Down and Clear.

An amazing weekend i enjoyed every second of it.

Gareth, ADC, Geordi. You guys are stars helping me out and putting up with me! A Heartfelt thank you.

Harry, Scapey, Chief, Munkeh, Darren, TV (I survived the Teckno Hugs!) and so many others great to catch up with you all!

Great guests, great venue, I bloody loved it.

Big thanks to all the hard work you guys put in! Respect to you all!

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http://www.richarddaborn.com
Now a member of the Freebooters, another Pirate about! Aaar!
A12/TQ0.0.72138F1 ECG Daborn, R RustiSwordz South East England-UK
'In Space, there is no Horse'

MattB down and clear.

Thanks everyone for a truly epic weekend. Still trying to process all of it!

Special thanks to PVB and Shahab for letting me crash in their room, i forgot to thank you for the bed you set up! (And a sorry to Shahab for probably kepping him up all night mumbling and talking in my 'sleep' (read : cider enforced unconciousness).

Fantastic to see people again and meet more faces to put names to - too many to list but thank you all for making the weekend so awesome:

And one last thing for the AE Squad 1 - 'Yarp!'

PS. Bananos!

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
A12/TQ2.0.82145E1
CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

Home too. Tried getting some sleep as have a very early morning at work, but it just ain't happening - My mind is blazing with memory of the past few days - SO much awesomeness!

CHRIS AND LIZ DOWN AND CLEAR!

So very very very tired. We love you all so much! But hate the m11.....and the m25......and the a21.....

Will post pics here and on fb when I'm not comatose......

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Chaplain Sgt Hohenkerk,
Executive officer - 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes

Does not help,
Does not clean,
Will have sex with anything!

What an amazing weekend ladies and gents!
Thank you so much for a truely enjoyable experience, and making me feel like part of of your big crazy family (with one too many "wierd uncles").
I am gutted to have missed every single run through of the AE, but theres always next year, right?
Ive got approximately a billion billion photos to sort through in the coming week, but will keep you all posted as to when they are online.
Look forward to seeing you all again soon
(ive already booked the hotel for Expo)

- Chris

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Check out my photos at - http://www.chrismeany.com , http://www.facebook.com/chrismeanyphotography

I asked Shahab wtf was he gibbering about during the night.

Sounded like a cross between Mandarin and Klingon.

"YA!-CRU!-JEP!......FROOO!-LORM!-DRELM!"

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Cooper Down and Clear ..... Awesome weekend thanks to everybody that made it run smooth and by the numbers

As per last year I have no voice again but I did learn that the Weyland Yutani girls are HOT lol

Can't wait to do it all again next time

Coop

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Sgt Dan "Coop" Cooper
A03/TQ1.0.72144E1
UKCM 501st Regt. 1st Batt. The Bucketheads

"Civies We are Leaving"

We got back about 5pm yesterday. I'm really sorry that we had to leave early but I was feeling really bad (still feeling like death warmed up) and wasn't looking forward to the drive home. And I'd just like to point out that I wasn't hungover as seemed to be the general consensus. I don't drink so it's just a very badly timed virus or something.

Other than that, we had an excellent time. A big thank you to everyone that organised this amazing event! My favourite UKCM outing by far!

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Trig down and clear.

Thanks for letting me on the Drop!

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Pvt Graham "Trigati" Wright
A10/TQ1.0.42143E1
UKCM 501st Regt. 1st Batt. The Bucketheads



"I don't know, is there anything you can do?"

Geniune ROFL at that!

Must be kept away from the Magners next time

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
A12/TQ2.0.82145E1
CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

I'm sure it wasn't meant in any accusing/sarcastic way, just that the vast majority of UKCM that feel rough are usually bemoaning the amount of alcohol they had previously.

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Oh, I wouldn't have minded if it had been self inflicted. I just always seem to get ill at things like this and it really pisses me off. I'm glad it held off until Sunday though so I could enjoy myself at the meal. I had a great time whilst I was there.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Vicky, do you have a chest infection/chesty cough? Only PVB mentioned you were feeling crappy and wondered if i picked it up too (although i think my Sunday was definately at least 95% self-inflicted!) because lo and behold i woke up today feeling like crap, coughing, shivery etc (and am now starting to wonder whether that facehugger was fake after all......!)

Oh, and get well soon!

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
A12/TQ2.0.82145E1
CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

Moden down and clear. Okay admittedly I got back at about 9pm but was too tired to really come online. Was great meeting everyone over the weekend, the AE was amazing, just the weekend in general was fabulous. Thanks to Big Stu for bringing the marine helmet I absolutely love it, and I finally own a part of Terry English armour though its from Sucker Punch not Aliens but I couldn't help myself.

It was cool the amount of people off here who came up to me and asked if I was Sam/naurarwen from the forum. Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming. Can't wait to do it all again.

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Cpl S Moden
A07/TQ2.0.42162E1

Ive got a cold too now! LOL Still the event was worth a few sniffles!

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http://www.richarddaborn.com
Now a member of the Freebooters, another Pirate about! Aaar!
A12/TQ0.0.72138F1 ECG Daborn, R RustiSwordz South East England-UK
'In Space, there is no Horse'

OK, first - MASSIVE thanks must go to the directing team for making all this happen, for prodding us to move ourselves and get to it, for arranging so many fantastic guests and activities.

And how awesome were our guests, eh?
Every single one of them had all the time in the world for us. I even got to cuddle with Ferro !!

Quote of the weekend has to be Trevor Steedman - Either the one about "Woody or Woodn't he?", or the fantastic futuristic urinals in the Space Centre: "A bit high up (indicates chest height) but after you're done, they wash your bits, with soap, and even give a nice warm blast to dry you off afterward!".

I finally got to see the Harry Harris collection too!

I absolutely loved playing a Company Man and swanning around like I owned the place... because I do!
Guess I must have done it well as no-one ever stopped me and asked for my crew pass (which I didn't realise were even there until the end of Day 1)!


My only regret is that I was always caught up in the AE and couldn't make it to any of the panels or screenings
How did they go? Did the guests answer many of the questions we posted on the board here?


I also know next time to get the Monday off work!

Matt - I've got a sore throat and had a bit of a cough yesterday but nothing more than that. Got shivers, headache, aches and pains, typical flu-like symptoms.

Looks like I might have been a bit of a Typhoid Mary.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Scouse-trooper down and clear.

What a fantastic weekend, thanks go to Dan for asking me on Friday night if I could fill in as they was a man down on the aliens experience, had a whale of a time getting face raped by Harry de Hugger whose back in his tank asleep, bless him as all that humping has tired him out.
Had a even bigger blast playing the panicked marine, Sean's face was a picture as I couldn't tell if he was thinking " great acting " or " feckin overactor " lol

I brought my son with me to most events I do cos it keeps him outta trouble, he disappeared mid morning on the Saturday to the nerf range never to be seen again until home time, then disappeared Sunday morning right throughout the day, I later hear that he was helping out on the nerf range all weekend.
I was getting feedback that he was a star for helping out and to top it all he's been inducted into the UKCM Homers heroes squad?!?!? WTF ?!?!?

Thanks guys!! Took me ages getting my kit together and now I have to start again for my son !!!!

Anyhoo, great weekend and thanks to everyone for making this weekend work.

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Kickin butt since 1972

Paul, I forgot that - I wandered over to the range for a looky to be greeted by your boy, and had a Maverick thrust into my hand with a cry of 'Shoot me! I'll be a moving target!' He did look a bit concerned when i put the Nerf gun down and unslung the pulsey though!

He looked like he was being a great help.

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
A12/TQ2.0.82145E1
CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

Matt am not supprised he looked a bit concerned, Ive shot him a few times with mine and those airsoft pulse kits really hurt at close quarters lol

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Kickin butt since 1972

Hah, no wonder he looked worried! Mind you he had to up his game when i nailed him with the first dart!

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
A12/TQ2.0.82145E1
CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

Ah right, well, in that case - I fell asleep while Munkey was still awake. I now walk funny, various parts of me hurt and I've got this 'ere rash on my.... ahem... and I was wondering if I could blame them on you, too?

Nope, that's all Munkey's work. I've seen the pictures.

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"You know, you blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you to walk on water."

Vito down and clear.

I had an amazing time. Saw all the family, autographs from Ricco, Cynthia, Colette, Trevor, Daniel and Terry. Also a new purchase of TE armour!

Amazing time at the bar. Such a good laugh and to share stories from D*con.

Chinese rocked so much and so did our 30+ party. No illness yet.

Harry, your collection is amazing. Wish i had that chance when you were looking at the shiny spoon i placed on the floor to swap the armour! Next time.

Everyone thanks for being so welcoming and friendly as always. Hope fully see you all soon.

Special thanks to Gareth, Darren, Malikka, Harry and ADC for all there hard work!!!

-Callum

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Sgt C. Kee-McParlin
A05/TQ1.0.02160E1

13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'

My pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15456611@N ... 759014190/

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."