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Shepherd:03

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After just booking a hotel for basildon at a ridiculous £220 a night I for one won't be sad to not have a mills there. They put their prices up just because they know there's lots if teams wanting places . In Germany this is illegal and the same hotel will cost you the same whatever event is on. Plus the mills in Basildon us a poor cousin for the rest of the events. The VIP area in Basildon is non existent and in the rest of Europe it's quite nice. Still not as good as any psp or nxl vip areas though.
So I for one won't be weeping at the lack of basildon.
Putting it like that, if you plan it right £220 could probably cover hotel AND travel to an event in mainland Europe...
 

Spikerz

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220?! Travelodge Basildon was 50 a night last I looked. I'm at the Holiday Inn across the parking lot from the Travelodge, same place I was last year, it's like 90 a night and quite nice. Impact and all the GI guys were there last year (see video of Fireworks display). So were the Nexus 2 guys.

I was happy with Salou, not with the goat rodeo of the cops and flying though, and the bathrooms were in weird places from the field.

I don't get to go to the VIP areas :(
 

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220?! Travelodge Basildon was 50 a night last I looked. I'm at the Holiday Inn across the parking lot from the Travelodge, same place I was last year, it's like 90 a night and quite nice. Impact and all the GI guys were there last year (see video of Fireworks display). So were the Nexus 2 guys.

I was happy with Salou, not with the goat rodeo of the cops and flying though, and the bathrooms were in weird places from the field.

I don't get to go to the VIP areas :(
I've just looked on booking.com and I can get a premier in for !160 for 2 nights, but it's a premier inn.
Holiday inn is 102 per night and I stayed there with the infamous boys a couple of years ago , but I do like my comfort. I booked the best western ivy hill. I may cancel it though as I've just bought a massive caravanette thing for me and the dogs to go to the beach. it sleeps 8 so I may set up on the thursday and do b and B for £20 a night :)
The reason I like the VIP areas is they do free coffee and good coffee at that, but sadly not in basildon.
I realise that the VIP area is not the be all and end all , but it is for me, I like my free coffee goddammit.
 

Tony Harrison

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I've just looked on booking.com and I can get a premier in for !160 for 2 nights, but it's a premier inn.
Holiday inn is 102 per night and I stayed there with the infamous boys a couple of years ago , but I do like my comfort. I booked the best western ivy hill. I may cancel it though as I've just bought a massive caravanette thing for me and the dogs to go to the beach. it sleeps 8 so I may set up on the thursday and do b and B for £20 a night :)
The reason I like the VIP areas is they do free coffee and good coffee at that, but sadly not in basildon.
I realise that the VIP area is not the be all and end all , but it is for me, I like my free coffee goddammit.
£20 a night? Cracking idea. They'll be queueing up for that. If I hadn't got somewhere sorted I'd take you up.
 

shoaibaktar

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No getting away from it .With the uptake of the CPPS ,mills participation has fallen in GB.Last year Ainsley was asked and agreed to move round 3 away from Campaign .The numbers have not returned and dropping the British leg would be a popular move for mainland Europe ,without upsetting the locals .M500 ,failing it's first test .However anyone who ever thought 5 boxes of tournie paint would be the clincher for mills participation must have been growing and smoking something fragrant !
 

MattC

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The DPL though with over 500 teams is incredibly huge and will always pack up the Bitburg event.
I'd hardly call 11 extra German teams from Barcelona to Bitburg... "Packing it out"

Basildon is actually the most expensive event for us as a Team.... but that's usually because its Ainsleys Birthday and he drinks TGI Fridays dry of Mojitos
 
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Spikerz

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Last year Bitburg was the only event to sell out, and they sold out fast. This year Barca was great though, so hopefully that shows how many more diverse teams will show up. Seeing a lot from eastern Europe now.

Basildon if you can avoid the ****tastic mark ups for hotels is nice. It's dead simple for me to fly into London City and drive over. We have some folks who camp, so we all get together for burgers and beers at the tents right next to the fields. It's good fun.

If there's a huge turn up of UK teams to Basildon, not sure they would move it next year away from the UK. It'd be hard pressed to be held on the continent, just due to the weather.

Plus it's normally held around the 4th of July, and there is nothing more American than eating burgers, drinking beer, watching fireworks...and shooting British people.
 

Kevin Winter

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Plus it's normally held around the 4th of July, and there is nothing more American than eating burgers, drinking beer, watching fireworks...and shooting British people.
I seem to remember watching what looked like a big public firework display last year, then finding out it all came off Impacts balcony!
 
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Spikerz

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Yep! Texas (dude from Nexus 2) and I were on the deck above them cheering them on, you can see my green shirt in the background of the video of them firing them off. It was pretty epic.
 

shoaibaktar

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I know we are still about 6 weeks out.But apart from the locked teams ,there is a grand total of 2 GB teams .