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Summer 2010, in all secrecy, five Dinkers from across the globe met in Utrecht, played frisbee, and had pizza. It was awesome.
19th of October 2010, in the Dink Chat, plans were made to do it again, but less secret. And so came to be: The Second International Dink Meet: 2011 edition
Obviously, we haven't thought through a lot of details, but I personally really want this to happen. What we have so far:
Q: Where?
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Q: Wait, where?.
Utrecht. For a variety of reasons, but in the end, the most important one is that I'm most comfortable hosting a meet there instead of in, say, Amsterdam. Call it the organizer's privilege to host a meet in his own back yard, so to speak
How to get here:
By train: Make your way into The Netherlands using whichever tools you have for that, then you can use http://ns.nl to plan your trip from wherever you're coming in. Use "Utrecht Centraal" as destination.
By plane: You will probably come in at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS for short), from where you can take a train to Utrecht. This train departs every 15 minutes and takes about half an hour. There is an alternative, Eindhoven (EIN), but from that airport to the train station in Utrecht is a bit more involved. This last option is interesting for those flying with budget airlines like Ryanair.
Q: When?
It'll be a 3-day dealy in June, from Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th. For accommodations, I recommend hostel Strowis.
Q: What?
Still haven't thought of good activities for Saturday evening and Sunday morning/afternoon. I still consider "Randomly go to another city to hang out there" to be a valid option. Then again, I also consider "Remember that park thing yesterday? Let's do that again" to be an option. In my experience, thinking of something on the spot probably works just as well.
Friday:
Afternoon: I expect people to arrive between 12:00 to 13:00. The meet-up place is the hall in the train station. At some point, we'll likely move to a place where it's more comfortable to sit and actually talk/play games.
Evening: Dinner will be had at Pizzeria Santa Lucia at 19:00.
After dinner: To be determined. Might involve a pub or a game shop of some sort.
Saturday:
Morning: Wake up, lazily hang around town.
Lunch: Picnic in the park. What park? Wilhelminapark. It probably includes frisbees.
Afternoon: Still picnic in the park. My experience with picnics in parks is that they have no clearly determined end time.
Alternative plans: We could have a picnic in a completely different park, in a completely different city. There's trains and everything. Or go to a completely different city after having finished up the picnic.
Evening: TBD.
Sunday:
Until further notice, Christiaan's suggestion of Relax at Julianapark sounds good.
Evening: The end of the meet. We'll all cry and say goodbye to each other, and promise to say "hi" when we're back online. Which will then promptly be forgotten after a night's sleep, when you'll wonder if what just happened was real or hallucinated.
Or something.
Q: Who to contact?
Me, magicman. The email address listed on my profile page gets checked several times a day, whenever I'm near the internet. However, during the meet itself, it may be easiest to call me. If you don't have my phone number and plan to come, give me a PM.
Q: Who?
This is where you come in. Below this paragraph are three lists. A list of people who're going. A list of people who are at least seriously considering it, but aren't sure, and a list of people who just can't make it. Reply to this thread to get added.
HELLS YEAH:
magicman
Christiaan
Erwin
Sharp (Friday or Saturday, to be decided)
metatarasal (Saturday only)
shevek (Friday evening to Sunday morning)
Joycielaanie
Sumurai8
Maybe, it depends:
scratcher
Someone
Skull
iplaydink
Simeon
Robj (Other-hemisphere-argument)
anathavia
sambo4747
Synbi
Nope:
MsDink
merder
kenji720rs
carrie2004
DinkDoodler
Phoenix
bornfree15
hell7fire1
Seth
wongo
Absolution
ExDeathEvn
Sparrowhawk
Striker
Sidenote: I realize a lot of Dinkers are quite young, and live across the globe. Don't go without permission of your parents. Seriously. No, really.
There is a facebook event now!
19th of October 2010, in the Dink Chat, plans were made to do it again, but less secret. And so came to be: The Second International Dink Meet: 2011 edition
Obviously, we haven't thought through a lot of details, but I personally really want this to happen. What we have so far:
Q: Where?
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Q: Wait, where?.
Utrecht. For a variety of reasons, but in the end, the most important one is that I'm most comfortable hosting a meet there instead of in, say, Amsterdam. Call it the organizer's privilege to host a meet in his own back yard, so to speak
How to get here:
By train: Make your way into The Netherlands using whichever tools you have for that, then you can use http://ns.nl to plan your trip from wherever you're coming in. Use "Utrecht Centraal" as destination.
By plane: You will probably come in at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS for short), from where you can take a train to Utrecht. This train departs every 15 minutes and takes about half an hour. There is an alternative, Eindhoven (EIN), but from that airport to the train station in Utrecht is a bit more involved. This last option is interesting for those flying with budget airlines like Ryanair.
Q: When?
It'll be a 3-day dealy in June, from Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th. For accommodations, I recommend hostel Strowis.
Q: What?
Still haven't thought of good activities for Saturday evening and Sunday morning/afternoon. I still consider "Randomly go to another city to hang out there" to be a valid option. Then again, I also consider "Remember that park thing yesterday? Let's do that again" to be an option. In my experience, thinking of something on the spot probably works just as well.
Friday:
Afternoon: I expect people to arrive between 12:00 to 13:00. The meet-up place is the hall in the train station. At some point, we'll likely move to a place where it's more comfortable to sit and actually talk/play games.
Evening: Dinner will be had at Pizzeria Santa Lucia at 19:00.
After dinner: To be determined. Might involve a pub or a game shop of some sort.
Saturday:
Morning: Wake up, lazily hang around town.
Lunch: Picnic in the park. What park? Wilhelminapark. It probably includes frisbees.
Afternoon: Still picnic in the park. My experience with picnics in parks is that they have no clearly determined end time.
Alternative plans: We could have a picnic in a completely different park, in a completely different city. There's trains and everything. Or go to a completely different city after having finished up the picnic.
Evening: TBD.
Sunday:
Until further notice, Christiaan's suggestion of Relax at Julianapark sounds good.
Evening: The end of the meet. We'll all cry and say goodbye to each other, and promise to say "hi" when we're back online. Which will then promptly be forgotten after a night's sleep, when you'll wonder if what just happened was real or hallucinated.
Or something.
Q: Who to contact?
Me, magicman. The email address listed on my profile page gets checked several times a day, whenever I'm near the internet. However, during the meet itself, it may be easiest to call me. If you don't have my phone number and plan to come, give me a PM.
Q: Who?
This is where you come in. Below this paragraph are three lists. A list of people who're going. A list of people who are at least seriously considering it, but aren't sure, and a list of people who just can't make it. Reply to this thread to get added.
HELLS YEAH:
magicman
Christiaan
Erwin
Sharp (Friday or Saturday, to be decided)
metatarasal (Saturday only)
shevek (Friday evening to Sunday morning)
Joycielaanie
Sumurai8
Maybe, it depends:
scratcher
Someone
Skull
iplaydink
Simeon
Robj (Other-hemisphere-argument)
anathavia
sambo4747
Synbi
Nope:
MsDink
merder
kenji720rs
carrie2004
DinkDoodler
Phoenix
bornfree15
hell7fire1
Seth
wongo
Absolution
ExDeathEvn
Sparrowhawk
Striker
Sidenote: I realize a lot of Dinkers are quite young, and live across the globe. Don't go without permission of your parents. Seriously. No, really.
There is a facebook event now!
