Scumstorm 2011: Fabio's Revenge (August 25-29, 2011)

Internet Stranger · Post Post #925 (ISO) » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:02 am

Has a date been picked yet?

Ythill · Post Post #926 (ISO) » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:05 am

Nope.

Xine · Post Post #927 (ISO) » Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:05 pm

IS, are you trying to make it this year?

Battousai · Post Post #928 (ISO) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:28 am

Get any rhubarb yet?

Internet Stranger · Post Post #929 (ISO) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:07 am

Of course I am Xine, I love you guys.

Xine · Post Post #930 (ISO) » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:22 pm

IS <3 Batt, I will by storm time.

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #931 (ISO) » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:50 pm

I am still interested in coming.

Ythill sent me a friggin' essay on how to busk gas.

Darn... I hope I still have it!

Fate · Post Post #932 (ISO) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:04 am

What the fuck is this verb busk?

HackerHuck · Post Post #933 (ISO) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:19 am

Busk typically means to perform in public for 'donations', like a street musician.

Fate · Post Post #934 (ISO) » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:20 am

I see....

Thanks....

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #935 (ISO) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:59 am

Well the way Ythill described it, it was more like "beg for". lol

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #936 (ISO) » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:01 am

Ah, here it was:

Ythill wrote:Travel with a gas can. When you get to about half a tank, pull into a gas station and park away from the pumps. When people come up to buy gas, turn on charisma and greet them. It helps if you start by asking them how they are or paying them an honest compliment. Lots of people will glare at you, tell you off, or ignore you. Give them a polite farewell and stop bugging them. However, some people will give you their attention. At that point, tell your story. Some people believe that making up a story that inspires pity is a good way to close the deal, but I've found that honesty is best. So, in this case, you'd tell a brief but entertaining story about how there's a convergence of gaming geeks happening Portland and that you wanted to go but didn't have enough money for gas so you decided to have some faith and hope you can make it anyway. Then politely ask them if they can spare any gas, and show them the can. Try to finish the delivery before they are finished topping-off so that they still have an active nozzle in hand when you ask.

Most people who listen to your story will give you at least a dollar's worth. Many of them will fill the can. You will also get other offers of assistance, such as food, cash, etcetera. Once your can is full, run over to your car and add it to the tank, then head back to the pumps.

Most gas station clerks will not run you off of their own accord, though a manager might. If a customer complains, you may get moved along. Keep being polite and explain
once
that you are increasing their sales. If that doesn't work, get back in your car and head to the next station. (The risk of getting run off is why you should start at half a tank.)

You can cross the country in this manner. Also, there are plenty of cities where various kinds of busking are considered to be more legitimate than others. For example, Santa Cruz is a great place to stop and use some inventive schtick to busk cash on the strip. Portland is a great place to play music for tips. New Orleans is a lucrative place to read tarot for tips. Etcetera.

One of my favorite tricks is that I always travel with a recorder or penny whistle. By placing my hat on the ground and playing near the entrance to a cheap restaurant, it has never taken me more than an hour to make enough money for a meal.

Xine · Post Post #937 (ISO) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:01 am

that method would need some adjustment once you get to Oregon

Mr. Flay · Post Post #938 (ISO) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:16 pm

And a fair lot of non-driving travel time.

singersigner · Post Post #939 (ISO) » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:28 pm

PORTLAND WAS SO MUCH FUN.

I wish we could go for scumstorm. But there's a lot of timing/monetary issues with that one. =/

Battousai · Post Post #940 (ISO) » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:43 am

Chances of going to this has went up, depending on the date...

mothrax · Post Post #941 (ISO) » Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:45 pm

Battousai wrote:Chances of going to this has went up, depending on the date...

This
Money is much less of an issue now. Not going to Europe this summer so the funds I had for that are being dumped into my "fun fund"

Ythill · Post Post #942 (ISO) » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:55 pm

I've having just the opposite happen. Likely going to be taking on a car payment. Add that to the time off for Rainbow and I'm not going to be able to float a rental this year. Of course I may also be in a house by then at which point we wouldn't need a rental.

Chaos!

WCS, people chip in on a few hotel rooms.

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #943 (ISO) » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:49 pm

Ythill wrote:[...] Add that to the time off for Rainbow [...]

My name is ReaperCharlie, and this is my favorite post on the Citadel.

Ythill · Post Post #944 (ISO) » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:16 pm

RC wrote:
Ythill wrote:[...] Add that to the time off for Rainbow [...]

FTFY

ReaperCharlie · Post Post #945 (ISO) » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:08 am

Internet Stranger · Post Post #946 (ISO) » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:36 am

If the date hasnt been set yet, August 26-28 or Sept. 9-11 would be really convenient for me since I should already be on the road at some point then. Just sayin'

Xine · Post Post #947 (ISO) » Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:38 pm

Probably time to start working on picking a date, I like last week in Aug, just off the top of my head...but I need to check some stuff, What do you think Honey?

startransmission · Post Post #948 (ISO) » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:49 pm

Um, just for the record I just recently heard of this and would be very interested. Weekends are... touchy for me so the sooner I could potentially request a day off the better. I hope awkward drunks are welcome...

Ythill · Post Post #949 (ISO) » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:45 pm

Wait a minute, you are in Portland already? Sweet.

Scumstorm 2011: Fabio's Revenge (August 25-29, 2011)

Are you interested in making Scumstorm an annual meet?