As many of you know, there was a DTOID NARP in SF hosted by Dyson, who is a fucking awesome host. Unfortunately, most of you could only attend like this:



so, I'm gonna recap my version of the NARP so you guys get a taste of how awesome it was. and I apologize in advance, I'm gonna "awesome" alot.

Now, for those of you who don't know, I love taking photos on my cellphone. Yes, it's utter shit quality, but you can still get some cool shit out of a cellphone. Also, I apologize for some of these stiches being kinda shitty. I'm to tired to go in and paint fix them.

ok, so basically, this road trip was completely last minute impromptu decision for me. I working when I received a message from Dexter, who said if I'd be willing to drive, he and Charlie would pitch in for the gas, and being the kind of person that makes on the spur impulse decisions (I was excited about the prospect of finally meeting destructoiders), I agreed.

So the basic plan was to leave around 2 pm saturday to make it to the 8 pm party. Friday however, Charlie gets a hold of me and was like "how soon can we leave man?" which basically translates to "can we leave sooner?" So I was like "fuck it, let's leave when I get off work."

And off we go, leaving LA around 9pm friday night.


We stopped once or twice along the way. At this particular rest stop, I was actually starting to wonder if charlie got mugged or something in the bathroom. I guess it just takes a long time to pee when it's fricken' cold though. During this ride, I realized that in comparison to Dex, I suck as a gamer. And in comparison to Charlie, I'm an awful human being.

We arrived in SF around 3 ish in the morning. Tiff offered for us to crash at her place, because Tiff freakin' rocks.


As I was taking this panoramic, there was a conversation that sorta went like this (I think).
Dex: can I move?
Tiff: awkward...
Charlie: awkward...
Me: STFU!

Anyhow, for some damn reason (well it was hunger for me) Charlie and I couldn't fall asleep, so we wandered around her neighborhood at like 5:30 in the morning.




The following day, Tiff gets a call from Chad as we were heading out to Wondercon. He's getting evicted from the hotel. He needs to be rescued. So we rescued him. Because anyone who doesn't rescue a Chad in trouble will burn in hell. Then, we met up with other Destructoiders at Chevy's for lunch.


From left to right, Dex, Aaron Linde (I didn't get to talk to you! Next time =P ), Husky, WORKMAN!!!, HAMZA!!!, ANTHONY!!!

So this is where I met Hamza, Workman, and Anthony for the first time. Workman had to take off unfortunately, but I had an opportunity to talk to him for a good bit. What did I think of Workman? I'll some it up in 6 words. "WORKMAN IS MY NEW PERSONAL HERO."


From Left to Right, Meagan, Hamza, Dex, Tiff, Workman, Husky

Dessert! (VG and Hamza)

So after lunch, it was time for wondercon. This was my first con ever. It was a pretty fun experience. Anthony was really funny in that he kept geeking out and going up to cosplayers to ask them to take pictures with him, this may have been his first con to?.


Charlie, Chad, Anthony, Dex

DAN PALADIN. This guy rocks. Seriously, you could probably bottle his sweat and make a cologne called Eau d'Awesomesauce. That's how fucking awesome he is.

I didn't take a whole lot of picture at wondercon. I told Dex and Charlie they're allowed to punch me in my face if I spent more the 40 bucks. They still have that right (even though they're to nice). I bought some throwing knives (after which I was like "WHY THE HELL DID I BUY THROWING KNIVES? WTF am I GONNA DO WITH THROWING KNIVES???). I met David Mack (author of Kabuki) and got a signed print from him. I also bought that super nice Mitsuru figurine you may have seen pictures of.

After Wondercon, we headed to Dyson's place for the NARP. We were a little early, so we had Dinner first.

Hamza does not like chinese food. So while the rest of the group went to get cheap (probably not so good) chinese, me and Hamza hit up the Toyboat, which is this really freaking good sandwich shop. I had a really good conversation with the guy. He's really funny, really laid back and easy to talk to. and he's a shark. and he's also fucking awesomesauce.

So of course, the meat of this post: THE NARP.

Retroforce Go's Dyson and his room mates were our hosts. Lemme tell you how awesome these guys are. THEY REARRANGED THE ENTIRE GOD DAMN HOUSE to setup for this party. Seriously, this is why Destructoid is the best fucking gaming community PERIOD. Not only that, Dyson was constantly moving around, meeting everyone, making sure everyone was having great time. He's a really really really damn nice guy. I don't think there's a limit to how nice this guy is.

The party was arranged something like so:

I'll venture to say that there was somewhere between 1000-1100 sq foot of space. Games of kinds, in all different room. There were probably 30+ different people throughout the night, half of them were from the DTOID community.


Husky, Azeraki, Charlie

Azeraki, VG

Charlie, Dex, Anthony, Chad

Charlie, Anthony, Topgear, Chad

Chad, Jared Rea.

I think that's Alex

Azeraki, Guy with his back turned, forgot this guys name too (sorry!), Tiff, forgot this girls name (sorry!), and the last guy prefers to remain anonymous, but rest assured he's awesome beyond awesomabillity.

Husky in the keg room

Some GT going on here. I didn't get everyone's name unfortunately.

Anthony, Tiff, DAN PALADIN!!!, Sombody's back, VG, and Hamza

This is, by far, the best house party I've ever been to. Around 4, most everyone left. Charlie, Dex, Dyson, and I were the last ones up and we hit up a few final rounds of Rockband, and then everyone who was left crashed. 5-6 people slept in Dyson's room. Tiff and Rev crashed in the hallway. Dyson's roommate (ben?) crashed in his own room of course. Charlie, under a table. Dex and a few others in the rockband room. I found the most comfortable spot for me ended up being the stairwell.

Next day, VG, Anthony, and Chad left for the airport and Husky took off. Being the AWESOME person that she is, Tiff offered for the 3 of us roadtrippers to crash in her place until the afternoon so that we would be rested up for the drive. We made it back to LA around 9:30 pm.

I gotta say, this was a great roadtrip, and I'm glad I made the random decision to go on it. I met Destructoiders for the first time. I made a lot of new friends. I blew some money on some cool swag. I partied at AAAAA-MMMAAAAZING! (that should be trademarked to chad) party. Although it was bummer that I didn't get to meet Colette, Topher, Aaron (he was at chevy's, so apparently this is my own god damn fault), or Niero, I hope I get to meet them at PAX.

So some thank you's:

Charlie and Dex, Thanks for convincing me to go, pitching it for gas, keeping me awake for the 5 and half hour drive up and down, and buying me a lunch. You guys are awesome, and I can't wait till we hang out again. Chad. You're amazing. Seriously. You're like the friendliest person EVER. Tiff. Cutest woman in the world desu desu desu. Thanks for letting us crash at your place. Anthony, you are really god damn funny, you're like one of the funniest persons I've ever met. Dyson. You have my respect for all eternity. Seriously. You could punch a baby and I'd still respect you. Hamza. Even if you're bad at metroid, you're still freakin' awesome. Really lookin' forward to hanging out with you again at PAX. VG, Azeraki, Topgear, Tactix, Husky, it was alot of fun hanging out with you guys, and I sure hope it ain't the last time. If you guys are ever down in LA feel free to crash at my place. Ron Workman. You're like a billion times cooler in person, probably cause the internet can't handle how cool you are so only a small fraction of that coolness comes through on the internet. Oh, and thanks for the swag!


so there you have it. that was my NARP trip. Sorry madninja, had I known, I would of driven an extra 2 hours to pick you up. Seriously. next time.