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Newbury is better community wise as everyone isnt sat in a massive hall. It also has the outside bar which I feel is better than the one at Telford. However Telford is hands down the best for hotels/shops as they are so much more easily accessible

Quoted from Skyride

What do you guys think?

Personally I feel like for the actual gaming (like the atmosphere of the PC area and the finals stage) is far better than Newbury, but it’s just not as good for chatting, drinking, socialising, etc,, just because the bar and grass area at Newbury was so awesome.

I’m 50/50, I think both venues are good, but I’d probably say Newbury if it wasn’t a case of 6hrs vs 10hrs for the journey. :P

apart from the travel (telford is only an extra 30 mins for me), I agree here

It was nice to see everyone break out from their circlejerks. Myself included.

telford, hands down. stage was awesome. :)

Quoted from DoomsDay

Food wise inside the venu,telford was far better.. quality food.

What? Did I miss something? I was just getting food from the stone willys stand. Pretty much just ate Pizza and McDonalds all weekend, but their chicken strips and wedges are AMAZING. I thought all of that was Stone Willy’s who are doing i-series, rather than the actual venue?

If you want to go to a shop in newbury it will be quit far walking.

You sure? Maybe it was because I was walking back and forth a lot, but Asda’s to me seemed closer to Telford that sainsburys is to Newbury?

I’m a little biased towards Newbury because it took me 4 hours to get to Telford!

However, the stage simply cannot compare to Telford’s. No more looking at tiny screens! The exhibition area was also much larger but they didn’t have many things on sale :( Despite being forever-a-spec, I quite like the idea of the hotels being so close to the venue.
Food was better at Telford too imo, plus Asda is nearby.

One thing I dislike about Telford is that it feels quite ‘boxed in’. There isn’t much to do outside, no benches or anything D:

Only ever been to Newbury to spec so can’t really properly comment on the atmosphere – but venue wise I think Telford is an obvious winner. Not being able to park near the tents wasn’t really a massive problem for me, its not as if it was a long walk.

Regarding it not having much outside space that should be changed soon, as all the building work going on is basically Telford Council revamping the area. Saying that though, just remembering Newbury there was loads of outside space compared to telford.