The Zodiac Braves a NJ/NY Crew OMG what is that? it's a tree

ShippoFoxFire · Feb 18, 2009

He has no problem taking me and 3 others there, he drove me back, and was surprised it was 2 min shorter then mapquest said, so it's not too far out of his way

Pierce7d · Feb 18, 2009

Uh, to ZB, my dad had the genius idea of renting a van. It's a lot less expensive than I thought, and should be VERY easy for all of us to afford if we chip in. Here's an example:

http://www.enterprise.com/car_renta...ionId=WebTransaction1&selectedLocationId=244T

I like the look of this one:

http://www.enterprise.com/car_rental/carDetails.do?transactionId=WebTransaction1&selectedCar=MVAR

It's pretty easy for us to all chip in $10. It's way more convenient than train. I don't know if it's more expensive. It wouldn't be hard to do this on JUST the days we need to get to Princeton/some place far. I very much like the idea of doing this for Airman.

BleachigoZX · Feb 18, 2009

Hold on about me giving out rides. My father and I haven't been doing well and he still dissaproves me going to tourneys so just hold out on that statement.

As for paying for a van that sounds good.
But first I have to figure how to get money. I was thinking of challenging people in my school, but no one here plays smash......

Pierce7d · Feb 18, 2009

BleachigoZX said:
Hold on about me giving out rides. My father and I haven't been doing well and he still dissaproves me going to tourneys so just hold out on that statement.

That's what I thought, which is why I've been trying to find alternative ways to get to places that are independent.

BleachigoZX · Feb 18, 2009

I haven't played brawl since the smashfest, so I believe I suck now......Thursday everyone is going to Dan's place right?

You guys are soooo lucky you do not have school.........

★J.G WentWorth★ · Feb 18, 2009

lol I'm off school all week.

Concerning your rides, You still have a lot of time to prepare for the S.W.R Event. I really hope your all at Airman.

ShippoFoxFire · Feb 18, 2009

BleachigoZX said:
I haven't played brawl since the smashfest, so I believe I suck now......Thursday everyone is going to Dan's place right?

You guys are soooo lucky you do not have school.........

When do you guys END school?

BleachigoZX · Feb 18, 2009

Uhhh...........3:07

bschung · Feb 18, 2009

Wow good thinking..... dan those two links just take me to the enterprise website so if you were looking at something specific, i dunno what it is. anyway

So going to princeton, the train costs $11.75 one-way ($20 round-trip during off-peak hours)

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Minivan for 1 day = $59.56 (this is from the Enterprise website...)
New Jersey Turnpike Tolls (round-trip) = ~$10
Gas = ~$15? that's a guess, depends on the mpg of the car... it's 56 miles one-way though

Adding all that and dividing by SEVEN makes it $12.08 per person, which is actually substantially cheaper than taking the train, provided that there are enough of us in the car. Also unless i am mistaken the minivans they offer have one more seat than my minivan had, so we could potentially be dividing by eight.

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We need someone above the age of 25 to actually make the rental or else we have to add an "under 25 surcharge" of $20 to the total.

Also i'm not yet sure whether or not we can get the 1-day rate because we'd be returning the car after midnight/the next morning. We'd want to make sure the branch we rent from has after-hours dropoff or whatever. i'll try to look into that

PenUmbra · Feb 18, 2009

you guys too good.

DK is mad fun to play with.

Edit: Airman is going to be too good.

Inui · Feb 18, 2009

I really hope you guys get to places.

Use the money to fix Brian's van!

Kimchi · Feb 18, 2009

Gotta love the Zodiac Braves.

★J.G WentWorth★ · Feb 19, 2009

<3 the Zodiac Braves.

Rykoshet · Feb 19, 2009

Still only 23 myself.

Pierce7d · Feb 19, 2009

I'll talk to my dad some more about it tomorrow. Also, for anyone that was planning on coming over tomorrow and already asked, the answer is yes. For anyone who isn't crew and didn't ask. Call me or PM me.

BleachigoZX · Feb 19, 2009

Unfortunately I can't tell if by tomorrow you mean Friday, to Thursday......

*look at time to see what I mean, I can't tell if you can't tell how late it is...*

Kimchi · Feb 19, 2009

He meant today :o.

ShippoFoxFire · Feb 19, 2009

BleachigoZX said:
Uhhh...........3:07

That is some random *** time to end o.O

I mean I thought our's was stupid(2:55)

BleachigoZX · Feb 19, 2009

ilovekimchixD said:
He meant today :o.

Your coming over?

Imma be there a little after 3 since school is ghey!!

BleachigoZX · Feb 19, 2009

ignore this post.

Kimchi · Feb 19, 2009

Great games ZB. Was a real pleasure to meet all you guys.

PenUmbra · Feb 20, 2009

Likewise.

You should see if you can convince your parents to be a little more lenient.

Pierce7d · Feb 20, 2009

Yesterday was too fun. Kimchi, it was good to have you. Keep in touch, and keep your skills sharp. Ryko, just throw up as many videos as you see fit. If you don't know the opponent, or if the opponent isn't a crewmate, just leave it anonymous.

Oh, btw, If you actually put up 100 videos over like the next 2 weeks or so, I'll pay you $10

BleachigoZX · Feb 20, 2009

Regarding my brothers status in the crew(?)

Can my brother be like I honerary member or something because recently I fell like I've been disrespecting his effort in brawl. He play and tries just as hard as me, and is just as good, and never gets to play and attend events simply because he is currently not in any crew.
So I ask if he can be a honarary member or something, so that he can play much more with the community and not put his efforts to waste. And we increase the chances of bringing the TV over

But seriously please consider allowing him to play with us every now and then, I feel he has a lot of potential considering how young he is and how much effort he puts into the game/i make him good.

Kimchi · Feb 20, 2009

You, too Pierce. Thanks a lot for all those tips and advice that you gave me while we were playing. You are definitely the best Marth I have played. Ryko, thanks a lot for inviting me.

Pierce7d · Feb 20, 2009

BleachigoZX said:
Can my brother be like I honerary member or something because recently I fell like I've been disrespecting his effort in brawl. He play and tries just as hard as me, and is just as good, and never gets to play and attend events simply because he is currently not in any crew.
So I ask if he can be a honarary member or something, so that he can play much more with the community and not put his efforts to waste. And we increase the chances of bringing the TV over

But seriously please consider allowing him to play with us every now and then, I feel he has a lot of potential considering how young he is and how much effort he puts into the game/i make him good.

I'll have to think about this pretty hard. Originally, I planned on inviting you AND your brother to the crew much sooner. iKon can be a fun enough person if you put his blaring foolishness aside, but it's his stupidly unfounded arrogance which is why I really detest the idea of letting him in the crew.

All crew meets are at my house, and it's not like we have infinite space. Furthermore, during crew meets, the crew is supposed to practice and improve, which means dedicating resources to outsiders is not really an appealing concept. It's true that every once in a while we make an exception to this rule. Once we had Blackwaltz, once Ninjalink and Yes!, once Kimchi. There are days that I play that are NOT crew meets. On these days, anyone is welcome. During crew meets, the entire crew is expected to attend, which includes the NY Branch of our crew (<3 Ryko and R00kie). I don't like increasing the number of people here past that, because it means more people are waiting to play, and it takes away from the time we get to practice, and NY players spent their money to come here and practice with their crew.

If iKon wasn't so blindingly arrogant, on top of pretty ignorant about some things, he'd already be in the crew. That being said, with our current financial and van-less status, I really don't think more additions to the crew are advisable.

You should know, the reasons I don't hold general Smashfests as often as I used to, is because stuff goes missing. When Brawl first came out, I invited a few trash talkers over to my house, and few of my friends to come over. Somehow, this became known as a public event, and in my small living room we held a 34 man tournament. My dad was cool with this, and my mom just goes along with what my dad says. However, my father's personal Wii Remote was stolen, and we both realized that it was our own fault for being so foolishly trusting. It's a shame, because my dad bought Pizza and Soda for everyone too out of his own pocket. Also, I'm not even sure exactly when, but after one smashfest, my primary memory card for the gamecube went missing. I don't know why anyone would steal a gamecube memory card, they aren't expensive. However, I had the save data on that for my Paper Mario, where I was over level 50 (I was pretty hooked on that game). I also had my PSO data with over 600 hours of gameplay. I was getting over the Wii Remote, and I'm normally a really friendly guy, and like to give people chances, but now I can't even play PSO anymore, and the data for thousands of hours of my life was stolen. Because of this, I have less smashfests, and therefore there are less opportunities for people outside of the crew. This might not be iKon's fault, but this is what happens when people steal from those who are generous.

My father trusts the crew, because they are here frequently, and they are like family to me now. With the exception of you, we've all travel to a different state together and spent the weekend away, enjoying an unforgettable event with each other (no homo). We are very tight knit. The entire 'honorary member' thing seems kind of silly to me. I consider BlackWaltz, Doom, Inui, Atomsk, Yes!, DmBrandon, Teh_Spamerer and Eazy all very good friends, and would jump to their aid in a heartbeat if they needed something outside of the game that I could help them with. However, I don't make them honorary members of the crew. To achieve that status, you'd need to be close with the entire crew. Honorary member of the crew can't just be "Friends with one person in the crew" or we'd have a lot of honorary members. If you are friends with the entire crew on a personal level, you'll probably be accepted into the crew. Honorary members is kinda silly. The only exception would be if someone was in another crew, but we as a crew felt so attached to this person, we decided to make them an honorary member of our crew. So far, that's been a completely unnecessary title, and I don't see a reason to invent it.

If iKon is seriously interested in getting better, I'll start calling him and asking him if he wants to practice. But no, he's not going to start getting invited to crew meets. He missed his chance by shooting off so much at the mouth, and acting like an arrogant fool when he's really not that good. The crew decides as a group whether or not to let someone in. If even a single person in the crew disagreed with letting someone else in, we wouldn't let them in, as it would cause an issue within the crew, which we try very hard to avoid. Me and R00kie have halfway had one argument ONCE, and R00kie is still close to me like a brother, as is Ryko, and Brian. R00kie and I talk about just about everything on a personal basis, and I expect to keep in touch with him for the rest of my life (hopefully, the same will be true for the rest of you, but speaking of merely past communications, R00kie meets this the best, not counting Munk and Umbra). Brain has shown the crew unforgettable and overwhelming generousity, and also helped me out in a time of need when my older sister was ill by offering her a ride to the hospital. Ryko has never hesitated to lend his assistance on a technical standpoint, and is very useful for always voicing his brilliant opinions in a respectful manner. I've known RJ personally for YEARS, and this is the example of a man who has done something for me. Munk has been my best friend since I was 10. I'll be 18 in March. Umbra is my blood brother, and we share a room. You are still new to the crew and young but there are high expectations for you. I'm not expecting you to be like everyone else. You are younger, and will probably be more like a little brother to me, but you will be allowed to bring your own special aspect into the crew.

I like iKon, but neither I, nor the rest of the crew, seek any such relationship with him at the moment, and therefore he will not be allowed to attend crew meets. This is the same reason Shippo isn't allowed at crew meets or in the crew, despite being a close friend of mine. He simple doesn't choose his words wisely, and annoys people, so many times it is not enjoyable to have him around. Additionally, he still has not expanded his skill to become a competitively viable opponent that you can develop your skill by fighting against. Even when trying to get into a smash crew, having the proper social skills to make people want to associate with you is important, as when trying to join ANY group in life. iKon's arrogance causes this to weigh against him.

Sorry for getting way off-topic with the answer there, but as the newest member of this crew, I felt knowing some of this would benefit you.

Kimchi · Feb 20, 2009

Pierce7d said:
I'll have to think about this pretty hard. Originally, I planned on inviting you AND your brother to the crew much sooner. iKon can be a fun enough person if you put his blaring foolishness aside, but it's his stupidly unfounded arrogance which is why I really detest the idea of letting him in the crew.

All crew meets are at my house, and it's not like we have infinite space. Furthermore, during crew meets, the crew is supposed to practice and improve, which means dedicating resources to outsiders is not really an appealing concept. It's true that every once in a while we make an exception to this rule. Once we had Blackwaltz, once Ninjalink and Yes!, once Kimchi. There are days that I play that are NOT crew meets. On these days, anyone is welcome. During crew meets, the entire crew is expected to attend, which includes the NY Branch of our crew (<3 Ryko and R00kie). I don't like increasing the number of people here past that, because it means more people are waiting to play, and it takes away from the time we get to practice, and NY players spent their money to come here and practice with their crew.

If iKon wasn't so blindingly arrogant, on top of pretty ignorant about some things, he'd already be in the crew. That being said, with our current financial and van-less status, I really don't think more additions to the crew are advisable.

You should know, the reasons I don't hold general Smashfests as often as I used to, is because stuff goes missing. When Brawl first came out, I invited a few trash talkers over to my house, and few of my friends to come over. Somehow, this became known as a public event, and in my small living room we held a 34 man tournament. My dad was cool with this, and my mom just goes along with what my dad says. However, my father's personal Wii Remote was stolen, and we both realized that it was our own fault for being so foolishly trusting. It's a shame, because my dad bought Pizza and Soda for everyone too out of his own pocket. Also, I'm not even sure exactly when, but after one smashfest, my primary memory card for the gamecube went missing. I don't know why anyone would steal a gamecube memory card, they aren't expensive. However, I had the save data on that for my Paper Mario, where I was over level 50 (I was pretty hooked on that game). I also had my PSO data with over 600 hours of gameplay. I was getting over the Wii Remote, and I'm normally a really friendly guy, and like to give people chances, but now I can't even play PSO anymore, and the data for thousands of hours of my life was stolen. Because of this, I have less smashfests, and therefore there are less opportunities for people outside of the crew. This might not be iKon's fault, but this is what happens when people steal from those who are generous.

My father trusts the crew, because they are here frequently, and they are like family to me now. With the exception of you, we've all travel to a different state together and spent the weekend away, enjoying an unforgettable event with each other (no homo). We are very tight knit. The entire 'honorary member' thing seems kind of silly to me. I consider BlackWaltz, Doom, Inui, Atomsk, Yes!, DmBrandon, Teh_Spamerer and Eazy all very good friends, and would jump to their aid in a heartbeat if they needed something outside of the game that I could help them with. However, I don't make them honorary members of the crew. To achieve that status, you'd need to be close with the entire crew. Honorary member of the crew can't just be "Friends with one person in the crew" or we'd have a lot of honorary members. If you are friends with the entire crew on a personal level, you'll probably be accepted into the crew. Honorary members is kinda silly. The only exception would be if someone was in another crew, but we as a crew felt so attached to this person, we decided to make them an honorary member of our crew. So far, that's been a completely unnecessary title, and I don't see a reason to invent it.

If iKon is seriously interested in getting better, I'll start calling him and asking him if he wants to practice. But no, he's not going to start getting invited to crew meets. He missed his chance by shooting off so much at the mouth, and acting like an arrogant fool when he's really not that good. The crew decides as a group whether or not to let someone in. If even a single person in the crew disagreed with letting someone else in, we wouldn't let them in, as it would cause an issue within the crew, which we try very hard to avoid. Me and R00kie have halfway had one argument ONCE, and R00kie is still close to me like a brother, as is Ryko, and Brian. R00kie and I talk about just about everything on a personal basis, and I expect to keep in touch with him for the rest of my life (hopefully, the same will be true for the rest of you, but speaking of merely past communications, R00kie meets this the best, not counting Munk and Umbra). Brain has shown the crew unforgettable and overwhelming generousity, and also helped me out in a time of need when my older sister was ill by offering her a ride to the hospital. Ryko has never hesitated to lend his assistance on a technical standpoint, and is very useful for always voicing his brilliant opinions in a respectful manner. I've known RJ personally for YEARS, and this is the example of a man who has done something for me. Munk has been my best friend since I was 10. I'll be 18 in March. Umbra is my blood brother, and we share a room. You are still new to the crew and young but there are high expectations for you. I'm not expecting you to be like everyone else. You are younger, and will probably be more like a little brother to me, but you will be allowed to bring your own special aspect into the crew.

I like iKon, but neither I, nor the rest of the crew, seek any such relationship with him at the moment, and therefore he will not be allowed to attend crew meets. This is the same reason Shippo isn't allowed at crew meets or in the crew, despite being a close friend of mine. He simple doesn't choose his words wisely, and annoys people, so many times it is not enjoyable to have him around. Additionally, he still has not expanded his skill to become a competitively viable opponent that you can develop your skill by fighting against. Even when trying to get into a smash crew, having the proper social skills to make people want to associate with you is important, as when trying to join ANY group in life. iKon's arrogance causes this to weigh against him.

Sorry for getting way off-topic with the answer there, but as the newest member of this crew, I felt knowing some of this would benefit you.

Which is why I shouldn't be allowed to go to any of ZB's future crew meets after I was so rude in asking you for your address ._..

Taiki · Feb 20, 2009

Changed the thread title if anyone has any better ideas feel free to voice them. kimchi despite not actually playing you I overheard good things, keep up the good work. Ryko are we actually making a ZB youtube channel?

To reiterate what Pierce so excellently states: Bleachigo, the TL;DR version of Pierce's post is the title of honorary member is kinda pointless, if iKon stops acting arrogant despite his ignorance he might have a better standing with a crew has a whole, and therefore might get invited to more stuff.

In addition I finally got my pandora's battery back so R00kie i can hack your PSP and blackwaltz, if you read this, I have hack your psp too.

PenUmbra · Feb 21, 2009

ilovekimchixD said:
Which is why I shouldn't be allowed to go to any of ZB's future crew meets after I was so rude in asking you for your address ._..

Without the address, you wouldn't have been involved in anything. Don't be so pessimistic and bear down on yourself. Asking a question, unless you're told not to or you already know the information, is something I rarely think you will be admonished or ridiculed for. It isn't a bad thing.

@Bleachigo

In regards to ikon, I don't dislike him, in any form or fashion. I only think that he is immature(which he is) and will eventually grow and mature and think and act differently. Maturity, I'm sure many will agree, is important. I have faith in him, to be able to grow into more of a man. Time will certainly pass, and he will hopefully age into a more desired member of the smash community.

BleachigoZX · Feb 21, 2009

Alright I understand.

Inui · Feb 21, 2009

Pierce7d said:
iKon can be a fun enough person if you put his blaring foolishness aside, but it's his stupidly unfounded arrogance which is why I really detest the idea of letting him in the crew.

If iKon wasn't so blindingly arrogant, on top of pretty ignorant about some things, he'd already be in the crew.

He missed his chance by shooting off so much at the mouth, and acting like an arrogant fool when he's really not that good.

I like iKon, but neither I, nor the rest of the crew, seek any such relationship with him at the moment, and therefore he will not be allowed to attend crew meets.

Even when trying to get into a smash crew, having the proper social skills to make people want to associate with you is important, as when trying to join ANY group in life. iKon's arrogance causes this to weigh against him.

Get *****, lol.

You forgot to mention that his Meta Knight lost to Atomsk's Ganondorf in tourny and that his only redeeming quality is that he is gorgeous.

He's sooooo ******** and arrogant-based-on-nothing, though.

_Yes!_ · Feb 21, 2009

ikon beat me in surrious friendlies guys...nevermind that i beat his snake with captain falcon :3

BleachigoZX · Feb 21, 2009

Did you use the legendary "B" Attack?

Taiki · Feb 21, 2009

So Pierce based on my performance today what do i do better, worse, what horrible ideas have i stuck myself too, etc. Also If 4fit and Wind reapplied themselves to Brawl do you think they would be crew worthy once again?

Pierce7d · Feb 23, 2009

Taiki said:
So Pierce based on my performance today what do i do better, worse, what horrible ideas have i stuck myself too, etc. Also If 4fit and Wind reapplied themselves to Brawl do you think they would be crew worthy once again?

Uh, if it were up to me, and they showed themselves truly interested, and started actively playing and striving to improve, they'd get my stamp, but they need to prove themselves to the entire crew.

Also, don't ask me questions about your performance later. Ask me immediately. I can't remember now, rofl

Also, R00kie vs Pierce is EPIC!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, Fox vs Marth in Brawl is ALMOST as good as it is in Melee, no lie.

ShippoFoxFire · Feb 23, 2009

Pierce7d said:
This is the same reason Shippo isn't allowed at crew meets or in the crew, despite being a close friend of mine. He simple doesn't choose his words wisely, and annoys people, so many times it is not enjoyable to have him around. Additionally, he still has not expanded his skill to become a competitively viable opponent that you can develop your skill by fighting against.

1. LOL at the truth
2. Harsh but true ._.
3. I'm trying to get better.
4. I've more recently chose better words to use, I just fumble upon myself mid sentence and end up looking like a fool. Also gotta think before I talk...*writes note to self*
5. There is no number 5
6. I'll be able to practice more Pierce, as Fencing has now been terminated from my schedule.

But anyway, good luck to all of you guys for Airman and Viridian City!

teh_spamerer · Feb 23, 2009

Pierce7d said:
Also, R00kie vs Pierce is EPIC!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, Fox vs Marth in Brawl is ALMOST as good as it is in Melee, no lie.

lawl

Just no

_Yes!_ · Feb 23, 2009

teh_spamerer said:
lawl

Just no

pichu sucks.

and no, i'm not mm'ing you.

PenUmbra · Feb 23, 2009

ShippoFoxFire said:
1. LOL at the truth
2. Harsh but true ._.
3. I'm trying to get better.
4. I've more recently chose better words to use, I just fumble upon myself mid sentence and end up looking like a fool. Also gotta think before I talk...*writes note to self*
5. ...
6. profit
But anyway, good luck to all of you guys for Airman and Viridian City!

C wut I did thar?

Ryan-K · Feb 23, 2009

teh_spamerer said:
lawl

Just no

i have to agree with this lmfaooo at that

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