What would you say if there was another Odd tour?
Ya know something got me thinking about the Odd Tour we had a long time ago.
And a thought came to me and I was woundering what would you say if we decided to have another Odd Tour? I mean I am not planning on doing anything but its just a thought. Like this time it would be a road trip across the United States and Europe. And it would be planned in a way that would be worked out as a summer long Vacation of some type. I real big trip that would last three months. I am just cerious I am not planning on doing one but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it can happen again. Thoughts anybody? |
I dunno, I'd probably not want to do it...it'd just be kinda weird for me...
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what kind of oddtour? You mean like getting all members together and go on a trip?
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I'd love it. I love travelling. Oblivious to with whom.
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Depending on where we are going, I like the idea :). So, where to then? Afrika? Lion spotting? :P
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Eng-er-land!
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yeh, they should come visit us jolly British folk. They get to meet Max! Esus! and me!
also Hobo.... |
Shutup Fez:p
I wouldn't bother with it, I'd love to but with my overprotective parents. No Way. |
I've thought of this too...also a mondo cool OWF convention that hobo doesn't want to come to.
*plans cool things* -oddguy |
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Yup... been there... :fuzemb: |
I've been there too, only to prove to my parents that I was right, and they were wrong! Ah, sweet satisfaction.
Another OddTour may never happen, but if it does, I hope that I'll be able to hop along and travel along. Although the possibility of that happening before I leave Year 12 is zero :p Alcar... |
could easily to it over the summer holidays, though probably not til I'm 17 - in a year...
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And anyway if it meant meeting up with Peter, you can forget that :p |
my parents would'nt give a shiet if i went out and stole several cars, bombed an embassy, had a huge orgy and stole all the money out of those "help the children" boxes at Mcdonalds. All in one night.
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*eats half-burned cheesy vegetable dinner*
Mmmm. . . *ahem* Anyway, if you come over to the south-eastern part of the UK, you can pay me a visit if you want. :) Just I'm not that big a member here in OWF anymore, and I'm probably miles away from anyone else on OWF. The nearest OWF member to me used to be Anna, because she lived in London, but I haven't seen her around lately. Hmmm, I dunno. . . What so interesting about meeting me anyway? Probably not very much at all. - DH |
A road trip would be rather intresting with a few guys rideing along. It would be a trip down into Florida and back. With me it has to be a place that is tropical or warm like CA or Howaii or Florida or South Carolina in Mertle Beach. Though I have a small car Hundi Accent 2003 model and I couldn't fit everybody in the car. Most likely I would arrange it where we all book airline tickets to someplace to have a vacation. But with me comes responsabilty. Which means for something like that I would have everyone know exactly where we are going what we are doing and giveing them my phone number and address and my information so that no parant nobody is concerned. It would have to be some kind of arranged matter before the so called trip. Plus I would have to get the same info from everyone else so we are in constant contact. The idea is that I would need to be in contact with your family so they know. Thats really an extremely important matter. Its a federal offense to do stuff like that without takeing the measures to make sure things are ok and safe. Because if I did something like that and not do what I said then I can be thrown into prison. Mainly it would have to be an organised event like what Oddguy suggested in it being a convention. What I would do is send out invitations with my real name and address and phone number and then if your aloud or what not you would go and we would have the vacation or convention.
I mean I know this is the Net and things like this can end up being really serious but I think the members here at least in our lovely online community seem to be sane enough to be cool. I mean proof from the last Odd tour. I mean nobody was killed or raped right? Well we hope that never happened. I am not saying its going to happen but for me I would really like to do something like that. Book a Hotel in Sunny CA or Florida or Howaii and sort of invite everybody to come and hangout for a week and have some real fun like just to do whatever and relax and have an Oddworld convention. But thats just me. Ya know the best way to get to know somebody is to meet them and I think the Internet is just the wrong way to go at meeting strangers and makeing new friends in the real world. I hate that but oh well. |
Yes, an orginized event would let the parents know that time, effort and money was being put into this trip and it wasn't a murder-fest. And contact with parents and constant info of what was going on would be required.
I'd like to really do this sometime. I'm serious about this. It'd be perfect to make the trip concurrent with the release of an OW game. We could rent a nice space and set up a huge sound system and nice screen/projector and play the game and do cool stuff. I'd even like to make t-shirts and stuff so we'd remember it 4eva! :fuzgrin: With an event that huge, maybe Lorne and crew could party with us. *thinks of more cool stuff* -oddguy :fuzcool: |
Oooohhhh, I like! I'll start saving now!
*Runs to piggy bank* Anyway, is there any possible way we could set this up for the Stranger Release? |
If you guys were to go through Arizona, I'd probably be able to meet you at like, the mall or something. I dunno. Maybe a Taco Bell. We could all get some chalupas.
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i would love it! i didnt even know there was one man it would be neat meeting all of you especially... well im not sayin. she SHOULD know anyways
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Well, maybe if we worked fast we could make it for the Stranger Release! Who's with me? *Cricket chirp in Background* Dammit! GrigtheSlig :D |
eh ok i cant help at all but i am for the idea
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GrigtheSlig :D |
ok then let me make it easier for your little brain to comprehend. I would like it if there were another tour, you have a good idea with making another one faster. there, better?
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Im starting to like the idea... a road trip, a party! Whoo! The Oddworld Forum members are gonna make Las Vegas Unsave!
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Here is what I am planning on doing. Maybe not as soon but I am working with Oddguy on this idea. My part of the idea is to rent out a place somewhere warm for about one week. like a small beach front condo. The OW convention or vacation will be held at this place. It will be like a party or an open house type of event and what I will do is send out invitations to you guys even to you whome live in other parts of the world to participate in this vacation. Your families will be invited aswell to make it something you will remember for a long time. To make it legal it will be a public type of event inviteing you and your family to this get away for one week. That way nobody is suspicious of anything and it will be so fun. Like I said if I send invitations to you on this then your parents might let you come and join the fun. But thats something I can't control with your families but I will give you guys invitations anyway and you would RSVP so that I can make a list of how much stuff to purchase and to see who is comming and who is not comming.
Your families know that your Oddworld fans so this can be like an open house. Thats like the best idea. We would play games have food, music, and of corse Oddguy and his T-Shirts:D Heck Ill do art for ya guys and I would also even give an invitation to Lorne Lanning and the crew at OWI in hopes they come to the Oddworld Fan convention which I have no doubt he might if not its a try. That is the proper way to do this because nobody will get in trouble because its organised and its public. And its not like we are going to meet some obscur individual at a mall or something. Its organised party. Right now the idea is in its infant stages. So we are looking at least maybe two years maybe one. Depends on what the budget is. So thats the idea. Now buget wise its not too much of a hassl but right now I am looking to get full time hours so I can make enough money to rent out a place for a week. And believe me you can find some deals out there. It won't be anything real fancy or professional. it would be just a get together type of thing. There will be food but mainly you will have to be responsible for your own expenses like airline ticket and Hotel Accomadations in the specific area or what not. The condo I would rent out would be the place I will be staying at as the hosts and whoever to be a host aswell and I am sure Oddguy would like that. But if you have any other ideas let me know we can always put together some OWF budget so that we could do this. I think its an awesome idea. Heck Ill look for some good locations and prices. The key is to organise this in a way that its like inviteing just people to a party. |
I don't think that'd really be possible. In a perfect world, yes. In reality, no.
People would have to shell out the money to get there. Not all can afford traveling. remember, people are spread out from New England to California. That would be a major hassel. Also, the majority of us are under 18, and even with families invited, still wouldn't be allowed to go. I don't think parents would care to meet the parents of other online folk. Oh, and some people are overseas too. Like I said, in a perfect world. |
Come to Norfolk and I can can meet any of ya anytime.
Unless you're in Norwich like Max. I don't like Norwich, too many newspaper stalls... |
Well you do have a point there Majic. Like I said its a concept now so I dunno whats going to happen. Most likely it won't happen but if there was a way to make it not as expensive then maybe. And as a point if this were to happen, I am not garanteeing that every single person will be there. I mean if its a hassle then I wouldn't go eather. But the idea of a fan convention is really cool and maybe there will be one some day.
So guys its not like this is official because I don't even know so don't get all excited about this because its only an idea. Paramiteabe... :fuzblink: |
Newspaper stalls, Esus? There's one at the bottom of St Stephen's, one by Debenham's and very occassionally one on Gentleman's Walk. Alas the infestation continues.
Good job Hobo found this for me. I'd be slightly interested in meeting up if anyone's headed my way, if I weren't super inundated with work right now. Pleasant planning. |
Cool, the idea is getting solid... well as solid as a unsure plan can be. But hey! I know I'm in if its ever gonna happan! And with some luck it will be in two years cuz im 18 then and I won't have bothering parents bugging me.
Keep up the planning guys cuz I realy like the idea! Oh, BTW maybe its a nice idea to pin this? |
I should totally be the one to go around and meet people. After all, I'm the most kick ass, well-liked guy here, no? No?!?!
Bah. Tis' there at least isn't anybody else here form the Dallas area. But hey, I can still call anybody here who's in the US:p |
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Hmmm, I see the flaws in our plans now... Curse you Majic for ruining my fun! *sigh* We'll keep working on the plans for this to work...
GrigtheSlig :D |
Damnit! Why didn't I post in here before?!
Anyway, I would love to help organize a tour or convention, but I would have to wear a hood until I know all of you better, none of you are pure enough to look upon my true face. |
Well, if OW gets popular enough after the release of Stranger, then maybe our event could get some sponsors. That'd cut down some of the costs. Still, there is the travel expenses. Like PA said, this may be a few years down the road.
Don't worry though...there will be an OWF convention someday! I'll make it happen! :fuzgrin: -oddguy :fuzcool: |
Well, an Oddtour like the previous one would never happen again ... because well Pilot lost all interest in Oddworld and doesn't want to know me anymore. Haha.
Anyways ... I am going to annouce this in General Discussion soon ... but guess who is on their way to the US again? Yep, me! E3, here I come!!! Yay!!! Although that is probably too short of a notice for something that would happen any time in the future, as it's just over a month away now. Although one thing that I find when these things are arranged, is that people are all interested, but when the time comes, people pull out ... whether it be because of parents, or just the general "you can't trust someone on the internet" kind of thing. Abe Babe... |
Well how do you trust people on the Internet? You can't its just impossible. To get around that where that issue no longer applys is what I am trying to explane.
Well the idea is on the table. And I believe our first OWF convention will take place eather (now this an estimated guess) but it would take place in 2006 maybe. I am tentively looking at that year as a possable time frame when it could happen. But it is official there will be a Convention down the road Oddguy knows it and I know it. Oh yes there will be a Convention! Some how some way we are going to do this. And if it is successful then it could be an annual thing but we will just have to wait and see. The question here is how do we make enough money and how do we pull it off where its convient in a way that makes it not a huge problem for everybody around the world? Getting a sponsor from Lorne Lanning is indeed a great way around that. One of us can write a letter signed by all of us to Lorne Lanning telling him about what we want to do and asking him kindly if he would like to sponsor our little Oddworld shin gig! And Lorne loves us because not only we give him bread on his table every night but we are his fans and as his fans we support him. I don't think he would turn down such a request then again ya never know. But why does that have to stop us? Why can't we give it a try? And so what if it doesn't work it doesn't work. But to not even attempt it because we think it won't work is crazy. Granted the potential of it not working is there but everything has a chance of not working. The E3 takes place in one location but people from all over the world go to it. Why because it popular and its video games not to mention billions of dollars goes into running it. I am not saying get a billion dollars I am saying make something small but related only small instead of big. How do you pull off a fan base event where it won't be any problem for anybody? The only logical solution I think of would be to make it public where everyone is invited not just us the fans on this forum. Make it public and general and people would come and its like they come and they go and well it would be a choice thing as oppose to something arranged and all of a sudden that person can't do it for what ever reason. But then again there is the issue of the real world, will people be intrested? A lot of questions but I think with our creativity we can actually pull something like this off and thats my own opinion. Ya know all I got to say is if you want something you got go for it because its not going to come to you. Your not going to get rich over night, your not going to become famous you got to want it and that is the only way to pull it off. Paramiteabe... :fuzblink: |