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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 16:19 #103508
DaveHarries
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Afternoon all,

Every year we normally have a Christmas chain. In the past we have had either:

- Midlands megachain (Wembley Mainline, Watford, Birmingham NS, Rugby SCC, Derby, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Leamington Spa)
- Western chain (Bristol, Gloucester, Westbury, Swindon, Exeter)

This year I would think that, unless we get a Christmas present (ie another sim or two), one idea would be to do Liverpool & Manchester chain (Manchester North, Manchester Piccadilly, Hunts Cross, Liverpool Lime Street and Huyton sims) which, by my estimation, could be done if there are a minimum of 19 people around to play.

I don't have the timetables for most of those sims though so not too easy for me to host. Does anyone have any other ideas for Christmas Day and / or New Years Day chain?

Dave

Last edited: 30/11/2017 at 16:19 by DaveHarries
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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 17:35 #103515
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Dave - Unfortunately Lime Street and Huyton will not have 2015 compatible TTs before Xmas
Passed the age to be doing 'Spoon Feeding' !!!
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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 17:45 #103516
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A pity. What if we exclude Huyton from the chain?

Dave

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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 17:51 #103518
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DaveHarries in post 103516 said:
A pity. What if we exclude Huyton from the chain?

Dave
Then you'll probably have a very long queue of people waiting.....

Surely it would be better for a Christmas host to have many panels, to avoid a huge queue?

Just my thought!

The Welsh contingent. Aron, or Ar to mates. Also known as 88E or ThatManCalledAr.
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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 17:56 #103522
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Meld in post 103515 said:
Dave - Unfortunately Lime Street and Huyton will not have 2015 compatible TTs before Xmas
I think you mean Edge Hill and Hunt's Cross won't have compatible TTs

"Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q)
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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 18:28 #103524
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Steamer in post 103522 said:
Meld in post 103515 said:
Dave - Unfortunately Lime Street and Huyton will not have 2015 compatible TTs before Xmas
I think you mean Edge Hill and Hunt's Cross won't have compatible TTs ;)

A pity either way, I could see it being quite a fun chain. Wonder if this one due for release on Christmas Eve - https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/47217?nav=unread - might provide an idea chain?

Dave

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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 18:34 #103525
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DaveHarries in post 103524 said:
Steamer in post 103522 said:
Meld in post 103515 said:
Dave - Unfortunately Lime Street and Huyton will not have 2015 compatible TTs before Xmas
I think you mean Edge Hill and Hunt's Cross won't have compatible TTs ;)

A pity either way, I could see it being quite a fun chain. Wonder if this one due for release on Christmas Eve - https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/47217?nav=unread - might provide an idea chain?

Dave
Edge Hill already exists its the sim named "Lime Street to Runcorn". The *.sim file is named "edgehill.sim"

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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 19:03 #103526
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MarkC in post 103525 said:

Edge Hill already exists its the sim named "Lime Street to Runcorn". The *.sim file is named "edgehill.sim"
I think you've misunderstood- the problem is that none of the timetables for the Edge Hill and Hunt's Cross simulations are compatible with each other, meaning that they can't be played chained together at the moment.

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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 19:09 #103527
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I thought I might of done once posted, although in my defense, the forum link provided was to a thread talking about a release of a new Sim, not a new set of timetables
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Christmas chain 2017 30/11/2017 at 19:35 #103528
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Groundhog day 15-10-09 timetables for Manchester North & Hunts Cross which will chain with Edge Hill are currently under test whilst that for Mann P is currently under construction.
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Christmas chain 2017 02/12/2017 at 21:27 #103576
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I'm happy to lend a hand in hosting part of the chain which I don't mind at all :-). I love the mega chains that are done including the Xmas ones.
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Christmas chain 2017 02/12/2017 at 21:29 #103577
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HST125Scorton in post 103576 said:
I'm happy to lend a hand in hosting part of the chain which I don't mind at all :-). I love the mega chains that are done including the Xmas ones.
Echoed - if I own a sim involved in the chain, I'll happily help with hosting.

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