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EDIT:Yup, strictly it IS a trophy
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I considered getting a 'proper' trophy, but thought people might be a bit annoyed if I blew the entire prize fund on something for the winner to put in a cupboard.James Robinson wrote:Is that strictly a trophy, cos it looks more like a paperweight to me![]()
EDIT:Yup, strictly it IS a trophy![]()
Nah dude, don't sell yourself short, that whole "bronze cup on block of wood" shit is well clichéd. Cut glass is pure class. (I done a rhyme.)Michael Wallace wrote:I considered getting a 'proper' trophy, but thought people might be a bit annoyed if I blew the entire prize fund on something for the winner to put in a cupboard.James Robinson wrote:Is that strictly a trophy, cos it looks more like a paperweight to me![]()
Cheers blud. Did I mention that the playoff final will be a rap battle?Matt Morrison wrote:Nah dude, don't sell yourself short, that whole "bronze cup on block of wood" shit is well clichéd. Cut glass is pure class. (I done a rhyme.)
I'm glad someone appreciates that.Matt Bayfield wrote:The amusement value of getting some bemused engraver to etch something resembling "COLON MASTER" on a glass crystal has not been lost on me.
I actually do like the glass trophy. It looks much better than the other trophies I have at home. Yet, I doubt I'll be adding that to my collection any time soon.Matt Morrison wrote:Nah dude, don't sell yourself short, that whole "bronze cup on block of wood" shit is well clichéd. Cut glass is pure class. (I done a rhyme.)Michael Wallace wrote:I considered getting a 'proper' trophy, but thought people might be a bit annoyed if I blew the entire prize fund on something for the winner to put in a cupboard.James Robinson wrote:Is that strictly a trophy, cos it looks more like a paperweight to me![]()
Matt Bayfield wrote:Does the winner get to spend 5 seconds in a geodesic dome collecting as many gold credits as possible?
James Robinson wrote: I actually do like the glass trophy. It looks much better than the other trophies I have at home.
Nah, I'm just going to get some Tip-Ex every year.Jon Corby wrote:I've just noticed it's got 2010 on so this is one to keep as well, unlike the CoLin which I had to hand over to Kirk in January. I really, really want it.
...as the prize?Michael Wallace wrote: Nah, I'm just going to get some Tip-Ex every year.
Fewer questions, more excitement plzKirk Bevins wrote:...as the prize?Michael Wallace wrote: Nah, I'm just going to get some Tip-Ex every year.
They're a couple that I got when I was much younger.Kirk Bevins wrote:James Robinson wrote: I actually do like the glass trophy. It looks much better than the other trophies I have at home.
Cool - what trophies do you have?
Well done, more than I ever had. For both sports and academia, I've always probably been kinda above-average-but-not-actually-good-enough-to-win-anything. My cupboard would be bare if Countdown didn't give out prizes for thisJames Robinson wrote:Not necessarily that impressive, but they are trophies, nonetheless.
I expect to do particularly badly as I intend to drink like an idiot before & during the tournamentMatt Morrison wrote:I never knew people took these things so seriously as participants. Or is that just Kirk?
It's going to be fucking painful the way I'm playing at the moment - how long have we got between pub opening and event start again?
An hour, so plenty of time I reckon.Matt Morrison wrote:I never knew people took these things so seriously as participants. Or is that just Kirk?
It's going to be fucking painful the way I'm playing at the moment - how long have we got between pub opening and event start again?
Meh.Michael Wallace wrote:An hour, so plenty of time I reckon.Matt Morrison wrote:I never knew people took these things so seriously as participants. Or is that just Kirk?
It's going to be fucking painful the way I'm playing at the moment - how long have we got between pub opening and event start again?
I should point out that there will be Mystery Prizes to play for for those of us who don't reckon we can win outright. I'll be letting people know about them in the forthcoming weeks, as long as there is enough EXCITEMENT.
Jon Corby wrote:Meh.
I'm rapidly losing interest in the whole thing actually. Take my name off the list.Michael Wallace wrote:Jon Corby wrote:Meh.
I've just remembered the last tournament I ran was a pool tourney at school. I'd recently managed to win 72 Mars bars (one of those enter the code from your wrapper into a website dealies) and so used them as prizes. WOULD THAT EXCITE YOU MORE, JON? MARS BAR OR TROPHY? MARS BAR OR TROPHY??
Done.Jon Corby wrote:I'm rapidly losing interest in the whole thing actually. Take my name off the list.
Michael Wallace wrote:Done.Jon Corby wrote:I'm rapidly losing interest in the whole thing actually. Take my name off the list.
Sorry, too late, if you look, someone else has already taken your place.Jon Corby wrote:Michael Wallace wrote:Done.Jon Corby wrote:I'm rapidly losing interest in the whole thing actually. Take my name off the list.![]()
Put it back!
Haha, if you're lucky I'll regale you with the tales of occasions where I have actually pooped my pants, and even in one instance, my own drivewayMichael Wallace wrote:Sorry, too late, if you look, someone else has already taken your place.
Moi aussi.Jon Corby wrote:I expect to do particularly badly as I intend to drink like an idiot before & during the tournament
I believe this is called 'Co:Lonic irrigation'.Jon O'Neill wrote:Moi aussi.Jon Corby wrote:I expect to do particularly badly as I intend to drink like an idiot before & during the tournament
Haha. You realise the beauty of having it in a pub is that everyone will get drunk and no-one will notice everything falls apart at the seams, right?Dinos Sfyris wrote:Awesome trophy! FWIW Michael I'd be jizz-in-my-pants-excited if I were coming as it sounds like the beastiest co-event yet (Sorry Neb!)
And then I'll scoop the awardMichael Wallace wrote:Haha. You realise the beauty of having it in a pub is that everyone will get drunk and no-one will notice everything falls apart at the seams, right?Dinos Sfyris wrote:Awesome trophy! FWIW Michael I'd be jizz-in-my-pants-excited if I were coming as it sounds like the beastiest co-event yet (Sorry Neb!)
Kai Laddiman wrote:And then I'll scoop the awardMichael Wallace wrote:Haha. You realise the beauty of having it in a pub is that everyone will get drunk and no-one will notice everything falls apart at the seams, right?Dinos Sfyris wrote:Awesome trophy! FWIW Michael I'd be jizz-in-my-pants-excited if I were coming as it sounds like the beastiest co-event yet (Sorry Neb!)(As long as I can fend off Ollie)
I knew I was right to ban you from Co:Lon.Ryan Taylor wrote:Naked mud wrestling.
Edit: Does this class as paedophilic?
Thanks for donating your registration fee - we'll have to add a Julie T memorial prize to the Ryan Taylor one. Now all I have to do is think of one...Julie T wrote:One downside is that I won't be able to attend CoLon 2010, as it's in the middle weekend. Luckily there are plenty of people on the waiting list for places. Please feel free to add the £4 fee towards spot prizes or whatever.
You make a strong case, but it's first come first served. You're now top of the list, though, so all you have to do is bump off one of the current attendees...Lesley Hines wrote:Me me me me me me me me me me (please)!!
I know there may have been higher on the waiting list, but I'm ginger, fairly tall and a bird. It'd be a fitting tributeHonest guv!
mmmmMichael Wallace wrote: so all you have to do is bump off one of the current attendees...
*reads PM with increasing horror...*Michael Wallace wrote: so all you have to do is bump off one of the current attendees...
Can't you just go anyway?Lesley Hines wrote:*reads PM with increasing horror...*Michael Wallace wrote: so all you have to do is bump off one of the current attendees...
No Corby! I won't do that! Not Kirk - it's only a trophy...
(And Kirky, your birthday's not 'til June)
Sounds good. They might be able to do that for the Grand Final, which could be classy.Jon O'Neill wrote:My hot girlfriend and her two hot single friends want to come. They have volunteered to "put the letters up". I don't know if the tournament has this facility. If not, they will just get drunk. Is that ok?
Regards.
What, because that way you just shut your eyes and can't feel the difference?Matt Bayfield wrote:To avoid potential disappointment, please rectify.
Jon: in that case I look forward to both the glamour and worldly conversation they will bring. Plus, if they're as hot as you suggest, I'm sure they won't be the only fully-grown specimens in the room.Jon O'Neill wrote:Unlike my error, they're unfortunately not schoolboys. Nor, for that matter, schoolgirls. But real, grown women.
I suspect this will be somewhat molested by the fact the pub doesn't serve meals on a Saturday. I'd imagine that fairly soon after close of play those of us who'll be hanging around will want to set off in search of tasty noms, after which another pub will probably be in order.Matt Morrison wrote:Quick drinking survey. How long are people staying in the pub for? All night? Don't you have homes to go back to? When do you have to go back to them you bastards?
I'm able to stay out all night, I live in quite a good place. How willing I am depends on what you're like in real life.Matt Morrison wrote:Quick drinking survey. How long are people staying in the pub for? All night? Don't you have homes to go back to? When do you have to go back to them you bastards?
I'm kinda bound by the last train home (which is about 1am I think). I certainly hope to be out drinking until late.Matt Morrison wrote:Quick drinking survey. How long are people staying in the pub for? All night? Don't you have homes to go back to? When do you have to go back to them you bastards?
I'm carrying on by train to Brighton where I'm stopping with a mate for a few days but hope to have a good hour or two's drinking firstMatt Morrison wrote:Quick drinking survey. How long are people staying in the pub for? All night? Don't you have homes to go back to? When do you have to go back to them you bastards?
I am catching a train and coach back to York the next day so I've decided to sleep on a mate's floor for the night. In fact, he is going to come and join us for a few drinks too. I intend to stay as late as the last tube train allows.Jon Corby wrote:
I'm kinda bound by the last train home (which is about 1am I think). I certainly hope to be out drinking until late.
Wheyyyyyyyyyyyyy!Kirk Bevins wrote:I am catching a train and coach back to York the next day so I've decided to sleep on a mate's floor for the night. In fact, he is going to come and join us for a few drinks too. I intend to stay as late as the last tube train allows.Jon Corby wrote:
I'm kinda bound by the last train home (which is about 1am I think). I certainly hope to be out drinking until late.
How far away is the floor? There are buses all night baby.Kirk Bevins wrote:I am catching a train and coach back to York the next day so I've decided to sleep on a mate's floor for the night. In fact, he is going to come and join us for a few drinks too. I intend to stay as late as the last tube train allows.