The briefing
"Citizens of SF0, the UK has been lacking in flash mobs, and events in general.

We seek to right that misfortune.

Enter, the Great Yarmouth Spontaneous Waterfight! Be prepared to be wet, freezing cold, and amused.

We convene at 12noon approx, in front of the large TV in the GY Marketplace. Bring water related weaponry, and wear some form of identification, this could be large novelty shoes, arm rings of duct tape, or waving a large sign. The designated camera-person will make themselves known, and will shout out. You start firing.

You will be ducking to avoid punishing water bazooka's, jets from water blasters, and bobardment from balloons. Use busy Christmas shoppers to your advantage, they are collateral damage.

Once all ammo is depleted, we go for pizza."

Charlie Fish
I promised myself that the first time an SF0 event was organised in the UK, I would go, wherever it was. Turns out it was in Great Yarmouth, the arse-end of Britain, three and a half hours away by train. It also turns out that I was the only non-GY0 person who actually showed up.



Great Yarmouth is the kind of town that considers a dude vomiting blood a tourist attraction. It's also the kind of town where they still sell golliwogs.



So it was lucky, then, that the GY0 crew are some of friendliest, most characterful kids I have ever met. I had a great day out!



It was a clear but freezing cold day, with the temperature never rising above 3° (37°F). Perfect for a water fight flash mob. I was armed with a small water pistol (I tried to buy a bigger one, but it's impossible to buy water pistols in London in December), and a pocketful of water balloons.



We found a filling station and charged our weapons, then descended upon Great Yarmouth, ceasing only when all of us were thoroughly soaking.

At one point, I climbed on top of the roof of the filling station so I could bombard my victims as they came out. I think it was about then that the beach curator came and told us off for making his public bathrooms sopping wet.



What fun!

Tom-
First of all the briefing is wrong, we went for pizza first. And the event resulted in several tasks rather than just this one!

Fish is an awesome tasker!

Me, Daryl, Neil and George met him at the train station at 12:15, and walked down to the meeting spot where we met the others. After introductions, we moved on to the first task. You'll see the other tasks as they hit the praxis themselves.

Walking back up to the seafront, full after pizza, we found a suitable place to get drenched. We started in filling up and dreaded the cold when Ben started firing. Me and George, armed to the teeth with waterbombs, ran out of the door narrowly avoiding death from above!



Luckily we dispatched the culprit quickly with heavy fire, then we were ambushed by Ben...



Curse Ben and his large Watergun, the only participant able to obtain a large gun, having purchased it a long time ago. It's hard to get large waterguns in December in Great Yarmouth too!

After a short period of soaking, the attendant came along and shouted, spoilsport. We also failed to get any documentation of him, bah. The fight was over, or so I thought...



Heh. And Fish, we await an insatiability London event!