Official Southern WI Dee-Nee Fest Thread

[Brookensrules!]

Maybe Doyle will have the piece of shit speed train rammed down our throats before April, bumpy roads no more...

Date looks fine for me however it appears there was a shooting over the weekend in the parking lot of the proposed location, dee-nee!

Another good reason to have it in Madison.

[Re-Peat]

I can bring guns for everyone if that helps.

[Barton]

I can bring guns for everyone if that helps.

I've already got two guns ... my left and my right baby!

[Turd]

Wife was asking what time we'd kick it off. I mean, I'm leVing her with a newborn and a feisty 2 year old. I've never been to one of these, so I dont know the typical goings on.

[Attezz]

Basically there's a LOT of drinking, usually an "event" or two (manolympics, minor league baseball game), followed by taking over a local bar, being threatened to be kicked out of the hotel around 2AM, and about three of four total games of RBI being played.

[Turd]

Gimme a kickoff time so I can tell the Mrs.

[Attezz]

Usually people show up sporadically on that Friday, starting in the morning/early afternoon, with a few coming in Thursday night.

It's your fest though, so you decide a kickoff time.

[Guido13]

The Cards are in town that weekend at Miller Park, so there is always that option on either Friday or Saturday night...

I'll talk to the GM at Bowlero on Wednesday and see if he'll give us some space that weekend, I'd say if we set something up to be playing RBI in the afternoon on Saturday into the evening, get pretty shined up and then take the show on the road would probably work out.

As far as leaving gear at the place, they have closests we can shove the crap into... ...although there is this back bar we might be able to take over ourselves that has two tvs in it already, that might be ideal so we don't have to haul a bunch of $hit around.

It might be hard to avoid bowling a few drunken games, this all depends on what is going on at that place that weekend. It is a dump and a half.

No one was hurt in the shooting... so we have that going for us, which is nice.

[Turd]

Alright, the wife seemed a little apprehensive about being home by herself with the ankle-biters for a whole day and overnight so soon, so we discussed me making a 3:00 or 4:00 arrival...

[Gantry]

This type of fest should probably be a one-day affair given all the uncertainties we got going.  One Saturday with the Bowling alley in Milwaukee would get probably tecmo, RePeat, Bastardo & myself at a minimum.  I think if we went home I could convince Lips to come up with me

A fest in Madison could go longer because Re-Peat is by himself but I only see me, Brookens and Repeat so far on that board.

We really need to have at least 4 people to have any semblance of a fest.  Any casual players the milwaukee/madison folks friends with?   Is anyone else reading this interested? 

[Turd]

I have a friend or two that might be interested, although they are in the same kid situation that I am in...and less ambitious.

I'd really like to see this happen...they gots to be mo' people interested...if not, we keep this thread open and hope that others come on board?

Consider me saddened if we can't get it rockin'.

[Gantry]

That's why I think a small gathering works at first - make it one day/afternoon so married people can go home in the evening.  And like I said, if I went home it would be easier to convince Sperling/Lips/whoever to go wtih me. 

Potsie moved to Kenosha so I can probably get him to come.  Stop off at Woodmans too...

[Turd]

I agree about making it one day, I can't make it more than that, but I already cleared that I'd be able to drink, possibly spend the night or take a cab home...either way, small or large gathering, I'm in.  If it's small, then you three can just beat up on me in RBI for a few hours, play some drunk bowling, and set it up nicely for the second go-around for a WI dee-nee fest sometime in the future, maybe hit up a Brewers game or something else fun.

[TβG]

what about roogs and his boys?

[Brookensrules!]

I have a couple buddies that play RBI, one I grew up with playing so he is a good player.  The other isn't very good but has occasionally upset me so that's an option and if Re-peat doesn't want to host (don't blame him since I previously volunteer his place without asking him) then perhaps these guys would be willing to host.  They live on the East side off Stoughton Rd and they are roommates.

[Barton]

That's why I think a small gathering works at first - make it one day/afternoon so married people can go home in the evening.  And like I said, if I went home it would be easier to convince Sperling/Lips/whoever to go wtih me. 

Potsie moved to Kenosha so I can probably get him to come.  Stop off at Woodmans too...

So in other words, the Fest starts wherever it starts and then ends up at Gantry's for night two?

[Guido13]

I play basketball in the morning until about 11 am, could be ready for dee-nee fest around noon and rock it all day long... ...if it's a one day thing we gotta start around noon so we can get into full shit-faced mode by mid-afternoon... ...I'll check with the bowling alley guy tomorrow night, if that doesn't pan out, I wouldn't rule out a drive up to Madison for myself, but if it's easier on the turd we should keep it down here, new baby and all.

I have anywhere from 1-5 RBI players that would be interested but until we can nail the details down, hopefully by the end of this week, I can't really email them. Then of course there is the two months til the fest for them to back out but I'm sure I could get a handful, so we'd have 5-10 guys getting wasted, playing RBI, I can't say some of the guys wouldn't fall for Turd bringing a copy of tecmo along either... ...I like the game but I'm not very good at it. RBI for me and tons of booze.

I'd also be up for that Cards/Brewers game if it came down to it, but I could see myself being way to drunk to pull that off.

[Turd]

I'm cleared for that weekend. Saturday, right? I doubt I could pull of noon, but I can show up a little late. Are we crashing somewhere, or what? Since I live in the area, if I were shitfaced I'd need to crash at someones house or take the BADD cab home.

[Gantry]

Excellent, lets see how the bowling alley goes and progress from there. 

Cabs and sober rides are probably best if it's a one day thing.  I'd probably end up sobering up (or better yet, bringing someone who will want to drive back) or if Re-Peat is down possibly a hotel room, especially if we go to a Brewers game. 

But lets not get ahead of ourselves, lets get that bowling alley and a date confirmed, then go from there. 

[Gantry]

Shit, does anyone know if Wilfong is still in Milwaukee?  He'd definitely be down as well