Org/Backroom reunion? [Archive]

edyzmedieval

08-25-2006, 19:30

:smoking:

Yup, I was thinking about having an Org Reunion somewhere in Europe maybe, so we can all go to a Tavern and discuss for real.

Plus, we can meet each other in person. ~:)

What do ya think? ~:pimp:

Lemur

08-25-2006, 19:39

We need to have a parallel reunion held in the U.S., perhaps with a videoconference link between the two.

Dâriûsh

08-25-2006, 19:46

That could be fun. ~:)

Ianofsmeg16

08-25-2006, 20:02

I propose the Isle of Man :laugh4:

Seriously, good idea, but i doubt i'd be able to attend

yesdachi

08-25-2006, 20:03

Sure, there is a TGI Fridays downtown (http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps2.py?Pyt=Typ&name=Tgi+Friday%27s&desc=(616)+742-8443&csz=Grand+Rapids+MI+49503&country=us&cs=9&ed=03Bjqa160SzAu2NmeudiVD2HcTQ4Iw97mngjoWdMP.3QA0FV.DjIX1sDOxrw6vuD7iKp), see you all there, lets say 5:30 ish? First round is on me!~:cheers:

Reverend Joe

08-25-2006, 21:04

1. Traveling would be too inconvenient and expensive for me.

2. No. Just... no.

Ja'chyra

08-25-2006, 21:08

I'm up for that if I can manage. England or Scotland would be good.

Al Khalifah

08-25-2006, 21:14

The idea of meeting some of you guys scares the shit out of me.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

08-25-2006, 21:18

The idea of meeting some of you guys scares the shit out of me.
I'll take that as a compliment. ~:pimp:

Lemur

08-25-2006, 21:21

Only a tiny minority of Backroom posters engage in cannibalism. Nothing to get worked up about, really.

edyzmedieval

08-25-2006, 21:25

Only a tiny minority of Backroom posters engage in cannibalism. Nothing to get worked up about, really.

:laugh4:

I am DEAD serious. Really, I want to meet some of you guys. ~:)

Dutch_guy

08-25-2006, 22:00

Well, I have no problem hosting a party, you'd all have to come to Holland though ~;)

But then again, there's always the free beer at Kukri's ...

:balloon2:

The Stranger

08-25-2006, 22:58

The Spartan (Returns)

08-25-2006, 23:01

too bad. many Orgahs are in Europe and im in the Americanas. :no:

IrishArmenian

08-26-2006, 00:38

Would love to, but sadly I am confined to bed for a long time. Someone bring some Guiness in place of me.

scooter_the_shooter

08-26-2006, 01:01

Why the hell would you meet someone from the net...people get killed that way.:no:

scotchedpommes

08-26-2006, 02:16

Why the hell would you meet someone from the net...people get killed that way.:no:

:laugh4:

Incongruous

08-26-2006, 02:25

Hello...:eyebrows:

Avicenna

08-26-2006, 02:28

Isn't this how most kidnappings take place?

i have a very nice romanian girlfriend (not my girlfriend though)

Wha?

Patriarch of Constantinople

08-26-2006, 02:34

Party under the Parthenon :2thumbsup: ! actually even if we could really meet i doubt i could come mostly because im not going to pay for a trip to wherever the hell we go to. But hey maybe ill see some of you :laugh4:

Gregoshi

08-26-2006, 02:38

There have been a few such gatherings in the TW community and from the accounts and pictures it looks like all had a great time. There was one in the UK 2-3 years ago, one in northern Italy(?) for the Clan Celtiberos (I think), and another in perhaps the Netherlands. I also recall talk of having a US meeting in the midwest, but can't recall if it ever happened.

It would be very cool to meet my fellow Orgahs, but location and my finances at the time would dictate whether I could attent such an event. Even if you can only get a dozen people together it would probably be lots of fun for those who could make it.

Don Corleone

08-26-2006, 02:58

I think Northeast US has enough followers we could put something together. If you can get to NH, I volunteer my house. If not, well, NYC is pretty central...

Strike For The South

08-26-2006, 03:00

Id voulnter my state

IrishArmenian

08-26-2006, 03:44

Why the hell would you meet someone from the net...people get killed that way.:no:
That is why I would've been armed when attending. So bring your weapons, just in case Edyz is just planning on hunting you for sport. (The Most Dangerous Game, good book)

Ice

08-26-2006, 03:51

I'd come it was in a reasonable place in the US.

edyzmedieval

08-26-2006, 11:00

yup... and no...

i'd like to meet a few... but than again im also against it because it spoils the entire fun and purpose of the forum.

but edyz your always welcome to bang on my door... as is craterus ofcourse... Edyz you were coming for holland werent you? i have a very nice romanian girlfriend (not my girlfriend though) maybe you'd like to meed her? :wink:

You bet. ~D
How old is she?

I don't plan to hurt anybody. I just wanna meet you fellas. ~:)

And oh, let's meet at Kukri's house. We're gonna get free beers. ~:) :grin:

Dutch_guy

08-26-2006, 13:35

I also recall talk of having a US meeting in the midwest, but can't recall if it ever happened.

Wasn't that desribed by MRD once, some time ago ?

:balloon2:

doc_bean

08-26-2006, 16:06

Well, I have no problem hosting a party, you'd all have to come to Holland though ~;)

But then again, there's always the free beer at Kukri's ...

:balloon2:

Well, we might be able to pull off something like this in Amsterdam, it would be a nice city to suit are Euro-liberal lifestyle :elephant: :elephant: :elephant:

The Stranger

08-26-2006, 16:26

WHO LIKES TO MEET ME? WHICH NORMAL SANE PERSON ON THIS PLANET LIKES TO MEET ME? :inquisitive: PFFFFF...

edyz... she's 15 almost 16. but you do have to conquer her... she has a boyfriend now but he is 20 so i dont like him.

Oh and if you want to know how i get so crazy, i think we should have it in holland and i can give you some of my STUFF...

Dutch_guy

08-26-2006, 17:19

Well, we might be able to pull off something like this in Amsterdam, it would be a nice city to suit are Euro-liberal lifestyle :elephant: :elephant: :elephant:

That sounds good :elephant:

:balloon2:

The Spartan (Returns)

08-26-2006, 17:19

Edyz?.... a she??????

Crazed Rabbit

08-26-2006, 18:26

It'd be fun, but it'd have to be in Washington for me to go.

Crazed Rabbit

The Stranger

08-26-2006, 22:12

that is the problem... nobody wants to go far and everybody wants it in their backyard

Divinus Arma

08-27-2006, 08:43

This is like the creepiest scenario of all time. People meeting online and then meeting in the real world. Something just weirds me out about it.

BUt, if one was held within a few hours drive, I am sure I would go. First I would go to the bar and watch from a distance to make sure it aint a frecken trekkie weirdo event. I know that some of you are normal. I also know that some of you are freeeeeeeeeaaaaaaakkkkkkss!!!!

You could probably get away with regional org meetings first: A U.S. West Coaster, East Coaster, Texas. Etc.

Samurai Waki

08-27-2006, 09:59

doc_bean

08-27-2006, 11:03

First I would go to the bar and watch from a distance to make sure it aint a frecken trekkie weirdo event.

We all know what you look like Div...

But you do have a point about meetings between people who know eachother online seem a bit weird. Maybe we're just old fashioned ? :help:

Blodrast

08-27-2006, 20:49

... I don't want anyone saying "who's that guy?"... "oh, I'm Wakizashi"... "ummm...who?"

"Nevermind." *stands alone uncomfortably*

Personally, I'd make a note of attending a Euro conference just to say that I'm the only American there... in which case I'd probably get mugged by JAG.

:laugh4: :laugh4:
ROFL, that was great Wakizashi - see, I would know who you are~D

Regional ones might have the only significant chance of success...although it's a bit late in the year for that, methinks. Summer (and, consequently, vacations, for those who have them) is almost over.

edyzmedieval

08-28-2006, 09:50

Edyz?.... a she??????

:laugh4:

We were talking about Stranger's Romanian girlfriend.

We all know what you look like Div...

But you do have a point about meetings between people who know eachother online seem a bit weird. Maybe we're just old fashioned ?

I think you've started to think old... Did you take your pills today? :juggle2:

I don't know, I say let's make it at Kukri's house. Best location. ~:)

DukeofSerbia

08-28-2006, 10:58

Plus, we can meet each other in person. ~:)

What do ya think? ~:pimp:

You from Romania come to me in Serbia. Simple is that? :2thumbsup:

P.S.
Do you know who was the MVP last season in the 1. Romanian Basketball League?

rory_20_uk

08-28-2006, 12:00

Wouldn't online pictures be an easier place to start?

~:smoking:

edyzmedieval

08-28-2006, 12:10

Wouldn't online pictures be an easier place to start?

~:smoking:

I might get scared and scream loudly. If we meet face to face, although I'll be scared more, I won't be able to scream.

:laugh4:

You from Romania come to me in Serbia. Simple is that?

P.S.
Do you know who was the MVP last season in the 1. Romanian Basketball League?

Catalin Burlacu. ~:)

Yeah, I will. You got some good basketball courts. ~D

DukeofSerbia

08-28-2006, 20:56

Catalin Burlacu. ~:)

Who is Catalin Burlacu? :help:
You know what team is BU Poli Mobitelco Cluj?

Yeah, I will. You got some good basketball courts. ~D

You will come to Serbia or what? ~;)

The Stranger

08-28-2006, 20:59

Edyz he's to eager... dont go... he;s a cruell evil DUKE and hell torture you with wips and latex suits and all that AAAAH

*i just gotta grow up dont i*

Divinus Arma

08-28-2006, 21:14

We all know what you look like Div...

Damn. Good point.
Though, If more people posted pics, then "online discussions" wouldn't be so creepy. It's the anonymity that is both initially attractive and ultimately disturbing. I still don't know why I am such a trusting guy. I probably trust the guys who have posted a pic more than anybody else here. MOst of you guys who have posted pics are probably normal: Don Corleone, Lemur, LEN, JAG, Gelatinous Cube, RedLeg, and Devastatin Dave to name a few.

But you do have a point about meetings between people who know eachother online seem a bit weird. Maybe we're just old fashioned ? :help:

I actually know many people who met their current spouses and significant others through the internet. That makes me hopeful. But then I also know that the internet is now more dangerous for sexual predators than strangers with candy. That makes me worried.

doc_bean

08-28-2006, 21:16

I actually know many people who met their current spouses and significant others through the internet. That makes me hopeful. But then I also know that the internet is now more dangerous for sexual predators than strangers with candy. That makes me worried.

You fear to meet people through the internet because you're afraid they'll be sexual predators ? :dizzy2:

I don't think you're the type they tend to go for...

Divinus Arma

08-28-2006, 21:19

You fear to meet people through the internet because you're afraid they'll be sexual predators ? :dizzy2:

I don't think you're the type they tend to go for...

Not what I meant exactly. It just demonstartes that while the internet may be a place to meet normal people, there is always the risk of meeting a total nutter. Obviously, I don't worry about being "prey" (except from Sasaki Kojiro) :wink:.

Samurai Waki

08-28-2006, 21:32

Divinus, your a Marine... You're the crazy one.

We're afraid of you.

Divinus Arma

08-28-2006, 21:44

Divinus, your a Marine... You're the crazy one.

We're afraid of you.

EX-Marine, thank you very much. ~D Now I am just a humble rookie firefighter and soon-to-be dad.

What I am talking about are the drooling socially incompetent weirdos who live in the basement of their parents' house with a zillion boxed toys, whacking off to teeny-bopper pictures of the Olsen Twins. *shudders*

Vladimir

08-28-2006, 21:57

I'd be great to meet some orgers. The best application I can see of this, however, is if you're traveling to an unfamiliar place and need to meet someone you already kind of know. I know for sure that if I visit Turkey that I'm going to beg LEN to show me the places NOT to go (and which women not to mess with).

I may be going to Germany to work for a year and would love to meet some "local" (Europe seems small to me, especially with the rail system) people. The fear of meeting someone stranger than I (not likely in less it is, The Stranger) is eclipsed by the fear of being shot or stabbed because I look like some goofy, lone American. :oops: :skull:

Oh and DivE, there is no such thing as an ex-Marine. As a matter of fact, I thought your former platoon was supposed to beat the crap out of you if you even think such a thing (I hear former Marine is OK though).

The Stranger

08-28-2006, 22:12

Allright... i got the point... Im strange... who cares...you shouldnt...my psych should worry though...

Papewaio

08-29-2006, 06:58

I know a person who meet their spouse online and they have two kids.

I would meet up in a public place like a mall or a restaurant or a pub or the beach.

Tachikaze

08-29-2006, 07:40

Meeting would be a riot.

I vote for Kukri's, not for the beer, but for convenience. He lives only a hour away.

DukeofSerbia

08-29-2006, 18:18

Edyz he's to eager... dont go... he;s a cruell evil DUKE and hell torture you with wips and latex suits and all that AAAAH

*i just gotta grow up dont i*

Staranger, you are really strange/weird.:laugh4:

Divinus Arma

08-29-2006, 23:28

Oh and DivE, there is no such thing as an ex-Marine. As a matter of fact, I thought your former platoon was supposed to beat the crap out of you if you even think such a thing (I hear former Marine is OK though).

Former, ex, its the saem to me. They tried to feed us with that "no such thing as an ex-marine" garbage. I know: Once a Marine, always a Marine. And its true. There are parts of my personality that I refuse to allow to civilianize: Tenacity, integrity, discipline, bearing, sacrifice, etc. The problem is that few civilians take these qualities to the extreme that Marines take it. There is also an element of bonding between leathernecks that can be found only in very few other military organizations: seals, rangers, and probably some foreign country elites.

But what is the difference between "former" and "ex"? they both imply that someone no longer holds the title. I never bought into that. Seemed like language ignorance to me.

Papewaio

08-30-2006, 05:58

Well I doubt following orders and arguing semantics would gel to well. So hence the lack of inquistiveness, self-assertiveness and independence that a civvy would use in tackling that issue. ~;)

AntiochusIII

08-30-2006, 06:26

Fifty-four posts late, but I'd say I wouldn't mind meeting people I've met online face-to-face -- who knows? We might as well be good friends -- but I wouldn't bother to try and specifically put in a certain extra effort to meet you crazed men either; not with the American public transportation system, no. ~;)

edyzmedieval

08-31-2006, 16:05

You're not late my birthday brother.

We can all meet at the Gay Fest in Washington DC. ~;)

AntiochusIII

08-31-2006, 22:50

We can all meet at the Gay Fest in Washington DC. ~;)Well, I prefer San Francisco myself. You see, the DC Gay Fest is way too preppy for my tastes. That and the Yankee fans. Eww. ~;)

Besides, SF's a college and hippy paradise, which means college and hippy girls, which means. :idea2:

edyzmedieval

09-01-2006, 17:48

Well, I prefer San Francisco myself. You see, the DC Gay Fest is way too preppy for my tastes. That and the Yankee fans. Eww. ~;)

Besides, SF's a college and hippy paradise, which means college and hippy girls, which means. :idea2:

I don't do drugs. ~;)

Sure, we can meet at any Gay Fest we commonly arrange. :laugh4:

Lemur

09-01-2006, 20:43

If we ever get serious about an Org-wide reunion, I think it might have to be in Great Britain. Hard on the Aussies, I know, but that's the way of things. U.S. orgites could organize vacation plans for GB, and Euro-orgiasts could meet us across the channel. Besides, that's where CA is located, so maybe we could even get a genuine company rep into the pub.

That's my $0.02.

The Stranger

09-06-2006, 20:04

i think AMSTERDAM IS THE BEST SPOT... and if we do it when there is a big festival over there... i can say i will go to that place and my parents wont lock me up in my room yelling through the door that im crazy that i ever considered meeting the likes of Abokassee and other crazy people :D