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SF NARP RECAP. Lemme show you kids how a proper recap is done.
ceark | 3:52 AM on 02.25.2008 36 comments


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.



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power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 06:05
power-glove
The other Guy next to Chad is Jared Rea.He is Known as Blogger Jaredr around here. He was a journalist for the 1up network and he is the current community manager at Gametap.
PANZERDRAKO's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 06:05
PANZERDRAKO
thnx..

this is i talking about...

REAL PEOPLE!!!!
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 06:34
Neonie
Ahahaha you were the guy who took the photo (of the computer).
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 06:34
Takeshi
Ceark you rock. I mean even if you let Shipero take care of your blog-job you treat us with this! You're right, This is how a proper recap is done. And thank you, now I even hate it more that I live in The Netherlands. I wish I was there. Next NARP in Amsterdam?

"Eau d'Awesomesauce"
goddamn win!
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 07:00
Justice
Paladin was there!
:O
Great recap dude, I too love using my phone to take panoramic pictures.
VWGTI's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 07:05
VWGTI
Nice recap, dude. Tiff is amazingly hot. My god.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 07:29
Samit Sarkar
Seriously, you could probably bottle his sweat and make a cologne called Eau d'Awesomesauce. That's how fucking awesome he is.

That is a great line.

I must say, this is a proper recap. You detailed the entire experience, but somehow, I imagine that if I had had taken this journey, my recap would’ve been, like, five times longer. I really hope I can make it out to PAX this year; I’m sure it’d be a ton of fun...because even watching this on Stickam was fantastic.

Also, you can take panoramas with a cell phone camera?! Is the phone made by Canon or something? Jeez...all I have is a Canon PowerShot A700, and I feel like any pics I would’ve taken wouldn’t have come out as good as yours...
insomnia's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 08:14
insomnia
@Takeshi

Another "Nederlander"! Amsterdam as well eh? I usually hang out on the IRC channel but I'm all up for an Amsterdam NARP. We could use my boat for that! :)
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:00
Cowzilla3
Nice, this looks amazing. I've got to schedule a visit to Cali. around one of these.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:10
HarassmentPanda
Awesome recap! Love the blueprint of the home including water closet. If I ever find myself in San Francisco and need to pee, at least I know where to go in Dyson's house.
Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:16
Jesse Cortez
Hooray! great recap! It was great meeting you too man! That was most definitely not the last time we are hanging out :D...
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:21
mistic
wow nice recap, sounds like it was great fun, too bad I live in Belgium so wasn't able to join you :-(
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:23
mistic
@ Takeshi & Insomnia

I'll join that! I've also got a nice place for gaming, check out Teh Lair on my blog :-)

Its about time there's a "mainland" EU-NARP :-)
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:25
Takeshi
@insomnia
HOLY GOD! NARP on a boat! Nice one!
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:35
Guagloves
Now THIS is a recap. Also Dan Paladin fucking rules.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:48
GuitarAtomik
I'm still mad jealous that I was nowhere near this party. Now I have to try double hard to make it to PAX this year.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:50
Takeshi
@mistic
I prefer Amsterdam. A boat, A BOAT!
electristan's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 10:17
electristan
That looked and sounded like an amazingly cool time. Way jealous.
Tiff's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 11:04
Tiff
!!! Amazing Job !!!

Thanks for staying at my place! Glad you guys made it home safe :)
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 11:30
Takeshi
@Tiff
Thank you for taking care of Ceark. The Blogs wouldn't be the same without him.
Sadie G's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 11:40
Sadie G
Why does Ceark so fucking awesome?
What does he own at everything he does?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 13:01
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Ceark, you dork, you did meet Aaron. That bearded guy at the restaurant was Aaron Linde! LOL
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 13:08
Bob Muir
Ceark is my new favorite recapper.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 14:23
topgeargorilla
holy cow! Hella Fun!
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 14:32
kawitchate
i THOUGHT that was Aaron...
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 15:43
charliesuh
Damn dude! These pictures came out GREAT!!!
Now I don't even want to make my picture post for this trip! Haha, but yea, these panoramics really show what these rooms looked like, good stuff!
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 15:45
charliesuh
GAMES IN THE BATHROOM< GAMES IN THE KITCHEN< GAMES EVERYWHERE< AHHHHH!!!
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 15:45
Colette Bennett
I'm so horribly jealous I wasn't there ( and that I didn't get to MEET YOU!) Next time, goddammit. I better see you at E3.
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 17:04
ceark
@tiff
seriously, thanks for letting us crash. I would not have made the drive home very easily if I was in a tired state.

@hamza
oh! that was aaron?!? $#_*!@$*!@#_$ *disentigrates*
I didn't get a chance to meet everyone at lunch =( I will fix that.

@charlie
thanks man! I accidentally deleted the hi res's though. I was like "I'm done with these 550's so I can delete them now" and then I deleted the wrong folder. I fail.

@Colette
I live in LA. It would be rather lame if I DIDN'T goto E3. Although if I can't make it, you guys are still welcome to crash at my apartment for free.

Oh, and please say you will be at PAX. >.>
Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 19:24
Jesse Cortez
Charlie! Dont get discouraged!! You HAVE to make your picture post....from what I can remember, I'm in some of those...and I want those pictures! :)
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 21:23
ceark
@Samit
cut me some slack bro -_- I suck at writing and believe in brevity. and pictures are worth a thousand words, but panorama's are worth 10000!

@tactix/charlie
Charlie has a really fucking awesome photos. I saw some on his camera. can't wait for him to post them.
Chris Morris's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 22:13
Chris Morris
Awesome recap Ceark! I had an amazing fuckin' time myself. It was awesome to finally meet some more Dtoider's. I'm glad to have finally met the man behind the legendary artwork! ^_^ Hope we can all do it again sometime very soon.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2008 02:52
Darren Nakamura
Damn. This summed up the weekend really well. I don't know if I'll even bother to make a post, since I'll be saying most of the same stuff.

Actually, that's a lie, because I have a video that just needs to go public.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/27/2008 15:03
Sharpless
WTF? Dan Paladin was at the NARP? Twist the knife, whydontcha!
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/28/2008 02:14
topgeargorilla
that girl in the tokidoki shirt was Christina, (I think) and she's an art director for Bioware. Hella nice too.
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