Twelve Meets

Introduction


Twelve Meets are a highlight of every participating Twelvian's year. We rent a holiday house and members from all around the country (sometimes even around the world) make the journey to meet up with their long time friends. Video games are put aside for the duration, as at a meet the goal is interaction on a human and personal level, not in game chat or other such online mediums.

Meeting up in real life was the logical next step for us to take back in 2006. We had not only been 'playing a game' with the same group of people for almost two years, but we had also been raiding with them, strategising with them, sharing victories and defeats with them, forming close friendships, joking and laughing with them. Bonds are created that people who don't play games just don't understand. Strong bonds which ignore race, gender, location or job titles that define the usual real world boundaries.

The beauty of the Twelve Meets is that you get to see everyone in a different light (and we don't just mean sunlight). There are no e-thugs or intentional trolls when the end result could mean an actual punch to the dick. It's simply amazing putting a face to a character name that you have known for years and get to know them in a different setting, neckbeard to neckbeard.

To this day, at 6+ years on we all still look forward to the meets. Catching up with mates, meeting the new blood of the raiding team or random Twelvians we've picked up from numerous other games just never gets old.

List of Twelve Meets
Twelve Meet 2006 - Apollo Bay

Twelve Meet 2007 - Berry

Twelve Meet 2008 - Eden

Twelve Meet 2009 - Avoca

Twelve Meet 2010 - Melbourne

Twelve Meet 2011 - Gold Coast

Unofficial Meets
As well as the yearly big awesome party known as a Twelve Meet, there are often other smaller meets that take place within particular cities where Twelvians get together and hang out for a while.

Some such examples of these are this small Japan meet and perth drinks.