Official Info: The Second Annual St. Louis Comic Cookout!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:05 pm

*snif* I didn't want to go to your stupid event anyway! *runs away crying*

(or, jumps through the window and runs toward the border, or as we call it in jargon, "pulls a Lag")

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:19 pm

Man! No Fair!

I'm only 17, and there's no way my parents would let me come. And I even live relatively close to Dallas Texas so I could hop a ride.

I wish I was 18... mabey I can go to the 2006 one too. ... If not, I'm stabbing my parents... no seriously.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:46 pm

[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Man! No Fair!
I'm only 17, and there's no way my parents would let me come.

Sounds like you should start the stabbing now.

DocBrown03 · Post by **DocBrown03** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:46 pm

I can perhaps come.. i have some family up in st. louis that i might be able to stay with. hmm. mark me down as a mabey

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:04 pm

Wow, looks like we'll draw quite a crowd this time around.

Some questions/suggestions and generally start discussion on potential activities:

time: last time the bulk of the cookout was from I think saturday afternoon to late night then sunday morning and afternoon were for wrapping up and tasering. Any chance of extending it a bit this time? I don't know what kind of jobs/classes/etc. people have during july but I don't mind skipping a day of summer school to cram in an extra day of neatness. If not then its still good, we'll just have to go light on that whole "sleep" thing, besides last time I slept at your house I giant electric rodent attempted to anally violate me.

Activities:

eating obviously, for the great foodage. Some other activities we might want to try:

Anime: Faub's anime trove provided a lot of entertainment for all of us (although I personally blame him for watching Puni Puni Poemy), so I say this is definitely worthy of more. Excel saga is still great but I'm sure faub has many many more weird things he could show us.

Lan/console games: this didn't really end up happening at the last cookout, and I'm sort of wondering how much room they'll be to set everyone up but it's still a neat idea. Either bring our boxes and laptops and start blasting each other in some FPS, Warcraft 3, or similar. Or bring in some good multi-play console systems like Gamecube or X-box and have a tournament.

RPGs: The Call of Cthulhu game I hosted at the last cookout took up plenty of our time and I think it went off well enough that we should try again (not necessarily CoC this time). Since Jim can hopefully make it this time maybe he can lead us this time (I'd love to give shadowrun a try) or any other DM-experienced among the cookouters. If it does come down to me again, I'm perfectly willing to make a game for you, hopefully I'll have learned what the words "one-shot adventure" means by then.

Other games: these are what I like to call "wussy games" (just kidding) : cards, board games, jacks, what have you.

anything I'm missing?

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:56 pm

YAR! Anime! I gotcher fix right here.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:58 pm

just no more of your trippy alice in wonderland porn.

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:02 pm

I suppose you want it clean, too? So much for 4 seasons of Ranma. I do have FLCL, though.

Caduceus · Post by **Caduceus** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:09 pm

Put me down for a "yes." Me and, if possiblt, the wife will attend this little shindig.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:14 pm

faub wrote:I suppose you want it clean, too? So much for 4 seasons of Ranma. I do have FLCL, though.

Well since you polluted my mind with it, I could always bring PPP and destroy the remaining brain cells of everyone else.

FLCL is great too, haven't seen it since adult swim stopped showing it.

Zhan_Dvega · Post by **Zhan_Dvega** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:17 pm

Hmm, put me down for a yes for now... I'll definitely go just so long as there are no schedule conflicts...

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:23 am

[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Man! No Fair!

I'm only 17, and there's no way my parents would let me come. And I even live relatively close to Dallas Texas so I could hop a ride.

I wish I was 18... mabey I can go to the 2006 one too. ... If not, I'm stabbing my parents... no seriously.

*tracks down Pyro's ip and address and kidnaps him!*

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:35 am

RPG: If anyone locally can GM a "All Flesh Must Be Eaten" game, I am quite partial to it. I think everyone would have excellent fun.

Some notes on AFMBE is that it's supposed to have a high player turnover rate. No resurrecting in this. It involves zombies naturally. The whole thing is pretty intuitive. It's the first rolepleying game I had ever played and I picked it up like no bodies business. Really pretty simple. If you know about Unisystem, it uses that.

Just an idea. I like zombies. =]

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:40 am

The cookout website has been updated!

We already have 9 people definately coming (and up to three more guests)! That right there puts us over last year's total.

I added carpool information and the list of names (yesses and maybes).

Reminder - if you're not paying big bucks to get here, you have to bring food of some kind. Let me know what you want to bring either now, or as the time gets closer.

[EDIT] Spriteville posted before I did, but after I updated - I'll add his rpg suggestion in the next update of the cookout site. Zombies rock.

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:14 am

Grrr...

Didn't I mention in the last thread that the weekend of June 4-5 was the ONLY weekend in June I wouldn't be able to do this? Oh well. Another cookout without Cortland.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:56 am

cortland wrote:Grrr...

Didn't I mention in the last thread that the weekend of June 4-5 was the ONLY weekend in June I wouldn't be able to do this? Oh well. Another cookout without Cortland.

Oh hell.

I wrote down the last weekend of June.

Fuck. Sorry Cortland. I'd change it, but I already put in for vacation that week and got a backup assigned.

Look... I'll mail you a cheeseburger or something. Damn, I feel bad about that.

Kris X · Post by **Kris X** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:49 am

Hmm. If CW goes and tickets to TX are cheaper... I might, might carpool with her.

The Chill Clan · Post by **The Chill Clan** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:04 am

I'm in and I'll kidnap Orion again if necessary . . . hell I'll do even if it isn't.
Here's the deal folks, If you need a ride and you don' mind road trips wih people you've never met before, then I'm your wheelman. I have lots o' credit cards this year so I can probably rent a fairly large SUV too, so if you live between Cleveland and St. Louis I'll swing by and duct tape you to the hood of my car. And if you're a little out the ways don't worry I like driving so I'll probably come and get you anyway (I also like duct-taping people to my car)

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:50 am

Well...talked it over with Mom yesterday, and I think my status can be upgraded to yes. She knows how much I liked it last year and she'll be able to take time off by then...you know...maybe the fact that it's in June and she's working as a paraprofesional teacher has something to do with it. </sudden obvious realization>

The only question is whether we fly up there or drive. I mentioned the car pool idea to her, and she didn't immedately say "No way", which is good. Her only reservation--and now it's mine--is that the van I thought we would be using is in my father's posession...which means it's AWOL (Don't ask. Please. Lots of baggage there). Her car isn't tiny, but it's got a maximum seat capacity of five, two in front and three across the back. I'm going to say four, though, because we're talking about at LEAST a six hour drive, and I don't know anybody who would go without that much leg room. So right now the passengery level is limited to two, maybe only one if we bring my brother, which we probably will. Leaving him here, alone, with certain family members, would be like dangling meat in front of a pack of wolves. I'll stay on that part, though...I really want that van. It handled the trip last year pretty well.

So...still at the "no promises" stage for rides, but it looks like more of a possibility now than it did yesterday. Just as long as nobody knows any Veggietales songs. Last time I rode in a large car with other people not my family, I recieved a three hour a capella Veggietales concert, free of charge.

*shudders*

I still have nightmares.

CW

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:52 am

Spriteville, USA wrote:RPG: If anyone locally can GM a "All Flesh Must Be Eaten" game, I am quite partial to it. I think everyone would have excellent fun.

Some notes on AFMBE is that it's supposed to have a high player turnover rate. No resurrecting in this. It involves zombies naturally. The whole thing is pretty intuitive. It's the first rolepleying game I had ever played and I picked it up like no bodies business. Really pretty simple. If you know about Unisystem, it uses that.

Just an idea. I like zombies. =]

Never played it before myself, but I ran a call of cthulhu game at the last cookout and at least half the people hadn't touched an rpg before let alone the cthulhu system, so I figure if its easy to learn you won't have a problem finding players.