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http://magfest.org/ (RIP students, dat date)
So who's going to the upcoming MAGfest? I might be going again if my work allows it (which will most likely let me), but I'm wondering who else is going.
Last year was my first time going and I had a blast, mostly because of the vast amount of rhythm games they had there that I stuck around for most of it with the FFR crew. I mean I'd recommend trying them out, especially Sound Voltex because of the vast amount of Touhou arranges in that game.
I remember meeting a couple people from here. I found it funny how last year everyone thought I was the Koishi cosplayer but I was just a dude in regular clothes :V Hopefully will know this time since I'll still be in regular clothes again. And I'll most likely be around the rhythm games again, as well as adding my stepmania touhou/vocaloid packs into the ITG2 machines.
But yeah, who's going?
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I'll be there for all of the days!
KATAMARI GET HYPE
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I understand a decent portion of the NEMA Touhou crew will be there.
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triangles tried to convince me to go but that timing ;_;.
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Yesyesyes. Gogogo. 3months3months3months.
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I've already confirmed my ticket and whatnot, and was a bit bitter about missing last year (though I went the year before, and it was indeed an absolute blast). See you all there!
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If I do only one con in a year, it's this one. I really ought to buy my ticket, speaking of.
Not sure who I'll be with this time since my usual companions' lives are a little all over the place, but I will be there SOMEHOW.
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triangles tried to convince me to go but that timing ;_;.
COME ANYWAY
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
I am going to be ~that guy~ at the con playing sets in the hallways with my sister + other assorted folk at points, already started practicing some of the tunez Mother/Earthbound medley aaaaa
I absolutely can't wait (well maybe I can wait until I learn/arrange all my music :V)
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I'm going, this will be my first one actually! Mostly excited for Machinae Supremacy but I'll probably spend all my time with the Bemani games and drinking lol.
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I'll probably spend all my time with the Bemani games
I will definitely see you then :V all of the Sound Voltex.
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I will definitely see you then :V all of the Sound Voltex.
Rad, I've been playing a lot of SDVX at my friend's house but still don't have the cash I need for my own. If there's a PJD AC cab I'll probably just die and then my ghost will play it all weekend
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Rad, I've been playing a lot of SDVX at my friend's house but still don't have the cash I need for my own. If there's a PJD AC cab I'll probably just die and then my ghost will play it all weekend
Well, it wasn't an AC version, but last year they DID have the PS3 version going with one of the fancy PJD controllers, so who knows?
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Are people doing OK for rooms? While I can't promise anything, the #conmeido brigade and associated parties may have a surplus. Everything is taken at the Gaylord, so it'll come down to local hotels (luckily there's a bunch) if need be.
As someone who's not a metalhead, is there a musical guest I should be excited about? All the guests so far seem to be geared towards the headbanging crowd.
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Are people doing OK for rooms? While I can't promise anything, the #conmeido brigade and associated parties may have a surplus. Everything is taken at the Gaylord, so it'll come down to local hotels (luckily there's a bunch) if need be.
As someone who's not a metalhead, is there a musical guest I should be excited about? All the guests so far seem to be geared towards the headbanging crowd.
The vast majority of the music is video game-related, so you're going to see a lot of chiptunes, orchestral covers, etc. There is something for everyone.
Oh, and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMH49ieL4es
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The vast majority of the music is video game-related, so you're going to see a lot of chiptunes, orchestral covers, etc. There is something for everyone.
My boy Kommisar will most likely be doing a set in Chipspace once again, or at least he'll do something during open mic. You can even request him to do some of his Touhou arranges as well if you guys want during the open mic :V
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Triforce (string) Quartet is coming back and they were phenomenal. My personal favorite group from last year was a jazz band but I don't know their status yet. They have 2 stages for concerts going simultaneously in addition to the equivalent of open mic karaoke for bands/groups (this was really out of the way though) and a small DJ/chiptunes/etc space.
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Well, it wasn't an AC version, but last year they DID have the PS3 version going with one of the fancy PJD controllers, so who knows?
I've got one of those at home, and it's pretty cool. The thing is that PJD AC plays VERY differently from PJD CS, and since they have cabinets at Round 1 I'm just hoping...
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I've got one of those at home, and it's pretty cool. The thing is that PJD AC plays VERY differently from PJD CS, and since they have cabinets at Round 1 I'm just hoping...
Ah, I saw pics of yours once. It was a Rin/Len themed one, yes?
Staying on topic-ish: I do hope they have the AC version since I never did get around to playing it when I was in Japan earlier this year.
I wonder if I'll actually go to more than like one panel or if I'll basically live in the videogame room/dealers' room/artists' alley again like at almot every con ever for me. (Of course at MAGFest I also go to concerts, but that's a given since it's MAGFest, right?)
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I have a room for Friday and Saturday night, so I'll be there until Sunday. We'll see about Monday, it's kind of an odd day.
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Ah, I saw pics of yours once. It was a Rin/Len themed one, yes?
Staying on topic-ish: I do hope they have the AC version since I never did get around to playing it when I was in Japan earlier this year.
Nah, I bought the official HORI one, so it's just a generic Miku theme. I'd love to have built my own, but with the introduction of star notes (those bastards), I'm glad I didn't.
Yeah, I still really want to play Future Tone. I know it didn't add that much to gameplay, but dammit it's different!
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For anyone who may have been interested, the Touhou Project panel was not accepted. We had full confidence that the actual application was the best we could swing, but I wager that since we'd be new there, the panel is long, we'd need a primo timeslot to make sure all of the panelists were available, etc., it wasn't accepted.
Also a couple of friends won't be bringing their full array of rigs with every last mutually shared legal copy of Touhou and miscellaneous other games we could stuff in them. Instead, this year is being used to size up MAGFest since it's a straight-up gaming and music con and they'd like to see how things operate so they can fit in next year.
Else get hype. My Lon'qu from Pennsylvania outfit is almost done and I can't wait to see y'all anyway.
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Aw, nuts.
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Should be fuuuun. Finally getting a group of three friends along with myself able to go when we have not been able to meet as a quartet yet(three of us lived in NJ, 2 still do while I'm in PA, and one of em lives in TN), so I'm excited.
I need to try not to be too awkward to say hi to any MotKers who I come across along the way though as well, ehe.
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Should be fuuuun. Finally getting a group of three friends along with myself able to go when we have not been able to meet as a quartet yet(three of us lived in NJ, 2 still do while I'm in PA, and one of em lives in TN), so I'm excited.
I need to try not to be too awkward to say hi to any MotKers who I come across along the way though as well, ehe.
You missed us at MikuExpo so you better show up this time
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Ah, the news of the panel is rather unfortunate, but otherwise...aaaaa, the anticipation!
Now to see if I can prepare a quick and improvised cosplay in time for this....
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HYPE HYPE HYPE
MJP found out that there is an 80s themed ~MAGProm~ happening welp.
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HYPE HYPE HYPE
MJP found out that there is an 80s themed ~MAGProm~ happening welp.
Oh man this makes me really tempted to bring SHIIIIIIIIIIIIN even if his only videogame relevance is having a suicide 1HKO in a PS2 fighting game, but I'm just going to wind up with the guys again, aren't I?
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my sister: "I hope it's better than my actual prom"
me: "well if it sucks you can leave and go play Mario Kart or something so yes"
ALSO did everyone register already? My crew wanted to add a few people to our group registration but you have to add at least 5 at a time and I'm not sure we're going to hit that and the price goes up on Wednesday. I didn't want to deal with herding a zillion cats but we might need to wrangle up some people mighty fast.
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HEY TRIANGLES
I KNOW THIS IS KINDA SUDDEN AND STUFF AND WE ONLY LIKE TALKED IN CLASS A FEW TIMES AND THINGS BUT I WAS WONDERING, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING WITH ANYONE
WILL YOU GO TO THE MAGFEST PROM WITH ME?
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The vast majority of the music is video game-related, so you're going to see a lot of chiptunes, orchestral covers, etc. There is something for everyone.
Oh, and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMH49ieL4es
I started looking at bands and such when my primary work module/software/website thing decided to crash with IT on vacation. There's like 12 that sound fantastic. This is like the opposite of an anime con.
You missed us at MikuExpo so you better show up this time
Were you the one who missed nearly everyone at AWA '13? Seriously I forget it's been awhile.
I need to try not to be too awkward to say hi to any MotKers who I come across along the way though as well, ehe.
In general, the group is pretty mellow and no one will bite your head off. We also have the tendency of simply recruiting stray people for no other reason other than because we can, so you might fit in perfectly without even trying. This only gets troublesome when we bring 60 people to Edo Sushi at Otakon.
my sister: "I hope it's better than my actual prom"
me: "well if it sucks you can leave and go play Mario Kart or something so yes"
This was like everyone's prom. It can also be extrapolated to some people's entire high school experience. :[
ALSO did everyone register already? My crew wanted to add a few people to our group registration but you have to add at least 5 at a time and I'm not sure we're going to hit that and the price goes up on Wednesday. I didn't want to deal with herding a zillion cats but we might need to wrangle up some people mighty fast.
I can pester a mutual friend to see if he can get a couple other people involved.
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Hopefully people will find me this year and not mistake me as the Koishi cosplayer last year :V
Just find a latino guy playing lots of rhythm games, normally either Sound Voltex, Pump it Up, or ITG2.
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This was like everyone's prom. It can also be extrapolated to some people's entire high school experience. :[
Yo, HS sucked but my prom fucking ruled. I went with an older girl, everyone actually treated each other respectfully and like equals, the food was meh, but I fucking dominated the dance floor when they played Livin' La Vida Loca.
True story: we were on our way out, then they played the song. I took off my tuxedo jacket, tossed it to an unsuspecting gym teacher/coach/chaperone, said "Hey Droz, hold this for a minute!" and dragged my date back in for the song.
It owned so hard
But 80s prom is gonna own hard too, I'm torn between a Miami Vice look or one of the getups Robert Downey, Jr. wore in Back to School.
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Were you the one who missed nearly everyone at AWA '13? Seriously I forget it's been awhile.
Yep, I hung out with TSO on Saturday night but otherwise I stayed with a Vocaloid group all weekend. Pretty sure the only other touhous I ran into were people I already knew from SC/GA. I did speak with ZUN briefly, so it wasn't a total loss lol
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My prom was Best Prom because I didn't go :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V
Anyway yes Red if you can find people willing to send an internet stranger $50 by tomorrow night that would be aces because as of yet we still only had two last minute stragglers and that is not enough. I'm asking around my local con friends but I think most of them are already set.
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My prom was Best Prom because I didn't go :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V
Yeah this sounds familiar. Dances were a semiannual reminder that it's slowdance or bust because my other jammin' skills are the equivalent of lighting soup on fire for cooking.
Anyway yes Red if you can find people willing to send an internet stranger $50 by tomorrow night that would be aces because as of yet we still only had two last minute stragglers and that is not enough. I'm asking around my local con friends but I think most of them are already set.
Mima (not Lonk) of Pennsylvania's on IRC right now. You might want to hop on and chat him up. I'll try to pester him about it too.
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At least with 80s nerdcon prom I'd get to hang out with people I actually like! And I'll look better in a dress now than I did at 18 let me tell you. And if it sucks I'll retreat to play video games, which was what I did instead of prom anyway :V
With Mima in I just need ONE MORE PERSON for sweet sweet prereg discount stuff.
WEDNESDAY MORNING EDIT: STILL NEED ONE MORE PERSON PLZ PLZ PLZ ASK AROUND
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You missed us at MikuExpo so you better show up this time
I kno I heaaaard~! I'll try to find some of you for sure this time around!
In general, the group is pretty mellow and no one will bite your head off. We also have the tendency of simply recruiting stray people for no other reason other than because we can, so you might fit in perfectly without even trying. This only gets troublesome when we bring 60 people to Edo Sushi at Otakon.
Oh, I know full well about that. I've only ever gone to Ota with the #conmeido group, actually. Also I was there for one of the Edo trips; was nuts how e took over the whole place, haha.
It's just something I'll have to work on I suppose~! One of my goals for the new year, at any rate.
Looking forward to the coming events of MAGFest, especially ith my fancy Supporter package waiting for me this time.
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Being hotel dad is suffering. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Being hotel dad is suffering. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I'm hoping I don't mess anything up just organizing the ONE room I'm taking care of...Can't imagine what it must be like being in charge of multiple.
Hang in there, Red!
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I am Registration Mom, apparently. And the children didn't listen when I told them the deadline passed and people keep sending me moneys :ohdear:
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I am Registration Mom, apparently. And the children didn't listen when I told them the deadline passed and people keep sending me moneys :ohdear:
"I know the con hasn't posted hotel info yet but I wanna pay now."
"I don't have paypal, can I pay with a check?"
"I don't have checks I just have cash. Can I pay with cash?"
"Can I pay you after the con?"
"Can I pay in $20 payments once a week after the con until it's payed off?"
"My friend never showed up, you'll either have to ask 20 people for an extra 6 bucks or eat the cost yourself."
"Can we barter?"
"I WANNA PAY IN PAPERCLIPS!"
"Did I miss the con?"
:ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear:
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Does this make me Cosplay Homewrecker?
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"I know the con hasn't posted hotel info yet but I wanna pay now."
"I don't have paypal, can I pay with a check?"
"I don't have checks I just have cash. Can I pay with cash?"
"Can I pay you after the con?"
"Can I pay in $20 payments once a week after the con until it's payed off?"
"My friend never showed up, you'll either have to ask 20 people for an extra 6 bucks or eat the cost yourself."
"Can we barter?"
"I WANNA PAY IN PAPERCLIPS!"
"Did I miss the con?"
:ohdear: :ohdear: :ohdear:
Number six there gets an automatic Rocket Punch.
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Number six there gets an automatic Rocket Punch.
It's not so much a gripe as it is a general warning to potential hotel captains that there's a lot of different ways things could go for something as simple as payment. Luckily everything's now settled for the large group and there's no more teeth pulling to be done until it's con time. Also number 6 did happen once and now we don't take reservations unless a person deliberately steps forth and announces their intent.
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How many cats are you herding?
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It sounds like we (the #conmeido-=#touhou joint room bloc that is) should have this under control in time for convention and can safely manage and track payments. Aside from 'wait until further notice' I haven't received a whole lot of info regarding this, admittedly.
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What's the best way to find all of you guys? Last year I missed almost every one of you.
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How many cats are you herding?
36 over 6 rooms of which I'm handling 3.
It sounds like we (the #conmeido-=#touhou joint room bloc that is) should have this under control in time for convention and can safely manage and track payments. Aside from 'wait until further notice' I haven't received a whole lot of info regarding this, admittedly.
This is partially due to the fact that the room population went from 31 to the cap of 36 people in the last week. That's a $20 dollar difference per person, and we'd have to refund anyone and everyone who paid before that. With the population situation done, I think we're figuring through payment methods and who they're going to next since this means figuring out where the money is going to instead of how much. With 6 rooms, 4 nights, a 16% tax, and a nightly resort fee per room, this is coming to more than $4k, so it has now become important to figure things through before someone winds up flushing a sizable amount of money down the toilet.
BLEH. In short, please be patient with us as we are figuring things out. Thanks for your concern and not scrooging us because a couple people have, be it by accident or not. We'll have the information up as soon as things are settled.
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What's the best way to find all of you guys? Last year I missed almost every one of you.
Exchanging numbers with some of us is a good idea if you can manage to get a US SIM card working or with a prepaid phone. IRC and Steam mobile are alternatives, but I would not count on the convention attendees being online that often during the convention. :V
*information over the room situation*
Got it, thanks for the detailed explanation.
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What's the best way to find all of you guys? Last year I missed almost every one of you.
Stand in the lobby and loudly scream "CIRCLE NINE BAKA BAKA!!!" and we'll be sure to notice you!
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Magfest is especially great because it attracts so many different circles of friends IRL and online.
Hooray music!
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Hooray music alcohol!
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Stand in the lobby and loudly scream "CIRCLE NINE BAKA BAKA!!!" and we'll be sure to notice you!
I thought screaming "MY HAT IS MY FRIEND!" while doing the arm-out Koishi pose and wearing her hat would prove to be more effective.
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I thought screaming "MY HAT IS MY FRIEND!" while doing the arm-out Koishi pose and wearing her hat would prove to be more effective.
Making a mental note to stay far away from anyone doing that :P
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Making a mental note to stay far away from anyone doing that :P
This is par for the course for a lot of anime cons. Soooorta glad that this is something different. Still, most of us can't turn that kind of con mode off, and as such, I expect like half the group to still be decked out in 2hu outfits, so we'll stand out that way.
Got it, thanks for the detailed explanation.
We have a lot of potentially useful information at the ready, but one big detail hasn't come in yet. It may be settled as early as tonight, but I won't be able to have a few people around to figure out the details until tonight and only have a brief window open there.
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If this is anyone's first time to magfest/national harbor, friendly note: go to Nando's at least once. You will not be disappointed.
(Unless they run out of chicken. Then you will be disappointed.)
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We were disappointed last year :(
And Red damn I only have 2 rooms/9 people to wrangle, I don't envy having to handle our bunch of jokers.
Speaking of jokers guess who is still adding new music to learn to :toot: less than 3 weeks before the con?
(Hint it is me)
( I am that joker)
So that's one way to find me if you ever see in the hallway two girls who look kinda the same doing flute/clarinet duets of pretty much exclusively pre 2001 JRPG tunes (and one session maybe with an alto sax as a 3rd) I had to put two FF6 songs in there to insure MJP shows up whoops.
Once the schedule hits we'll figure out ours.
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I had to put two FF6 songs in there to insure MJP shows up whoops.
Which two? And who are you borrowing with a sax?
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If this is anyone's first time to magfest/national harbor, friendly note: go to Nando's at least once. You will not be disappointed.
(Unless they run out of chicken. Then you will be disappointed.)
As someone who went to MAGfest for the first time last year and went to Nando's the very first day for dinner, I can assure you that Edible is correct.
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Town and Celes, same stuff as last year cause we barely have to practice them hahaha. The roughest stuff we have is Florem, Mother/Earthbound medley, and today my sister unearthed Chrono Trigger end festival which welp my part is kinda ridiculous. Really a lot of the stuff isn't hard, I still have one or two easy things I might steal from piano sheets/a midi but we wanted a lot more to play than last year and multiple sets.
Sax player is from our local gamer orchestra. We won't get to practice together until next week but we've gotten To Zanarkand and Hyrule Castle for trio written out which I'm psyched for.
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Oh man, I can join you guys with my new ocarina
I know how to summon epona and literally nothing else
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Level up to learn Zelda's Lullaby and not only will you be able to fix broken signs you can pop in when we play it!
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Looks like I will be getting improvised cosplay material in time for this too. Won't be mentioning what it exactly is here until it arrives. :P
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Need to remember to gather peoples' numbers before this...i have SOME peoples' from previous events but I'll need to check who I still need so I can hedge my bets.
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Magfest is especially great because it attracts so many different circles of friends IRL and online.
Hooray music the 80s dance we've been craving to go to since we were 16!
If anyone's trying to find our peoples, just look for me - I'll be running around the con in a long olive drab Italian Army alpine parka and ushanka, spamming the announcement sound from Papers, Please and stamping temporary visa slips that deny people entrance to MAGfest.
SO HYPE FOR THIS CONVENTION
Oh man, I can join you guys with my new ocarina
I'll bring my acoustic theremin
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If anyone's trying to find our peoples, just look for me - I'll be running around the con in a long olive drab Italian Army alpine parka and ushanka, spamming the announcement sound from Papers, Please and stamping temporary visa slips that deny people entrance to MAGfest.
Oh my god
You need a cardboard border checkpoint booth, made like Lucy's psychiatry booth from Peanuts.
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We thought about it but transporting it down is the issue, we're filing all 7 of the seats in a minivan.
We can fit a meter stick so he can carry around my wonderful reproduction of the masterpiece "Arstoka Hero" (http://imgur.com/RIW1rHs). I hope I can do it justice.
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It's cardboard, just fold it in half and put it in the trunk or something :V
We can fit a meter stick so he can carry around my wonderful reproduction of the masterpiece "Arstoka Hero" (http://imgur.com/RIW1rHs). I hope I can do it justice.
oh jeez
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Still bangin' out room arrangements and payment info. I think this is a heavy case of too many cooks spoil the soup since we've got a few people trying to arrange things for 40 people but if we just split things up a bit this would all have been done weeks ago.
Oh my god
You need a cardboard border checkpoint booth, made like Lucy's psychiatry booth from Peanuts.
Shipping and handling has been the death of many a great costume idea. Make it built to stand the test of time and it'll be too big and cumbersome. Build it to fit and it'll fall apart when someone so much as shifts their weight.
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Yeah folding and then unfolding cardboard isn't going to look so good. We were able to hide the fold seam on Chiyo's Dad with the felt. I mean I'm sure there's a way to craft it in a way to assemble it on site buuuuut I ain't cosplaying at this con I am not taking on any more things to worry about other than my groups' registration woes (we got someone who got a panelist badge and who's coming/not coming now and ahhhh) and working on my music because hahahaha.
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Allow me to state the reasons why this is going to be an awesome Papers, Please costume despite lack of border booth:
1) custom soundboard app on my phone with the announcement noise and "papers" being the sole buttons
2) borrowing a small portable speaker to enable spamming announcement noise
3) this stamp
(http://i.imgur.com/j5OJ22A.png)
4) this badge (it's getting painted tonight) to be pinned to an ushanka
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:616888
5) these things that I'm printing in droves
(http://i.imgur.com/8ESPCjL.png)
So yeah
Oh my god
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Glorious. Now I have to get my passport* stamped at your kiosk. :getdown:
* - or at least my sketchbook and/or badge anyway :V
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Glorious. Now I have to get my passport* stamped at your kiosk. :getdown:
* - or at least my sketchbook and/or badge anyway :V
Sure, I'll stamp your passport.
Just make sure you also have:
-Your transit papers
-Your immunization certificate
-Your entry ticket
-Your identity supplement
:]
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Sure, I'll stamp your passport.
Just make sure you also have:
-Your transit papers
-Your immunization certificate
-Your entry ticket
-Your identity supplement
:]
Or, presumably enough presidents' photographs to endorse yourself elsewise?
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Or, presumably enough presidents' photographs to endorse yourself elsewise?
Just slip it over and ignore me reaching for the Detain button
GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA
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Looks like the improvised bill of materials is set. (http://puu.sh/eiEP3/23e6bc6ed1.jpg) Seems to do the job too, but only time will tell if it'll be a hit at the convention. :P
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Oh hell yeah
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Schedule is up. (https://prime.uber.magfest.org/m13/schedule/)
I got all of the room stuff in order on the same day that I finished my most recent costume. I also got a hefty shrug of indifference from the one person who could've thrown a fit about all of the organizational stuff I half-railroaded that needed to happen sooner or later. Yesterday for con prep couldn't have gone better or been more successful!
EDIT: Some great stuff here but the prom STARTS at 11:30 pm on Friday. Well gramps doesn't need to be depressed AND tired, so you can forget that, thanks very much. >:(
Double Edit: 8 people out of 40 have flaked out over the last week now. I now realize that so few people volunteer for this job because no one likes it.
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The prom timing SUCKS. So not happy.
But there's a freaking UN Squadron tournament. Holy shit
HOLY SHIT
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That is some really pesty schedule layout, I need to wait for a pdf or Guidebook to really get planning. And that has to be incomplete since they have basically nothing on Monday (which I guess is the normal con-Sunday?) Gotta plan when we're going to do our not-really-a-concert things :V
Not having two concert rooms might mean the open band jam room is the smaller concert room from last year which would be fantastic, as the few times I wandered there it felt like I was trekking through some sort of murder alley and no one was in there but the staffers.
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By the way, how do the concerts work out? There's like big blobs of music just slam-jammed together where one band's on for 40 minutes and then the next group is up. Does the stage just fly off into space while the next band layer waits below on a backup stage below or what? Can I jump into the concert room at the last moment to see Bit Brigade thrash it to a Mario 2 speedrun or do I have to hang around until they show up onstage?
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I've never seen anyone at magfest do a roomclear or anything. I've had a friend pretty much just camp in one room all day listening to various bands. People walk in and out at all times, so you can't be too early or too late.
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You can be too late if you miss the concert :colbert:
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Railroading the room/payment situation went so well I might do it at every con. BV
Looks like there's some good panels. Sega Does What Nintendon't and Cho Kusoge on Friday. Saturday Morning Cartoons, Obscure Game Gems, and Unintentional Humor in Games on Saturday. Extra Credits (for EC dorks) on Sunday.
BTW what's the game room like here? Anything particularly engaging for game cabinets?
You can be too late if you miss the concert :colbert:
snark snark restrictions of space-time are for scrubs git gud snark snark
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BTW what's the game room like here? Anything particularly engaging for game cabinets?
Imagine otakon's game room. Remove several of the huge displays and replace each one with additional miscellaneous consoles. Now add an entire extra room filled with nothing but arcade cabinets.
And that is magfest's game room.
It is a thing of beauty.
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Imagine otakon's game room. Remove several of the huge displays and replace each one with additional miscellaneous consoles. Now add an entire extra room filled with nothing but arcade cabinets.
And that is magfest's game room.
It is a thing of beauty.
So much this. It's always hard during the daytime to pull myself away from the place. Technically that's most specifically DDR's fault usually, but still.
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snark snark restrictions of space-time are for scrubs git gud snark snark
m8 wut da fuq you say about me wife
ill rek u swer on me mum
Imagine otakon's game room. Remove several of the huge displays and replace each one with additional miscellaneous consoles. Now add an entire extra room filled with nothing but arcade cabinets.
And that is magfest's game room.
It is a thing of beauty.
Please tell me there's STUN Runner
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Please tell me there's STUN Runner
Oh wow. Nostalgia just hit me like a truck.
Sadly, no. I don't think I've ever seen this one at magfest.
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Arcade room's always a very fun place to stop by, especially as a whole group in cosplay.
I just hope that this time the 6-player X-Men cabinets are working and open. :V
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Arcade room's always a very fun place to stop by, especially as a whole group in cosplay.
I just hope that this time the 6-player X-Men cabinets are working and open. :V
Last I heard, they were both actually functional!
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When we went as a group down there two years back, one machine was bust and the other was in use. We didn't get to alternatives such as 4-player Turtles in Time, either, rather splitting amidst the games. It was still absolutely fun though! :P
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Anyone have an idea the chances of scoring a cot if we're arriving Friday afternoon (pre check-in)? We have some flexibility in room tetris but mixed gender arrangements are complicating that a bit. I'm pretty certain when we rolled in at like 9pm Thursday last year the answer was "lolno" but I gotta try :ohdear:
NEVERMIND
AHHH SO EXCITED
AHHHHHHH
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Guidebook is in!
::readable scheduling intensifies::
Edit:
THEY
HAVE
BROUGHT
BACK
TABLE
FLIPPING
I'm going to bring a few hundred bucks and have them set up a gauntlet for me to run
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THEY
HAVE
BROUGHT
BACK
TABLE
FLIPPING
Yup
Tokyo Attack (formerly known as Bemani Invasion before they decided to move beyond rhythm gaming cabinets now) now owns an arcade machine of Table Flip. Get hype.
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Yup
Tokyo Attack (formerly known as Bemani Invasion before they decided to move beyond rhythm gaming cabinets now) now owns an arcade machine of Table Flip. Get hype.
That isn't going to undo the years of latent stress that the IT profession lays upon its practitioners.
You don't understand. I've had to fix things my entire adult life.
I've earned the right to destroy.
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Yup
Tokyo Attack (formerly known as Bemani Invasion before they decided to move beyond rhythm gaming cabinets now) now owns an arcade machine of Table Flip. Get hype.
>decided to move beyond rhythm gaming cabinets
I'll assume you mean in addition TO as opposed to a replacement, yes? If they take my DDR away I'ma riot.
Ok not really, but it would REALLY put a damper on things for me there since that's one thing I spend a -lot- of off-time doing.
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>decided to move beyond rhythm gaming cabinets
I'll assume you mean in addition TO as opposed to a replacement, yes? If they take my DDR away I'ma riot.
Ok not really, but it would REALLY put a damper on things for me there since that's one thing I spend a -lot- of off-time doing.
Yeah it's moreso them expanding from more than just rhythm games rather than converting/replacing, so don't worry, the DDR/ITG2 machines should still be there (and my Touhou/Vocaloid Pad Packs will be on the ITG2 machines as well :V)
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So I'm working on my schedule of bands anyone have some must-sees I should add? Pretty much everything I wanted to see is either before noon or after 6pm :V
My short list - all non metal so jot this down Reddyne!
Triforce Quartet for your string quartet fix
Super Guitar Bros bringing out the acoustic guitars
missingNo a super cool jazz band of super cool dudes who went above and beyond when I emailed them for some help setting up my Secret Santa gift so you all better come see them too
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So I'm working on my schedule of bands anyone have some must-sees I should add? Pretty much everything I wanted to see is either before noon or after 6pm :V
My short list - all non metal so jot this down Reddyne!
Triforce Quartet for your string quartet fix
Super Guitar Bros bringing out the acoustic guitars
missingNo a super cool jazz band of super cool dudes who went above and beyond when I emailed them for some help setting up my Secret Santa gift so you all better come see them too
Thaaaank yoooou. I figure I'll consider the Super Soul Brothers, Kirby's Dream Band, Bit Brigade, and Descendants of Erdrick as well. There are many of us out there who long ago lost interest in the kind of death metal scream that would kick up waves on the Potomac but still aren't 100% sold on the kind of things that Grandpa would play if he were dj'ing for NPR after downing some valium with his sleepy time tea while in an optometrist's waiting room.
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Don't you be sassing my NPR with Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me :colbert:
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Can confirm that bit brigade is goddamned amazing
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Also I'm checking the weather - bring your umbrellas kiddos!
And hope to beat the snow on the way back home :ohdear:
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With any luck it should only be raining on saturday.
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There's also Artemis! And Starship Horizons, its clone!
We all should sign up for a session together!
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The weather report I check had rain->snow showers Friday evening/night but I think we'll all be beating that sans MJP depending on when it starts might delay his flight.
GOOD THING I'M NOT ROLLING IN AT 9PM AGAIN HUH
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GOOD THING I'M NOT ROLLING IN AT 9PM AGAIN HUH
Famous last words
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Hey now the van is starting off around 9am this time I'll have you know and there's no blizzard in our way.
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Room arrangements finally finalized and nearly everyone has paid with the exception of two people who would prefer to pay in cash munny at the con which is perfectly fine. Everything's been hammered out and other (reliable) people will largely be getting others into their rooms. All it took to get it done was the IRON FIST of a BRUTAL DICTATORSHIP. Nearly everything's packed and what isn't is simply in bags next to my luggage. All the costumes were checked to ensure all their parts were there and the props have a fresh coat of paint. MP3 player got a 2 gig update for the ride there and back plus there's two previous issues of Pop Sci that have been waiting for the opportunity to be read. Travel begins early tomorrow morning and our driving buddy has mapped out the route.
Errrrrgh everything's so cloooooose.
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Reddyne sneaks down to DC between bouts of snowy misery.
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Don't you dare mention the s-word mister.
(http://i.imgur.com/JjHVCRf.jpg)
Just rehearsed with our alto sax buddy and this isn't even half of the music - majority is duets but still have one or two trios up our sleeves. Anything else we add will be played at drunk o'clock so people can't tell when we inevitably goof up cause we're sight reading this shizz :v
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I'll certainly need to make sure to stop by wherever you set up shop when you're doing that. Sounds like it'll be quite the show~!
Also 2 days left hype get etc.
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Psh, more like 1 day left
LINECON BEGINS TOMORROW
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Is there anything other than prereg pickup tomorrow?
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A bunch of people going hhrrrrrroruuuaaaah
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A bunch of people going hhrrrrrroruuuaaaah
Sadly yes. I look forward to when that ceases myself, but maybe I'm just no fun or something.
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It was funny like 3 years ago
Not so much now :V
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I'm an old lady I never would have thought it was funny psh
Also my sister may or may not have cobbled together the best song ever that we can only play at drunk o'clock so you all won't notice when I trip over notes (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1QmaujKyQjo) :V
EDIT: Ruh-roh everyone who booked for the Gaylord check you email to see if your reservation was in the overbooked pile :( :( :( :( (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153021974432937&id=105278497936)
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Sounds like they're offering comped alternate lodging and free parking, at least. Good on the Gaylord for stepping up there; I know some hotels most certainly wouldn't bother.
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Colette is good people she would have made sure they comped somehow.
Reports are they're getting sent to a hotel by the airport which sucks but yeah at least they're getting rooms and parking comped. I had called Monday to make sure I can check in for MJP's reservation cause we split it so I know we're ok but :ohdear:
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Colette is good people she would have made sure they comped somehow.
Reports are they're getting sent to a hotel by the airport which sucks but yeah at least they're getting rooms and parking comped. I had called Monday to make sure I can check in for MJP's reservation cause we split it so I know we're ok but :ohdear:
>Colette
Does she trip over herself apologizing and stuff, too?
Still, I feel bad for everyone who had to deal with this hassle. Good luck to everyone who got relocated because of that!
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I think I would have cried if I saw that saunter into my inbox at 2 this morning.
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My crew is leaving is 3 hours. I have not yet:
- packed
- showered
- eaten
- bought my liquor
- left my room
Help...
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git gud
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Eat a water proof sandwich in the shower that's 2 down.
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My crew is leaving is 3 hours. I have not yet:
- packed
- showered
- eaten
- bought my liquor
- left my room
Help...
Looks easy enough to me unless your liquor is far away. Hyper speed, go!
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Eat a water proof sandwich in the shower that's 2 down.
3 unless the shower is in the same room he's in :V
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What is the hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuaaaaoohhhh thing?
Also
"Whatcha thinkin' bout?" "I dunno, border guard stuff, I guess" (http://i.imgur.com/aKQLiC7.jpg)
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Are you taking selfies at work????
I am also pesty and didn't make ARSTOLKA HERO yet :(
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What is the hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuaaaaoohhhh thing?
Magfest has a running joke where people do the colossus shout from the x-men arcade game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPLpovcDujw).
You will hear it constantly throughout the convention.
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Haha I thought it was just a general "don't be a loud jerk in public spaces you dumbasses" I didn't know it was a literal thing :V
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Yes
IIRC they had to start putting those signs up because the hotel kept getting complaints about people yelling in the hallways
Go team :fail:
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"Whatcha thinkin' bout?" "I dunno, border guard stuff, I guess" (http://i.imgur.com/aKQLiC7.jpg)
Even more glorious. :getdown:
Well on my way there, biding my time.....
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Update, I was ready in exactly 3 hours but the others were late. We're about 4 hours away. Anyone going to be in town tonight for food/drinks/things?
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I will be there at some point this evening to pick up my badge, not sure how long I'll be there but I'll try to find you
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Are you taking selfies at work????
I am also pesty and didn't make ARSTOLKA HERO yet :(
Took 'em last night.
I can just print that shit at work, yo, we have a color printer.
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Update, I was ready in exactly 3 hours but the others were late. We're about 4 hours away. Anyone going to be in town tonight for food/drinks/things?
Maybe join the IRC bloc for a bit for whatever they are planning? Least that is what I am considering.
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Maybe join the IRC bloc for a bit for whatever they are planning? Least that is what I am considering.
/effort
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I can text you beer emoticons while I'm packing/practicing does that count?
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Oh boy all 3 rooms are open and the #touhou block is settling in my job is almost done and I'm so happyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
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OH HEY RED QUESTION
Did you want me to bring that Locke cross-stitch in exchange for cashmoneys and if so do you want a frame too? Please to text me cause ~new phone~ I don't have your number anymore.
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OH HEY RED QUESTION
Did you want me to bring that Locke cross-stitch in exchange for cashmoneys and if so do you want a frame too? Please to text me cause ~new phone~ I don't have your number anymore.
Yes plox and I will need a the frame. I can get the new number later or whatevs because a group dinner with friends would be great here.
Also the view from this room is fantastic and the epinephrine is thinning out. I may write and/or say a cohesive sentence today.
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Yes plox and I will need a the frame. I can get the new number later or whatevs because a group dinner with friends would be great here.
Also the view from this room is fantastic and the epinephrine is thinning out. I may write and/or say a cohesive sentence today.
I forget, is this your first time organizing stuff? If so, good on you for not melting down ENTIRELY before it all ended despite how much stress it seems to have caused you.
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I forget, is this your first time organizing stuff?
Oh my, no.
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Surely not but this has been the busiest simply by virtue of the size of two different groups and communication between the two. I've had to play dad for 24 before and I don't even have a waifu to look confused at and dump duties off on when I get flustered.
Are you guys interested in a nothuge group dinner sometime? I so a-cited.
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Hey, sounds like a plan. Arrived in suite safe and all, and already having a silly time -
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Already in the suite with badge on hand and dinner in belly. Gonna get ice for drinking
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Woo the Jerseymobile will be rolling to me in ~15min (in theory)
MAGFEST HYYYYYYYYYPE
Final count is 11 duets (one possibly going flute -> voice cause it was a vocal song to begin with and I didn't get this realization until yesterday WHOOPS) 4 trios and 2 short little I AM A CLARINET ACTUALLY PLAYING SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A bass
CLARINET DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME TOOOOOT Mario RPG things.
SO EXCITED
CAN'T WAIT
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Update: hangover count at 0, nothing on the schedule interests me for today so uh
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Triforce Quartet is hella good go see them.
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I AM A REAL AMERICAN
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN
I AM A REAL AMERICAN
(and you will be too if you grab the correct lanyard)
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Ohoho there are choices.
We are looking at 1:30 - 2 pm arrival including the stop at Jerry's so not too shabby.
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Srsly so many of us are used to the ITS 10 AM TIME TO HAVE FUN NOW thing that this is a bit of a culture shock.
I AM A REAL AMERICAN
FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN
I AM A REAL AMERICAN
(and you will be too if you grab the correct lanyard)
PRIVYET TOVARISCH. The Massachusetts Motherland and her glorious proletariat are given just one choice in color because our friendship and labor has resulted in one union for us all.
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OK heading down now, see you losers around!!!
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I'm here let's rock this
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I'm here playing sound voltex so you can find me there if you get here in time :V
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I haven't eaten since breakfast and I am VERY RAPIDLY getting too drunk. If you want to dinner then hmu
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I wanna do a small meet up so where we can all find each other at one place. Tomorrow I'm wearing a white Kancolle shirt (with the 6thDesDiv on it).
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Anywhere works for me, since I'm staying at the Gaylord and all. I'm always down for food.
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I'd be up for something of that nature.
You guys. I got to be Colossus in X-Men and apparently that's a thing here? Regardless, had a couple friends and a few strangers joined in for a raucous good time. I haven't been able to play that in like 15 years. So happy!
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I lost my badge ;_;
Magfest made me buy a new one ;_;
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But you have the glory of being the first lost badge right??
Also hot damn we just walked into Nando's and got seating for 8 almost immediately O______O
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That's some sort of witchcraft.
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Yeah I have no idea how that happened NOT GONNA ARGUE NOPE
MJP made it in so I guess we can double start the party.
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Oh good because we're doing the same in like an hour.
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We were all totally famished after Triforce Quartet it should be cleared out a bunch by then.
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Hey dork you missed one of the bands I told you to see.
There's like a crazy amount of stuff to do here.
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Probably gonna try to hang with some of you if I find you later tonight or tomorrow. For now, I get to help fly a ship of some form with my friends!
Tonight Im wearing that Final Fantasy style Touhou shirt(may be hard to tell due to the blue jacket also on)(look for a guy in glasses and really short hair if you wanna say hi and find me!) Tomorrow I will likely be in Kaito cosplay(the Vocaloid).
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I'm at Nando's right now and I see a table with a nitori cosplayer. Is that anyone here?
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Our huge group split up and fought and food, so my new small group got sat at Cadillac Ranch immediately. In room now re-gaming
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Okay so fortunately I went up and found out that they were the #con-meido group. Glad to see that I'm still known as "that Koishi guy"
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About to head back to game room. Anyone skipping Machinae Supremacy?
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NOT skipping that myself. Towards the back if anyone is actually coming~! Got a glowing blue band on my lanyard.
Ooh a Mokou just walked by.
Concert done, was fun. Still plenty to go! Wherr are some of you all at?
Whoops think I found a triangles.
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Game room playing
Outrun2 NeonFM nau ww. I got green shoes and I'm drunk for the third time today hmu
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Uhoh. Any signs of Project Diva down there?
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Uhoh. Any signs of Project Diva down there?
Yeah there's a pdf2 box in the console section
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Yeah there's a pdf2 box in the console section
Ooh. Tomorrow I will have to hit that up. Cant tonight since my ride back to my hotel room is tired so I have to leave in a short time.
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Yeah there's a pdf2 box in the console section
Arcade controller or no?
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Arcade controller or no?
Yeah, it's hooked up to one
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Not sure whether to be happier or sadder at that given how terrible I had done last year on one, haha.
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Arcade controller best controller
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The Machinae Supremacy concert, X-Men shenanigans, and fun times with acquaintances overall have made Day 1 a success! Went around in suit with the occasional balaclava or the Houston/Hoxton mask.
Hope to see more of ya tomorrow!
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Crippling shyness and 'ohno they look busy Ill try later oh they left' prevented greetings to triangles, Sword, and co, but tomorrow is another day so I can try then. Positive attitude! Being a spaceship scientist was cool though amd hanging with my other friends was definitely good, so overall success.
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I was gonna say when did you see me? Don't be shy I don't bite!
Also this is way past my bed time and I have a panel to see in 9 hours what is this?
Also also people were giving us tips as we were jamming and now my game music not-quite-an orchestra is $25 richer??
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I was gonna say when did you see me? Don't be shy I don't bite!
Also this is way past my bed time and I have a panel to see in 9 hours what is this?
Also also people were giving us tips as we were jamming and now my game music not-quite-an orchestra is $25 richer??
At the end, I was sitting off on the side, haha. You all were talking so I didnt kmow what to do but I stuck around in case of more playing; Ill do it right tomorrow, or at least try!
Congrats on the money though! =)
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I was gonna say when did you see me? Don't be shy I don't bite!
I hung out near ya and Silentsword shortly after the Machinae Supremacy concert, but was hesitant to introduce myself >_< (I take it Jq1790 was the hatted fella there?)
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Diva update: scratchpad on the arcade controller is broken and shoulder buttons don't scratch on Expert difficulty. I'll be skipping it the rest of the weekend.
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I hung out near ya and Silentsword shortly after the Machinae Supremacy concert, but forgot to introduce myself >_< (I take it Jq1790 was the hatted fella there?)
Noope~!
I despise wearing hats actually. O was just in a jacket and Touhou FF shirt, sitting on the sidelines. Tomorrow I will be easy to find as I am not expecting to see many Kaitos here...probably.
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Ah, damn! Should have made greetings.
I will be easier to spot probably too given I doubt many will go with a Kokoro colour scheme with a Payday mask. XD Go ahead and call if you spot me!
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I'll be wearing a black shirt tomorrow try and find me it'll be easy!
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I'll never get a healthy amount of sleep at a con and it'll never be for a lack of effort. Anyone have any positive experience with sleeping pills? Like this is getting to be a genuine issue at cons but those things are scary. :(
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MJP swears by something called Calms Forte it's like a super dose of camomile I can bring some to you to try.
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Update: feeling great this morning, still nothing interesting on the docket for today so uh
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Starting off at IHOP, getting some fuel for the day, and am pretty sure I am the only one in cosplay. It's great.
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Today I'll be wearing my white Kancolle shirt. It has the 6th Destroyer Division (best destroyer division) which has Inazuma, Ikazuchi, Hibiki, and Akatsuki on it. So I should be easy to notice if you know Kancolle :V
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I've got my Madoka bag and green shoes again, will be mostly downstairs today
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Finding parking was a nightmaaaare, but Kaito has arrived!
Phew.
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Who's the Komachi at Elevation Burger? Also, why in the world did I try and eat at Elevation Burger?
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Who's the Komachi at Elevation Burger? Also, why in the world did I try and eat at Elevation Burger?
Because the food is really good there? One should just KNOW there will be a nightmare line there though.
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I've had enough red meat this weekend is all
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I've had enough red meat this weekend is all
UNPOSSIBLE!
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I just had Nando's again loooool
Finally hitting up the art alley and game room then I will set up my jamz in a bit?
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I just had Nando's again loooool
Finally hitting up the art alley and game room then I will set up my jamz in a bit?
When you do, is it gonna be the same place as yesterday?
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Unless someone else is there?
Actually we're setting up shop for a bit at 2:30 then for reals at 4 with the alto sax too,my sister and I just are too inspired right now haha and have nothing else on tap until the evening
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Gpop where are you?
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Think I might have seen him by the Sound Voltex machines a bit ago, couldnt get a good look at the shirt to be sure.
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EP you too man, saw a group of Payday cosplayers but none of them looked like you. #pleaserespond
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If any of you are going to the Megas, Powerglove, or Bit Brigade concerts, do say hi, hm?
Gonna be goood.
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Gpop where are you?
AKA you did find me at the Technika machine. Nice to finally see you man.
Hey we should have an MotK dinner together on Sunday. Who's down?
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I'll certainly think about it but thats future tense. I so tired right now I dun wanna think about such things until later.
Let it be known that Bit Brigade and their speed runner were otherworldly and the RNG HAET RANDOM MISSILE DROPS FROM METROID SO MUCH.
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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS
Who am I seeing and where today I think I'm losing my husband to Artemis again soooooo
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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS
Who am I seeing and where today I think I'm losing my husband to Artemis again soooooo
Goooood morniiiiing~!
Absolutely no idea what's gonna go on myself other than the Protomen later. Gotta raid the dealers' room, I know that much. Though there isnt as much there that I'd want as previous years. Oh well, save money I suppose.
Will probably find myself hanging out in the arcade or something a lot most of the day like usual unless me and my other friends who I'm rooming with find stuff we all wanna do before the evening.
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Conplague get.
Probably not going to be making an appearance today. :(
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EP you too man, saw a group of Payday cosplayers but none of them looked like you. #pleaserespond
I saw them on Fri but that was when I was in Spy suit.
Plenty of parties and pizza yesterday made it a great day - but alas! I had to depart this morning back to normality :<
Either way it was a fantastic weekend and I hope to see you all again at another time!
Conplague get.
Seems I got it too....
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Good fucking Lord how much did I drink last night?
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(http://i.imgur.com/CuM0i2x.jpg)
So if this sore throat is con plague i felt developing over the past hour and not from me talking too much who am I blaming?
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Good fucking Lord how much did I drink last night?
Yeah...I counted at least 5 drinks over at the IRC party suite, maybe more. MJP and I were a bit concerned, but at least things did not go too far at that time :V
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There was like another 3 or 4 that y'all missed but I made it to the room just fine. GJ me
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My ears still hurt a bunch of folks have the plague and it's supposed to snow 2 feet as soon as my buddies and I get home.
YER NOT GONNA KILL US NEW ENGLANDERS.
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Hey we should have an MotK dinner together on Sunday. Who's down?
Did this ever wind up being a thing?
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I dun think so? We had to adjust our schedule by a loT in order to survive tomorrow. Regardless some of us are some order of busy do the point that throwing things together will be trouble.
Got my pic taken by some of the mostime unexpected people today.
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Did this ever wind up being a thing?
People are getting the MAGflu so I figured it would've been too troublesome to deal with for them.
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People are getting the MAGflu so I figured it would've been too troublesome to deal with for them.
Ah, had not paid enough attention tovthe above posts. Apologies.
Hope everyone feels better soon!
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Already recovering from it here thanks to snoozing on most of my ride back, as well as plenty of acai and orange juice.
Now that I am back, it is off to catalogue and maybe sketch my experiences....
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PLAGUE RATS PLAGUE RATS GIANT SNOWSTORM SCRAMBLE TORA TORA TORA.
Our plans have shifted dramatically because of an apparent approaching wall of doom. We're at Aniki's with nothing but packing left to do and even that's alost done. We will be ready to go at about 5 tomorrow morning.
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And with a foot and a half of snow in our future we'll be heading out shortly.
Lots of fun! Except I have most certainly been hit with con plague, my voice sounds like I've been chain smoking for 40 years and all I want to do is sleep until Wednesday.
But hot damn do I love this con.
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We're about to check out of our room so once they grab our luggage to hold onto I'll be at the arcade and see what rhythm games they haven't brought in yet, so if you want a final chance to find me, this would be the best time. I'm wearing a white sweater with some navy blue and red outline. I'm the latino with black hair :V
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id say MAGFest went mostly well...until today when my flight arrived half an hour late and the bus I was to take was not in fct connected to the airport so now I get to be stuck in the bus terminal in Buffalo(went anyway to see if I could find another time to get where I wanted) til someone can collect me or something.
Joy of joys, lemme tell ya.
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Oof that's rough :( How far away from home are you?
I am now sitting on my couch under a blanket and that's how it's going to stay until ??? ??? ???
So much fun I love you guys let's do this again next year but with less snowpocalypse on the way Y/Y?
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Oof that's rough :( How far away from home are you?
I am now sitting on my couch under a blanket and that's how it's going to stay until ??? ??? ???
So much fun I love you guys let's do this again next year but with less snowpocalypse on the way Y/Y?
Crisis averted, got money sent over to me thanks to Western Union so I can take the bus to Olean(a town only like 20mins away from home) and get picked up there.
Buffalo is like 2, 2.5 hours of driving, I believe.
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How many good things happened at MAGFest? How many good things will come about because of this MAGFest?
id say MAGFest went mostly well...until today when my flight arrived half an hour late and the bus I was to take was not in fct connected to the airport so now I get to be stuck in the bus terminal in Buffalo(went anyway to see if I could find another time to get where I wanted) til someone can collect me or something.
Joy of joys, lemme tell ya.
Ya travel plans require some strength, finesse, and too much luck. You got a short straw for certain.
Reality needs hold off a bit please. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_cP0MGhhk)
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Back up in your ass with the resurrection
It's the group harder than an erection
That shows more affection
They wanna ban us on Capital Hill
Cause its die muthafuckas, die muthafuckas still (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm0HdQD3yTk)
Or for the unimaginative: http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGm0HdQD3yTk&start1=&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DeF8c3BjFWsw&start2=&authorName=MJP
MAGfest did not nearly have enough table flipping, Artemis and Starship Horizons to satisfy me. I spent a lot of time just walking around and stuff, didn't really go into any concerts, and I probably won't be back next year but it was still enjoyably spent.
Big ups to all the people I finally put names to faces to.
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Home safe and back at work. Heading south means we missed all winter weather lolol
Good things:
- Barcardi Gold
- Neon FM (surprisingly enjoyable[finally got to play Girlz Buttz{*clap*}])
- Seeing cool internet people
- Long overdue conversations with cool internet people
Bad things:
- Gosling's Black Seal 151 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
- Lack of inexpensive places to eat in walking distance
- Gaylord not having their shit together wrt paying for parking on Monday early afternoon
- Honestly, MAGFest in general
This was my first MAGFest and in all likelihood will also be my last. None of the panels interested me, I didn't care for nearly all the music/artists at the con, and I'm really not a gamer. It was cool to meet internet people but I could see them all at different anime cons. Of course, none of this is set in stone.
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Home safe and back at work. Heading south means we missed all winter weather lolol
Good things:
- Barcardi Gold
- Neon FM (surprisingly enjoyable[finally got to play Girlz Buttz{*clap*}])
- Seeing cool internet people
- Long overdue conversations with cool internet people
Bad things:
- Gosling's Black Seal 151 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
- Lack of inexpensive places to eat in walking distance
- Gaylord not having their shit together wrt paying for parking on Monday early afternoon
- Honestly, MAGFest in general
This was my first MAGFest and in all likelihood will also be my last. None of the panels interested me, I didn't care for nearly all the music/artists at the con, and I'm really not a gamer. It was cool to meet internet people but I could see them all at different anime cons. Of course, none of this is set in stone.
:( :( :( :(
I wound up a fan of 3 bands I never expected to like, willfully damaged my hearing for MAXIMUM ROCK EXPERIENCE, played through probably 10 arcade games with both close friends and total strangers, went out for meals with a group of 6 or greater no less than 5 times, socialized with old acquaintances and brand new friends, drank some lolita, viewed some crazy indie games, got some plaudits for successfully managing the room situation, was awarded some props to my trapping skills for the first time ever, had my picture taken in costume with everyone from hardcore Touhou nerds to a pair of Muslim ladies with a kid in tow, got some awesome stuff that I always wanted, and came away with and something that'll net me a karma point from a friend, and got 600 streetpasses. :V. Hell, I even had a very normal non-threatening moment with someone I typically avoid for good reason. The only thing I didn't really enjoy was the funk emanating from the suite across the hall.
In your case, however, it's too bad that it didn't work out. But if it just wasn't your pace, no point in trying to make things fit.
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drank some lolita,
wut? elaborate pls
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wut? elaborate pls
This drink we had in the party room. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/31nundbcl08swd1/2015-01-23%2001.47.10.jpg?dl=0)
- Gosling's Black Seal 151 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
I must say, I am not surprised. :getdown: :colonveeplusalpha:
- Lack of inexpensive places to eat in walking distance
Welcome to National Harbour! The problem repeats itself in Katsu too. :\
This was my first MAGFest and in all likelihood will also be my last.
Aww. :( Well Mag has quite the different focus from most anim? cons, so it's definitely an understandable opinion.
Hm..anyways, let's see here....
Awesome things:
- Loads of lovely meetings and conversations with you lovely bunch! Considering most of my contacts are rather far-out, this alone made the entire trip worthwhile.
- Getting positive commentary on the silly improvised cosplay from earlier, including photo requests (eg. "Planning a heist I see", "I must say, that mask scares me....:P", "Hey, Kokoro, why are you wearing pants instead of the skirt? :V")
- Finally playing through 6-player X-Men while the machine worked fully (insert Colossus yell here)
- Loads of lovely STG madness at the arcade. All the Cave and Raizing games with a side of Parodius, always fun.
- Plenty more vintage computers this time! :D
- Booze. Even though I'm not a heavy drinker.
- Machinae Supremacy concert was neat
Perhaps this could be better....
- Not too many things interesting in the con programming this time around. Maybe I am spoiled by Magfest 11's dual Koshiro-H?lsbeck madness (which was absolutely fantastic), but this time I found things lacking aside from the concert.
- Con plague
- RIP wallet, thanks National Harbour prices
- The freaking schedule this year >:(
- Missing my chance to get an official ENTRY DENIED slip from MJP the Arstotzkan Customs Official :<
- Having to leave a day early >_<
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Pros:
-Finally got to hang out with someone who me and my group-of-friends-who-go-to-MAGFest wated to meet in person for the past few years
-Meeting some of you MotKers properly, even if just for a bit
-Concerts, my favorites being the Powerglove and Protomen ones, though in the end all the ones I went to were really good to me.
Cons:
-Needing to work on social ability still
-Forgetting to eat until only the expensive places are open
-NOT BEING IN THE GAYLORD oh man this was such a pain for so many reasons. Pretty much right after they have MAGFest 14's dates lined up we're gonna be reserving. Not EVEN gonna deal with that crap again. (Although to be fair the Red Roof Inn's room was pretty good for being so cheap.)
-Transportation woes upon trying to get back home
All in all, a satisfying experience. Definitely liked being a Supporter, too; if I can I will probably keep doing so, or at least every other year or something.
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Had some extra photos to share even if I'm not a shutterbug:
(http://i.imgur.com/xrnqQK9.jpg)
Nice pretty view of the ferris wheel from the hotel room~
(http://i.imgur.com/I6RZuSW.jpg)
I put somewhere on the order of a few hundred hours into this game over the years and never managed to find an official copy until now. Never really had any means of getting my hands on one. The vindication is so sweet. Yes, the instruction booklet is wonderfully detailed and reeks like musty 20 year old paper that was sealed away from the start.
(http://i.imgur.com/upHN7Si.jpg)
A friend's badge number produced a most fortuitous number.
(http://i.imgur.com/ubZsIxz.jpg)
THE LEGEND NEVER DIES
(http://i.imgur.com/lrtSguB.jpg)
OH YEAH
(http://i.imgur.com/ilwCNV2.jpg)
The end of the Bit Brigade concert...
(http://i.imgur.com/kAyWn9R.jpg)
And the rest of the crowd. The place is as big as a football field and I can't really tell how far back the crowd goes.
Best con experience I've had in a long time. See you guys next year.
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(http://i.imgur.com/upHN7Si.jpg)
A friend's badge number produced a most fortuitous number.
TAKE A PICTU-oh
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(http://i.imgur.com/kAyWn9R.jpg)
And the rest of the crowd. The place is as big as a football field and I can't really tell how far back the crowd goes.
Best con experience I've had in a long time. See you guys next year.
hi5 BEST CON BUDDY
It went Hella Back, I am told they hit whatever they deemed capacity and had to implement one in, one out.
BUT SO GOOD AHHHHHH
(just loud)
They're putting up a survey for potential dates for next year, one of them being the weekend after Katsucon welp if that happens I know which I'm picking!
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It went Hella Back,
I am confused and angered by this unit of measurement. Still, the fact that the room of that size that open with that high a ceiling with that many doors was deemed one person shy of a fire hazard is a feat unto itself.
Voted for January 7th-10th next year since so many people had to keep away for schooling this year. Also MAGFest + Katsu back to back will be too rough on some people. ALSO it's super easy for me to get PTO the week after the Christmas and New Year's rush for gobs of time off has ended.
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I don't recall them counting as people were going in, so I'm assuming at a certain point they were using the same precise metric measurement of "Hella" that I was.
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Helloooo all, I was at Magfest!! You may have seen me playing flute in the halls with Triangles or generally loitering around. I had a super time! :D
I don't recall them counting as people were going in, so I'm assuming at a certain point they were using the same precise metric measurement of "Hella" that I was.
Yeah I left Bit Brigade because I have sensitive snowflake ears and they were waiting for people to leave before letting more in.. hella seems accurate to a point, but they were definitely implementing "one in, one out" by then.