Troop #28
A newer member (Jim aka HKiller) did this troop alone in Springhill. It would have been a good fundraiser had any more than two of our nearly 150 members in the state of Florida come out for it. Oh...that's right, Saturday was too important to do charity; there was a convention drink fest planned instead.
Oh, and Jim forgot his helmet for his TK. So we winged it: he was now Han in the trash compactor for the event.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Geek Fest @ Hard Knocks
Troop #27
There is match.com and eharmony.com out there. And yes, they serve some purpose. However they entirely ignore a very large demographic of single people: nerds. Taking this niche to a new level is sweetongeeks.com and they are doing very, very well.
A place out in Oviedo Florida called Hard Knocks hosted the event. Basically it was setup for nerds to gather together in a nerdy setting, doing nerdy things, and be socially inept together for a bigger purpose than leveling their level 78 Necromancer. It sounds good on paper and a lot of work was put into this by the lovely owner of sweetongeeks.com. However the stuffy all-young-plastic-hot-female staff was barely beyond tolerable and acted with complete disinterest towards the event goals and the 501st Legion members who were attending.
No photography was allowed inside the building so no photos were taken. Again, really hostile hosts. We did entertain the crowd of 25-50 people for a few rounds of Rock Band in costume before the staff decided it was drawing too much attention away from their egos.
Highlight of the night: seeing somebody I miss very, very much at Broadways Pizza near UCF.
There is match.com and eharmony.com out there. And yes, they serve some purpose. However they entirely ignore a very large demographic of single people: nerds. Taking this niche to a new level is sweetongeeks.com and they are doing very, very well.
A place out in Oviedo Florida called Hard Knocks hosted the event. Basically it was setup for nerds to gather together in a nerdy setting, doing nerdy things, and be socially inept together for a bigger purpose than leveling their level 78 Necromancer. It sounds good on paper and a lot of work was put into this by the lovely owner of sweetongeeks.com. However the stuffy all-young-plastic-hot-female staff was barely beyond tolerable and acted with complete disinterest towards the event goals and the 501st Legion members who were attending.
No photography was allowed inside the building so no photos were taken. Again, really hostile hosts. We did entertain the crowd of 25-50 people for a few rounds of Rock Band in costume before the staff decided it was drawing too much attention away from their egos.
Highlight of the night: seeing somebody I miss very, very much at Broadways Pizza near UCF.
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