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Post Post #53 (isolation #0) » Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:36 am

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I want to do this.

This far away, all the times and dates work for me!

I'm really scared tho :S
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Post Post #54 (isolation #1) » Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:42 am

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ok checked a few things. I'm probably going to take a train there if I go!

one major thing tho: how do I tell everyone I already know IRL that I'm hopping a train to Chicago for the weekend to play with my Internet friends
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Post Post #61 (isolation #2) » Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:55 am

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I mean, I'll make it work, but it's just nervewracking.
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Post Post #69 (isolation #3) » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:20 pm

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That definitely does seem like one of the more intense and harrowing parts.
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Post Post #91 (isolation #4) » Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:04 pm

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you know, MS has meets often enough, there should be like a wiki page or something detailing how meets work, what to do, how to prepare, proper meetiquette, etc.
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Post Post #97 (isolation #5) » Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:11 pm

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I think I've just forgotten how to interact with large groups of strangers I R L

like, lemme talk out the conceit of what will happen shall I go to this meet. I will take a train 13 hours ALONE to Chicago, where someone who I've never before met in real life but I am supposed to trust is a member of this website is going to find me and tote me to a location where there will be several more of these people. I'm going to hang out with these people who I already know are vastly different from me in opinion and lifestyle for a weekend and hope to have a lot of fun.

Like I know I have a dream of being on a reality show but Christ-goodness, there isn't even any money at stake! :P

And I guess this is something every meet attendee has been through, but I guess you can tell with this out-ward-gushing that it's all a very real possibility to me, which has made it all the more contemplative.
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Post Post #118 (isolation #6) » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:28 pm

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In post 109, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 105, InflatablePie wrote:also it's only a ~12hr drive, COMMUNE ROADTRIP?!

I have done the roadtrip to Chicago once before. I wrote a 15 page memoir/short story about it. We got lost in the West Virginia mountains with less than 20 miles of gas left in the car, right as the mushrooms kicked in, right as this song kicked in on the radio.

I will never drive to Chicago again.


I was like "I understand but this is a good song" and then it started SCREAMING
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Post Post #142 (isolation #7) » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:56 pm

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Voted. Realized confirmation takes place on May 1st, so I definitely want to have the full week to wrangle that fiasco at the church. And like someone mentioned the next week is mother's day but it's also graduation for my hometown highschool and my nephew is graduating. So I ended up voting the last two possible weeks, which is where everyone else seems to be wanting!

Still haven't confronted anyone about these plans yet. Planning to tell my mom over a luncheon together, but she's been under the weather. She did mention going to Chicago in passing a few days ago, which was really bizarre!
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Post Post #228 (isolation #8) » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:52 am

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I will be coming by train and probably staying in a hotel.
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Post Post #230 (isolation #9) » Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:10 pm

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In post 229, AngryPidgeon wrote:I will be taking a carriage and staying in the inn..


I mean, I would've done this, but all the carriages were booked and my pumpkin-transfiguration skills are rusty
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Post Post #303 (isolation #10) » Mon Jan 18, 2016 4:14 pm

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I will likely be showing up on Thursday at around 2 and leaving on Sunday at around the same time.
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Post Post #373 (isolation #11) » Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:38 pm

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OK, I did the work because I'm strange. Caveats:

- If you said you were /in, you're in the /in list
- If you posted in this thread and did not explicitly claim you were /out, you're in the /interested list.
- If you haven't posted but a loved one mentioned you, you're on the list (but you're probably not reading this anyway)
- If I didn't notice any claims to lodging, I didn't put any lodging notes next to your name


/in

AngryPidgeon
BROseidon
Cabd (lives in Chicago)
Chevre
DeathNote (lodged inside Shea)
Dramonic
Esuriospiritus (lodging at Shea’s)
Faraday
Hiplop
InflatablePie (lodging at Shea’s)
KittyMo
Llamarble (lives in Chicago)
Ms Marangal (+1)
Notscience
Penguin_alien (I think?)
Pieguyn
Shea (lives in Chicago)
SleepyKrew (lives in Chicago)
Titus
tn4521

/interested

Axxle
BBmolla
BipolarChemist
Bulbazak
Camntsuki (camn? Katsuki? Both?)
Cephrir
Chamber
ChannelDelibird
Cheetory6
Egg
Ether
Gammagooey
GreyICE
Grimmjow
GuyInFreezer
Hitogoroshi
Hoopla
Iecerint
Katsuki
Kison (nearby?)
Lady Lambdadelta
Majiffy (?)
Malakittens
Mina
Pablito (nearby?)
Porochaz
T-Bone
Tammy
The Bulge
xRECKONERx
Ythan

/out

Caledfwitch (face must be drawn on balloon)
Crywolf20084
Espeonage
Marquis (/in in spirit)
Natirasha
singersigner

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Post Post #393 (isolation #12) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:05 pm

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HOORAY!

I'm thinking about reconfiguring my plans so that I get there on Friday and leave on Monday so I don't have to take up a spot at a host house.
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Post Post #394 (isolation #13) » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:28 pm

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Actually after 20 minutes I think I'll keep the same Thursday-to-Sunday schedule and just find accomodations for that first night.
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Post Post #432 (isolation #14) » Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:31 pm

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I would like to stay at the group house Friday and Saturday nights, but I'm a cat so I don't need an actual bed or anything.
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Post Post #450 (isolation #15) » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:22 pm

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so what is the next thing to do
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Post Post #457 (isolation #16) » Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:31 pm

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I don't really like music though.
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Post Post #458 (isolation #17) » Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:11 pm

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Both my jobs are totes mcgoats k with me taking off for this.

Gonna start the real budgetin' 'n' plannin' naow.
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Post Post #461 (isolation #18) » Sat Feb 06, 2016 3:49 am

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I have limited knowledge of escape rooms overall, but it looks like there is one called "Trapped in a Room with a Zombie" in downtown Chicago. There are others dotted around the northern parts, but I don't know if that's too far from our location.
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Post Post #492 (isolation #19) » Sun Feb 21, 2016 4:07 pm

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I will get there on two at thursday. If that's "the weekend"
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Post Post #512 (isolation #20) » Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:47 am

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I have a wide but shallow board game collection so let me know what people want to see there and I can bring it if I have it.
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Post Post #524 (isolation #21) » Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:21 pm

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I'm definitely bringing Werewolves of Miller Hollow, I need to show y'all how cool this Mafia game is.
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Post Post #594 (isolation #22) » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:39 am

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I'm afraid I will have to /out as well. The paychecks I was expecting to use to fund this trip haven't come in yet, so I haven't really planned or reserved anything. Plus, my family is super angsty about me making this trip alone.

Next time, though! I promise to be more on the ball!
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Post Post #637 (isolation #23) » Fri Apr 22, 2016 12:54 pm

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This is much more likely for me now. Both my places of work were like "nope you have to go" when I told them I wasn't going.

So I've just got to organize funding and transportation and then I can give a definite "yes"! I will need lots of mental and emotional support though when I get there.
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Post Post #656 (isolation #24) » Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:34 am

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Yeah I also need to know if there are still housing options available?
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Post Post #697 (isolation #25) » Mon May 02, 2016 7:23 pm

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So do we have a list for board games that are available / being brought? I don't think I have a tonne of room but I can certainly bring one or two. I just don't want to waste that space and double up.
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Post Post #734 (isolation #26) » Tue May 03, 2016 11:17 am

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I went and looked at my collection and here are the larger box games I could bring:

Augustus
Castles of Burgundy
Concept
Dragon's Gold
Libertalia
Lifeboats
Steam Park
Stone Age
Survive: Escape from Atlantis
Tobago
Tokaido

so I guess vote for what you prefer / say what's already in Chicago. I think I would choose one of Concept, Libertalia, Lifeboats, or Tokaido.

for smaller games I don't have much to add; maybe Innovation and a Liars' Dice set?
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Post Post #763 (isolation #27) » Sat May 07, 2016 6:00 pm

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Going back to my games list I think I will bring Concept. Tonight me and my friends played it with our own rules but it was so much fun. I had to do
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aka "a fake documentary about one naughty man". It also doesn't have a ton of components so it should be easy for me to take out of the box and slim down.
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Post Post #820 (isolation #28) » Wed May 11, 2016 5:33 pm

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Aw man I'm gonna look hecka ratchet.

Also I'm packing tight so I don't know if Concept's gonna make it.
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Post Post #832 (isolation #29) » Thu May 12, 2016 4:58 am

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I'm officially in Illinois!
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Post Post #1015 (isolation #30) » Tue May 17, 2016 12:29 pm

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I think I need a role where the card color actually matches the team I'm playing for :P

But OMG I HAD SO MUCH FUN like when the train got just outside Chicago I was so sad ;_; I echo BROseidon that there were so many people which was GREAT but I only got to see snippets of goodness from some when I want the full deal :P

Maybe a Chevre narrative coming up? Also I have several open questions that need to be answered :P
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Post Post #1022 (isolation #31) » Tue May 17, 2016 12:40 pm

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you guys are too nice. As a contrary to the GreyICE niceness, I kept leaving my leftovers at the other houses and I feel TERRIBLE about it :/
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Post Post #1028 (isolation #32) » Tue May 17, 2016 12:45 pm

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By that you mean when we passed midnight
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Post Post #1052 (isolation #33) » Wed May 18, 2016 1:24 pm

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CHEVRE’S MEET NARRATIVE
(WARNING: I think there was a supreme lack of those cheesy travelogue assignments in my schooling so a lot of it sounds like a 3rd grader chronicling his trip to Disneyland)

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I arrived in Chicago at about 2:45 p.m. on Thursday. I was super hungry, so I went with Jimmy John’s because it was super familiar and super close to the train station. I then took an Uber to the AirBnB in West Town, and floated in and out of consciousness until Faraday and KittyMo arrived, because I was supposed to open the door for them, but I struggled with this (recurring theme). So after they arrived they were super hungry so they went to the grocery store, and I waited for them and the next batch of arrivals. Empire and Gamma arrived soon and Faraday and KittyMo returned; there were chips and beer.

Game: Mafia de Cuba

Winners: Everyone, at some point, I think
This was a super fun game once everyone fully understood the rules! We played like a million rounds. During this time the AIRBNB GHOST appeared and turned on the bathroom faucet and stuck chapstick in the Mafia de Cuba box. Also Mina arrived and we played more rounds of Mafia de Cuba.

Game: Mysterium

Winners: Gammagooey’s murderer
So Mysterium is like if Clue and Dixit had a magically amazing baby. Gamma was a ghost and gave us picture cards that acted like clues to determine each players suspect, location, and murder weapon. Notable events include: KittyMo narrowing her suspect options down to one because there were mixed signals about pipe organs and buttons and #SecondPantryGate. We lost unforch but it was super fun.
After that we all went to bed except KittyMo who had agreed to stay up for the arrival of BipolarChemist and Cheetory6. I heard this happen at some point in the morning but did not wake up. I also remember waking up in a panic and grabbing whoever’s keys were on the table, but soon realized that my keys were safe at home in Nebraska.

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I woke up and had a nice chat with BPC and Cheetory about music I think? The previous night we had discovered that the AirBnB did not come stocked with toilet paper (but tons of BR ice cream), so BPC, Cheetory6, Empire, Mina and I went to the grocery store for those things. However, we thought that we may have some actual meals at the AirBnB . . . so we bought eight ears of corn, pasta, sauce, and bread.

Game Codenames

Winners: BipolarChemist, Cheetory6, Chevre, and Mina
We played a best-2-out-of-3 game of Codenames which is like the best game ever. Notable moments: Cheetory, Mina and I thought so hard about BPC’s clue of “weapon 3” that we chose “disease” over “hand”, and Faraday’s clue of “Mars” did not allow the other team to connect with “chocolate” as soon as they would’ve liked. After this, we headed to lunch at Runa for sushi, which was delicious! After this we headed to Llamarble’s for the day. To start we played three mafia games. I have no clue what the setup of Game 1 was.

Game 2: Fire and Ice Mafia

Winners: Faraday and Malakittens, Ice Mafia
Losers: Chevre and GreyICE, Fire Mafia, and town (Syryana as doctor)
Pretty fun! Pretty sure this was the game with #winkgate in which hiplop thought Faraday winked at Llamarble or something. Also Malakittens was lynched Day 1 but Faraday ended up taking it all the way for the win  After this game I was like “welp I don’t want to play Mafia anymore” so I tentatively volunteered to moderate a game . . .

Game 3: Masons and Mafia

Winners: Town (KittyMo, Axxle, and hiplop? Were Masons)
Losers: DeathNote, Iecerint, and Lady Lambdadelta as Mafia
So yeah, after two relatively calm games in which we sat in a composed semi-circle, it was decided that this game break up into little subgroups as people got up and talked to others, which made for a very intimidating moderation experience! But it was super fun and the Masons made the final day without ever claiming.
After this it started raining so we broke up into smaller games (well, I would say Eldritch Horror is probably on a grander scale, but smaller people-wise)

Game: Cosmic Encounter

Winner: Axxle (Ethic)
Losers: Chevre (Chosen), DeathNote (Tick-Tock), Faraday (Trader), GreyICE (Healer), hiplop (Vacuum), KittyMo (Locust)
I’d played this in Mish Mash but IRL I think it’s just a much more dynamic game. I was close to winning with Axxle but then he stopped all allies and prevented me from winning :/ GreyICE played an aggressive healer game and we were all very intimidated by Tick-Tock.
At this point everyone was getting hungry so I bandwagoned on to the Thai train with Axxle and DeathNote.

Game: Shadow Hunters 1

Winners: Shadows (Chevre, pablito)
Losers: Hunters (DeathNote, Faraday?), Neutrals (hiplop, KittyMo, GreyICE?)
This was the first time I had actually played the game. Super fun! Everyone ganged up on pablito early but Shadows were able to win.
Food arrived and then we delved into another game. Shea wanted a 3-1-3 split in roles . . .

Game: Shadow Hunters 2

Winners: NO ONE
Losers: Chevre, DeathNote, hiplop, KittyMo, Llamarble, pablito, Shea
Somehow there were 4 hunters in the mix . . .
Next we played a few bigger games of Mafia de Cuba which was super fun! I don’t think I won any though. After that, everyone went home! Everyone at the AirBnB was in bed by 12:30am. Meanwhile, other places were having mad adventures from what I heard.

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BPC, Cheetory and I woke up early again. The Canadians decided they wanted a McDonald’s breakfast, so I walked with them there despite it being pretty cold :/ Breakfast was good though! I told BPC and Cheetory about library accreditation and they were amused. We Uber’d back to Llamarble’s to pick up BPC’s car and then back to the AirBnB, from which we headed to Loyola to spend the day at Shea’s! The trains were super packed because of a Cubs game. Upon arrival, we broke up again for lunch. Cheetory, Gamma, hiplop and I went to Potbelly where I had macaroni and cheese. We then went back to Shea’s and played ALL THE GAMES

Mafia Game 1

Winners: #CouchMasons and the rest of the town too
So me and Titus sat on the couch and ruled CouchMasons with an iron fist, bringing in trusty town members such as Cheetory, Shea, Iecerint, Mala, and KittyMo. Hiplop also claimed that his role card said “mason with the person to your right” which was pretty funny

Mafia Game 2

Winners: Scum (Cephrir, Chevre, hiplop, MathBlade)
Hiplop and Mathblade really played amazingly this game!
After this game I was tired out of Mafia so I went to play other games:

Game: Codenames

Winners: Chevre, Iecerint, & Mina
Second-Placers: Axxle?, dramonic, & Titus
This was my first time giving clues but I think I really lucked out! There was a bit of difficulty with linking “press” to “button” but we got there and then me and Iecerint went on a small Sugababes tangent. Afterward . . .

Game: Balderdash

Winner: Mina?
Losers: Axxle, BROseidon, Chevre, dramonic, Iecerint, SleepyKrew
Words: torup, nonillion, rattoon, beanantigh, degrugger, ?????
Mina didn’t technically win but we gave up on the game at a point that she was winning, so it’s counted I guess. :P
After this, everyone began to gather for a game of . . .

Game: 2 Rooms and a Boom

Winners: Red Team (Game 1), Blue Team, Romeo, Juliet, and Ahab? (Game 2)
I don’t know if I have a ton to say about these games because they were such a whirlwind and both times I lost as the spy lol. I know the second game I was just really sucked into LLD’s narrative even though I was pretty much playing against my wincon by doing so :P
After this we went to dinner at Home Run Inn which was delicious! But at around the same time the Survivor: 2016 cast and winner was revealed, which made for interesting dinner conversation amongst me, BROseidon, Cephrir, DeathNote, Gamma, hiplop, MathBlade, and SleepyKrew. BROseidon discussed a game with 20 Hidden Immunity Idols. Also Eurovision and RuPaul’s Drag Race were hot topics.
Heading back, SleepyKrew got stuck at the turnstile and only half the group waited for him, splitting us into two different train cars :O But we all got off at Loyola and BROseidon, Cheetory, Ether and I stopped at Dunkin Donuts which was pretty good!
Finally, back at Shea’s we waited for DeathNote’s Death Note game to start. I video chatted with my friends so they made sure I was still alive. MathBlade and I had a scintillating discussion about our favorite games.

Game: DEATH NOTE MAFIA

Winners: Strike Force (Town)!
Losers: Kira Faction (Cephrir, Empire, Gamma, Iecerint, Mala, MathBlade, Mina), Nachomamma8 (Third-Party)
Kudos to everyone who worked on this game all day, because even though I didn’t stay in long I thought it was a tremendous effort and I really enjoyed playing and watching and discussing in the “dead thread”  I’m sure DeathNote’s reveal of the setup will do more justice to this game than I ever could :P
Anyway following that game it was literally soooo late so we rode back with BPC to the AirBnB and fell asleep.

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On Sunday I woke up and gathered my things and prepared for the escape room and my impending departure! It was so sad to say goodbye to everyone  Anyway, we travelled to Fox in a Box and BPC, Faraday, Gamma, KittyMo, and I did the Bank escape room. It was SOOOO MUCH FUN and so INTENSE and we won! We heard the other group doing theirs throughout but I never got the final results.
Afterward I said my final goodbyes and headed to the train station. Only minutes away from Chicago, I was very sad to have left a group of such amazing, cool, smart, fashionable, funny, fantastic people. I cannot wait to do this again in the future!

QUESTIONS
  1. Who turned on the faucet in the bathroom on Thursday night?
    Who put the chapstick in the Mafia de Cuba box?
    What happened to the corn and the rest of the groceries?
    Did Cephrir, hito, Mala, Mina, & STD win their escape room?
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Post Post #1057 (isolation #34) » Wed May 18, 2016 4:11 pm

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um yeah the one thing I did not do at this meet was take pictures? I have pictures of the AirBnB and that's it, lol.
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Post Post #1092 (isolation #35) » Fri May 20, 2016 2:16 pm

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I thought the little conversation grouplets that developed in some games was really neat, even though it tends to harm me more than help.
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Post Post #1127 (isolation #36) » Mon May 23, 2016 4:08 pm

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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood?
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