Offline Fan Meetings (212)

1 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-10 07:19 ID:yeUSn/+z

Something that I have wanted to see for a long time is an offline fan-meeting between people who have an interest in fan-fiction and fan-art. Wouldn't it be great to have an offline fan-gathering sometime, just for fan-fiction, fan-art, and things like that? Well, there would have to be enough people first - it would be no fun if it is too few.

If anyone is interested in this idea, perhaps we could post the name of nearest big city and country, and if enough people live in the same area, perhaps there could be a meeting sometime, perhaps at a park or a landmark or something. (Also, if you are uncomfortable telling others publicly about where you live near, you can just post anonymously too.)

2 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-10 07:22 ID:yeUSn/+z

As for myself, I live near Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.

3 Name: Bola : 2009-09-10 07:52 ID:HGzMVs4S

Louvain/Leuven, Belgium.

4 Name: CaroShadow : 2009-09-10 08:10 ID:1mktzPEo

Den haag/The Hage, the Netherlands

5 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-10 09:03 ID:/ZW1T2sN

Charleston, SC

6 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-10 11:58 ID:KpNquz/p

Corpus Christi, TX.

I only do fanfiction though but would like to meet fellow fanfic writers or artists in person

7 Name: BritishBitches : 2009-09-10 13:03 ID:1gwdgNuU

Birmingham, England.

And I just got back from Boston - Loved it!

8 Name: Pyro Raptor77 : 2009-09-10 15:19 ID:56O5fQBn

I live in St. Augustine, Fl (Nations Oldest City... filled with the Nation's oldest people).

It doesn't seem that anyone lives anywhere remotely close to each other...

9 Name: Judaphine : 2009-09-11 04:57 ID:UHUXzF0R

Aberdeen, Scotland

10 Name: F2008&K18 : 2009-09-11 05:21 ID:XHLJniHs

@9
when i seen aberdeen, i was almost surprised, until i seen scotland. we have a town around here named that too. F2008

eyeroll right, around here at T-town the waves look cool during storms. we live in washington, its almost true that it rains 9 months a year. K18

11 Name: artemisdesari : 2009-09-11 05:45 ID:jyFGSN68

Truro, Cornwall, England

12 Name: SlytherinPrincess : 2009-09-11 08:30 ID:7QPLNuLs

County Durham, England

13 Name: inulover90 : 2009-09-11 10:31 ID:+ilB+BzM

north east Philadelphia, PA

14 Name: SplatteredEggs : 2009-09-11 14:33 ID:YhbLlZrj

Raynes Park [London], England.

15 Name: anonymous : 2009-09-11 16:27 ID:t6/X6Mr5

Glasgow, scotland

16 Name: BlueSapphire92 : 2009-09-12 05:58 ID:IbvFtFv0

Gent, Belgium

(but it isn't really a big city, so maybe the capital Brussel which would only be an hour one the train.)
I don't think it'll be easy to meet with someone since I'm not about to take the train to England or something.
I would love to meet other people that write fanfiction but I don't think it's really possible to achieve.

17 Name: Pyro Raptor77 : 2009-09-12 10:11 ID:lMB+jjI5

Well at least you aren't across the big pond, or in a swamp. lol.

18 Name: bueno : 2009-09-12 11:41 ID:5Szevcs7

Leuven, Belgium!

19 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-12 12:07 ID:8kmy4y+d

Nice to see some more people from the UK on here :)

Wakefield, England for me.

20 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-12 16:02 ID:2AqxTszX

Yay so many Brits! I'm a couple hours drive from Hull. :)

21 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-13 06:54 ID:fQERNYXh

Somewhere in the Kempen Belgium. XD

22 Name: sailorjupiterox : 2009-09-13 09:00 ID:5FxwBVnU

Southport, England ^_^

23 Name: Jackidy : 2009-09-13 12:04 ID:xAn8cHfD

Sheffield, England

and oh mah gawd brittish people!!! :D where have you guys been hiding seriously!

24 Name: Pyro Raptor77 : 2009-09-13 12:46 ID:nmc1BcAr

How is Britain, anyway? I think I'd like to live there when I'm older because of America and how we're all screwed up... Oi, what with the "tsar" thing and all. I'm sure you all are getting along better than we are. O_O

So anyway. Just curious.

25 Name: horned reaper 266 : 2009-09-13 12:51 ID:1NRoCKec

we've all been hiding directly behind you!!
not sure which is the closest biggest city to me taunton or bristol maybe?

26 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-13 14:18 ID:1rx+U9aP

Us Brits need to gtfo of our hidings and meet up somehow!!! :D

27 Name: horned reaper 266 : 2009-09-13 14:38 ID:1NRoCKec

yea!!

28 Name: sailorjupiterox : 2009-09-14 08:38 ID:5FxwBVnU

@Pyro Raptor77 - Britain is all right :) It's good if you like grey skies and the smell of vegatables or exhaust fumes! And we don't get along all that well ! Trust me! Maybe it's just cause I'm a teenager, but no one seems to like me even though I'm all smiles ! :') Makes me laugh when old people cross the road just so they don't pass me :D

@Sukari - HELL TO THE YES! :D The closest cities to me are Liverpool and Manchester, and Preston too actually ! :) We should get people to meet up!

29 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-14 10:07 ID:1rx+U9aP

@sailorjupiterrox - Hahahaha! SO TRUE! No one likes me either... XD

We should meet somewhere typically British, like a pub, just for the lulz :D J/K that's stupid because most of you are too young to drink XD

30 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-15 09:52 ID:hRlnEZy6

Seriously, where have all these Brits been?

@Sukari we totally need to meet up somehow

@Jackidy you live kind of near me =D

31 Name: Beloved Fool : 2009-09-15 11:16 ID:dZ3Dc417

Brit here. I live in Shropshire/Staffordshire~

32 Name: sailorjupiterox : 2009-09-15 13:23 ID:oAiSg5+6

@Sukari - I reckon that we all meet up. At a pub, all though I'm fifteen, but that doesn't mean we have to drink ! :)

33 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-16 14:58 ID:1rx+U9aP

@sailorjupiterox - Wetherspoons ftw! :D

Okay but here's the question: WHERE are we going to meet? Since we're all more or less spread out across the UK :?

34 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-18 13:38 ID:LNhOqmfE

@Sukari

that could be a problem :/

I don't think any of us live near each other.

(Weatherspoons ftw indeed)

35 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-18 13:39 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>34
I think that perhaps it would be best to wait for more people to post in this thread before going further with this offline meetings idea.

36 Name: Kennie : 2009-09-20 05:07 ID:dNNSHTxP

I is also from England, on the Southern coast, based in Jane Austen country. :) Can drive so can commute to a meeting. Suggest, Weatherspoons in London?

37 Name: Sofabedtry : 2009-09-20 10:40 ID:ykLfHg+m

London, England!

I would be so up for this. :D

38 Name: well i wish i was a cullen : 2009-09-20 13:25 ID:O3brNr0l

im in wales so cardiff please, or at least bristol.

39 Name: Aimee : 2009-09-20 13:27 ID:xArcc6CT

OMFG, BRITISH PEOPLE! :D:D

Watford, England.
'Bout half an hour from London.

40 Name: Dane Soar : 2009-09-20 20:28 ID:Ocpbal1Q

Hmm, as fun as meeting all of you be I'm on the wrong side of the ocean it seems.
Anyone else in the US, around the East coast?

~Dane

41 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-21 05:26 ID:5/agTo49

Well how about we all turn up in cosplay!? :D (unless of course you don't have a cosplay outfit)

42 Name: Kennie : 2009-09-21 07:30 ID:jY9NDQ6R

Cosplay? Don't even know what that is... :) ... On the other hand, I can turn up as either a 17th century tavern wench or as a Victorian prostitute. You choose! :D

43 Name: ashleigh : 2009-09-21 10:16 ID:7lu4U7Ah

london or birmingham please! and for the american here... you hsve enough conventions!!! comic-con, anime conventions, disney conventions, we get stuck with dr who and torchwood! (unless anyone knows of a good anime convention around london/birmingham

44 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-21 10:16 ID:d7YVmi1o

8D I could totally come in cosplay, that would be awesome

@Kennie come as the prostiture 8D it sounds better

45 Name: francesb001 : 2009-09-21 10:55 ID:yUjO2p6s

have it in london. lol sorry to scrape in but london is easiest to get to and has loads of places to meet.

46 Name: Leanne1990 : 2009-09-21 15:06 ID:6lfcl9JE

London please! I have to travel from the dump known as Essex and it's easier for me.
BTW ashleigh here's a link to an anime expo
http://www.londonexpo.com/
It's apparently one of the best conventions and we get it twice a year.

47 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-21 19:06 ID:5/agTo49

London is kind of a long drive from where I am... so maybe somewhere a little further north?

@ Ashleigh - I agree, Americans have WAY more opportunities for fan-meetings than us Brits, they really don't need this thread as far as I'm concerned. (No offence to Americans)

@ Kennie - HELL NO that's disturbing!! Even if it is slightly amusing... xD

@ LOLitsRobyn - GAH Don't encourage her! XD

48 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-22 07:49 ID:8seZISUv

@ Sukari But its fun to encourage people D:

I agree with you on the further north thing, I have no way of getting down to London.

49 Name: bueno : 2009-09-22 13:31 ID:ER/IaJqm

@ Leanne1990: ohh, i'm going that! (not many good cons in belgium, lol.) hopefully we'll meet?

50 Name: Kennie : 2009-09-22 18:40 ID:dNNSHTxP

Perhaps those living close by could share lifts to London to reduce the cost for those who can't afford to make it on their own? Or maybe we could have two meetings, a Northern and Southern one, on the same day?

Re: Conventions. While I agree that America does get the lion's share of conventions, you have to remember that they are much bigger than the UK. I've been to a couple of conventions here (Collectormania and a Buffy convention) and they were really good. Collectormania is especially good because you don't have to pay and there's an eclectic mix of actors. They usually manage to get big names too... I still remember the day in 2003 when me and a friend managed to blag our way into a private press conference with all of the hobbits, Gollum and Sauron.

@ LOLitsRobyn & Sukari. looks innocent

51 Name: Sukari : 2009-09-23 10:26 ID:5/agTo49

@ Kennie - Collectormainia sounds AWESOME

The two meetings thing sounds like a good idea too :)

52 Name: Twilightandpokemonqueen : 2009-09-23 12:49 ID:Tp5dQyPf

Hi

I think it would be good if in the UK we had it in more than one place because when you think about it not everyone will be able to make it down to London (Like me who lives in Glasgow).

You could do it in more than one city per country.

53 Name: Leanne1990 : 2009-09-24 13:00 ID:I1cz0yjJ

@bueno - yeah that'd be pretty cool but i prob wont be in costume can't afford it! So you're coming all the way from belgium that's pretty far. Aren't there any conventions closer I know mcm do the same expo everywhere

54 Name: Relyob : 2009-09-24 15:31 ID:jtZgiVZK

do any conventions ever come to Belfast in Ireland? its dead here ainme/manga etc wise =[

55 Name: inulover90 : 2009-09-25 19:12 ID:3KSnIYrH

@dane soar: I'm in northeast Philadelphia, PA

56 Name: Strizzy : 2009-09-26 05:11 ID:EoqojkoD

Sheffield UK when at home and Leeds UK when at university

57 Name: Jazzermine : 2009-09-26 06:34 ID:xthCBnUY

Sheffield UK

Wow a large number of bits, thats actualy amazing seriously where have we all been! Im cloe to manchester and leeds mainly.. wakefield also just a train journey..

58 Name: Fee : 2009-09-26 09:35 ID:zkCdbh0C

Wow. There are so many UK peoples.
Including me, actually. Manchester, to be precise. The city where all that glitters is rain, rain and more rain.
I think the more than one city thing would work best, because there is no WAY I would be able to get to London and back in the time I have.

59 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-28 10:23 ID:0VBhUq8L

How many of you people would like to take a trip to some park in London on some weekend?

60 Name: michaela x : 2009-09-28 11:29 ID:U7YT33qq

ummm Sheffield is nearest to me but i've been as far as grimsby for just one day (bout 1hr 10 mins) and wakefields only but 50 mins...leeds is 37 i think

61 Name: Princess Tiger : 2009-09-28 12:40 ID:GM0unsyA

The Original Liverpool, UK (I'm a scouser and pround!)

62 Name: dance with the devil : 2009-09-28 13:08 ID:5sa+rWOv

well i live in Sunderland, in the UK, so i guess anywhere in tyne and wear, southern scotland, i could probably get to Manchester or Liverpool given enough time.

63 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-29 08:02 ID:0VBhUq8L

Maybe we could have many small meetings, if enough people would go. I think that at least 5-8 people would be a good number.

64 Name: bookmadabs : 2009-09-29 10:16 ID:MgBuZY+V

Hey, meetings would be fab.... we could do it by region kinda things, like the North - West as one etc..... Although, there could be more and 5 - 8..... Still :P

Oh and I'm with Princess Tiger, even though I was born in America and I've lived all over, Liverpool all the way hahahaha

65 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-29 16:36 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>64
Well, perhaps 10+ could be a good number.

66 Name: Stace : 2009-09-30 10:47 ID:805RKawq

I'm from Wakefield, England. (:
Where the friggin' heck have all you English been in my life?
I thought I was the only one on ff.net. ;'D

@Robyn - we totally need to meet up. xD

67 Name: LOLitsRobyn : 2009-09-30 12:25 ID:I41A3kS/

@Stace

XD Yes we do!

68 Name: Anonymous : 2009-09-30 14:37 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>67 >>66
There seems to be a park in Wakefield, so that might be a good location. My idea for finding each other is to hold up some kind of "flag" or other sign for recognition.

69 Name: Kennie : 2009-09-30 16:25 ID:dNNSHTxP

I'm up for a London park, although it might be getting a little cold these days... How about a pub? Or if we have younger members wanting to come, a coffee bar?

70 Name: Flinch-Hayward : 2009-09-30 23:08 ID:Hr+HmCdh

I'm up for a coffee bar. When abouts would we be meeting, though?

71 Name: Sukari : 2009-10-02 08:30 ID:8AZmPGCg

I like coffee bars more than pubs, (less crowded) :D So I'd like to meet in one like Starbucks

72 Name: Kennie : 2009-10-02 12:29 ID:pVa4LOQp

I prefer Costa's coffee personally. Not a big drinker so coffee's better than a pub for me. I know a good patisserie in Soho...

73 Name: marymagdalen : 2009-10-02 12:29 ID:mc7Msu2e

Wow - where have all you British folks been hiding? I've been feeling kinda lonely here in my small corner. I'm in Sheffield, so happy to meet up anywhere north of Birmingham!

74 Name: India Watson : 2009-10-02 12:42 ID:7wCjjOPJ

Man, where have all you fanfic Brit people been at? I have only every seen like American people on the website. I live in the South-East of England in London, so a meeting somewhere there would be awesome.

75 Name: Maxximumride666 : 2009-10-03 09:26 ID:yyPr6F+S

I'm from North West England, near Lancaster if any of you know it, but i drive so i'm not too fussed about where the meeting would be. I totally think it's an awesome idea to have a get-together like that, i'd so be up for it.

76 Name: Dani : 2009-10-03 10:01 ID:in60iV7Z

I knew there would be a few fanfic Brits here somewhere! I'm a northern lass myself. from a tiny village in East Lancashire. i can also drive so the location of a meet up isn't really a problem for me. I have a trusted sat nav to get me from place to place!

77 Name: Maxximumride666 : 2009-10-03 10:15 ID:yyPr6F+S

Lol most FF people i meet are American's!! I don't have anything against you guys, in fact you are pretty damn awesome!! But i'd love to meet people in my own country who get my english ways XD

Heh i have a satnav, but i think it hates me XD gets the job done thought, i guess XD

78 Name: ShatteredGlass : 2009-10-04 07:06 ID:PprQ+nbh

LONDON CALLIING. If not Wetherspoons then how about a big Starbucks- that for the winter of the park for the Summer.

79 Name: PSV : 2009-10-04 09:37 ID:SUi/0fas

Londoner, myself. The Embankment would probably be a good palce, it's central and there's plenty of coffee bars and so on. and FINALLY, brit fanficers!

80 Name: SakuraXKiss : 2009-10-05 08:32 ID:Ime2pp8v

Hey, I'm new to this site but I do think this is a good idea. I'm from Northern England (Manchester to be more precise) so if anyone else is then that'd be good! Also, I agree that a cafe would be a nice place to meet.

81 Name: XxXSheIsTroubleXxX : 2009-10-05 08:53 ID:7ORkqkkU

what a lovely idea,i'm from Oxfordshire so Oxford is my nearest big city no car though so my travel range is limited :(. i can get to London dead easy though if you ever decide to do a meet up there.

82 Name: Astaria : 2009-10-05 09:22 ID:AMxeWt84

Yeah, another Londoner. Might be interested, anywhere central's good.

83 Name: BerryDrops : 2009-10-05 11:15 ID:ELjkkI0X

Am i the only one from Wolverhampton lol?

Man us Brits need to stick together!

84 Name: Sukari : 2009-10-05 13:50 ID:8AZmPGCg

>>78 I already mentioned Starbucks, but yay!

85 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-06 01:20 ID:UQkUmzMZ

Huh, im stuck in Cornwall xD

86 Name: BerryDrops : 2009-10-06 02:59 ID:ELjkkI0X

Hmmmmm Starbucks is yummy! :D

87 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-06 09:07 ID:0VBhUq8L

88 Name: ComaWhite.X : 2009-10-06 11:48 ID:XL5Ha4w+

I'm down in the Midlands, but I can get to London by train :)

89 Name: ScourgeOfTheGalaxy : 2009-10-06 13:00 ID:MqiK5PYx

London is good. I live in Camden, so it'll be easy to get anywhere you want to meet.

Perhaps we should set up a forum board on Fanfiction.net where announcements can be sent via email.

Yaey. Britwriters! I should warn people, I might turn up with a bottle of liquor. It's OK, I can share.....

90 Name: CrAzYwRiTeRgUrL : 2009-10-06 13:31 ID:D9htrMOV

Ol' London town baby!

91 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-07 06:07 ID:5s9IayvM

A single bottle of liquer?
xD
You underestimate the drinking capacity of british writers.

92 Name: s i l v e r a u r o r a : 2009-10-07 11:01 ID:8jhWYAGA

I'm in Bristol, but I think I could probably get to London. It'll be great to meet fellow writers!

And Starbucks is a great idea .. but maybe a little small? I don't know, you Londeners give me a clue ;)

Ellie
xxx

93 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-07 13:38 ID:2iTl1wMF

Dammit, i would actually go to London if i wasnt at literally the other end of the Train line... maybe we could set up another meet more South Westerly some time? xD

94 Name: ScourgeOfTheGalaxy : 2009-10-07 14:34 ID:NIqVFOlB

Yeah, I said I might TURN UP with a bottle. Don't mean I won't buy more. And I didn't mention the pub crawl a few hours before.

Now, time for a random burst of song. GO GO POWER RANGERS

95 Name: Princess Tiger : 2009-10-07 14:56 ID:GM0unsyA

What's with London? I would have nothing against meeting up in London, if I didn't live in Liverpool. We need a place up north too. Unfortunately, with my Victorian parents, the furthest I could go on my own is Liverpool, or maybe Chester, unless I lied to them and went to Manchester, but then I'd get lost... Oh well, other point, even though I can pass for 16 (I have done before), I'm not old enough to drink, so less of the pubs and more of the cafés (you could bring a drink though).

96 Name: Laalratty : 2009-10-08 07:48 ID:zFtV/mx4

Also agree - London might suit a lot of southerners but what about us Northerners. For me the choice would be Manchester. Although I'm old enough for the pubs, cafes are a lot better as all ages can get in.

97 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-08 10:47 ID:y4aqZmkV

Lets have multiple meets all over the place! xD
And im glad to hear it. On that note, im out to the pub in about an hour. xD
And Cafes are better, as im still 6-7 months off 18. But then, the older people can always purchase the booze :P

98 Name: Felix : 2009-10-08 11:05 ID:KtoO4f59

In theory i could get to London. DXD
I don't like London.

99 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-08 12:15 ID:y4aqZmkV

Loving the specifics xD

100 Name: FBMC-LewisFlame : 2009-10-08 12:31 ID:tIXGjbH2

It's a brillient idea but things need to be arranged more formally, like finally putting a date in and making sure that as many fanfictioners and fanartists involved. I think maybe a park in london would be the best idea. And drink I disagree with, simply because we want this, if it goes well, to maybe be something that happens on a regular basis. The sort of thing that does happen every year or six months.
London is a good idea though.

101 Name: CSIvegasgirl : 2009-10-08 13:31 ID:Sofm1n5T

I'm British tooo xD xD Wooop, lots of us good ol' brits. I never knew there was so many of us.
I'm originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne (Proud Geordie!!!) But I currently live in Lincoln, which isn't anywhere near the big big cities. I'm near Nottingham and Doncaster... and Peterborough. Lol ahhha. I feel so far away from everyone lol.
Great idea though.

102 Name: Flinch-Hayward : 2009-10-08 14:06 ID:mK56Klas

How many of you guys are coming to MCM Expo? We could always meet up there...

I agree that it'd be nice to have this as a regular thing, though - perhaps even start a writer's group?

103 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-08 14:41 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>102
"perhaps even start a writer's group"
Perhaps such a writer's group could eventually have a fan-artist in it too.

104 Name: ScourgeOfTheGalaxy : 2009-10-08 15:09 ID:NIqVFOlB

>>102
>>103

A fanartist for the different stories? Sounds jokes!

MCM Expo is good. ExCel Center in London's Docklands. It's the last weekend of October that's not November as well, which is.... >checks calendar< the 23-24 October.

Prices should be about £8 for a normal ticket, and £11 for a fastrack, that must be bought before 11AM. You can book at the website, http://www.londonexpo.com.

Perhaps this should be discussed in the new Offline Meetings section. It's what it's there for. =]

105 Name: vampgirl16 : 2009-10-08 15:11 ID:WSYSuslL

I think it wouild be great having it as a regular event. altough i'd only be able to go as far a London my mum does'nt like me going to far away.

106 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-08 15:14 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>104
I put "Sounds jokes" into Google and I have not come up with any good results that tell me what it means. What does "Sounds jokes" mean?

107 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-08 16:58 ID:0VBhUq8L

Well, since this thread seems to be getting more incoherent and difficult to follow, it seems like there is a new bulletin board for talking about offline meetings, so perhaps it might be easier to talk about it there rather than in this thread:

http://www.fanbbs.net/off/

108 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-09 15:05 ID:6ijYivRc

>>106

Sorry. It's a bit of local slang. It basically means 'that sounds awesome!'

109 Name: Natz : 2009-10-10 15:53 ID:Xb90wP1o

Swindon, England, UK

110 Name: Natz : 2009-10-10 16:00 ID:Xb90wP1o

Swindon, bristol is good for me!
Anyone like transformers?

111 Name: marymagdalen : 2009-10-11 07:16 ID:ZQVebrFY

Well, seems like there's five of us from Sheffield. Maybe we could meet up at Starbucks in Orchard Square one weekend, just to say hello? If you're up for it, you can email me on magdalen2407@aol.com and suggest a good date.
Jude

112 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-11 09:57 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>111
I think that it is better if all discussion takes place in public (like on this bulletin board) rather than through e-mail because then it would be more accessible to everybody else.

113 Name: Rachel Cabbit : 2009-10-13 09:59 ID:w+A8VPxh

I would love to go to a meet up!
I'm from Sunderland,UK and I go to Newcastle Uni, but alas, I am studying in Tokyo, Japan for a year, so I'll have to wait until I get back. It's a bit far for me to commute at the moment ^^;

114 Name: Tanuki-Gao : 2009-10-18 11:11 ID:3b2egu1h

Wow, a lot more british folk here!
:] im in the north west of england, stuck between Chester and Liverpool.

115 Name: shona(murtaghxblaiseyum) : 2009-10-18 12:12 ID:Ke6tFIJw

Castleford(wakefield and leeds too),England

116 Name: shona(murtaghxblaiseyum) : 2009-10-18 12:12 ID:Ke6tFIJw

Castleford(wakefield and leeds too),England

117 Name: shona(murtaghxblaiseyum) : 2009-10-18 12:23 ID:Ke6tFIJw

seems like we could do 3 meetings for british people how about leeds,london and either glasgow or edinburgh.
We could meet in pubs that serves meals and discuss fanfic over a meal or something.
Im from castleford so leeds and wakefield are bout 30min train or bus for me if you are from near me and would like to attend a meeting then add me on sugerangel1611@hotmail.com or my student email REA09109728@wakefield.ac.uk

118 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-18 13:57 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>117
I think that it would be better to talk about these meetings on this bulletin board than through e-mail, so that everybody can see what is being talked about.

119 Name: Ren'aiXhakumei : 2009-10-18 23:44 ID:W2Wd21oK

Don't forget people, safety is key, and if any of you are stalkers, pedoes or crazy hatchet swinging weirdos, then I'll hunt you down with a pitch fork :p

120 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-19 08:30 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>119
That's why I think that it would be best not to use e-mail to talk about offline meetings, and to just use this bulletin board instead - I think that it is much safer this way.

121 Name: Beau : 2009-10-19 11:01 ID:MHpF+jp2

An Essex/London meetup would be pretty awesome. I know a few anime fans but zero fanfic writers.

122 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-19 11:12 ID:xzi/D32B

>>120 Its probably also a good idea to meet in groups incase anybody is a "stalker, pedo, or crazy hatchet swinging weirdo" xD Like, if theres 5 or 6 people, stalkers and pedos will have a hard time. Unfortunatly, if one of said people was a hatchet swinging weirdo, i dont think anybody would stand a chance... xD

123 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-19 11:30 ID:0VBhUq8L

>>122
Well, then it would be best to meet in a crowded location. Even if anybody was a hatchet swinging weirdo, I don't think they would be able to take on a whole crowd of people.

124 Name: Harbinger of Doom : 2009-10-19 12:03 ID:xzi/D32B

To be honest, there are more likely pedos and stalkers than hatchet weilding weirdos xD And pedos and stalkers are probably easyer to deal with xD

125 Name: granger : 2009-10-22 05:30 ID:DJInhdmb

im a londoner thats goin expo so alll good 4 me

126 Name: granger : 2009-10-22 05:32 ID:DJInhdmb

im also like 7 months of being 18 so grr

127 Name: Roland : 2009-10-28 08:27 ID:FMhL/u7R

@ Berrydrops, OMG! I'm from near Wolverhampton right between Walsall Wolverhampton however i live in london now.
@ Scourge of the Galaxy again OMG! I live in Islington right down the road from you!

128 Name: Rachel : 2009-10-28 08:44 ID:Nju4RQUK

I think an offline- meeting would be a great idea. Of course you'd have to avoid the psychos and pedos and stalkers and such so, crowded places sound like a plan

129 Name: Rachel : 2009-10-28 08:44 ID:Nju4RQUK

I think an offline- meeting would be a great idea. Of course you'd have to avoid the psychos and pedos and stalkers and such so, crowded places sound like a plan

130 Name: Cap'nBunny : 2009-10-28 16:43 ID:q8WzUGy8

Offline meetings are ALWAYS fun. But, yeah, I guess you DO have to make sure it's safe. I've always taken a friend with me to any I go to (though that may have something to do with them wanting to go, too, anyway ^^')

Somewhere public, with a group of people is generally safe. But if it's a close community most of the time everyone know everyone else anyway XD

Oh well :D

131 Name: Cliodhna : 2009-11-10 16:30 ID:UwcOlNT2

I so vote Glasgow - I seem to be the only one on here from Scotland! I think the idea of having three meetings in three major cities is a good one. And one of them should be in Scotland. :)

132 Name: Xylobones : 2009-11-19 14:47 ID:NWsx1Cpj

Any Bionicle or Transformers fans up in North Yofkshire?

133 Name: V-chan : 2009-11-19 17:40 ID:rnlnVw+y

I agree with Cliodhna, there should be a Glasgow one for us Scots :). We always seem to be left out of these sort of things hehe.

134 Name: Majin : 2009-11-19 19:51 ID:CI1K6ZfC

Nearest big city: Birmingham, England.

135 Name: alphacadet0520 : 2009-11-27 10:45 ID:PA83v+Bs

shona(murtaghxblaiseyum): Wakefield sounds great for me! There's buses from the local bus station like every 10 minutes or so!

136 Name: Emi-chan3192 : 2010-01-28 14:14 ID:Bwu/Wl3p

i'm from kent, london is probably the closest place for me. Alot of meet ups for me seem to be in Hyde park where friends chat, dress up in cosplay and we have a picnic.

137 Name: Gael : 2010-01-30 12:09 ID:nYun0/4W

Us lot in Scotland should definitely have somewhere like Glasgow lol
However travel really is a problem for me living on the Orkney Islands. we literally have to go on a boat overnight to get to Aberdeen then go for a few more hours to any of the other big cities. So for some of us further North would Aberdeen be an option?
If not I'm still fine with Glasgow or even Edinburgh :)

138 Name: anonymous : 2010-03-03 10:07 ID:hH0pHQ+W

i think this idea is very good.
peepz should do this kinda thing.
=D
LONDON! =]

139 Name: moonphase : 2010-03-03 10:11 ID:w3wu6z2I

There is a board called Offline Meetings that's all about this.

140 Name: Satan's Pixie : 2010-03-18 16:51 ID:tExGqp4a

I could probably get to London but I'd most likely get REALLY lost! York, Newcastle or Whitby would be better for me, or even Nottingham as I'm sort of familiar with the area. The only problem is I'm kind of a poor student so I can't really go overseas, Scotland would be fine too, basically anywhere you could get to on a train.
And don't worry about hatchet swinging weirdos, paedos or stalkers, if they come anywhere near me, I'll smack 'em in the face with a book.

141 Name: Refi : 2010-03-28 11:44 ID:6ix0wE/X

I've already been to a few meetings in Manchester, and can't find the original thread for it here anymore...and ideas?

142 Name: ... : 2010-03-28 14:48 ID:B4rjpTpI

Could it possibly be under, oh, I don't know, "Offline Meetings"? Maybe titled "Anyone in the Northwest (Manchester)?"

143 Name: Refi : 2010-03-30 13:59 ID:Y22TO9Xh

Are you making fun of me? Looks like I didn't look hard enough! Everyone makes mistakes!

144 Name: ... : 2010-03-30 14:16 ID:B4rjpTpI

That's why I mock everyone. Don't take it personally.

145 Name: Scourgeofthegalaxy : 2010-03-30 14:29 ID:F5YTZuSI

London meetups happen most weeks near Tottenham Court Road station. Visit the blog at http://neowriterslondon.blogspot.com for information and contact details.

146 Name: 9shadowcat9 : 2010-03-31 00:15 ID:cq4lLLz4

I live in portsmouth, so the nearest for me is london. Maybe we can meet up in the london expo? ^^' We can all cosplay.

147 Name: Refi : 2010-03-31 11:45 ID:f8XQRUEX

>>144
Um...sorry. I react quite badly to people who I think are taking the mick.

148 Name: Anonymous : 2010-04-13 09:16 ID:ZShXFvTC

i live in bognor which is near porsmouth so any want to make one for west sussex

149 Name: moonphase : 2010-04-13 09:55 ID:L4jyey09

see: http://www.fanbbs.net/test/kareha.pl/honobono/1271003881/
then go to the offline meetings page.

150 Name: Lydiaa : 2010-04-13 13:48 ID:WNdkkdpA

Anyone near sheffield...:(

151 Name: MegaUnknownxx : 2010-04-15 12:09 ID:BTjn/U4g

>>121 Hey, I'm from Essex too, and also know so very few fanfic writers. What part of Essex roughly are you from? I'm from Harlow, so quite close to London

152 Name: sharingansupergirl : 2010-04-15 12:58 ID:hFNe5QyP

Hey, I'm really not being funny, but this thread probably isn't going to help any of you meet up.
In the 'Offline Meetings' section there are seperate threads for seperate areas, the reason being because it groups people in the same area and lets you talk directly with the people you live near. Put it this way, you're more likely going to notice the post before you suggesting where you meet rather than the 30th post before you.

http://www.fanbbs.net/off/

Here's the link. Aren't I nice? :)

153 Name: ... : 2010-04-15 14:32 ID:B4rjpTpI

And the next person to post on this thread is an idiot.

154 Name: Satan's Pixie : 2010-05-02 14:04 ID:PG6BKzBZ

Hey, are there any meetings going to be in Newcastle? Because I'm near there and that's about the only place I could get to and not get lost, although if anyone organises one in Harrogate then I'd be fine there too...

155 Name: Moonphase : 2010-05-02 15:32 ID:FfBtDSKF

LMFAO I can't believe someone actually posted!!

156 Name: Gin : 2010-05-02 15:44 ID:TIofkm2x

Tell me, moonphase. Is "..." a psychic, or just uncannily accurate?

157 Name: Moonphase : 2010-05-02 15:51 ID:FfBtDSKF

neither. The answer lies in what is said in >>153, sorry Satan's pixie, but you walked right into that one...

158 Name: ... : 2010-05-02 16:22 ID:B4rjpTpI

@156- Both. I also have good eyebrows.

159 Name: RayRay : 2010-05-02 21:57 ID:QJGCdjE0

OFFLINE MEETINGS THREAD.

Satans Pixie person - theres a Newcastle thread in there.

Also, Ellipsis, I have better eyebrows.

~shifty eyes~

160 Name: Hercule Poirot : 2010-05-03 04:22 ID:B4rjpTpI

~shakes head~

You forget that you posted a picture of yourself on 'ere for all ze world to see. Ze eyebrows, zey are not bad, mademoiselle, no, mais zey are lacking in, 'ow do you say, ze passion, ze shape! Trust me on ze facial 'air.

161 Name: KuroShoujo : 2010-05-03 10:25 ID:dojK8yC8

I'm from the Netherlands but I guess nobody lives there doom

162 Name: Annie : 2010-05-04 08:46 ID:6UQX+cWO

Well, I'm from the Netherlands too, so you're not the only one ;)

163 Name: Keavy : 2010-05-04 08:51 ID:mMu/EXwt

I'm from the Netherlands too, so we have three so far

164 Name: ... : 2010-05-04 09:31 ID:B4rjpTpI

You're evidently the three stupidest people from the Netherlands.

165 Name: Mizzy : 2010-05-04 12:35 ID:XkBrPgOd

Well, I'm from the Netherlands too, that makes 4 :)

166 Name: Moonphase : 2010-05-04 13:21 ID:FfBtDSKF

OMG! STOP USING THIS THREAD THERE IS A SEPERATE PLACE FOR MEETING UP!!!!!!! GO TO THE FRONT PAGE, THAT'S THE PLACE YOU HAVE TO GO! THIS IS SPAM!! For fucks sake people!! Its been said a hundred times already! Why do you not understand??

167 Name: naomi : 2010-05-04 22:10 ID:XpZ18LMl

he moonphase relax a little Spam shouldn't be so troublesome for yah and i think such a meeting is cool but we first need everyone we know from where they are and they are saying there from the little orange land :P like me

168 Name: RayRay : 2010-05-04 22:49 ID:32YaDftA

Yes, but what you are failing to understand is that there is an. entire. section. dedicated. to. THIS EXACT THING.

On the left. OFFLINE MEETINGS. CLICKYCLICKY!

Hercule Poirot - I'll dye them pink ;)

169 Post deleted by moderator.

170 Name: Hercule Poirot : 2010-05-05 11:31 ID:B4rjpTpI

Mais zen, ze eyebrows, zey will undoubtedly clash wiz some of ze clothes in your wardrobe, Mademoiselle! Non, non, non; do not do somezing so drastic, non, non...~shakes head~

171 Name: Triever : 2010-05-05 14:43 ID:6KJKC5gc

I live in the Netherlands as well! =)

172 Name: RayRay : 2010-05-06 09:31 ID:CE20CBVX

>>170

Fortunately, I'm not that radical. Hence no dying of eyebrows.

But I do have to wonder now what post 169 said. I've never come across a deleted post!

Everyone flock to the deleted post!

173 Name: SelaLinssen : 2010-05-06 11:21 ID:cr/pH7z0

I'm from the netherlands,
I'll join in.

174 Name: BM16 : 2010-05-06 11:58 ID:ub0gM7/E

>>172 I think it was one of those japanese spammers.

175 Name: RayRay : 2010-05-06 12:04 ID:CE20CBVX

>>173

Are you trying to annoy us now. Go to the proper freaking place. This part of the board is for discussing fanworks and culture.

URGH!

176 Name: Moonphase : 2010-05-07 00:24 ID:FfBtDSKF

I know, it's either ignorance/arogance, or both. People have rtried to send them to the correct place so many times, but if people want to continue to be stupid, I give up...

177 Name: Moonphase : 2010-05-07 00:25 ID:FfBtDSKF

I know, it's either ignorance/arogance, or both. People have tried to send them to the correct place so many times, but if people want to continue to be stupid, I give up...

178 Post deleted by moderator.

179 Post deleted by moderator.

180 Name: Nienna : 2010-05-08 10:23 ID:b88cvWkh

I live in Belgium. And I'd say: why not meet with other fanfiction writer? It could be a nice opportunity to discuss your stories, find inspiration for new ones and talk about the problems you have while you're writing.

181 Name: Nienna : 2010-05-08 10:24 ID:b88cvWkh

I live in Belgium. And I'd say: why not meet with other fanfiction writer? It could be a nice opportunity to discuss your stories, find inspiration for new ones and talk about the problems you have while you're writing.

182 Name: ... : 2010-05-08 10:51 ID:B4rjpTpI

And yet nobody will want to discuss these things with someone too stupid to post in the right place! Oh, woe!

183 Name: Annoying Person : 2010-05-27 10:55 ID:DNgiumdt

Does anyone live near Dartmouth in Devon, England?

184 Name: ... : 2010-05-27 11:01 ID:B4rjpTpI

Yes, they're just avoiding you.

185 Name: Idrill : 2010-06-06 12:19 ID:PA4l+7lW

It would be so awesome if anything like that would be organized in Holland, or in general itself. i would love to discuss with someone else, everyone has their own ideas about stories and it would be so nice to exchange those and gain inspiration and stuff. damn i want thisXd

186 Name: ... : 2010-06-06 13:46 ID:B4rjpTpI

~sigh~

187 Name: RayRay : 2010-06-07 02:59 ID:hGLZ6f3u

>>186

Couldn't expressed yourself better, apart from I don't think you sighed hard enough. Sigh harder damn it!

188 Name: Robincb : 2010-06-14 11:12 ID:ecsr5/uc

I'm from the Netherlands too.

I'll join if i can make it. I live close to Leiden, other cities are doable as long as you hold the meetings close to the train station or something

189 Name: ... : 2010-06-14 11:25 ID:B4rjpTpI

*SIGH*

190 Name: Crowbar_Gazoolies : 2010-06-14 13:05 ID:m3P0q9VT

I'm from the sticks near Ipswich, so if anyone's near there..well, that'd be really rather neat 8]

191 Name: KatonRyu : 2010-06-14 14:16 ID:xkmzVl0B

@Idrill & Robincb - I'm from the Netherlands as well; if it's somewhere in the vicinity of The Hague or Leiden it would be cool:P Otherwise I'll take the car, I guess.

192 Name: RayRay : 2010-06-14 14:23 ID:6p8QGbny

All of you. Look on your left. See that little thing marked "Offline Meetings"

Go there for this. Seriously.

I think you're doing it just to be n00bs now.

193 Name: KatonRyu : 2010-06-14 14:51 ID:xkmzVl0B

@RayRay - Why waste an opportunity? If there's a thread here with the subject, why not post in it? This way we have more chance of succeeding in finding people, the actual locations and such can be talked about in that thread.

Having said this, I must agree with the fact that it would indeed be better to use the actual correct board. So, sorry for that.

194 Name: Lupa Dracolis : 2010-06-15 04:01 ID:HhI0wdYA

>>193 "If there's a thread here with the subject, why not post in it?"

Because there is a WHOLE DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE WEBSITE for offline meetings, so post about them in there, please.

195 Name: Wraith Fan : 2010-06-16 11:11 ID:9aLvIMjE

Anyone from Belgium here? More specifically: Flanders?

Greetz: Wraith Fan -xXx-

196 Name: fan-to-fiction : 2010-06-16 11:26 ID:4irEgIHJ

>>195 THERE IS A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THIS KIND OF THREADS.
LOOK AT 'OFFLINE MEETINGS'!

197 Name: fan-to-fiction : 2010-06-16 11:27 ID:4irEgIHJ

>>195 And I'm from Flanders but go the section of offline meetings and I'll talk to you there.

198 Name: Hannah : 2010-06-20 07:22 ID:3oU4ovc0

Hello everyone.

I think it would be great for people to have offline fanfiction meetings.

Is anyone interested in Jonathan creek fanfiction?

199 Name: RayRay : 2010-06-21 19:37 ID:p/unQYWD

Head, meet desk.

200 Name: Anonymous : 2010-06-22 14:04 ID:38NPX0FU

Your poor, poor forehead. Why not just give up as they seem pretty unable to understand the rather simple concept.

201 Name: RayRay : 2010-06-23 18:28 ID:lrPS6of0

I have a dent in my skull now ;)

202 Name: ... : 2010-06-30 08:38 ID:3JYL1dY7

I think its a good uidea to meet up offline, does anyone live near liverpool?
and why are you critisising people for posting in the wrong place, some people dont know there way around the site!!!!!1

203 Name: Anonymous : 2010-06-30 09:46 ID:38NPX0FU

Your poor '1' is lonely.

204 Name: Jitsu : 2010-06-30 10:03 ID:3AYJmLVl

Anyone out here in the midwest of the US? If you see corn outside your window... jk. :)

205 Name: ... : 2010-06-30 13:51 ID:B4rjpTpI

Liverpool?! Oh, impostor, you've really crossed the line...

206 Name: moonphase : 2010-06-30 14:02 ID:27UYUwuC

>>205, someone is pretending to be you pretending to troll??? That's so weird! D:

207 Name: ... : 2010-07-01 11:17 ID:3JYL1dY7

what has someone alredy got my name on here??? becuase ive always been ... on fanfiction!!!!
and i do live near liverpool, so what????
i think u shloud stop critising people, its not very nice.

208 Name: ... : 2010-07-01 11:17 ID:3JYL1dY7

what has someone alredy got my name on here??? becuase ive always been ... on fanfiction!!!!
and i do live near liverpool, so what????
i think u shloud stop critising people, its not very nice.

209 Name: ... : 2010-07-01 11:21 ID:3JYL1dY7

its supposed to be a fun thing to do fanfictiton, i personally love writing stories with my own OC charcters, i think its a great way to get better at what you love, its not very nice if i'm going to criticised all the time

210 Name: RayRay : 2010-07-01 12:14 ID:x5shluU9

There's... two of them.

Oh god.

OH GAWD!

211 Name: Lupa Dracolis : 2010-07-01 13:39 ID:/T8x2F5m

>>210 Yes, but it's rather easy to tell the two ...s apart. The one that can spell and use grammar is the amorphous, robotic blob that we all know so well, and the other one is the one who is trolling.

212 Name: ... : 2010-07-08 08:41 ID:6ACZh0T6

whats trolling anyway? i dont live under a bridge :)

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