Welp, I was hoping that after all this time you would have written at least something interesting. :johncleese:

I kid; nicely done, buddy. Thanks for the recap and hopefully it won't be another three years until we see each other again.

P.S. - I'll be saying the exact same thing when Guillaume posts his "bible-lan," except it was four years since I saw him last (CDM 2015).  

Any news from the Kartel yet? Just letting y'all know that I won't be available for this Friday because I've already made a commitment with family. If you don't think you can get together and come see me any time soon for whatever reason, just go ahead and ship my stuff to me, at least I'll have it back, but feel free to visit the Mississippi coast any time you want! Just let me know exactly when and where you'll be so maybe we can run into each other. (Also, don't forget to check weather forecasts before you set out.) You know we have casinos here, right? And Matt, I swear I remember seeing a Britney Spears slot machine around somewhere (not sure which casino, though, but I'm guessing it's at Hard Rock).  

We don't recommend visiting my area within the next week, unfortunately, due to the spring break crowds. I'd love to show you our beaches and local casinos, and it's just going to be too crowded all over town this week. Over 30,000 visitors are expected and all the major roads will be bumper to bumper. (My dad is the one who's driving.) If it has to be on a weekend, Eric, I would just pick a random weekend this spring, maybe between now and Memorial Day, such as the weekend before Mother's Day or after Easter where we can get out and have a good time without worrying about the crowds. I appreciate you being willing to make the trip, but I would just choose a different weekend.

Don't think I'm making excuses not to meet with you. My dad said this. It's his house. He makes the rules around here. He worked 30+ years at the shipyard in Pascagoula (a 30-mile commute away!) to pay for this place and I highly respect that. (And I'd love for you to spend the day with him, too! I invited him, of course)

Remember that family outing I mentioned in the above post? We're not doing it today because my uncle (who planned it) failed to take spring break into account (as did I, at first), and changed his mind after my dad warned him about that. We're probably going to stay close to home until this spring break bullshit is over.

I know it's hard to make plans this far out but how about... the weekend of April 27-28? Let's try that weekend first. Weather permitting, of course. I can wait that long to get back my copy of SMK and my PAL-capable SNES  
Next weekend, which is Easter, might be doable if you really want to be here sooner, but I'm not totally sure how crowded places will be then. I just know that after Easter, spring break will be over and traffic levels will be back to normal.
This place attracts a lot more tourists than you may realize given that it's a part of the country you don't hear much about in media. 30,000 people is nearly half my town's population but if we assume they'll be divided between Gulfport and Biloxi, which total about 120,000, that's still a 25% population increase... and they will all be on the roads at the same time. Especially the roads serving the beach and casino areas that I'd most like you to see.

I feel flattered that you're calling me a "legend", there are more talented Karters out there who reached higher ranks than I did, in less time. I may have been a regular here for the past 11+ years, but that doesn't make me a legend, just someone without much of a real life.  
I certainly wouldn't put myself in the same league as Sami and KVD, a picture of the three of us would be like the mayor of Gulfport getting a picture with Queen Elizabeth II and the King of the Netherlands.

Also, I wasn't born in October, but on the last day of September.

I suppose Matt is currently on his own spring break?  

...Excellent choice of screen name, by the way!

"Every generation has a legend"

KVD wrote on 04/13/19 at 00:50:35:


I was thinking the exact same thing. Instead we got one sentence and one picture, which I imagine will be the exact opposite of his actual bilan...

The non-Discord crew should be made privy to the glory that is the John Cleese emote.

Also, credit should go to Etch, whom I hounded on discord to add it to the list of emotes on this board, but this was the best we could do (for now).  

Koltz has expressed interest in joining the Kartel on their trip to Gulfport at the end of this month.

Please be aware that you all can't spend the night at my place-- there is no room in my home for multiple guests-- so those of you planning on visiting will either need to find a hotel room in town or simply try to make it back home on the same night. (This should also be doable for everyone since Monroe is about the same distance from here as Lake Charles, and back when I used to go there with my family when my grandmother was alive, we rarely spent the night there and usually came back home the same evening.)

Any word yet on what day and time you plan on arriving this weekend? I'd like to at least give you a quick tour of my place and then we can have dinner at one of the casino buffets and maybe gamble a bit if you have a little time, assuming you all plan on heading back home that evening. Don't forget to have a look at our beaches, if you've never been to this area before.

Also, remember not to drink and drive.

So Kartel, can I expect you to arrive here some time around midday Sunday?

I assume you'll all be able to find my home if you have a Garmin or other mapping program in your car (my aunt has one of these, but my family's car doesn't) as long as you saved my address when I sent you the package in March. If you really need directions just PM me.

So who all plans on coming? I know you and Andrew Koltz are; I assume Matt and Kyle are coming also?

I don't really ask anything special of you guys, other than returning to me everything I sent to you for the ASC last month. I'd really love to show you around my place, let you see some of the interesting stuff that I own, and also let you meet Cricket.  
I'd love for all of us to go out to dinner together somewhere Sunday afternoon (I assume you still want to do this?), preferably at one of the casinos in Biloxi, my dad and I would like to show you Beau Rivage in particular (too bad this isn't Christmas season), and I'm sure you'll want to take a few pictures from this meeting also. Maybe do a little gambling if we have time. And, of course, play a little SMK at my place, time permitting, so I can try out that new controller.

P.S. How are those peppers coming along? I bet you'd love to show them off at the next ASC  

What Zarkov said, the history cannot be overstated.   Have fun!

Antistar wrote on 04/26/19 at 07:09:56:


I think the next Shock will be when the world could be able to (finally) read on the MB the solution of 7 + 7 ÷ 7 + 7 × 7 - 7 = Antistar's biblical bilan