August 28, 2008 – 11:40 am
Off today. And tomorrow. And Saturday. And Sunday.
The last two might not seem that surprising, but believe me, it’s a strange feeling to have nothing particular on, that I absolutely must do… for four days straight.
Anyway, pawing through my bag this morning I found a couple of GC-related artifacts that I thought I’d share, for no particular reason: Read More »
August 26, 2008 – 9:12 am
Before I forget, a few pics that ended up on Flickr…
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Reyna, myself and Gwen
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Namiya and I
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Alma and I
Images by Mat, of course. A few more (just a few!!) are on the official Flickr feed for us.
August 25, 2008 – 8:20 am
So, Games Convention 2008 is done. I would say “We came, we saw, we kicked ass” but I’m too tired to muster the energy for that sort of hyperbole.
I’m tapping away in the hotel restaurant, picking away at breakfast while surrounded by a mix of American flight attendants, youth football teams, and hungover colleagues. Last night was, well, the last night - so there will probably be a few sore heads on the way home. The last thing I wanted was a hangover threading through a long trip home, so it was a relatively early - and booze-free - night for me.
In lieu of having much intelligent commentary at this point, here’s some lazy list writing.
Things I won’t miss about GC
- The people. Not the people of Leipzig, or Germany per se, but the sheer number of people at GC. I don’t mind crowds, but seriously.
- Late nights and early mornings. ‘Nuff said.
- A near-constant voice in my ear. Radios good. Near constant chatter bad.
- T-shirts. Getting rid of 20,000 was quite a chore, in so many ways.
Things I will miss about GC
- The people. Those around me right now.
- The coffee at the hotel in the morning. Was it the cream or the coffee? We may never know, but it was liquid gold every single time.
- The rush. When it’s good, it’s great.
- This moment, right now.
August 24, 2008 – 6:59 am
Tagen Funf? Funf Tagen?
Day Five, anyway. LAST DAY! WOOOOOOOO!!!!
August 21, 2008 – 11:21 pm
Not quite a guitar gently weeping, is it? Trust me, it’s better than last night’s ‘dying caribou moaning over the sound of a biplane crashing’ noises I barely managed to sleep through.
So, Day Two (of FIVE) is done, and it basically feels like we’ve “done a Memorabilia” only with more Germans. A lot more Germans. Tomorrow the show extends from today’s 9am to 6pm stint, to a staggering 11-hour opening time - 9am to 8pm. While we do have just about all the catered food and drinks we can ask for (don’t get excited; I’m talking sandwiches and soda) the sheer physical endurance side of things starts to really come in now.
Hence all of us collapsing into bed early. Well, early-ish. Having working Internet is too good an opportunity to pass up.
Anyway. It’s going well. It feels like an odd mix of our ‘usual show’ (especially as we’re here with some familiar faces) and something much, much larger and crazier. Also as we don’t have one big event as we did two years ago (the Guild Wars Factions World Championships) the spotlight is much more on the community team, who I’m proud to help soar to new heights.
If yesterday was really the early rehearsals, and today was full dress, then tomorrow’s the first performance. Let’s hope we’re good.
August 19, 2008 – 11:12 am
Hot and bothered on the show floor. That’ll be the lights, then.
While I swelter and work on final A/V touches I just wanted to let you know about the ‘Live!’ page that I’ve created here - easy enough to find, it’s at totheblogmobile.com/live/
The idea’s pretty simple - gather all the material that’s getting posted to the web from here at GC. There you’ll find my Twitter feed, streaming video files from Qik, our Flickr photos, the official Vodcast (currently just Quest for GC, but more is coming) and even more stuff probably before too long.
Anyway; if you don’t see any new posts here, feel free to visit that page and you’re bound to see something.
Almost the last hurrah, this. Below the ‘cut’, if you will, you’ll find two videos that I edited and subtitled (well, except for the actual translation). Both were shot by Jörg ‘Kerensky’ Koonen during the Games Convention in Leipzig.
