Virginia Meet 2017 - NEW TOPIC - CHOOSE YOUR WEEK

[Jimbo]

Welp, due to a bit of a discrepancy in my reading skills and a fairly big trip the Weathertons are taking in July, we must now choose what week works between the following:

Monday, June 19 - Saturday, June 24th

OR

Monday, August 7th - Saturday, August 12th

Please list your preferred week. We lose Burbank/Abney in June, and Ngamer for the week of August. As seen in the following screenshot, I'm not completely retarded for thinking July 31-Aug 5 would work 

[NathanStinson]

Count me as a vote for either. Right now, I don't foresee either as losing me

[kyleb30]

way to go shitbag

Either is fine for me, but if I had to choose I'd pick the August date.

[wishiwasfamous]

Gonna chat with the wife but with a new baby due in late March and a new job/moving I might not be able to make it/make it for the whole trip :/

[Ngamer]

Bringing back this post from the last topic as it was pretty great.  I BELIEVE the below should mostly be still accurate if we go with the August 7th start date.

Rough idea of what top Karters would like to join us this year:
http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1473006606

#1 Matthias - very interested, if other top players come
#2 Dan Burbank - 99%
#3 Beck Abney - 80% depending on school
#6 (and reigning Champ) Zoran - 99%
#18 (and combined Kart Champ) Christian Wild - interested
#?? Jorge/Dotman - very interested
#26 Frankie Morgan - 99%
#50 Jake Walter - 99%
#62 Darius Austin - interested but date probably doesn't work
#64 (and former Champ) Nate Something - 99%
#73 Kyle Begley - 90% depending on Finals week
#76 (and 2 time Champ) Mark Jones - 90%
#121 Lewis Richards - interested

Impossible to say:
#37 Kevin Booth
#40 Myles Bukrim
#42 (and 2 time Champ) Josh Layne
#93 wheat

[TheFlash]

If Ngamer doesn't go, my odds of showing up are about 5%. If he does, 83%.

[NathanStinson]

If Ngamer doesn't go, my odds of showing up are about 5%. If he does, 83%.

Why u be like this, Scott? I need you for volleyball and to pay in every play in

[DanBurbank]

If it's 6/19-6/24 I can't make it as school ends for me on 6/23.  I would be 100% for the August date.

[deletedprofile.u]

I'm good for EITHER week.

Also:

way to go shitbag

 

[Dotman1337]

Would be difficult for me to make it to the June dates.  The August 7th week works very well for me though.

[SgtRaven]

Sounds like August works best for everyone and if that is the one chosen then my odds go from 80% to about 10%.
The August 11-13th weekend is 2D Con http://www.2dcon.net/ in MPLS and I'm a big part of that with a booth, speedrunning, and organizing tournaments.

My only option would be to show up the first part of the week and leave Thursday / Friday morning and I don't know how I feel about that.
If it's August I am < 20% otherwise I'm > 80%. I'm irrel anyway (right Jones?  ) so it's not like my opinion matters much.
If there's a lot of Karters coming that I'll probably never get the chance to meet again it might make the decision easier to go, but I'd rather free up a spot for a 1st time long-traveler than to only be there a few days.

-Daniel

[Walter]

100% for either week

[Jonesy]

I'm irrel anyway (right Jones?  ) so it's not like my opinion matters much.

Right.

[Boss]

Both dates are good for me and just comes down to getting the time off.

[Rigger in Chief]

100% good with both weeks. Only 10 dollar price difference in flights

[NathanStinson]

If Ngamer can't make it, can you bring the VR, Josh or QB?

[Jimbo]

If I lose Ngamer/Dan in August, then it's not worth it to me imo, so I pick JUNE.

[deletedprofile.u]

June 19 - 24th it is?!?!

[NathanStinson]

If I lose Ngamer/Dan in August, then it's not worth it to me imo, so I pick JUNE.

Jimbo

[Rigger in Chief]

Should be worth noting my preference is the week of August because storm chasing can sometimes drain some funds :P

[deletedprofile.u]

100% good with both weeks

Looks like June is good for Austin!   

[Rigger in Chief]

100% good with both weeks

Looks like June is good for Austin!   

A preference is different from an nonnegotiable point

[PerfectTaste]

August for me. I don' think I'll be able to attend in June.

[NathanStinson]

if it were a preference, I would prefer the August dates if the kart guys would come. If not, then the weather is better in June

[Joshua Nash]

I already took off for July 31 through August 5th so I'll get back to you guys

[SgtRaven]

I'm irrel anyway (right Jones?  ) so it's not like my opinion matters much.

Right.

I laughed way too hard at this. I look forward to seeing you man.

[Joshua Nash]

Well my anniversary is June 22 so I would prefer August. August I can go the whole week but would have to go home for a day or two at the most so I could offer ride to and from where as in June I could only make it for the last two days and would most likely have Brittany along with me. Not saying it's bad Brittany is with me but would only be for 2 days instead of more

[GoldenGreg007]

I am good with either week.  Hoping we can get some hot GE multiplayer action going this year.

[Scrambler Fanny]

rabble rabble

neither date works for me

gg though

[jtmoney]

I would prefer June as the weather shouldn't be as hot outdoors as it is in early August. However, I can attend either week so not a huge deal. And I am ACTUALLY going to practice this year before the meet. Didn't practice at all last year lol

[wishiwasfamous]

Wiff and Wife prefer the August week, but don't rule us out for the June week if that's what it comes down to. Issues at play for us attending are finding a baby room (similar to Liz and Hutch with their kids in years past) at the house, and me finding a job which I won't know until the end of February. Hope this helps!

[wheatrich]

I'm old now so it's just a total guess at my odds for attending; but august appears slightly better than june for me.  Do whatever you guys need to do and either I'll figure something out or I won't.  How it goes.

Actually put my odds down for 50/50  either I go or I don't.

[Dennison]

100% in for both weeks, just like Stinson.

Short and sweet, I know.

Spoiler

(However if you'd like a concrete preference from me, August.)

[Ngamer]

Okay we've had about a week of voting now so let's see where everyone stands.


VOTING JUNE (6)
Ngamer (can't make August)
Jimbo
Dan Edeen (can't make August)
Thingy
JT
Noah Gordon #80 (can't make August)

VOTING AUGUST (12)
Dan Burbank (can't make June)
Scott Abney (can't make June)
Kyle
Dotman (probably can't make June)
Austin
Patrik (probably can't make June)
Nate
Nash (can only make 2 days in June)
wiff
wheat
Dennison
Matthias (probably can't make June)

Everyone I didn't name can, to the best of my knowledge, make it to the Lakehouse either week.  So we've got twice as many votes for August and in terms of people who couldn't attend based on the choice, August leads there as well (6 to 3).

We knew from the start that the August date would be better for the Kart tourney, but it looks like it's going to be better for people just in general as well... but we can leave voting up for another week or so to see if anything changes.

[TheFlash]

If you take the measurement in years of experience, it's actually pretty close!

[NathanStinson]

If it comes down to weather, I like June. The only reason I vote for August is conditional to the new kart guys coming. If they couldn't come then I'd vote for June.

[jtmoney]

Let's do both weeks. Problem solved...lol

[NathanStinson]

Here here. the serious tourney people can come later and the more casual people can come to the early one. Problem solved

[wheatrich]

dinosaur meet--June

a real mario kart tournament for once --August

What do weathertons prefer?  Weatherton votes are the only votes that matter imo anyway.

[Jimbo]

Andrew picks August, I guess that seals it.

[NathanStinson]

When did he pick that?

[Jimbo]

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