AX-Meeting date and time: Saturday around 4:30~5:00 P.M

Postby **Debitt** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:32 pm

<_< Dude, do you realize how far K-Town is from the convention center? Would we have the means of transportation to get everyone there? Or the funds? :X

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:41 pm

Debitt wrote:<_< Dude, do you realize how far K-Town is from the convention center? Would we have the means of transportation to get everyone there? Or the funds? :X

It's about an hour and a half drive. If we left around 9-10pmish, I think that would be better off when it comes to LA traffic.

Do I personally think it's worth it? Yes. It depends if others agree or not, especially Nate and Phil.

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:54 pm

It also depends if folks are willing to drive.

Postby **Mr. Rogers** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:03 pm

Get Korean food! 8O

Postby **Cognitive Gear** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:13 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:It's about an hour and a half drive. If we left around 9-10pmish, I think that would be better off when it comes to LA traffic.

Do I personally think it's worth it? Yes. It depends if others agree or not, especially Nate and Phil.

I'd be down if I could get some gas monies....

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:25 pm

ikimasu wrote:I'd be down if I could get some gas monies....

Ask and ye shall receive. I'm sure a good amount of us could probably pitch in.

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:44 pm

Hear, hear! I'll help donate to the cause.

Postby **Debitt** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:26 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:It's about an hour and a half drive. If we left around 9-10pmish, I think that would be better off when it comes to LA traffic.

Do I personally think it's worth it? Yes. It depends if others agree or not, especially Nate and Phil.

^__^;;; Personally I think 1.5 hours is way too long - and LA traffic doesn't sleep until 9PM at LEAST from my experience. The trip could easily turn into 2-2.5 hours, which seems a bit ridiculous to me.

EDIT: Also, I highly advise against a trek through LA if you don't know how to drive there. :X You can wind up in a bad part of town pretty easy.

Postby **Cognitive Gear** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:34 pm

[quote="Debitt"]^__^]

It's actually a 40 minute drive without taking traffic into account. I think the hour and a half is taking bad traffic into account.

I would also like to add that LA never sleeps. It just goes to clubs and hangs out with it's friends. 9PM being the time that most clubs open.

Quick Edit: Also, the traffic in LA can be slightly dangerous for someone who is not accustomed to driving with such crazy people. It would be very easy for someone to get in an accident. If we do decide to go, we need to make sure we have experienced LA drivers at the wheel.

Postby **mechana2015** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:37 pm

I'm not up for this. If I'm going anywhere that late at night (9-10PM)... it'll be home, not into downtown LA. If it was earlier, I'd rather not take a MINIMUM of 4 hours out of the convention to go into the snarl that is west LA traffic, just for food.

Originally posted by Debitt:
EDIT: Also, I highly advise against a trek through LA if you don't know how to drive there. :X You can wind up in a bad part of town pretty easy.

Considering that Compton and South Central are less than 5 minutes from this place, agreed.

Postby **Nightshade X** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:47 pm

Eh, crap... I won't be able to do it, either. Even though I finally have incentive to drive down on Saturday, doing dinner that far out will severely interfere with my plans to attend the Masquerade Ball.

Postby **Cognitive Gear** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:48 pm

mechana2015 wrote:I'm not up for this. If I'm going anywhere that late at night (9-10PM)... it'll be home, not into downtown LA. If it was earlier, I'd rather not take a MINIMUM of 4 hours out of the convention to go into the snarl that is west LA traffic, just for food.

Yeah. I think that if at all this would have to be the day after the con. Even then, a trip that is apparently so close to Compton and South Central is something that we should be very careful about. Especially at night.

Postby **Jasdero** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:49 pm

Restaurant downgrade time? XD;

http://yellowpages.aol.com/restaurants/korean-restaurants/ca/long-beach/

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:49 pm

I say we opt for someplace closer to the center itself. Then, if some of us still want to go to the Korean place, they can.

Or go there during the final half of the con. Weekends are the worst when comes to freeway traffic.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:56 pm

XD I understand if people don't want to go to LA. I just personally would love to eat in K-Town at one point, seeing as I'm in Cali. But if I can't, then oh well.

Edit: By the way, I didn't mean specifically Saturday. I'm fine with any day, really.

Postby **Ingemar** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:59 pm

I am definitely NOT down with driving that long and far away from the ConvCen just to grub on ethnic foods. (You must also remember some of us are of age and enjoy spirited beverages).

Postby **mechana2015** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:05 pm

Ingemar wrote:I am definitely NOT down with driving that long and far away from the ConvCen just to grub on ethnic foods. (You must also remember some of us are of age and enjoy spirited beverages).

Amen to that man... XP. I'd rather eat earlier too, especially since saturday is the big meetup, so we can hang out at dinner together.

Postby **Maledicte** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:07 pm

Just look at the "Food" link on anime-expo.org, there's already plenty of places to eat at the harbor right across the street from the convention center. There's no reason to drive so far just to fill your stomach with food.

If anyone does decide to venture into LA, do so at your own risk. Us natives aren't kidding when it comes to the traffic problem, and if you do happen to get places in record time, good for you, you just happened to be lucky. Even So. Cali natives have been known to get lost in the LA area, particularly downtown. Also, I wouldn't recommend a specialty restaurant, no matter how good the food is, for a large group of people, most of which are new to the area. I know a great Thai place that everyone should eat at, but I'm certainly not recommending that people drive 75+ minutes to get there.

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:14 pm

Better off driving eastward away from the convention center than heading further west, if you ask me.

Postby **Cognitive Gear** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:21 pm

mechana2015 wrote:Amen to that man... XP. I'd rather eat earlier too, especially since saturday is the big meetup, so we can hang out at dinner together.

I second this. There are few things in life that are as great as eating good friends with food.

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:29 pm

iki, are you suggesting cannibalism? :grin:

Newsflash: If we eat anywhere across from the convention center, it's going to be PACKED regardless of the hour. I'd say our chances of having dinner together as a group on Saturday are better if we eat someplace further down the road from the building.

Postby **Fish and Chips** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:39 pm

K. Ayato wrote:iki, are you suggesting cannibalism?

Newsflash: If we eat anywhere across from the convention center, it's going to be PACKED regardless of the hour. I'd say our chances of having dinner together as a group on Saturday are better if we eat someplace further down the road from the building.

Can we eat the Naruto cosplayers first?

Postby **Debitt** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:41 pm

Fish and Chips wrote:Can we eat the Naruto cosplayers first?

I support this petition.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:44 pm

Debitt wrote:I support this petition.

Can we throw FMA into that crowd?

Postby **Nightshade X** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:47 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Can we throw FMA into that crowd?

I hope you realize... you'd have to eat c.t.,girl...

Postby **K. Ayato** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:48 pm

Spare FMA. Go for InuYasha.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:50 pm

Nightshade X wrote:I hope you realize... you'd have to eat c.t.,girl...

OH FUN! CANNIBALISM TOWARDS CAA MEMBERS FTW!

Postby **Nightshade X** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:24 pm

K. Ayato wrote:Spare FMA. Go for InuYasha.

Hey, I wouldn't mind having a little Roast Leg O' Kagome...

Postby **Fish and Chips** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:25 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:Can we throw FMA into that crowd?

Find one good Elric Edward cosplayer to spare, kill off the rest.

There can be only one!

Postby **Debitt** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:34 pm

...all the Ed Elric cosplayers make me cry. WAY TOO MANY. ;~; I pray the same fate does not befall DGM.

AX-Meeting date and time: Saturday around 4:30~5:00 P.M

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