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Introduce Yourself / Re: Ginger Coon Waves Hello From Brummie Land

« on: January 04, 2012, 19:41:47 »

You get science and geek points.  In other news, congratulations on your enlistment, and you'll have to introduce me to some native porter given we meet at Con.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Elenawing here

« on: January 04, 2012, 19:36:47 »

*scratches his head at the idea of a 'normal' con*  I thought normal groups of people just threw parties.  It doesn't qualify as a con unless there's something inherently strange about the attendees...

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Events / Re: 80's music event

« on: January 04, 2012, 19:22:10 »

Saw this and clicked, then realized that 80's music in Britain isn't in any real way analogous to 80's in the states.  Cross-cultural fail on my part.  

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi everyone, Grallith here.

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:41:38 »

I too am interested to see what happens at con.  Won't be my first, but it WILL be my first international con.  Looking forward to the 4 star hotel too.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Howdy

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:40:34 »

I'm not sure about the differences in cost, I suspect renting a car might be cheaper if you want to do a lot of travelling, it'll also be more expedient, you must be able to rent a motorcycle from somewhere, although I'm not too where you'd go for that...

Yah... will keep looking.  It's not as though I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for time.  Hell I can't even buy tickets until I know where I'll be flying from.   Still I tend to travel light and with just a backpack for the week, I figure a motorcycle is probably expedient and the weather should be pleasant... shouldn't it?  I dunno, does it typically pour down rain at the end of May?

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Room & Transport Sharing / Re: looking for travelling companion. This is my route. I am going by car

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:33:10 »

May ride with you pending other plans provided you've still the space and inclination.  Right now though I've got no idea where I'll be when you set out, because I've no idea when you'll set out, how long it takes to get from where you're at to where we're both going to wind up, and no idea where I'll be in the week prior to con.

But I've noted the offer, and regardless of whether I get the chance to take you up on it, thankee kindly. =^_^=

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Introduce Yourself / Re: hi all!

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:23:38 »

Looking forward to meeting you at con. =^_^=

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Neweinstein the photoguy

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:22:27 »

Love black and white photography.  It at once conceals faults and enhances advantages.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Howdy

« on: January 04, 2012, 18:18:23 »

Welcome to the forums!

There's plenty to do in the midlands, if you're willing to travel, there's plenty of places you could get to, london's only an hour or two away by train, as are parts of Wales and the south west, places such as Bristol and Bath.

Look forward to seeing you at CF!

So would it be better to just do everything by train or rent a vehicle?  Do you happen to know if the rental agencies have motorcycles?  Having a little bit of trouble getting straight answers from the tourist board.

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Introduce Yourself / Howdy

« on: January 04, 2012, 17:29:46 »

Cebelius here.

Decided I desperately needed a vacation from the desert and Confuzzled seemed like a good idea at the time.  Ignore the fact that I desperately need a vacation NOW and am planning for one in what is it... May?... end of May.  My job's just like that.  I've passed through England a few times on my way from asia to the states and back and wasn't terribly impressed with the airport terminal busing system, but I've been assured that there's more to the British Isles than a crowded, smelly multi-culty busing experience and a vaguely musty smelling airport.  After all, the place from whence David Mitchell, the Hitchens brothers, Stephen Fry, and stout come must have SOMETHING going for it, right?

We shall see.

In no particular order you may (but probably don't) know me from:
http://furaffinity.net/user/cebelius/ (writer, commissioner, photo and character reference can be found here for the curiously curious)
http://beyondtheveilcomic.com/ (writer)
http://www.teamplayergaming.com/vtrx-public-discussion/  (I founded Clan Victrix and am still a member even though right now I'm out near the real war instead of the much more enjoyable fake ones I'd rather be involved in on server)  I am or was, since I don't play it anymore, one of the best 2142 Battlewalker pilots in the world with a top 50 ranking.  Considering anything much higher and we're talking shared accounts run from S. Korea... yeah, I was that good.  /bragging

I am a gamer and have been at times heavily involved in both Eve and World of Warcraft PvP.  If there's no one on the flip-side of the screen cussing because you killed him/her, then what's the point of playing online?  I am not now involved in ANY online gaming due to my location.  Instead I've wiled away the hours playing Skyrim, which is far too addictive for my health.  I've just recently gone back to replay Dragon Age because I picked up the sequel, went through the opening sequence and realized I didn't know what the hell was going on.  Figured I'd go ahead and refresh myself with the universe.

I'm one of something like 15 Americans and counting that'll be attending con, so this'll be an interesting experience for me.  I've always just flown through Europe and England, never stopped.  Figured I'd remedy that.  I will probably arrive in the week before the con and do some sight-seeing so if anyone has any suggestions or would like to offer a neat/clean/well-mannered man with no special needs, allergies, sand fleas, cottage cheese (just kidding I'll stop rhyming now.) BO, lice, ticks, children, parents or other sundry annoying hanger's-on a couch or space of floor for the night in return for dinner or a few beers do let me know.

Right now I have no idea what I'll be doing in that preceding week; at the moment I'm just trolling tourist sites looking for ideas.

Pleasure to meet you all, and I look forward to seeing what a con outside the states is like.