Thank You, Sir. May I Have Another?

Since our last post, we have had a good number of people send us their entrance fee to the 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In. Thank you for your prompt response. Paying early helps us purchase items we need to have and want to have at the Lock-In.

If you have not paid yet, get your money in as soon as you have the chance!

Again, you can send your $25 entrance fee to us via PayPal at: stlbikepololockin@gmail.com

If it is impossible for you to pay early via PayPal, we need a simple email from you stating that you plan on paying at the door. Hopefully, knowing who has paid and who still owes us money will make the process of getting people into the Skatium a little smoother and faster.

Get excited. It’s only a measly 17 days until we all party together for 24 hours at a run-down skating rink in South St. Louis. The STL Bike Polo club cannot wait to show you that traveling to STL instead of Boston is the right decision 110% of the time.

If you need housing on the Friday night before the Lock-In, information on that will be posted in the coming days. Stay tuned.

Goods and Services...

On January 15th and 16th, we will explore the countless ways to have fun at an indoor skating rink in St. Louis, Missouri. Together, all of us will experience life-changing craziness that will be burned in our hearts and minds forever. If you leave The Skatium on January 16th and can say that you did not have a blast, you will have failed in an epic manner.

Of course, to get into our polo party, there still remains that pesky issue of paying the entrance fee. But before you start throwing money our direction, the STL Bike Polo Club wants to clearly state what your money is providing you:

1.) 24-hours of sheltered partying and polo. Your entrance fee helps us cover the building’s rental fee. Your entrance fee provides you with a (kind of) warm place to explore partying and polo for 24-nonstop-hours. There will be polo. There will be partying. There will be dancing (if you’re not too cool for school). There will be games. There will be a piñata. And Lexington promised an underwear game (we’ll see if they deliver on their promises).

2.) Beer. Lots of it. Your entrance fee provides you with access to as much beer as you can ingest in a span of 24-hours. We will try to do whatever it takes to make sure that you can have a beer from the first minute to the last minute of the STL Bike Polo Lock-In. You are also welcome to bring your stashes of moonshine/FourLoko/beer/liquor/homebrew/etc. for your enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. Just remember: The STL Bike Polo Lock-In is a marathon…not a sprint.

3.) Two meals. One of these may be vegetarian…The other will be along the lines of a pizza run. If you need more than that, feel free to backpack-in whatever sustenance you think you may need (side note: my college roommate backpacked a full, roasted chicken into the AMC theatre in downtown Chicago on opening night of “The Dark Knight.” Feel free to do something similar. Maybe we’ll hand out a prize for the best item carried into the Lock-In via backpack). You will also be welcome and encouraged to explore the city for grub. It’s called a “Lock-In”, but we are technically not allowed to lock you inside the Skatium for 24-hours…Something about fire codes.

4.) Chances to win/earn “fabulous” prizes throughout the 24-hour party. No, I am not talking about Velocity Chukkers. Booze is more likely. We will see what kind of fun stuff we can dig up around town.

Would you be willing to pay $25 for all of the fun promised above? Honestly, I have seen people spend more playing Photo Hunt at the local bar.

If you have read the list above and still want to attend the STL Bike Polo Lock-In, here is what you need to do:

- Send us $25.00 via Paypal. stlbikepololockin@gmail.com

- Make sure the message sent with your payment contains the following info:

a. The name of the person for which you are paying.

b. The name of that person’s club.

**PAYPAL NOTE** Before you try to pay us online, make sure that you applied and were accepted by the STL Bike Polo Club. If you try to pay for a spot and you haven’t sent us an application, you will not be allowed into the Lock-In, and we may keep your money. If you pay for your spot and we have your accepted application on file, you will get an email officially confirming your golden ticket to the 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In.

If you do not want to pay via PayPal, we will collect money at the door. But we will only collect money from people that have applied and been accepted. DO NOT show up at the Skatium on January 15th and think that you can beg your way into the Lock-In. Only people that have applied and have been accepted will be allowed into the party. NO EXCEPTIONS.

For those of you that need more convincing, it has just been confirmed that PBR has agreed to be a part of the 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In! This party is going to be amazing.

Countdown to Party...

The 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In is just over a month away. I do not know about you, but those of us in STL cannot wait to spend 24-beer-soaked-hours with those of you planning to be in attendance.

Response for the Lock-In has been fantastic considering that we basically spread the word via whispers. If you got your application to us and received your acceptance email, congratulations! You are a simple step or two away from participating in a potentially lethal combination of partying and polo.

As of right now, we are no longer accepting applications. If you missed the boat and you still want to attend, you are probably out of luck…but feel free to send an email begging to be allowed admittance (some members of the STL Bike Polo club missed the same boat).

Payment instructions will be posted sometime next week. Once they are posted, please follow the directions closely. Failure to do so may result in your spot being sold to the highest bidder.

Great Expectations

The 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In will set the bar impossibly high for the 2011 Bike Polo year. Days..Weeks..Months after the Lock-In concludes, you will still find yourself searching for a polo event that tops that cold January weekend in St. Louis, Missouri. Sadly, nothing will surpass the fun you have at the 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In...until we do it again in 2012.

You may be wondering what to expect from the 2011 STL Bike Polo Lock-In, and we would be happy to give you a taste of what you will experience when you enter our 24-hour shitshow.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

- Expect a party where some polo will be played. We are hosting a party where polo will be possible most of the night. But be warned: If you are showing up expecting to play 30 games of polo, you are going to be disappointed. Be open and flexible and leave your serious polo attitude at home.

- If you attended the last Lock-In, expect to see fewer people. This year, we have kept the numbers down. Last year, we let over 100 people through the doors. This year, you won’t see more than 65 polo players. Say “bye bye” to next game piles running 14 games deep.

- Expect a random hour of roller-skating. Bring your skates if you have them. Shoot the duck if you can.

- Expect to be surrounded by fun people. Instead of a first-come-first-serve, open door policy, we have made this year’s Lock-In more select and intimate. This simple fact should make this Lock-In more pleasant for everyone involved. Just remember, the way you handle yourself at this Lock-In could influence whether or not you are invited to the next Lock-In.

- Expect to enjoy some quality, free beer. Our friends at O’Fallon Brewery have generously donated a large amount of beer to our party. But feel free to backpack in whatever beer/liquor/moonshine/snacks you would like to enjoy on your own throughout the night. Bring whatever you like, just try to avoid waving it around the rink staff like a moron.

- Expect to be put on notice. The number one rule of the STL Bike Polo Lock-In is “Have fun.” The second rule is “Don’t be a dick.” Everyone will be put on notice. It will be like a neighborhood watch. If you see someone being a dick, say something to that person or a member of STL Bike Polo. The main thing we are looking out for is mallet stacking (ie. Putting more than one mallet in the line of next game piles). No one is special. No one at the Lock-In is a unique snowflake. You are all equal. Anyone trying to get his or her unfair share of polo will be punished (your bike may be u-locked, your mallets may be stolen, or we may just throw you out onto the cold St. Louis streets ((good luck surviving the most dangerous city in the US))). We will be dicks about enforcing this rule.

WHAT WE EXPECT:

- We expect to have fun, and we expect you to have fun. Anyone ruining our fun will be excommunicated from the party.

Andrew W.K - we want fun

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- We expect to have a party, and we expect you to party. If we play a little polo too, great.

- We expect you to respect the building and the people around you. Failure to do so will have consequences.

Does all of that sound good? Good.

More info will be posted soon.

Some of our favorite answers thus far...

1.) Your Name: The Girl

-Julia

3.) Why do you want to attend the Lock-In? Did it last year, met the love of my life and divorced her a month ago; looking for second go.

-Tucker

3.) Why do you want to attend the Lock-In? To Shred and make sure people properly empty beverage containers. No soldier left behind.

-Tim D.

3.) Why do you want to attend the Lock-In? I, Vince F., do wish to attend the Lock-In because I am considering going back to school for a graduate degree in Getting Fucked Up. After extensive research, I've determined that only in partnership with StL Bike Polo do I have a chance to perfect the art of "Beer Spraying" and "Coaster Shooting" which are two of the many areas of study available for me to specialize in.

-Vince (cowbell thief)

4) What do you expect from the Lock-In? From the lock-in, I expect no more than to be allowed entry. The party is all about who decides to step up and make it a good one, not about what expectations you have of someone else doing that for you. I'm just saying that I don't have to expect anything from you guys because we the partiers will bring the mother fuckin' party and I accept the responsibility of doing just that.

-Nick K.

4.) What do you expect from the Lock-In? More tiny bottles of booze in the piñata.

-Brian (Lex)

5.) Do you plan on sleeping at the Lock-In? No. 24+ hours wasn't enough last year. I'm hoping we pull off 48 hours with no sleep as a group, as brothers in polo, for the children.

-CoMo Chris in Chicago

5.) Do you plan on sleeping at the Lock-In? Really? Maybe with somebody, but that’s only if I get lucky. And not with Lucky...maybe with Lucky.

-Lefty Joe

5.) Do you plan on sleeping at the Lock-In? There is absolutely no chance that I will (voluntarily) sleep at the Lock-In. I may get knocked out sacrificing my body for a game-winning-goal or a massive boost off the kicker ramp in Kikkelo, but I will never willingly sleep at the Lock-In. What a waste. I fully intend to party for more than 24-hours straight on the weekend of January 15, 2011. Anything less will be considered failure in my mind.

-Ben

6.) If you attended last year's Lock-In, what would you do/change to make this year's Lock-In better? Less food, more booze, and a ban on cycling hats and Floridians.

-Tim A.

6.) If you attended last year's Lock-In, what would you do/change to make this year's Lock-In better? Don’t invite Florida and more ramps!

-Colleen

8.) Finish this sentence: Having fun is…what makes the world go round.

-CoMo Megs

10.) Are you ready to have a blast at the Lock-In? No, I am having at least 4 blasts, probably Baja ones from Taco Bell to caffeinate me.

-Pete

10.) Are you ready to have a blast at the Lock-In? YA!! FUCK BOSTON'S LOCK-IN!!

-Patrick (Lex)

Dear Sir / Madame:

My name is Andrew, a representitive of Chicago Bike Polo. I am writing you in response to your opening for 24-hour polo player. While this position is demanding and requires endurance and fortitude, I am more than ready to meet the challenges such a position requires. I can bring my full skill set in the areas of partying and playing polo, as well as my previous experience in the 24-hour polo playing field.

The things I can take away from my previous experience is that while beer and fine food nourishes, it also can encourage sleep if not distributed right. This year I can feast on fine food and stick to a strict regiment of King Dewies and/or Four Lokos in quantities large enough to fuel a party machine, yet complete enough as to not drive that party machine off into the mean-drunk abyss, nor drive that party machine off the self-injury cliff.

I expect this position to provide to me a fountain from which to drink beverages that will fuel the party machine, and in return I will help keep that party machine working. I will throw down for hot-n-readys, provide ice packs so that the joints of other partiers will allow them to continue to party, help prepare food, obtain spirits and beverages, and will do whatever it takes so that the party can continue all day through the night until the sun rises over the party yet again and shine its rays upon the many excellent partiers. This year I will also bring a helmet, maybe two. I will also change the oil on Little Tanfastic if it will mean that the party can be even more excellent.

Having fun is awesome, and having fun with everybody else also having
fun is mind-blowing. There is only one word that describes me completely, and that is Dumptruck. I am ready to have a blast at the Lock-In, it is what I was born for.

I am Dumptruck, I am ready to party.

Consider this...

If I were you, I would probably be stocking up on this stuff NOW. When hour 19 of the Lock-In rolls around, you may need a caffeine boost, and FourLokos of the future that are missing three of the four Lokos just won't suffice.

This man wouldn't steer you wrong.

So you want to attend the Lock-In?

Well you're not alone.

People will be banging down the doors and begging on their hands and knees for a chance to be a part of the Lock-In experience.

Unfortunately, not everyone will make the cut. There is a limit to the number of people that can have the time of their lives on that January weekend.

So how do we determine who gets a golden ticket?

You, the Lock-In applicant, will determine whether or not you make it through the Skatium's pearly gates.

There will be several (simple) steps necessary to completely cement your spot in the Lock-In.

First off, it must be stated that if you have been directed to this blog by a member of STL Bike Polo, we think you have great Lock-In potential. Just don't blow it!

Second, if you want to secure your spot in our 24-hour bike polo circus, you need to let us know.

You can do this buy emailing us at STLBikePoloLockIn at gmail dot com.

In that email, please include the following:

1.) Your Name.
2.) Your Polo Club.
3.) Why do you want to attend the Lock-In?
4.) What do you expect from the Lock-In?
5.) Do you plan on sleeping at the Lock-In?
6.) If you attended last year's Lock-In, what would you do/change to make this year's Lock-In better?
7.) What will you do at or bring to the Lock-In to make it a better experience for the people around you?
8.) Complete this sentence: Having fun is ___________.
9.) Describe yourself with one word.
10.) Are you ready to have a blast at the Lock-In?

If you can complete that simple task, you are well on your way to being a part of the greatest annual bike polo gathering ever.

Let's start this journey off on the right foot...