My No Internets When Drunk policy seems to have stood me in good stead here.
I have, however, spent in the region of £300 on gear for a game of what is essentially live-action Counterstrike this weekend.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:01, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That sounds like it definitely counts.
I cannot say for sure because if I'm honest I haven't the faintest idea what 'essentially live-action Counterstrike' is, I'm afraid, and I'm scared that if I Google it the nerd police will storm my building and cart me off to a Red Dwarf convention.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I shall be running around an abandoned shopping mall in Reading,
dressed as "generic special forces", shooting at people dressed as "generic terrorists" with a BB gun.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:10, Reply)

That's no less ridiculous
than the shit I get up to at weekends, I must confess.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:14, Reply)

I haven't been to Reading for 12 years
has the place gone downhill so much they have abandoned shopping malls? Which mall is it?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Friar's Walk, apparently.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Oh right (it was always the rubbish mall)
I thought it might have been this big mall that was under construction for the 3 years I was there.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:38, Reply)

I think that'd be the Oracle.
Haven't been there for about 8 years myself...
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:42, Reply)

That's the one...
I think they completed it just in time for me to leave Reading (and never look back).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:46, Reply)

Having played CS
that sounds fucking brilliant.

Wouldn't catch me doing it though..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:14, Reply)

I am hoping to minimise the amount of running involved,
so that I don't vomit up a lung.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:23, Reply)

you don't look built for speed or endurance it must be said
I can empathise
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:27, Reply)

"we dwarves are very dangerous over short distances!"

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:29, Reply)

he's more of a goblin
a heavy smoking goblin
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:33, Reply)

It was lovely to meet you too.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:36, Reply)

I meant to add
"and that's my kind of person."
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Nice recovery.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:43, Reply)

actually true as well
believe it or not
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 12 May 2010, 10:47, Reply)