Author Topic: MAGFest more like BESTFEST - February 18-21, 2016 (Read 16741 times)

triangles · « **on:** November 29, 2015, 10:37:55 PM »

It's that time of year again to START THE HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO
(unless you're like me and have been super hype for a while)

Main reason I'm starting the topic now is I have a registration group for my orchestra going and we miiiiight be a person or two short of meeting the minimum for me to add to the group by tomorrow evening for the $10 prereg discount (so $50). If anyone still needs a badge please let me know!

Either way who else am I gonna see this year? I'll be once again parked in the hallway having a :toot: with my sister and a sax/guitar player at random times (including drunk o'clock of course) but also going to be looking to do at least one small ensemble/chamber music set in the Jamspace with some of my orchestra members. And one other thing that's really really cool but still pending but it'll hopefully pan out that I can tell you all to get your butts to :V

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2015, 10:42:13 PM »

I haven't actually registered yet, so if you need my registration to help you out, you've got it. Hit me up on IRC for any info you may need once I get home from rehearsal (8:30 PM-ish)

Edible · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:23:00 PM »

I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY MY BADGE TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR

triangles · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2015, 11:41:11 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on November 29, 2015, 10:42:13 PM

I haven't actually registered yet, so if you need my registration to help you out, you've got it. Hit me up on IRC for any info you may need once I get home from rehearsal (8:30 PM-ish)

$50 to my paypal is all, I'll poke you tonight.

Quote from: Edible on November 29, 2015, 11:23:00 PM

I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY MY BADGE TWICE AGAIN THIS YEAR

BUT DID YOU BUY IT ONCE YET?

??

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2015, 03:55:52 AM »

Probably not, because Miku Expo is gonna be brutal to my wallet again.

Reddyne · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:02:20 PM »

Fresh reminder that any outsiders who are looking for a room should let me know if they need somewhere to stay for the weekend. Triangles alerted me to the room block opening only a few hours after the hotel started making reservations available and we had reserved a total of 6 rooms shortly after that.

The bands and guests are starting to filter in! Time to scope them out and see how many concerts you'll go to this year!

Jq1790 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:29:50 PM »

Always going, always probably being an awkward mess trying to talk to any MotKers I run into there.

It begins a day after my birthday so it's extra special this time!

Edible · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:34:16 PM »

Quote from: taterangles on November 29, 2015, 11:41:11 PM

BUT DID YOU BUY IT ONCE YET???

Actually yes!

I should buy a second just to be sure though

triangles · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2016, 11:27:27 PM »

TWO AND A HALF WEEKS TO GO
HYPE INTENSIFYING

The band list is shaping up quite nicely, once the schedule comes out it'll be time to hammer out how disgustingly jampacked my weekend will become.

Also now that it's announced I can finally shamelessly self-promote A Thing I Am Doing - the pit orchestra for the Super Smash Opera!

Spoiler:

I believe it's going to be Friday afternoon, and you all better get your butts over there to see it.

Got 8 more duets this year and 2-3 more trios for hallway jams oh bb I still gotta learn all that music too aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Reddyne · « **Reply #9 on:** February 03, 2016, 03:23:17 PM »

:toot: :toot: :toot: tootician. Friday it is.

At this point I will be most hype for

Spoiler:

Super Soul Bros. and Bit Brigade are making a return! Get your earplugs ready!

Edible · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2016, 03:39:08 PM »

Quote from: Reddyne on February 03, 2016, 03:23:17 PM

earplugs

No. :colbert:

Reddyne · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2016, 03:48:17 PM »

Well YOU sure can. I intend to retain my hearing for any concerts after that one, though.

triangles · « **Reply #12 on:** February 03, 2016, 03:59:34 PM »

Earplugs or not, Edible you better not be patient zero for MAGlaria again and get me sick

Quote from: Reddyne on February 03, 2016, 03:23:17 PM

:toot: :toot: :toot: tootician. Friday it is.

Friday 1pm actually! We're having dress rehearsal 8-10am before the prior panels start so no drunk o'clock shenanigans Thursday for us.
Every day that we don't get the music

Spoiler:

another little part of my heart turns to sheer panic over my rapidly decreasing faith in my ability to play this stuff which could be chock full of what I lovingly dub "flute shit" for all I know ooof.

Well whatever they decided to accept someone who wrote on the application under professional experience "I know what most of the buttons on a clarinet do" that's the risk they take if I don't get music well in advance :colbert:

Monarda · « **Reply #13 on:** February 03, 2016, 08:01:14 PM »

I wish i could go, yet school, age, location, budget and many more stop me. Such music. Much instruments. Wow.
And the Inti Creates sound crew is going to be there too right ? Gunvolt and Megaman Zero and ZX series. I'm glad i got to know about this from GDQs (Games Done Quick).

triangles · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2016, 05:10:06 PM »

Preliminary schedule is up!
And I'm going to cry because one of my top priority concerts is at the same time as the thing I'm performing at which ~still no music~

well hopefully things will get changed magfest gods pls

Edible · « **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2016, 05:39:57 PM »

Note for any interested attendees, our very own Regris Kallen is running a visual novel music panel at noon on Friday. Be sure to check it out if that's your thing.

Reddyne · « **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2016, 05:59:44 PM »

There's a lot of cool stuff going down on Friday. Also the panels I would like to see perfectly match up with the 5/6 concerts I want to go to.

Quote from: Edible on February 04, 2016, 05:39:57 PM

Note for any interested attendees, our very own Regris Kallen is running a visual novel music panel at noon on Friday. Be sure to check it out if that's your thing.

Beats when he did it at 2 in the morning at AUSA many moons ago.

triangles · « **Reply #17 on:** February 04, 2016, 06:19:32 PM »

And you'll be out just in time for the Super Soul Bros concert!!!!!!!
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....and the thing I'm in rip in pieces me and trianglesister

Reddyne · « **Reply #18 on:** February 04, 2016, 06:58:31 PM »

Quote from: triangles on February 04, 2016, 06:19:32 PM

And you'll be out just in time for the Super Soul Bros concert!!!!!!!
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....and the thing I'm in rip in pieces me and trianglesister

It has already been postulated that heavily investing in the Smash Opera may be difficult, stressful, and time consuming based on what little I know of what it is, the effort required to successfully participate and contribute, and how mandatory your attendance may be. Weigh your options wisely.

I dunno. You already got your toots going on elsewhere and my admittedly vague understanding is that this Smash bunch should've had it's act together a month ago. It may not be worth it to go nuts over this.

Clearly I should have followed this advice and dumped like 4 of 6 hotel rooms on some other chumps but what do I know?

Monarda · « **Reply #19 on:** February 04, 2016, 07:58:23 PM »

Familyjules will also be there, awesome !

Reddyne · « **Reply #20 on:** February 09, 2016, 05:33:52 PM »

Keiji Inafune, designer/producer of pretty much the entire Mega Man series, will also be a guest. They pulled this outta nowhere! I had to beg my kid brother to check and see if we've still got a dusty old copy of 2 sitting in a shoebox in a closet back home.

Jq1790 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 12, 2016, 05:38:00 AM »

They got the music producer, too, of note to the M in MAGFest. = D

triangles · « **Reply #22 on:** February 14, 2016, 08:47:38 PM »

In terms of time I have to prepare at least. This year we're being all pro biscuits and proper with our music with binders and a listing people can request from. Here's a sneak peek at some of our new tunes, but I still gotta perfect the bulk of it.

(except the smash opera stuff at this point I'm just going to phone it in on the principle of the thing) at least Super Soul Bros got moved to Friday 3pm so I can still see them I'd have totally noped out of smash opera after the whole mess it's been if it was a conflict as originally scheduled let me tell you.

Edible · « **Reply #23 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:33:50 PM »

So smash opera isn't exactly gonna have much practice <_<

triangles · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2016, 09:51:35 PM »

Oh the opera singers are gonna be fine and there's enough professional musicians and a piano backing to carry. The music's also not terribly hard minus a few bullshit pieces (looking at you, Modern Major General) so I can technically play most of it but I would feel waaaaay better performing it had we gotten the music in early January as promised instead of three days ago.

I still recommend going if you didn't catch it last year they have some amazing singers, but it's disappointing that the orchestral backing is going to be at a lower quality than it really could have been. The organizers bit off more than they could chew. Again there are a number of professional musicians but there's gotta be a decent number of people like me who aren't ;_;

Our duets and trios on the other hand are gonna be pretty sweet got pretty much all of them from last year and another ten new ones to bust out.

Monarda · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:12:44 AM »

I wish i knew how to play an instrument. Maybe i can learn to play an flute or ocarina. (Totally not influenced by Legend of Zelda)

Chebinger · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2016, 02:00:29 PM »

I've got a Cornet I've been meaning to dick around with. Note: I know nothing about playing it.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #27 on:** February 16, 2016, 02:07:40 PM »

Does anyone know when the best time to sign up for tourneys is? I'm debating giving the Sm4sh 8-Way a go.

Edible · « **Reply #28 on:** February 16, 2016, 03:55:39 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 16, 2016, 02:07:40 PM

Does anyone know when the best time to sign up for tourneys is? I'm debating giving the Sm4sh 8-Way a go.

I would ask first thing on thursday when the game room opens. Those signups fill up fast.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #29 on:** February 16, 2016, 11:39:17 PM »

Great, there's no way we're arriving before the middle of Thursday afternoon. >_>; Maybe I can be an alternate for a no-show.