smithy270492 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Hey Guys! so we have had a thread for this for the last few years and its a shame to ruin tradition... going to sort out a venue (most likely a pub!) but the general idea is a pub for Thursday night where any con goers who are going on their own and want to meet new people, or maybe just want to chat and have a few drinks before the kick off of LFCC can come along :) If interested in a Thursday meet up write below so can keep an eye on numbers, and will update when have better details :) ok guys location and time set for Thursday... meeting at Latymers at 7pm Thursday :) will post a link below, just find people inside with a red balloon! http://www.latymershammersmith.co.uk/ Edited July 16, 2018 by smithy270492 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMetal666 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Could well be interested if I'm up the day before :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenThePirate Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Good lad Smithy. Should be good for this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Just now, PenThePirate said: Good lad Smithy. Should be good for this it had to be done of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouspirit Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I should be in :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjbleming Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Might pop along as well this year. See what I'm like for time, etc. (Not sure if my brother will be coming as well.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I'm only in London from friday onwards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecitj Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I'm usually super-awkward with stuff like this but I'd like to meet some new peeps as I'm on my own. I'll be coming to London on Thursday so unless I'm dead from traveling I'll come by. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingGrrrl Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Me and my friend might join 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I'll try to attend next year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioVl Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I attended a Thursday meet-up for the first time a couple years ago. Just by that, during the weekend I kept bumping into people I had met there at queues, photoshoots, etc. and that made the waiting much better. Some of us added eatch other on Facebook and kept chatting during the year, so by next year we were already con friends. It made the whole LFCC experience much more enjoyable and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who has doubts! This year my group and I are going to The Cauldron at 18:00 and dinner afterwards, so I'm not sure if we'll be able to make it. If you are still there when we get back we'll pop in and say hi :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 @MarioVl that was the first year I did the Thursday meet up too... was best thing I ever did. Has made my con experiences so much better :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broo Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I am woefully socially inept so I shall spare yall the awkwardness (Also, my mom is my con partner and I think we'll just be chillaxing at the hotel but I do hope to bump into folks over the weekend :) ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Broo said: I am woefully socially inept so I shall spare yall the awkwardness (Also, my mom is my con partner and I think we'll just be chillaxing at the hotel but I do hope to bump into folks over the weekend :) ) Same here but I am up for a a meet and greet at LFCC! I hope I get to say "hi" to someone from here. Edited June 27, 2018 by Chris1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broo Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Chris1970 said: I hope I get to say "hi" to someone from here. Yup same! Can folks wear tags with their forum names on so I have a snowball's chance of seeing you and getting to say Hi? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 9 minutes ago, Broo said: Yup same! Can folks wear tags with their forum names on so I have a snowball's chance of seeing you and getting to say Hi? If only that was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Broo said: I am woefully socially inept so I shall spare yall the awkwardness (Also, my mom is my con partner and I think we'll just be chillaxing at the hotel but I do hope to bump into folks over the weekend :) ) ... we are all socially inept we are geeks lol Bring your mum along too :) fun for all ages I promise Edited June 27, 2018 by smithy270492 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Oh and for anyone wanting to spot me... I will probably be walking around with a red balloon for the convention with the face of one of my convention friends who can't make it! This may cause flashbacks for some of you as we did the same last year for a different friend who didn't make it to LFCC... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjbleming Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 40 minutes ago, Broo said: I am woefully socially inept so I shall spare yall the awkwardness (Also, my mom is my con partner and I think we'll just be chillaxing at the hotel but I do hope to bump into folks over the weekend :) ) Feel the same here. I'd either engage totally with you over a subject, make an immature comment and then totally regret it or just not speak at all and be awkward. Yeah, our mum's going over as well for the London sights while we do the con, so there's the whole leaving her by herself or go out drinking with her. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1970 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, smithy270492 said: ... we are all socially inept we are geeks lol Bring your mum along too :) fun for all ages I promise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Bring her for a drink! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankerT Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I'm flying in from the USA. I'm up for a pint, but I'll have my 10 year old son in tow. Not sure if that works in the UK or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Just now, TankerT said: I'm flying in from the USA. I'm up for a pint, but I'll have my 10 year old son in tow. Not sure if that works in the UK or not. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe children can go into pubs if accompanied with an adult. :) they just can't drink alcohol (obviously!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 47 minutes ago, smithy270492 said: Oh and for anyone wanting to spot me... I will probably be walking around with a red balloon for the convention with the face of one of my convention friends who can't make it! This may cause flashbacks for some of you as we did the same last year for a different friend who didn't make it to LFCC... OR for anyone newish to the forum who's wondering what this is all about https://www.facebook.com/tim.baloon.3 31 minutes ago, smithy270492 said: Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe children can go into pubs if accompanied with an adult. :) they just can't drink alcohol (obviously!) Yeah, or at least that's the way I remember it and I don't think it would have changed. If kids weren't allowed in pubs Essex would probably be a very different place 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy270492 Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, Raylenth said: OR for anyone newish to the forum who's wondering what this is all about https://www.facebook.com/tim.baloon.3 Yeah, or at least that's the way I remember it and I don't think it would have changed. If kids weren't allowed in pubs Essex would probably be a very different place ... it would take more than that to make Essex a nice place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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