Hello i'm PriZe

[Ashez]

Just imagine someone's face telling them that hahahahahaha

[Taff]

1 minute ago, Ashez said:

Just imagine someone's face telling them that hahahahahaha

[Ashez]

Thanks for the nightmares rabbit! That's proper unsettling yet I dunno why haha. 

[MerlionMaple96]

@PriZe that's actually really cool getting to hang out with these guys you watched growing up in a regular setting.

I have met no celebrities in my life ever though I have seen Christine Sinclair and Liev Schreiber in airports once each.

[PriZe]

5 minutes ago, Ashez said:

Thanks for the nightmares rabbit! That's proper unsettling yet I dunno why haha. 

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2 minutes ago, MerlionMaple96 said:

@PriZe that's actually really cool getting to hang out with these guys you watched growing up in a regular setting.

I have met no celebrities in my life ever though I have seen Christine Sinclair and Liev Schreiber in airports once each.

Yeah that was fun, but thats it haha normally don't hang out with celebrities  

Like Liev, great actor!

[MerlionMaple96]

Yeah it must have really been a surreal experience eh?

He really is! Too bad I didn't go say hi or anything. I don't think I would ever bother a celebrity if I saw them in public. Seems pretty rude if they are just going about their business.

Unless maybe I saw someone I literally HAD to go talk to. Maybe like Michael Carrick, or Wayne Rooney or Antonio Valencia or someone else I absolutely adore.

[PriZe]

@MerlionMaple96 proper mental haha. As i said was a bit starstruck at first. 

Yeah same for me, don't know what gets in those crazy fans. It's like oh your famous so your property of the mass now. 

So... when is your "Hi" topic coming :)?

[MerlionMaple96]

Yeah that's one reason I would not want to be a celebrity. I couldn't handle the constant media attention.

Soon hopefully, once I get some proper time haha.

[PriZe]

Me neither, would like their bankaccount 

good! Looking forward to that

[Scratch]

Hey @PriZe Just read this, great to learn more about you! Gotta ask though: what's the deal with the Panda? Where did that come from? Just a preference or some sort of story behind it?

And if I can be a bit nosy, what do you do at the digital agency? Social media? SEO? Design? 

 

[Scratch]

9 hours ago, MerlionMaple96 said:

He really is! Too bad I didn't go say hi or anything. I don't think I would ever bother a celebrity if I saw them in public. Seems pretty rude if they are just going about their business.

I'm a bit like that - they are just people so seems like saying hi to them just because they are famous is a bit weird and maybe a hassle to them. Then again, that point of view is probably overkill...

Once I went to the gym in Witney (Oxfordshire) and Craig McLachlan (used to be famous) was there. He said Hi. I said G'day back then proceeded to ignore him, using the logic that I wouldn't have talked to him if he wasn't famous, so I shouldn't do it just because he was. Later on, I thought actually, that was probably rude... Two Australians in a small gym in the English countryside. Maybe a reason for a conversation...

[Taff]

Ha What are the chances of running in to the cut rate Jason Donovan in a Gym over here, we’ll random

I see the odd famous face when they come through the station for the Hay festival (Bob Geldof being the biggest)

also had the honour of stopping the royal train for the Queens visits a few years back (did my top shirt button up and everything)

I’m the one who with the Yellow Flag (not the one taking a picture of a train, I’m not a spotter I promise you)

[PriZe]

2 hours ago, scratch99 said:

Hey @PriZe Just read this, great to learn more about you! Gotta ask though: what's the deal with the Panda? Where did that come from? Just a preference or some sort of story behind it?

And if I can be a bit nosy, what do you do at the digital agency? Social media? SEO? Design? 

 

I'm a big fan of Banksy his work (although it's not really sure if the Panda really is his) and i like the Panda of the contradiction in it. On the one hand you have a animal who is relaxed and on the other hand he is guns blazing. A bit like my own personality, i'm a relaxed guy but if i have my mind set on anything i'm all in

Regarding work, the Agency i work for roughly does everything in the digital space. 50% of the combination is design (art directors, designers, creative consultants) the other half is Tech ( architects, developers, cloud engineers)

i head up the RCG practice in the Benelux and am responsible for the strategy, vision, sales etc. Basically with my team i look at consumer needs, the retailers needs and determine how creation and technology can bring consumers and retailers together on and offline if that makes any sense?

Bit used to that people say you do something with websites right? Erm yes but a lot more

[Ashez]

2 hours ago, Taff said:

Ha What are the chances of running in to the cut rate Jason Donovan in a Gym over here, we’ll random

I see the odd famous face when they come through the station for the Hay festival (Bob Geldof being the biggest)

also had the honour of stopping the royal train for the Queens visits a few years back (did my top shirt button up and everything)

I’m the one who with the Yellow Flag (not the one taking a picture of a train, I’m not a spotter I promise you)

Is that Robins cape?!?!?  

[Taff]

4 minutes ago, Ashez said:

Is that Robins cape?!?!?  

Yeah they wanted something yellow and it's all I had, he's actually on the other end of the stick you just can't see him  

[Scratch]

14 minutes ago, PriZe said:

I'm a big fan of Banksy his work (although it's not really sure if the Panda really is his) and i like the Panda of the contradiction in it. On the one hand you have a animal who is relaxed and on the other hand he is guns blazing. A bit like my own personality, i'm a relaxed guy but if i have my mind set on anything i'm all in

Regarding work, the Agency i work for roughly does everything in the digital space. 50% of the combination is design (art directors, designers, creative consultants) the other half is Tech ( architects, developers, cloud engineers)

i head up the RCG practice in the Benelux and am responsible for the strategy, vision, sales etc. Basically with my team i look at consumer needs, the retailers needs and determine how creation and technology can bring consumers and retailers together on and offline if that makes any sense?

Bit used to that people say you do something with websites right? Erm yes but a lot more

Haha, didn't make the connection with Banksy. I'm a bit slow! Makes total sense now, thanks for the explanation.

Your job sounds really interesting (to me anyway!). I've worked in the online space for 10 years or so, in a few different areas, but that sounds like a relatively new space (or at least one I've never spent any time in). Logical extension to take a higher level approach to bringing those groups together.

Next time I'm in Holland I'll look you up for a beer and chat! 

[PriZe]

1 minute ago, scratch99 said:

Haha, didn't make the connection with Banksy. I'm a bit slow! Makes total sense now, thanks for the explanation.

Your job sounds really interesting (to me anyway!). I've worked in the online space for 10 years or so, in a few different areas, but that sounds like a relatively new space (or at least one I've never spent any time in). Logical extension to take a higher level approach to bringing those groups together.

Next time I'm in Holland I'll look you up for a beer and chat! 

Cool, what do you do in the online space?

Have a look at our site https://www.mirabeau.nl/en will give you bit an idea of the type of projects we do. (not the coolest one because they are hush hush but still..)

Sure mate!

[Scratch]

2 hours ago, Taff said:

Ha What are the chances of running in to the cut rate Jason Donovan in a Gym over here, we’ll random

I see the odd famous face when they come through the station for the Hay festival (Bob Geldof being the biggest)

also had the honour of stopping the royal train for the Queens visits a few years back (did my top shirt button up and everything)

I’m the one who with the Yellow Flag (not the one taking a picture of a train, I’m not a spotter I promise you)

Yeah pretty random alright... Especially out in the countryside, not in a big city. But, not quite as impressive as the Queen!! 

[Taff]

3 minutes ago, scratch99 said:

Yeah pretty random alright... Especially out in the countryside, not in a big city. But, not quite as impressive as the Queen!! 

I barely saw her, she got off the train straight out the front and off in the car, it took like two weeks to get the station nice and shiny, then the police were down doing security checks and she was on the station for all of 30 seconds

[Scratch]

Just now, PriZe said:

Cool, what do you do in the online space?

Have a look at our site https://www.mirabeau.nl/en will give you bit an idea of the type of projects we do. (not the coolest one because they are hush hush but still..)

Sure mate!

You're doing some pretty cool stuff there! The hush hush ones must be pretty awesome. 

I used to run govt web teams, did a little bit of everything in those jobs: design, development, content strategy, digital strategy, UX, SEO, analytics, etc, etc. These days I work for an online marketplace (Envato/ThemeForest) that sells web stuff (web templates, WordPress themes, plugins, etc) as a .... Specialist. Bit hard to explain, but mostly working on projects and providing advice, etc. Never bored, that's for sure!

[Scratch]

11 minutes ago, Taff said:

I barely saw her, she got off the train straight out the front and off in the car, it took like two weeks to get the station nice and shiny, then the police were down doing security checks and she was on the station for all of 30 seconds

LOL, sounds about right. I guess it's that way everywhere she goes. Still, that beats Craig McLachlan for sure.

Better not tell you about the time I sung for Queen then... 

[PriZe]

1 minute ago, scratch99 said:

You're doing some pretty cool stuff there! The hush hush ones must be pretty awesome. 

I used to run govt web teams, did a little bit of everything in those jobs: design, development, content strategy, digital strategy, UX, SEO, analytics, etc, etc. These days I work for an online marketplace (Envato/ThemeForest) that sells web stuff (web templates, WordPress themes, plugins, etc) as a .... Specialist. Bit hard to explain, but mostly working on projects and providing advice, etc. Never bored, that's for sure!

Yeah where do some amazing stuff in connecting the offline world. But that's for one of the largest sports brand in the world and for one of the largest telecom providers in europe. And they want to keep that info secret haha

Awesome mate! Digital space is exciting stuff and a great place to be in atm. 

[Taff]

You got to sing for Queen as in Bryan May and the legends of Rock Music WTH!!!!

[Scratch]

3 minutes ago, Taff said:

You got to sing for Queen as in Bryan May and the legends of Rock Music WTH!!!!

Whoops missed "the". I wish it was Queen, but it was the Queen. Queen would have been epic! The real story isn't nearly as impressive.

When the Queen came to Australia once when I was in primary school, they put together a choir of school kids to sing for her and I was in it. We weren't great (I was not a good singer), we stood up on a level above her and sang while she faced away from us towards the crowd who came to see her. Don't think she even looked at us. But when you say "I sang for the Queen" it sounds a little more impressive than the reality! 

[Taff]

It's still a cool story although I had pictures of you in some Freddy Mercury skin tight onesie rocking your little Aussie heart out

[Scratch]

4 minutes ago, Taff said:

It's still a cool story although I had pictures of you in some Freddy Mercury skin tight onesie rocking your little Aussie heart out

Nah, but maybe I'll start a tribute band!

We are the champions, my friends,
And we'll reach 1KC in the end.

 

[Ashez]

I met Steve Bull when I was really young and I have his autograph somewhere. Or I'm 99% sure it was him lol, some player did a charity autograph signing at our pub and that's the name that came to mind. An odd one to randomly pick out so I'll say it was him . We've also had Razor Ruddock in the pub a few times but I didn't bother going to meet him, as daft as it sounds it felt real stupid to go downstairs to meet him, if I was out sure but to randomly go into the bar to meet him felt odd lol. 

[FuddledFox]

On 18/10/2017 at 19:20, PriZe said:

You can make the book cover

You tempted me and it just had to be done. What better way to spend a Saturday morning right?

 

[PriZe]

13 minutes ago, FuddledFox said:

You tempted me and it just had to be done. What better way to spend a Saturday morning right?

 

Hahahahahha Epic mate! You nutter

[FuddledFox]

2 minutes ago, PriZe said:

Hahahahahha Epic mate! You nutter

You just need to write the book now mate