Hey peeps, I went to check out griffin hotel today and things look good, as everybody knows life (and lans) are about options so my friends here are the three for you to choose from.
1) Histon same as last time
2)Griffin hotel first floor conference room @£55.00 per day (£110 divided by number of peeps going). basically a big square room(see photos) i reckon 30 people with room to spare, plenty of power points, blinds on windows and a door to a roof terrace which will seat about 20 (on pub style bench seats) where you can smoke cos its strictly no smoking in the room !. Drinks and food are allowed in room no problem. Security wise, only two lockable doors 1 on ground floor and 1 leading from conference room to roof garden (spiderman is still in the states so no probs from that 1!) also every entrance/exit from the whole hotel including the car park is covered by cctv (i know cos she showed me the monitors) If we were to have this room for two days then the key would stay with us so drunken sniping and seemingly brave charges to certain death can continue at least till about 2-3am mmm...nice
(photos go here when some clever person tells me what to do/gets so mad they just say mail them to me and i'll put them on for you!!)
Sorry dude, they're too large to put in here. Here is a link to a page with them on. Gandy. http://www.greenberry.co.uk/lanpiccies.html (http://www.greenberry.co.uk/lanpiccies.html)
3)Also at the Griffin hotel is a former night club which they now call a function room AY-CARUMBA!!! this is a mother of a room its got the lot including a bar (and a barman will be supplied for us if we wish for no extra cost), huge big dark playing area, bar (did i mention that already ?)and a big ol chillout area round the corner (see photos). Smoking IS allowed as well as food and drink. now the cost (gulp) £200.00 per day (eek) (£400 divided by number of peeps going) Not that bad if you think 20 people @ £10 each per day = £20 per person and it is a real big room, However the key for this has to be back with the hotel by 1am latest and wont be available until 7 ish next morning (damn !!)
(photos blah blah. see above!
I have spoken with the manager and a discount of 10% is available on all rooms booked by us (tell me when you want to book so i can let them know or perhaps ill sort out a deadlan walking code word or list or something). so a single will be £40.50p and a double will be £53.10p At this present moment in time all dates mentioned (12/13 + 19/20 + 26/27) are free for both rooms and conf/funct centre, be warned tho they will go, so if you want to go then please book soon to avoid disapointment (always wanted to say that just like the bloke off of the telly 8) )
The hotel (big pub) has a website and here is the addy for it in case anybody is interested
http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/oldegrif.html (http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/oldegrif.html)
Gents we need to move on this as soon as! so decisions need to be made for date and venue and the word spread to get the magic 30 or so people to make this rOxOr like the last one, we did it for the server, now lets do it for the LAN !! What i suggest is only reply to this thread with relevant stuff no congrats or spammy crap.
(Previous applicants need not apply, your home is at risk if you play with gas and matches, the value of your penguin may go up or down 8) )
Conference room upstairs is OK for me as we dont need a bar man we can get beer from offy daaahn rooad and save money to be spent else where. And with this one we can play till whenever which is also good.
Any weekend for me, i dont mind..
Lets go people planes to catch....chopchop :twisted:
I say the conference room. While the bar sounds nice I feel the need for all night fragging! And didn't you say we can drink in the conference room? See if they can install a fridge!!!
And if you want to mail me the images, I'll make sure they get onto the site. Mail to server@greenberry.co.uk or I won't get them til tomorrow evening!
I'm for the conf room too cos it's a) cheaper and B) open all hours.
8)
Count me in for the conference room. I don't need an inflated-price bar, I can bring my own beer. 'Open all hours' sounds cool alongside 'not far to stagger to the bedroom at 4am ' 8O
Did you say it was air conditioned?
Now, what about the dates, did we decide on the third option yet?
CONF. NO SPAM.
conf.room gets my vote ..........late night killing/drinking/eating/smoking ...........ahhhhhhh heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!
If allowed to come then i vote conference room
Conference room please thank you!
Just in case your skipping to the bottom and missing the link, there is a page with the piccys on now.
See FatBob's main post.
Bob can u find out if they have more seating and tables than what is currently there?
Ta!!
conference room, so long as we can bring our own beer.
they have loads of big trestle tables, the tables in there were a bit crap so i did ask and the others were downstairs but not a prob
okilly dokilly
OMFG!!! Smite is Ned Flanders...
Its gotta be the conference room - afterall who drinks alcohol ???
Deadmen drink Ribena
Any location and date is cool with me, as long as Secret stays as my Bitch.
Hidilly ho clanbuddireenos. Smitey is so diddlydoodly coolaroony
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As an Acting Battle Lord you have WAY too much time on your hands. I think I'll have to come up with a few minor kingdoms for you to conquer or something.... 8)
FB - have they deffo agreed to us bringing in our own beer? Seems a strange thing for a Hotel/Bar to do.
have just phoned and asked the question she will phone me back this afternoon with final room prices and an answer on bring your own.
Ye its usually bring you own....from the Hotel Bar
I've always figured that room hire is a private function, no licence needed. In any case, they'll never know that my big 24-can-shaped canvas bag actually has 24 cans of beer in it 8)
@rse, @rse
guess what, we can have a 15% discount on the rooms but we CANNOT take beer in because its a licensed property, so we can have beer from the bar, and we can also have soft drinkssupplied by ourselves but we can't take cans of beer in SORRY DUDES but thats that.
Suggestions any1
PS: BOLLOCKS
yeah, buy a bottle of coke, tip most of it out, top up with vodka. easy!
I second what gandy says, what they dont know wont hurt them.
We can order drinks from bar then when it gets late dish out the Lemonade/Coke bottles (winkwink)
being lazy bar%^ard that I am, can someone post the phone number and anything else we need to know to book rooms. Oh yeah, how much were they again?
Sorry to spoil their projected bar profits, but I'll be bringing some beer in a bag and they'll not be getting it off me :x I reckon that if we don't shove it right in their faces; ensure that we have strict 'you're not coming into this room' rules and clear up at the end of each session by putting the tinnies into a bin liner then they shouldn't really bother us unless they have a complete Hitler on duty. Anyway we can always toss the empties off the balcony, right? :D
But by way of retribution, for lunch I will visit the local pub (might meet the infamous Dave 'Boy' Green out for his lunchtime March pint), ditto for the evenings. Their bar will get something approaching nowt from me...... 8)
Revolt!
/me sticks fist in air
so no cans of beer hows about i bring my home brew and we can tell them that its a part of a ritual. ps it aint in cans. and i can make lots of diffrent types, put ur orders in now
Quoteso no cans of beer hows about i bring my home brew and we can tell them that its a part of a ritual. ps it aint in cans. and i can make lots of diffrent types, put ur orders in now
I'll just bring some anti-freeze. Less chance of losing my eyesight... :twisted:
conf. room for me....but i see no pole for the lap dancers,,oppps wrong forum :roll:
Quote....but i see no pole for the lap dancers,,oppps wrong forum :roll:
Yeah, but nice to see you posting here too JAS :lol: