Balto the Meet: May 28 to June 5, 2013

[TheTrollie]

is this still happening matt? I totally forgot that we planned on hosting this lolol

[TheTrollie]

Well if you're not gonna be in MD then no

We can talk about this with our faces

well if we do it in May i will still have my apartment 100%

i might be working by then but id come back to host this.

problem with talking with our faces is ur so ugly

[TheTrollie]

i bet pierce would come if u came

[TheTrollie]

Alright so I am co-host of this shin dig...

after reckoning MattP and I are really pumped to host this, cause we realized how great these meetups are.

There will be games,
There will be food,
There will be field trips,
There will be dancing,
There will be fun.

[TheTrollie]

Grimm & I are definitely in, and he is freaking out about meeting DGB.

How long we stay will depend on my job, but we will definitely be there for at least three days. Also, recommendations of sights to see in the city would be good, Grimm hasn't been to any big city besides DC so I wanna show him around.

On a similar note how far is Philly?

On a similar note you are invited to visit me in NYC at some point then.

[TheTrollie]

its about an hour away i think, maybe more by car, but i know its an hour by train

[TheTrollie]

hula hoops?


oliver i miss you

Miss you too!

If hula hoop inclusion will convince you to come, then hula hoops it is!

[TheTrollie]

There is a Wii & a PS3

Pls place votes for what board games u would like to play.

[TheTrollie]

Grimm & I will be driving if there is a place for us to park, so we could potentially caravan with people.

Also, we maaaaaaay end up pulling a Matt & Trollie and renting a cheap hotel room for a night or two.

there is a place for you to park. There is free parking 3 blocks from us and I will also be looking into getting guest passes for the week so you can park right on our block. I will look into cheep hotels, but unless a ton of people come you are pretty much guaranteed a bedroom.

[TheTrollie]

(they mean their bedroom, reck)

I was gonna make this joke, then I decided i didn't wanna get grimm's hopes up

[TheTrollie]

Aww

no reck, ur invited in our bed any day. we just dont like ur bf because hes clearly been a male stripper before and we don't approve

[TheTrollie]

^what i'm referring to^

(well, havent seen the vid, but i was there lol)

[TheTrollie]

Matt

has

been flipping out about having enough room for people, so....idk would save a bed. Matt?

[TheTrollie]

we have room as of right now...i highly doubt we wont be able to house everyone

[TheTrollie]

yep

[TheTrollie]

I have a friend living in Baltimore that I've been meaning to come visit...maybe.

DO. IT.

[TheTrollie]

I could be persuaded to show up.

I can be very persuasive

[TheTrollie]

c'mon muffin

do it for me!

[TheTrollie]

Matt and I are canvassing bars around town every weekend night until we find the PERFECT ONE.

Very tempted to come up for memorial day weekend!

I'll look at flights closer to the date, but if they're not as terrible as before I'll try! Luckily it's just the one flight so it shouldn't be so bad.

WAIT...shit shit shit shit! I AM NEVER IN BMORE FOR MEMORIAL DAY I WONT BE THERE THAT WEEKEND HOLD THE PRESSES I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH MATT WHEN HE WAKES UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheTrollie]

can people make this if its like May 30-June9?

[TheTrollie]

/in for crabs

Yes, we will make sure you all get a night of fine dining (i.e. Maryland Crabs)

[TheTrollie]

Matt and I are discussing dates...i want to try to incorporate 2 weekends so that you dont have to take as much time off of work (if that affects you). We r discussing this tonight. will have definite answer for u by tuesday.


I am really bad at making deadlines.

[TheTrollie]

not possible. Matt n' I will be outa here

[TheTrollie]

its really just that we have to work around the fact that I have a prior engagement for Memorial Day Weekend.

[TheTrollie]

Obviously we will do the block, Grimm & Reck will wanna move in.

[TheTrollie]

tbh i had no idea what The Block was until i just wiki'd it

[TheTrollie]

Take the poll out the OP then bitch

he claims he can't

[TheTrollie]

Also, suck my dick

I claim he can't

[TheTrollie]

i didnt see the 3rd option!

[TheTrollie]

it's ok trollie if you get desperate just take a trip down here for the night our bed is open

bai matt, cya tomorrow...or...idk...whenever i get back

[TheTrollie]

reck almost there save the whips and handcuffs for me

[TheTrollie]

Judging by what is currently being planned for the meet, ey'd also be woefully excluded because of age.

as long as ur like 18 shh

[TheTrollie]

can someone tell me how i request mod privileges to this thread so i can fix the OP while matt is sleeping?

[TheTrollie]

what r my standards?

[TheTrollie]

those r matt's standards...I have no standards.

[TheTrollie]

I promise not to get belligerently drunk more than once at this meet.

I promise to get reck belligerently drunk more than once at this meet.

[TheTrollie]

this thread is way too important to go 24hrs without a post in it

[TheTrollie]

wooooo!

[TheTrollie]

i'll be sure to bring germs from the eastern shore


too bad I can't really bring any muskrat

where on the eastern shore do u live? we have a good friend from the eastern shore.

[TheTrollie]

i'll be sure to bring germs from the eastern shore


too bad I can't really bring any muskrat

where on the eastern shore do u live? we have a good friend from the eastern shore.

Dorchester county

close to talbot county?

[TheTrollie]

apparently it is, our friend went to elementary school in dorchester. He lives in oxford.

[TheTrollie]

Should I bring my laptop if I go?

yes

Amtrak will take you to Baltimore Penn Station, which is about 10 mins car ride from our apartment. The code for the Amtrak stop is BAL. We can pick you up or it's a $7 taxi to our apartment.

Omg it's $11 atm
When will the dates be finalized?

it is finalized

o know matt said this already

[TheTrollie]

I'll bring a pole for dancing. Can I bolt it to your floor and ceiling? I'll bring a power drill and stud detector.

I would 100% allow this. My apartment kinda also turns into a nightclub sometimes. Also I am like 100% certain that Brock is skilled at pole dancing (he will probably deny this)

[TheTrollie]

I'll bring a pole for dancing. Can I bolt it to your floor and ceiling? I'll bring a power drill and stud detector.

I would 100% allow this. My apartment kinda also turns into a nightclub sometimes. Also I am like 100% certain that Brock is skilled at pole dancing (he will probably deny this)

he is, trust me, i have firsthand experience

And this.

it is very obvious that you have professional training in pole dancing/maybe have been a male stripper in the past

[TheTrollie]

8) Pole dancing lessons by Grimm

so excited!

[TheTrollie]

i have to say btw, that ur sig kuribo, is fucking fantastic

[TheTrollie]

ive never been actually but yes its supposed to be one of the two best crab places... ive been to the other, obrickies. ooo u just gave me an idea.... ill make some calls
*pretends to be the shit*

[TheTrollie]

i also think u forgot to include my large pillows which someone can sleep on...

[TheTrollie]

The name of this event can change over my dead body.

Until then, stfu.

[TheTrollie]

hey matt, try not to get your car flipped over by the partygoers tonight

its my car...as far as i know its fine...but i havent checked i just assume Matt would have told me if it was.

Also, last night i dreamt that Reck & Grimm slept in my closet for this meet.

[TheTrollie]

this is matts favorite comic

[TheTrollie]

Serious question, how many people do you think your apartments can accommodate total?

we can accommodate 15 ppl without trouble. if there are more than 15 people we have the floorspace to fit a few more so we will figure out how to make it work

[TheTrollie]

Serious question, how many people do you think your apartments can accommodate total?

we can accommodate 15 ppl without trouble. if there are more than 15 people we have the floorspace to fit a few more so we will figure out how to make it work

I'm seriously worried that you guys are going to get over 20 at this rate.

I'll plan accordingly

100%

Minineko & I can stay at the Motel the whole time and we can have two people share the second bed and pay the other half of the cost. There's also carpet space I suppose!

And we can always air-mattress-hunt

These are just our mattresses we included, we have lots of mattress connections in the black market

just to be clear, i have to confer with matt about this motel situation because idk where the closest very cheap motel is (but its baltimore so there will be something)

[TheTrollie]

Oh, you're a vegetarian?

I was looking forward to lox.

There will be so much lox baltimore will be in a lox deficit after this meet.

[TheTrollie]

o wow...this is still happening

GOOD.

[TheTrollie]

No, the best IRL setup is Great Idea Mafia.

Let me make something clear.

In my house, we will be playing drunk mafia.

We will also play regular face to face mafia

In drunk mafia. Each player is called into another room. If they are town, they drink, if they are scum, they dont. Town's job is to find the sober people.

'nuf said.

[TheTrollie]

woah.

This.

[TheTrollie]

Holy shit, did the list of attendees like double since i last checked or is it just me?

I am saying this now so that you all don't hate me at the meet:
I am going to be somewhat of a cleanliness Nazi in my apartment. I will be moving out of the place very shortly after the meet (I may even start moving out the day the meet ends), and I have to make sure I leave it in good condition. Anyway, pls dont hate me if I'm a bit anal about cleaning up at the meet.

[TheTrollie]

quiet board games, etc

Anyone play 7 Wonders? Im addicted as shit.

I literally will play this all day every day.

We have the game as well as the expansion pack, thanks to Reck for getting us addicted

Also RECK can you bring any games you like cuz we dont have many at all

VERY IMPORTANT: I have a Wii but somehow half of it went missing. If people would like to play Wii there are a few things I'm gonna need (cords and controllers and such). I will post the official list of things I am missing on Wednesday when I am back in baltimore.

[TheTrollie]

Caveat #1: Brock has to work tonight and how much money he makes will determine if we can actually swing this or not (signs point to yes)
Caveat #2: I woke up this morning and literally took six different kinds of pills because my tooth/jaw/cheek was in pain. I can't tell if it is from smoking/drinking too much last night, or if it's like "oh fuck you need a root canal" but the pain has subsided for now so I think we're good

If you do not come. I will kill u. I wish I could be more understanding... but I can't

[TheTrollie]

if you are interested in seeing the play (free of charge) please PM me today, now if possible, so I can get us tickets and finalize the date... Right now I'm thinking we will go thursday night or Saturday afternoon

I think I will be able to confirm everyone who PMs me by 8pm a ticket but since this is last minute I can't guarantee anything

[TheTrollie]

http://www.centerstage.org

wed be seeing clybourne park

[TheTrollie]

http://www.centerstage.org

wed be seeing clybourne park

[TheTrollie]

Grimm = very pretty
here is a picture of

him

his drink

let the games begin

[TheTrollie]

brock, you were supposed to stick to the plan

[TheTrollie]

things just quieted down and i just finished giving people beds. I've slept very little the past few days and need to sleep. I will be up no earlier then 12. there should be eggs, tuna, and pasta in matts room, please eat that for breakfast. when I get up I will likely organize a trip to a n authentic Maryland crab restaurant and we will eat angelic food.

[TheTrollie]

The entire Commune is leaving today.

which sucks, we all love and miss you!

Hey all, I'm Matt's roommate. By now I've met most of you meet-goers, I think. And it's been delightful, so here's me making an account.

VOTE: Frequency

[TheTrollie]

really? that'd be awesome!

I don't have the ability to mod a large theme yet and matt sucks at modding, so huge cred to anyone who wants to pick up that ball.

[TheTrollie]

we are playing absurdly exhausted mafia...CDB cant see. pictures to follow

[TheTrollie]

alls quiet

matt and i decided to stay until tomorrow

we miss all of u

im very sad i didnt think to bring CES to the Baltimore Museum of Art

[TheTrollie]

Thats not me that was MY PIC but it was him. I am great with da cam

[TheTrollie]

Here we go:
Today three things happened: The meet ended, I moved out, I said goodbye to matt for a good part of the summer. I am sitting backstage at work (which i was late too because the 3.5 hr drive home took 7 hrs) and thinking about all the things I am feeling right now, which are mostly sad but with silver linings. The meet is over, but I have grown closer to people I really love because of it.

This week was fucking awesome. All of you who came were aabsolutely amazing people, and a pleasure to have over for the Balto meet. There are not many people who I could stand living with for 10 days, on a very small amount of sleep, and each of you is clearly one of them (no wonder why the commune has formed).

chamber

- It was great to meet someone who has put so much of their blood, sweat, and tears into making this site what it is. Thank you for what you do/did for this site, and for spending time with us this week.

Ether

- Thank you for coming to the meet and putting up with all of us even in the wee hours of the night as you were trying to sleep. Really happy you were so adamant about going to Karaoke--that ended up being a highlight of the meet for me.

Iecerint

- I always saw u on the forum and knew Matt and you had talked a lot prior to this meet, but I never really had a chance to interact with you on-site as much as he did. I am so glad I got the chance to meet you, and put a face and voice to your online persona. It was also pretty cool watching you go from drunk obvscum the 1st game of the meet to total mindfuck "i thought u were obvtown" scum during the UPick.

BB

- So you're not an immature derp-ball. That was great to know because your avatar reminded me of a carnival and legos, so I assumed you'd be a pretty good sized derp-ball. Matt and I enjoyed having

someone

around who understood our sense of humor. I could only take CES's judgmental glares for so long before I needed someone to get my jokes. It was great bonding with you over this week and I very much hope to see you again shortly, and stay in touch on the forum of course.

CES

- It's been nice cross-voting with ya. Thanks for putting up with my purposely obtuse understanding of European Culture. I do regret not telling you about the museum that is a 5 minute walk from the apartment, but I guess that's for next time.

CDB

- Thank god for the greater idea deck (which maybe now is the greatest?). I expect to see you on Skype in the near future, where the fun of this meet and this deck can continue. No townie can ever fear the night kill with the sound of your soothing english voice in their head during night phase. Lastly, thanks for making that UPick so enjoyable.

Patrick

- I had no fucking clue who you were pre-meet (u old-timer u), but I am so glad that I got to meet you. Though I still can't read you for shit, playing mafia with you has been rather enjoyable. The Tentacled Townie is definitely the greatest role in that deck, which I hear is something to thank you for. Hope to see you sometime soon, whether in the states or across the pond.

AP

- The one person I thought I knew before the meet because I've seen you on face with a name--but no--I still had no concept of who you were pre-meet. I ended up liking you even more than I expected, and

holy shit

are you tall. Oh, and of course, thanks for being my bus buddy during the UPick, where would DGB's meet dick be without DGB? which brings me to…

DGB

- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. You are (a) awesome, (b) funny, (c) a great cook, and (d) an all-around good person. From the heroine injections, to driving around with you in the rain trying to find egg roll covers (which we never found), it was such a pleasure meeting you.

Minineko

- I had hardly ever seen you on the site before the meet. I hope to see you around here now though, because it was a pleasure to meet you. You were a constant source of humor in Mafia games, especially the UPick where your role was just priceless. The amount of arguing you sent us on over people's sexual orientation was great.

Faraday

- The fighting Irish! No question that you could drink me (and maybe anyone else I know) under the table any day of the week. You are also a really fun person to hang out with and were a huge help this week, especially when we found ourselves out of alcohol at Karaoke.

Mina

- You are such an incredibly nice and thoughtful person. Playing mafia in person with you was one of the highlights of the meet for me, especially when you were a hydra with CES who's playstyle contrasts yours so much lol. So glad to have met you this week. And

holy shit

girl can you sing. Thank you (and faraday) so much for stepping up to mod the invitational.

Maestro

- Noodles & Co. = vry good. You're stay at the meet was short-lived but i am so glad to have met you. I wish we had met sooner, since now I am not going to be living as close to you. But, I will definitely be back regularly to see Matt next year and hope to see you during one of those visits too.

Gamma

- The chariot rider of the commune. Thank you so much for coming to the meet. I never got a chance to catch up with you which sucks because now i don't know what your doing or where exactly you live and all that jazz but I guess we were too busy playing mafia for any of that. Hope to see you at the commune soon.

Glork

- Thank you for keeping the entire meet caffeinated. Thank you also for laying int the back of the pickup truck so i did not have a heart attack.

quadz

- always good to see the man that started my site presence (by modding my newbie). and nowww…you are part of my like, coming of age modding stage of my MS life too. So basically ur important to TheTrollie's life. Also your a really cool dude who makes a mean stuffed shell.

singer

- I am not actually a pokemon. You are great. Its always so nice to see you because you are bubbly and full of life and very committed to the site and the site community. I have the package. I am gonna write my schtick in it and will send it along to MOS.

Fate

- You were and always are awesome to be around. Too bad you didn't bring home the big bucks from that Magic tourney but we all still love you. You give off good vibes, keep doing that.

Nuwen

- you are awesome. i think that pretty much covers it. you are a team player and are an incredibly supportive and thoughtful person. You are also a beast in the kitchen. It was great to see you a second time, let's make it a more regular occurrence. That goes for everyone here, especially the commune.

Grimm

- What can I say that isn't obvious already? I was a bit upset that you didn't teach us to pole dance, but we only had so much time. Here's to bonding over metal cheeseburger looking things.

Reck

- I literally thought of moving to NC for a few months if i found a show there to work on. I think that pretty much says all i can about how unbelievably welcome you make people feel. I want you all to move to the north east. Please. we miss you.

ActionDan

- I had no idea you were even coming but boy am I glad you did. I am sure I will see more of you in New York in the coming year (more on a possible NY meet later). Thanks for coming and helping me not get everyone lost…well, you did your part--somehow I did end up taking the bus in the wrong direction but you could only do so much to keep me from making those stupid mistakes.

Axxle

- Your short visit was worth it for me, I hope it was for you. So awesome that you can pick up and hop on a plane to come chill with us for the day. Maybe do it again sometime? Always great to see you and do not hesitate to swing by my neck of the woods whenever you want.

Amrun

- Nice to meet someone who lives close-ish and is on the forum. And, thanks to you, we all had some authentic crab soup. Hope that 12 hour bus ride to your home which is 2 hours away from the meet was good lol.

Frequency

- Stay with us. You will enjoy it.

Matt

- I'm so glad to have gotten those 10 days off of work to be with you before you leave for Chicago. As soon as i know what I am doing this summer I will plan my trip to visit. too bad you lost ur 100% read rate on me. now u kinda suck at reading me, Fate will back me up on that. <3 u.

Trollie

- What a kick as way to end my stay in baltimore. Thanks to everyone who made it what it was.

[TheTrollie]

7 wonders Leaders FINALLY CAME!

now i have no one to play it with

[TheTrollie]

You definitely got me wrong. I don't play Magic, so I'm not a 'cuber.'

dude, you were carrying a gamecube around the whole meet. duh.

[TheTrollie]

guys i have lots of pics to upload

[TheTrollie]

Mafia with a REAL bus driver
(AD and BB Crossvote, Patrick stuck in the crossfire.)