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Posted: August 30, 2008 01:17 pm  | |||
     IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6    | I'm looking to see why we don't have more EST events. There are 2 events today that I can't make because I'm either working or it's in the wee hours of the morning. How can I make events when the times don't coincide with what I have going on irl? You see, I have work, family time (chores), sports and other things that kind of hinder my ability to make events. Any suggestions? -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 01:53 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: bto Group: Emeritus Posts: 3815 Member No.: 196 Joined: February 3, 2008 Total Events Attended: 332 | Most of our events are EST/GMT friendly The number of events are probably going to decline soon with school starting for many Usually, the est/gmt events range from 3-8pm est, with some variations -------------------- bto  Ex-WG Warlord  "It is our direction, not our intentions, that lead us to our destinations." | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 01:53 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Mistah_Vince Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2235 Member No.: 233 Joined: February 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 85 | We DO have EST Events often. They're usually around 4/5 EST. Is that time not okay for you? O_o --------------------   | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 02:07 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6 | Some days it's good and some days it's not Vince. It all depends on my work schedule, my sporting events, the KIDS sporting events, what my daughter has going on (now that she's started pre school....damn, I'm getting old), what my son (who is now in college) has going on. There are alot of factors that can prohibit me or hinder me from being at many events. Usually, more times than not, I'm available early to mid evenings. The only days thusfar where I'm not, is Wednesday and Friday nights. That's about all I can say at this point. -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 02:30 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Tnuac Group: Emeritus Posts: 1806 Member No.: 51 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 58 | We need people to suggest times. I think most of the events are around 10pm gmt and 5pm EST, possibly an hour early. There are EST-specific events though. Sounds like you've got a busy time rick, but I'm sure if events keep getting placed at different times, they're bound to suit everyone eventually. Bear in mind 'evening' can mean a number of times. For some it starts at 4, others say 6.30. For some evening ends at 9, and for others its evening till 11. -------------------- ~Aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero~ "Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow"  | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 02:38 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6 | 5:00 PM EST is way too early for me. I'm just getting home from work and unwinding. I'm thinking about maybe 7-9 PM EST. Most weekends work for me unless I get called in to the office...like today. What the Event Coordinators have to realize is that we're not ALL in school.  -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 02:46 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: leecable Group: Banned Posts: 1938 Member No.: 410 Joined: April 1, 2008 Total Events Attended: 178 | Well said rick, I also work silly amounts of hours. Normally 60+ a week. Which is stupid. Im also training, as I have been accepted into the royal marines. So I really need to train for that aswell. When i come home, i just wanna chill. --------------------    | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 02:54 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6 | Congratulations on the Royal Marines, Lee. I'm sure you're going to be very busy in the months to come. So I guess my original question stands: What do those of us that have things like this going on irl have to do to make events? Surely you don't intend on us missing real life things for events do you? I know you're not insinuating that we come at times that we MAY be home but are too tired to do anything because of the day. I don't know... -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 03:16 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Baconman81 Group: Clan Friend Posts: 244 Member No.: 1267 Joined: August 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 13 | I'm EST and we have a lot of EST events but they probably fall on a bad time for you when your working or w/e. -------------------- † Proud To Be Iraqi  And Christian † ||90/99 Woodcutting  || | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 04:20 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Geofff Group: Clan Friend Posts: 1238 Member No.: 608 Joined: May 12, 2008 Total Events Attended: 96 | Quit work, you know rs is better  --------------------  | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 04:58 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6 |
Makes it hard to justify to the wife though. "Yeah honey, I have over 20M in my bank account on RS. We have about 2K in OUR bank account. I think to alleviate some pressures, I'm going to quit my job. We can get by for a long time on 20M, can't we?" Yeah, I don't think she'd go for that. I'll give it a shot though.  -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 05:47 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Gusmighster Group: Emeritus Posts: 1360 Member No.: 46 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 67 | Lmao ^ But I personally can't make any events 6PM EST or later 90% of the time but we do have American skill leaders so I would suggest confronting them about events which are later than 6PM EST. --------------------  | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 05:53 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Zlat Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2781 Member No.: 9 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 60 | Make your own events --------------------   | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 06:03 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Rick Hamm Group: Ex-Member Posts: 573 Member No.: 1214 Joined: July 14, 2008 Total Events Attended: 6 | Not my job to make events. That's what Event Coordinators are here for. -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 30, 2008 06:09 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Zlat Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2781 Member No.: 9 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 60 | Exacktly, but Event Coordinators make events so as many people as possible can attend. If someone can't attend because he/she is busy at the time then I suggest you to make the events  -------------------- | ||
Posted: August 31, 2008 12:06 am | |||
 IRC Nickname: Gorgemaster Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 9840 Member No.: 3 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 540 |
There's nothing more annoying than hosting an event where you get 2 people attending. It doesn't piss me off anymore because I've got used to it, but when people host their first event ever and they got a bad attendance it angers me. What times would work for you Rick? I'm sure we can work something out. --------------------    | ||
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