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Hello everyone :)
Rennfisch just texted me asking if I would like to come (thanks!) and I would love to join as well to meet some fellow pilots in personal.
Problem is I'm on holidays in August (Thailand, yay), so I can't then but September would be great. Also I don't play Wipeout anymore, haven't touched it for a good month at least, but I would be willing to join in for some sessions if someone wants to. I could also bring my ps3, a monitor and up to 4 controllers.
So I will think about this a bit and text again here.
Is it just me, or are 98% of the visitors german?
Well, the convention IS taking place in Germany, so it kind of makes sense ^^
@Janani Neeeerrrrr, was wondering where you were, come back! we miss you! Or maybe the next avalon, can't give up on wipeout though :P Have a great vacation ;) And see you @ Wipeoutcon perhaps!
i'm still @ a maybe, but don't take me in account with dates and stuff, i never know my schedule :p
Cipher
Oh nice, another new face! I haven't touched HD (let alone Pure & Pulse) within the last 8 months. The conventions started as a tournament, but we already had a no-tournament 3 years ago and last year in London it was the same... so if we want to race: fine. But it's really no mandatory - we meet for the fun.
Make sure to enter your availability and check it from time to time: And yes: looks like we're almost only Germans. However, we always had the unwritten rule to talk as much English as possible, so everybody is able to listen (it's kinda rude to exclude others by talking a language foreign to them), so nobody should be afraid to still join (i.e. Belgium and Poland) - dreamerx: I promise to always speak English! :)
Of course, it makes things less complicated if most people already know how the country "works". On the other hand you'll surely miss a lot of great people that don't or cannot come (one has to experience i.e. Asa doing his long jump shortcuts on 2097 live).
hey guys and gals.
im just now catching up to the whole thing tonight...
kinda dont have time to read all five pages.
but is it a definate about the date in september?
as its been known.i have been working for the states mental hospital for inmates and on inmate patients and been there since october last year.
i would definetly make a date to come. and make an effort to use and make my PTO and Vacation pay kick in to make me have almost all seven days open. when it happens.
I'm actually surprised i just had on my mind to check into here today. Playing in a MTG Prerelease tournament and it hit me to check the news on the Zone. I just got amigos message. surprised i didn't get it a different way by phone, facebook or email.
Hey DJ Techno,
we are still in planning which date it would be, so it would be good if you can mark your free weekends here:
http://doodle.com/hbwsr4fw5yqsyqn4
i could make my weekends and a week free. the time to be there though is important to raise money, ticket finding, and tell work many times ahead.
so definetly i will mark october weekend or september weekend
So we have 9 participants overall as it seems, and 3 dates where 5 of these 9 ppl have time. Though I might need to change my plannings a bit and would prefer the September date.
Anyone else who likes to join the EWC8?
Too sad the availability is pretty equal on each weekend. But I guess there is nothing that can be done about it.
Also we should pick a date, because reservations/prices will rise the longer we're indecisive. As I'm the organizer I have no problem with any date brought in line by me (and really can't do it on other dates).
Hm 5 ppl max is really not a big call :(
How many ppl have been at earlier Conventions in average?
I hoped we could at least fill the roster with 8 ppl so we have a full set when doing online races :D
Hmph. This American surely can't go. Wish I had a real ship. Or a boat. Or a floatation device. Or a teleport.
Does anyone know if there has been a US event like this or who to contact to maybe try to start one?
Yeah. The US events get held and start at Al's place in Vermont.
But it's been a thing for him. To do one again this year. He didn't get to it last year. But it's been a talk to do one this year before the end of 2014. Should I say. Me and him had that talk.
And mann... try a flight with something called. Lum. Something I am looking up who they are. I heard they cheap.
And if the time goes right. Like October. I definitely would be glad to see my tickets be less than 700 again
Not much activity, no decision on a weekend... Guess it's best to pass it this year?
Agreed
That's too bad. I haven't traveled at all this summer.
Too bad. I hope this isn't a general decrease of interest. Oh well
There seems to be enough interest, just need a little more notice than 2 months before. Longer planning would give more people a better opportunity to save, book time off and make arrangements ^_^
That was always the case. Even this thread was started on 2014-06-10 and almost 2 months have passed already. There are two mutual exclusive options: either everybody can concentrate on one date only, or everybody gets the chance to participate. Both options together never worked. ;)
2 months isnt really enough for the majority of people. Im talking at lest 6 - 8 in advance and focusing on one date and one location. It just gives more time to prepare and finalise stuff. I really really want to go to one of these meets.
Hi guys! Sorry for not filling doodle and being quiet, I'm still in but it's hard for me to fulfill doodle page to be honest, I'm available for majority of weekends for the next 3 months but cannot guarantee my presence on the convention for 100% - sometimes I have to work during weekends (rare case... but still), on the other hand I don't have plans for holidays during next 3 months so I should be there if convention will happen this year.
Cheers!
I would be glad to go.
This is funny but my girl im talking to. She trying to convince me not to travel over seas. Mainly because the Ukraine, ebola, and of course I wouldn't be flying with Malaysia Air.
If this still gets up for going. Even if it was a specialized wipeout thing and Christmas. And Mad Ice and Al and Asay would pay for everyone's gifts who showed up.
Just dropping by on one of my rare visits to this site these days. I'd really like to attend to another EWC and I think that if it is held in Frankfurt this year I might be able to attend for one single day. I would arrive in Frankfurt at either a saturday or a sunday in the morning and leave the same day in the evening and I'd take my little daughter with me. Thus I won't have not much time for participating in any tournaments. I am in Hamburg on 2014-10-18 and 2014-10-19, so I won't be able to attend an EWC at this date, but any other date from mid september until the end of the year is fine for me at the moment.
So what are the current plans? Is it officially dropped for this year or are there possibilities left? Though it gets kinda tight for me now...
- I'm the one living where it can happen: Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
- I'm still available for all the dates I marked: http://doodle.com/hbwsr4fw5yqsyqn4 (updated it as per Tomahawk's availability). So far every weekend has its disadvantages, unfortunately. :(
- I can still make reservations on the hostel: http://book.5elementshostel.de/remot..._id=5e&lang=en
Those who would rather invest lots of money just won't get the "full" experience of earlier conventions, as we'd have a rather tiny group. However, if that won't bother you then just come on over. I'd still guide the whole weekend and have my apartment available as the generic event location - even if only one decides to come. :)
Or as another idea: we can make 2 weekends and whoever wants attends the one he prefers. Or both. :)
I'm still here - anyone wants to come over on any weekend?
What is good in November. If October is crazy and more
I am having an unplanned surgery next wednesday and I think I will be in hospital for about a week after that. I'll PM you, AmigoJack, once the surgery is done.
I've updated the timetable that October is pretty much not possible to me anymore. Only Fri 10th to Sun 12th remains. After that the first weekend would be in November 7th to 9th and the following ones. I guess we just skip it this year.
I stayed in the 5elements a couple of years back. As far as hostels go, it was pretty good and is just a very short walk to the main train station. As long as it hasn't changed for the worse since then, I'd say it's a good choice for cheap shared accommodation. Good showers and clean rooms. Card/reader for rooms was a little flaky but no big deal, and pretty sure reception is open 24/7.
Just posting if anyone is on the fence re: accommodation
Thanks for the review. I'm a bit surprised they can still keep up with their fresh opening back in 2009 for that price.
Both the main hall and the basement have been occupied by us in the past. :)
Sooo...
how did that turned out at all?
Late reply: it didn't. As no weekend was dictated the whole event was wasted in decision hell. Let's never repeat this mistake.
Are these still happening? What do you do at these meetups when they do go as planned?
Official Tournaments involving the more up to date games seeing you can more easily set them up for multiplayer I think Pure/Pulse are easiest for that. Some folks bring TV's and consoles and use the old PS1 link up for example to play the classics 2097/3SE against each other on separate screens (NeGcon required :D)
There is also socialising eating drinking etc.
That's brief I'm sure I've probably missed stuff plus I've not been for a while so might be missing things.
Hey all pilots! Any thoughts for 2019?