Fun to read, now. Except for that bit with the devilish oaf (i.e. not andy, ok? No lawsuits, please, this is Britain, not America  ;)) flaming and looking foolish. He was a dolt of extreme proportions...

andy, kate - i know where you work (surprisingly i think you know where i work as well... and probably where i live).

i said it would be archived so there was nothing sinister there.

incidentally, the t-shirt was cool as was the guy in it.  he's probably a cambridge graduate investment banker now though or something.

I'd be very interested to know more about what your aims and ambitions are with the site; for I'm taking an English lit degree with Latin, and am looking to pursue a course in journalism on completion. Projects like that, (while, of course, it's seen a sticky introduction) are just the kind of thing I'm always looking to get involved in. Feel free to PM or pinch my e-mail address from the profile. Otherwise, good luck!

BUT

I rather like that lads shirt (assumeing you meen the Tie-Dyed one) can't say much for its owners looks but thats beside the point.  ;D

And thank you for the explanation and apology, andy_w.

I thought Tim from the team before Barry's was quite a good-looking geek...

You mean the one on the team before Julie's, with the interesting t-shirt. I agree about him being good looking. Just looking through some of the guides from s5 onwards I don't think that two of the advisors (the two dark haired ones can't remember whos who name wise) from t6 s5, aren't too bad either!

...The show's players were geeks...

Oi some of those contestants come around here sometimes. (Okay yes talk about living in a glass house, so i'll stop throwing stones now and start boarding up my glass windows!) To be serious though I think articles like that need to be specified that they are a fun poking jibe, and should certainly not be taken seriously.

I am sorry for the message we wrote - we were a little stressed out about various other things at the time of writing and sort of took it out on you.  We really aren't that evil or nasty...or often that arragont... and didn't mean to cause too much offense.   The point we were trying to get across is that the site isn't meant to be serious, and what we stick up there is written because people want to write it.  It was our first edition and yes, okay, we don't have too much practical experience, despite our various university qualifications, in editing and stuff, but we try our best.  Most of the people who write for us have had little or no previous writing experience, so we want to give them a chance to get something 'published'...if that means not ripping it to shreds and rewriting it totally then so be it - therefore with this approach what we upload may not be a beautifully written piece that could win awards and change lives.   Also, as we mentioned, the opinions of the author's who write for us are not the opinions of the society as a whole, so please don't take CryStinkingFish us as a Knightmare hating people. ( even if it was not meant as a Knightmare flame).

Yes, the animation comment was a cheap dig - I fully appreciate how much graphics have evolved over the last twenty years, and yes, Nemo and the skull are incomparable.  The graphics at the time were pretty effective and certainly were good enough for the purpose.  The point was that today, when viewed on Challenge TV, it is a little difficult not to chuckle (without malice I might add) at the way it looks.  And Finally, to be fair, the kids that did go on the show weren't exactly your stereotypical 'cool kid' were they?  I think its sad that kids shows these days aren't anywhere near as challenging as Knightmare, and so attract less intelligent contestants.  The show's players were geeks, but I don't think thats a bad thing - those are the ones who will have gone on to get firsts at Cambridge, no doubt, while Funhouse contestants are probably reading the Sun.

Anyway, hope this clears things up and you don't hate us utterly, we don't want to make enemies...well, not too many anyway

Kate + Andy.

Just because this guy doesn't like Knightmare doesn't mean to say he can't have a go at us for doing the same...

Err... Did I say that right?