WARPCON Beers?

440Hz

Hi all!

Following a little Facebook chat an idea has been formed!

A couple of Dublin-based boardsies (and I'm sure more from other places) are landing in Cork this weekend for WARPCON 2010.

We propose a Cork Beers to celebrate this and meet some of the blow-ins. Sunday night, post WARPCON, pre people returning home?

How does that sound?

Unfortunately I can't do Sat due to family plans but if it's a more popular date go ahead with it. Would be great if Sunday worked for people.

Shiminay

I'll be there

Can some native maybe pick a location etc?

Edit:
Please have this on the Sunday, it's already been a long week in work and I'll only be fit for the bed by the time I get to Cork on Friday evening and the Saturday'll be busy with the Con.

Nevyn

Sunday would be preferable for me or the Friday at a pinch, busy the Saturday.
Also were? I tend not to stray far from UCC when in Cork! and after a mad weekend of gaming a nice sit down and a relaxing pint and a good natter would be awesome.

Faith

Hello! I'll go! Probably anyway .

nesf

I'll be around for the con. May pop along to this, otherwise will see ye at the con. Poke Thaed or Kharn if you don't know me to see.

Friday night is a better idea than Sunday as a lot of the Galwegians etc need to leave early enough on Sunday evening.

Ludo

WarpCon what is it now??? 18/19? I remember helping to organise WarpCon 2 - 6...god that was a long time ago. Wonder if any of the old timers still go?

Cissie Youngs is handy for the college area and a decent enough pub.

oeb

I can't make it to warpcon as I have to spin home to Killarney for the weekend, but what time were you planning on having the beers? I will be back in cork about 8pm sunday night.

Webmonkey

Oh looks interesting. Some big names coming to beers

Might pop in and say hello

Nevyn

Warpcon XX

440Hz

Kharn wrote: »

I'll be there

Can some native maybe pick a location etc?
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Thaedydal wrote: »

Also were? I tend not to stray far from UCC when in Cork! and after a mad weekend of gaming a nice sit down and a relaxing pint and a good natter would be awesome.

Yeah sticking to the general UCC area is a good plan. Maybe somewhere along Western Road? Maybe the new name Thirsty Scholar or could even stick to the Old Bar on campus but we would get kicked outta there very early.

My vote if people were happy to go closer to town would be somewhere like Tom Barrys or best of all a place called The Abbot Ale House which is perfect for the kinda boardsies attending

I'll be coming back up from Kerry on Sunday evening so time wise I'm not sure yet, but ye can start without me if ye like lol

Papa_Lazarou

The Franciscan well isn't too far away from UCC and might be a nice option for ye.

castie

Id definitely advise the franciscan well for the afternoon/early evening.
Need to find somewhere then that has an extension for the Sunday night as normal closing hour is 11pm!!!!

440Hz

Yeah the Franciscan is a good plan!

bloodclaw

Ludo wrote: »

WarpCon what is it now??? 18/19? I remember helping to organise WarpCon 2 - 6...god that was a long time ago. Wonder if any of the old timers still go?

It's up to 20 now. I'm similar to yourself in remembering going to early warpcons and since I moved back to cork I've been stuck in the wargaming stuff

Nevyn

Wargaming is pretty big at warpcon so much so it's in it's own building.
http://www.warpcon.com/?page_id=79 the range of games seems to keep growing too.

http://www.franciscanwellbrewery.com/
Weisse beer and dunkle weisse beer, yum. Do they do food?

Papa_Lazarou

Thaedydal wrote: »

Wargaming is pretty big at warpcon so much so it's in it's own building.
http://www.warpcon.com/?page_id=79 the range of games seems to keep growing too.

http://www.franciscanwellbrewery.com/
Weisse beer and dunkle weisse beer, yum. Do they do food?

They do crisps....... Sure that's all you'd want anyway

Im a sucker for that witch lager they have in there. Lovely stuff.

nesf

The Franciscan is a tad far from UCC for me. I've a lot of people to catch up with at the con etc.

Nevyn

How far of a staggering distance is it from the Western Road , cos I haven't a notion.

nesf

From UCC? 10-15 minutes walk depending on the group. Can be done faster but realistic group speeds are a fair bit longer given people would have drink in them etc. It's almost twice as far as than the normal Club Warpcon venue.

Faith

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Western+Road,+Cork,+Co.+Cork,+Ireland+(U+C+C)&daddr=N+Mall,+Cork,+Co.+Cork,+Ireland&hl=en&geocode=FcjTFwMdh2t-_yElX3Dtv2ZmXw%3BFdnwFwMdoY5-_ynxCoxxFpBESDGPt8kOBnsZKA&mra=cc&dirflg=w&sll=51.896437,-8.490865&sspn=0.006594,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=51.897628,-8.483419&spn=0.013188,0.038581&t=h&z=15

What time would we be looking at? I assume a lot of people are travelling back that night.

Nevyn

I'm not

Buceph

I just popped in here to say something about Warpcon being on. Never knew there were so many boardsies who are well familiar with it, outside Nesf.

I'd also recommend Cissie Youngs for this. Really close to college, literally a five minute walk, and a great pub, with a great smoking area, and a great pint.

I might be along as well if I have any money left from the weekend.

Kold

Cissie's is a small sports bar, Franciscan is a large non-sports bar. Cissie's will be packed enough on the weekend. I'd say you're better off in UCC old bar than Cissie's.

Buceph

Kold2 wrote: »

Cissie's is a small sports bar, Franciscan is a large non-sports bar. Cissie's will be packed enough on the weekend. I'd say you're better off in UCC old bar than Cissie's.

I think the Franciscan would be better, but only if it was a lot closer. It's about fifteen minutes from UCC as opposed to the 5 Cissie's is. Plus Warps have been in Cissie's loads of times. We went there on our Freshers night with trays of sandwiches and thirty to people and they were happy to have us, even though it was a match night. One of the barmen there occasionally asks how my boardgaming is going.


All that being said, I'd be happy to go anywhere that's not the Old Bar, as they'll be wanting to close early on the Sunday.

grenache

440Hz wrote: »

Maybe somewhere along Western Road? Maybe the new name Thirsty Scholar

The Thirsty Scholar/Art McBrides is closed since the November floods. I would recommend Costigans.

Webmonkey

So what is happening tonight? - Where will the beers be @.

Faith

Well, I'm not there because nothing was actually confirmed here!

oeb

Faith wrote: »

Well, I'm not there because nothing was actually confirmed here!

=(

I was looking forward to a beers, just after arriving up in Cork too. Any word on where people headed?

Shiminay

Well Thead and I are sitting here in the Well, Sarky said he might be down later. We've been off-line all weekend so haven't been able to check in. Bit disappointing that the locals don't seem to be able to organise a piss-up in this micro brewery :-P
We'll be here for a while (sitting at the front in the corner) if anyone's around.

oeb

Kharn wrote: »

Well Thead and I are sitting here in the Well, Sarky said he might be down later. We've been off-line all weekend so haven't been able to check in. Bit disappointing that the locals don't seem to be able to organise a piss-up in this micro brewery :-P
We'll be here for a while (sitting at the front in the corner) if anyone's around.

See ye in 10 min

aidan_walsh

Ah ****e. If I had seen this earlier I'd have been down, sorry guys. Next time?

nesf

Kharn wrote: »

Well Thead and I are sitting here in the Well, Sarky said he might be down later. We've been off-line all weekend so haven't been able to check in. Bit disappointing that the locals don't seem to be able to organise a piss-up in this micro brewery :-P
We'll be here for a while (sitting at the front in the corner) if anyone's around.

Some of us locals were busy celebrating the con.

RoundyMooney

I'd have been up for this if I'd known.

If my aunt had balls etc., I know

oeb

It was a bit of craic, I think most of the people there were not boardsies and were just con-goers who tagged along, I am open to correction though. Nice folks every one of them, boardsie or not.

Nevyn

Some of them were boardsies as well, it was lovely to meet you oeb and your tats are awesome. The well is a nice spot, when we eventually found it.

aidan_walsh

If you think the Well is easy to miss, you should try Mutton Lane sometime

castie

HaHa thered be lost dubs everywhere!

Nevyn

I'm not a dub
and we got directions but some one said to turn right when we went over the bridge and very many of the streets in Cork don't have signs on them, esp when one runs into the other but we got there by 8:30.

Shiminay

oeb - was really good to meet you sir. To the other Boardsies who arrived in later, my apologies for not getting to talk to you, I was trapped in that corner by the Warped Con people I'll see you next time for sure...

Webmonkey

Yep, I came a bit late

Next time sure...