Heaven's But, don't be sorry. Your generosity is appreciated. Hope you have fun in NZ. Very jealous ;)
BritizenCon 2018 (April 21st)
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What time does your flight/train get in. As it all starts at 10am it may be better to get Breakfast in the airport terminal. The hotel is next to the airport. The airport is a few miles outside of town, I'm not even sure where the nearest pub is. Ill ask the OP
My flight comes in at 07:30am. My plan was to ask the hotel if I can have breakfast there so I can go to the venue straight afterwards. What do you think about just meeting up in front of the hotel?
ANYBODY ELSE IN FOR THAT???
From what I've heard from their discord, they are still on preparations for the after show BarCitizen. Nothing offical yet, but we'll be informed the next days.
The Tatton Arms looks like its a 20min walk from the hotel, Who wants to carry me back?
Also its an interesting selection of beers. As it is near Airport it may be expensive so start saving.
https://www.facebook.com/BritizenCon/?hc_ref=ARQHvoCgVxHjlBO-h6QT34i4pUtRb9iNGi3x6WDFk_vqgOb17x_799ZEi8o4HcpNsAA&fref=nf
Also its an interesting selection of beers. As it is near Airport it may be expensive so start saving.
https://www.facebook.com/BritizenCon/?hc_ref=ARQHvoCgVxHjlBO-h6QT34i4pUtRb9iNGi3x6WDFk_vqgOb17x_799ZEi8o4HcpNsAA&fref=nf
RiceMaiden
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This was actually a bit of sticking point with me. BritizenCon and I had talked and I offered to donate them a trophy as long as they paid for shipping. Now granted I don't know all of the cultural differences between US and UK but I figured a trophy was given to the winner... atleast that's how I've viewed it in most cases (a couple major sports leagues have a huge trophy that they just add names to).This was the amazing trophy created for the dogfighting 2017 competition by our very own @RiceMaiden
After a discussion with the winner from last years event, it turns out that BritizenCon kept the trophy... much to my surprise. In prior discussions I had offered to donate more trophies for future events... so why they didn't give it out to the winner kinda baffles me. The winner and I eventually talked and I offered to build him (for free) a replica of the trophy he won but shipping costs ultimately kept that from going through.
I can only assume one of two scenarios occurred. Either a) shipping costs (~$55 USD) were such that they didn't want to repay that every year or b) being such a unique SC piece of fan art, its value far exceeded the desire to give it up.
In terms of shipping, I didn't think the shipping costs were unreasonable... and for a crowdfunded event, not entirely out of the question to add to expenses. I will be the first to admit that I don't have the full story... I just put myself in the winners shoes and think the whole situation kinda sucks.
ALSO, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU SEE IT OFF THE STAND LIKE PICTURED PLEASE FIX IT. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION.
Serious bummer, dude. Do you still have contact with the winner? I'd be more than happy to chip in $10 to get the replica to them.This was actually a bit of sticking point with me. BritizenCon and I had talked and I offered to donate them a trophy as long as they paid for shipping. Now granted I don't know all of the cultural differences between US and UK but I figured a trophy was given to the winner... atleast that's how I've viewed it in most cases (a couple major sports leagues have a huge trophy that they just add names to).
After a discussion with the winner from last years event, it turns out that BritizenCon kept the trophy... much to my surprise. In prior discussions I had offered to donate more trophies for future events... so why they didn't give it out to the winner kinda baffles me. The winner and I eventually talked and I offered to build him (for free) a replica of the trophy he won but shipping costs ultimately kept that from going through.
I can only assume one of two scenarios occurred. Either a) shipping costs (~$55 USD) were such that they didn't want to repay that every year or b) being such a unique SC piece of fan art, its value far exceeded the desire to give it up.
In terms of shipping, I didn't think the shipping costs were unreasonable... and for a crowdfunded event, not entirely out of the question to add to expenses. I will be the first to admit that I don't have the full story... I just put myself in the winners shoes and think the whole situation kinda sucks.
ALSO, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU SEE IT OFF THE STAND LIKE PICTURED PLEASE FIX IT. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION.
RiceMaiden
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I'll see if I still have his contact information. My new smaller models might be cheaper on shipping. Will have to see something smaller would still be appealing to him.
Fingers crossed, maybe they replaced the model with another prize, but c'mon thats a damn decent model.
RiceMaiden
Admiral
It just left me baffled since I had discussed donating 3 trophies for this years event (1st, 2nd, 3rd). However they were never in contact after last year. I just assumed they were gonna use the same trophy til the end of time.
'tis weird.
If you are still willing to make a replacement prize and the winner is happy to accept it i'd be happy to chip in on / cover the shipping depending on what I can afford come payday at the end of the week.
Can't let a winner go without their prize. :)
I will make it my sworn duty to win this trophy and get it out of their hands before they can reclaim .
The problems are;
1.I'm a Testie,
3. I will be drunk during the 'con' ( that's a given due to point 1).
5. Other people may take it more seriously than me,
9.I'm guessing that 100-150 people will attend, and I estimate my chances of winning at one million to one. The maths may seem off but its true.
If I were a betting man i'd stick a quid on that.
