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Smocon '10: UK

this sounds great fun but london will probably be too far / expensive for me. i'm with toothache - manchester and birmingham are so much more central and accessible for scottish smogoners like myself and tarquin. but put me down as a maybe, i'll see if i can get something arranged.

edit: also if it's any later than the 5th i and quite likely tarquin won't be able to come, but i'll let him speak for himself
 
I agree with Man / Birm, even though London is probably easier for me, depending on the time of year, if were dead set on doing this winter London would be better

fuck me yeah I'll come, but yeah just say when / what needs paying where and I'll sort it out, just declaring that I WILL be there
 
it's london or find someone else to organise this, so don't bother saying you want it further north unless you're willing to organise this

edit: what i meant was that london isn't set in stone, and you can't seriously expect me to make smocon happen if it's not in london
 
cookie said:
and at the moment looks like it's gonna be in london unless someone else has a better idea, which i'm all ears for of course.
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but w/e hopefully should hopefully be able to do london as well, just not willing to commit to it completely so early like i would if it were further north
 
I've no problem with it being in London and, with the exception of the Scots, I have as much reason to complain about it as anybody! There's a lot more to do in London than in Manchester/Birmingham (both of which I've been to and found to be quite dull cities) and it just seems right for sentiments sake that the first UK Smocon is held in the capital. And for every person complaining about it, we have 10+ people saying they'll be there so I can't be the only one who thinks so. It just doesn't seem too bad of a trade off for an extra hour or two on the train and an extra tenner on the ticket. That said I do understand you're a lot further north than me (I cycled to Stirling remember ^_^) so I can't blame you.

Btw, I'm in Edinburgh next month for selection so if you're free you can make the trek down there and we'll go for a pint (it's only about 30 miles, I can even give you cycling directions xD). If any other Scots wanna come then maybe we'll have our own little Smocon to make you losers feel better about the fact that you won't be going to the real deal. :heart:
 
Just posting to say Cookie is not going to organize anything Pokemon based at the meet up, so if anyone wants to bring a DS or whatever, I'm sure we will get the opportunity to play a couple games while on the train, or if we go to some place where we can chill.

Also i think me GEC and Joel will be meeting up at Harrow On The Hill or whatever station GEC is at, so if anyone lives near, feel free to ask to tag along for the journey into London!
 
Guess I'll finally have to set up a Paypal account then.

This is still going ahead right?

(btw I'm in Edinburgh 24th and 25th Nov if anybody up that way wants to gan for a pint)
 
okay, if you want a room then you need to send me £20 to cover it ASAP. i can't leave this too long because that won't be fair on people who need to stay the night, so if you decide later that you wanna stay over and you didn't speak up beforehand then that's tough

£20 is the limit, if i find cheaper rooms i'll refund the difference via paypal/cash/whatever, and in the event that this doesn't happen at all it's simple enough for me to paypal the monies back

so basically speak now if you want accommodation or forever hold your peace
 
cookie said:
okay, if you want a room then you need to send me £20 to cover it ASAP. i can't leave this too long because that won't be fair on people who need to stay the night, so if you decide later that you wanna stay over and you didn't speak up beforehand then that's tough

£20 is the limit, if i find cheaper rooms i'll refund the difference via paypal/cash/whatever, and in the event that this doesn't happen at all it's simple enough for me to paypal the monies back

so basically speak now if you want accommodation or forever hold your peace
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I do I do I dooo. I'm unfortunately still waiting for my bastard student loan - should be here within the next two weeks. Is that okay at all? I don't have an overdraft and I only have six quid - I don't wanna miss out on this cos I'm poor at the moment though and I absolutely promise I'll be there!
 
Like I said on IRC, I get paid at the end of this month and I'll get the money to you as soon as possible.
 
Is there a date set yet? I'm afraid I most likely will not be able to make it if it's in December for sure, possibly even if it's in January. I've just got a new job (finally) but I'll be working nights through the rest of November and December, possibly longer if I get kept on. I'm not fully sure on my days yet, it could be Tues-Sat or Mon-Fri, both of which could be problematic depending on the days chosen. So, yeah, I'm not so sure I can make it now guys. I've gone from having all the time in the world and no money, to having the money and most likely no time. Typical.
 
As with every holiday my family takes, they've just sprung a pretty impromptu idea of going away this Christmas. Whether or not it will be during those 2 dates is something I'll have to get back to you with. Also, I have pretty important exams as soon as I get back to Sixth Form so I may be studying for those.
 
Giant Enemy Crab said:
As with every holiday my family takes, they've just sprung a pretty impromptu idea of going away this Christmas. Whether or not it will be during those 2 dates is something I'll have to get back to you with. Also, I have pretty important exams as soon as I get back to Sixth Form so I may be studying for those.
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January exams aren't important - just retake them in June!
 
good to see this is actually going head

turns out i will unfortunately be back in scotland for new year's, so i won't be able to make it, but i hope it's a riot
 
so right now, the plan:
sightseeing/museums
food
bars/pub/drinkup back at hotel
go back to hotel
sunday: we shall see

from what i gather the kids here are the same ones who don't need a room, so this shouldn't make things awkward
 
DRINKS DRINKS DRINKS DRINKS DRUGS AND DRINKS
ALSO THE ANCIENT GREEK BIT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
THANKS
LOVE YOU COOKIE <3
 
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