The l33t We-dislike-Terrorists Super-Spiffy HA-we-can-do-it-too US meeting! [Archive]

FQuist

Sep 13, 2003, 03:33 PM

---this was added later---
In the Netherlands, many, often international, meetings have been held with success.

The Americans keep talking about wanting meetings. So, do something. Start organizing the meeting. I'm starting the organizing by starting this topic, to talk about it.
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List
East Coast
Teh Broadway Part (North)
Bobby (New Jersey)
Slim (New Jersey)

Middle
Beauman (California)

Teh Arr, let's shoot some indinians! Part (South)
jadda jadda lots of people

West Coast
Teh HERE-CANADIANS-CAN-COME-TOO Part (North)
Trafton (Alaska)

Middle

Teh Schwarzunegger Ist Cool Part (South)

Teh TRAFTON WANTS IT CHEESY MIDDLE
yadda

I AM CANADIAN
Coppertop
Poison IvEE
Evilmike

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Radium

Sep 13, 2003, 03:41 PM

There is the problem that the US alone is like, bigger than all of Europe.

What seperates the Teh Broadway Part and Teh Arr Let's shoot some indians part?

||Slim

Sep 13, 2003, 03:42 PM

go new jersey. madnortheast side.

FQuist

Sep 13, 2003, 03:46 PM

There is the problem that the US alone is like, bigger than all of Europe.

That's why it's smart if everyone would add himself to the list and put the state he wants to organize in and/or lives behind his name.

What seperates the Teh Broadway Part and Teh Arr Let's shoot some indians part?

One is North, the other is South. Might not be easy for Florida people to go to New York and vice versa.

Radium

Sep 13, 2003, 03:51 PM

I mean what latitude seperates them?

FQuist

Sep 13, 2003, 03:54 PM

Don't ask me. I just thought up some stupid names. Feel free to copy and paste the list as I said and add your own name to it and change the names of the headers to North and South

Trafton

Sep 13, 2003, 03:54 PM

East Coast
Teh Broadway Part (North)
jadda jadda lots of people

Teh Arr, let's shoot some indinians! Part (South)
jadda jadda lots of people

West Coast
Teh HERE-CANADIANS-CAN-COME-TOO Part (North)

Teh Schwarzunegger Ist Cool Part (South)

I AM CANADIAN
Coppertop
Poison IvEE

Hmm...the list is okay, but you forgot the midwest. From what I see, the following states have a notable number of Jazzers (included are number of people who would fall into that category):
- California (Southwest)
- Kentucky (Southeast)
- Maryland (Northeast)
- Minnesota (Midwest)
- New Jersey (Northeast)
- New York (Northeast)
- Ohio (Midwest)
- Tennessee (Southeast)
- Texas (South)
- Washington (Northwest)
- Wisconsin (Midwest)

The problem I mostly see is that there are a lot of Jazzers coming from California, and less so from New Jersey, but still a lot. There is not much else out there other than California with many Jazzers, except for Washington; Oregon and Arizona have very few, and the Rocky Mountain states have nearly none. Here are states with a lesser number, but still some:
- Alabama (Southeast)
- Arizona (Southwest)
- Delaware (Northeast)
- Florida (Southeast)
- Georgia (Southeast)
- Idaho (Northwest)
- Illinois (Midwest)
- Kansas (Midwest)
- Louisiana (South)
- Maine (Northeast)
- Massachusetts (Northeast)
- Michigan (Midwest)
- Nebraska (Midwest)
- New Hampshire (Northeast)
- New Mexico (Southwest)
- North Carolina (East)
- Pennsylvania (Northeast)
- Virginia (East)

Which leaves the following states with very few:
- Alaska (Completely unconnected)
- Arkansas (Midwest)
- Colorado (Rocky Mountains)
- Connecticut (Northeast)
- Hawaii (Completely unconnected)
- Indiana (Midwest)
- Iowa (Midwest)
- Mississippi (South)
- Missouri (Midwest)
- Montana (Rocky Mountains)
- Nevada (Rocky Mountains)
- North Carolina (East)
- North Dakota (North)
- Oklahoma (South)
- Rhode Island (Northeast)
- South Carolina (East)
- Utah (Rocky Mountains)
- Vermont (Northeast)
- West Virginia (East)

Basically, the thing is that most of the people in the JJ2 community live east of the Mississippi, but there are a lot of people out west in California, and less notably Washington and the southwest. It is likely that most of the players in the midwest would go to the eastern meeting if it was somewhere like New Jersey, while those in Texas might go either way. Jazz 2 players around Vancouver would definitely go to the west one, while those around Toronto, probably east. There are more Jazz 2 players overall in the east and, all things considered, the west meeting in the Rocky Mountains areas to accomidate the midwesterners is not necessarily a great idea. The Rocky Mountains are not exactly highly populated. The other question is where to meet for the westerners? San Francisco, California might end up being a good midpoint. The easterners might meet somewhere like New York City.

EDIT: Having North and South would be sort of odd...if northwesterners had to go to the northeast it would be more driving because the U.S. is longer than it is tall. Besides, the midpoint for northerners would be *shudder* North Dakota or so, and southerners would be *shudder* around Texas...

~ Traft

FQuist

Sep 13, 2003, 04:00 PM

EDIT: Having North and South would be sort of odd...if northwesterners had to go to the northeast it would be more driving because the U.S. is longer than it is tall. Besides, the midpoint for northerners would be *shudder* North Dakota or so, and southerners would be *shudder* around Texas...

I actually thought about northeasterners going to the northeastern meeting and southeasterners going to the southeastern one. Or to the one above or under them, ie north and south. I thought about just splitting the thing in 4 parts so we could get a global vision of where everyone lived, *after* that we could decide on meetings.

That said, why don't you guys just copy and paste the fricking list and add yourself? :P

Trafton

Sep 13, 2003, 04:03 PM

Northeast
BlurredD (New York?)
Bobby (New Jersey)
Brian (New York)
DarkShadow (Pennsylvania)
Dreama (Pennsylvania)
Ducky (New Hampshire?)
ElectroPiZZa (New Jersey)
Freelance (New York)
JJ Tublear (Delaware)
KRSplat (Maryland)
Labratkid (New York)
Nova (Pennsylvania)
Paul (Massachusetts)
Radium (Maryland)
Salamander (New York)
Slim (New Jersey)
Spazzyman (Maryland)
Syntax (New Hampshire)
Xeno (Pennsylvania)

Southeast
MadRabb (Florida)
Scizor CT (Tennessee)
Shorty (Louisiana)

Northwest
Anaiyu (California)
Black Ninja (Washington)
Boarder FoR (Washington)
Cobra (Idaho)
FoD (Washington)
Hare (Oregon)
Hugela (California)
iCeD (California)
KJAZZ (California)
Monolith (Washington)
Trafton (Washington)
VelKasha (California)
Violet (California)

Southwest
Batty Buddy (California)
Beauman (California)
FireSworD (New Mexico)
Infinite Spaz (New Mexico)
Queen Liz (Arizona)

Midwest
Captain Spam (Michigan)
Derby (Illinois)
Fôx (Colorado)
GenEX (Nebraska)
Kaz (Texas)
Ninja (Ohio)
N0B0DY (Colorado)
Noogy (Colorado)
Ryoushi (Indiana)
Spazboy (Texas)
Spaztic (Ohio)
VashTheStampede (Minnesota)
Wakeman (Minnesota?)
Wild Angel (Texas)
Xion (Wisconsin)

Canadians
4I Falcon (Ontario)
Blackraptor (Ontario)
Coppertop (Ontario)
EvilMike (British Columbia)
Fireball (Ontario)
Ice M A N (Nova Scotia)
Iam Canadian (Alberta)
Kaven (Alberta)
KILLERRABBIT (Ontario)
Link (Alberta)
MidN/Chimaera (Ontario?)
MR MAGOO (Ontario)
Poison IvEE (?)
Spotty (British Columbia)
Teej (Ontario)
Tyf (Quebec)
URJazz (British Columbia)
VeggieMan (Ontario)

Teej a.k.a T-Dj

Sep 13, 2003, 04:24 PM

Heh, my uncle lives in New Jersey... Wheeeee :D

I'm Canadian, from Ontario

Radium

Sep 13, 2003, 04:37 PM

Wait... we must ship Bjarni here!

Link

Sep 13, 2003, 05:31 PM

I think grouping all the Canadians together doesn't make sense. The distance between western and eastern Canada is greater than the distance between western and eastern US.

Here's some more Canadians though:

URJazz (British Columbia)
Iam Canadian (Alberta)
Kaven (Alberta)

And I believe Ice M A N lives in Nova Scotia.

MaGoo

Sep 13, 2003, 05:37 PM

Yeah, I'm in good ol' Ontario.

Lark

Sep 13, 2003, 06:30 PM

Shipping Bjarni here might be fun, but it also involves keeping him under control.

Radium

Sep 13, 2003, 06:32 PM

One of us has to put these all on a map; a nice visual representation.

Anyone ever notice none of the smilies in the "buddy" icon are smiling?

Sep 13, 2003, 06:43 PM

I'll organize JJM Central. We will be meeting at Elitch Gardens in downtown Denver.

Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I would do it.

Colorado anyone?

Ooh... I might be able to get Noogy to come. I just have to find a time to ask him.

Tik

Sep 13, 2003, 07:42 PM

Ohio Represent

Monolith

Sep 13, 2003, 09:53 PM

I took the list Trafton made, <strike>and a map I stole from somewhere on the internet,</strike> and attempted to plot them all geographically.

Here's what I came up with:
<center><img src= "http://madskills.dyndns.org/jazz/jazzer_map.png"></center>

I don't know where exactly people are within some states, so those I just placed somewhere in the middle. You see this especially in Canada. :P (Those people in middle of Canada are the unlocated ones.)

I'll probably continue to update this image as I get more information.

Teej a.k.a T-Dj

Sep 13, 2003, 09:57 PM

Neat idea, Mono! If only i could see it! (Image gives me a lovely red X :p) Just so you can get my location precise, I live really close to Ottawa, Ontario.

EDIT: Problem with image has been fixed :D

FQuist

Sep 14, 2003, 02:01 AM

Shipping Bjarni here might be fun, but it also involves keeping him under control.

Please don't talk about him like this. Pretty harsh. :/

Krezack

Sep 14, 2003, 02:12 AM

Canadia is part of the U.S.A., right?

MaGoo

Sep 14, 2003, 03:32 AM

Put a little dot in the middle of Southern Ontario for me. ;P

Radium

Sep 14, 2003, 04:43 AM

Canadia is part of the U.S.A., right?
No, Canada is that country to the north that the US tries to deny the existance of.

Ice M A N

Sep 14, 2003, 04:57 AM

And I believe Ice M A N lives in Nova Scotia.

You believe correctly. And of course NS isn't even on that map Mono has. ;p

defalcon

Sep 14, 2003, 05:13 AM

I wanna go. *bawl* :(

Tik

Sep 14, 2003, 10:26 AM

I live near Toledo, Ohio. That is to say, the tip of Lake Erie on the border of Michigan and Ohio. KTHX

Coppertop

Sep 15, 2003, 07:33 AM

Hey, Ice M A N is in NS? I lived there for a year ... last year. Southern Ontario now.

Hey, how come the Yukon's not on that map? It does too exist, I lived there for fourteen years!

Shorty

Sep 15, 2003, 05:48 PM

I'm the only Jazzer in Louisiana...hehe, I feel special. Or rather, really really lame.

Anyway, this would be really really really great if it could happen. Like, REALLY. I personally would find it easier to go to someplace in the Northeast but like I said, I'm the only one in Lousiana anyway.

Hey, we should just plan everyone come here because then it would be equally hard and difficult for everyone, well...except me. The map idea was a good idea Mono. Rockin'.

Radium

Sep 15, 2003, 05:56 PM

*cough*, well, the map was kind of my idea...

Monolith

Sep 15, 2003, 07:48 PM

The map was a pretty generic idea. I had thought of making this a few times before. You just happened to mention it in this thread, Radium. The same thread that gave me a good listing of where everybody is.

If someone wants to find me a better map, feel free. :P I was just looking for something mostly plain and clean so I could draw on it.

VashTheStampede

Sep 16, 2003, 06:27 PM

Northeast
BlurredD (New York?)
Bobby (New Jersey)
Brian (New York)
DarkShadow (Pennsylvania)
Ducky (New Hampshire?)
ElectroPiZZa (New Jersey)
Freelance (New York)
JJ Tublear (Delaware)
KRSplat (Maryland)
Labratkid (New York)
Nova (Pennsylvania)
Paul (West Virginia?)
Radium (Maryland)
Salamander (New York)
Slim (New Jersey)
Spazzyman (Maryland)
Syntax (New Hampshire)

Southeast
MadRabb (Florida)
Scizor CT (Tennessee)
Shorty (Louisiana)

Northwest
Anaiyu (California)
Black Ninja (Washington?)
Boarder FoR (Washington)
Cobra (Idaho)
FoD (Washington)
Hugela (California)
iCeD (California)
KJAZZ (California)
Monolith (Washington)
Trafton (Washington)
VelKasha (California)
Violet (California)

Southwest
Beauman (California)
FireSworD (New Mexico)

Midwest
Captain Spam (Michigan)
Derby (Illinois)
Fôx (Colorado)
GenEX (Nebraska)
Kaz (Texas)
Ninja (Ohio)
N0B0DY (Colorado)
Noogy (Colorado)
Spazboy (Texas)
Spaztic (Ohio)
VashTheStampede (Minnesota?)
Wakeman (Minnesota?)
Wild Angel (Texas)
Xion (Minnesota)

Canadians
4I Falcon (Ontario)
Blackraptor (Ontario)
Coppertop (Ontario)
EvilMike (British Columbia)
Ice M A N (Nova Scotia)
Iam Canadian (Alberta)
Kaven (Alberta)
KILLERRABBIT (Ontario)
Link (Alberta)
MR MAGOO (Ontario)
Poison IvEE (?)
Spotty (British Columbia)
Teej (Ontario)
Tyf (Quebec)
URJazz (British Columbia)
VeggieMan (Ontario)

ME = minnesota, no need for question mark.

Ninja

Sep 17, 2003, 10:22 AM

Two dots in Ohio.

One for me(south), one for Spaztic(north).

thxplzyes ;=)

VashTheStampede

Sep 17, 2003, 12:01 PM

so how exactly would this meeting take place?

with the u.s. having alot of spread out people and all.

VelKa

Sep 17, 2003, 12:06 PM

A couple more for your list...

Admael (Midwest/Eastern USA, last time I checked)
Axie (Canada)

I don't know everyone in the community particularly well, so that's about all the other names I can provide you with. And just to let you know... Fresno is not really that "south", seeing that I passed *somewhat* close to there recently. Hey, whatever floats your boat. All hail the, ah, EAST COAST MIDDLE CALIFORNIANS! ;-P

As far as a possible USWest convention, my parent(s) and I could most likely help a lot with organizing one in my area (San Francisco, preferably), even if they have never heard of half of you folks. However, the chances of me attending the convention are somewhat low, because I am rather reclusive and mostly unavailable besides the fact that the only people I would actually be interested in seeing are PiZZa, Trafton, and Nova.

Anyway, whatever. Good times.

~evilvlek

edit: Grammar. What the heck happened to my grammar? ;-)

Violet CLM

Sep 17, 2003, 12:24 PM

besides the fact that the only people I would actually be interested in seeing are PiZZa, Trafton, and Nova
Which I'll take as a cue to not come visiting you.

Good luck, all, and everything. I doubt I'll attend unless it's held extremely close to where I live, but my heart will go on or something.

Link

Sep 17, 2003, 01:41 PM

It's nearly impossible to have everyone come to one meeting, but what if there were several meetings in different areas at the same time? Then we could have webcams and stuff to make it seem all together.

As far as a possible USWest convention, my parent(s) and I could most likely help a lot with organizing one in my area (San Francisco, preferably), even if they have never heard of half of you folks. However, the chances of me attending the convention are somewhat low, because I am rather reclusive and mostly unavailable besides the fact that the only people I would actually be interested in seeing are PiZZa, Trafton, and Nova.

So you would organize one in your area but not go to it? That's not really logical. I would think it's a missed opportunity, even if the people you want to see might not be there.

Lark

Sep 19, 2003, 04:32 PM

Fquist, I wasn't being mean to him. I was just saying that it's very hard to keep autistic people under control. One of my neighbors has it and requires an adult with him at all times at school.

Trafton

Sep 19, 2003, 04:39 PM

Labratkid, autism is typically not something that requires restraint among high-functioning autistics. Being that Bjarni has learned a foreign language and speaks fluently, one would assume that he would be fairly high-functioning. As such, it is doubtful that he would require such restraint; mostly that only applies to profoundly autistic people.

/offtopic

~ Traft

VelKa

Sep 19, 2003, 05:02 PM

So you would organize one in your area but not go to it? That's not really logical. I would think it's a missed opportunity, even if the people you want to see might not be there.
Believe it or not, I'm kind of... ah... antisocial offline. It's rather odd, seeing that I enjoy talking to people, but being around them for too long tends to really get me nervous and agitated for seemingly no reason at all. I'm a little psychotic at best, if not paranoid. Yes, I will organize something, but will not attend it; I have done such things before without missing out on anything. ;-P

And Unknown, you live in Santa Cruz, right? I could probably come by one of these days, if your parents don't mind. =)

<s>I wonder why so many people took me seriously there. It's not like I hate everyone...</s>

~evilvlek

the WINNER

Sep 21, 2003, 02:25 AM

Hare

Sep 21, 2003, 01:20 PM

Hiya!

I live in Eugene, Oregon.

I know of another Jazzer that you missed, "Chimera". She used to go by the name of MidN, and hosts a server by the name of "Once upon a mindnight dreary" most nights. She lives in canada... somewhere. If someone could join her server and tell her of this, they can ask what providence she lives in.

I'm for having a western meeting in California. I have a friend over there I'd like to visit anyways, and there's a good collection of Jazzers who live there already.

I like the webcams idea... It is nice, I mean, not only can Jazzers at different meetings see eachother, but the Jazzers who can't make it can see the meetings. If some problem or another occours, I have a budget web cam at home, and I get 10 hours of dial up service free each month through MSN... Yeah, it is kind of like one of those spairs that you buy to replace a tire that only is intended to hold out until you can get to a tire store... Anyways, it IS a webcam and back up internet service... Say... Lan Party?... O_O on second thought maybe not... My computer is HUGE. I could barely get the monitur up my steps, so I think I'll pass on taking it on a bus to California...

Hmm.. Lan party... Connect that Lan party to the internet... The other meetings have LAN partys too, and they are connected to the internet... Massive Jazz fest ^_^. *chuckles* But I won't be able to bring my own machine. But it would be pretty cool ^_^. I mean, people can make up some tilesets and levels for ... *scratches his head* Er... Oh yeah, we would be there to meet OFFLINE :P. Sorry.

Strato

Sep 21, 2003, 01:24 PM

Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hurray!

Xeno

Sep 22, 2003, 06:02 PM

Millersville, Pennsylvania (Southern PA). I have no chance of getting to any meeting unless I build myself a time machine to give myself enough time and a magical hole to rob a bank without a trace of evidence.

In other words, I've not the money, the means, nor the time. In another 6 - 82 years I may be able to, though. The only way I could possibly attend a meeting is if it occurs on or near the campus here.

Black Ninja

Sep 22, 2003, 06:59 PM

I am in Washington state.
Add me to the list.
Booyah.

Dreama

Sep 22, 2003, 08:55 PM

Ooo! This sounds so fun. Maybe I'll be able to go. I'm in PA! YaY Northeast people. n.n;

Ax Man

Sep 23, 2003, 04:43 PM

This sounds like so much fun. =o

I'm in Ontario...Yeah.

Pulzer

Sep 26, 2003, 01:07 PM

Lol :p

Paul

Oct 11, 2003, 04:58 PM

I most certainly do not live in West Virginia! I live in wonderful, comsompolitan, Massachusetts, 20 minutes out of the best city in the United States. Move over LA--who cares about New York--Chicago, you've got another thing coming because Boston is where it's at!

FQuist

Oct 11, 2003, 05:02 PM

*revives*

Super Saiyan

Oct 12, 2003, 08:49 AM

US = Sooooo faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar awaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy......

Trafton

Oct 13, 2003, 08:55 AM

Paul: Sorry about that. Corrected now.

Vercoln: You are already listed as being in Pennsylvania under the name Xeno.

~ Traft

MaGoo

Oct 13, 2003, 09:02 AM

I live in London Ontario, which I think is plotted out on that map of yours.

Harier

Oct 13, 2003, 01:55 PM

US = Sooooo faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar awaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy......

hows the wether over there?

Fireball

Oct 14, 2003, 02:41 PM

I AM CANADIAN!!! :D

i live beside magoo,, :)

(London, Ontario!)

Trafton

Oct 15, 2003, 09:04 AM

MR MAGOO: You were already on the list.

Fireball: Added. You are the third person from London, Ontario. Wow.

~ Traft

Coppertop

Oct 16, 2003, 06:27 AM

'm not in London any more. Close, but not quite.

MaGoo

Oct 16, 2003, 10:42 AM

Where did you move?

Fireball

Oct 16, 2003, 04:45 PM

theres a third? who,,? (too lazy to read other posts right now)

Coppertop

Oct 17, 2003, 10:05 AM

I moved to Strathroy.

FQuist

Oct 18, 2003, 04:23 AM

organizeorganizeorganizeorganizeorganizeorganize

VashTheStampede

Oct 18, 2003, 07:55 AM

so is this actually going to get underway or are we just going to map everything and discuss for another 6 months?

Skeven

Oct 19, 2003, 07:33 AM

Northeast
BlurredD (New York?)
Bobby (New Jersey)
Brian (New York)
DarkShadow (Pennsylvania)
Dreama (Pennsylvania)
Ducky (New Hampshire?)
ElectroPiZZa (New Jersey)
Freelance (New York)
JJ Tublear (Delaware)
KRSplat (Maryland)
Labratkid (New York)
Nova (Pennsylvania)
Paul (Massachusetts)
Radium (Maryland)
Salamander (New York)
Slim (New Jersey)
Spazzyman (Maryland)
Syntax (New Hampshire)
Xeno (Pennsylvania)

Southeast
MadRabb (Florida)
Scizor CT (Tennessee)
Shorty (Louisiana)

Northwest
Anaiyu (California)
Black Ninja (Washington)
Boarder FoR (Washington)
Cobra (Idaho)
FoD (Washington)
Hare (Oregon)
Hugela (California)
iCeD (California)
KJAZZ (California)
Monolith (Washington)
Trafton (Washington)
VelKasha (California)
Violet (California)

Southwest
Batty Buddy (California)
Beauman (California)
FireSworD (New Mexico)
Infinite Spaz (New Mexico)

Midwest
Captain Spam (Michigan)
Derby (Illinois)
Fôx (Colorado)
GenEX (Nebraska)
Kaz (Texas)
Ninja (Ohio)
N0B0DY (Colorado)
Noogy (Colorado)
Spazboy (Texas)
Spaztic (Ohio)
VashTheStampede (Minnesota)
Wakeman (Minnesota?)
Wild Angel (Texas)
Xion (Wisconsin)

Canadians
4I Falcon (Ontario)
Blackraptor (Ontario)
Coppertop (Ontario)
EvilMike (British Columbia)
Fireball (Ontario)
Ice M A N (Nova Scotia)
Iam Canadian (Alberta)
Kaven (Alberta)
KILLERRABBIT (Ontario)
Link (Alberta)
MidN/Chimaera (Ontario?)
MR MAGOO (Ontario)
Poison IvEE (?)
Spotty (British Columbia)
Teej (Ontario)
Tyf (Quebec)
URJazz (British Columbia)
VeggieMan (Ontario)

Er..... Trafton i thought atleast you knew i lived in NJ.....

?Qüèéñ Lîz¿

Oct 19, 2003, 09:02 AM

well i am from Arizona if that helps at all, I some times feel i am the only az player on jj2 :(

VashTheStampede

Oct 20, 2003, 12:39 PM

hey, Don't forget to add my friend ViperMM to the list, he lives in Minnesota

Fireball

Oct 25, 2003, 03:47 PM

heyyy, most Canadians live in Ontario,, lets host our convention in Toronto or something,, im all for it! :D

Skeven

Oct 26, 2003, 03:34 PM

JUst pay airfare for everybody (ppl in Canada and US) and fly them to the middle of U.S where a nearby park is located. Lol
But im preety sure i wotn be able go this year.... if it ever happens.

FQuist

Oct 26, 2003, 03:39 PM

MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. *hint*

I have not often seen such lazyness. Come on, people.

Start deciding on locations to meet, if you ever want to have a meeting.

KRSplat

Oct 26, 2003, 04:47 PM

I might be organize a meeting <s>in some McDonalds</s> somewhere in Washington, DC or Philidelphia or Baltimore or something because I live near (enough to) all of them. I, unfortunately, would probably not be able to attend any. (Unless you decided to... nevermind, don't want to give you any ideas.)

Strato

Oct 27, 2003, 05:03 PM

How about an uber 1337 meeting between FireSword and me. We only live about 30 minutes away from eachother.

Monolith

Oct 27, 2003, 09:26 PM

Feel free Inf.Spaz. You two are only jazzers in that state it seems.

Ok, so looking at the map, the general clumps of (4 or more) people seem to be around the following locations:
Around southeast Pennsylvania
Central New York
Southern Ontario
Somewhere in Minnesota
Northwest Washington
Somewhat central California, on the coast

We don't necessarily need people to offer their places as a meeting place. Parks or other public places can work as well.

Paul

Oct 29, 2003, 03:33 PM

As the organizer of one of the successful Jazzer meetings in the US, I'd like to announce that it is likely that there will be a LAN party in mid-december (during most schools' winter break) in Boston, Massachusetts. More details are upcoming. It will not be jazz-exclusive, but there can definitely be a jazzer-only component. I'd be willing to bet that the stunning duo of Ducky and Blacksheep will be able to make it, as they did last year, though I haven't mentioned this to either of them yet so I can't be sure, of course.

So, start looking at your calendars, folks. It's not set in stone yet but I really want to do it. Look for more details soon.

There, quistman. Happy?

Poison IvEE

Nov 1, 2003, 03:01 PM

I live in Burlington Ontario, which is approx 40km west of Toronto, just in case Monolith wants to update his map. :)I 'm approximately the same distance from Niagara Falls Ontario/New York border.

Monolith

Nov 1, 2003, 08:28 PM

I update the map every time I get new information.

In fact I'll post it again, for those people who don't care to go looking back on the first page.
<center>http://jazz.madskills.org/Jazzer_map.png</center>

Shorty

Nov 12, 2003, 03:33 PM

Plan, plan, plan, etc.

Monolith

Nov 12, 2003, 09:51 PM

..I'll be in San Diego next month, if anybody wants to meet there.

Nov 12, 2003, 10:05 PM

Fox and I are going to meet, well, not just meet, we are going to go to the same college!

Besides Noogy, there really isn't anyone else nearby. And he didn't seem intrested when I e-mailed him about me meeting him. He answered every question in the e-mail execpt where I could go and meet him.

If about ten more people lived near denver, I would make some attempt to get everyone together, but since it's just me and Fox, and we are both going to the mines, this is my last post in this thead. Oh, and this is the last sentance in this thread.

`N0

Hare

Nov 12, 2003, 10:55 PM

Ah, friends are cool. *chuckles* I don't have any friends in RL, really. A friend that likes JJ2 would be nice, but to find someone in their 20's that likes a classic cartoony sidescroller that came out on PC enough to hang out and chat about it is not a very likely thing. *chuckles*

By the way, Monolith, you forgot to place me on the map. Pop one in the Eugene, Oregon location, please. :)

There's a place around Salem, Oregon called the Enchanted Forest, and a theme park right next to it called Thrillsville that may be a candidates for a meeting place. I'm not just saying this so I won't have to travel far, but since Oregon is right inbetween Washington and California, it is not without it's merrit.

http://www.enchantedforest.com/

http://www.thrillvilleusa.homestead.com/

*chuckles* I don't think anyone can stay at my place, though. I only live in a 2 room apartment... That, and I don't want anyone deciding that I have some nice stuff that would make a lovely souveneer. ;) Not really. I just think it would be kind of odd.

And sorry, Monolith, traveling isn't something I want to do too much, because it would require me to get someone to take me, as I have no vehicle or liscense. If there is a meeting in a neighboring state, though, I could possibly get a family member to take me.

Oh, and any final decision should be made months in advance, and take place at the most convenient time possible, so everyone has time to get ready & get prepared ahead of time.

Monolith

Nov 13, 2003, 09:23 PM

I have you on the map now Hare. I know what you mean about traveling. I have the same problems.

Tubz

Nov 14, 2003, 03:33 PM

Thanks for your time.

Radium

Nov 14, 2003, 04:18 PM

Tublear, that is a remark I've heard in the last hour.

Oooh, pageclaimzor!

Derby: Flame tag clearance.

Tubz

Nov 14, 2003, 05:11 PM

Trafton

Nov 14, 2003, 09:21 PM

http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/images/macro/pointnotfound.jpg
http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/images/macro/burythisthread.jpg
http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/images/macro/threadsucks.jpg

Thanks for your time.
Apparently you haven't actually read anything more than the post before yours. I suggest you read the first page or so.

~ Traft

Tubz

Nov 16, 2003, 02:23 PM

I'm sorry the stupidity of the first post of this topic, got me to want to bury this thread.

Tubz

Nov 16, 2003, 02:25 PM

Tublear, that is a remark I've heard in the last hour.

Oooh, pageclaimzor!

Derby: Flame tag clearance.

Sheez, you really need to stop flaming people.

Chiyu

Nov 16, 2003, 10:38 PM

GG.

Hare

Nov 17, 2003, 03:05 AM

...Ok... We have flamers in this thread... And they aren't even flaming aobut the subject. Well, thats pointless.

Lets get back to the topic.

VelKa

Nov 17, 2003, 08:01 AM

Hahahaha, I live a couple of hours away from Anaiyu. I think I'll drive over there one of these days and have lunch with her or something. I might also consider getting some money together and <S>drag PiZ and Trafton over here</s> pay for plane tickets/hotel costs/whatever for PiZZa and Trafton. As far as the rest of you, shoo, you're paying for this on your own. ;-P

Get back on topic. (insert happy faces here.) It's kind of sad that hardly anyone else is planning, but hey, let's all instead bow down to Paul, our senior Convention planner.

~morganeverett

Tubz

Nov 17, 2003, 02:27 PM

http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/images/macro/pointnotfound.jpg

Thanks for your time.

Maybe if someone, at least explained the point of this topic, it would make more sense, and I might not have to bury it.

Trafton

Nov 17, 2003, 03:02 PM

Maybe if someone, at least explained the point of this topic, it would make more sense, and I might not have to bury it.
The point of this topic is to organize a meeting of Jazz 2 players in North America. It is clear that it has said intention if you read it.

~ Traft

Radium

Nov 17, 2003, 03:29 PM

Or at least read the title.

Tubz

Nov 17, 2003, 06:21 PM

Ah, I see. This isn't stupid after all. Just the title is stupid, the we dislike terrroists threw me off, even know it was a joke.

VashTheStampede

Nov 19, 2003, 10:56 PM

so when exactly were we planning on doing this?

it didn't seem to take the Europeans this long...

God, Americans are lazy.

Violet CLM

Nov 20, 2003, 12:34 AM

Maybe we just don't care enough about having this convention.

Nov 20, 2003, 08:55 AM

Maybe we live too far apart and there is no 1337 train system that lets us get everywhere for cheap.

Trafton

Nov 20, 2003, 09:53 AM

so when exactly were we planning on doing this?

it didn't seem to take the Europeans this long...

God, Americans are lazy.
The United States is larger than Europe. Most of the people who go to the meetings are Dutch, or from neighboring countries. Even though multiple countries may seem big, it's only about the size of most moderately large U.S. states.

~ Traft

Tubz

Nov 21, 2003, 06:14 PM

The United States is larger than Europe. Most of the people who go to the meetings are Dutch, or from neighboring countries. Even though multiple countries may seem big, it's only about the size of most moderately large U.S. states.

~ Traft

I disagree, I'll explain later.

Monolith

Nov 21, 2003, 08:39 PM

The United States is... about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; about two and a half times the size of Western Europe
- <A href= "http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/Geography">Nationmaster.com</A>

Tik

Nov 22, 2003, 01:06 AM

Are you seriously joking. Please recheck your information, because last time I checked......Europe the continent was huger than United States the country.Yes! This entire time he was joking seriously! Lots of serious joking going on here! Good job.

You could at least actually check before claiming moronic things.

Tubz

Nov 22, 2003, 02:53 PM

Yes! This entire time he was joking seriously! Lots of serious joking going on here! Good job.

You could at least actually check before claiming moronic things.

Here we go, here's my proof that Europe is larger than USA:

Europe (including whatever they own of Russia): As stated here (http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm)
Continent Size:
9,938,000 sq km
3,837,081 sq miles
---------------------------
United States of America )including Hawaii and Alaska, so the 50 states and no territories): As stated here (http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usland.htm)
Land Area
(50 states)
9,158,918 sq km (3,536,278 sq miles)

Ninja

Nov 22, 2003, 03:15 PM

Hahahaha, I live a couple of hours away from Anaiyu. I think I'll drive over there one of these days and have lunch with her or something.

~morganeverett

;-;

I'm jealous.

Coppertop

Nov 24, 2003, 07:23 AM

Radium

Nov 24, 2003, 07:25 AM

Most the Canadians live in Ontario, and that's just across the river from NY.

Coppertop

Nov 24, 2003, 07:31 AM

That's MOST of us.
*checks Mono's map*
BC, Alberta, Manitoba, NS, etc. Besides the fact that the people in North America seem to be more spread out over the continent than the ppl in Europe. Ah, well.

Radium

Nov 24, 2003, 07:35 AM

Besides the fact that the people in North America seem to be more spread out over the continent than the ppl in Europe.
That's because North America is almost four times as large.

Coppertop

Nov 24, 2003, 07:37 AM

That's the point.

Tubz

Nov 26, 2003, 07:13 AM

JJ, you're just talking about the US there. There's a whole different country tacked on top named Canada, and some of us live there ... that adds a lot more land mass to cover. Besides the fact that Traft lives in Alaska, and it would take a lot of work to get to one of these conventions from there.
If I was still in the Yukon we could prolly have a 2-person convention ;D

Please read a couple of posts before that post you quoted me from, CT. Because I was kind of challenged to prove that Europe is larger than America, with the given circumstancecs. And when they said America, they only meant: the USA (including Alaska and Hawaii, no territories). And then that vs. Europe (including whatever they own of Russia), alas I proved it.

Coppertop

Nov 26, 2003, 07:40 AM

*smacks self*
Sorry, JJ, I totally forgot about those.

Tubz

Nov 26, 2003, 03:34 PM

*smacks self*
Sorry, JJ, I totally forgot about those.

No problem. :) ;)

Alister

Nov 28, 2003, 03:19 PM

Maybe we live too far apart and there is no 1337 train system that lets us get everywhere for cheap.

Forget about the landmass argument. This is the most important piece of misinformation.

Cheap? Grumble. ;)

Ryoushi

Nov 29, 2003, 02:37 PM

<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/346.gif' border=0></a>AMAZING! You dropped me out of all of these! Its incredible! Nobody mentions me! I must be invisible! Or maybe...its because I play instead of post here. Wow.
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Hare

Dec 1, 2003, 02:06 AM

Hmm. Though arguing may seem to be the thing to do, it is actually quite counter-productive. The goal isn't getting any closer this way, and this is actually just making things even more complicated than they need to be.

It seems to me that when I'm offended, things only get worse when I loose my cool, and I don't think that the results are getting any better with you guys in the same situation. Furthermore, it is also no help to make quick judgements against people (and then blurt them out). First off, in such a case, you who are making such judgements are basing your assumptions, (in most cases), on an insuficient amount of evidence to support your case (and then in many cases, filling the rest of the gaps in with more assumptions).

I dunno if anyone here is hearing this (and understanding what I'm saying). But what I mean is, "quit bickering".

I was slightly offended by the "Americans are lazy" comment. And I'm sure that there were many who were offended by the comments about Western Europe being small. In both cases, I believe the accusers made uneducated statements. I apologize if I have typed something false.

And finally, traveling can be expensive over here. A round trip from Eugene, Oregon to a neighboring state could cost ... well... the price varries according to distance and the time of year, but it can be around 100 dollars, or it could be around 70 dollars, and stuff like that. Going by plane is rediculously more expensive (more than I care to pay). Then there's the issue of finding a place to stay, and taking into consideration food and a possible admitance fee (if the meeting place is a theme park). And with other expenses, the whole occasion could cost over a couple hundred dollars, and that is just a trip to a neighboring state.

Trafton

Dec 1, 2003, 09:51 AM

AMAZING! You dropped me out of all of these! Its incredible! Nobody mentions me! I must be invisible! Or maybe...its because I play instead of post here. Wow
You were not included because, at the time of the making of this list, you were not actively using the JCF. In addition, I do not have a magical tool that tells me where JJ2 players are from. I have added you as being from Indiana.

~ Traft

Biohazard UOI

Dec 1, 2003, 01:14 PM

My home is in southwestern Michigan, and my university is near Lansing, Michigan, but I would only go to a meeting if it were extremely convienient.
Also, Eugene UOI lives near Detroit, Michigan, as far as I know.

babble
The reason there are so many jazzers in California is because there are so many people in California. It holds about 20% of the nation's population. Michigan holds about 6%, and almost all of the East Coast states are quite densely populated. I know some other jazzers who don't play online that much who live around here, too.
/babble

EDIT: Oops! I just found out that my figures are a little high - CA actually has 12%, and MI has 4%

Radium

Dec 1, 2003, 03:51 PM

I dunno if anyone here is hearing this (and understanding what I'm saying). But what I mean is, "quit bickering".
Have you considered studying law and joining congress? It's amazing how you can change two words into two paragraphs just like that.

Hare

Dec 1, 2003, 06:44 PM

Nah, but I did see that it was looking like some sort of lawyer talk. That is why I translated :P.

Well, I figured I'd explain stuff. If someone just popped in and said "quit bickering", I'm not sure people would listen. But if I kinda painted a picture of what was going on, maybe they'd see why bickering is not the way to go. *shrugs*

Monolith

Dec 1, 2003, 08:34 PM

Map - Added: Ryoushi, Biohazard UOI, Eugene UOI

I wonder how good busses are... All I know is that they exist.

Radium

Dec 2, 2003, 03:30 AM

Greyhound saves the day again!

Trafton

Dec 2, 2003, 09:59 AM

Thanks, Mono.

I know this comment is somewhat late, but I do not actually live in Alaska. I had a joke location of Chicken, Alaska, where I do not actually live but actually does exist, and FQuist thought it was my real location. I actually live in Washington.

By the way, Tublear, that map includes some countries that are not considered European and seems to include more of Russia than really is part of Europe; not that this matters - the meeting was only Belgians and Dutch people, which makes the size definitely smaller than America.

~ Traft

Coppertop

Dec 2, 2003, 01:35 PM

Darnit! Nobody else lives/lived in the North?

Chiyu

Dec 3, 2003, 01:56 AM

Ryoushi

Dec 6, 2003, 11:24 AM

Well, I was actively on, but just lurking. So does that mean I was active or not? Hmmm... I logged on, but I was lurking. *Thinks Hard* I guess since I didn't post I was inactive.
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Coppertop

Dec 12, 2003, 07:45 AM

*sighs* Somehow I don't think this is ever going to happen.

Radium

Dec 12, 2003, 05:05 PM

Someday, when I'm rich and famous, I'll organize a worldwide meeting. Until then, we just need to find a way to get twoscore Americans to agree upon something. Anything. Maybe we should have a seperate democrat and republican meeting. That would help.

@Ryo: Stop hyperlinking smilies.

Ryoushi

Dec 25, 2003, 06:13 PM

@Ryo: Stop hyperlinking smilies.
Sorry. I'll stop.'

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Radium

Dec 25, 2003, 07:02 PM

<target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/1/1_4_32.gif' border=0></a>
That one is kidnda awseome =P.

NOKA

Jan 16, 2004, 11:30 AM

Hey you guys - why you don't care about people from other countries, lots of great people are non U.S. and non Canadian - like Agama (I think he is from Czech rep.)
I can make a small list of people from other countries (they are jezzers too)
Cooba (Poland)
Skulg (Germany)
JSZ (Poland)
Agama (Czech rep?)
$häÐøw XÐ (U.K.)
Dx (Netherlands)
Niek (Netherlands)
$TËÉL ÑW (Netherlands)
Stiletto (Netherlands)
Alberto (Spain?)
Arti (Netherlands)
Blade (Finland ?)
Bunny Elmer (Holland ?)
CraccoBoy (Netherlands)
danyjel (Czech rep. ? - I thought he is from Poland)
Mariek (Finland)
Mysterious Art Team (they are from Poland - Iknow that for sure! :))
Newspaz (Netherlands?)
DISGUISE (United Kingdom ) - wow he is from europe too!!!!
If Disguise is from United Kingdom I think that Mirrow is from United Kingdom too.
Electric Ir (The Netherlands )
Elrick (POLAND - from the same city where I live!)
ET (Australia ) - am I right?
... oh and I am from Poland

Okay that is enough to show you that you will miss lot of jazzers by ignoring other countries than U.s. and Canada.

If I wrote somebody's location wrong I am terribly sorry.

NOKA

Newspaz

Jan 16, 2004, 11:34 AM

Because we already had two meetings in 2003 Noka ;)

The first one was very crowded, the second one a little less. Which gave us the oportunity to talk some more.

Thread: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=9348
Photos http://cybermovie.virtualave.net/meeting25/

Thread: http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=8734
Photos: http://www.beute.plus.com/2003meeting/

NOKA

Jan 16, 2004, 12:00 PM

niek

Jan 18, 2004, 08:03 AM

What is a Jazz2 meeting then.

Tik

Jan 18, 2004, 06:27 PM

What is a Jazz2 meeting then.It's when there is a meeting for Jazz2-related stuff. Suprisingly.

mirrow

Feb 4, 2004, 02:42 PM

LOL you ll never manage a jj2 meeting :p before you make one Wisety and me will have a JJ2 America trip :p

Coppertop

Feb 4, 2004, 02:43 PM

Yep, I think it's never going to happen. Not any time soon, anyway.

Disguise

Feb 6, 2004, 03:45 PM

Bah, it's a pity that me, MIRROWMAN and nimrod didn't get to do that LAN party thing in london, that would've been awesome with our own little mini-meeting in england :D

I've got pics of me and MIRROWMAN's london trip anyway, I'll upload some pics when I find the cable for the digicam :p

TheFastOne

Feb 8, 2004, 05:09 PM

Canadians
4I Falcon (Ontario)
Blackraptor (Ontario)
Coppertop (Ontario)
EvilMike (British Columbia)
Fireball (Ontario)
Ice M A N (Nova Scotia)
Iam Canadian (Alberta)
Kaven (Alberta)
KILLERRABBIT (Ontario)
Link (Alberta)
MidN/Chimaera (Ontario?)
MR MAGOO (Ontario)
Poison IvEE (?)
Spotty (British Columbia)
Teej (Ontario)
Tyf (Quebec)
URJazz (British Columbia)
VeggieMan (Ontario)

Hmm there isn't alot in Quebec, there's only one :( Do one in Montreal too :lol:

$tilettø

Feb 9, 2004, 12:50 AM

isnt that like close to each other?

anyway hows this going? it doesnt look like its going fast... :/

Trafton

Feb 9, 2004, 10:00 AM

Hmm there isn't alot in Quebec, there's only one :( Do one in Montreal too :lol:
Meetings will not be going by providence or state. Those meetings would be quite small. The only regions with enough people would probably be California, Ontario, Washington, and maybe Texas or New Jersey.

And this is, unfortunately, not going anywhere. Perhaps a project leader should be chosen?

~ Traft

The March Hare

Feb 11, 2004, 09:19 AM

Are we actually serious about this?

Not like I'd actually come or anything (too busy), but I'm from the Midwest (USA).

-The March Hare

Teej a.k.a T-Dj

Feb 11, 2004, 09:54 AM

I'd go to one if it was in Ottawa :p

the WINNER

Mar 30, 2004, 05:18 AM

Please, unsticky this anti-active thread. No one is really posting on this and the meeting was over ages ago. There is no real reason keeping this stickied up. There's also already another stickied meeting thread.

Coppertop

Mar 30, 2004, 12:58 PM

I wasn't aware the meeting ever took place.

FQuist

Mar 31, 2004, 01:01 PM

It didn't.

BæÅüMàÑ

Apr 7, 2004, 08:31 PM

Ok, i live in Fresno, California. I also happen to live on a vineyard of about 25 acres or so, and my family owns some river-land ( a tiny bit of a hike to the river), as it were... If we met in Fresno (Tae Middle of California), we could prolly chip in and rent some paintball guns, do some swimming in the river, maybe even some fishing... There's also a decent LAN place where I live that we could go to, since i'm not sure LANing in my house would work so much. The only thing about Fresno though is that the city isn't much :p.

I dunno, i'm just shooting ideas out, since this idea didn't seem to be going anywhere... heh. and I happened to be on...

Shorty

May 15, 2004, 08:27 AM

Skinny dipping with Beau!

BæÅüMàÑ

May 15, 2004, 12:53 PM

see, Shorty has the right idea ;). Gah... these people can't organize events worth crud... almost as bad as me sticking around :)

Ninja

May 15, 2004, 01:01 PM