Dates Held
August 1st-August 7th, 2006
Seattle, Washington

Hotel
Ramada Inn Downtown
2250 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 441-9785

Housing Costs
Hotel rooms will probably be, at most, $130/night -- I may be able to get this reduced slightly, though. Most rooms will have four people. Those desiring fewer roommates will need to make separate accomidations. If someone cannot absolutely afford this cost but can make transportation, contact me and I may be able to set something up for you. This comes out to about $33 per person per night. This is to be paid to Trafton, who will in turn charge the rooms to credit card because he is just that nice.

Transportation is free, as Puget Sound Transit provides free downtown-area shuttles.

Food Costs
Seattle offers a myriad of food choices, from ethnic hole-in-the-walls to McDonald's. Food ranges from cheap to very pricy, as in any big city. Breakfast will not be provided by the hotel, but there are obviously plenty of Starbucks around -- this is the Pacific Northwest, after all.

Pike Place Market is the best place to find food -- but it closes fairly early, so be sure to consider that. Like Toronto, Seattle's nightlife food tends to be on the expensive side, although it does exist.

Amusement Costs
Activities are currently in their finalisation stage. We may have groups splitting off to do things according to their desires. Some things may just consist of walking around, hanging out at the hotel, or going on the bus to other neighbourhoods. Bring bus fare, and as much spending cash as you'd expect to use for this kind of thing.

Currently Scheduled to Appear
Black Ninja
Bobby aka Dizzy
Cobra
Elliot/"Me"
EvilMike
FireClaw
Gabu
iCeD
Kaz
Link
Monolith
Spanky (?)
Spotty
Tachyon
Trafton
VelKasha
Violet

Schedule (tentative)
August 1st - Arrivals
August 2nd - Arrivals (morning), wandering around downtown
August 3rd - University District
August 4th - International District
August 5th - Internet coffee gaming
August 6th - Fremont
August 7th - Departures; invasion by harrowing, kafkaesque bat creatures (event may be canceled pending availablity of bat creatures)

It's not that I don't have events scheduled, by the way, but rather that I don't have specific days for them yet.

What should I bring?
If you have any gaming devices, especially Nintendo DS, to bring, do so. There's always relaxing time in the evenings, and this would be a good time for some DS match-ups.

Discussion
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