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Hey guys!

Destructoid is by far the most amazing community of gamers on the internet (I'm sort of biased :P), and one thing that makes us amazing is our willingness to meet in real life at events such as MAGfest and PAX. In several places around the world, however, Dtoid community members have organized together to form our illustrious Dtoid Community Groups, where NARPs are planned!

We currently have many regional groups is areas such as San Francisco and New York, and are starting new groups in Chicago, and even rebuilding groups in places like Toronto. That where you Florida and NCers come in!

There has already been established a Dtoid Florida and North Carolina, but due to IRL issues, we need someone to step up and take the reigns in organizing events there! Being a community group leader can be as much work as you make of it, but its completely rewarding to organize your fellow dtoiders at fun NARPs and meet the faces behind the avatars! So if you think you would like to take over the reigns of either group, let me know at jesse@destructoid.com!

Along the same lines, if you live in an area that doesn't have a community group yet, and feel that there are enough Dtoiders in the area to have NARPs, let me know as well!
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FIRST! OMIGAWD, TOUCH ME IN A TACTIXUAL WAY!
<3
Hey, I'm Floridian, but I'm also notoriously bad at planning things. My attempt to reenact the Hindenburg didn't exactly work out.
There was a NARP here in Miami!? Too bad I wasn't on this site then or I would of gone.
Skipping right over SC, huh? This is grade school dodgeball all over again...
Haha...

@the7k

I just mentioned NC cause we have had stuff happening there in the past....if you want to start up an SC group, that would be amazing! <3
i'm in Boone, NC. but if i were to throw a narp, it would include Tennesse, South Carolina,Virginia, W Virginia, north Georgia, Kentucky. ect. pretty much all the southern states minus Florida.

but i don't have the home right now to throw any parties and don't have the shine and "other" things ready to share via party. just getting together to play a few games and meet some people is not a good reason enough to throw anything here until i can get some of those essentials in hand.
alright, i'll bite. i'm a bored partial owner of a floundering game lounge anyway

http://hightechheaven.net/UB.aspx http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/theultimatebasement

little out in the middle of nowhere, but its a great hang. at the very least a venue for any western NC narp, whether i manage it or not
those are two different links, damn 2 am posts
All these western NC people. I think that calls for a weekend of debauchery in Cherokee where everyone can gamble, game, and pick up local women (or men).
1 man NARP in New Zealand? :D
Wow! I had to rub the sleep out of my eyes to make sure I read this correctly. I had no idea there was any sort of NARP/Dtoid presence in NC. Personally, I have no free time to vol. as an organizer, but I'm sure I would like to attend if any one gets this going. Please shoot me a PM if anything starts coming together.

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