FTR Auckland Meetup Trip Report

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03-28-2008, 06:34 PM
zook

FTR Auckland Meetup Trip Report

Met up with my first FTR'er in real life a couple of weeks ago. The evening surpassed my expectations in many ways:

1) Christian (silu73) was not a weirdo.
2) In fact, he was quite cool.
3) He even has good taste in music.
4) We didn't bore or piss off my fiancee with too much poker talk.
5) Christian gave us lots of great tips for our New Zealand travels.
6) He took us to a Belgian pub for pots of awesome New Zealand mussels.
7) Christian paid for dinner!

All in all, a very fun evening. It did not discourage me from meeting other FTR'ers in the future. Cheers Christian!

A couple of photos... me and Christian:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8...ristianxq8.jpg

My pot of mussels:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1807/musselsic5.jpg
03-28-2008, 06:42 PM
mixchange

word. i've met up with at least 20 random ppl off the net traveling in random countries and only been molested once.
03-28-2008, 10:37 PM
silu73

It was great to meet zook and his fiancee during their NZ trip. Initially I planned to rob them but given they were so nice (and had great taste in music) I changed my mind and shouted dinner.

I hope you had a great time in NZ and it was a pleasure meeting a fellow FTR member on their travels.

btw, inviting FTR members for dinner is +ev as not long after I won my first major MTT win for 5k.

P.S. In case you still have never seen a Haka. Here are the two versions the All Blacks are performing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvs4T4RU30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83U_Vg1GRvA
03-28-2008, 10:50 PM
Jack Sawyer

I love the Haka

cool pics guys
03-28-2008, 11:13 PM
UG

I've met like ten or twelve people from FTR and all of them have been great. It's weird how you feel like a dork for meeting people from the internet, then you meet them and you realize you've probably met people you'll be friends with for life.
03-29-2008, 12:38 AM
flomo

great zook!
nice TR

bigred will probably be my first ftr person met in real life
praying for lots of lube and condoms
mmmmm sweet sweet conslutant ass
03-29-2008, 10:00 AM
bigspenda73

I plan on meeting a lot of people from FTR in the near future, my biggest hope is that they don't disappoint in real life and that no one says '"L O L" instead of actually laughing at one of my jokes.
03-29-2008, 10:27 AM
a500lbgorilla

haha its always cool when ftrers meet up.
03-29-2008, 11:20 AM
badgers

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

I plan on meeting a lot of people from FTR in the near future, my biggest hope is that they don't disappoint in real life and that no one says '"L O L" instead of actually laughing at one of my jokes.

"haha"
03-29-2008, 11:30 AM
gabe

cool
03-29-2008, 11:32 AM
swiggidy

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixchange

word. i've met up with at least 20 random ppl off the net traveling in random countries and only been molested once.

That sucks, I would be hoping for 3-4 at least. You're probably just running bad.
03-29-2008, 12:24 PM
flomo

any more pics?
03-30-2008, 01:03 AM
zook

Had an amazing time the rest of our three weeks in NZ. No more pics from that night with Christian, but tons more from the rest of the trip. I'll post some and longer trip reports (from NZ, S. Africa & Costa Rica) in the next week or two.
03-30-2008, 01:09 AM
zook

Quote:

Originally Posted by silu73

not long after I won my first major MTT win for 5k.

Sweet man. Now I don't feel as bad that you paid for dinner. (You really should have let me pay though. There should be some rule that whoever plays higher stakes automatically wins those arguments.)
03-30-2008, 06:56 AM
lolzzz_321

one day u guys will meet me
03-30-2008, 12:13 PM
Ragnar4

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

I plan on meeting a lot of people from FTR in the near future, my biggest hope is that they don't disappoint in real life and that no one says '"L O L" instead of actually laughing at one of my jokes.

If we ever meet. I'll so do this. repeatedly. It'll be creepy.
03-30-2008, 01:40 PM
BankItDrew

I met my gf online.
03-30-2008, 03:00 PM
Galapogos

Quote:

Originally Posted by BankItDrew

I met my gf online.

Yeah but where else would bots meet?

I don't think I've ever met an FTRr before in real life. I wanna hook up on one of those Vegas trips in the future.
03-30-2008, 03:25 PM
Xianti

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triptanes

one day u guys will meet me

<KABOOM!>
03-30-2008, 03:26 PM
Xianti

Re: FTR Auckland Meetup Trip Report

Quote:

Originally Posted by zook

A couple of photos... me and Christian:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8...ristianxq8.jpg

My pot of mussels:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1807/musselsic5.jpg

Awesome!
03-31-2008, 08:39 AM
arkana

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triptanes

one day u guys will meet me

tease