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satori
10-12-2006, 10:18 PM
So we're talking about doing a get together here in Toronto and anyone interested in showing up? post here. Right now the suggestion was a LAN party, location to be decided... that's not to say we can't do something else. let us know who's in, and what you'd like to do. So far the options are either the day of Oct 28 or 29th, or Nov 12.
So far we have
thebigkahuna
tarmanydyn
sign up soon and let me know what you're in to through a message here or PM me...
Brian... could you sticky this please?
shmoo
10-12-2006, 11:17 PM
I'll come.
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 01:07 AM
Your timing sucks. I will be in Toronto on business - 31 Oct - 2 Nov ... and probably sitting with all my friends :( at the bar at Airport Holiday Inn.
(Actually, I am in town for a conference. I am arriving early to set up our booth ... then I get booth b1tch duty ... not looking forward to the spandex jump suit ... its starting to get damn cold in Toronto at that time of year).
satori
10-13-2006, 01:30 AM
Your timing sucks. I will be in Toronto on business - 31 Oct - 2 Nov ... and probably sitting with all my friends :( at the bar at Airport Holiday Inn.
(Actually, I am in town for a conference. I am arriving early to set up our booth ... then I get booth b1tch duty ... not looking forward to the spandex jump suit ... its starting to get damn cold in Toronto at that time of year).
I'd say we'd try and move the date for you, but you're not really going to be here on a weekend, which is what we're shooting for. Sorry dude... :(
satori
10-13-2006, 01:33 AM
I'll come.
cool, now we are 4... and from what I recall, I think that may be it for the Toronto Contingent.... now lets see if anyone else feels like making a trip.
briangilmore
10-13-2006, 05:13 AM
cool, now we are 4... and from what I recall, I think that may be it for the Toronto Contingent.... now lets see if anyone else feels like making a trip.
duuude. you guys NEED to take pictures!
calvinslug
10-13-2006, 05:16 AM
I want to go. But I can't travel any more this month.
briangilmore
10-13-2006, 05:16 AM
Alright, I'll sticky this for two weeks since Tyson's involved. Sausage don't hurt either.
I'm really trying to keep it staunchly to 5 stickies or less, though, b/c I don't want to muck up all your screens. I love me my canucks, though. :)
satori
10-13-2006, 05:18 AM
hey thanks dude, not even sure you'll need to do it for 2 weeks... maybe a week... just want to make sure everyone that are regulars get to see it.
I want to go. But I can't travel any more this month.
does it help that it's next month?
duuude. you guys NEED to take pictures!
don't worry... it'll be fully captured and shared
I love me my canucks, though. :)
awww didums! :D
briangilmore
10-13-2006, 05:19 AM
alright, just a week then. if too many people complain, i'll just keep bumping it. I really want as many dromies as there are in Canada up in that biatch.
tarmanydyn
10-13-2006, 05:32 AM
Oh dude, 28th and 29th of Oct. are kind of bad for me, since my bro's b-day is right on the 29th. Preferably I'd like it on the Nov date, but if it's a majority vote against mine, I can try to make the 28th date.
calvinslug
10-13-2006, 05:32 AM
Next month is slated for Vegas.
satori
10-13-2006, 06:44 AM
Oh dude, 28th and 29th of Oct. are kind of bad for me, since my bro's b-day is right on the 29th. Preferably I'd like it on the Nov date, but if it's a majority vote against mine, I can try to make the 28th date.
I'm hoping for Nov 12 as my first choice as well. It's the day after my son's b-day party.
maharajamackdaddy
10-13-2006, 07:31 AM
Yo i'm in toronto but i'm not into lan party's (i don't play computer games) so....i don't think i'll go. Sorry!
satori
10-13-2006, 07:35 AM
Yo i'm in toronto but i'm not into lan party's (i don't play computer games) so....i don't think i'll go. Sorry!
don't write us off yet... do you have another suggestion that we can do that's alcohol free?
maharajamackdaddy
10-13-2006, 08:03 AM
don't write us off yet... do you have another suggestion that we can do that's alcohol free?
Lol I am not writing you off dudes I just thought you guys were decided on doing a lan party thingy and no I don't have any suggestions without alcohol remember my first post was about me getting drunk and puking on the floor
tokenuser
10-13-2006, 12:23 PM
don't write us off yet... do you have another suggestion that we can do that's alcohol free?Ten pin bowling and pizza.
tarmanydyn
10-13-2006, 12:28 PM
****in' laser tag *****es, physical contact allowed! >:O
baulsaak
10-13-2006, 03:57 PM
I'm in for almost whatever, Sunday's are better for me, but if push came to shove, I could rearrange my Saturday's.
thebigkahuna
10-13-2006, 06:36 PM
i should prolly post. so my chemo treatments are Oct 19th, Nov 2nd, Nov 16th and so on every other week until mid Jan. For 5 days after that I am out for the count. So the best time is the weekend before my treatment. So the 14-15th, 28-29th, 11-12th and so on. I am game for anything but I'm not 19 until dec 28, so alcohol is out and i have a mac as my primary and a ok machine for gaming, its like a year old and wasnt top end when i got it but it can handle battlefield 2....but i dont have any copies i had to delete them because they were talking up space.
satori
10-13-2006, 09:54 PM
i should prolly post. so my chemo treatments are Oct 19th, Nov 2nd, Nov 16th and so on every other week until mid Jan. For 5 days after that I am out for the count. So the best time is the weekend before my treatment. So the 14-15th, 28-29th, 11-12th and so on. I am game for anything but I'm not 19 until dec 28, so alcohol is out and i have a mac as my primary and a ok machine for gaming, its like a year old and wasnt top end when i got it but it can handle battlefield 2....but i dont have any copies i had to delete them because they were talking up space.
I'm back to leaning towards a LAN party... although I'm trying to line up an Internet Gaming cafe.
thebigkahuna
10-13-2006, 10:15 PM
I'm back to leaning towards a LAN party... although I'm trying to line up an Internet Gaming cafe.
sounds good
thebigkahuna
10-14-2006, 03:53 AM
bump......bump
satori
10-14-2006, 04:01 AM
Not to Worry BK, I'll keep this bumped, and Brian Gilmore said he'd do the same if it started getting low.
klitzy
10-14-2006, 04:10 AM
I wish I lived in Canada just so I dont have to pay this huge debt that I am going to be paying off for the rest of my life.
*Klitzy shuts his mouth as he realizes hes opening the politics bag*
satori
10-14-2006, 04:21 AM
I wish I lived in Canada just so I dont have to pay this huge debt that I am going to be paying off for the rest of my life.
*Klitzy shuts his mouth as he realizes hes opening the politics bag*
are you referring to a student load on health care?
thebigkahuna
10-14-2006, 05:05 AM
Not to Worry BK, I'll keep this bumped, and Brian Gilmore said he'd do the same if it started getting low.
good to know
satori
10-14-2006, 06:14 PM
Anyone in Toronto that knows of a somewhat central internet cafe that has gaming should post here. I'm having troubles finding modern machines that are central, they all seem to be up in Markham.
satori
10-14-2006, 06:36 PM
bump .
sevenduffs
10-14-2006, 08:24 PM
there's a few on the danforth i know. and in chinatown
thebigkahuna
10-14-2006, 08:35 PM
there's a few on the danforth i know. and in chinatown
chinatown smells, but its always good for a visit
sevenduffs
10-14-2006, 08:42 PM
cheapest great food in the whole city
thebigkahuna
10-14-2006, 09:00 PM
never eaten around there. normally i get a smog dog or eat at the texas lonestar grill on front....
shmoo
10-14-2006, 11:38 PM
I'm 19 by the way, so I can drink.
I live in North Toronto, and there's a few LAN places but they're all small and in bad locations. I liked the suggestion of bowling, I wouldn't mind that. I could go for Laser Tag too, but I don't think everyone would go for it.
Oh and for me the location doesn't matter, I can get there.
sevenduffs
10-15-2006, 12:42 AM
any internet cafes around yonge and eglinton are going to be a lot nicer than any one downtown
satori
10-15-2006, 05:00 AM
China town tends to be a little cramped. North end of the city isn't so accessible for those that are going TTC. Bowling could be fun, and I'm not against it if that's the prevailing idea, but again, not so accesible. If nothing else we need to keep it either in the city core or along the subway line. Younge and Eglinton would be preferable if they have some half decent gaming machines... Sevenduffs, can you help us on that one... not my area of town, any place you're thinking of that have good machines?
sevenduffs
10-15-2006, 05:11 AM
i don't have any place in mind unfortunately. lately i've only went to one on the danforth. their machines were shitty though. like old amds. they had lots of games preinstalled though and pretty cheap 2-3 bucks an hour
tarmanydyn
10-15-2006, 05:14 AM
I don't really go to many internet cafes, but I did go to a place called Black & White with my sister and her friends a couple of times, just to play a few rounds of CS.
Also, a great place to get your computer stuff is Canada Computers, they have a shop in Pacific Mall.
satori
10-15-2006, 05:22 AM
I don't really go to many internet cafes, but I did go to a place called Black & White with my sister and her friends a couple of times, just to play a few rounds of CS.
Also, a great place to get your computer stuff is Canada Computers, they have a shop in Pacific Mall.
for the most part Canada Computers is *the* place to but hardware in Toronto, but not working for us on this thing.
Where is B&W?
i don't have any place in mind unfortunately. lately i've only went to one on the danforth. their machines were shitty though. like old amds. they had lots of games preinstalled though and pretty cheap 2-3 bucks an hour
and I think this is probably what we're going to end up doing. I can't find anywhere that we could play something like BF2. I'll play whatever people are in to... I have a feeling if we play CS I'm going to get my ass handed to me... I'd prefer BF42 so I can at least get some game time in, but I'll play whatever if I'm playing with my Dromies.
tarmanydyn
10-15-2006, 08:23 AM
Where is B&W?
I have no idea, lol... I was always driven there.
sevenduffs
10-15-2006, 08:30 AM
I have no idea, lol... I was always driven there.
In the back of a van with a blindfold on?
satori
10-15-2006, 05:58 PM
In the back of a van with a blindfold on?
can't find anything listed under black and white. I'm still looking at younge and eglinton... any help would be appreciated.
tarmanydyn
10-15-2006, 08:10 PM
Pretty much, I don't pay attention to where I'm being driven, hence why I have no idea where everything is.
shmoo
10-16-2006, 06:01 PM
YorkU has an arcade with a lot of new games, pool tables, fooseball tables, and an internet cafe. When I went there the games on the comp were mostly Blizzard (WoW, SC, WC3, Diablo) and Valve (CS). It's somewhat accessible by subway; there's a bus that leaves regularly from Downsview station into York.
It is a bit far for most people though. Also, you have to set up a membership and its a bit time consuming.
satori
10-16-2006, 08:09 PM
good info and will look in to it. I'm currently leaning toward younge and eglinton area... but need to find a cafe... even if we're just playing TFC or counter strike. There are tons of great lunch places around there as well.
satori
10-18-2006, 08:25 AM
bump .
satori
10-19-2006, 04:16 PM
bump .
tarmanydyn
10-19-2006, 05:26 PM
He's doing it with his crotch
satori
10-19-2006, 05:44 PM
He's doing it with his crotchgiving away my secrets only helps the terrorists.
tokenuser
10-19-2006, 05:47 PM
He's doing it with his crotchclever dick.
shmoo
10-20-2006, 03:29 AM
So what's the plan right now?
satori
10-20-2006, 07:35 AM
well it's still go to lunch and then do some gaming at a cyber cafe after
Area is hopefully around Young and Eglinton because it would probably be easiest to get to, and it's not a creepy area, and there are tons of places to eat . Date is Nov 12 time I'm thinking 12 ish to 4 or 5...
Still trying to find a cyber cafe, I have a huge list to call and I typically have meetings from 11pm est on until around 6, son gets home then
I hang till 8.... then I need to remember to call these places... I keep forgetting.
I'll make a point to do this tomorrow... or if anyone else has found a good place let us know.
satori
10-20-2006, 05:45 PM
doing the bump
satori
10-26-2006, 01:15 AM
humpity bumpity... no internet cafe yet though... grrr
tarmanydyn
10-26-2006, 05:31 AM
How about a BYOC, Bring Your Own Computer...
satori
10-26-2006, 02:15 PM
How about a BYOC, Bring Your Own Computer...
I'm all for it, but we don't all have gaming pcs.
tarmanydyn
10-26-2006, 03:40 PM
I'm all for it, but we don't all have gaming pcs.
You cheap bastards, lol.
shmoo
10-31-2006, 03:49 AM
bump
id say this thread is more important than the geekdrome dictionary, but whatever
satori
10-31-2006, 07:18 AM
brian said he'd posty 2 weeks before... Brian... can you posty this sucker?
tarmanydyn
11-01-2006, 01:16 AM
As I remember, this thread was already stickied, but then it was unstickied again :/
satori
11-01-2006, 07:12 AM
Brian wanted to keep the number of stickied threads dow, we had a deal that he would sticky it 2 weeks prior. I'm hoping he'll see this soon and sticky it.
tarmanydyn
11-01-2006, 01:47 PM
Question, how are you guys getting around, carpool? Cause I'm hoping I won't be the only one coming with a parent, haha, dad to be exact, only mode of transportation short of a bus. Didn't bother getting my license yet, I don't go out anyways, lol.
satori
11-01-2006, 05:03 PM
Question, how are you guys getting around, carpool? Cause I'm hoping I won't be the only one coming with a parent, haha, dad to be exact, only mode of transportation short of a bus. Didn't bother getting my license yet, I don't go out anyways, lol.
The reason I had suggested Younge and Eglinton is that it's right along the subway line, and there are a whack load of restaurants around there. transit requirements should be nil once we get there. Now we just need to find a location. I appologise for not having time yet to find one, but I'm sure there is a location around there. I have a project that is coming to close in a week and a half and a major presentation in 2 hours. If it was simply a task of useing the internet to find a location I'd be fine, I've found that I really need to be on the phone right now. Anyway... tomorrow should be more free and am hoping to start then. There's always something right.
Feel free to look for a location if you like and let us know what you find.
satori
11-01-2006, 06:53 PM
thanks for the sticky Brian. I officially declare that brian is a full 1/100th less creepy as of today! :D
i might be able to come to this. it's definitely a possibility since i now reside in Boston! it'll be fun trying to smuggle all my drugs and emigrating americans across the Canadian border. i'll hit this thread up again or talk to you satori if and when it's official.
cheers
tokenuser
11-01-2006, 08:13 PM
thanks for the sticky Brian. I officially declare that brian is a full 1/100th less creepy as of today! :DPssst. He didn't sticky the thread .. i did :) ... guess Brian is still just as creepy.
satori
11-01-2006, 11:26 PM
i might be able to come to this. it's definitely a possibility since i now reside in Boston! it'll be fun trying to smuggle all my drugs and emigrating americans across the Canadian border. i'll hit this thread up again or talk to you satori if and when it's official.
cheers
DO IT!
Also I picked up the new K-OS today, I'll figure out how to get it to you.
Pssst. He didn't sticky the thread .. i did :) ... guess Brian is still just as creepy.
*satori takes back 1/100th less creepy coin and passes it to Tokenuser
There now tokenuser is 1/100th less creepy!:D
you going to be around for the get together?
tokenuser
11-02-2006, 04:50 AM
you going to be around for the get together?Nope. Fly out again Thurs at 9:30pm ... enjoy your LAN partay.
briangilmore
11-02-2006, 06:45 PM
so.many. STIIIICKIIIIIIIES!!!
...that's what SHE said ;)
tarmanydyn
11-03-2006, 02:24 AM
Oh dude, I didn't notice the you posted Young and Eglinton previously, I live on Eglington and Mount Pleasant, I'm walking distance dude :P, so I can definitely make it.
I know of one internet cafe here, it isn't that great to be honest, but I guess we can keep it as a last resort.
I did a bit of googling and found this though: http://www.yyztech.ca/page.php?PageID=116&RecordID=11&SectionID=14
shmoo
11-03-2006, 06:07 AM
Yonge and Eglington works fine for me.
satori
11-03-2006, 08:31 AM
Oh dude, I didn't notice the you posted Young and Eglinton previously, I live on Eglington and Mount Pleasant, I'm walking distance dude :P, so I can definitely make it.
I know of one internet cafe here, it isn't that great to be honest, but I guess we can keep it as a last resort.
Would you be able to post the name of the place? I want to call them and find out if they have counter strike or some game we can all play that won't tax their machines. Also I want to find out how many machines they have.
Thanks for looking for us, great work.
tarmanydyn
11-04-2006, 02:14 AM
Would you be able to post the name of the place? I want to call them and find out if they have counter strike or some game we can all play that won't tax their machines. Also I want to find out how many machines they have.
Thanks for looking for us, great work.
I don't even know the name of the place, sorry, I've only been there about 3-4 times, but I know that they have at least 10 computers there, if that helps. I'll be sure to get
satori
11-04-2006, 03:55 AM
Can you give me a location? Is it on younge? North of Eglinton, west side or east side of the street?
tarmanydyn
11-04-2006, 07:30 AM
I think it's on Eglinton, in between Mt. Pleasant and Young, on the east side? But I'm really not sure :/
satori
11-04-2006, 05:37 PM
I think it's on Eglinton, in between Mt. Pleasant and Young, on the east side? But I'm really not sure :/
Eglington works, I'll look... just a thought... Eglinton runs east west so it's the north or south side. Any further thoughts?
tarmanydyn
11-04-2006, 08:52 PM
Eglington works, I'll look... just a thought... Eglinton runs east west so it's the north or south side. Any further thoughts?
Yes, I have very poor sense of direction.
blacksymbiote
11-07-2006, 04:04 AM
I'm fairly new to the drome, but I noticed the signal in the sky for Toronto dromies. There's a chance I might be able to come by if there's room for one more?
satori
11-08-2006, 06:49 PM
I'm sure there'll be room. Also I am very sorry for the lack of direction on this. I have to admit that I've been up to my eyeballs in this project that I am working on. It launches Nov 10th so I'm doing my best to get the work done. What I really need to do is get myself up to young and eglinton and do a survey of the area, but there's just been not time. I'm hoping that Thursday morning I can do it.
satori
11-09-2006, 07:10 PM
WE HAVE A PLAN!!!!
So we meet up at Scruffy Murphy's just east of Younge and Eglinton, on the north side of Eglinton: http://www.toronto.com/restaurants/listing/000-100-049 (I have a copy of their menu if you have any food concerns, just pm me)
Reservation is for 11:30 under satori and we're located at the front of the place.
Then after we're going to the Sunshine Cyber Cafe. Now this place is a diamond in the rough. I've been looking for ages for half decent place for us to hook up that could even play Counter strike. These guys mostly have new machines, and they looked pretty impressive. They're going to make sure that we can play counter Strike Source and F.E.A.R., but what other games are people in to that we would want to play together? Please post back.
I have booked 7 machines but would like you to post back that you are a definite, or a maybe so I can book additional machines if required (looked like they had about 20, but it was also full) . Keep me posted.
thanks
satori
11-09-2006, 08:18 PM
oh... let me know if you think we should simply skip lunch because we're short on time?
blacksymbiote
11-10-2006, 04:47 AM
Well those places are certainly within reach... if I really stretched that is... but what day would this be happening on? Is that confirmed yet?
shmoo
11-10-2006, 06:13 AM
Is it this sunday, the 12th? at 11:30am?
And lets just say Im getting off at Eglinton staiton, do you know what bus I would take maybe?
satori
11-10-2006, 06:32 AM
Is it this sunday, the 12th? at 11:30am?
And lets just say Im getting off at Eglinton staiton, do you know what bus I would take maybe?
It's this Sunday November 12th at 11:30 if we want to do the lunch. We can skip the lunch though and go directly to the gaming at 1:30 if you'd prefer. The gaming spot is about 5 doors away from the restaurant. I thought I posted that, sorry. Next up is that the easiest method of getting there is to go to Eglinton Station (that's on the Younge line, not the university line) and walk about 2 minutes east, no bus required. This was planned with the least non-subway traveling possible and to make it accessible to the most parts of the city. Any further questions?
blacksymbiote
11-10-2006, 08:45 PM
I'll actually be out of town this weekend, so i guess that means you don't have to worry about saving a spot for me. Rats... i really wanted to go.
satori
11-11-2006, 01:50 AM
ok, that's 2 cancellations (Bigkahuna can't make it either). right now I think we've got Shmoo and tarmanydyn. I have a couple of friends who were going to come so I'm not out and out cancelling, but keep me posted if either of you are cancelling, or if anyone else is coming.
tarmanydyn
11-11-2006, 09:29 PM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I can't make it, visiting my dad this weekend, totally spaced on the date, sorry guys :/
briangilmore
11-12-2006, 02:03 AM
oh dear god.
shmoo
11-12-2006, 04:30 AM
Well I hope you don't take offense satori, but if it's just going to be me and some old guy and his friends, I think we should reschedule. At least we know the venue now, so given some advance notice everything should be good.
satori
11-12-2006, 07:17 AM
Well I hope you don't take offense satori, but if it's just going to be me and some old guy and his friends, I think we should reschedule. At least we know the venue now, so given some advance notice everything should be good.
Dude, if I were in your shoes I'd do exactly the same thing. Suffice it to say that I won't be attempting anything similar again though. :)
shmoo
11-12-2006, 09:45 AM
Dude, if I were in your shoes I'd do exactly the same thing. Suffice it to say that I won't be attempting anything similar again though. :)
I hope you don't mean you won't plan a Toronto geekdrome meet up in the future. I just think we need to have more advanced notice next time about where and when the event will be. Hopefully next time we can even arrange it with Jlo and DannyT to get an advanced screening of the latest episode so we can watch it together.
satori
11-12-2006, 10:31 PM
I'm happy to go, but I won't be organizing. Dont' take this the wrong way, I just spent a few hours traveling there checking out locations, organizing reservations. The date and cross streets had been set for weeks. It's true I didn't have the specific location down, but I simply couldn't get it faster. All I'm saying is that if it's going to happen someone else is going to need to organize it. No hard feelings though, I had fun gaming there today.
xxxthundercatxxx
11-12-2006, 10:49 PM
I'm happy to go, but I won't be organizing. Dont' take this the wrong way, I just spent a few hours traveling there checking out locations, organizing reservations. The date and cross streets had been set for weeks. It's true I didn't have the specific location down, but I simply couldn't get it faster. All I'm saying is that if it's going to happen someone else is going to need to organize it. No hard feelings though, I had fun gaming there today.
Poor guy... I would have gone with you Satori if it weren't for the akwardness. Perhaps someday we'll be able to put you know what behind us, and be friends again, just friends.
tokenuser
11-12-2006, 10:51 PM
Poor guy... I would have gone with you Satori if it weren't for the akwardness. Perhaps someday we'll be able to put you know what behind us, and be friends again, just friends.It was putting the you know waht behind him that caused the split last time. You might be better off just putting it on the table next time.
satori
11-13-2006, 12:05 AM
It was putting the you know waht behind him that caused the split last time. You might be better off just putting it on the table next time.
oh... are you saying that TC put his cock in my asshole sphinter hole, because that or any other homosexual act did not happen. Maybe you should keep you Hot man sex forum, and this forum seperate so you don't get so confused.
tokenuser
11-13-2006, 12:10 AM
oh... are you saying that TC put his cock in my asshole sphinter hole, because that or any other homosexual act did not happen. Maybe you should keep you Hot man sex forum, and this forum seperate so you don't get so confused.WTF are you talking about? I didn't say anything about anyone putting anything anywhere. Geez .... some people have minds in the gutter ....