[Overlord]

** VENUE ANNOUNCED - BRIGHTON **

http://www.summerofs...-sunny-brighton

First ticket run of 400 (seems a bit low if they're only doing two ticket runs. 870-person venue - wasn't there talk of 2000 person sites?) is Sun the 13th - is this about time we start looking for hotels? It'd be awesome if we could get a lot of people in one place.

[Jen]

Brighton? Well, that was unexpected and certainly isn't a good thing for me in terms of transport - 4 hour train journey by the looks of things x_x And yeah, I thought the venue was gonna hold 2,000 people as well; didn't last year's SoS have around 1,000 people? Seems a bit weird to go for a smaller venue if that's the case...

In any case, Orenge and I will definitely be there Looking forward to it!

And I agree Overlord, we should try and get as many people in one hotel as we can once we've got the SoS tickets.

[Malpass]

Brighton? Well that was certainly unexpected, and might be more of an issue than London (post-move) might have been, but I can see what I can do.

+1 to the Hotel Retro idea too

[Blanche Hodapp]

hay guys Brighton's pretty expensive but don't worry, I'm sure we can all stay round Nova's for the weekend

(I'll get back to you on whether I'll be able to make it this year)

[Narstyle]

Brighton sure is an oddball. If you guys can sort out Hotel Retro asap, then count me in. Whether the hotel be in London (for London antics on the Sunday?) or in Brighton (for now uh, Brighton / Seaside antics on the Sunday?) Let us all know~

[Nova]

Brighton is basically my doorstep and because of the bus service, I end up there quite a lot anyway - once the hotel is sorted, let me know and I will try and organize a fun Retro UK Sunday!

Can't wait!

[NiktheGreek]

Fine, I will do this thing that you ask of me.

Also Crush 40 will be there.

[Blanche Hodapp]

UUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH YAAAAAY

Also this may be of use to some people. But bear in mind, Brighton's hella expensive. The guest houses aren't bad though if you don't mind slumming it.

[Nova]

Stoked to hear Crush 40 are going to be back - I have some RL friends who are really interested in coming this year, too. This has just made the deal all the sweeter for them.

So guys, what kind of things do we want to do on the Sunday? Arcades? Drinking? Shopping? I'm up for anything, really - was thinking possibly Spoon's, as there are a few arcades directly opposite, but everyone's input would be appreciated.

[Overlord]

I was thinking we'd leave that until the first wave of tickets is over on Sunday =P It's entirely possible to go to Londonduring the day from Brighton and do stuff there, depends on what people feel like doing.

[GeneHF]

I wonder if Sega would ever be so adventurous as to have a Summer of Sonic and Sonic Boom going down at the exact same time. Granted, with the time difference (about eight hours), Boom would need to start really early.

However, it'd be neat to have a U.S. vs. U.K. element in terms of live contests. The planning and coordination would need to be so exact and down pat, though.

[Overlord]

You could have a link-up with a live passover from SoS to Boom, though. There's a timeslot there you could use for something =P

[Frozen Nitrogen]

They sold out in, what, 12 seconds?

I woke up specially for this, and failed miserably. FFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Jen]

Holy SHIT. 400 tickets in 3 minutes, I don't believe it. Doesn't seem very fair to me. Orenge and I have our tickets but it's annoying to think that some of our friends couldn't get theirs...

[Blanche Hodapp]

You know, if it's the case that some of us miss out on tickets, we could always just go to Brighton anyway and have a mass orgy a ripping good time in the pub arcades