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NorCal Pound 4 Hotel Rooms

pockyD

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Current Price: $47 / Person (Total for 4 nights)

Number of people: 17

Peter's in charge of my room now... so the rules only apply if he wants them to. Play kirby to your heart's content. He'll be contacting everyone to get their arrival info since he's responsible like that

The rooms are going to be at the Courtyard Frederick.

Room 1 - pockyD's room (650) 918-9143
There will be 2 Queen beds and one rollaway.

Room 2 - Tafokints's room (408) 315-2752
There will be 1 King bed, one couch, and one rollaway.

There will be some number of free breakfast buffets.
There will be free internet.
There will not be a provided smash-ready TV. I'll work with plank to see what I can get.

People can choose rooms when we get there and even change nightly if you want. When you first arrive on Friday, give one of us a call. I'll be getting in Thursday night, although I'm not sure when I'll actually be arriving at the hotel on Friday. Tafokints will be getting in at 7 PM on Friday.

The cost is ~800 total.

The way we will determine the final cost...

Let N be the number of people in both rooms combined

The cost per person will be floor(800 / N) - that is to say, divided equally among everyone in both rooms, then rounded down.

I will keep the current actual number at the top of this post in big bright text

Rules and Stuff

1) If you decide you want in on it, you're committed. If you find somewhere else to stay, you are still putting in for your share of the room unless you find someone to take your place, so don't call a spot unless you're sure you want it.

2) I have the hotel booked for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights. If you aren't staying all those nights, say so in advance or else rule 1 will be applied and I will charge you.

3) I'm accountable for the room, so I'm going to ask that we keep it relatively quiet, ESPECIALLY if we are going to pack more than 6 people in there. Since mad smashers are going to be at the hotel, there will be plenty of other rooms for partying. There will be no 'real' drugs and only civilized drinking, if any at all. I don't want a bunch of random dudes in there if we already have 8-10 people staying in there.

4) I've been told the TVs are LCD screens, so oh well. I'm going to try to get plank to let us borrow a venue TV or two for the nights, but no promises

5) There will be no "calling" of the beds; the first people to go to sleep get the beds. It's stupid for someone to call a bed, then go out and come back at 4 am while other people are stuck sleeping on the floor in a room with the empty bed. The room is first and foremost going to be for sleeping.

6) Everyone going to breakfast is going to split the cost if we don't have enough "free" breakfasts for everyone. That is to say, if we get 6 free breakfasts and 7 people want to go, all 7 will put in money for the last person's breakfast.

7) Everybody must shower at least once every two days you're in there. I'm personally going to shower every day even if i have to get up at 6 am or whatever, but I know it's unreasonable to expect everyone to wait in line with 10 other people to hop in the shower. On the other hand, nobody wants to be crammed in a room with people who smell terrible, so have some ****ing respect.

8) Bring sleeping bags unless you're committed to sleeping early enough to get the bed every night (and willing to forgo blankets if you aren't so fortunate to claim it in time).

9) Bring pillows and towels if you feel you need them. Obviously the hotel will be providing quite a few, but I don't want to request extras if we are beyond capacity in the room. I'm not looking for trouble, and bringing a towel from home is some simple **** that we can do to avoid drawing any attention

10) Prepare to dress warm; I'm not certain of how good the heat is going to be or anything... but you're going to want warm clothes for being outside on the EC anyway.

11) Don't assume I'm handling your transportation for you.

12) This is not limited to NorCal. It is, however, limited to people who don't suck ***. I reserve the right to turn you away, although there is literally nobody in the front of my mind that I would deny that I can think of (from the WC anyway). If anybody has an issue with someone else, I will side with the person I like the most and boot the other guy. I won't tell the other guy who had the problem with them. Sucks for you.

13) Kirby is banned, at least in my room

The List

I'm starting the list now. Anyone who already posted asking for a spot should do it again, since there's no way I can know if you've found housing in the meantime or that these rules are acceptable to you. I'm not going to cap this list and instead just keep it as a list of people that need housing... if the count exceeds what I feel comfortable with (something like 20-25), I will try and get someone to get a third room.

There is no semblance of priority; it's assumed that all rooms will be equals, so anyone can stay with who they like, etc. People in both rooms will share the cost of both rooms

I'm just going to keep names in alphabetical order to reinforce that

alan
bluefoxxt
boback
eddy mexico
falcomist
germ
havok
homemadewaffles
lovage
oats
phil
replicate
shroomed
silentspectre
superrad
tafokints
zoap
 

Zoap

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****it pocky deez reserve me, phil, brandon, boback and german up in that ****.


please that is.
 

Lovage

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i'm debating in my head if i want to sign up for a hotel room or just wander around drunk and find a random place to sleep all 3 days

hopefully not in a parking lot outside of lowe's like some people did at genesis

nah, sign me up pocky
 

Lovage

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i realized the thread said NORCAL only

sign me up anyways, not enuff people from socal are going
 

pockyD

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i realized the thread said NORCAL only

sign me up anyways, not enuff people from socal are going
13) This is not limited to NorCal. It is, however, limited to people who don't suck ***. I reserve the right to turn you away, although there is literally nobody in the front of my mind that I would deny that I can think of (from the WC anyway).
the question is

do you suck ***





anyway this makes 12; is anyone willing to book a second room?
 

TaFoKiNtS

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i'm down to do another room for fri-mon (8people roughly), but I would like people to pay me upfront before they get access to the room.
 

Adam M!

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hahahaha get ***** i get five star housing with plank (and euros) and LOTS OF BUTT SECKS
 

Adam M!

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will YOU get to play nihonjin and armada?

NO *****

ME AND TOFU (who i still don't think is coming)

WILL PLAY THEM ALL DAY
 

pockyD

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plank offered, i declined because i have 4 people in tow with me

also i'm not sure they'd be interested in 3stocking me repeatedly anyway
 

Adam M!

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you sell yourself short, you could be ranked-type good by the time pound rolls around

i saw you choking v joe though, that'll be the hardest part to fix :(
 

pockyD

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i wasn't going all out vs joe because i was disappointed to be playing norcal in the 1st round

i don't really think it mattered though because he's perfectly capable of 2-3stocking me even when i try so oh well; i've only ever taken games off when he ****s up and i get multiple cheapie gimps

and how do you fix choking when you never play high-intensity matches? =\

i need more players around my skill level; there's no one i really want to money match or anything that i feel like i can learn from (pressure situation-wise anyway; if i MM someone way better than me and I have no chance of winning, I don't feel the pressure)
 

Adam M!

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hahaha, why do you think i'm doing so many big mms? pretty sure i'm mostly over it, but there's always that deer-in-the-headlights moment you must get over.

but that doesn't have to be your ONLY teacher. it should be your LAST teacher imo. if you're playing the game properly, you really don't have time to choke. the only time you choke (imo) is when you're not thinking (focusing). focus on what you should be doing or how you have to play safe or what have you and your thoughts never stray, and instead you turn the adrenaline into a positive. (props to da hugo)

the other thing is, the better you get, the less you are prone to choke. not because your skill level has, in a vacuum, increased, but because you learn the only way to win is to play a certain unforgiving way. so whenever you step out of line, you know why, and you go back to playing that same stoic way.

also, meditating / working out / just being healthy helps a lot lot lot.
 

DJMirror

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i wasn't going all out vs joe because i was disappointed to be playing norcal in the 1st round

i don't really think it mattered though because he's perfectly capable of 2-3stocking me even when i try so oh well; i've only ever taken games off when he ****s up and i get multiple cheapie gimps

and how do you fix choking when you never play high-intensity matches? =\

i need more players around my skill level; there's no one i really want to money match or anything that i feel like i can learn from (pressure situation-wise anyway; if i MM someone way better than me and I have no chance of winning, I don't feel the pressure)
OH OH PockyD! we gotta mm the next time we play! I want to reach to your level! >___< I"m not good but I want to get good so so I'm going to work extra hard to get good!
 

TaFoKiNtS

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I'm down to book a 2nd room from friday-monday. Ideally i want 8ish people in my room, and people have to pay upfront.

IF i garner enough interest, i will book it asap
 

Cheeri-Oats

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This is a little early, but I want to get this set-up right now.

Havok, Eddy Mexico, and myself are all going to Pound 4 and we're staying from Friday the 15th all the way up until Tuesday. We'd really like to secure housing with people that live in the area or a group hotel room with people we know for the trip.

I know it's tough to get people to help us with housing, but I just wanted to ask of a favor of the Smash Community since I've done a great deal of favors for anyone I can.

- Smash Genesis Bus Trip
- Shuttle Rides at Genesis for Anyone When I Really Wasn't Supposed To
- Carne Asada Fries for anyone that visits San Diego

Havok has done a great deal for the community as well. Along with hosting tournaments and providing housing for people from all over the world (Australia, Canada, Europe, and East Coast).

Eddy Mexico is Eddy Mexico and if you want Melee practice, he's great to be around.

Please help us out, as we want to make this an affordable and fun trip. Private Message me if you can help or have any details.

Thanks

- Oats.
 

pockyD

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you can stay with us if you want

rule 1 applies though; if you say you're in, you're in and you'll be committed $$$-wise

since it looks like that was just a cut-paste, i'd like to get real confirmation from you before i add you to the list

for the record, it looks like tafokints is going to book a second room and then we'll split the total cost, that means ~$800 split like 16 ways or so ($50 per person for 4 nights, a pretty good price IMO, maybe cheaper if more people get in on it)
 

Cheeri-Oats

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I don't mean for this to sound flakey and mean to you guys, but I just want to wait and see first if someone could actually provide us with housing before I confirm and possibly bail out on your plan. I know how much it sucks when people do that, and I just want to be honest and not leave any hard feelings.
 

TaFoKiNtS

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i'll be booking it prob 21-22. Can you send me the details pocky? (low floor, high floor) That stuff, so that it can be as close to your room as possible

my email is
DanielLee912@gmail.com

Thanks
 

pockyD

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$33 total if we have 12 in one room
it'd be $50 if there's 8 per room

[total as in for all four nights]
for the record, it looks like tafokints is going to book a second room and then we'll split the total cost, that means ~$800 split like 16 ways or so ($50 per person for 4 nights, a pretty good price IMO, maybe cheaper if more people get in on it)
i'm not going to alter the first post until he actually books the room
 

pockyD

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i'm also clarifying that it won't be "room 1 is split 8 ways, room 2 is split 9 ways" or anything like that

it would be both rooms combined are split 17 ways because that's just way less stupid concerning people crowding into one room to save money, people leaving that room because they don't want to be crowded, cycle starting again, etc

it's probably going to be 800 divided N ways, rounded down

edit:

the short version: it will most likely be somewhere from 30-60 total for all 4 nights

and don't forget to bring money for local transportation
 

pockyD

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updated the first post

i'll keep track of how much it's costing at the top of the post so people can follow

no worries; it won't go up at all, only down
 
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