UK Eastermeet 2016

Porochaz · Post Post #7 (isolation #0) » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:12 am

Going to a cabin with you lot. Sounds awful.

/so out I'm in.

Porochaz · Post Post #21 (isolation #1) » Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:51 am

Prozac has to check about the dates. Im still /in, but Im scared about a complication or two.

Porochaz · Post Post #23 (isolation #2) » Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:26 am

Parents are away the first weekend :/ So cat sitting duty might be down to the automatic feeder. Or tricking one of my sisters coming back, but it regardless shouldn't be an issue. However if I am forced to come down in the back of a white van rather than my usual first class train, I will be pissed.

Porochaz · Post Post #26 (isolation #3) » Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:45 am

Was wondering when we were getting the quadz post. Page 2, you're slipping!

Porochaz · Post Post #28 (isolation #4) » Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:07 am

In post 27, bv310 wrote:At least there are jobs in the UK in actual cities. I'm in another remote town of about 3000 this year because of a hugely competitive job market in Canada

HAHAHAHAHA

HA

HAHAHA

JOBS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Porochaz · Post Post #44 (isolation #5) » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:26 am

Depends on the job situation but I'd like to do it.

Porochaz · Post Post #47 (isolation #6) » Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:33 pm

I am about 80% sure its the dates in the first post. Which Im pretty sure is going to be roughly where everyone is at currently. It's when both the cottages we rent out are free and when our teachers able to make, so unless something crazy happens, I'd be looking at then.

Porochaz · Post Post #48 (isolation #7) » Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:53 pm

Although CDB and Nexus are probably better ones to confirm

Porochaz · Post Post #51 (isolation #8) » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:59 pm

Update: There is some news in the skype chat about booking, need people to weigh in.

Porochaz · Post Post #52 (isolation #9) » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:12 am

Here is the deal.

I am going to book this tomorrow as one of the large cottages we usually get is now taken. This means we get our one remaining large and a small, it isn't ideal, but it's not overly a problem. I have to pay around £280 deposit, (more if we need a second small one) which as a jobless bum is not great. So here is the deal.

We need, where possible, confirmation. It's a non refundable deposit, and Im pretty sure we will get use out of two cottages. So I am happy to book those. The third Im only happy to book if we need it and I won't do that until I have enough confirmation to warrant it. But obviously the longer we wait, the less likely it will be available. I understand that 5 and a half months might be way to early for some and Im sorry!

The second thing is, I need cash, if you are willing to help with the deposit, then great! Please help. I can give people my email for paypal and then that money will come off the price of the cottages later down the line. I have a number of people willing to help already, so wouldn't work out to be that much but if I can spread the cost around a bit then its less of a pain for everyone involved.

Sorry guys, sucky news BUT it's solvable!

Porochaz · Post Post #53 (isolation #10) » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:31 am

I should point out, the cash thing is completely optional at the moment. It is purely to cover costs and will come out of the final cost.

Porochaz · Post Post #55 (isolation #11) » Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:18 pm

Looking at alternative options. Come to skype to see. Exciting stuffs.

Porochaz · Post Post #56 (isolation #12) » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:32 am

Ok, a different place has been provisionally booked. I'm really excited about it. Same dates, nicer looking place, all fun.

Porochaz · Post Post #59 (isolation #13) » Mon Oct 12, 2015 5:33 am

Yay! Im really looking forward to it.

Porochaz · Post Post #69 (isolation #14) » Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:13 am

Yeah, I'm going to be severely disappointed if I don't get to see a bit of Blackpool. If others weren't interested I'd be looking at getting a bus/taxi there one day.

Porochaz · Post Post #80 (isolation #15) » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:04 pm

In post 79, Nexus wrote:If you watched
Pakistan England
any cricket whatsoever, yes, it was.

FTFY

Porochaz · Post Post #83 (isolation #16) » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:56 am

I've managed to avoid it thus far!

Porochaz · Post Post #111 (isolation #17) » Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:57 am

It's slightly bigger if you include Scotland and Wales

Porochaz · Post Post #149 (isolation #18) » Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:20 am

I spent the day (after being eliminate first equal) in the pub and then latterly in our hot tub, finishing off with a game of robo rally with sudo and shanba.

Commune are going to have to step up their game.

Porochaz · Post Post #151 (isolation #19) » Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:18 pm

Hot tub day 2, also murder mystery, lot of inflatable boobs flying around.

Porochaz · Post Post #161 (isolation #20) » Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:57 am

I apologise for any exploding breasts that I may have inadvertently caused.

Will miss you all, I hope I can travel down later in the year.

Porochaz · Post Post #167 (isolation #21) » Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:47 am

Patrick has said stuff well, when I have a clear head I'll make a better post than me spitting feathers, however I think the main thing was misnaming of categories.

Porochaz · Post Post #173 (isolation #22) » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:52 am

Loved seeing you guys again. Had a great time as always and am going to try my very best to come to anything that happens later in the year.

My thoughts on the weekend are well documented. My big issue is that despite the protests that they spent hours and days playtesting these games, that was shown to either be very poor or not true.

- The thought going into this was the games were going to be competitive ones with a social/friendly atmosphere. Like Tokaido, Ticket to Ride (which was there to be fair), nothing overly taxing but still requires skill and stratedy to win, what we got was a lot of munchkin/things that could have been munchkin. (save/kill dr lucky)
- Almost all my games were decided by die roll day 1. It took the fun right out of it. Concept I could have come first or last through that. Other games were decided on random rules made outwith the games set rules, and felt arbitrary and weren't always explained beforehand.
- Time limits were awful and arbitrary, it caused 1st places to turn into lasts(for both cdb and myself), they weren't blanket enforced, and meant that - again - arbitrary rules to decide who won came into effect.
- The biggest thing day 2 was the fact they removed a board game because it was too difficult/took too long and replaced by a game that noone knew the rules too, was flawed once we worked out the rules, for 5 players when most groups only had 4. All of this should have been realised in play testing.

I worry I have complained too much, I'm frustrated but I want everyone to know that I mostly had a positive experience - I enjoyed my time with you guys immensely, the crystal maze, whilst not what was expected was a fun night. The people I played with day 1 and that social board game room in general was great, as I think the problems we had unified us a bit. Whilst I thought the games were mostly too light, games like The Haunting House, Machi Koro, Camel Cup, Chrononaughts were great fun and I would have had a great time if we had played them with the proper rules. Even the people organising our group seemed lovely and were trying to bend over backwards to ensure everyone had a lovely time and were obviously getting upset when things went wrong.

As Patrick said, it must be a mammoth thing to organise, even down to the specific groups. I think the key things are that they needed to look at a wider variety of games, less games overall and making the rules as clear as possible before playing them, explaining what happens in the event of ties etc. Having a bit of a troubleshooting session before the day would have helped as well, which would have lead to a backup boardgame or two. That way they could have been less stressed and had a bit more security when things did go wrong (like being a few staff members down) It would have made it more fun for everyone.

I would definitely go again next year, although would be interested in trying another category.

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I have meet stuff to say as well. But thats enough from me for now.