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Hey you!
Have you just been to an AGS meeting? Do you miss that sense of comradery and dampness in your pants? Don't think you can last a whole year before the next one? Able to get to sunderland?
Bonfirittens is for you!
To be held at the house of Creed malay over the weekend of Bonfire night, a meeting to tide all you eager beavers over till next year. Davy has very limited space at his house, so its first come first served basis, there is roughly enough room for 6 guests as well as hosts. Conditions will be cramped but also dry. There will be outings to a fireworks night close by and many frolicks in the candyland of the North.
The rules of bonfireittens are -
The first rule of bonfireittns is - it will be cramped.
The second rule of bonfireittns is - seriously, it will be cramped.
The third rule of bonfireittns is - we have a cat.
So folks, post here if you can make it to a meeting from the 3rd to the 6th of November, in sunderland. Go cats go!
here is a map of where Davy's House is:
Edit: NO MAPS FOR YOU.
Don't forget your sleeping bag!
(Please be prepared for contact if you reply, Davy wants to screen guests, he doesnt like murderes and whatnot)
Quote(Please be prepared for contact if you reply, Davy wants to screen guests, he doesnt like murderes and whatnot)
I'm offended. I'm a murderer, i've killed many disgusting insects invading my apartment. I know, i'm a bad person. Thanks for the directions. j/k :)
Sounds cool, but i'll attend a future AGS meeting sometime.
This should be a great event! Perfectly suited for Creed Malay and one of his earlier titles! As I've mentioned to you Zooty, I can't make it - family meal on the 4th.
As I told Davy, I think I'll be there for all of the Saturday. As a non-sleeper, I guess that means that I don't take up one of the six spaces...
It's more than one day now? Some more details would probably help people.
Currently I know the following people are coming:
Zoot
scotch
Creed Malay
Limping Fish
For a day: SSH
It might be the Sunday rather than the Saturday, we shall see when more other people will be there. Seems that the cheapest train tickets are weekdays only, so its the same fare both days on the train, or I might just drive down. If anyone else from Scotland wants to go for a day and can make it to Edinburgh, then the car is definately on if you can make a contribution for the petrol. I'd be leaving early, though.
what kind of details do people want?
Than rough plan was for people to arrive on the friday, at whatever time and everyone else would camp out in a pub and wait for arrivls.
i thought letting it go for a wole weekend would entice more people to come, as it can be quite a long way for just one day.
I should be okay for this.
Right, we have an updated list of people, as well as a little more room, here is who is coming (as of now)
SSH, but he's not staying with us, in Davy's house are:
1. Me
2. Davy
3. Scotch
4. Duncan Cross
5. Spleen
6. Chris (maybe)
7. Limpingfish
8. Custard (maybe)
9. AGA
10.
11.
12.
13.
Davy really only has space for a couple more, so only reply if you are really interested.
Put me down!
Yay!!!
SSH, but he's not staying with us, in Davy's house are:
1. Me
2. Davy
3. Scotch
4. Duncan Cross
5. Spleen
6. Chris (maybe)
7. Limpingfish
8. Custard (maybe)
9. AGA
10. Magintz
11.
12.
13.
PLEASE NOTICE, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY SO ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO STEVE LEAVING HOME. THANKYOU
Hem, I'm seriously considering coming up there for a day, or half a day as a single trip, on Saturday or Sunday (depending on when SSH comes).
I've searched the tickets and everything, but won't know until I book ("or even better buy) the tickets.
I guess that because I'm not staying overnight, there is no room issue, is there?
I can confirm that I won't be able to attend the whole thing because it clashes with other plans, however I will be ooop norf so I may be able to come for Sunday afternoon & through Monday, depending if people will still be there at that point.
we will most certainley be there, sunday night is the big extravaganze, OF FIRE!
If chris chooses to drive up, i could share the costs with him on fuel and stuff, if he so obliges..
My daughters will be having their birthday party on the Saturday, so I will be at Bonfirittens on the Sunday. And I'll get to meet CJ, too, yay!
Quote from: Layabout on Mon 04/09/2006 00:59:58
If chris chooses to drive up, i could share the costs with him on fuel and stuff, if he so obliges..
We can discuss the details nearer the time when things are more certain, but basically my plan is to drive up to Cumbria on the Friday and spend a couple of days with a friend there, before popping across to Sunderland on the Sunday for Bonfirittens. Therefore I probably couldn't give you a lift up, but may be able to give you a lift back.
QuoteAnd I'll get to meet CJ, too, yay!
As I'm sure all the mitteneers can testify, that's really not the exciting occasion you make it out to be. :P
I demand juggling.
Well, time flies, and it's now just 2 weeks until Bonfireittens. So, when are we allowed to see a map to the location; and also, do we have a more definite list of who's coming now that the time is almost upon us?
I hope someone is bringing a laptop with a copy of Sam and Max on it...
scotch and I have booked our coaches - coming Fri 03, returning Mon 06.
Im going on Friday the 3rd, and leaving on the sunday due to university issues.
Okay folks, Davy is computerless, so Im taking charge of organisation.
The Definate List is:
SSH (Sunday 10am onwards)
scotch (Friday 7:20pm to Monday 10:20am)
AGA (Friday 7:20pm to Monday 10:20am)
LimpingFish
Spleen
CJ (Sunday to Monday)
Duncan Cross
Me (Friday to Sunday)
Davy
If your name is on this list and you're not coming, please tell me, If you are coming and your name is not on the list, do the same. Im going to PM everyone on this list more details. Please also tell me the times in which you will arrive.
scotch and I arrive in Newcastle at 19:20 on Fri 03, and leave at 10:20 on Mon 06. I think Davy said he'd work out travel details from Newcastle to his place for us.
i Can't come :( I've e-mailed zoot but i'm sorry i wont be able to see everyone.
Edited the post to add mine and scotch's times, and to remove magintz, Zooty.
I hate to sound pushy, but it's getting rather close now and I'm going away beforehand so it'd be good to know where exactly we're supposed to be going for Bonfireittens! :P
ah yes, sorry, ill ring davy tonight and pm you with the details. sorry!
Um... when is this and where is this? Far from Brighton?
It's starting on friday,and going on till sunday, in sunderland, quite far from brighton, but spleen is coming along way and so am I!
I will not be making it...AGAIN! >:(
I hate the world and every living thing in it. >:(
Awww why not? :(
It's a long way to go, especially if you do it budget like AGA and I, but... it'll be fun.
LF, what is it this time? We can get around it! Last time we didn't even attempt a raid on the passport office. We can always find a way!
Okay, just had contact from Davy, he says of course Yuffy is welcome!
if anyone wants the details of davy's house, just reply here or pm me and ill pm them right over.
Final Update Fellows!
Bonfirittens starts on Friday, hopefully you all have your tickets booked and are ready to roll!
The Final list of who's comingafter dropouts:
AGA
Scotch
CJ
Me
Spleen
Davy
SSH
I think everyone who needs directions has directions, if you want to contact me or Davy, message me and Ill hit you up with the contact details.
Can't wait to seey'all on Friday!
This time tomorrow I'll be two hours into my epic journey to Sunderland :( I'm trying to find all my winter clothes at the moment... it has been pretty cold at night recently.
Argh, nobody in my family will drive me to cardiff so I can't get the bus.
The train to london is £50, it's a 2 hours journey, wtf! But I guess paying it is better than not going... I should get to london on time to meet Berian, if nothing else goes wrong.
Argh,hope you make it on time scotch! I am leaving now!
That didn't go very well.
My train was an hour late getting to London having to wait because of an accident in the severn tunnel, when I got to paddington I ran to the tube (not recommended if you are carrying a large backpack, but I saw no armed police), got to Victoria, ran to the coach station, our coach was still on the board but it was at gate 15, near the end of the building, so I went there and it was leaving just as I approached the gate. I contacted AGA but then I ran out of call credit trying to sort out some alternate transport.
I could take a train to Newcastle for £95, but I really couldn't afford it. So I went back to the coach station and tried to get on a later Newcastle coach, even if I'd arrive at 2am. Unfortunately they were all full so I decided to cut my losses and take the coach back to Wales, which was £19, and hilariously 1.5 hours late due to an accident on the M4.
I'll see if I can get any of the money back from the train company... but I'm more annoyed about not being able to get to Bonfirittens.
Everyone who is supposed to have arrived is here now and safe. We have stories to tell but they will stay secret until later. Can't wait for more people to arrive!
Heh scotch, sounds like you had a day full of good luck there; sorry you couldn't make it in the end. See you next AGS meet!
Good Lord! You weren't at Bonfirittens? Well fool on you!
However, don't fear! I am here to provide you with a summary of gargantuan excitement if not proportion. Unfortunatley, I can't speak for everyone elses journey to the candyland of the North, except to offer my condolences to Scotch who was tarred with the brush of misfortune, whils AgA whispered in the bus driver's ear to floor it away from the poor waif gesticulating at the Bus.
My Journey to sunderland went most smoothly and, aside from the jolly northerners taking offence at my hair and putting things in it, without incident. I arrived in sunderland for about 4 o clock, and went straight to the nearest pub, being 500 meters from the station (note that for later.) Met shortly By Davy who had missed his bus, i had already had a pint in me. Once davy had equaled the pint count, we set off to Chateau Malay. Met at the door by a jolly teve, we entered and began the waiting game. The hours drew short, and berian arrived, full of tales of daring do, he told us of Scotch's near miss with the transport system and we all fekt moist sympathetic. Any feelings of sympathy were soon washed away by Carling, and jollity was had. Spleen still hadnt arrived but we werent worried, he wasnt due till the morning anyway.
The morning came and went, Spleen hadnt arrived when suddenly we got a call, “Lor love a duck, I'm 'ere, up the apples and pears†So we sent him to the NEAREST pub (remember?).We arrived in town in a multi story car park, and attempted to leave, but became trapped in a labyrinth of endless white corridors with no doors that would open. Struck by bravery, steve broke us out through a fire exit and we continued on our quest to the nearest pub to the station. But thats not where spleen went, he went to the furthest away pub, a pub filled with horror and gore. The music was being played backwards and the urinals had blood dripping from them, some said it was leftover halloween decorations.
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/08-08-04_1320.jpg)
http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/08-08-04_1320.jpg
The Pub also boasted for a distintly gay atmosphere and a pool table, both of which we indulged in wholeheartedly, with AGA trouncing everyone even left handed.
(http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens//08-08-04_1258.jpg)
http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens/08-08-04_1258.jpg
We left this pub with a hankering for some food, and began the wander to the Wetherspoons where i had begun my adventures, but on the way we saw this novelty building
(http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens/08-08-04_1331.jpg)
http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens/08-08-04_1331.jpg
Of course we had to go in, and sent spleen as our advance party, however, when 10 minutes later he hadnt arrived back, we became worried and ventured inside. Out of nowhere appeare a woman, who asked us who we were and what we were doing, we described our predicament and she explained to us he was taking a stress test. I laughed. “What's funny? Why is that funny?†shot the woman, “It's just another thing in a surreal day†I replied “Surreal? Why is this surreal?†a difficult question to answer in any circumstances.
Once we managed to prise spleen and his thetans away from the scary scientologists, we were on the move again, to wetherspoons! We ate a hearty meal and filled in the quotefile, much to the consternation of the bartender, who thought our references to the gay pub belonged to his establishment. Alas no. Berian notices out of the window, some men dressed as policement with a pan filled with fire, gathering around drains. What could they be doing? Spleen found out, they were sealing the drains in advance of the memorial parades so no terrorists could strike, lucky for us we were neither terrorists or drains, so they left us alone.
Returning home, we settle in for the night, order chinese food and sleep, for the record, berian went to sleep at 7.30 pm. Because he is a child.We awoke in the morning to the jolly tones of a scots hero, the infamous Andrew, who joined us for our adventures around town that day during which we wandered around town and ate another decent meal and played pool, in which Andrew beat berian, and found collectible sugar sachets, each with their own unique code and personality. We returned to the Mansion, just in time to greet a modern hero, CJ himself who added to our adventures with glee. He teased the cat and made many hilarious remarks, before swiftly getting drunk on two cans of beer.
(http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens/05-11-06_1627.jpg)
http://www.agagames.com/zootBonfirittens/05-11-06_1627.jpg
We ventured across the green to see a bonfire, but got chased away by angry kids with no future, who spleen argued and then told us all how he would have had them for the rest of the night, we live in fear.
Bedtime was early as we all had travel plans in the morning. When i awoke, it was almost time to leave, and me and berian gathered our things to travel to the station, as we were leaving at similar times. CJ kindly offered to take us to the station, and after a couple of loops on the ring road, we arrived in the station, we got the metro and parted ways at the station. My train was delayed and i stood alone on the platform, until a hand taps me on the shoulder! Spleen! Who had missed his train earlier, we travelled together as far as peterborough whence we parted ways.
Thus ends my account. Here are some quotes:
"What are you doing, Pan-Men?" - Zoot to the marine police
"GHAY pubs with BLOODY you-rinals?" - disgusted sounding barman reading our writings
"He played a cop with an ear-ring." - spleen
"Last time I had four or five... well, it was about fourteen..." - spleen on Newky Brown
"Have you conspired to make Sam touch your arse?" - AGA to Spleen
"And *that's* why cans aren't conical." - Creed
"Your halo betrays you!" - Zoot
"Syphallis Soup!" - Zoot
"The goverment should make people fat in case they're involved in a marine accident." - CJ.
“If you deviate from custard, what is it?" - Spleen
“Blood and custard, it's the same!†- Spleen
"You got toilet paper in America, right?" - Spleen to Grundy, over Skype
"that sofa is a lorry to Andover."
"Shit."
Spleen and AGA
"I don't really care what Chewbacca's mam thinks of pancakes." - Spleen
"Don't worry, It's not the kids, just a drug dealer" - Zoot
For the record, SSH only beat me because I potted the white at the same time as the black :(
Also, your photos appear to be broken, Sam, they don't show up properly...
Bonfrittens was fun. Just wish I hadn't had a 24-hour (!) round trip to get there and back.
My photos:
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens002.jpg) | One of the beautiful sights for visitors to Sunderland |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens003.jpg) | AGA and Davy try to collect every number of sugar packet |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens004.jpg) | The collection... only 2 missing! |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens006.jpg) | AGA's maggot pie |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens007.jpg) | Travel all that way, just to log in to the forums... |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens008.jpg) | Teh CeeJ arrives, fully of energy |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens009.jpg) | AGA gets ready to blend in with the locals |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens010.jpg) | Is that a bonfire or the remains of a burnt out car? |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens011.jpg) | The bonfirittenites admire the fire |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens014.jpg) | spleen tells everyone how he could have battered them pesky kids... |
(http://ssh.me.uk/bonfiritens/bonfirittens017.jpg) | Rolf Harris pays a visit |
Nice pics!
AGA + hoody + balaclava = thug.
My rather short selection of pics is here:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/bonfirittens/index.html
By the way, do I still owe someone money for the curry?
you didnt pay for the curry?
Nor did I. spleen paid for it.
What!?! Spleen has hair! Something is not right in the world...