Of course!
If you’re a Homestuck fan in the Calgary Area (and beyond!), you are more than welcome to join us, even if you don’t have the time for/don’t like/aren’t comfortable with cosplaying.
Just remember that May 11th is supposed to be a prom event, so dressing up a bit is preferred. But if all you can do is make sure your clothes are clean, that’s fine too.
The official headcount for the Calgarystuck Prom is currently at:
As for The Further Adventures of Promstuck, as of now there are no plans for a where-to-go after meeting up at Eau Claire. I’ve considered making reservations at a restaurant, but that would require a definite headcount; if only 7 people show up, we might not need reservations, but if all 17 responders (and yes, I am including you Miss I Like Cake) were to show up, we probably wouldn’t get any tables. Especially not on a friday night!
As always, suggestions and ideas are welcome all around.
Especially for music! I hope to have my Apiculture Network rig (laptop dock and speakers) done by then, but I’m not making any promises on that 😉
edit: okay now there are 12 maybes.
So I’m going to go by the lack of opinions to the contrary, and say that we are tentatively scheduled for Friday May 11th at Eau Claire Market.
I’m thinking a general meet-up time between 6 and 7pm, just based on my own time table: off work at 5, getting into costume, getting to Eau Claire either by transit or car, which would mean walking from the station to Eau Claire or finding parking… I’m sure we all know how both can be when it comes to city center/downtown.
Good question.
I’m sure more people are going to join in as time goes by and more learn of it, but now that I’ve got a general idea of interest, I guess I should answer it! I’ve been looking at event venues and the like to try and narrow down the possibilities of where; so far all I’ve done has been add to the list, but hey. We’ve got time.
Anyways, some of the ideas for possible locations:
I’ve also looked into renting a community center… but $80-$100 per hour is a bit out of my range. I haven’t looked into hotel rooms yet, though I plan on checking that out tonight.
There is also the option of hosting it at someone’s house, but there are various complications with that. Things like allergies and phobias: I have a large overly friendly dog, for example.
Feel free to offer suggestions for other possible venues. I’ve lived my entire life in Calgary, but I certainly don’t know all the places to party ‘round here.
(I suppose I should mention that at the moment I’m personally leaning towards Eau Claire.)
Alright, the post re:organizing a meet up has been up for about five hours now.
Recap is that we have about eight people committed, three who have expressed interest but are “too shy”, a handful of likes that I am guess are indications that they’re coming??, and a couple of folks from other cities reblogging.
Also apparently there is a facebook group out there that may or may not be arranging something. I dunno much about that; facebook and I do not get along.
So I guess the next step is deciding date/time. And I should probably be posting this tomorrow evening instead of at 11:30pm, but whatever. I do what I want.
We’ve got a few options:
Thursday May 10th: the day before the official prom. This would be an evening event, presumably with some sort of cut-off time in the night on account of Friday classes and work schedules. Thursday would give us a chance to get together and have fun as a group, while also allowing us to play it up on tumblr for the actual prom.
Friday May 11th: the day of the prom. Another evening event, but this one would probably be able to go on a lot longer because weekend! As it would be the day of we could get together and set something up so that we can still mess around on tumblr with the rest of the prom goers, as well as having group party adventures.
Saturday May 12th: the day after the prom. I imagine this one would be more along the lines of an after party, picking up where the online events dropped off the night before. It also gives us the option of daylight shenanigans. What these shenanigans would be, I’m not sure, but there they could be.
So… thoughts, opinions, suggestions? What date would work best for you?
reblogging for daytime crowd, and adding some responses:
i had no idea this was a thing. i would love to participate
i could totes do jade because duh have all the crap, i wish my roxy wig would come in time but alas! it won’t. i think friday is the best day
haha yeah that’s one of the problems with tumblr; it’s all to easy to miss something that’s going on when a post is made when you’re not around. We’d love to have ya Mair!
Well there’s still a couple months to go before the meet up, so I’ll cross my fingers that it doesn’t take that long to arrive! Me, I’m gonna be Sollux.
Aaaaaand that is officially the first vote for what day.
i have never been too or experienced one of these but gosh darn i am really excited!
I’ve gone to a few events before (not for Homestuck , but cosplay in general) and they are a blast. This is the first time I’m organizing a meet up, so I’m pretty excited myself 🙂
And a final reblog for the evening/early night folks.
Alright, the post re:organizing a meet up has been up for about five hours now.
Recap is that we have about eight people committed, three who have expressed interest but are “too shy”, a handful of likes that I am guess are indications that they’re coming??, and a couple of folks from other cities reblogging.
Also apparently there is a facebook group out there that may or may not be arranging something. I dunno much about that; facebook and I do not get along.
So I guess the next step is deciding date/time. And I should probably be posting this tomorrow evening instead of at 11:30pm, but whatever. I do what I want.
We’ve got a few options:
Thursday May 10th: the day before the official prom. This would be an evening event, presumably with some sort of cut-off time in the night on account of Friday classes and work schedules. Thursday would give us a chance to get together and have fun as a group, while also allowing us to play it up on tumblr for the actual prom.
Friday May 11th: the day of the prom. Another evening event, but this one would probably be able to go on a lot longer because weekend! As it would be the day of we could get together and set something up so that we can still mess around on tumblr with the rest of the prom goers, as well as having group party adventures.
Saturday May 12th: the day after the prom. I imagine this one would be more along the lines of an after party, picking up where the online events dropped off the night before. It also gives us the option of daylight shenanigans. What these shenanigans would be, I’m not sure, but there they could be.
So… thoughts, opinions, suggestions? What date would work best for you?
reblogging for daytime crowd, and adding some responses:
i had no idea this was a thing. i would love to participate
i could totes do jade because duh have all the crap, i wish my roxy wig would come in time but alas! it won’t. i think friday is the best day
haha yeah that’s one of the problems with tumblr; it’s all to easy to miss something that’s going on when a post is made when you’re not around. We’d love to have ya Mair!
Well there’s still a couple months to go before the meet up, so I’ll cross my fingers that it doesn’t take that long to arrive! Me, I’m gonna be Sollux.
Aaaaaand that is officially the first vote for what day.
i have never been too or experienced one of these but gosh darn i am really excited!
I’ve gone to a few events before (not for Homestuck , but cosplay in general) and they are a blast. This is the first time I’m organizing a meet up, so I’m pretty excited myself 🙂
Alright, the post re:organizing a meet up has been up for about five hours now.
Recap is that we have about eight people committed, three who have expressed interest but are “too shy”, a handful of likes that I am guess are indications that they’re coming??, and a couple of folks from other cities reblogging.
Also apparently there is a facebook group out there that may or may not be arranging something. I dunno much about that; facebook and I do not get along.
So I guess the next step is deciding date/time. And I should probably be posting this tomorrow evening instead of at 11:30pm, but whatever. I do what I want.
We’ve got a few options:
Thursday May 10th: the day before the official prom. This would be an evening event, presumably with some sort of cut-off time in the night on account of Friday classes and work schedules. Thursday would give us a chance to get together and have fun as a group, while also allowing us to play it up on tumblr for the actual prom.
Friday May 11th: the day of the prom. Another evening event, but this one would probably be able to go on a lot longer because weekend! As it would be the day of we could get together and set something up so that we can still mess around on tumblr with the rest of the prom goers, as well as having group party adventures.
Saturday May 12th: the day after the prom. I imagine this one would be more along the lines of an after party, picking up where the online events dropped off the night before. It also gives us the option of daylight shenanigans. What these shenanigans would be, I’m not sure, but there they could be.
So… thoughts, opinions, suggestions? What date would work best for you?