Thinking About the AO NorCal SoCal Day

[deadeye9]

Zak,

We all owe you a big thank you for all the hard work you put into the meet. I'd also like to thank tato for fixing my X-Mag, thanks to Miscue for the 4.00 upgrade, it rips, literally, it ripped the ball out of my ball detent, and thanks to tato for fixing my X-Mag a second time. I'm looking foward to the next meet.

David

[rtslave]

You know there is always going to be something wrong when you try to put a big event like this on, it was a lot of fun! Now for my .02$ and keep in mind that this is just from a logistics point of view, I really wish that it was more of a tournament, SoCal-v-NoCal; we drove up from Vegas basicaly to have a day of paintball, now please don't get me wrong or take it the wrong way, it was cool talking to some of you that I see on the forums and put a face to a nickname, and like others have said it would be great if there was a central location to stay and maybe have have a meet n greet that night. Big big thanks for all the effort Zac. Maybe next time there will be a way to have true bragging rights..

[ProX9]

hey z-man have you gone over the video footage yet? Im interested to know if you shot any of foootage of me shooting the viking or just playing since i somehow managed to escape the camera.

[Cobra_Clark]

Z-man u did an awsome job and I had a hella good time as did the rest of the guys I came with. If u got those few issues cleared up would have been even better but it was still a huge success.


P.S. How did that 32 ounce stake come out? 0_o LOL

[Z-man]

steak pwn3d

[ZAust]

Originally posted by Z-man
steak pwn3d

yes, yes it did.

zak, i know this is starting to sound redundant, but you did an awesome job putting this event together. the aforementioned problems really were, in my eyes, unavoidable, at least this time. i say that because now, we know how to make the meet even more rockin' next year. its problems like this that make the even better the next year.

[AGD]

Zak you were the man all weekend! Me and everyone else had a great time! Stuff happens and we all apreciated you going all out to get it fixed.

Thanks from all of us at,

AGD

[TooDamnSweet]

Hey Zack!!!

Overall it was a great day for everyone. Don't sweat the little things!

I think an itinerary is a great idea, I'm good at making those so let me know if you need help with the next get together.

I enjoyed helping out as a ref for several of the games, but I really had no idea what to do besides paint checks LOL

I really like my shirt. I think the way it was done is great and would be willing to pay up to $10.00 - $15.00 (with all the other expenses and the shirt being an option I think that would be a good price). I'd rather have my name on it.

Maybe having a local lunch truck come out to the field??? Or find out which fast food places are in the area, choose one (there are a variety of burgers but a burger is a burger) then collect the money and take the orders the night before (for those who are interested). Most places will let you phone the orders in too. A group of people could be designated to pick everything up. With so many people though, that might get hectic. The food issue really wasn't that big of a deal....especially since Joe was nice enough to make the trip for us to pick everything up.

Unfortunately, we didn't get up early enough to see you on Saturday before you left for the field so we didn't get our CD but Nick said he would take care of it. I'm sure they came out great and it was a great idea!

Well, I put in my 2 cents.

I had a wonderful time and will only remember the positive highlights of the event. You did an AWESOME job Zack!

[RoadDawg]

Originally posted by TooDamnSweet



Unfortunately, we didn't get up early enough to see you on Saturday before you left for the field so we didn't get our CD but Nick said he would take care of it. I'm sure they came out great and it was a great idea!

Unfortunatly I'm having probs seeing all the pictures. I can try burning you guys a copy and pass it onto you guys and you can see if it works on your computer. LMK if you guys want me to try it.

[Z-man]

If you are having troubles with the CD, you can find me on IM at VetterNoisesii and I will IM you the whole 240MB of images including Tato's and a few dozen others I recently got. Illbe on for a while and then again this evening.

[TooDamnSweet]

Originally posted by RoadDawg

Unfortunatly I'm having probs seeing all the pictures. I can try burning you guys a copy and pass it onto you guys and you can see if it works on your computer. LMK if you guys want me to try it.

Thanks for trying! If you have the time it would be great but if not it's okay. I'm sure we're seeing alot of them online anyway.

Zman, I have no idea how to download stuff so maybe gibby can do it later if Nick has problems???

Thanks!

[Z-man]

yeah the slow but one immediate solution I have done is IM'ed the who 240Mb of picts out to Steelrat and USAF-FLyboy who have informed me that they all work. If I can get them on an unlimited bandwidth server, then we are set. Ill try and see what can be done about that.

[gibby]

You know...before this event, it was feeling like a grudge match between NorCal and SoCal. After the event, it seems as if there's been a magical bond made between the two.

/me with tears in my eyes.

Everyone is so filled with joy and fond memories.

But alas! This bliss cannot last forever! A new day will come and NorCal and SoCal will have forgotten about the past and find themselves head to head once again!

The world will shake once again!

Hehe...thanks Zack!

[Aegis]

Zak -

First of all, the department of redundancy department rules dictate that I say GOOD JOB again. Great time had by all.

Most of these events probably start small and grow. Your first event had a huge turnout, media coverage, a private field to play on, and drew people from 2-300 miles in either direction. Who knew? Even one month ago we were still joking about it being our usual Norcal group hanging out by ourselves.

The time we spent in the lobby and conference room at the Hampton was great - good, cheap fun. Lots of good info, got to meet people, definitely a large part of the whole experience. We obviously need a private room of some sort that will let us go to the wee hours.

I keep thinking about headcounts. Who could have known how many would actually show? I thought about bringing a PA system but figured naw, we won't need it to make announcements for the 20 or 30 people attending. Hah.

I don't see how you could have made arrangements for food without a fairly solid headcount, either for catered food or going out on the town. We lucked out on our third try Friday night, and the pizza thing worked out fine on Saturday. Bringing food in is probably the most economical method and as long as we have a place to sit.

Perhaps some of the folks that have planned other events can offer suggestions on how to get a good headcount so we can plan for the get-togethers and dining.

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

The SOUTH shall rise again....