Post #156444 by Monkeyman on Tue, May 3, 2005 10:21 AM

I think the point that is being missed here is that if you want to MEET people you will have your pick of 1000 other folks who are attending the event.

You should be "MEETING" people EVERYWHERE at the oasis. Walk outside your room and MEET the guy getting ice, walk into the reef bar at any time during the day and MEET a half dozen folks sitting at a table, stroll through the vendor area and MEET the 50 artisans and business people selling product. Hang out by the pool and MEET the people sitting in the 100 lounge chairs. There is no shortage of MEETing people. The beauty of being at a focused event like this is ANYONE there is a good person to MEET. They are ALL tiki fanatics.

The point of a Tiki Central event is for folks who have been MEETing eachother every MONTH, every WEEK and every DAY online to actually MEET in person. To put a real face with the fake names we have created for ourselves.

I personally do not think that folks just want free drinks. We are all adults with jobs and can buy more liquor than we would ever want to consume. I think that the folks who are just posting to attend this function are doing so because they dont want to "miss out" on anything happening at the event.

There is already PLENTY going on. Costume contests, musical entertainment, nude entertainers, shopping areas, treasure hunts, modern architecture tours, drink contests, and just hanging out.

That being said, the crowds will dictate what happens with this mini crawl. The logistics WON'T work if 100 people try to migrate from room to room. If there are only 30 of us than WHO cares if there are a few new folks.

Keep in mind people. You dont all have be included in all the side parties. THE OASIS ITSELF IS ALREADY ONE FRIGGIN HUGE PARTY.

Now lets all think happy thoughts. We are all going to have to see eachother in a couple days and its very uncomfortable to finally meet the person who you have deemed to be an ASS.