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Ride/Room available for Midwest Gaming Classic - Cheap!

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I know I mentioned this already in the main MGC thread, but I thought I'd post it here since some people may not read that thread, thinking they couldn't go.

I know this is short notice, but I have one more spot left in my car to go to Midwest Gaming Classic. I'll be leaving from school in western Wisconsin (a very reasonable drive from the Twin Cities for you fellow Minnesotans) on Friday morning, June 8th. I expect returning around 1:00 Sunday night (or Monday morning). If you pay for gas, I can probably work out a pick-up from the Twin Cities as well. One other pickup I'd be willing to do is for those near Interstate 94, I'll be traveling pretty much the entire highway within Wisconsin.

Not from the cities? You can also try checking megabus.com. They serve several large cities in the midwest, going through Chicago (the one exception to the stop in Chicago is if you are in Minneapolis or, of course, already in Chicago) I have tickets to get from Chicago to Milwaukee and back, so you only have to pay the bus fare to Chicago. Also, if you're coming from Cleveland, I have round trip tickets for that, too. If you take the bus, make sure you choose an option that will get you to Chicago by 9:30, as that is when the bus to Milwaukee leaves.

After you get to Milwaukee, you would join me, gannon, and G-force for pretty much the entire trip. We're planning on going to Ben's right away, then checking into a hotel I reserved.

Here are the costs for the trip:
Bus fare: Depends on where you are coming from
Hotel: $45 (evenly split amount among 4 people)
Gas: $20 (I'll be driving the entire trip, and Wisconsin has fairly high gas prices for the area, so I'd like some help with that.)
Event: $20 ($10/day x 2 days)
Spending money: As much or as little as you want :P
Food: See "Spending money"

If you're interested, send me a PM. Because I'd be sharing a room with you, I'd prefer people who have been here for a little while and are less likely to be stalkers. If you are unsure, give it a try. Worst case scenario, I say no :)
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Can you swing by Los Angeles, California?

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Post by SpongeBuell »

If you had given me more notice and paid my gas I could have probably done that :P
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Post by bicostp »

And then around Providence, Rhode Island? :P

I won't be coming this year (maybe next year), but I have an idea that might help ease the gas pain: get the next fuel grade up than you usually do. Hey it might help! Our Grand Am gets about 5 more miles per gallon on 89 octane than it does on 87 (mostly highway driving). You're driving your Cherokee, right? (The red one? Or am I thinking of someone else?) Depending on the engine you might notice a difference. It may or may not work, but I doubt using the "good stuff" in any engine will cause problems. (Don't hold me to this though...)
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bicostp wrote:And then around Providence, Rhode Island? :P

I won't be coming this year (maybe next year), but I have an idea that might help ease the gas pain: get the next fuel grade up than you usually do. Hey it might help! Our Grand Am gets about 5 more miles per gallon on 89 octane than it does on 87 (mostly highway driving). You're driving your Cherokee, right? (The red one? Or am I thinking of someone else?) Depending on the engine you might notice a difference. It may or may not work, but I doubt using the "good stuff" in any engine will cause problems. (Don't hold me to this though...)
It's a Wagoneer, technically, but it looks just like a Cherokee. And no, I won't be driving that... I got the car my grandma used to have, which gets much better mileage and is a lot less at risk of dieing in the middle of the road :P (though that Jeep is a tank... very reliable)
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Take me i wanna go :cry:
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I wanna go but my parents don't want me staying with people who are all like 4 years older then me that I met over the tubes we call the internet. :lol:
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If any of you have a decent video camera (none of this cameraphone BS), could you shoot some video of the expo? Please? :)
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bicostp wrote:If any of you have a decent video camera (none of this cameraphone BS), could you shoot some video of the expo? Please? :)
I would love for that to happen. I second the please
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Aww man, I TOTALLY woulda taken you up on this if I didn't already book a flight out there! :cry: A couple days with you guys probably would have been just a bit more entertaining than having to tug around with my dad and casual gamer friend that I'm hauling out there. Oh well, guess we can still chill at the show at least! :P

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Post by Dr. KillGood »

Swing by Atlanta-ish Georgia? :wink:
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How about Merritt Island, Florida?
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Post by khaag »

Are you serious guys? Read his post and you'll know his pickup locations :lol:
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Post by Motoman »

khaag wrote:Are you serious guys? Read his post and you'll know his pickup locations :lol:
Of course their serious DUH! :P So spongey how bout you swing by Warsaw eh?
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Post by SpongeBuell »

Well, it would take some serious modifications to my car so I can go across the ocean, a hell of a lot of gas, and enough food to get me there and back... oh, and time to do it all (and get there)... but what the heck, I'll do it :P
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