seeing as many members here are located all over the place, have any of ye ever met each other either by chance or at an event etc, what was your perception when or if you did meet?
Most (read:all) of the retro events seems to be held "up t'north" and is too far for me to travel so I have yet to meet any fellow retro heads from this or any other gaming forum.
But maybe one day when one event is a little nearer home I may attend. :)
Well theres a fair few coming up, one in Manchester in a few months, then theres the big one in Halifax in September which should be good.
First show i went to i was thinking it'll be full of a lot of spotty geeks with bad BO and there were a fair few but met many great people at the events over the years.
First one i went to was CGEUK down near London, then a few in the midlands and the one in September will be the first 'northern' one i've been to. The one back in March in Stoke was very good. Met a fair few people off the various forums and all have been a good bunch
Thing is remember these forum people are still strangers, its one thing meeting them in a crowded event hall but dont be taking any balloons or candy off them if you follow me....
I have not met anyone on this forum but I met up with a lot of people in London who posted on the 'Digital Spy' forum. Out of twelve of them only one was a weirdo :D
I have not met anyone on this forum but I met up with a lot of people in London who posted on the 'Digital Spy' forum. Out of twelve of them only one was a weirdo :D
In what way?its hard to know exactly what vibe to expect from a person from the forum but you should trust your instincts.
In what way?its hard to know exactly what vibe to expect from a person from the forum but you should trust your instincts.
True.
Meeting up with some weirdo from the internet who refuses to divulge even the simplest bit of information about themselves and constantly asks questions digging for personal information about others is always a bad idea. Those kinds of people nearly always turn out to be sad, lonely, 40+ year old paedophiles, or compulsive liars.
Most (read:all) of the retro events seems to be held "up t'north" and is too far for me to travel so I have yet to meet any fellow retro heads from this or any other gaming forum.
But maybe one day when one event is a little nearer home I may attend. :)
Up t'north?? Whit ye speakin' aboot, min.....Thur aw doon Sooth!!
So yeah, if they ever come a bit closer to Edinburgh I'll be at a Retro-fest....
Meeting up with some weirdo from the internet who refuses to divulge even the simplest bit of information about themselves and constantly asks questions digging for personal information about others is always a bad idea. Those kinds of people nearly always turn out to be sad, lonely, 40+ year old paedophiles, or compulsive liars.
Or both :p
Actually youre wrong on both counts. how about that. Im a third separate entity mate. And i genuinely was surprised to see the few familiar names on this forum as it was the first time i joined but hey i might learn a thing or two from your vast knowledge of games toxic so go on wow me with the spectrum facts.
Meeting up with some weirdo from the internet who refuses to divulge even the simplest bit of information about themselves and constantly asks questions digging for personal information about others is always a bad idea.
I think you are onto something here Toxie ... check out the Krust's sig.
Meeting up with some weirdo from the internet who refuses to divulge even the simplest bit of information about themselves and constantly asks questions digging for personal information about others is always a bad idea. Those kinds of people nearly always turn out to be sad, lonely, 40+ year old paedophiles, or compulsive liars.
I'll tell you one thing though Toxie knows his Speccy even if it isn't his primary machine of choice. I'll also be happy to wibble on about weird or obscure games on the Speccy or not, I'm well happy to do that.
I'm only signed on this forum, and a one about cheesy horror films, I lurk on the other forums so I have a basic idea of what goes on. Been tempted to join a few, but there seems to be too many invincible rambo types on em', can't be arsed with that shit, I'm in my 30's now.
Yeah i dont like the rambos either i think its childish either be yourself or not time to grow up. Toxic does know his stuff about consoles but if you played games as much as him you probably would as well.
Yeah i dont like the rambos either i think its childish either be yourself or not time to grow up. Toxic does know his stuff about consoles but if you played games as much as him you probably would as well.
Why do you frequent gaming forums if you have a problem with people who play games?
I love games as much as the next man but when you do nothing but play games 24/7 its a bit sad and anyway i wouldnt want that its not healthy im sure the people here play loads of games but they have a balance like kids a wife etc. Games are great fun but they arent everything.
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But maybe I have sometime in my life, and don't know about it?
ive not many anybody yet...........im working on it...in septemebr :P
But maybe one day when one event is a little nearer home I may attend. :)
First show i went to i was thinking it'll be full of a lot of spotty geeks with bad BO and there were a fair few but met many great people at the events over the years.
First one i went to was CGEUK down near London, then a few in the midlands and the one in September will be the first 'northern' one i've been to. The one back in March in Stoke was very good. Met a fair few people off the various forums and all have been a good bunch
[EDIT] And from meets in Manchester and Liverpool a good few years ago.
a lot of them dont even understand english so i wouldnt worry about accents ha
In what way?its hard to know exactly what vibe to expect from a person from the forum but you should trust your instincts.
True.
Meeting up with some weirdo from the internet who refuses to divulge even the simplest bit of information about themselves and constantly asks questions digging for personal information about others is always a bad idea. Those kinds of people nearly always turn out to be sad, lonely, 40+ year old paedophiles, or compulsive liars.
Or both :p
Aye you bugger! You were supposed to come round for tea n' biscuits :lol:
Or was that tea and rohipnol ;)
Up t'north?? Whit ye speakin' aboot, min.....Thur aw doon Sooth!!
So yeah, if they ever come a bit closer to Edinburgh I'll be at a Retro-fest....
Bunch o' southern poofs :lol:
Actually youre wrong on both counts. how about that. Im a third separate entity mate. And i genuinely was surprised to see the few familiar names on this forum as it was the first time i joined but hey i might learn a thing or two from your vast knowledge of games toxic so go on wow me with the spectrum facts.
I think you are onto something here Toxie ... check out the Krust's sig.
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You first ... by all means ... the floor is yours.
Clowns before ladies... watch out, Beccy bites ... and they're not petite little nibbles ... they're huge love-chunks.
What makes you think that Toxi was referring to you? Did Toxi hit the nail on the head?
I'm only signed on this forum, and a one about cheesy horror films, I lurk on the other forums so I have a basic idea of what goes on. Been tempted to join a few, but there seems to be too many invincible rambo types on em', can't be arsed with that shit, I'm in my 30's now.
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Why do you frequent gaming forums if you have a problem with people who play games?
I love games as much as the next man but when you do nothing but play games 24/7 its a bit sad and anyway i wouldnt want that its not healthy im sure the people here play loads of games but they have a balance like kids a wife etc. Games are great fun but they arent everything.