Chunky does Melbourne
Wow! The last month or so has been hectic as! I've changed jobs within the RTA, which means I've been busy at work the last couple of weeks, then done a trip to Melbourne. Scattered in amongst that were a few early morning trips to Lawson for work.
This past weekend I travelled down to Melbourne to go to Komplete Fanatik, a Blood Bowl tournament run by GW, the mob that actually make the game. Their support for the game in Australia has been shabby at best, so I decided to go along in the hope that if its a success, more support will follow.
So I'd already organised to have some leave from work, taking Friday, Monday and Tuesday off. I also decided this would make an appropriate time to change job placements (RTA Grad program has us change placements every 6 months in Feb and Aug). So the plan was to drive down on Friday, go to the tourney on Saturday and Sunday, and drive back Monday, leaving me Tuesday to pitter about doing things like washing before reporting to a new workplace on Wednesday.
So off I drove on Friday, the destination being JoeKano from SWL's house in Skye SE of Melbourne. First screwup was me leaving off JKs direction, I just had his address. The drive went quite well, with a few stops along the way, but became interesting once I hit Melbourne. It was getting dark, and my cars internal light doesn't really work properly, making navigation in unfamiliar areas tricky.
I ended up going right up the guts into Melbourne itself. This was quite an experience for this simple country lad who hates driving in the city. No-one seemed to follow the lanes properly, there were trams, and the roundabouts not only weren't round, but had 17 different roads leading off each one it seemed. Melbourne also seems to have quite large street signs or none at all. I was actually doing quite well, when I missed a turn due to their being no sign and the road in question seeming far smaller than what I was looking for. After travelling through almost every one way street in Melbourne I eventually got on the right track, and through pot luck ended up finding ym way there without too much further hassle - except for when I stopped round the corner from JKs place to check his house number etc I ended up in mud, nearly got bogged, and sprayed mud right up the side of my car.
I also found out later on that there are no signs before speed cameras in Melbourne, so I'm hoping I didn't good booked for speeding, as I had no idea what the speed limit was at times.
So I ended up at Jandrews house (JKs real name is Andrew) where I was planning to stay the weekend. Unfortunately Mrs Jandrew (also known as Fiona) was crook as a dog. JK and myself went out ot grab some Subway for all and a carton of beer - I decided to get Lowenbrau as it was on special and I had enjoyed a night out at the restaurant earlier in the year. I like it. Double thumbs up to Subway for toasted subs as well, they rock in winter.
So we arrived at Komplete Fanatik the next morning, getting there without a hitch. I was able to meet some more fellow SWLers in the flesh for the first time, these being the way too tall Travis Twahn (honestly, does the man on this page: http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=coachinfo&coach=1780 seem 6 foot four?), and Paul, also known as annachie. I would also end up meeting Miyuso and Faibios on the Sunday when they popped in to visit, though I think I may have scarred Faibs son for life I was that scary.
I have a report of the event in general that can be found on wargamerWAU, talkbloodbowl, NAF, and DMs blog (dirty content stealing bastard ;), so I won't expound on the tourney any further, except tosay that Mr Lanky Bugger Twahn won and I ended up with Best and Fairest. We were able to make trophy envy jokes with gumbi on our way home.
On to more important things! On Saturday night, myself, gumbi and Twahn all crashed at JKs place so we could have a game of Munchkin, a game I had recently purchased after playing it at ozjestings place on the previous Monday. That had been tops, with me playing numerous fantastic backstabs on all concerned, with of course everyone eventually getting revenge on me. In the end, gumbi had won that battle after everyone realised it was midnight and we all needed to get home for work the next day :(
This time it was to be different however, as with the aid of my cheesy wizard class I was able to sweep all before me! Unfortunately this particular game didn't seem to be as good, even compared to the one JK and I had played when we both inexplicably woke up at 3am the previous morning and played while watching the World Poker Tour.
While travelling to Komplete Fanatik was easy, the trip back from proved to be anything but. It seem Melbournites really struggle with the whole giving directions thing, generally letting you know as you whizz by a turn that you were supposed to go that way. This led to an interesting route on the way back to JKs place on Saturday night, and an even more interesting one on the way to drop off Twahn and go to gumbis hotel room (Fiona had unfortunately become more ill, so I decided leave the poor Kano family in peace).
The night in gumbis hotel room was interesting. I ate half of gumbis red frog lollies while watching the cricket (shame Warney missed his hundred) and waiting for him to finish on the phone (when I promptly decided a shower was in order). Then we went to grab some grub, and gumbis doubting my culinary tastes proved futile, as he ended buying some dodgy rolls and eating my stuff which was very nice. We then watched a version of Ong Bak with very amusing Engrish subtitles.
So lessons learnt from my trip:
- Melbourne road network is confusing
- Not even Melbourne people know where they're going
- I need more Munchkin stuff
- Speeding fines suck
Unfortunately I got a speeding fine on the trip back. I was about 150 kms from sydney, when I saw a police car radar, and he lit up his lights on seeing me, I looked down at the speedo to see I was speeding and went oh bugger. I think I'll fly down if I go again. I was just a bit tired and didn't realise I was going that fast.
And now on to the reallt important stuff: Theme Music. I have decided that everyone should have their own theme music. I have already decided that gumbis should be something bland but cool, and now I ahve a challenge for any readers I may have:
In the comments let me know what theme music you would give people. It can be anyone really - me, gumbi, you, your missus, a random celebrity, that chick that served you at the bar at the pub the other day. Best one gets something that probably isn't worth getting when I eventually decide what it is.
This past weekend I travelled down to Melbourne to go to Komplete Fanatik, a Blood Bowl tournament run by GW, the mob that actually make the game. Their support for the game in Australia has been shabby at best, so I decided to go along in the hope that if its a success, more support will follow.
So I'd already organised to have some leave from work, taking Friday, Monday and Tuesday off. I also decided this would make an appropriate time to change job placements (RTA Grad program has us change placements every 6 months in Feb and Aug). So the plan was to drive down on Friday, go to the tourney on Saturday and Sunday, and drive back Monday, leaving me Tuesday to pitter about doing things like washing before reporting to a new workplace on Wednesday.
So off I drove on Friday, the destination being JoeKano from SWL's house in Skye SE of Melbourne. First screwup was me leaving off JKs direction, I just had his address. The drive went quite well, with a few stops along the way, but became interesting once I hit Melbourne. It was getting dark, and my cars internal light doesn't really work properly, making navigation in unfamiliar areas tricky.
I ended up going right up the guts into Melbourne itself. This was quite an experience for this simple country lad who hates driving in the city. No-one seemed to follow the lanes properly, there were trams, and the roundabouts not only weren't round, but had 17 different roads leading off each one it seemed. Melbourne also seems to have quite large street signs or none at all. I was actually doing quite well, when I missed a turn due to their being no sign and the road in question seeming far smaller than what I was looking for. After travelling through almost every one way street in Melbourne I eventually got on the right track, and through pot luck ended up finding ym way there without too much further hassle - except for when I stopped round the corner from JKs place to check his house number etc I ended up in mud, nearly got bogged, and sprayed mud right up the side of my car.
I also found out later on that there are no signs before speed cameras in Melbourne, so I'm hoping I didn't good booked for speeding, as I had no idea what the speed limit was at times.
So I ended up at Jandrews house (JKs real name is Andrew) where I was planning to stay the weekend. Unfortunately Mrs Jandrew (also known as Fiona) was crook as a dog. JK and myself went out ot grab some Subway for all and a carton of beer - I decided to get Lowenbrau as it was on special and I had enjoyed a night out at the restaurant earlier in the year. I like it. Double thumbs up to Subway for toasted subs as well, they rock in winter.
So we arrived at Komplete Fanatik the next morning, getting there without a hitch. I was able to meet some more fellow SWLers in the flesh for the first time, these being the way too tall Travis Twahn (honestly, does the man on this page: http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=coachinfo&coach=1780 seem 6 foot four?), and Paul, also known as annachie. I would also end up meeting Miyuso and Faibios on the Sunday when they popped in to visit, though I think I may have scarred Faibs son for life I was that scary.
I have a report of the event in general that can be found on wargamerWAU, talkbloodbowl, NAF, and DMs blog (dirty content stealing bastard ;), so I won't expound on the tourney any further, except tosay that Mr Lanky Bugger Twahn won and I ended up with Best and Fairest. We were able to make trophy envy jokes with gumbi on our way home.
On to more important things! On Saturday night, myself, gumbi and Twahn all crashed at JKs place so we could have a game of Munchkin, a game I had recently purchased after playing it at ozjestings place on the previous Monday. That had been tops, with me playing numerous fantastic backstabs on all concerned, with of course everyone eventually getting revenge on me. In the end, gumbi had won that battle after everyone realised it was midnight and we all needed to get home for work the next day :(
This time it was to be different however, as with the aid of my cheesy wizard class I was able to sweep all before me! Unfortunately this particular game didn't seem to be as good, even compared to the one JK and I had played when we both inexplicably woke up at 3am the previous morning and played while watching the World Poker Tour.
While travelling to Komplete Fanatik was easy, the trip back from proved to be anything but. It seem Melbournites really struggle with the whole giving directions thing, generally letting you know as you whizz by a turn that you were supposed to go that way. This led to an interesting route on the way back to JKs place on Saturday night, and an even more interesting one on the way to drop off Twahn and go to gumbis hotel room (Fiona had unfortunately become more ill, so I decided leave the poor Kano family in peace).
The night in gumbis hotel room was interesting. I ate half of gumbis red frog lollies while watching the cricket (shame Warney missed his hundred) and waiting for him to finish on the phone (when I promptly decided a shower was in order). Then we went to grab some grub, and gumbis doubting my culinary tastes proved futile, as he ended buying some dodgy rolls and eating my stuff which was very nice. We then watched a version of Ong Bak with very amusing Engrish subtitles.
So lessons learnt from my trip:
- Melbourne road network is confusing
- Not even Melbourne people know where they're going
- I need more Munchkin stuff
- Speeding fines suck
Unfortunately I got a speeding fine on the trip back. I was about 150 kms from sydney, when I saw a police car radar, and he lit up his lights on seeing me, I looked down at the speedo to see I was speeding and went oh bugger. I think I'll fly down if I go again. I was just a bit tired and didn't realise I was going that fast.
And now on to the reallt important stuff: Theme Music. I have decided that everyone should have their own theme music. I have already decided that gumbis should be something bland but cool, and now I ahve a challenge for any readers I may have:
In the comments let me know what theme music you would give people. It can be anyone really - me, gumbi, you, your missus, a random celebrity, that chick that served you at the bar at the pub the other day. Best one gets something that probably isn't worth getting when I eventually decide what it is.
posted by Chunky at 3:25 PM
4 Comments:
Nice summary mate… good to get a review of the social activities rather than the “on the pitch stuff”… So Twahn’s a string bean hey?! Typical tight arsed banking bastard :)
I’ll get back to you about theme music… being a Cure and a Radiohead fan, I’d like to think that I’d have some dark moody angst riddled ballad from one of those two bands, but knowing my real lifestyle at the moment, it’d be something from my daughter Kate’s Saddle Club CD… (yee Gods! Make that music stop!!)
PS – I am keen on a road trip to the next interstate tourney… put me down for a seat and a share of the driving duties.
Nice report - and I didn't steal it! I borrowed it! :)
Hey, I'm giving you some more exposure for nix, what more do you want? EH!?!?
theme music - for me I think 'Learning to fly' by the foo fighters is a pretty appropriate track. If I can't have that, then I'll take 'I just can't wait to be king' from the Lion king instead. Simba rocks :)
Hmmm, ve shall have to investigate this road trip idea - at this stage the next one would be Cancon, unless the Mexicans or Brisvegans have somehing coming up after my wallet has recovered from this trip.
I think Munchkin runs better the more sets you get. The game we had at oz's place was certainly better, so it looks like I'll need to pickup some more expansions.
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