Magfest: The Crossfiring
*Edit* Just realized this wasn't crossposted to LJ! */edit*
I went to Magfest last week- or rather a single long night- and I had a blast!
How big a blast? I must start with one of the biggest things that happened that night- nay, in human history!
The Crossfire Tournament.
Watch that commercial. It was exactly like that. Dark room with music thumping, people cheering, the contestants in leather jackets and fingerless gloves (the ceremonial raiments were handed over between rounds). People were bought to the game on glowing hoverboard (the wheeled kind), and they made up some plot about how aliens introduced the game and secret Crossfire tournaments had been used to decide many historical events throughout history and had formed into two organizations named after the game pieces, the Order of the Triangle and the Knights Templar of the Star- the latter winning the day that night. It was awesome!
Rarely have I been to something that was exactly as hype as it sounds.
Other than that, went to a Team Rocket executive meeting (cosplayers answering questions in-character), which was fun. Found out that yes, they allow Helix-worshipers to take our holy days off, and no, we cannot fight the Dome worshipers in Team Rocket.
There was a panel thing supposed to be about game developer stories, but it mostly got sidetracked by their talking about the 1,000 chicken mcnuggets they orders and then the eating of said nuggets. But hey, free mcnuggets!
Played a game called Gang Beast on the LAN room gamer couch, a fun one where your rubbery fighters threw each other around. Watch the Megaman-a-thon play a Castlevania-like (Blood Moon, I think) and Typing of the Damned (a zombie shooter, only instead of shooting, typing words).
In the hallway at one point there was a bunch of stuff, trash and otherwise, in a corner in the hall and I and several others wondered who did it, some of which looked arranged. I wondered aloud if it was just someone's trash they'd left, but then another person pointed at some cards and photos arranged on a small ledge on the wall. "No. Nerds did this." I felt like I had stepped into a bit part of a very weird detective show.
In the arcade room there was a skeeball game called 'Dunk N Alien' where an alien mocks you while you while you try and throw the ball so it hits a moving target. Free to play, so I decided shortly before I left to go at it until I hit it (or decided to give up, one of the two). It was pretty darn hard even with unlimited credits, but eventually I did it! Then noticed I was only 4 out of 5 balls for that set. I felt anything would probably be a letdown after that one but I gave it a try and.. "Not again!" said the alien as it 'dunked' again ^^ So that was a fun thing to go out on!
It was honestly one of the best con experiences I'd had, A+!
I might be forgetting a few panels too, I did a fair amount of stuff, but yea, very fun con time.
I went to Magfest last week- or rather a single long night- and I had a blast!
How big a blast? I must start with one of the biggest things that happened that night- nay, in human history!
The Crossfire Tournament.
Click to viewWatch that commercial. It was exactly like that. Dark room with music thumping, people cheering, the contestants in leather jackets and fingerless gloves (the ceremonial raiments were handed over between rounds). People were bought to the game on glowing hoverboard (the wheeled kind), and they made up some plot about how aliens introduced the game and secret Crossfire tournaments had been used to decide many historical events throughout history and had formed into two organizations named after the game pieces, the Order of the Triangle and the Knights Templar of the Star- the latter winning the day that night. It was awesome!
Rarely have I been to something that was exactly as hype as it sounds.
Other than that, went to a Team Rocket executive meeting (cosplayers answering questions in-character), which was fun. Found out that yes, they allow Helix-worshipers to take our holy days off, and no, we cannot fight the Dome worshipers in Team Rocket.
There was a panel thing supposed to be about game developer stories, but it mostly got sidetracked by their talking about the 1,000 chicken mcnuggets they orders and then the eating of said nuggets. But hey, free mcnuggets!
Played a game called Gang Beast on the LAN room gamer couch, a fun one where your rubbery fighters threw each other around. Watch the Megaman-a-thon play a Castlevania-like (Blood Moon, I think) and Typing of the Damned (a zombie shooter, only instead of shooting, typing words).
In the hallway at one point there was a bunch of stuff, trash and otherwise, in a corner in the hall and I and several others wondered who did it, some of which looked arranged. I wondered aloud if it was just someone's trash they'd left, but then another person pointed at some cards and photos arranged on a small ledge on the wall. "No. Nerds did this." I felt like I had stepped into a bit part of a very weird detective show.
In the arcade room there was a skeeball game called 'Dunk N Alien' where an alien mocks you while you while you try and throw the ball so it hits a moving target. Free to play, so I decided shortly before I left to go at it until I hit it (or decided to give up, one of the two). It was pretty darn hard even with unlimited credits, but eventually I did it! Then noticed I was only 4 out of 5 balls for that set. I felt anything would probably be a letdown after that one but I gave it a try and.. "Not again!" said the alien as it 'dunked' again ^^ So that was a fun thing to go out on!
It was honestly one of the best con experiences I'd had, A+!
I might be forgetting a few panels too, I did a fair amount of stuff, but yea, very fun con time.