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cassandra
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Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 831
eh. This does sound like skywriting now. Good luck for no rain in Manchester
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:38 am
Atrophied
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Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 1133 Location: 53742E 4A6F686E27732C 4E4C00
ok.. maybe sky writing, but perhaps a banner plane? it's cheaper and more eco-friendly (hint, hint PMs )
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:42 am
Loric
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Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Texas, By God
[UPDATE] [EVENT] Manchester, UK - Oct. 9th Well,
I really like Cassandra's idea of the CIS tower... it's a landmark, it covers the 'keyword' approach, and it's certainly worth a try. At the same time, we're clearly told by the /sortails.html page to "Buy the next chapter at the secret location locked away in this thrilling adventure ...", which would be Manchester Sky Centre UK. We know we didn't miss any scrolls (remember, they made us trip over one on our front doorstep that luckily didn't kill us!), so:
Sky Centre Manchester
26 Moulton St.
Manchester M8 8FQ, United Kingdom
0161 834 0010
Thanks,
Loric
Edited to make this the new event thread. --Cassandra.
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:53 am
judderman
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Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 30
Banner Plane This sounds much more sensible too for Manchester - I doubt you'd be able to read skywriting in Manchester with the weather as it is today.
Will try to get up there myself -probably Sainsburys car park near Castlefields - should give a fairly clear view of the skies over Manchester whilst not being too distant.
Any other ideas for locations?
Stew
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:06 pm
cassandra
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Hoping for a hot-air balloon myself. Easier to see for an hour. Fun to ride in too
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:10 pm
chippy
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Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 789 Location: Leeds, UK
ooh. I should be able to come on sunday, although i'm inclined towards the "sky, manchester town centre" angle - not convinced about the "sky centre" ? - i've been to the CIS tower for a conference, the Co-op has their offices there, but theres a couple of large conference rooms.
If theres going to be a few of us shall we be meeting up, and card swapping? (*cough*beerdrinking*cough*)
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:49 pm
European Chris
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Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 1264 Location: London's trendy Whitechapel
Is anyone from London/SE driving up?
The only feasable thing for me to do would be to take a coach as taking trains would mean arriving in London at four in the morning and the taxi/tube situation would be troublesome however taking coaches is something I avoid at all costs.
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:04 pm
josiah
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Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 97 Location: Blackpool, UK
I'm up for meeting up some of that card swapping stuff (preferably contained within a respectable beer serving establishment), if anyone can suggest somewhere - I don't really know Manchester that well!
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:27 pm
Rob_Riv
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 350
The keywords that people are saying are relevant to a certain place are all well and good but remember we was told the keywords were to put together a website address.
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:48 pm
perplexed
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Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 261 Location: Greater London, UK
i think this definitely has something to do with the CIS solar panels, it cantbe a coincidence that we get star and power as key words, and then we get a flashing picture of a solar panel in the trailer and then we are told about manchester which just happens to have the largest solar panel in the UK... Too many huge coincidences methinks
the project isnt due for completion for a couple of months, so im thinking the tower might be hosting banner advertising on the sides which aren't yet clad and this might be where to look, the cis tower is the tallest in the manchester skyline, or was, and so would i suppose be in the sky in the centre of manchester. Or maybe someone will be waiting outside witha little stall selling chapters of lord flanigroths tale...
FYI sortails is an anagram of 'its solar'
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:10 pm
BrianEnigma
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Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 1199 Location: Pacific Northwest
It probably won't amount to anything, but the IRC server is still up so someone might want to think of being logged in over there during our window of time on Sunday--just in case.
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:38 pm
neuromancer
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Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 168 Location: Birmingham, UK
Quote:
It probably won't amount to anything, but the IRC server is still up so someone might want to think of being logged in over there during our window of time on Sunday--just in case.
I won't be able to make it to Manchester, so I'll keep an eye on the IRC instead.
How would we go about getting info from the site team to these boards quickly? Preferably real-time but that's obviously not gonna happen.....or can it?? I have access to a PBX server, and could probably sort out a PSTN ( Public Switched Telephone Network ) connection. If somebody from the site team calls that landline number then I can setup a conference call and the support team here can listen in and keep these boards up-to-date. Alternatively if one of you has a wireless laptop or PDA, you can sign in on site ( I'm sure there's plenty of unsecured wireless connections in Manchester, there's loads of them in London and some even allow router access!!!! ) and post updates as and when they happen.
Thoughts or ideas??
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:37 pm
BrianEnigma
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neuromancer wrote:
Alternatively if one of you has a wireless laptop or PDA, you can sign in on site ( I'm sure there's plenty of unsecured wireless connections in Manchester, there's loads of them in London and some even allow router access!!!! ) and post updates as and when they happen.
I won't be there, but if anyone has a Treo (or other Palm PDA that can access the internet), I would highly recommend something like <a href="http://www.smittyware.com/palm/upirc/">upIRC</a> to communicate while out and about.
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:49 pm
spugmeistress
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Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 460 Location: manchester, uk
woo!
i tried to get to that sky centre on moulton st today but the bus going that way is only once an hour and i'd just missed one. either way, this all sounds a lot more promising :) i can be at the CIS building on sunday, but i'm wondering whether it'd be better to meet somewhere fairly open (for good sky views, i'm thinking piccadilly gardens for ease of getting to, or cathedral gardens for nearness to CIS) first and then head off to the CIS if nothing transpires? my laptop is currently getting fixed but i can do email on my phone (no irc unfortunately) or i dont mind giving my number to someone in the IRC if they PM me beforehand. i will also take my camera which does video too.
rach =)
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:26 pm
commo
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heres a great idea.. how bout all the people who can go, go to each of the different locations. THAT way, everyone is happy and all our options are covered
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:56 pm
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