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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February 26th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I somehow kept ending up with Alex in my lap.
Lucky me!
February 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
*jealous* :(
Good times had by all. The only real question is, How soon can we do it again? :D
February 26th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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…
February 26th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
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.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I’m in 3 1/2 pictures!! Go Me!! :D
February 26th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
@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!
February 26th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Lmao, the Outrun poser picture is brilliant :D
Pissed I missed out on it, next time I am very much there.
February 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
You’d better be, Johnny B(oy), else I’ll have to drink the whiskey myself!
February 26th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Gutted I couldn’t make it, but I have one other thing to say… I think Zoey’s hair is soopah. :)
February 26th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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
February 26th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
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?
February 26th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
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!
February 26th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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!
February 26th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
And I completely forgot it was happening. ARGH!!!
February 26th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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
February 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Zoey wears some unusual clothes too… well, I thought so!
Thanks Libi! :D
February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
These comments are getting a bit pass remarkable frankly!
February 26th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
You can just about NOT make me out at the far end of the mario kart bonding photo…yay :(
February 26th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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. >:(
February 27th, 2009 at 8:34 am
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! :D
X
February 27th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Oh I most definitely wasn’t complaining Alex.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Thanks for all the compliments! It really was a great day so I’ll see you all at the next one. x