Hi guys, due to a huge change in my life I am extra keen to make sure that this day is huge. I'm not dieing or anything like that before anyone goes down that road either. Suffice to say things are going to be very different for me from now on, and that is a huge part of why I want to make this the biggest Regional so far. Part of the reason for holding the Regional at the River Wey was to make a bit of money for the cafe and that is even more important to me now. So I'm asking you all, all of you who can make it to Hampshire that day to please come down and join in what I hope will be a great tournament.

Thanks

Steve

Well, I've had an offer of crash space so I'll definitely be down for the weekend. So that's one.

Oh, and does this mean I can cancel the Steve Graham Memorial Fund?

Steve has found Jebus, PRAISE THA' LARD!!

Seriously, got my support dude, really looking forward to this, and all those that haven't been to the cafe, its chuffin' awesome, bacon sarnies and cups o' tea at the drop of a deck sleeve, plus there's a stage for impromptu karaoke "TAKE ON ME, take on me, TAKE ME ON, take on me, I'LL BE GONE, IN A DAY OR TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

ok someone needs to ban bevan from sugar seriously

ChaosChild said:

No, I'd still like one of those.........

Steve, you know I'd do as much as I can for you but this is going to be really difficult for me to get to....

I wasn't planning to go to this as there isn't a car going from Sheffield, so this is a sincere request to anybody in Aldershot or anybody who can give me a lift to this event to lend me a floor to sleep on on the Friday (possibly also Saturday) night. I might just be able to scrape together the train fare for this if I can borrow a floor for either one or two nights.

- Ross

You can sleep on my floor Ross.

Speedsta said:

Ross, check your email, if there's two of us from Sheffield, we might be able to cheapen transport a bit.

Umm, Matt, I've got no idea which random person you've e-mailed but it wasn't me. Will I see you in the shop tonight?

Thanks a lot Steve, I'll do my best to get there : )

If I can get some floor space I'm happy to drive peoples down.

Speedsta said:

Ross (and Matt),

I'm looking into whether or not I can make it down to the event - assuming I can make it, I might be able to drive down, possibly bringing both of you with me if you needed a lift (and could get to Nottingham).

Kev

Realy want to make this, unfortunatley after looking at train fares from Sheffield, it seems highly unlikely.

Korrin said:

That would be amazing, I'm not sure how often Matt logs on here so if you find that you are able to go you're probably better off letting me know - my e-mail address is [email protected]. Would your car already be full or could Benihime split petrol costs, etc with us? : )

Speedsta said:

I've heard that if you speak the name of the devil six times, he shall appear

Kev, the offer of a lift would be fantastic!

Just to check how full your car is though? It's a very kind offer and I'm very conscious that we don't try to overcrowd you.

Hewittzil said:

Which one?

Akuma, Akuma, Akuma, Akuma, Akuma, Akuma

Chun-Li, Chun-Li, Chun-Li, Chun-Li, Chun-Li, Chun-Li

Zi Mei, Zi Mei, Zi Mei, Zi Mei, Zi Mei, Zi Mei

I've promised Ben (babelfish) a lift down too, so with the two of you, that'll fill a car I'm afraid.

If there's more people from both Nottingham and Sheffield that want to go, maybe we could try to organise another car?

Kev

I'm not sure that many of our people are drivers, but if there's anyone in the Nottingham group who has a car I'm sure I can supply a list of people they can split petrol with?

Thanks for the lift, do we know whether you will be going yet? (If not I'll start looking at trains...)

Speedsta said:

Yes, I will be going, but I can't leave until Saturday afternoon, so I'll only be going down for Sunday's regionals. Both you and Matt are welcome to lifts if that fits in with your plans (and Ben too, obviously)

On a random and totally unrelated note (sorry to threadjack) did the Patriot Games card get sorted out?

Kev

Korrin said:

That sounds great Kev.

On the random and totally unrelated note, yes it (finally) got sorted. See you at Nottingham tonight?

Hewittzil said:

I'll be there - not playing, but I'll pop in for an hour or so before I have to go out.

Korrin said:

Cool okay, catch you later.

(Attempting to bring the topic back onto subject)

Sooooooo, Hampshire Regionals... could Vegay wi another Regional event?

No

and it won't let me post just that.........

Thanks for the vote of confidence there Steve

....but you're probably right, the only reason Vega won almost all of its games for a couple of months is because I was lucky enough to make a really good assessment of the meta when building a new deck. Now that the metagame has changed significantly, Vega isn't the monster it used to be (as seen at the PotM finals where I went to time with it in half of my games).

Although, after Steve's post I'm tempted to build a new Vega anyway now and see if I can make the cut - I do need a new deck after the recent bannings after all.

@ Kev, yes, the offer of a lift sounds amazing, once you've decided where and when you want me to meet you in Nottingham, send me either an e-mail or a Matt-mail and I'll meet you there, thanks again.