R3PLAY - 6th-7th November 2010 - Blackpool

[subzero]

im uploading my photos to facebook just now, was there for saturday, it was bloody ACE - lots to see, lots to play and lots to win!!!

[Yak]

Well that was a cracking weekend . Show was HUGE, loads of machines (including Star Wars that I got to play on the Friday during setup), got to meet lots of cool people and a few faces from the old times (it was good to see Tony Crowther and his son, Ben Daglish, Jon Hare, and I even bumped into the old boss of Task Set (Andy Walker). They were one of the more original C64 software houses back in the day, and it was good to sit and have a chat with him about old times . I blagged a genuine vintage Task Set tea mug off him from which I shall be proud to slurp my tea .

We were set up in a small room down the end with the guys from Ovine By Design, nice bunch of chaps, and we had a steady stream of people in throughout the days to play on the c64, Vic and Jag set up in there, or on Space Giraffe or Gridrunner which we had alternating on my big Dell lappy. I took down a little demo of our latest project there and was happy to find it very well received, especially when I could go from demonstrating it on the PC to pulling out the iPad and iPhone to show it running perfectly on those too. An effective demo that was testament to the considerable amount of work Giles has done behind the scenes making such cross porting pretty much instantaneous and effortless.

My only regrets were that Giles couldn't be there too due to sheep nursing duties as I am sure he would have loved to see it all too, and that I didn't have that much time to just cruise around the show myself, being usually quite busy talking to people or waylaid and forced to drink pints at the bar .

Doing the talk/Q and A was fun as well, we had a good crowd of people watching and I almost cracked up half way through when the guy in the giraffe suit turned up (which one of you is that? Can't remember off hand, but I know I've seen pics of that suit before at an RV)...

Great fun and it was really nice to be in a place so full of love and enthusiasm for games old and new . I look forward to going to the next one .

Cheers to those who made it happen and to everyone who came up to have a chat and a blast .

[PVB]

Doing the talk/Q and A was fun as well, we had a good crowd of people watching and I almost cracked up half way through when the guy in the giraffe suit turned up (which one of you is that? Can't remember off hand, but I know I've seen pics of that suit before at an RV)...

That's StarshipUK, who started this thread.

[subzero]

hey jeff, thanks for not remembering me when i spoke to you - hehe u were mid-video!!

[juice]

Doing the talk/Q and A was fun as well, we had a good crowd of people watching and I almost cracked up half way through when the guy in the giraffe suit turned up (which one of you is that? Can't remember off hand, but I know I've seen pics of that suit before at an RV)...

That's StarshipUK, who started this thread.

But... Starship was standing next to the giraffe! It's a mystery, I tells ya...

[juice]

Any reviews or photos of this event would be ace...

They'll be coming: I've got about 16gb of video footage and 400 photos to parse!

Basic summary: it was good. Lots of machines, cheap beer (happy hour 11-4: £1.80 a pint!) and lots of people. And I think it's safe to say that the YakYak expeditionary force added a significant amount of... spice to the occasion

Even if I couldn't get Master Chief to come play Muscle March

[subzero]

Didnt get to meet starshipuk, but the more i read of the beginning of this thread the more i think he was sitting DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME for sid 80's, coz he kept getting up to check something at the side of the stage!!

[PVB]

Doing the talk/Q and A was fun as well, we had a good crowd of people watching and I almost cracked up half way through when the guy in the giraffe suit turned up (which one of you is that? Can't remember off hand, but I know I've seen pics of that suit before at an RV)...

That's StarshipUK, who started this thread.

But... Starship was standing next to the giraffe! It's a mystery, I tells ya...

I've only seen one pic, and he wasn't in the pic.

So who was in the suit then?

[subzero]

My pictures are up - http://subzero.ziphoid.com/Page.html

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Nice weekend that. Great variety in terms of hardware and software (to both use and purchase) ranging from early 80s upto today (Kirbys Epic Yarn and Goldeneye on the Wii).

Good to catch up with some of the YakYakkers too.

[supermario]

All I can say is Top event - best one I've been to and can we have the same next year with nicer weather..?

Steve Dee - don't know if I met you or not on the Saturday as met so many people old and new... I had a Scottish accent and was probably holding a beer.

[renegade_si]

So who was in the suit then?

It was Vintage Matt...

A marvellous event. "Our" little room was great, albeit right in the far corner - a secret room if you will....

Great to see Jeffs Minotaur project and play a looooong game of Tempest 2000. We also had muscle march and Taiko Drum Master (thanks Rob!)

tired.

[subzero]

Supermario, you didnt, everyone knows me as subzero, i did have a staff badge on though, but it said 'steves arcade models'

[Loada]

The Jeff + Giraffe photo was posted on Kotaku - full picture set here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemzphotog ... 215874915/

(I'm just reporting, it's not mine)

[Bane]

fuck i wish i could of went like i said i couldnt afford it. will this be happanning next year or was it a one off. i love the pics though i really do