LI munch follow up (making it up to everyone)

[thetickler18]

Hello long island lers/lees, Tickler18 here. You may remember me as the one who attempted to bring the long island tickling community together, but failed to follow through due to stress and personal anxieties, and I'm extremely sorry for denying everyone the meetup you deserve, I've disappointed all of you, and I've disappointed myself.

Anyway, I've been wanting to make it up to everyone, the reason I cancelled the original meetup aside from my anxiety is because, the original meetup plan was flawed.

the first flaw being, we're all strangers, we know nothing about each other, what we look like, our ages, our mannerisms, we don't even know each others names.

We also have no idea if we'll all get along, If we're out in public and two of us get into a fight, even as the host I have no way to control the situation.

Due to these flaws in a straight up physical meetup from the start, we'll start off our first encounter with something more controllable.

Our first true meetup will be through the internet.

My first thought was to host a skype call. But if one or more attendees don't wish to involve skype in this meetup, there are many other alternatives:
(teamspeak3, mumble, ICQ, Google Hangouts, Tango, Oovoo, this forums chat room).

If this digital meetup is a success, there will be many more meetups in the future, including several physical ones.

If anyone has any questions/concerns, please comment below.

Further details will follow.

Until then, have a good evening. 🙂

Yours truly,
Thetickler18

 

[Rachissahope]

That sounds good. I just hope it works out this time.

 

[meegs01]

I don't think a physical meetup is a flaw. I think your anxiety might be getting the best of you. where are you located tickler 18? im Suffolk LI. and curious to meet other lurkers. btw im a 29y male.

 

[thetickler18]

It will work out, I skype with people all the time, it's practically second nature to me now. 🙂

 

[thetickler18]

I don't consider physical meetups in general as a flaw meegs01, I do however consider prematurely conceived physical meetups as such, and our first meetup attempt was premature.

Edit: I'm in Suffolk as well

 

[raynman_27]

Y'all just need to have an actual "munch" which is a no-obligations let's-go-get-a-bite get together for a bunch of people... so people get to meet and greet and not consider any trip they've gotta make as an investment that needs to be repaid by some fantastic (literally part of their fantasy) satisfaction. Everyone is on the same page that they're meeting people that sort of like what they do, and they learn after meeting if they like more compatibly the same things.

I've been accused of writing with very obtuse references, so feedback directly to me encouraged if you think I am off-topic, because I don't want to further distort the original purpose of this post.

//Reid

 

[thetickler18]

While the subject is open, is anyone apposed to using skype for an online meetup?

Any attendees with such a preference please let me know immediately so we can plan ahead for which service we'll use instead.

 

[Rachissahope]

Not opposed, just don't think it's necessary.

 

[thetickler18]

....Maybe I am taking too many unnecessary steps, maybe we should just have a physical munch and see where things go from there.

It's just that I'm afraid to do this alone, I've never attempted anything even resembling a meetup in my life.

 

[DharmaMember77]

Let's just do the physical meetup. It's not really that big of a deal.

 

[thetickler18]

...Ah the hell with it, we'll proceed with a physical meetup.

 

[Rachissahope]

Yeah it's really not a big deal. We're all adults and you are not responsible for us. We're responsible for ourselves.

 

[thetickler18]

Indeed, with that said I think we should keep this first meetup simple.

We will have more in the future, and have room to plan more illustrious events.

 

[Rachissahope]

So are we doing same venue or what?

 

[thetickler18]

I'm not sure I can get together enough free money for Dave and Busters, yet.

Perhaps something simpler, like Panera bread, Friendly's, hurricane grill and wings, or even a pizzeria.

But not too cheap, like McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, or any such fast food joint.

Whats your opinion Rachissahope?

 

[Rachissahope]

Well Panera Bread has that conference room that you can rent out for parties

 

[thetickler18]

True, the one in my town actually has one of those enclosed areas.

 

[Rachissahope]

What town is that?

 

[thetickler18]

Port Jefferson Station

 

[Rachissahope]

Ah.

 

[thetickler18]

Speaking of which, unless we have an extremely large group of attendees (like over 20), I don't think making a reservation is necessary, we could just order our food and pick a seating area for our group.

 

[Rachissahope]

I'd rent the room just for privacy if I were you.

 

[thetickler18]

Fair enough, I'll reach them by phone sometime this week.

 

[Rachissahope]

Cool beans.

 

[thetickler18]

Tomorrow I'll be calling the panera bread in Port Jefferson Station to inquire about reserving their private room.

In the meantime, any long island lers/lees who wish to attend this munch please sound off in the comments below. 🙂