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Sorry it has taken so long to thank everyone, its been an epic this year and this is the first chance I have had to sit at the computer
Well i don't know really where to start, so many people to thank, so many awesome people giving up time and effort to make this a truly amazing weekend, I suppose the first place to start which is pretty easy is ....
"The Legend" Andy pin mania , honestly without this guy there would have been very few games working, Andy thanks so much for running around all weekend constantly fixing games and being around since Thursday, and for pretty much ensuring the show could stay open (sorry about that dodgy South Park).
The ladies on the front desk Rachael , Helen and Jess all did an incredible job of keeping the door flowing , and supervising the raffle all weekend, and for working for less pay than a child labour camp i.e. none
Ivan and Rav who each at some point would have had maybe twenty stressed out phone calls demanding some news article or quick quick we need flyers <cough cough Seve Richay> the vids and pins from Rav's unit which Oliver supplied a chunk of as well , Tom for being rubber duck and doing the 7.5 ton driving all weekend, the huge monumental task of getting all the games broken down from Rav's unit and out of the Grizz shack and my house, Dave Robert's for letting us take his games again, getting all the games taken back, the psych out tournament, keeping vids alive supplying vids, driving, all this I thank you guys for.
The tournaments thank you to everyone that ran these, Martin for doing the Super Slam Showdown , Nick and Kate for the Old Skool Rulz, Grizz in the tent, Phil and Adeline and Dave and Sal for the vid tournament and everyone that picked up a pen to mark scores or supplied a game to be used in the tournaments. Special thanks to the NLP guys sure you will agree the NBA is fantastic fun and hope to be able to play again at the party.
Power and lighting thanks once again to Andrew for supplying us with all the extra power required, Mike for collecting and of course Poibug and crew for fitting it. The Raisons once again thanks for creating the atmosphere with the awesome lighting you always bring along, it really adds to the effect and looks super sweet, and the Rolfe's for sticking up those cool neons, probably still available for sale or PX with a child
Raffle was a great hit, thank you to Simon for your donation which allowed us to ramp up the pinball machine once again, and special thanks to Stormy for getting it looking so nice. So many awesome prizes - Adam for donating the Awesome iPod dock (which I wanted!), Simon for the laptop, the other Simon for the silver ball framed back glass, Steve for the BoP poster, Sean for all the stuff from pinball wizard magazine, Stern, Steve, Gary, so many people to thank and i will get round to this personally in due course, and well done to John H for winning the machine, poor Kate she had the same number but on a different colour green DOH!!! Note to self next time - mix the colour's better.
Steve Ritchie was a true gent, the guy was knackered and still put on a brave face happy to sign everything and talk about his games, Also was only too pleased to do a last night talk and play in the tournament which in true SCS form was a last minute thing, a true true star. Gary F for arranging the trip and looking after Steve all weekend and also from now until he leaves the UK.
Everyone who brought games along if it was one in the back of the car or twelve in a lorry thank you all so much, so many people to thank - you know who you all are and I will be updating the website soon with a proper page. Matt Adams was a legend with the van as I in true style forgot to organise the vans for Sunday so thanks for dropping them to my house and to Dawn for returning my dead star wars on the Sunday.
Thanks to Matt for sorting out the trophies for all the tournaments and thanks to Manny of woodtech for the amazing showdown trophies those were great just gutted I didn't do enough to win one myself.
I hope that I have missed no one and I will be updating the site soon with thanks and also when all is finalised and paid I can't wait to announce what we raised for Echo.
Finally, I want to personally apologise if i seemed stressed out or that I wasn't enjoying myself, this I have to say has been bothering the hell out of me as I always said when doing the first show that I never want to be seen this way, however I think that it all came to a head at the weekend. All the drama over the past five months kind of exploded, it seemed like only a week ago I was badgering my designer for "the return of the slam" flyers for the DPO and that was last year also for the NLP guys when I think back it reminds me of how many months of my life this takes up. The drama's of the AC/DC not arriving the constant battles with the media, advertising, getting the guest over, maxing out the credit cards, hotel booking, the never ending emails, transportation, and that’s just the tip of the ice berg.
I like to think that I am approachable, I have the worlds worst memory for names and faces its a real problem for me so if I have called you "mate" for most of the weekend its because I am probably desperately trying to remember your name, and piece together where I have met you before, I blame the early 90's rave scene for that one
As I am sure most of you are aware me and Jess are expecting a little one soon, I feel that its only fair to dedicate my time to her and the new arrival, I don't want this to be the end but I also hope that people will respect and understand my decision to take a break. I don’t want any kind offers of help to make the show go on next year, all I am saying is lets have a one year break and see where we all are in 2014, no way can this be the end the Slam is too f***ing rock and roll for all that.
Time to wrap up, BIG BIG BIG love to everyone, thank you again to all involved and sorry if I have missed anyone out. I hope and am pretty sure I would have personally thanked you on the day if I saw you, I met so many new faces and great people. Our scene is great, the people are fantastic - now lets look to the rest of the year with all the other stuff running that needs our support, The Welsh Classic, Swavesey, The UK Pinball Party, the local league meets, Special When Lit and the NLP show at R3play, all need our support
Thanks guys, I look forward to doing it all again in 2014
Love and much hugs
Will x
Well i don't know really where to start, so many people to thank, so many awesome people giving up time and effort to make this a truly amazing weekend, I suppose the first place to start which is pretty easy is ....
"The Legend" Andy pin mania , honestly without this guy there would have been very few games working, Andy thanks so much for running around all weekend constantly fixing games and being around since Thursday, and for pretty much ensuring the show could stay open (sorry about that dodgy South Park).
The ladies on the front desk Rachael , Helen and Jess all did an incredible job of keeping the door flowing , and supervising the raffle all weekend, and for working for less pay than a child labour camp i.e. none
Ivan and Rav who each at some point would have had maybe twenty stressed out phone calls demanding some news article or quick quick we need flyers <cough cough Seve Richay> the vids and pins from Rav's unit which Oliver supplied a chunk of as well , Tom for being rubber duck and doing the 7.5 ton driving all weekend, the huge monumental task of getting all the games broken down from Rav's unit and out of the Grizz shack and my house, Dave Robert's for letting us take his games again, getting all the games taken back, the psych out tournament, keeping vids alive supplying vids, driving, all this I thank you guys for.
The tournaments thank you to everyone that ran these, Martin for doing the Super Slam Showdown , Nick and Kate for the Old Skool Rulz, Grizz in the tent, Phil and Adeline and Dave and Sal for the vid tournament and everyone that picked up a pen to mark scores or supplied a game to be used in the tournaments. Special thanks to the NLP guys sure you will agree the NBA is fantastic fun and hope to be able to play again at the party.
Power and lighting thanks once again to Andrew for supplying us with all the extra power required, Mike for collecting and of course Poibug and crew for fitting it. The Raisons once again thanks for creating the atmosphere with the awesome lighting you always bring along, it really adds to the effect and looks super sweet, and the Rolfe's for sticking up those cool neons, probably still available for sale or PX with a child
Raffle was a great hit, thank you to Simon for your donation which allowed us to ramp up the pinball machine once again, and special thanks to Stormy for getting it looking so nice. So many awesome prizes - Adam for donating the Awesome iPod dock (which I wanted!), Simon for the laptop, the other Simon for the silver ball framed back glass, Steve for the BoP poster, Sean for all the stuff from pinball wizard magazine, Stern, Steve, Gary, so many people to thank and i will get round to this personally in due course, and well done to John H for winning the machine, poor Kate she had the same number but on a different colour green DOH!!! Note to self next time - mix the colour's better.
Steve Ritchie was a true gent, the guy was knackered and still put on a brave face happy to sign everything and talk about his games, Also was only too pleased to do a last night talk and play in the tournament which in true SCS form was a last minute thing, a true true star. Gary F for arranging the trip and looking after Steve all weekend and also from now until he leaves the UK.
Everyone who brought games along if it was one in the back of the car or twelve in a lorry thank you all so much, so many people to thank - you know who you all are and I will be updating the website soon with a proper page. Matt Adams was a legend with the van as I in true style forgot to organise the vans for Sunday so thanks for dropping them to my house and to Dawn for returning my dead star wars on the Sunday.
Thanks to Matt for sorting out the trophies for all the tournaments and thanks to Manny of woodtech for the amazing showdown trophies those were great just gutted I didn't do enough to win one myself.
I hope that I have missed no one and I will be updating the site soon with thanks and also when all is finalised and paid I can't wait to announce what we raised for Echo.
Finally, I want to personally apologise if i seemed stressed out or that I wasn't enjoying myself, this I have to say has been bothering the hell out of me as I always said when doing the first show that I never want to be seen this way, however I think that it all came to a head at the weekend. All the drama over the past five months kind of exploded, it seemed like only a week ago I was badgering my designer for "the return of the slam" flyers for the DPO and that was last year also for the NLP guys when I think back it reminds me of how many months of my life this takes up. The drama's of the AC/DC not arriving the constant battles with the media, advertising, getting the guest over, maxing out the credit cards, hotel booking, the never ending emails, transportation, and that’s just the tip of the ice berg.
I like to think that I am approachable, I have the worlds worst memory for names and faces its a real problem for me so if I have called you "mate" for most of the weekend its because I am probably desperately trying to remember your name, and piece together where I have met you before, I blame the early 90's rave scene for that one
As I am sure most of you are aware me and Jess are expecting a little one soon, I feel that its only fair to dedicate my time to her and the new arrival, I don't want this to be the end but I also hope that people will respect and understand my decision to take a break. I don’t want any kind offers of help to make the show go on next year, all I am saying is lets have a one year break and see where we all are in 2014, no way can this be the end the Slam is too f***ing rock and roll for all that.
Time to wrap up, BIG BIG BIG love to everyone, thank you again to all involved and sorry if I have missed anyone out. I hope and am pretty sure I would have personally thanked you on the day if I saw you, I met so many new faces and great people. Our scene is great, the people are fantastic - now lets look to the rest of the year with all the other stuff running that needs our support, The Welsh Classic, Swavesey, The UK Pinball Party, the local league meets, Special When Lit and the NLP show at R3play, all need our support
Thanks guys, I look forward to doing it all again in 2014
Love and much hugs
Will x
) ...and all so everyone can enjoy an event *truly* unlike any other. I salute you sir !
And I did! Great pin, great sounds. Next time I will say hello now I know who you are 
. It combines my two favourites raving and pinball all in one! Good luck with the new baby Will, the young padowan will need to learn the ways of the silver ball in a few years, so hopefully there is a Revenge of the slam!
Thanks to everyone that participated and to those who helped Nick and I set the machines up the night before, and also thanks to those who volunteered at the last minute to help with the scoring.
