Ready Up’s big day out

It was months in the making but after a lot of planning, hotel booking, flights, trains and buses the Ready Up crew and community diverged on London’s Trocadero Centre for some face time together, a bit of gaming and later on many boozes down the pub.

Gaming online, chatting on the forum and working on the site together means that we all know each other pretty well but it’s only when you sit down for a chat and squash together for a photo that you really bond with a person. It’s funny that in this virtual space we co-exist in we’ve spent hundreds of hours in each others company but there’s some ancient human hangover that means that eye contact and making someone smile in ‘real time’ still has great meaning for us. It’s a great benefit we have to being a UK community that we are never prohibitively far from one another. We can meet up and hug it out. We can, we have and will continue to.

Thanks to Shaz for organising this meet up, Zoey helping people out on the day and Joe for allowing us to crash the DS meet in the Horse & Groom pub. Check out the gallery below. Click on the thumbnails to see the bigger picture.


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23 responses to “Ready Up’s big day out”

  1. Donna avatar

    I somehow kept ending up with Alex in my lap.

    Lucky me!

  2. Darach avatar
    Darach

    *jealous* 🙁

    Good times had by all. The only real question is, How soon can we do it again? 😀

  3. Michael avatar

    Pretty much what Darach said. But also I’m so photogenic when I’m not on the edge of pictures! Yes, my right leg and both hands make appearances in a group shot and Outrun gaming! Bloody lip biting…

  4. The Rook avatar
    The Rook

    Good to see some pics fo the day. I am concerned about how Tiq is playing that machine, what with both hands clearly above the screen.

  5. paradox avatar
    paradox

    it seems even electronic goods cant resist the tiq love, whada guy!

    although pics can never fully translate the good times had by you all, im still incredibly jelous as it looked like a right giggle.

  6. Barry avatar
    Barry

    I’m in 3 1/2 pictures!! Go Me!! 😀

  7. Ben avatar
    Ben

    @The Rook

    Haha, just made me burst out into a laughing fit that did.

    It looks epic, and so frustrated I couldn’t make this, count on it next time though!

  8. John.B avatar

    Lmao, the Outrun poser picture is brilliant 😀

    Pissed I missed out on it, next time I am very much there.

  9. Michael avatar

    You’d better be, Johnny B(oy), else I’ll have to drink the whiskey myself!

  10. Emily avatar
    Emily

    Gutted I couldn’t make it, but I have one other thing to say… I think Zoey’s hair is soopah. 🙂

  11. Libi avatar
    Libi

    Michael. It truely is the nicest photo of a knee I have ever seen *applauds the knee*

    Cool photos, looks like you had a fab time

  12. Tony avatar
    Tony

    Really enjoyed myself that day. A bit too much, by all accounts. But never mind me. It was good to meet all of you that I hadn’t met before. And I got a free meal out of Darach!

    ps. Has anyone else noticed that Kirsten looks a bit like Miss Pacman in the big picture?

  13. Jake avatar

    It does look like a fab day was had. Am also miffed that I missed it… definately coming to the next one, as long as the not very profitable place I work hasn’t either self-destructed of cut my job!

  14. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    Emily I was thinking that myself…damn her for having manageable looking gorgeous hair. Wish I could have made this one…still, if the Northern one goes ahaead, it’ll make up for it!

  15. Gareth Williams avatar
    Gareth Williams

    And I completely forgot it was happening. ARGH!!!

  16. Kirsten avatar

    Tony said
    “ps. Has anyone else noticed that Kirsten looks a bit like Miss Pacman in the big picture?”

    Are you saying I have a perfectly spherical head with a big wedge out of it for my mouth?

    *checks in mirror*

    Fair comment

  17. Michael avatar

    Zoey wears some unusual clothes too… well, I thought so!

    Thanks Libi! 😀

  18. Kirsten avatar
    Kirsten

    These comments are getting a bit pass remarkable frankly!

  19. markB0SS avatar

    You can just about NOT make me out at the far end of the mario kart bonding photo…yay 🙁

  20. Tiq avatar
    Tiq

    What a man does with an arcade machine, in his spare time, is his own business. Besides… stop judging me, there’s nothing wrong with loving games. >:(

  21. Alex avatar

    Haha, sorry Donna! I’ll take turns on laps next time, like a wandering housecat ;P
    It was awesome day, I really can’t wait for the next meet! 😀
    X

  22. Donna avatar

    Oh I most definitely wasn’t complaining Alex.

  23. Zoey avatar
    Zoey

    Thanks for all the compliments! It really was a great day so I’ll see you all at the next one. x

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