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We're spread all along the east coast, from (sometimes) Florida to Montreal. That would require a glorious amount of duct tape.

Downloading! I'm pretty excited to see if this works.

Quote from: Shinotsa on September 10, 2012, 09:38:21 pm

Virginia: You're always 45 minutes to 2 hours away from something actually good.

Awkwardly though, it took less time to go to somewhere in NC than it did to go to a place near herndon. You'd think being in the same state would be shorter, but nope. We compared the mapquest directions after the trip in class since so many people asked.

Virginia: Also shaped like a stegosaurus to fuck with Mapquest!

I remember the family friend I had a crush on when I was like 6 used to spend all her time in old-school chat rooms. I never got used to them. Too much dungeon keeping, not enough dungeon mastering to get into the real internet culture.

Talking to other people? Is that not what IRC is for? I know there are absolute tons of Bay12 based IRC channels around. I got five open right now. (Although admittedly two of them are pretty much dead and another is on the way out.)

I'm too young for IRC. I've never known its joys and I can never hop in the conversation. I'd rather hang out silently/awkwardly in a newfangled voice chat room.

Mainiac knows the ways of the South by proximity if not direct interaction =p. But he is certainly right in that you'll need to drive a great deal if you pick a rural school since the community college campus is most likely far away. However, this is not always the case! I live in Richmond, Virginia and go to VCU. Within the city, hell, just off of the VCU bus stop is J. Sargent Reynolds Community College. There is also one much closer to the suburban area (with affordable apartment housing) and a few other locations.

First off, I don't know a damn thing about VCU's computer science programs, so they're probably not all that good. Thus, I am not creeping on you. I'm merely trying to point out that while many places, especially in the South, require a great deal of driving between a traditional university and the nearest community college, that if you look in cities you are more likely to find them side by side, because it always is useful to be able to take a few courses at one and supplement some at the other. I actually had a friend who took 24 credits one semester (please for the love of god don't do that) by jumping between J. Sarge and VCU. Also, community colleges generally have many campuses. This can be a blessing and a curse. The good news is that most campuses offer the very basic gen ed 101 courses. The bad news is that for anything higher the campuses tend to be specialized. You may move right beside one of the campuses thinking that's the one for programming or whatever it is you wizards do, but it turns out to be the medical campus and the real one is an hour drive away.

I've had bad experiences with Teamspeak, Vent is what I've used for a lot of things but it does cost money, Skype I've only used for 3 way calls max, and Mumble I've never heard of before. Maybe it's the stupid optimism that people feel about the future, but I have a good feeling about Mumble! (Good feelings aren't worth anything. Especially not from me)

Did we ever make a decision, or does one of us have to be proactive?

Eh, I'll be proactive tomorrow.

And Mumble sounded like what Kaijyuu was leaning toward, so I'll lean with Kaijyuu too. Maybe we should make a new thread with a poll or something? Nose game!

*Touches nose*