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| =====Official Meets===== | =====Official Meets===== | ||
| - | Official meets are arranged currently three times a year, roughly mid-March, mid-July, and mid-November, each on a Saturday. The venues for these are usually pub function rooms, with those pubs being in places with easy transportation links. The July meets are in London, the November ones are in Derby. However, the March meet "floats" around the country - we've had Bristol, York, Peterborough and Wakefield so far. Depending on the venue, a buffet lunch is provided, or you order a la carte. There may be a small charge (see below). | + | Official meets are arranged currently three times a year, roughly mid-March, mid-July, and mid-November, each on a Saturday. The venues for these are usually pub function rooms, with those pubs being in places with easy transportation links. The July meets are in London, the November ones are in Derby. However, the March meet "floats" around the country - we've had Bristol, York, Newcastle, Peterborough and Wakefield so far for the "floating" venue. Depending on the venue, a buffet lunch is provided, or you order a la carte. There may be a small charge (see below). |
| The timings of the meet is usually noon until 6pm but depends on the venue. | The timings of the meet is usually noon until 6pm but depends on the venue. | ||
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| Meets involve numerous laptops networked together around the room and usually copious amounts of beer drunk. Guests bring their own laptops where possible so there are fifteen or more laptops for everybody to use. If you are not able to bring a laptop then you are welcome to use other people's laptops who have kindly allowed this to happen. In fact most meets have a rotation system to ensure everybody who wants to play is able to, with workstation/desk allocation assigned by random to prevent hogging of the more popular workstations/desks. | Meets involve numerous laptops networked together around the room and usually copious amounts of beer drunk. Guests bring their own laptops where possible so there are fifteen or more laptops for everybody to use. If you are not able to bring a laptop then you are welcome to use other people's laptops who have kindly allowed this to happen. In fact most meets have a rotation system to ensure everybody who wants to play is able to, with workstation/desk allocation assigned by random to prevent hogging of the more popular workstations/desks. | ||
| - | Participation in the multiplayer games is not at all mandatory and indeed several people just turn up just for the company. | + | Participation in the multiplayer games is not at all mandatory and indeed several people turn up just for the company. |
| =====Age Limits===== | =====Age Limits===== | ||
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| =====Upcoming Meets===== | =====Upcoming Meets===== | ||
| - | * [[meets:november2012|November 2012 - Derby]] | + | * 13th. July 2013; [[meets:July2013|Railway Tavern, 15 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7NX]] |
| - | * [[meets:november2012B|November 2012 - Unofficial Derby]] | + | |
| =====Previous Meets===== | =====Previous Meets===== | ||
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| |2010 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2010|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2010|Station Inn]]| | |2010 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2010|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2010|Station Inn]]| | ||
| |2011 |Wakefield,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2011|Henry Boons]] |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2011|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2011|Brunswick Inn]]| | |2011 |Wakefield,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2011|Henry Boons]] |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2011|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2011|Brunswick Inn]]| | ||
| - | |2012 |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2012|Railway Tavern]]|Newcastle,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:July2012|Bridge Hotel]]|Derby| | + | |2012 |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2012|Railway Tavern]]|Newcastle,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:July2012|Bridge Hotel]]|Derby x 2, \\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2012|Brunswick Inn]]| |
| + | |2013 |Bristol,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2013|Stag & Hounds]]|London,\\ [[meets:july2013|Railway Tavern]] |Derby,\\ TBC, provisionally Brunswick Inn| | ||
| Last meet: | Last meet: | ||
| - | * [[meets:previous_meets:July2012|July 2012 - The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne]] | + | * [[meets:previous_meets:march2013|March 2013 - Stag & Hounds, Bristol]] |
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| + | =====Future Meets===== | ||
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| + | Provisional programme | ||
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| + | | |March |July |November| | ||
| + | |2013 |Bristol,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2013|Stag & Hounds]]|London,\\ [[meets:july2013|Railway Tavern]] |Derby,\\ TBC, provisionally Brunswick Inn| | ||
| + | |2014 |Birmingham,\\ TBC |London,\\ TBC, provisionally Railway Tavern |Derby,\\ TBC, provisionally Brunswick Inn| | ||
| + | |2015 |Manchester,\\ TBC|London,\\ TBC, provisionally Railway Tavern |Derby,\\ TBC, provisionally Brunswick Inn| | ||
| =====Other Venues===== | =====Other Venues===== | ||
| Each year we rotate the venues slightly, usually in March. Sometimes we're in need of a bigger venue if the previous venue closes, changes, or is unable to cope with the ever-increasing numbers of SimSig visitors. With that in mind, there is a [[.:meets:venue_research|research page]] noting suitable and unsuitable locations. See also [[.:meets:venue_requirements]] to see what a venue should offer. | Each year we rotate the venues slightly, usually in March. Sometimes we're in need of a bigger venue if the previous venue closes, changes, or is unable to cope with the ever-increasing numbers of SimSig visitors. With that in mind, there is a [[.:meets:venue_research|research page]] noting suitable and unsuitable locations. See also [[.:meets:venue_requirements]] to see what a venue should offer. | ||