United Kingdom Meetup - Jingle Hells - All Welcome

[Last_resort_33]

Alrighty then!

I'm thinking that we should have a Christmas party. Games, Beer, Sherry, Toasts, Roasts, Crackers, Photocopying our bums on the office photocopier and the general merriment and tomfoolery that is associated with the festive period.

Games and merriment on Saturday and Breakfast and hangover recovery and possibly some more games on the Sunday, for those who don't live too far away possibly a bar crawl on Sunday night too and you can sleep on our (or some poor student's) floor/driveway/kitchen table/lavatory.

And it should happen in York.

on either 28th of Nov, 5th of Dec or 12th of Dec

I will organise it and pay for a lot of it if you guys will turn up.


Edit: I hope that the mods won't mind, but this thread may have to be Necro'd a couple of times owing to its nature.

[Eldpollard]

Well you can certainly count me in. Drinking, Christmas and games?

[KuReshtin]

I vow that I shall be able to make it to one of the Christmas meets one of these days.

I may as well try to make it to this one.

I even have some extra days to take off to make sure I get there.
Now I just need to make sure I have the funds for it.

[Archonic Energy]

in... London?

[KuReshtin]

in... London?

Flufftext, flufftext
No.

[Lorn]

Alrighty then

I'm thinking that we should have a Christmas party. Games, Beer, Sherry, Toasts, Roasts, Crackers, Photocopying our bums on the office photocopier and the general merriment and tomfoolery that is associated with the festive period.

Games and merriment on Saturday and Breakfast and hangover recovery and possibly some more games on the Sunday, for those who don't live too far away possibly a bar crawl on Sunday night too and you can sleep on our (or some poor student's) floor/driveway/kitchen table/lavatory.

Sounds good. And...

And it should happen in York.

And it should happen in York.

And it should happen in York.

I agree wholeheartedly with this statement.

If it's in York, I should be able to come pretty easily, and I need to know some decent pubs in York by Febuary :p More than the Exhibition and (possibly) Bay Horse, that is.

Plus, it's relatively North for once :p

[Last_resort_33]

As I say, I'll see if I can make it easier/cheaper for people by attempting to put people up. I'd really like a good turn out for this, 'cos as well as the normal playing of games etc, I'd like a bit of a geeky "knees up" lost of short, fun/stupid games. Munchkin, Flux, Nuclear War, Zombies. I'd like to get some Cheapass games in as well as they are good fun.

If parental permission is a problem I'll happily give them a call. If money is a problem then I can put some people up, and if it's REALLY a make or break problem I may be able to put a few quid towards travel if you're sensible and book the train well in advance. I will run a shuttle from Leeds train station first thing in the morning.

I will also make sure that the venue is in walking distance/cheap and easy bus route from York Station.

I want to make this the biggest, best and most awesome meetup so far. If you guys put in the effort to come, I will certianly put in the time and money to make it happen.

I would like to get an IDEA of numbers ASAP.

[Totally Guy]

You know I'm in.

[KuReshtin]

I'll try to get at least one of my co workers to come along with me to this thing.
Personally, I'd vote for either November 28th or December 5th, as that's closer to payday, which will mean that money wouldn't be much of an issue (for me anyways).

Ad since I'm driving down from Scotland, I'd say that people on the route from Glasgow, down the M74/M6/A66/M1 to York can get a lift from me.

Limited seats available, first come, first served.

[Archonic Energy]

Plus, it's relatively North for once :p

They've ALL been relatively* north.
*Reletive from the Captial City of this Great country
So, London?
I'm in.

[Myshlaevsky]

I'll try to get at least one of my co workers to come along with me to this thing.
Personally, I'd vote for either November 28th or December 5th, as that's closer to payday, which will mean that money wouldn't be much of an issue (for me anyways).

Ad since I'm driving down from Scotland, I'd say that people on the route from Glasgow, down the M74/M6/A66/M1 to York can get a lift from me.

Limited seats available, first come, first served.

I'm in Scotland as well, but I'll be in Edinburgh by the time this happens. If I were to bus to Glasgow would you be able to pick me up?

[The Rose Dragon]

They've ALL been relatively* north.
*Reletive from the Captial City of this Great country
So, London?
I'm in.

I agree completely.

Because meetups in London are the only ones I can attend.

What with being a foreigner and all.

[KuReshtin]

I'm in Scotland as well, but I'll be in Edinburgh by the time this happens. If I were to bus to Glasgow would you be able to pick me up?

Should be very possible, yes.
Just to give you a head's up, though.
Since York is RELATIVELY FAR SOUTH the best option would be to head down on the Friday and then head back up NORTH on Sunday afternoon.

I agree completely.

Because meetups in London are the only ones I can attend.

What with being a foreigner and all.

Blaming your non-attendance on being foreign is a poor excuse. I'm foreign and have so far attended three of the meets. Ok, so I live in the UK but I'm a foreigner by citizenship, and I have the passport to prove it.

[Archonic Energy]

I agree completely.

Because meetups in London are the only ones I can attend.

What with being a foreigner and all.

i'm not trying to damage my case here, but there are other airports in the UK... some aren't anywhere near London (Shocking i know)

[The Rose Dragon]

i'm not trying to damage my case here, but there are other airports in the UK... some aren't anywhere near London (Shocking i know)

But there aren't any planes to any of them.

Well, at least not by the airline I frequent.

[Last_resort_33]

Trains, There's a train that goes from Kings Cross to York direct, for £29 each way (I admit that it's quite a bit, but if you're paying for a flight...)

Additionally, if You don't mind a long journey, you can get a coach from London Victoria to Leeds (that I can pick you up from) for £10 and the same back.

Or you could beg a lift from AE (wink,wink)

If you do find a flight from another airline (where's your nearest Airport?) then I could give you a lift from Leeds-Bradford Airport.

[Archonic Energy]

Or you could beg a lift from AE (wink,wink)

you'd do better from someone who can actually drive!

Or, y'know we could move the meet a tiny bit south... like... London

[The Rose Dragon]

you'd do better from someone who can actually drive!

Or, y'know we could move the meet a tiny bit south... like... London

Preferably, we could move it more to the south. And completely out of the British Isles.

Cause that would be much better for me.

[Exachix]

But then it wouldn't be a uk meetup =P

[Last_resort_33]

you'd do better from someone who can actually drive!

Or, y'know we could move the meet a tiny bit south... like... London

Preferably, we could move it more to the south. And completely out of the British Isles.

Cause that would be much better for me.

F*** you, both of you!

[Archonic Energy]

F*** you, both of you!

only if you come to London...

[Last_resort_33]

Why do people assume that bisexual people have no standards!?

[The Rose Dragon]

Why do people assume that bisexual people have no standards!?

To be fair, no one has standards. Bisexual people just have one fewer.

[Archonic Energy]

Why do people assume that bisexual people have no standards!?

*claps*
Bravo Sir, well played.

[Last_resort_33]

To be fair, no one has standards. Bisexual people just have one fewer.

Touché!

To be honest it is true... but there'd have to be a LOT of taste to lack... sorry AE!

[bosssmiley]

Why do people assume that bisexual people have no standards!?

A confusion over omnivorousness and greed possiby?

York? Sounds good.

[Charity]

Bah! '

[Thufir]

Or, y'know we could move the meet a tiny bit south... like... London

An excellent idea, if by 'south' you mean 'north' and by 'London' you mean 'Newcastle'.

Seriously, this should be doable for me, especially if I can avoid paying for somewhere to sleep (Since I'm an impoverished student and I was fairly stingy to start off with anyway).
Can't do the 12th of December though. The other 2 possible dates are OK.

[Headless_Ninja]

Should be able to (actually this time) make it if it's not on the 5th of Dec. If it's in November, I may actually be in Edinburgh (fingers crossed fingers crossed fingers crossed) anyway so that would be easier than coming up from Oxford (which would still be doable). Now, all I need is to figure out how to explain meeting up with what my friends would describe as 'scary internet people' without sounding weird!

Edit: Also I have Zombies!!! if you want some extra, well, zombies...
(No idea how to play Fluxx or Nuclear War, though).

[Kobold-Bard]

A York Meetup!!!?!??!

I knew this day would finally come. Since me and my gf already live here I think you can safely count us in (travelling costs have been the only thing stopping me from coming to the last two).