disclaimer: the following events have been slighty altered / edited for entertainment purposes ...
man, i just got back from something which i need to share with you guys: an event called eurocade (who comes up with a name like that btw?). whatever ... i had heard about this from my brother's best friend's grandgrandpa and since one of my hobbies is
visiting weird events i thought, "why not?". well, this meant driving almost 600 kilometers into enemy territory (that is: the netherlands), but i didn't care, at least i had booked myself a nice hotel
i checked in before going to the event's location in order to have a quick refuge in case this thing would turn out too nerdy!
upon entering the room, i was greeted with a personal welcome message on the flat screen - not bad at all!
a room ...
... with a view!
and the minibar ain't that bad either
time to head over to the location in a city called Ridderkerk - doesn't look very promising and safe, there are bullet holes in the city sign. man, what have i gotten myself into?
the building where the event was supposed to take place. noone in sight and with those drawn curtains this place almost looks like a ...
i entered the building and was quickly thrown back into the 80s: a lot of wooden boxes with colors tv inside making even more noise. and guess what: there were a lot of old guys who even
played that crap! here's one dude who obviously doesn't have a driver's license in real life, why the hell would anyone play a game where you have to control a car if you can have the real deal?
i watched another dude sit down in some kind of cockpit (if you can call it like that) which was obviously not made for people of his size. "hey man, you're not thirteen anymore!!!"
for others, the chairs were not big enough
and then there was this other dude why played some kind of beer game because he thought it would earn himself a free drink. c'mon man, why don't you simply order one?
he even tought the immaculate children how to win an ice cold beer
the same dude then moved over to an extremely bulky game based on some "famous" 70s movies (star something) and while playing made some really silly faces
the funny thing is, when i checked back hours later, that dude was
still playing - get a life, man!
but this event was not "men only", there were some women there as well and they seemed to be drawn to a certain game (with an unpronouncable name) like moths to the light
and then something strange happened: yet another dude (let's call him
the boss because i had been told by a "secret source" that he had reached a very high level, 42 or something, on a particular game) gathered his disciples around him and started giving a pathetic talk about "how happy he is" and "why the netherlands are never going to win the soccer world championships" (well, at least he got something right!)
in his hands he was holding a replica of one of those giant wooden boxes - asking his disciples to throw in money. what is that? a cult following?
after everyone had made their donation, they were allowed to grab one tiny portion of the cheap food provided. i wonder what
the boss and his companions are going to do with the rest of the money. perhaps recrute more disciples? note that even the dude with the "funny" t-shirt was allowed to leave his game to eat. obviously they don't treat their followers badly ...
much later, the attending persons left everything behind, gathered in the assembly hall to have one (or more) final good night drinks
it was time for me to go now before i unintentionally signed a declaration of membership, so i headed back to my hotel ...
... to breathe in the fabulous design and setting there!
after some weird neightmares about me being a part of that community i helped myself at the unbelievable breakfast buffet and drove home! looking back, eurocade wasn't as bad as i had expected it to be and who knows, i might consider going there again next year. perhaps i'm even going to buy one of those wooden boxes in the future as well ... but only one!
thx guys - eurocade rocked!!! 
