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IronCon Room Arrangements

AeralAeral
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I know this may be a bit early to ask, but for those who are going, does anyone want to share a room? (feel free to use this post to find others who might want to as well). 

I am looking to split the costs of Friday, Saturday, and possibly Sunday night for room fare (as I may want to spend the extra night there just so I could go out and see the city.) 

For those trying to find an airfare, try kayak.com (you can create price alerts, too. Very helpful).
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  • ShaddusShaddus , the Leper Messiah Outside your window.
    /waggle
    Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
  • XenthosXenthos Shadow Lord
    Are you even going?
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  • AeralAeral
    Pft.
    Avatar by the amazing @Feyrll! 
  • KnorrithKnorrith
    Actually, I'm a bit curious about this as well. Also, when is this group rate info thing going to be posted?
  • SkyeSkye
    Yeah, I've made absolutely no plans whatsoever so far. I might be up for something like this.
  • XenthosXenthos Shadow Lord
    edited April 2013
    There are no group rates.  It kind of seems like a lot of you all never got the email re: this, but it's the most comprehensive summary I've seen of what's going on and various suggested options, so here it is:

    Hi all,

     

    This is going out to all the players coming to IronCon, as well as the producers on each of the games.

     

    First, to remind everyone, here are the basic details, including the address of the property:

     

    * The party starts at 5 pm on Friday, July 19th at the estate at X. It goes until 2 am that night, and then picks up again on the next day at noon, going again until 2 am Saturday night.

     

    * To remind you, we'll be providing snacks and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) but not meals, so you'll need to sort out meals. Ordering food to the estate will be easy, and getting cabs to the strip nearby is also easy. Plenty of options there.

     

    * We aren't really getting enough rooms to secure a group rate worth mentioning (I checked) as people are likely going to stay at multiple hotels, but I recommend some hotels below. Where you stay depends on what you're looking for. If you just want a hotel that is as near as possible to the estate, you'll want to pick the Hamptons Inn & Suites hotel, which is where many of the Gods will be staying (as the house can't fit all the producers/volunteers).  However, that's not on the strip, and so is not really an interesting option.

    IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO VEGAS BEFORE

     

    I'm not going to bore you with a guide to Las Vegas, but will give you enough info to help you decide what hotel you want to stay at.

     

    For the purposes of this, there are only three rough parts of Las Vegas we care about:

    * The estate @ 2810 East Quail Avenue

    * The airport

    * The Strip (which is several miles long). The Strip is a single long road along which 80 or 90% of the major casino-hotels in Las Vegas are. Almost all of the ones you'd recognize from tv/movies are there.

    * The airport is directly east of the Strip, and the estate is about 3 blocks east of the airport itself.

    * So, both the estate and the airport are close to the Strip, though the estate is not walking distance from the Strip, especially in the intense heat of Vegas in July.

    * A cab ride from the airport to the Strip is quick and cheap and presumably not much more expensive to the estate.

    * There aren't really many or any restaurants (hard to tell) around the estate itself, though there's a Starbucks a half mile away.

    * There are restuarants of every variety on the Strip, but it can take a deceptively long amount of time to get around the Strip due to traffic and the fact that the individual casino-hotels are gigantic. Just walking through them or past one of them can take a few minutes.

     

     

    WHERE TO STAY

     

    There are some high-end options in Vegas, but given that we've got this amazing estate rented, I wouldn't recommend spending your money on a high-end hotel room. The mid-level ones tend to be pretty good as it is in Las Vegas. Price ranges are for a basic room with 2 queen beds.

     

    Mid-level (on the Strip): MGM Grand. $130-$160/night. http://mgmgrand.com

    This is the closest major strip hotel to the estate. It's also one of the closest ones to the airport. I've stayed here multiple times. It's a pretty nice hotel that has had serious money sunk into keeping it feeling fresh and new.

     

    Lower-end (on the Strip): Bally's. $100-$110/night. http://ballys.com

    (will redirect you to another site, but it's legit). It's not bad, but it's a hotel in need of being updated. The décor is pretty dated, etc.

     

    Dirt-cheap (on the Strip): Riviera. $50-$60/night.  http://rivierahotel.com

    This is an old-school Vegas hotel that hasn't been updated in a long time. I can't really recommend it as I haven't even been inside it, but it's cheap! It's got 2000 hotel rooms and hasn't gone out of business yet, so it must not be killing its patrons. ;) One note: This one is at the very north end of the Strip, which will make for a longer cab ride to the estate by maybe 2 or 3 miles vs the MGM or Bally's.

     

    Hampton Inn & Suites - This is where many of the Gods are staying. $85/night.

    http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/nevada/hampton-inn-and-suites-las-vegas-airport-LASETHX/index.html Never been here, but it looks like your standard airport hotel. Totally functional, but nothing special. It's about a 1.3 mile walk from this to the estate, or a slightly longer cab ride due to one-way streets. Because it's off-strip, it's a better value for your money, but it also has none of the fun of being on the Strip.

     

    WHAT TO BRING

    * Money for food, cab rides, whatever else you want to do.

    * Light /cool clothes, while recognizing that if you're in casinos, they are very strongly air-conditioned. It'll likely be hot and dry outside, probably very hot.

    * Comfy walking shoes. Unless you're at the estate most of the time, you'll end up doing a lot of walking in Vegas.

    * Swimming attire - the estate has three pools and a couple hot tubs.

    * Some nicer clothes if you want to go to a nicer restaurant or, particularly, to one of the hotter night clubs. One thing that many of them are somewhat to very strict about is shoes - no tennis/athletic shoes.

     

    Optional:

    * If you have a favorite board game, feel free to bring it! We're likely to have an Xbox 360 and/or PS3 there too, hooked up with rock band or guitar hero, but if you have another multiplayer game that you want to play with other Ironfolk, feel free to bring it.

    * Laptop/tablet. Lots of people are likely to have them, though I question whether the estate's wifi will be able to really accommodate everyone. Probably not, realistically, so devices with cell connections are likely to be more reliable.

    Any questions, shoot them my way. If they're something other people are also likely to be wondering about, I'll send another email out with the info. There'll also be other emails to all of you between now and then.

     

    166 days until IronCon!

    87 people currently confirmed.

     

    Best,

     

    Matt Mihaly

    CEO, Iron Realms Entertainment


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  • XenthosXenthos Shadow Lord
    PS: I already have room rental, still need to do the plane tickets.  It's getting to about time to do that, though.

    Plane tickets to IronCon > Presents.
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  • SkyeSkye
    Oh, yeah. I didn't mean group rates. I just mean any individuals up for roomshare.
  • SkyeSkye
    Although I wonder whether admin want party details spilled for people to see. >.>
  • SiamSiam Whispered Voice
    What are you talking about @Skye? You need a nest, not a room. >:(
    Viravain, Lady of the Thorns shouts, "And You would seize Me? Fool! I am the Glomdoring! I am the Wyrd, and beneath the cloak of Night, the shadows of the Silent stir!"

    #bringShikariback 

  • CyndarinCyndarin used Flamethrower! It was super effective.

    Hnnng, I wanted to go so badly. Just don't think I can afford a move to chicago and a vacation to vegas in the same 6 months.

     

    PS A $50 a night motel sounds terrifying.

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  • SkyeSkye
    I'm past the whole sleeping on a bed of decay thing. What I need to do is buy a whole motel in Vegas, and then not let people sleep there. That'll be IC.
  • AeralAeral
    Alright! I've decided that I am in fact going. I'd been on the fence about it. So now that I'm ready to lay down my credit card for a room rental, is there anyone who would like to split it? I've figured out that I can get an overnight flight on Thursday and be there in a reasonable amount of time, so I'm looking for a roommate for Friday, Saturday, POSSIBLY Sunday if that works out better for the other person for flights. (although generally Sunday is cheaper for flights than Monday). I would be willing to go half on cabs and room rental. Plus they tell me I'm generally good company. I'm used to, uhm, well, living with people I don't know very well so so long as you're not entirely shady I'm sure we'll be fine! I'm good with either staying on the Strip or at the other Hotel (plus if we stay there we can spy on the Godfolk!)
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  • WuylinfeWuylinfe
    edited April 2013
    Not a lot of people have posted on this thread... has everyone found their own room already?? I'm fairly certain that I'll be able to fly over the border that weekend so I'm checking out prices now. 

    Edit: Question resolved by doing math and using Google maps. This is exciting!

    PS I am totally going to bring Cards Against Humanity... unless anyone else already plans to :>
  • MalaynMalayn
    I think I am looking for roomy too, I see no reason to have a lone room. The hotel in question is variable, we can hit one of the strip hotels, or we can party with the gods (assuming they arent all passed out and/or jet lagged).

    I am slightly torn on MGM or Hampton D:
  • AcruneAcrune
    This looks like it'd be neat. Part of me wishes that I was more active and knew more people and was one to meet IRE people *cough*. Hope you guys have fun! :)
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