I'm just happy that I made it through a full English breakfast without barfing.RiK wrote:<<- I shall dedicate my 3000th post to all the hangovers/come-downs in Frome this morning... and if anyone had the best time last night being off their pickle and feeling the music then good for you.
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today is setting itself up to be another good one... folk are staying another night! long live the Guiness barrell. Currently extending for another night are myself, NBCL, China Fig, MooBaa, Surfr, sixxie, Ian & Liz Muir and hopefully Ahchay... oh and Bog + Justin Leask is joining us too! cool!
Even more talk today of RV5. Current thinking on this see's us building the formation of a 4 day event based over a Bank Hol early next year. Chatting with Yak last night saw a formation of a name... "RV5 - the Unity event" or somthing along those lines... we were both totally off our tits and it was great that we all had a fab time.
As RV4 saw 2 new major additions in the light of a shop and a internet extension with full wireless net access it does lead the way for RV5 being very big. The venue is perfect... black and dark reds, much like the feel of RV1 back at the H&J... talk of a perminant Mamecab being installed in the venue is well under way. This means we will have mame + a few choice cabs for the next gig. Games exchange did well and are happy to further be involved with us as a perminant fixture.
All looks good for the continuation of RV... my little dream made possible by the llamasofties... our waggon to come together in a games playing enviorment is really progressing. The power of Games Exchange advertising means that a 4 day gig will be well covered to the public as all there shops will carry big posters and leaflet advertising. Retro Gamer (the mag) is also on board now so there maybe some very exciting prospects there...
We are evolving... RV3 was going to be the last, RV4 happened because Andy got a great pub... RV5 is going to happen because all the elements are coming together... :-)) excited ? I am... the future is going to be a lot of hard work and equal amounts of fun...
The RV site will go off line tomorrow, a holding page will take it's place as the new site is being coded.
Even more talk today of RV5. Current thinking on this see's us building the formation of a 4 day event based over a Bank Hol early next year. Chatting with Yak last night saw a formation of a name... "RV5 - the Unity event" or somthing along those lines... we were both totally off our tits and it was great that we all had a fab time.
As RV4 saw 2 new major additions in the light of a shop and a internet extension with full wireless net access it does lead the way for RV5 being very big. The venue is perfect... black and dark reds, much like the feel of RV1 back at the H&J... talk of a perminant Mamecab being installed in the venue is well under way. This means we will have mame + a few choice cabs for the next gig. Games exchange did well and are happy to further be involved with us as a perminant fixture.
All looks good for the continuation of RV... my little dream made possible by the llamasofties... our waggon to come together in a games playing enviorment is really progressing. The power of Games Exchange advertising means that a 4 day gig will be well covered to the public as all there shops will carry big posters and leaflet advertising. Retro Gamer (the mag) is also on board now so there maybe some very exciting prospects there...
We are evolving... RV3 was going to be the last, RV4 happened because Andy got a great pub... RV5 is going to happen because all the elements are coming together... :-)) excited ? I am... the future is going to be a lot of hard work and equal amounts of fun...
The RV site will go off line tomorrow, a holding page will take it's place as the new site is being coded.
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I'm feeling much happier now that the curry I ate is on its way to the sea.illlogickill wrote:I'm just happy that I made it through a full English breakfast without barfing.RiK wrote:<<- I shall dedicate my 3000th post to all the hangovers/come-downs in Frome this morning... and if anyone had the best time last night being off their pickle and feeling the music then good for you.I did have small empty box of Special K at the ready, just incase.
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That was lovely, really lovely 
Sad that I'm not going to be around for the Sunday, due to my ill-conceived plan of going without booking anywhere to stay overnight. Excellent to shake hands/bear hug with everyone who I did that with, and of course it was lovely to have Bog romancing me at various interludes.
Have a happy today!
Sad that I'm not going to be around for the Sunday, due to my ill-conceived plan of going without booking anywhere to stay overnight. Excellent to shake hands/bear hug with everyone who I did that with, and of course it was lovely to have Bog romancing me at various interludes.
Have a happy today!
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Got home about half an hour ago.
Had a great time - as did Sarah.
Loadsa thanks to Mark @ the RV Crew. Something that runs as smoothly as that only happens because of the shitloads of work that goes into it. You're all stars IMHO.
Highlights for me:
Crossing off more people on my 'must meet...' list
Getting into the final of Sensi Soccer - even though I haven't played it since the original 'miggy days (Although Ely did stuff me good 'n' proper in the final)
Watching some long haired youth bash the mame machine on the projector. Then only realising it was piku when he put his name in the hi-score table. And I didn't get a chance to say Hi!
Having the Curry enhanced with some good old fashined chat with Fuseball and Ely. I think that was the point that Sarah realised that we're not all boring geeks. (Well, not all the time.)
We did slip off a bit early on Saturday night (well, it was our anniversary), but next time, we're booking early so we get a room @ The George - and we're there for the duration.
Oh and BTW - we can thouroughly (sp?) recommend the Sun Inn in Frome as a top place to stay. 2 minutes walk from the George, it's a 'proper' old pub, lovely rooms and a cracking breakfast. They actually had 4 rooms free on Saturday night...
Had a great time - as did Sarah.
Loadsa thanks to Mark @ the RV Crew. Something that runs as smoothly as that only happens because of the shitloads of work that goes into it. You're all stars IMHO.
Highlights for me:
Crossing off more people on my 'must meet...' list
Getting into the final of Sensi Soccer - even though I haven't played it since the original 'miggy days (Although Ely did stuff me good 'n' proper in the final)
Watching some long haired youth bash the mame machine on the projector. Then only realising it was piku when he put his name in the hi-score table. And I didn't get a chance to say Hi!
Having the Curry enhanced with some good old fashined chat with Fuseball and Ely. I think that was the point that Sarah realised that we're not all boring geeks. (Well, not all the time.)
We did slip off a bit early on Saturday night (well, it was our anniversary), but next time, we're booking early so we get a room @ The George - and we're there for the duration.
Oh and BTW - we can thouroughly (sp?) recommend the Sun Inn in Frome as a top place to stay. 2 minutes walk from the George, it's a 'proper' old pub, lovely rooms and a cracking breakfast. They actually had 4 rooms free on Saturday night...
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Got home about an hour ago, throughly enjoyed it and wished I could of stayed longer and for me Sat night came to a bit of an errupt ending for various reasons which was a shame. Will deffinately make better arrangements for the next one.
Big thanks to Mark and the gang. Was a bit of a strange feeling being surrounded by people that I didn't know but kinda knowed through here but still felt very welcomed, apologies if we talked and I didn't properly introduce myself.
Eagerly awaiting number 5
Big thanks to Mark and the gang. Was a bit of a strange feeling being surrounded by people that I didn't know but kinda knowed through here but still felt very welcomed, apologies if we talked and I didn't properly introduce myself.
Eagerly awaiting number 5
well. i had to give away the sunday. i felt like i'd been clubbed round the head with a fire extinguisher this morning and decided the best plan was to get myself home and get some rest.
10am depart hotel
10:15 arrive at station
10:17 wurzel gummidge tells me about his kitchen doors being painted, yellow
*no train till 1:50*
11am decide to walk to westbury
1130. retraced my steps as i took a wrong turn
1:30 arrive in westbury, dying to send the curry oceanwards
* there follows trains and waiiting rooms*
6pm arrive home.
my feet hurt now. eight bastard hours to get home. thats so wrong.
but i had an absolute blast. particularly enjoyed the time on 'mashed' with eric kendrick,bog,madhippo and stone. I survived my hello strangulation from bog. and met moobaa - classic greeting: "stark you big cunt" good to see bear again - but i lost track of you .up until you had to leave. my focussing wasnt working so great by then. illogikill - you are one mad bastard. i like that
briefly met PVB , very warm hands. and of course polyhex and bubba over the breakfast/curry tables ( and other random meetings) .
mark done another bang up job. and major props to andy day/vanessa for keeping the bar open till 230 ish in the am. lovely hotel, lovely venue, lovely time
just sucky public transport links on a sunday. so i'll be driving next time then
sorry for just disappearing this morning. my homing beacon went off .
10am depart hotel
10:15 arrive at station
10:17 wurzel gummidge tells me about his kitchen doors being painted, yellow
*no train till 1:50*
11am decide to walk to westbury
1130. retraced my steps as i took a wrong turn
1:30 arrive in westbury, dying to send the curry oceanwards
* there follows trains and waiiting rooms*
6pm arrive home.
my feet hurt now. eight bastard hours to get home. thats so wrong.
but i had an absolute blast. particularly enjoyed the time on 'mashed' with eric kendrick,bog,madhippo and stone. I survived my hello strangulation from bog. and met moobaa - classic greeting: "stark you big cunt" good to see bear again - but i lost track of you .up until you had to leave. my focussing wasnt working so great by then. illogikill - you are one mad bastard. i like that
mark done another bang up job. and major props to andy day/vanessa for keeping the bar open till 230 ish in the am. lovely hotel, lovely venue, lovely time
just sucky public transport links on a sunday. so i'll be driving next time then
sorry for just disappearing this morning. my homing beacon went off .
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I'm home... I think. At least the scenery has stopped screaming towards me at 70Mph and I don't need to look over my shoulder to go right. Yes, I think this is home.
Fuck me, five hours in a car with three CDs to listen to, over and over and over again and again and some more.
Navigated my way through Bath perfectly, off up the various motorways (including the retarded part where the M5 stops and is sort of glued onto the M6... which moron designed that part then?!), off the M60 at the correct junction, about six miles from home on a road I've been down millions of times before and...
Take the wrong turning, go straight on at the lights while going "balls! I live down there! ->".
I don't recall bashing the MAME machine. It gave me a good bashing though in Robotron.
My highlight of the weekend was when me, Bog, Yak, Randomdude and Hyphz were sat in the bar having a pint or three. Along came this quite old, totally bladdered and possibly mad bloke who began to strike up a conversation with us.
Fuck knows what he was saying, he kept asking Bog if he was English, he mistook me and Randomdude for women and the whole thing got a bit surreal.
It got even more surreal when, with utterly perfect comic timing, Yak produced pictures on his phone and showed them to the bloke...
"Aww look! A sheepie!"
"Look at the fluffy tail on that"
The one that totally killed us was
"Look, a plate of avacardos".
Until that point we'd been trying to keep a straight face, but once the totally random picture of some avacardos (oh, if you mysteriously received that on your phone, that was me) came up, we just sort of fell apart
Fuck me, five hours in a car with three CDs to listen to, over and over and over again and again and some more.
Navigated my way through Bath perfectly, off up the various motorways (including the retarded part where the M5 stops and is sort of glued onto the M6... which moron designed that part then?!), off the M60 at the correct junction, about six miles from home on a road I've been down millions of times before and...
Take the wrong turning, go straight on at the lights while going "balls! I live down there! ->".
I don't recall bashing the MAME machine. It gave me a good bashing though in Robotron.
My highlight of the weekend was when me, Bog, Yak, Randomdude and Hyphz were sat in the bar having a pint or three. Along came this quite old, totally bladdered and possibly mad bloke who began to strike up a conversation with us.
Fuck knows what he was saying, he kept asking Bog if he was English, he mistook me and Randomdude for women and the whole thing got a bit surreal.
It got even more surreal when, with utterly perfect comic timing, Yak produced pictures on his phone and showed them to the bloke...
"Aww look! A sheepie!"
"Look at the fluffy tail on that"
The one that totally killed us was
"Look, a plate of avacardos".
Until that point we'd been trying to keep a straight face, but once the totally random picture of some avacardos (oh, if you mysteriously received that on your phone, that was me) came up, we just sort of fell apart
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