Speed Dating!?

[princesskitty18]

hahah!
totally!!
lets wait and see what happens :p

im still glad to just meet different ppl
even if i dont remember who they are right now XD

[coolguy]

I was in 7pm slot. They had 8 girls and 11 guys. Guys had letters as their name tag and girl had numbers. Each were given 1 piece of paper with rules and talking advice, 1 page to take notes on the person you talked with, one smaller paper on which you indicate whether you would like to date that person or not, and a pen.
Girl and guy sit on the opposite of each other and have 3 mins for talking. I enjoyed the talking, don't know about the others. The time just goes by real quickly, and it took me mostly by surprise when the 3 mins were up and the sound was made. On the table you had 3 electronic color-changing objects to set the mood: small candle, a round ball and a square. After 3 mins, the guys got up and went to the next girl.
At the end of it, I gave the small paper to them with my choices. They first let out the guys and then the girls. Once I was out, I told the person that I wanted to be contact by email rather than phone. I did not hung out afterward, and just went my own way.
after 2 days, the people send an email as to whether you got a match or not. Don't  know what is said if you get a match, since I did not had one. In the one where you have no match there is just generic, "I am sorry it is did not work out" sort of message.

Thanks for the awesome description/explanation of how the speed dating works daiphyer.com, never been to one so I had no idea how it was set up (the only thing I had to go on, was the speed dating they did in the movie hitch. Funny movie btw)

Sounds like it was pretty cool and from what I read princesskitty18, ash_chan, and Knightfire they seemed to like it. Other than the note taking process being too short,  they enjoyed their experience.

Thanks for all the responses guys, I will definitely sign up early next year. Hopefully more will respond to tell us the experiences they had.

[NerdyBirdAsh]

I wish the guys would contact me first.
Only because I don't like making phone calls and I don't want to text since I don't know if he has text or not.

Of course, I only got the one match...

Bummer.
Next year?

[princesskitty18]

awww don't worry ash_chan, there is always next year :)
and yea, i think i would feel better if the guys made contact first

and hopefully, next year, the staff will be more organized and give us more time to take notes :p

[God91125]

I should join next year :/ I wanted to do it but I didn't sign up online >_< nor knew about it till way after sign ups, I'd give a call back and respond >_<

[c2chaos]

Maybe I'll sign up next year...



--if I'm still available.

[Jerry]

For those who actually went to Speed dating-

why not give us some insight on what was the format?

what kind of questions were you usually asked?

do you feel the crowd was sociable ?

heck why not make this thread its own pseudo "get to know each other better" threads.

its not like we already talk/post amongst ourselves enough as is. :P

[AuroraDreamer]

Basically you are given a paper with a list of letters(Males) and numbers(Females) with yes and no beside it. You also receive a paper for notes with the numbers and letters again, so you can attempt to remember the people when deciding people.
The layout of the room was kind of a circle zigzag thing. (Recommend changing that. Some guys kept getting confused XD) Basically all the females sat at the tables and the guys traveled from table to table. Afterwards we handed in the paper of our choices to the very kind people running the event.

I ended up asking most the questions, when the guys came over. I asked stuff like what their favorite genres of manga/anime were, what kind of music they liked, what hobbies other then anime/manga/etc did they like? A common question was why are you at Fanime? Sometimes you would get to caught up in answering questions that you wouldn't get to start the next question. The time does pass by fast if you keep the questions coming.

I feel parts of the guys were sociable. Sometimes it was very easy to chat with the person, while other times it seemed like they were too shy or didn't know how to answer questions. =/

I feel next year, if it runs again to maybe give some more time to write notes in between transitions. I remember that I was grateful when the no show guy or my friend came around to me. Gave me time to look around and back track. XD

Overall it was a very interesting experience. I don't know if I would do it again though. Not my cup of tea. I think though that it should be hosted again for others.

[NerdyBirdAsh]

I pretty much stuck to the "Why are you at Fanime" question, and with the exception of 2 guys, it lead on to normal conversation and I didn't have to try so hard.

Suggestions:
-Circle/ Square seating pattern instead of zigzag, as it cuts into the "date" if someone is lost and has to check for where they go next.

-A quick break in between each person to write notes. I didn't want to write notes when the person was right there close enough to read them, so I was stuck trying to write them in the middle of the next "date" and cutting into that time and I ended up falling behind and having to run back and find the previous guy's letter to mark him down and that was a bit troublesome. Not long, just like 10 seconds when people stand in limbo, just enough to write some abbreviated notes.

-Shoot out a twitter reminder or give an announcement over the loud speaker to remind people of times. It wasn't so much a problem in the 8:30 slot, but I think the reason the 7:00 slot was so empty was because people had forgotten about it until it was too late. I had almost forgotten myself. I was so excited for the Speed Dating and definitely wanted to make it, but I got so caught up in parading around my just finished Gyarados that I lost track of time. I was lucky to look at my phone at 6:51 so I could skidaddle over to the room just in time to check in.

-Don't let one group (guys or girls, depending on who's sitting) come in until the event starts. We ended up sitting with the same person for a very long time (15 minutes, at least). If you weren't lucky enough to be seated with someone you connected with, it would be super awkward.


As for making this a psuedo getting to know you better thread...

Hi!
I'm Ashley aka #5 at the 7:00 slot of Speed Dating '10.
I'm a 20 year old 1st year college student who enjoys video games and cooking.
I'm a food/health science major with an emphasis on nutrition.
I cosplay.
I doodle.
I'm local to the Fanime area (In the San Jose/Sunnyvale/Cupertino area.)


Let's make friends and maybe something more~? (Insert Suggestive Wink Here)
xD

[Knightfire]

From the guys perspective:

The ladies went in first, thus began the wait. The dudes all waited outside in line waiting for the OK to come in. The ladies were given numbers, the dudes were given letters. We went in, and we were assigned to the first person based on letter/ number. Every three minutes we would rotate in a clockwise and then zig zag matter.

I was most nervous at the very beginning, but then I got really comfortable as the event went on. The atmosphere, lighting, and ambiance were of suprisingly high quality, so props to the speed dating staff wanting to set the right mood. I liked alot of the girls I met there, they were really fun to talk to. There were a few that were too soft spoken, where it was really hard to hear them, or the amount of time given wasn't enough to get to know them.

The 8:30 slot was short by one guy, so all the dudes went back at the end to their 1st date, by that time, the awkwardness was gone and had a really great time talking to her.

Following suit similar to ash-chan,

Hey,

I'm Nick AKA Letter "S" of the 8:30 slot
23 year old Photo Major with an emphasis in Studio practice
Enjoys Photography, video games, music, model kits, and movies
I love the beach and dining out... and zombies
San Jose native

Stay Sharp! ; )

[NerdyBirdAsh]

...F*ck Yeah, Zombies. :'D

[princesskitty18]

going along wit the same thing as ash_chan and knightfire
they really needed to change the layout
i felt sorry for the guys because they didnt kno where to go half the time
and definitely more time
thats always good

following the others:

hey!
i'm jackie AKA #27 in the 8:30 time slot
19-year-old 1st year college student
psychology major with asian studies minor and social work minor (YAY PSYCH MAJORS!! :D )
i likes dancing, music, shopping and just chillin out wit my girls
sadly..NOT san jose native..im more up near san francisco
i had to drive to and from fanime every night :'( my poor gas...

and ewwww no zombies :(
for some reason i can't watch scary movies
but i can watch resident evil..all of them
i think theres soemthign wrong wit me XD

[AuroraDreamer]

I never put my info o.O

Kristi
#21
19, doesn't feel like it =/
Computer Science or Digital Art- 3D Animation Major(depending). I'm still marked undecided at my school, eventhough I know I what I want.
I like dancing, singing, music, video games, comedy movies, and such. Big Disney Fan. Yay DisneyWorld!
I'm actually from Sacramento, but I am in school in the Bay Area :)

[princesskitty18]

YAY DISNEY!! :)
i heart all things disney and stuff
still a lil girl at heart <3

[Jerry]

does Russell from UP count at Disney? or Pixar? :P

[Shepherd01]

I was letter "R" I think? in the 8:30 slot.
Anyways I cosplayed the Warden from SuperJail, I was the only one in a Purple Suit haha.

I'm 20, Working full time and taking some cc classes on the side.
2nd Year of Fanime and loving it
I should really contact the people that said yes to me :)

[princesskitty18]

I was letter "R" I think? in the 8:30 slot.
Anyways I cosplayed the Warden from SuperJail, I was the only one in a Purple Suit haha.

I should really contact the people that said yes to me :)

ur the one that looked like willy wonka? :p
i saw u around afterward
haha nice meeting u...again :)
im one of the ones that got matched wit u
kimo i think is ur name? :p

I'm Nick AKA #17 of the 8:30 slot

i thought the guys were letters
what was ur letter?

[HarpB]

I am the guy with the round, white thing on his head. That's pretty much all the description is required for people to know who I am.

@AuroraDreamer, I do have bachelors in Computer Science, so if u ever need help, feel free to ask.

[princesskitty18]

I am the guy with the round, white thing on his head. That's pretty much all the description is required for people to know who I am.

well mr.mysterious
wat time slot were u in?
since the event was like 5 days ago
things might have slipped ppls minds

[HarpB]

sadly, not the one u were in :(

I was letter L. Too bad I didn't realize until it was over, otherwise I would have introduced myself as, "Hi. I am L from Death Note. Usually I am dressed in white shirt and blue jeans, but today I have dressed up for you. I like sugar! nom-nom-nom"