It’s Ready Up’s third Christmas and we have been given the greatest present any website could wish for – a dedicated community of enthusiastic, intelligent and articulate gamers. They’ve become more than just our most avid readers. Between the staff, forumers and regular site visitors we’ve become a family.
Although we may not spend Christmas Day together, bloated on turkey and arguing over Pictionary, I know we’ll all think of each other as we fall asleep in front of It’s a Wonderful Life. Merry Christmas to you all.
Below is our Christmas pressie to you. You may open it early:
Gaming News 24/7
December 17th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Markboss you legend. Great vid, Merry Xmas!
December 17th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I sound like I should be in Wallace and Gromit… ha – awesome video… I did wonder when this would surface :)
December 17th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Sweet. Great day. Amazing that so many people used the same words to describe the site, I guess that makes it all true. Well done Ready Up for making the awesome site that has made us all come back and made us all friends.
Merry Christmas to everyone that makes Ready Up possible.
Ready Up is the gamer’s Ferrero Rocher and you really are spoiling us with awesomeness. :D
December 17th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
And we’re full of nuts, Rook :p
December 17th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
We love you Boss! Jake, you always sound like that to me :P Did anyone notice my cameo appearance as girl half dead in the background?
December 17th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Hey, who’s that sexy guy at the end putting the moves on Shaft?
December 17th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Awwww <333333 Merry Christmas!
December 17th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Brilliant, I fear the Wii players stole some of the limelight with frantic rowing, mounting, bowling et al.
December 17th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Love the video…..I see the Elephant beanbags are featured too. Glad to see you are still using them!! Merry Christmas guys xxx
December 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Elephant Beanbags are the business, Alison! They can withstand the bottoms of hundreds of gamers sitting on them every day for YEARS! You’re our beanbag fairy!
December 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
This is the moment in 2009 when I finally realised Christmas is here.
December 17th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Awesome. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
December 17th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
That was fun to watch :) Such a shame we had to leave early, looks like it ended up being a pretty damn crazy night. Let’s hope there’s a next time eh? Walter… you’re mental. Martin… I had to look twice there, I could swear I heard Bobby Kimball singing!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:08 am
Bloody fantastic! I love the Wii shenanigans in the background!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:54 am
that put a big smile on my face, great vid.
love the ‘Spaced’ music.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Screw Christmas, it’s all about Wintereenmas. Cheers for the video though!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:56 am
Excellent vid, well done! Almost brought a tear to my eye. Grr @ you finding me, Pete and Darach. Thought we’d hidden from the camera quite well ;D Such a fantastic weekend with fantastic people. Merry christmas :)
December 18th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Thats my sofa, and I don’t remember anyone asking me if it could feature in this video! =D
Nice wee video. :]
December 18th, 2009 at 3:20 am
You people are mental. I think I’m in love.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Great to see you guys chilling out and having so much fun! Here’s to 2009, and raise your glasses to 2010 and what fun it will bring. Keep up the great work.
December 18th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Hahaha, absolutely fantastic. Great memories of that night, and it’s nice to hear the opinions of the team as as the community so in sync. I must be sporting the most Ayrshire accent I’ve ever heard in my brief snippets. :P
Apologies about the shaky footage of the legendary Martin/Walter combo at the end. I think I was filming that, and as you can probably understand, it was somewhat hard to keep the camera steady! I wasn’t sure if I was hallucinating or not.
I’m shocked there is no footage of me trying to flog that awful pizza to anyone, though. ;)
Looking forward to the next meet! It’s always great to meet you guys in person.
December 18th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Superb :)
December 18th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Truely magic!
December 18th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Wow… Looks like you had an absolutely fantastic time!!
December 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Aww, that gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. <3 you, Ready Up :)
December 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Properly awesome. Gutted I missed out. Xmas hugs for all Ready-Uppers! :)
December 18th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Great video, I love Ready-Up :)
December 18th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Looks fab! I think we are all officially awesome! Merry Christmas to ma homies!
December 18th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
thats why i love working with all you guys! merry christmas all! xxxx
December 18th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Quite simply, awesome. I watch the video and see and hear all the people who I would love to be in the company of at any given time. Really does sum up all that is good about Ready Up. Merry Christmas to you all.
December 19th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I feel all warm and fuzzy inside! :D <3
Love you all!
December 19th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Fantastic video, it shows the sense of community that everyone feels towards the members of Ready Up. Im sure i will try to make an appearance at an event come 2010!
December 19th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Great video!! Shame there was me in the background 100 pin bowling for most of it lol
Merry Christmas folks!! :)
December 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
That brought a tear to my eye. And not just because I love the track. ;)
Nice one!