lives. Remember to take lots of picks maybe next year ill go. Cuz that will be my senior year, so its a good present for myself.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Anonymous on July 24, 2005, 07:53:21 PM

Your site was down a bit ago, so I posted at quakecon.org, I'll repost here

I live 10 minutes outside of Harrisburg, where exactly are you meeting at and precisely when?

How are hotels setup? Are you driving straight through and by switching drivers or do you plan on stopping for lodging?

I have a 2004 Saturn Ion Coupe. If the minivan is full I can gladly take one person in my car provided they know how to drive a manual transmission and we can follow you guys down. Whoever I would take is in for a good ride, because they can sit in the back and use the fold down front seat as a desk or footrest and rear power outlet for a notebook or other device to kill time if they are so inclined. I also have an mp3 deck so they can bring a cd full of tunes for their driving shift :)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 24, 2005, 08:59:48 PM

I already talked to this guy ---^ on IM. If he can get an extra day of vacation he might be joining us.

Also, I wanted to post this last night but never got around to it, we definitely have someone else who will be joining us, making it 5 driving in the van and tekie and fabio flying. He is from Silver Spring, MD and he has already PayPal'd me his share of the costs! (http://img115.exs.cx/img115/581/s1gyahoo.gif)

I'll be picking him up Sunday evening and he'll be staying at my place that night so we can leave bright and early Monday morning.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Pride on July 24, 2005, 09:05:58 PM

Quote from: "Anonymous"

Your site was down a bit ago, so I posted at quakecon.org, I'll repost here

I live 10 minutes outside of Harrisburg, where exactly are you meeting at and precisely when?

How are hotels setup? Are you driving straight through and by switching drivers or do you plan on stopping for lodging?

I have a 2004 Saturn Ion Coupe. If the minivan is full I can gladly take one person in my car provided they know how to drive a manual transmission and we can follow you guys down. Whoever I would take is in for a good ride, because they can sit in the back and use the fold down front seat as a desk or footrest and rear power outlet for a notebook or other device to kill time if they are so inclined. I also have an mp3 deck so they can bring a cd full of tunes for their driving shift :)

Sounds like a nice guy!  Hope it works out for him!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 24, 2005, 10:04:58 PM

yea, i hope it does work out for him.  and i am a fan of the manual tranny

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Ryom on July 24, 2005, 10:33:44 PM

I thought I was logged in for my previous post, but apparently not :)

I talked with Shaun/Sully via IM, and it seems I'll be able to ride in the van with the rest of you, provided I can get an extra day of vacation, I should know tomorrow.

If you get many more people than will fit in the van I can drive and take 1 person (coupe is too small in back to fit a full size adult comfortably with 2 people already up front) and possibly some gear if need be. I only ask that my passenger not have any traffic violations and is very experienced driving a manual tranny if it comes to that... which I hope it doesn't :)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Pride on July 25, 2005, 06:48:04 AM

:welcome: to FITES Ryom!

Where you located?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 25, 2005, 09:51:51 AM

WooT! Looks like our driving force down just got bigger. uberness. the ride down is alot of fun with more people.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Fabio on July 25, 2005, 02:57:02 PM

16 days | 18 hours | 2 minutes

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Anonymous on July 25, 2005, 09:15:04 PM

Quote from: "Pride"

:welcome: to FITES Ryom!

Where you located?

Penbrook, about 10 minutes outside Harrisburg City. :)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Pride on July 25, 2005, 09:21:07 PM

cool!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 25, 2005, 09:39:15 PM

any word on the extra vacation day yet?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Ryom on July 26, 2005, 05:03:44 PM

Talked to Sully on the phone, but for anyone else curious:

The reply for my request for an extra day was not a definitive yes, but it was a "it shouldn't be a problem"

So I'll probably be able to go with you guys, but not 100% certain yet.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 28, 2005, 01:44:24 AM

Do you think we could all get on IRC Friday night around 8:00 to discuss things?

#FITES on irc.enterthegame.com

tekie, fabio, billabond, agent, ryom, firefly, and I'll get in touch with Merle. I don't think he comes here much.

Let me know if this won't work out for anyone. I'd really like to get everyone together so we can finalize things and address any details that need addressing.

See you Friday!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 28, 2005, 06:23:50 AM

works for me

Title: not here much
Post by: Merle on July 28, 2005, 08:06:41 AM

Yeah... I guess I only came here that one time ''`
I will be at the IRC meeting though!
I'll lurk in the channel as 'Sami' when I am at reasonably stable uplinks.
Are other people bringing things like NDS or PSP?
Paypal   :2thumbsup:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 28, 2005, 11:41:07 AM

i have to work on friday from 6pm to 10pm, so that does not really work for me.  Let me know what you want to do.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Ryom on July 28, 2005, 05:11:13 PM

I work until 9pm that day...

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 28, 2005, 10:44:04 PM

ok, could we move it to later? Anyone have a problem with midnight instead?

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on July 28, 2005, 10:58:41 PM

i have no problem with midnight

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on July 28, 2005, 11:32:29 PM

midnight should work

Title: midnight too late
Post by: Merle on July 29, 2005, 09:48:48 AM

I generally pass out from exhaustion sometime between 9 and 10 pm (I work between 5am - 6pm or thereabouts), so I probably won't be at any meeting that starts after 8:45pm or so.  If I'm still awake, however, I'll certainly be there (est ~0-1% probability of success).  :bigcry:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: cuzzNkev on July 30, 2005, 05:04:45 PM

Saw these and made think of you guys.

(http://userweb.suscom.net/~kmostrowsky/headingtoamarillo1.jpg)

(http://userweb.suscom.net/~kmostrowsky/headingtoamarillo2.jpg)

(http://userweb.suscom.net/~kmostrowsky/headingtoamarillo3.jpg)

Duct tape can save the world.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on July 30, 2005, 05:57:54 PM

Oh that poor car. It's a Geo for crying out loud! They can barely carry people, let alone cargo!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Tomb on July 30, 2005, 07:32:25 PM

OMFG! that is crazy, indeed duct tape is ur best friend. But they couldnt have gotten far the police would have a field day smacking that person with charges. Well now i have a better understanding of GEOs now. To bad it wasnt a pinto.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on July 31, 2005, 03:45:45 PM

:rofl: cuzz, thats insane

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: sully! on August 01, 2005, 12:08:23 AM

Agent, it has been brought to my attention that you thought we were leaving on Tuesday the 9th.

Just so everyone is aware, we are leaving the 8th, and arriving the 9th.

That is all.  Thank you.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on August 01, 2005, 12:10:06 AM

even better!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Billabond1 on August 01, 2005, 12:34:16 AM

:no:................................................:jk:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on August 05, 2005, 04:28:06 PM

2 days! (til we leave anyway)

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on August 07, 2005, 06:33:16 PM

BUMP  :salute:

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on August 07, 2005, 06:33:57 PM

oh wait.... this thread is stickied :P no bumps required.

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on August 07, 2005, 07:15:12 PM

Quote from: "Agent4054"

oh wait.... this thread is stickied :P no bumps required.

postwhore

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: Agent4054 on August 07, 2005, 07:32:50 PM

lies


w00t QuakeCon!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: The Shoctor on August 08, 2005, 01:33:24 PM

Truth hurt!? I can tell a post whore when I see one! I mean I am one!

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on August 08, 2005, 05:29:44 PM

"Bump" for my blog and some pics, more to come

Title: OFFICIAL: Who's going to QuakeCon Thread?
Post by: TekieB on August 09, 2005, 07:28:06 AM

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