VG:I concur about the Video Game room. They really needed to get their shit together. While it is great that they have all the music games, they REALLY need to put that shit in another room. You weren't there when I tried to shout as loud as I could to get people to play their matches for SC2, and I believe that most of the staff didn't even know it was starting (minus Cheesy of course). Had I actually had access to the mic beforehand, SC2 would've been much better. For the CvS2 tourney, I had some pretty cool random dude help me get the mic working since none of the VG staff didn't know what to do. The guy watching the Halo tourney didn't help cuz he was too busy with Halo 2, and when he tried to contact other people via walkie talkie to help me out, no one was on that line. They need to work on communication because I find it ironic that they have communication devices and yet, no one is on. Maybe I'm being too harsh on them. I dunno. I also didn't like the fact that they re-did the sign-up sheets for SSBM because people wanted
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Seriously, a year doesn't go by without someone telling me why the costume contest was a disaster. The problem is you have to judge every costume prior to the contest, and that means limited judging slots. If we don't do prejudging, 90% of the experienced contestants talk about how our con's contest is an unprofessional joke. Could someone please explain to me what the heck we're supposed to be doing? You know I love you Anne, but seriously -- there's a point where I sometimes wonder why we bother trying to make anyone happy at all with that. At least no one went off at me about it in person this year like the year I was a judge
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I'm starting to feel a little guilty for hijacking Lau's eljay but I must respond to this lest I dwell on it any longer. I'm not a staffer for NoBrand and I never have been. The most I have done is put in some volunteer time here and there. Granted if I had it my way, I would have always been on staff but that's a mute point into my personal life and doesn't really matter in the spectrum. I think I bitch this year because it's the first con that was a struggle for me to afford and to get to. Three nights in a hotel plus almost 20 hours of travel time and I brought my fiancee with me. It was his first con ever and I have done nothing but explode and gush over how amazing NoBrand is as a convention to him. The one thing I did not want to happen was for him to have a bad time and for him to perhaps then pressure me into abandoning the con because I could not understand its worth
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Well, Josh was originally going to help with the video game room planning, but he got called back into service (he was able to come back for the con, but unable to help plan things) so that kind of affected things. I've always viewed the video game room as a slowly improving slope, personally.
I also take consolation in knowing that we have a pretty good room for the con's size anyways.
Sean and I always avoid each other at cons, and yeah -- I missed vinnk too -- but the 2005 con had some of our biggest disasters. We hid them extremely well, but they still happened (not to mention the Plaza falling apart every two minutes) so I guess that effects my gauge. I consider success a bit on that scale too.
*shrug*
And I do appreciate the trip you make to come. Seeing you was awesome. :)
2005 had the best -hiding in the stairwell, over tired, avoiding the commotion, random amazing conversation- moment for you and I of all cons. And of course...the legendary Vinnk Strawberry Pie video.
2006 was pretty hot because we formed TEAM SEERYUZ BIDNEZZ THAT NIGHT. It was just magical in some way. It was almost as good as Team Diglet. Ima go find that entry with all of our pics from NBC '06 :V
I still love the pic where CJ is throwing money at me with possibly the most terrifying facial expression of all time. And there was that MOTHERFUCKING DRAGON
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aaahahahahaha! I saw that and LOL'd a LOT
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Well, Josh was originally going to help with the video game room planning, but he got called back into service (he was able to come back for the con, but unable to help plan things) so that kind of affected things. I've always viewed the video game room as a slowly improving slope, personally.
I also take consolation in knowing that we have a pretty good room for the con's size anyways.
Sean and I always avoid each other at cons, and yeah -- I missed vinnk too -- but the 2005 con had some of our biggest disasters. We hid them extremely well, but they still happened (not to mention the Plaza falling apart every two minutes) so I guess that effects my gauge. I consider success a bit on that scale too.
*shrug*
And I do appreciate the trip you make to come. Seeing you was awesome. :)
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