On August 06 2009 16:42 ShadowDrgn wrote: Hotels all have big conference rooms that no one will be using at 2am. I'm sure at least one hotel would be amenable to hosting us, even if it costs a few bucks a person to rent the room.
I received a quote of ~$4,800 for 7 hours (midnight - 7am) and they were unwilling to negotiate. Keep in mind most of these places host real business conferences, not us.
thats still like 50 per person if you manage to get 100 people to pitch in. damn expensive.
I would have been totally fine if had just said people from other sites. I know TL is a great site and it is always progressing steadily. But does Mani REALLY have to stoop himself to the level of a child and throw in a snide remark? Wasn't necessary.
A reason why other sites might not have their own meetups is because they want to hang out with everybody from the SC community and not just their own groups. This isn't High School. But now I'm speculating. I'll let it drop.
On August 06 2009 16:42 ShadowDrgn wrote: Hotels all have big conference rooms that no one will be using at 2am. I'm sure at least one hotel would be amenable to hosting us, even if it costs a few bucks a person to rent the room.
I received a quote of ~$4,800 for 7 hours (midnight - 7am) and they were unwilling to negotiate. Keep in mind most of these places host real business conferences, not us.
thats still like 50 per person if you manage to get 100 people to pitch in. damn expensive.
not to mention someone will most likely have to front the money or take paypal donations.
On August 07 2009 02:56 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: I would have been totally fine if had just said people from other sites. I know TL is a great site and it is always progressing steadily. But does Mani REALLY have to stoop himself to the level of a child and throw in a snide remark? Wasn't necessary.
He couldn't have been making a sarcastic comment or anything right?
If all this takes place more than walking distance away from Convention Center. I might need a ride, Since I'm flying in and shuttle bus to my hotel close to the convention center.
On August 07 2009 02:56 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: I would have been totally fine if had just said people from other sites. I know TL is a great site and it is always progressing steadily. But does Mani REALLY have to stoop himself to the level of a child and throw in a snide remark? Wasn't necessary.
A reason why other sites might not have their own meetups is because they want to hang out with everybody from the SC community and not just their own groups. This isn't High School. But now I'm speculating. I'll let it drop.
lol @ the people getting offended by manifesto making a joke
calm the fuck down, your reactions are why video game communities get so much crap and are viewed with such stigma, there's no need to get butthurt insecure over a 1 liner offhand joke by someone, jesus.
have you ever made fun of friends or done good natured trash talk before? ie basically every single healthy irl guy relationship involves a lot of giving and getting back (in terms of insults). lets not be sensitive nerds please.
here is a better response:
On August 07 2009 02:56 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: Less cool sites? By less cool do you mean "better at SC2?"
And leave it that that.
Instead, here we are, debating peoples feelings and social status among starcraft sites (LOL) in a party thread. Of course. OF COURSE.
Don't worry psyonicreaver, i know deep down inside theres a troll waiting to burst out. I will tear that white knight armor off you at blizzcon (no homo).
On August 07 2009 03:56 Psyonic_Reaver wrote: Mani. I'm sorry I over reacted to what was just a joke. I'll restrain myself in the future.
I wasn't joking at all. A lot of nerds from less cool sites come to TL parties. It is ridiculous. We should charge them 2x as much because they can hang out with awesome TL members. At Paris it was a nightmare. They were throwing bottles on the patio.
That being said, I never considered YOUR site to be less cool. In fact, I think it is pretty awesome. Did I not offer to help with the sc2 tournament because I have some Blizzard contacts and ran their community stuff last year? Did I not just post some support in the PL finals English cast thread Radivel posted?
Anyway, who I was referring to is people from non-SC sites. gamereplays.org is much much less cool than TL. diabloiii.whatever is much much less cool than TL. I don't even remember the WC3 sites, but I can basically guarantee they are much much less cool than TL.
I think your over-sensitivity and reactions are what leads people to see your site as less cool, not anything we do. Seems like you are dealing with an inferiority complex. The problem with getting a conference room Chill, is that there will be damage with 80 drunken SC nerds, and no way to cover it except out of pocket. I still say, find a pub with a second floor and rent it out.