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Retro show in Sheffield - April

psj3809psj3809
edited February 2010 in Announcements
http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17209

After the success of the last retro show in Huddersfield last September, another retro gamer has decided to do the next show in Sheffield.

April 10th and 11th

About 150 tickets are available, should be a good crowd, a lot of decent machines to try and no doubt some bad singing on Rock Band !

Should be a few WOSsers there
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  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    We may attend. I've got other stuff going on in April. Everything seems to happening that month! Will have to discuss with the other Cheeses.
  • WinstonWinston
    edited January 2010
    Is it organized by the same people? (i.e. if I want to cart my Portable Spectranet Demo Kit over there, who should I talk to about getting space for it all...)

    Is there a website yet? Hotels in the area?
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Not the same people as before, very similar though. Before Gordon (a mod on the RG forums did the Sheffield show), one of the people who went to that (and has been to past ones) SScott (On the RG forums) decided to do one in Sheffield.

    I think hes been getting tips from Gordon (Huddersfield), Witchfinder (Stoke) and perhaps Boyo (Kenilworth ones) so everyone really knows each other.

    Hes only just registered a website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm ) which as you can see is very basic but hes going to be updating this soon.

    For now I would post in that RG thread if you are interested but i'll contact him now with some basic questions
  • mermanmerman
    edited January 2010
    Should be able to get to this one...
  • madmekonmadmekon
    edited January 2010
    I'm sure I can talk the GF into going again. As long as Miles does'nt keeping getting me confused with Merman
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Hopefully Miles will be going but hopefully wont finish off a full bottle of vodka in an afternoon !!

    I'm looking forward to it, should be a good crowd and hopefully no more Beatles songs to listen to !
  • gasmangasman
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Hes only just registered a website ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm ) which as you can see is very basic but hes going to be updating this soon.

    Yeah, doesn't seem to be much relevant information there right now. And I can't work out what that stuff about driving a car into a canal has to do with retrogaming at all... ;-)

    (Could potentially be up for this...)
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited January 2010
    I would go but I haven't got a car, and the canals won't be frozen by then.

    I really wish people would organise the retrogaming/car on ice events at a decent time of year.
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Ha ha just realised what i've done, ahem !

    I'll have to look for the link later, its in a 25 page thread ! I did have it but obviously when i CTRL C'ed it didnt work and somehow kept the last site i had looked at (lucky it wasnt the one before that ;)
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Alright found the site...

    http://members.multimania.co.uk/retrorewind/

    As you can see its veryyyy basic but you can PM him on that RG thread if you are interested in a ticket.

    Sscott has been on Retro Gamer for quite some time and I've met him at a few retro events now so dont worry about paypalling some 'stranger' money for a show.

    Its a great location in the centre of Sheffield in these weird 'steel whistle' things !
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited January 2010
    My eeyyeesss!!!

    I thought we already had a thread for these websites?
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  • milemile
    edited January 2010
    madmekon wrote: »
    I'm sure I can talk the GF into going again. As long as Miles does'nt keeping getting me confused with Merman

    you were both called james. :p

    only kidding. i had to keep remembering mr cheese's name, as i didn't want to call him mr cheese in front of his wife. she might have asked him some difficult questions.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited January 2010
    I've looked at the site and now I have a detached retina

    how much are the tickets? I can't see a price anywhere.
  • j00cej00ce
    edited January 2010
    Tickets are 12 quid, according to the official forum - and given that the venue is at the bottom of our road (if you turn right and squint a bit - s'about a mile), I'll definitely be there - after all, it's cheap beer and retro gaming with only a short stagger home afterwards...
  • milemile
    edited January 2010
    j00ce wrote: »
    Tickets are 12 quid, according to the official forum - and given that the venue is at the bottom of our road (if you turn right and squint a bit - s'about a mile), I'll definitely be there - after all, it's cheap beer and retro gaming with only a short stagger home afterwards...

    you shouldn't have mentioned that, now you'll get PM's asking for a bed for a night. :-P
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited January 2010
    j00ce wrote: »
    Tickets are 12 quid, according to the official forum - and given that the venue is at the bottom of our road (if you turn right and squint a bit - s'about a mile), I'll definitely be there - after all, it's cheap beer and retro gaming with only a short stagger home afterwards...

    That's very kind offer thankyou. I like a fried breakfast, whilst the other half prefers cornflakes.

    White tea, no sugar. What time shall we be there?
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  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    mile wrote: »
    you were both called james. :p

    only kidding. i had to keep remembering mr cheese's name, as i didn't want to call him mr cheese in front of his wife. she might have asked him some difficult questions.

    Nope! I had "Mr Cheese" written on my ticket. She knows she is Mrs Cheese.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    As a bloke the last thing i want as a nickname is the word 'cheese'. Bit like a woman and her nickname being something to do with fish ! Not good !!
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    As a bloke the last thing i want as a nickname is the word 'cheese'. Bit like a woman and her nickname being something to do with fish ! Not good !!

    Hey, mod or not, thats Mr Cheese to you!
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    MrCheese wrote: »
    Hey, mod or not, thats Mr Cheese to you!

    Sorry Sir Cheese
  • milemile
    edited January 2010
    there was a character in the wire called cheese. he sold crack.
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Sorry Sir Cheese

    Mr is fine. No need for the Sir. :p
  • j00cej00ce
    edited January 2010
    fogartylee wrote: »
    That's very kind offer thankyou. I like a fried breakfast, whilst the other half prefers cornflakes.

    White tea, no sugar. What time shall we be there?
    Well, if you arrive at 9am, then the toast should be about ready :)

    In truth, I wouldn't object to putting one or two people up [*]! However, I suspect the spare double-bed is likely to be already spoken for...

    [*] though SWMBO isn't quite as keen on letting random t'interweb people crash overnight, for some strange reason!
  • WinstonWinston
    edited January 2010
    We're not random, we're from WOS!
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited January 2010
    Don't forget to sing the "We Love WoS" song before, during and after the meal and don't forget to set a place for Martijn at the table :p
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    MrCheese wrote: »
    Don't forget to sing the "We Love WoS" song before, during and after the meal and don't forget to set a place for Martijn at the table :p

    After witnessing peoples singing (including my own !) at the last retro show on one of these Rock Band type games i dont think anyone should sing !
  • joefishjoefish
    edited January 2010
    Winston wrote: »
    We're not random, we're from WOS!
    Yes, we exist on a pseudo-random algorithmic basis. We're not truly random, though we may give that appearance to the uninitiated.
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  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited February 2010
    Someone give me a clue, how the hell do you buy a ticket. The web page is a bit piss poor. I can't look at it too long it hurts my eyes.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited February 2010
    There'll be a new website shortly...

    http://www.retrorewind.info/

    Once thats up i'm sure there'll be a ticketing thing etc.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited February 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    There'll be a new website shortly...

    http://www.retrorewind.info/

    Once thats up i'm sure there'll be a ticketing thing etc.

    I hope so the wife was checking prices for a return ticket on the train, she doesn't want me to take the car she says she'll go mad if she's left in the house all weekend with thetwins!!!
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