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Well it worked :)

I got there at about 13:45 (after walking past the place twice :eek: ) and waited til Anarchic Conceptions turned up at about 14:15. Tink turned up just afterwards and caus of Tribes of Longton had to pull out, it was just us 3 til 4pm, when Tactical Grace and Pure Metal turned up.

So we stayed at the pub until about 7ish when we went for a chinese buffet (mmmmmmmmm sweet and sour sauce......mmmmmmmm :D oh and Tactical Grace is addicted to duck and cucumber pancakes).

Then, after a quick stop at piccadily to check tinks train times, we spent the rest of the time in a bar near UMIST (the uni).


It was a great day and it was brilliant to meet other people from NS.

Admittedly now we know the true secret at Forum 7 and the TRUE identity of Max (that was a shocker i can tell you ;) )

In anycase, i started this to let the others who were there to post what they thought, as well as the pics and videos tink and pm took.

Yeah well, you'd damn well better. I want to see some drunken nakedness in the centre of Manchester! OK, so not necessarily 'naked' but, you know...a little craziness wouldn't go amiss.

I'll tell you what - if it goes well, and you feel the need to organise another 'event' in Manchester, organise it at the end of the last uni week before Crimbo. That way, I'll actually be in Manchester, I'll have some money, I won't be working and I certainly won't be sailing (unless we fit the icebreaker to the bow this year ).

And I want video clips. Damn it!

Well, no nakedness, but some wet paint ( ;) ) was involved.

In anycase, thanks to all, twas a great day :)

I said nothing! There is no conspiracy!

It was really cool though. I made a hell of an entrance, knocking a table into a spin and pouring some other guy's pint all over the floor. :rolleyes: The Temple pub itself turned out to be The Underground or whatever bar from way back, and a veritable museum of toilet graffiti.

Then yeah, we did the usual hanging around the city thing, went to a Chinese restaurant, only to discover halfway through that Tink didn't like Chinese. Like...we only spent 15 minutes deciding. :confused:

Tink surprised me actually, I thought she'd be all bouncy and hyperactive, and instead she sat quietly at the side, crying softly as the four guys talked with great excitement about shared interests in computer hardware. The quote of the night has got to be during the 40" plasma screen vs. projector debate, when I asked her if we were boring her, and she said "It's OK, most of my friends are nerds." Oops. :(

The other guys were more or less as I imagined them, even Pure Metal looked the part, a bit like a metallist. :p

Then I got to show the guys my old haunt, the Sofa bar, no longer so named, but still decked out with bespoke upholstery. :D

I have to go now so I will probably add plenty of thoughts later...would love to see what everyone else thought. And I want to see my wet paint moment, damn it!


Oh yeah, my fortune cookie read: "Boomerangs are coming back." A slightly menacing conclusion to an evening meal... Post yours, guys!

Damn spread out United States. I don't know enough NSers from this area.

My fortune cookie was "Do something new today". Bit late to be honest...meeting 4 people of NS was something new :D

I said nothing! There is no conspiracy!

*Posts on Forum 7*

Mwahahahahaha, you lie!!!!! ;) :p :D

I agree, everyone was pretty much what i expected except Tink. As TG said, she was pretty shy (although it has to be said, the pictures of her on here don't do her justice :) ).

Anarchic Conceptions is a thoroughly nice bloke as are PM and TG. Was great just having a real big chat about so much different stuff (projectors vs. screens included) such as how mods do their work, how NS works, the different aspects to the game we don't take part in (Invasion and Defence etc).

Needless to say, we also talked about our favourite posters, our favourite trolls etc etc. All in all really good company :)

PM needs to give his recipe for his ultimate energy bar again...

Im just too lazy to ask about this secret.

I guess you guys had fun.

Sounds like fun, anyway. It would certainly explain why General was a little boring last night!

Oh yeah, my fortune cookie read: "Boomerangs are coming back." A slightly menacing conclusion to an evening meal... Post yours, guys!
My fortune cookie was "Do something new today". Bit late to be honest...meeting 4 people of NS was something new

I got the rather odd:

"Wow! bet you aren't shy in the locker room" (or something, I lost it)

If any thinks they know what it meant, tell me.

Though the evening was good, and I enjoyed myself a lot, despite the evil bar maid. We should do it again sometime, should be easier now it has been done once already :)

*lurks, not wishing to be seen*

sorry I couldn't come...

*continues to lurk*

well i just got back home after being terrorised by yet another 3 year old fruitcake on the train, but damnit it was worth it! :)
it was great meeting up with all you guys (and lthe one ovely gal ;)), and i'd love to do it again if only to spill more snakebite all over Kel :P :D

shame you couldn't make it Tribes :(



*is working on getting pics/vids up on teh interweb*

It sounds like you guys had a pretty good time.

Does this mean you'll all start calling each other by your real names, and I'll be all left out? :(

About a repeat event, though...

About a repeat event, though...
if you held it anywhere slightly further south than manchester, i'd be there for sure! 4 1/2 hours on the train gets a tad tiresome after a bit is all :P

but at least i learned manchester is, in fact, nowhere near birmingham :p


and we also learned some pretty interesting stuff about tink :D ;) ;)

I had a really nice time and everyone was lovely, sorry about being so quiet, I'm a little shy around new people.

TG has the dodgiest accent I've ever heard, but it was rather sexy


anyway big thanks to Kel for organising it! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: and also to people for coming :fluffle: :fluffle:

(oh, and my fortune cookie said 'A diversity of friends is a credit to your flexible nature')

Bah. We need an event like that in the U.S.

West coast preferably. ;)

if you held it anywhere slightly further south than manchester, i'd be there for sure! 4 1/2 hours on the train gets a tad tiresome after a bit is all :P

but at least i learned manchester is, in fact, nowhere near birmingham :p


and we also learned some pretty interesting stuff about tink :D ;) ;)
I think one should be organised in London since I'm moving down that end


lol, and Cog too!

and we also learned some pretty interesting stuff about tink :D ;) ;)
Now, I hope you all realise that you are now legally bound to take those beans and spill them all over the cat as it lunges out of the bag and gives it all away.

If that made sense...

TRANSLATION - Tell me! :p

Now, I hope you all realise that you are now legally bound to take those beans and spill them all over the cat as it lunges out of the bag and gives it all away.

If that made sense...

TRANSLATION - Tell me! :p
it's nothing very interesting.....




....unless I was drunk, which I don't think I was but I have a hangover so maybe......http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/unsure.gif

I agree, everyone was pretty much what i expected except Tink. As TG said, she was pretty shy (although it has to be said, the pictures of her on here don't do her justice :) ).

Anarchic Conceptions is a thoroughly nice bloke as are PM and TG. Was great just having a real big chat about so much different stuff (projectors vs. screens included) such as how mods do their work, how NS works, the different aspects to the game we don't take part in (Invasion and Defence etc).

Needless to say, we also talked about our favourite posters, our favourite trolls etc etc. All in all really good company :)

PM needs to give his recipe for his ultimate energy bar again...
i'd agree with this, totally. pretty much as i might have guessed from how i know you all on here... with the exception of tink (the shyness with new people thing again) and TG's awesome accent :D

and that's Kanabia's secret recipe... i shouldn't have even told you in the first place :eek: :eek:


lol, and Cog too!
hehe yeah :p

(totally unsubtle hint :D) (http://www.fwworld.com/dance%20revolution.jpg)

it's nothing very interesting.....


oh i beg to differ :P


*keeps Tribes pawing for info*

hehe yeah :p

(totally unsubtle hint :D) (http://www.fwworld.com/dance%20revolution.jpg)
I'm still laughing over it, he really doesn't seem the type

oh i beg to differ :P


*keeps Tribes pawing for info*
*PM gets his face raked by a bear's claw*

Oh sorry dude, I got the wrong end of the stick. :p

*pesters for information some more*

:eek:
*mops face up*

tea now, pics/vids after :)


and the interesting stuff about tink is.......... oh crap food's on the table... back soon :D

I agree, everyone was pretty much what i expected except Tink. As TG said, she was pretty shy (although it has to be said, the pictures of her on here don't do her justice :) ).
Where is the jaw-dropping and tongue-unrolling smiley when you need it? :eek:

Yeah, have to agree there. Anyway, not sure if Tink remembers, but wasn't there some lesbian stuff involved? :p

Damn, Tribes must really wish he had come now. It'll teach you to get your lies in early, though I must say, it was hilarious listening in to Tink's increasingly improbable excuses to her family on the phone, as we tried to stifle our laughter.

And thanks for reminding me, the bar lady at the ex-Sofa was indeed a bitch. All I did was ask about the establishment's change of name and said it was cool they kept the furnishings, and she glared back like she wanted to tell me to fuck off. :confused:

I would definitely come to another NS meet if any of you guys were going, even if it's a bit further south. Somewhere near London sounds like a good idea, Birmingham perhaps? :D

Where is the jaw-dropping and tongue-unrolling smiley when you need it? :eek: http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/naughty/20.gif
Yeah, have to agree there. Anyway, not sure if Tink remembers, but wasn't there some lesbian stuff involved? :p


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Damn, Tribes must really wish he had come now. It'll teach you to get your lies in early, though I must say, it was hilarious listening in to Tink's increasingly improbable excuses to her family on the phone, as we tried to stifle our laughter.they wern't all that improbable! and nobody's asked any questions since i got back so they must;ve believed me

they wern't all that improbable! and nobody's asked any questions since i got back so they must;ve believed me
Ah, the unfailing gullibility of a teenager's parents...so touching... :p

(totally unsubtle hint :D) (http://www.fwworld.com/dance%20revolution.jpg)

what does dance dance revolution have anything to do with secrets? :P

Ah, the unfailing gullibility of a teenager's parents...so touching... :p
:p hehe, I'm pretty good at the 'innocent puppy-dog eyes' look so I get away with quite a lot lol

what does dance dance revolution have anything to do with secrets? :P
apparently Cog is really good at it which i find utterly hilarious


Cog is a chav :p

Where is the jaw-dropping and tongue-unrolling smiley when you need it?
damn straight! i think this is the sort of thing you're looking for http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/liebe/love-smiley-052.gif :D

Yeah, have to agree there. Anyway, not sure if Tink remembers, but wasn't there some lesbian stuff involved?
indeedy :P

And thanks for reminding me, the bar lady at the ex-Sofa was indeed a bitch. All I did was ask about the establishment's change of name and said it was cool they kept the furnishings, and she glared back like she wanted to tell me to fuck off.

hehe you distracted her from her crossword man! i don't blame her ;)



and now, some pics!


http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/in_the_Temple%20small.jpg
in the Temple - a thoroughly nice underground pub which used to be the public toilets! :P

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/don%27t%20ask.jpg
tink's new (and highly addictive) hobby (yes, they are beer mats)

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/tink%20lurves%20sinuhue.jpg
speaks for itself i think!

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/sofabar%20small.jpg
in the (ex-) Sofa bar

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/tink!.jpg
a sneaky pic of Tink...

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/don%27t%20hide.jpg
...and then again 10 seconds later when she found out lol

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/wetTG.jpg
and to finish off the evening, a very happy looking TG : )

i look horrid in those picshttp://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/in_the_Temple%20small.jpg
in the Temple - a thoroughly nice underground pub which used to be the public toilets! :P

Eek. What a horrible picture :eek:

:p

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/don%27t%20ask.jpg
tink's new (and highly addictive) hobby (yes, they are beer mats)

Sorry, I think it is my fault that started :$

Damn spread out United States. I don't know enough NSers from this area.
I agree. Curse you for not living in California.

i look horrid in those picshttp://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif
It's IRL that counts. ;)

I think it's so awesome that a bunch of you actually met up! And had an orgy! Oops...I wasn't supposed to tell was I...*wishes Canada wasn't so damn spread out....*

Anyway...YAY! I suppose you guys had a bit of a 'regional conference'...we should make this a fine tradition in many nations! I wonder if I could get tax credits for going to something like that???

http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/tink%20lurves%20sinuhue.jpg
speaks for itself i think!
I totally have tears in my eyes!!!!! *is speechless* I LUVS YOU ALL!!!!!!

I totally have tears in my eyes!!!!! *is speechless* I LUVS YOU ALL!!!!!!
:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

i look horrid in those picshttp://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif
i don't think so :rolleyes:

http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rarg8jy.jpg

i look completely miserable and for some reason like i have a moustache :confused:

http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rarg8jy.jpg

i look completely miserable and for some reason like i have a moustache :confused:
Hardly. The pics just blurry. You all look fahbulous... :D

http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rarg8jy.jpg

i look completely miserable and for some reason like i have a moustache :confused:Hmm...am I the only one that thinks the moustache is like an off-sided Hitler's moustache? That's kewl. :D

Hmm...am I the only one that thinks the moustache is like an off-sided Hitler's moustache? That's kewl. :D
nope, I thought that too lol

So? Was it everything you all hoped and dreamed? Is this a first in NS history?

Anyway...YAY! I suppose you guys had a bit of a 'regional conference'...we should make this a fine tradition in many nations! I wonder if I could get tax credits for going to something like that???
heh Max should pay for NSFests or NSCon's throughout the globe! :D


and now, two videos!

introductions (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester%20NS%201_0001.wmv)

shy tink (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester2.wmv)

So? Was it everything you all hoped and dreamed? Is this a first in NS history?
A group this large, maybe...though I've met both Cog and Unfree before, on separate occasions. They'll probably want to silence me now, :mp5: but it's too late!

Why are there no pictures of naked drinking games, preferrably with a plastic cone-hat (flashing light optional extra)? Where is the bleary-eyed tink, snogging a lamppost in misplaced drunken horniness? Where is the picture of PM air-guitaring to some random hair metal? And why are you all so damn handsome??? You're forumites, ffs, you're supposed to be on MY (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif) level!

Videos!

(Downloadz @ 1MB/s)

Woot!

:D

heh Max should pay for NSFests or NSCon's throughout the globe! :D


and now, two videos!

introductions (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester%20NS%201_0001.wmv)

shy tink (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester2.wmv)
yay for darkness!

Why are there no pictures of naked drinking games, preferrably with a plastic cone-hat (flashing light optional extra)? Where is the bleary-eyed tink, snogging a lamppost in misplaced drunken horniness? Where is the picture of PM air-guitaring to some random hair metal? And why are you all so damn handsome??? You're forumites, ffs, you're supposed to be on MY (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif) level!
LOL, I wish! :p

Why are there no pictures of naked drinking games, preferrably with a plastic cone-hat (flashing light optional extra)? Where is the bleary-eyed tink, snogging a lamppost in misplaced drunken horniness? Where is the picture of PM air-guitaring to some random hair metal? And why are you all so damn handsome??? You're forumites, ffs, you're supposed to be on MY (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif) level!you'll have to pay us for those ones http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif

you'll have to pay us for those ones http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif
I can see the article in the LEP tomorrow:

TINK IN LAMP-POST PORN SHOCKER! Pictures pages 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 and every other page. :p

LOL, I wish!
"Uh, hi, I appear to have a jaw chiseled by Micaelangelo, uh."

Quiet you.

heh Max should pay for NSFests or NSCon's throughout the globe! :D


and now, two videos!

introductions (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester%20NS%201_0001.wmv)
SO AWESOME!!!!! I mean, I knew you guys had accents and all (of course, you wouldn't really consider they way you talk as being accented, you'd think I had an accent and all that, but anyway) but it's so awesome to actually hear you for real! TINK! You just needed another fem to back you up there...


...you all sound soooo...PROPER!!!

None of you sound like you sound in my head! I gave you all received pronunciation "BBC accents" and listen to you all now - speaking like regular people! :eek:

This will definitely take some getting used to.

SO AWESOME!!!!! I mean, I knew you guys had accents and all (of course, you wouldn't really consider they way you talk as being accented, you'd think I had an accent and all that, but anyway) but it's so awesome to actually hear you for real! TINK! You just needed another fem to back you up there...
I did! if there'd been another girl there then i probably wouldn't have been quite so nervous

You're forumites, ffs, you're supposed to be on MY (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif) level!
Apparently we're not authorised to view you and compare :(

I did! if there'd been another girl there then i probably wouldn't have been quite so nervous
I bet the fellows would be though...*nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!*

http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rarg8jy.jpg

i look completely miserable and for some reason like i have a moustache :confused:

looks like someone had too many pints before he took that photo.

So were any of you a bit nervous about meeting one another? I mean, we're all fairly open on this forum, and I suspect that other posters might know more about some of our attitudes and so on than people we normally interact with in RL...for me, part of my hesitance in actually meeting NSers in RL is that kind of intimacy we have...I'm not sure how it would feel meeting someone who knows all these things about me, and who I haven't known since kindergarden...you know?

Apparently we're not authorised to view you and compare :(
No no, that picture is from my Lanzarote holiday last year, just in B/W :D Look again... (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif)

So were any of you a bit nervous about meeting one another? I mean, we're all fairly open on this forum, and I suspect that other posters might know more about some of our attitudes and so on than people we normally interact with in RL...for me, part of my hesitance in actually meeting NSers in RL is that kind of intimacy we have...I'm not sure how it would feel meeting someone who knows all these things about me, and who I haven't known since kindergarden...you know?
I was uber nervous, hence..http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/don%27t%20ask.jpg

No no, that picture is from my Lanzarote holiday last year, just in B/W :D Look again... (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif)
It's still saying:

You are not authorized to view this page
You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied.

If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or phone number that may be listed on the lightning.prohosting.com home page.

HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Internet Explorer

No no, that picture is from my Lanzarote holiday last year, just in B/W :D Look again... (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif)

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif on this server."

I was uber nervous, hence..http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/exports/don%27t%20ask.jpg
Hahahahhaaaa...I have that same terrible habit:) I've tried to be more creative with it, and make little men and women out of the beer coasters (as we call them here:)) that can sit on your pint glass. But I always end up tearing them limb from limb while I argue politics over beer. MMMM. Politics and beer.

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~bjgeiger/doodles/livingroom/Creature/c3.gif on this server."
Fuck me, it worked a minute ago...

...hang on, I'll get another...

Here's one with some girl I picked up over there... :D (http://kensforce.com/creature1.jpg)

Well, I agreed to meet up with Cog in a foreign country (the US) and took Unfree out to dinner a couple of times (after convincing her I wasn't some kind of netperv).

So no...it comes pretty easily to me.

I find it funny though, how one guy says he attributed Received Pronounciation accents to us, and is now shocked we're normal, and another thinks we sound "so proper". Strange, that.

Very cool-a toast to all the participants and thanks for sharing your pics and videos.

Well, I agreed to meet up with Cog in a foreign country (the US) and took Unfree out to dinner a couple of times (after convincing her I wasn't some kind of netperv).

So no...it comes pretty easily to me.

I find it funny though, how one guy says he attributed Received Pronounciation accents to us, and is now shocked we're normal, and another thinks we sound "so proper". Strange, that.
you honestly have the best accent i've ever heard, it's just so......weird (yet wonderful)

"Uh, hi, I appear to have a jaw chiseled by Micaelangelo, uh."

Quiet you.
:eek:

Erm...well that comes as a surprise to me.

Well, I agreed to meet up with Cog in a foreign country (the US) and took Unfree out to dinner a couple of times (after convincing her I wasn't some kind of netperv). Any pics of Cog?

I find it funny though, how one guy says he attributed Received Pronounciation accents to us, and is now shocked we're normal, and another thinks we sound "so proper". Strange, that.
Well...you sound normal to you...but even though I know you guys don't talk like me, I read your posts as though you do. Can't help it. So it's kind of neat to hear your real voices...even though I continue to 'hear' a Canadian accent when I read your posts. And the Brit accent, to us, is 'proper'. Which is why it's so funny when you folks swear :eek:

:eek:

Erm...well that comes as a surprise to me.
you do have good bone structure

I find it funny though, how one guy says he attributed Received Pronounciation accents to us, and is now shocked we're normal, and another thinks we sound "so proper". Strange, that.

I'm European. And I've been to the UK several times. So, I have higher expectations! :p

No, really, you all sound like people. I'm even thinking about starting a thread where people can post links to little snippets of their voices so that I can be even more freaked out by how different everyone sounds than they do in my head. I can just imagine some of the accents of the people whose primary language isn't English! It'd be fun, but I don't know if I could pull it off.

Any pics of Cog?

on DDR? :p

you honestly have the best accent i've ever heard, it's just so......weird (yet wonderful)

From what little I could hear, everyone that spoke had great accents.

I'm impressed you guys coordinated this and carried it out. And it looks like everyone is glad they did,so far.

Also cool the rest of us got a peek.

Oh, and Pure Metal sounds like a Beatle:)

How is TG's accent different, Tink? I didn't get to hear enough to really notice...

on DDR? :p
DDR?

Oh, and Pure Metal sounds like a Beatle:)

How is TG's accent different, Tink? I didn't get to hear enough to really notice...
it's like a mixture of a few accents, i think it's Russian, American and English

it's like a mixture of a few accents, i think it's Russian, American and English
TG...where are you from that you ended up with a mix like that?

DDR?
http://www.fwworld.com/dance%20revolution.jpg

apparently he's really good at it

http://www.fwworld.com/dance%20revolution.jpg

apparently he's really good at it
HAHHHAHAHAAA....I just can't picture it! You see...I imagine him being a very serious, twenty something in Graduate studies at a Bible college!

HAHHHAHAHAAA....I just can't picture it! You see...I imagine him being a very serious, twenty something in Graduate studies at a Bible college!
me too lol, i still keep laughing about it now

No pics of Cog, I never brought a camera to that :( . But we went to an arcade where he repeatedly owned me at DDR (L9 and custom effects vs default L3), and then we played a laser tag type game where we were up against a bunch of 13 year olds, and we both clocked up six-digit scores. We also posted on the forums from an Internet Cafe, and discussed how to take the Mod Conspiracy further forward. :D

you do have good bone structure
I suppose that is a compliment. :confused: I looked for a tongue-unrolling smiley but couldn't find one. :p

Regarding my accent, I am an ex-Russian, ex-American British guy, and a bit better travelled than that alone. So yeah, pretty international character there. Most Americans assume I am a southern English type, most Brits assume I am American or sometimes even German/Scottish. I view myself as a somewhat technocratic European nationalist.

If that explains things.

No pics of Cog, I never brought a camera to that :( . But we went to an arcade where he repeatedly owned me at DDR (L9 and custom effects vs default L3), and then we played a laser tag type game where we were up against a bunch of 13 year olds, and we both clocked up six-digit scores. We also posted on the forums from an Internet Cafe, and discussed how to take the Mod Conspiracy further forward. :D
Why do I have an image of ricky gervais in my head right now? :p

Why do I have an image of ricky gervais in my head right now? :p
hahahahahaha!

What other posters have actually met up with one another since meeting on NS?

What other posters have actually met up with one another since meeting on NS?
i havn't met up with anyone else yet but i am gonna be meeting up with the guy whose fault it was that my old nation got deleted within the next month or so

i havn't met up with anyone else yet but i am gonna be meeting up with the guy whose fault it was that my old nation got deleted within the next month or so
Who's that? Why DID your old nation get deleted? (you know what I just realised? Despite knowing quite well how your poster name is spelled, I always call you Fairy Tink Anderson in my head???)

Who's that? Why DID your old nation get deleted?
he was called Glupeyloo, he came on msn and was like 'let's spam NS' and i was like 'meh, I'm bored, sure' and we ended up with the first page of General being full of our crap, then he got deleted and i was forum-banned but he was all whiney that i only got a ban, so he complained so they deleted me too

I did! if there'd been another girl there then i probably wouldn't have been quite so nervous
i have the hair of a girl... does that count for nothing?!

you honestly have the best accent i've ever heard, it's just so......weird (yet wonderful)
seconded! its almost scottish... but its not. either way i like it :D

... most Brits assume I am American or sometimes even German/Scottish.
there ya go...

Oh, and Pure Metal sounds like a Beatle:)

lol thanks :P
but in terms of UK geography, that makes absolutley no sense at all :p

What other posters have actually met up with one another since meeting on NS?
tried to meet up with TIN, but it proved a tad difficult :(

i have the hair of a girl... does that count for nothing?!

no, because other than the hair you just ooze manliness!

no, because other than the hair you just ooze manliness!
eeeew that sounds so gross http://www.peerweb.org/forums/images/smilies/icon8.gif :p

no, because other than the hair you just ooze manliness!
Look at her now...back to the saucy tart we all know and love...timid as a church mouse in RL...Tink tink tink...you should have arrived drunk I think:)

Alright now...who went home with who :D

Look at her now...back to the saucy tart we all know and love...timid as a church mouse in RL...Tink tink tink...you should have arrived drunk I think:)
i tried to get drunk cause i knew i'd be a lot more confident then, i had like 9 vodka and oranges but alas i stayed sober (yet still got a hangover, grrrrrr)

If I met them again I'd probably be a bit more boystrous, it's just when i don't really know people I go all shy

Alright now...who went home with who :D
hehe, we all went back to PM's hotel room and had a big orgy of course! how else could we have ended the night?!

Look at her now...back to the saucy tart we all know and love...timid as a church mouse in RL...Tink tink tink...you should have arrived drunk I think:)
If there's a next time, we should all crash in someone's house (I'll be in halls, just wait until the semester is over :p ) so everyone can do what they feel like without having to get home and arrange stuff...or indeed, be sober when talking to the hostel people ("Uh *hic* I'd like a bed for the *barf* *barf* *barfbarfbarf* night please"). Much easier :)

Also, I'll have to come next time, if only so you can see what I really look like/sound like.

hehe, we all went back to PM's hotel room and had a big orgy of course! how else could we have ended the night?!
There we go...exactly what I wanted to hear! I am contented:).

i tried to get drunk cause i knew i'd be a lot more confident then, i had like 9 vodka and oranges but alas i stayed sober (yet still got a hangover, grrrrrr)
yeah what was up with that? i was drinking snakebites relatively sharpish but stayed sober as a church mouse (or however that phrase goes) :confused:


If I met them again I'd probably be a bit more boystrous...
heh, looking forward to it :D :fluffle:

i tried to get drunk cause i knew i'd be a lot more confident then, i had like 9 vodka and oranges but alas i stayed sober (yet still got a hangover, grrrrrr)

If I met them again I'd probably be a bit more boystrous, it's just when i don't really know people I go all shy
Me too. And then I overcome that by acting like I'm not shy. So I get all boisterous, and people think that's how I really am, but I get so stressed from keeping up the act that I have to drink three times as much, and then at a certain point, I'm not acting anymore, I relax, the alcohol hits me, and I need to go home and pass out:)

There we go...exactly what I wanted to hear! I am contented:).
And yet no video clips of that portion of the night.

At least, not until the video release :eek:

COCKROACH RACING ON VIDEO FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!

and before i forget Kel has a realy nice bum (PM told me http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif )

hehe, we all went back to PM's hotel room and had a big orgy of course! how else could we have ended the night?!
yeah, total free-for-all it was, too :cool:
open door to all, man, woman or mineral or vegetable! :P


If there's a next time, we should all crash in someone's house (I'll be in halls, just wait until the semester is over :p ) so everyone can do what they feel like without having to get home and arrange stuff...or indeed, be sober when talking to the hostel people ("Uh *hic* I'd like a bed for the *barf* *barf* *barfbarfbarf* night please"). Much easier :)

Also, I'll have to come next time, if only so you can see what I really look like/sound like.
lol - the hotel staff were very nice when i ordered a panini and beer at 11.30 at night instead of finding a kebab shop :p
god i love room service :D

and you gotta come so i can spill snakebites over you as well!

I agree, we should definitely do this again. We'd get to hear more of Tink, and maybe have Tribes and some others along...would be cool. Who knows, maybe hav a real orgy, with traffic cones and everything, instead of going home sober.

I offer my monastery-like postgrad hall as a venue. Though maybe some place like Birmingham would be better for the more southern people.

Sadly I couldn't get drunk, as I had a job interview the following morning (went well, fingers crossed), and that's not quite my scene anyway. Although last New Year, I did get to do to the BBC building what a hundred million Americans only wish they could do. ;)

lol - the hotel staff were very nice when i ordered a panini and beer at 11.30 at night instead of finding a kebab shop :p
god i love room service :D

and you gotta come so i can spill snakebites over you as well!
whereas at 11:30 i was stuck on a train half asleep, with some weirdo looking at me the entire time

and before i forget Kel has a realy nice bum (PM told me http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif )
:fluffle: kel's bum :fluffle:

:fluffle: kel's bum :fluffle:
:eek:

whereas at 11:30 i was stuck on a train half asleep, with some weirdo looking at me the entire time
Damn, my cover is blown!

*removes self from wireless internet camping spot on the Manchester-Blackpool train*

maybe have Tribes and some others along...
You make it sound like I have to ask permission...am I out of favour with the court, M'lord? :p

and you gotta come so i can spill snakebites over you as well!Only if they get spilt into my mouth - I hate to see alcohol go to waste :D

I agree, we should definitely do this again. We'd get to hear more of Tink, and maybe have Tribes and some others along...would be cool. Who knows, maybe hav a real orgy, with traffic cones and everything, instead of going home sober. I read something similiar in a Dan Savage column once...

Although last New Year, I did get to do to the BBC building what a hundred million Americans only wish they could do. ;)
oooohhhh.... :eek:

I offer my monastery-like postgrad hall as a venue. Though maybe some place like Birmingham would be better for the more southern people.

i think it'd be more likely for more people to come that way... or at least more people who already know where birmingham and manchester are relative to each other :headbang: :p

and good luck with getting that job (re: the interview) :)

oooohhhh.... :eek:
Oh yes. Eat your hearts out, FOX viewers. :p

Oh yes. Eat your hearts out, FOX viewers. :p
Not me!

By the way...you should post the group pics to the pic thread...under each of your names maybe or under "The Manchester Meeting":)

Oh, for God's sake. I hate my boss, I hate my complete lack of fucking money and I really hate that in the end, I could have almost got the evening off! :mad:

http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif

http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/shiftyeyes.gif
bastard http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif

bastard http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif
Tink's new love interest...

bastard http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif
http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/banana.gif

Tink's new love interest...
not new, he's been the love of my life for a good for months now, still a bastard though http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif

http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/banana.gif
arg! i come here to get away from the fecking banana!! keep it in PB!!

http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/banana.gif
That is definintely how I'm going to appear at the next meet - 6ft personified bananas with ADHD are so in this season.

And don't do too many posts like that dude, you'll get a deatification.

not new, he's been the love of my life for a good for months now, still a bastard though http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/dry.gif
http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/fluffle.gif

That is definintely how I'm going to appear at the next meet - 6ft personified bananas with ADHD are so in this season.

And don't do too many posts like that dude, you'll get a deatification.
oh...

That is definintely how I'm going to appear at the next meet - 6ft personified bananas with ADHD are so in this season.

And don't do too many posts like that dude, you'll get a deatification.
again :rolleyes:

http://67.18.37.16/1381/85/emo/fluffle.gif
:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

arg! i come here to get away from the fecking banana!! keep it in PB!!
Damn the both of you for being in an active region :mad: :p

Damn the both of you for being in an active region :mad: :p
lol, you don't have to be in the region to join the forums....[/advertising]

Damn the both of you for being in an active region :mad: :p
ok...

Oh god, the bananas. As if the ADN forums weren't enough. I sooo wish PH would disable those infernal things. :sniper:

Oh god, the bananas. As if the ADN forums weren't enough. I sooo wish PH would disable those infernal things. :sniper:
Hey...just a question...but what's with the post count? You've been around since '03...surely you've got more than 8000 odd posts (lost in the move?)?

Hey...just a question...but what's with the post count? You've been around since '03...surely you've got more than 8000 odd posts (lost in the move?)?
I have lost over 1000 in several post purges. The other reason is my absence from NS except in an issue-passing capacity January-June this year.

I think I walked past you freaks in Piccadilly.

I think I walked past you freaks in Piccadilly.
about 10.30pm-ish? oooh now that would have been coincidence!

and damnit you should have come to the pub then! :rolleyes:

If you're Local, you should have come along.

And freaks? I think the most frightening thing is our sheer normality.

As I said in the other thread...that would completely ruin all the illusions of my awesome greatness.

And I didn't want That Fairy Tinkerbelly knowing what I look like because I'm moving to Blackpool in a few weeks.

As I said in the other thread...that would completely ruin all the illusions of my awesome greatness.
Um...I don't have any such illusions, if that helps. :rolleyes:

And I didn't want That Fairy Tinkerbelly knowing what I look like because I'm moving to Blackpool in a few weeks.
At the same time as she is moving down south. :p

At the same time as she is moving down south. :p

GETTIN!

I'll just reiterate: Damn spread out USA. That sounded like it was a lot of fun. I want to do one.

and now, two videos!

introductions (http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/manchester%20madness/manchester%20NS%201_0001.wmv)


'Lets Spend The Night Together', eh?

If I had an eyebrow it would be currently raised.

'Lets Spend The Night Together', eh?

If I had an eyebrow it would be currently raised.
LOL, just noticed, awesome coincidence.

LOL, just noticed, awesome coincidence.

Dark forces at work in the background, no doubt.

'Lets Spend The Night Together', eh?

If I had an eyebrow it would be currently raised.
the song? lol just noticed too :p

they had a jukebox for a reason i tell ya ;)

Well, technically we spent the evening together. It's not a real night when you're on the bus home, sober, at 11pm. :p

Well, technically we spent the evening together. It's not a real night when you're on the bus home, sober, at 11pm. :p
shyeah... i swear the alcohol up north with you lot is weaker than it is down south, or something! :D
(j/k ;))

shyeah... i swear the alcohol up north with you lot is weaker than it is down south, or something! :D
(j/k ;))

that's why you drink beer. harder to water down when it's in a bottle.

Awwww, it looks like/sounds like you guys had a great time!

that's why you drink beer. harder to water down when it's in a bottle.
beer comes in pints too...


besides, thats why you drink snakebites.... beer + cider = more drunkeness! :D


Awwww, it looks like/sounds like you guys had a great time!
indeed we did :) :)

:fluffle: kel's bum :fluffle:


:eek:

Leave my rear alone!!!! :p

Well i really can't tell you about what happened after me and tink left to walk back to piccadily I wish ;) :p :D

i was in manchester, at that music thing. damn it got boring

good that you did that. at least some Nsers got out to the real world

good that you did that. at least some Nsers got out to the real world
Nah, they just exported off topic to a pub near the station :D

:eek:

Leave my rear alone!!!! :p

Well i really can't tell you about what happened after me and tink left to walk back to piccadily I wish ;) :p :D
hehe :p :fluffle:

no, i wish! :fluffle:

LOL, you guys crack me up. (Damn, and I was up for a threesome) :p

Silly US. Its rather hard to have a meet up here. Besides hardly anyone from Missouri (that I know of) actually plays NS, and the rest of the people I talk to are so spread out, argh! Missouri, Massachusetts and Texas are so NOT close.

LOL, you guys crack me up. (Damn, and I was up for a threesome) :p
Me too. We would've all enjoyed the video of THAT escapade!!!! :D

Canada is even less populated than the US...and us Canuk NSers are pretty damn spread out too...we're talking hours of travel to meet somewhere kind of central:(.

Canada is even less populated than the US...and us Canuk NSers are pretty damn spread out too...we're talking hours of travel to meet somewhere kind of central:(.
fly over to Britain! if you're going to be travelling for hours anyway you may as well make a thing out of it! :D

fly over to Britain! if you're going to be travelling for hours anyway you may as well make a thing out of it! :D
LOL yeah, I flew all the way to New York just to meet Cog, and my uni picked up the bill for two weeks of expenses. :D

(OK, there was an unavoidable educational conference element to the trip as well) :rolleyes:

(OK, there was an unavoidable educational conference element to the trip as well) :rolleyes:
pfft... bloody uni and their "learning" :rolleyes: :p

Oh yeah, about that interview...I got the job. :D

So now I'll be a junior dogsbody in a design bureau for supergrid transformers in a global engineering conglomerate the size of Luxembourg. :D

I know this is most people's idea of Hell...but I'm just fucking grinning. I've had enough experience to know that this is where I belong, and I've been working towards this for like, ever. So erm...woot? WTF, I'm going to be a real adult with crippling taxes and everything. :D

Oh yeah, about that interview...I got the job. :D

So now I'll be a junior dogsbody in a design bureau for supergrid transformers in a global engineering conglomerate the size of Luxembourg. :D

I know this is most people's idea of Hell...but I'm just fucking grinning. I've had enough experience to know that this is where I belong, and I've been working towards this for like, ever. So erm...woot? WTF, I'm going to be a real adult with crippling taxes and everything. :D
w00t! nice one dude! :) :)

i guess that means no more eastern standard time for you? :p

w00t! nice one dude! :) :)

i guess that means no more eastern standard time for you? :p
:( Yeah. Going to have to be all responsible and stuff.

Oh yeah, about that interview...I got the job. :D

So now I'll be a junior dogsbody in a design bureau for supergrid transformers in a global engineering conglomerate the size of Luxembourg. :D

I know this is most people's idea of Hell...but I'm just fucking grinning. I've had enough experience to know that this is where I belong, and I've been working towards this for like, ever. So erm...woot? WTF, I'm going to be a real adult with crippling taxes and everything. :D
woo! congrats! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

:( Yeah. Going to have to be all responsible and stuff.
there are many layers of responsible man... from "barely" to "just adequately" so i'm sure you can still indulge in your student-esque pasttimes! :cool:


you still going to play EVE btw? i ask cos i intend to sign up soon and i could do with an employer, at least to start off with (from what i know of the game)... [/hint hint] ;)

Oh yeah, about that interview...I got the job. :D

So now I'll be a junior dogsbody in a design bureau for supergrid transformers in a global engineering conglomerate the size of Luxembourg. :D

I know this is most people's idea of Hell...but I'm just fucking grinning. I've had enough experience to know that this is where I belong, and I've been working towards this for like, ever. So erm...woot? WTF, I'm going to be a real adult with crippling taxes and everything. :D

Well done. Hope it works out well for you :)

Luckily, I won't have to be responsible for another month, at which point I will try to feel out the general area where risk of explosions is reliably avoided. :p

As for EVE, you know where to find me, Cmdr Sy [ITFB] in Isaziwa. I have plenty of friends in other corps who would be willing to train up a nooblet, where I can set you up kinda depends on when you join the game. In fact, if ITFB falls apart in the meantime, my backup plan is to resurrect my old corp Off Balance Sheet Entity, so you would definitely be welcome in that. Individual acts of piracy is the name of the game in that.

Best of all, everyone uses TeamSpeak and headsets, so you'll always have people's actual voices for company.

BTW, http://www.eve-files.com/media/corp/gods/ for some of my screen-captured movies.

Otsasai Mission Fun and F-E_screwup are probably the best.

Luckily, I won't have to be responsible for another month, at which point I will try to feel out the general area where risk of explosions is reliably avoided. :p

As for EVE, you know where to find me, Cmdr Sy [ITFB] in Isaziwa. I have plenty of friends in other corps who would be willing to train up a nooblet, where I can set you up kinda depends on when you join the game. In fact, if ITFB falls apart in the meantime, my backup plan is to resurrect my old corp Off Balance Sheet Entity, so you would definitely be welcome in that. Individual acts of piracy is the name of the game in that.

Best of all, everyone uses TeamSpeak and headsets, so you'll always have people's actual voices for company.
thanks man, i'll owe you one :)

and i'll have to get a microphone... hmm...



edit:
BTW, http://www.eve-files.com/media/corp/gods/ for some of my screen-captured movies.

Otsasai Mission Fun and F-E_screwup are probably the best.
damn thats one good looking game... (if only i knew what was actually going on lol)
how did you do the screenshots again?

Watch F-E_screwup, that contains titles which explain all the action.

I use Fraps, recording at 25 fps, half screen res (1151x864 before reduction).

Then import into Windows Movie Maker 2.1, edit, overlay music, titles, transitions, compress using 2.1MB/s Local Playback codec.

Simple, really.

Silly US. Its rather hard to have a meet up here. Besides hardly anyone from Missouri (that I know of) actually plays NS, and the rest of the people I talk to are so spread out, argh! Missouri, Massachusetts and Texas are so NOT close.

Hah! Try living in Australia, where 'somewhere central' means in the middle of the desert! Sure, the country isn't as big, but we're WAAAY more spread out.

Australia's average population density is 2 persons per square km.

Australia's average population density is 2 persons per square km.
245 people per sq km in the UK, so damn overcrowded.

Me too. We would've all enjoyed the video of THAT escapade!!!! :D

Well there might be one...Tink did have a camera afterall...but I wouldn't really want to become infamous that way ;) :D


Hehe, but if another chance of a meet comes up, i'll be coming along.

But i think what everyone wants now is a video of Cog on DDR :D

Cha cha cha cha...cha cha cha...*spins* *falls* OWCH.....

245 people per sq km in the UK, so damn overcrowded.

That doesn't mean what it sounds like. It means we're all focused in the cities (once you account for the population of the capital cities, there's probably only about 4 million unaccounted for.

Oh, and tink, you DEFINITELY need to stop putting yourself down. You are most definitely hot.

Sydney's inner suburbs are quite dense.

Well there might be one...Tink did have a camera afterall...but I wouldn't really want to become infamous that way ;) :D


Hehe, but if another chance of a meet comes up, i'll be coming along.

But i think what everyone wants now is a video of Cog on DDR :D

Cha cha cha cha...cha cha cha...*spins* *falls* OWCH.....
lol, don't worry, that video stays between me and you (and of course whoever watched the security tapes at the train station:p ;)

That doesn't mean what it sounds like. It means we're all focused in the cities (once you account for the population of the capital cities, there's probably only about 4 million unaccounted for.

Oh, and tink, you DEFINITELY need to stop putting yourself down. You are most definitely hot.

Sydney's inner suburbs are quite dense.
http://67.18.37.16/html/emoticons/huh.gif i thought it was you that agreed with me that i wasn't all that hot?

lol, don't worry, that video stays between me and you (and of course whoever watched the security tapes at the train station:p ;)

hehe, well in that case it will be on certain P2P servers sooner or later... :D