Hello,
For those who have went to the Exhibit Hall 3 for eGaming (Console + PC) this year, please post any thoughts that you guys have of this year's eGaming.
What did you guys liked about egaming?
What did you guys think we should improve for eGaming?
What suggestions and additions do you guys recommend for next year?
(FanimeCon 2010 Guide) (http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13880.0.html)
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And so the tournament results are in:
FRIDAY:Street Fighter III: Third Strike (PS2)
- 1st: Andrew Alandy
- 2nd: Marcos Blanco
- 3rd: Kyle Boyd
Halo 3 (X360) - 4 Vs. 4
- 1st: Team Wolves
- 2nd: Team Blu
Super Mario Bros (NES) - Speed Run Contest
- 1st: Jonathan Cervantes
- 2nd: Michael Pack
SATURDAY:DJ Hero (PS3)
- 1st: Kyle (Roxas)
- 2nd: Dan (Haseo)
- 3rd: Phillip Reed
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm (PS3)
- 1st: Matthew
- 2nd: Randy Mai
- 3rd: Batman77
Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - Competitive
Dance Dance Revolution MAX2 (PS2) - Perfect Attack
- 1st: John (KayOss)
- 2nd: Twone (Son Rose)
- 3rd: Peter (Hamm)
Super Street Fighter IV
- 1st: Geoff Yoon
- 2nd: Joshua Drake
- 3rd: Andrew Alandy
SUNDAY: Starcraft (PC)
- 1st: Bob Ngyuen and Long Tran
- 2nd: Edward Kim and Paul Oparko
NOTE: Bob won the special round
Pokemon (NDS) – Double Battle
- 1st: Sean briscoe
- 2nd: Sayura
Tetris DS (NDS)
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars (Wii)
- 1st: Traka
- 2nd: Calvin
- 3rd: Koru
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - 4-Way FUBAR
Left 4 Dead 2 (X360) - 4 Vs. 4
- 1st: Team Cheater
- 2nd: Black Power
Tekken 6 (PS3)
Due to insufficient entries, Bleach Blade Battlers and Unreal Tournament were cancelled.
DDR Freestyle Exhibition will be uploaded soon. Stay Tuned.
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Special Thanks:
+ MadCatz for the Sponsorship for sticks!
+ FanimeCon for allowing us to host eGaming and support!
+ The Staff of eGaming for making this happen!
+ The fans who come in to play!
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We will gladly take whatever opinions you guys have to improve eGaming next year!
Thanks and see ya guys next year!
Jonas
Co-Head
eGaming
eGaming was pretty good like every other year. The PC gaming however was quite the letdown. I can understand no admin on the computers since theyre owned by staff, but it does cause some problems if the owner is not around when something that needs admin needs to be done (updates, downloading maps, etc.)
Also it was quite a large letdown when the person running the SC1 tourney was lacking in knowledge of how to run a tourney, and openly refused any help that was given to him, then waiting until things messed up before taking said advice. Also the whole having a pretentious know it all attitude didn't help him either.
I was disappointed by this year's Console Gaming selection. It seemed like this year it was almost entirely fighters with the occasional FPS and rare appearances of older consoles and scrolling shooters (often the only one available was Ikaruga). But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
Also, no supergun this year. I'm pretty sure that isn't Kenchan's fault though.
): lol, I don't have any games anymore, just one or two. It wasn't anything worth bringing a supergun for, sadly.
EDIT: I just heard from a friend that apparently there were a few guys on staff running SSFIV on console, and not letting anybody else play. If anybody saw this and can provide information, I'd like to know. I'm looking into it myself, but that's just not acceptable if someone on one of our depts doesn't follow our own rules.
Quote from: buzzsaw13 on June 01, 2010, 02:29:40 AMAlso it was quite a large letdown when the person running the SC1 tourney was lacking in knowledge of how to run a tourney, and openly refused any help that was given to him, then waiting until things messed up before taking said advice. Also the whole having a pretentious know it all attitude didn't help him either.
Do you know who ran the SC tournament? I will speak to the PC Gaming section to see what they can do to have this issue resolved.
Quote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 03:18:17 AMI was disappointed by this year's Console Gaming selection. It seemed like this year it was almost entirely fighters with the occasional FPS and rare appearances of older consoles and scrolling shooters (often the only one available was Ikaruga). But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
For future references, which genre of games would you prefer? We will look up to working a solution to satisfy the masses and those who want to play specific games, as long as people have something to play and monitor people who try to play nonstop.
I liked Taiko; that is all and was all I played.
:)
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 01:30:06 PMQuote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 03:18:17 AMI was disappointed by this year's Console Gaming selection. It seemed like this year it was almost entirely fighters with the occasional FPS and rare appearances of older consoles and scrolling shooters (often the only one available was Ikaruga). But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
For future references, which genre of games would you prefer? We will look up to working a solution to satisfy the masses and those who want to play specific games, as long as people have something to play and monitor people who try to play nonstop.
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Scrolling shooters (as implied), 2D platformers, and beat-em-ups.
Quote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 02:42:47 PM
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 01:30:06 PMQuote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 03:18:17 AMI was disappointed by this year's Console Gaming selection. It seemed like this year it was almost entirely fighters with the occasional FPS and rare appearances of older consoles and scrolling shooters (often the only one available was Ikaruga). But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
For future references, which genre of games would you prefer? We will look up to working a solution to satisfy the masses and those who want to play specific games, as long as people have something to play and monitor people who try to play nonstop.
Scrolling shooters (as implied), 2D platformers, and beat-em-ups.
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What time were you at eGaming?
I really enjoyed the selection of games going on.
I was very disappointed that SSFIV couldn't be played on consoles but it is completely understandable.
There wasn't anything else I could have wanted but I mainly play SSFIV and IIDX.
I kinda wanted to play some Unreal Tournament 2K4 but the PC gaming was constantly on Starcraft (at least most of the time I walked by)
OH YEAH: Maximum Tune needed to be 3DX. This was the second year that the softwear was outdated and I know by next year, 3DX+ will be out so hopefully we'll have that available.
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 02:42:47 PM
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 01:30:06 PMQuote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 03:18:17 AMI was disappointed by this year's Console Gaming selection. It seemed like this year it was almost entirely fighters with the occasional FPS and rare appearances of older consoles and scrolling shooters (often the only one available was Ikaruga). But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
For future references, which genre of games would you prefer? We will look up to working a solution to satisfy the masses and those who want to play specific games, as long as people have something to play and monitor people who try to play nonstop.
Scrolling shooters (as implied), 2D platformers, and beat-em-ups.
What time were you at eGaming?
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I was there quite a bit; it seemed like the less mainstream games were on mainly late at night.
Hmmm. I would like to know when people are available so that we can see if certain stations will have set times outside of tournament use. ???
Remember people, we cannot have games that are available via arcade. In addition, any arcade feedback would be best in the arcade section.
I just saw this thread after replying in the other feedback thread, however I'll say it again :)
I had an excellent time dealing with the staff in eGaming, very helpful and polite no matter when I came in; it helped make my own job easier! Thanks! :) (~Ama from ZNN)
Quote from: G.S. LXVIII on June 01, 2010, 03:18:17 AM
But most people who walk into a gaming room want fighters and GH/RB, and if people who don't play those kinda of games have to be shut out just so those who are can play, then I'll just have to accept it.
Similar things happened last year as well, systems repeatedly got bumped off to make room for L4D/MW and the like, those systems were usually stuff like the Dreamcast and Genesis. That works both ways as well, someone could easily also make a request for a vacant Halo to be converted into a 4-player Chu Chu Rocket deathmatch.
I'm surprised at how much of the game room was running some form of Smash. Don't get me wrong: amazing game series, popularity is a given, but the fact that the main reason Ikaruga was a constant on the floor was because the only working copy of Melee was already in a Wii kind of makes you think. There were multiple requests a day for it to be converted to a Melee set.
I wholeheartedly agree with the need for diversity in a game room, if anything just because there wasn't a whole lot of opportunity to put out some potentially awesome games for people to enjoy, like Rez on the DDR tourney setup (the one with the speakers), a proper New Super Mario Bros. Wii setup (which was quite a hit at Sac-Anime) or Shooting Love 200X on Kenchan's 360.
Last year at least had more diversity than this year's; I fondly remember playing Secret of Mana (3-player adventure game) and 4-player Puyo-Puyo last year. Neither was seen this year.
Quote from: AmazingKenchan on June 01, 2010, 03:31:44 AM
): lol, I don't have any games anymore, just one or two. It wasn't anything worth bringing a supergun for, sadly.
EDIT: I just heard from a friend that apparently there were a few guys on staff running SSFIV on console, and not letting anybody else play. If anybody saw this and can provide information, I'd like to know. I'm looking into it myself, but that's just not acceptable if someone on one of our depts doesn't follow our own rules.
Oh I saw that. I was playing left for dead2 with a couple ppl, fate/stay game going on beside us I believe, and we noticed like half a dozen ppl made up of volunteers and staff playing SSFIV behind the tables. Another staff member even came by and seemed to get a little angry at them for a moment but let them keep playing. I'm not sure now, but I even think the guy joined them?
Personally I don't own any older games apart from my 360 & Wii, but whatever older games I truly did enjoy were to be found on my Xbox, such as Ikaruga and Streets of Rage. Same for my Wii, Shinobi, Mega Man, Streets of Rage (yeah, got it twice).
Otherwise, in my young days, I went from a Sega Genesis straight to a PS1, no Saturn, no Dreamcast, no N64. So a lot of the games that people wanted to play that weren't FPS / BEUs, I do not own.
Sad to say, it will probably always be that way with me.
on another note, my L4D2 tournament succeeded! :)
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 01:30:06 PM
Quote from: buzzsaw13 on June 01, 2010, 02:29:40 AMAlso it was quite a large letdown when the person running the SC1 tourney was lacking in knowledge of how to run a tourney, and openly refused any help that was given to him, then waiting until things messed up before taking said advice. Also the whole having a pretentious know it all attitude didn't help him either.
Do you know who ran the ran the SC tournament? I will speak to the PC Gaming section to see what they can do to have this issue resolved.
His name was patrick, I have some friends who are staff who also complained about him.
Regarding people playing SSFIV behind the tables, if there were staffers playing a few hours before the SSFIV tournament, I would presume it was for testing purposes to ensure the game was working properly. However, if outside that timeline, it is unacceptable. This is being investigated. If a Volunteer was playing SSFIV behind the tables, then that is a huge violation and I would like to get that name. Volunteers should NEVER be back at the staff area under any circumstances.
I do agree that diversity is needed. We'll work on something about more game rotations.
Quote from: buzzsaw13 on June 02, 2010, 12:03:30 PM
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 01, 2010, 01:30:06 PM
Quote from: buzzsaw13 on June 01, 2010, 02:29:40 AMAlso it was quite a large letdown when the person running the SC1 tourney was lacking in knowledge of how to run a tourney, and openly refused any help that was given to him, then waiting until things messed up before taking said advice. Also the whole having a pretentious know it all attitude didn't help him either.
Do you know who ran the ran the SC tournament? I will speak to the PC Gaming section to see what they can do to have this issue resolved.
His name was patrick, I have some friends who are staff who also complained about him.
Which staff complained about him?
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I'm just glad my Super Mario Bros speed run tournament went well. I didn't realize it would get such a big crowd going. Lol. Hopefully next year, we can put the finals on a big screen somewhere...
Also, we've had requests for Super Mario World speed run. Apparently, SMB 3 won't work because of that stupid random hand that grabs you in world 8... plus its easier so yeah, no both players game over and then rematch. Although, it was pretty epic when that happened on Friday lol.
I'm a big old school guy, so if anyone has suggestions go for it! Lol.
SMB3 Battle Tournament would be nice (pretty self explanatory)
That dual-gun duck hunt tournament is sooooo on. I might not be eGaming next year either, but I'll help you make sure there's a great speedrun tournament set up, and maybe a second one that's a combination of 5 or so games :3
I'm thinking what we might do is instead of making sure only to have tournament games on-site that we'll make a second list. It'd have all the games that should be running 24/7 on one side, and every single personal request from the forums on another, that way we make sure those random classics that people want to play are there. I think with more TVs we can manage that, so we don't have to take down yet another station for Brawl or some crap.
On my friend's behalf, it was not cool seeing his Super C run end on loop 4 because someone wanted to take the TV for a tournament ):
PC Gaming: Were there more games available other than StarCraft? That's all I saw people playing when I passed by PC Gaming.
E-Gaming: The IIDX setup was nice, but when I played on Friday the 1P turntable wasn't working properly so I had to use Auto-Scratch. Also, the banner was a little confusing, as it said IIDX 17 Sirius, but the game interface was that of Empress. Also, the songlist was confusing as well, but as I understood it, it was custom.
And so the tournament results are in:
FRIDAY:Street Fighter III: Third Strike (PS2)
- 1st: Andrew Alandy
- 2nd: Marcos Blanco
- 3rd: Kyle Boyd
Halo 3 (X360) - 4 Vs. 4
- 1st: Team Wolves
- 2nd: Team Blu
Super Mario Bros (NES) - Speed Run Contest
- 1st: Jonathan Cervantes
- 2nd: Michael Pack
SATURDAY:DJ Hero (PS3)
- 1st: Kyle (Roxas)
- 2nd: Dan (Haseo)
- 3rd: Phillip Reed
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm (PS3)
- 1st: Matthew
- 2nd: Randy Mai
- 3rd: Batman77
Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - Competitive
Dance Dance Revolution MAX2 (PS2) - Perfect Attack
- 1st: John (KayOss)
- 2nd: Twone (Son Rose)
- 3rd: Peter (Hamm)
Super Street Fighter IV
- 1st: Geoff Yoon
- 2nd: Joshua Drake
- 3rd: Andrew Alandy
SUNDAY: Starcraft (PC)
- 1st: Bob Ngyuen and Long Tran
- 2nd: Edward Kim and Paul Oparko
NOTE: Bob won the special round
Pokemon (NDS) – Double Battle
- 1st: Sean briscoe
- 2nd: Sayura
Tetris DS (NDS)
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars (Wii)
- 1st: Traka
- 2nd: Calvin
- 3rd: Koru
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - 4-Way FUBAR
Left 4 Dead 2 (X360) - 4 Vs. 4
- 1st: Team Cheater
- 2nd: Black Power
Tekken 6 (PS3)
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Due to insufficient entries, Bleach Blade Battlers and Unreal Tournament were cancelled.
DDR Freestyle Exhibition will be uploaded soon. Stay Tuned.
Quote from: Richie Likes Maids on June 02, 2010, 11:03:25 PM
E-Gaming: The IIDX setup was nice, but when I played on Friday the 1P turntable wasn't working properly so I had to use Auto-Scratch. Also, the banner was a little confusing, as it said IIDX 17 Sirius, but the game interface was that of Empress. Also, the songlist was confusing as well, but as I understood it, it was custom.
Ended up sorting it out around Saturday, worked great from then on. I do recall a lot of double-triggering earlier in the con as well...made Light House pretty amusing to play.
As far as the interface, the best explaination that can be given is "empresses can get sirius too" ._.'
I didn't play any console games this year. I'm not really sure how they worked out. Is it that people get to check out the games they want to play or are the games just pre-determined? I really wanted to play super street fighter IV, but then someone told me that people were only allowed to play that during tournament times? I thought that was really lame.
In PAX, people get to just rent consoles and play whatever they want for a certain time period. It's a really good system because no one runs into the problem that I had- no one is playing anything you want to play. Is it possible to do one of those systems? Other than that, I just wanted more consoles available to play and playing whatever game I wanted to play at whatever time.
Quote from: ZaichikArky on June 03, 2010, 12:03:16 PM
I didn't play any console games this year. I'm not really sure how they worked out. Is it that people get to check out the games they want to play or are the games just pre-determined? I really wanted to play super street fighter IV, but then someone told me that people were only allowed to play that during tournament times? I thought that was really lame.
There's nothing we can do about that in eGaming. Because we also have to work with the Arcade, any games available at Arcade cannot be played on eGaming unless it's for tournament/event use only.
Quote from: ZaichikArky on June 03, 2010, 12:03:16 PMIn PAX, people get to just rent consoles and play whatever they want for a certain time period. It's a really good system because no one runs into the problem that I had- no one is playing anything you want to play. Is it possible to do one of those systems? Other than that, I just wanted more consoles available to play and playing whatever game I wanted to play at whatever time.
What time were you at eGaming? We has a system similar to it.
Quote from: AmazingKenchan on June 02, 2010, 10:57:15 PM
That dual-gun duck hunt tournament is sooooo on.
Holy crap! I totally forgot we came up with that idea! They great thing about that idea is that theres no current god of something like that so you don't really know whose gonna win!
Quote from: AmazingKenchan on June 02, 2010, 10:57:15 PM
On my friend's behalf, it was not cool seeing his Super C run end on loop 4 because someone wanted to take the TV for a tournament ):
this seems like a second language to me, what do you mean Ken? D:
I saw that one of our corners was normally filled with classic systems and games. Duck Hunt was on for like a whole day, then I saw megaman and some other old games running too.
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 02, 2010, 11:30:59 PM
DDR Freestyle Exhibition will be uploaded soon. Stay Tuned.
Working on it, sir.
I am working on several videos recorded for Stage Zero. The three events filmed were:
Super Mario Bros. Speed Run
Super Street Fighter IV
DDR Freestyle
The first two are complete and linked below. The last has only one video completed and uploaded. More to come.
SMB Speed Run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Uv2Zasr80
SSF4: http://www.youtube.com/user/nuclearbastard#grid/user/E19BD1AB8F095F0E
Quote from: Xepherian on June 04, 2010, 10:50:09 AM
Quote from: AmazingKenchan on June 02, 2010, 10:57:15 PM
On my friend's behalf, it was not cool seeing his Super C run end on loop 4 because someone wanted to take the TV for a tournament ):
this seems like a second language to me, what do you mean Ken? D:
:D
Thats funny cause I understood exactly what he said. Lol.
Pretty much someone was doin a Super Contra speed run but it ended on loop 4 (Im assuming stage/level 4) cuz the tv that was used to play it had to be taken away for a tournament... sucks for him, sadly.
Loop 4 = Stage 4-x. He had cleared the game three times previously and was playing through a fourth time, without continuing, using the same stock of lives, no Konami Code. There is a noticeable difficulty spike with every new loop.
Not a lot of people can do this on Contra, much less Super C.
We will bring up the available TVs/stations situation for 2011.
EDIT: Did ANYONE play Mario Kart (SNES) when it was running? If not I am very surprised.
Quote from: Robo-tech on June 06, 2010, 02:21:12 AM
I am working on several videos recorded for Stage Zero. The three events filmed were:
Super Mario Bros. Speed Run
Super Street Fighter IV
DDR Freestyle
The first two are complete and linked below. The last has only one video completed and uploaded. More to come.
SMB Speed Run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Uv2Zasr80
SSF4: http://www.youtube.com/user/nuclearbastard#grid/user/E19BD1AB8F095F0E
I wasn't even in the building for this lol
Glad to see the new characters being used :D
Hey man, why does nobody care about how well the l4d2 tournament went this year! ;c
Quote from: Xepherian on June 07, 2010, 02:31:11 PM
Hey man, why does nobody care about how well the l4d2 tournament went this year! ;c
Patience, my friend. Feedback isn't lightspeed; it takes time for everyone to build their opinion and see what they liked or what we can do to make things better. :P
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 07, 2010, 04:07:05 PM
Quote from: Xepherian on June 07, 2010, 02:31:11 PM
Hey man, why does nobody care about how well the l4d2 tournament went this year! ;c
Patience, my friend. Feedback isn't lightspeed; it takes time for everyone to build their opinion and see what they liked or what we can do to make things better. :P
it's like day +14 after fanime and nobody cares about me. :(
Quote from: Xepherian on June 11, 2010, 12:12:58 AM
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 07, 2010, 04:07:05 PM
Quote from: Xepherian on June 07, 2010, 02:31:11 PM
Hey man, why does nobody care about how well the l4d2 tournament went this year! ;c
Patience, my friend. Feedback isn't lightspeed; it takes time for everyone to build their opinion and see what they liked or what we can do to make things better. :P
it's like day +14 after fanime and nobody cares about me. :(
You'd be surprised. People won't discuss about things until probably January or so where FanimeCon gets close. Rather than tell us while fresh in our heads, they tell us late and it becomes rushtime. :P
I have uploaded twelve videos from the DDR Freestyle Exhibition from Fanimecon 2010. They have been arranged into a playlist for your viewing enjoyment. Comments encouraged.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=163E0BC9D84D438D (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=163E0BC9D84D438D)
Robotech: Thanks for the uploads. ^_^
Quote from: Xepherian on June 11, 2010, 12:12:58 AM
Quote from: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on June 07, 2010, 04:07:05 PM
Quote from: Xepherian on June 07, 2010, 02:31:11 PM
Hey man, why does nobody care about how well the l4d2 tournament went this year! ;c
Patience, my friend. Feedback isn't lightspeed; it takes time for everyone to build their opinion and see what they liked or what we can do to make things better. :P
it's like day +14 after fanime and nobody cares about me. :(
I do! haha I was the only girl in the L4D2 tournament but my team lost because of the 2 random people we got </3
Next year will be better I hope (:
PC gaming was a lot of fun but throughly under-attended. I found when you set up your own machine you'd eventually attract company, and I met a few cool people while I was there, but it was so unpublicized, not a terrible lot of people brought there machines or even knew it existed. What it really needs next year is a sort of "critical mass" of people hanging about at all times just to get things started.
Quote from: Richie Likes Maids on June 02, 2010, 11:03:25 PM
PC Gaming: Were there more games available other than StarCraft? That's all I saw people playing when I passed by PC Gaming.
E-Gaming: The IIDX setup was nice, but when I played on Friday the 1P turntable wasn't working properly so I had to use Auto-Scratch. Also, the banner was a little confusing, as it said IIDX 17 Sirius, but the game interface was that of Empress. Also, the songlist was confusing as well, but as I understood it, it was custom.
I can answer that question, though I am not staff. Fortunately, this is credible because my source is from the head of tabletop gaming. Anyway, from what I have heard from him, someone forgot to bring CD-keys and the game disks for the other games. As a result, the only game that was on the computer was nothing more than StarCraft. In fact, I even checked what games there were on the guest account just to make sure. I can understand about Fanime not running pirated games and will fully agree with their policy on it. However, I will complain about the fact that there could have minor alternatives to the letdown. For example, there could have been some non-online freeware games running? Single-player games would've worked too if they were present. Simply put, I disliked the fact that the revival of PC gaming was a huge letdown. On a side note, since I live in San Jose, I do plan on staffing next year for PC gaming to make sure this won't happen again, to make sure PC gaming doesn't die out, and out of my sheer boredom. :)
Edit: I do hope I am wrong about the fact that there is only StarCraft on PC gaming because I am a PC gamer myself and went to Fanime before they shut it down temporarily.
Quote from: Silent One on June 17, 2010, 11:22:43 PMI can answer that question, though I am not staff. Fortunately, this is credible because my source is from the head of tabletop gaming. Anyway, from what I have heard from him, someone forgot to bring CD-keys and the game disks for the other games. As a result, the only game that was on the computer was nothing more than StarCraft.
PM me about this. I would like to know the full story on this. Thanks.
Quote from: Silent One on June 17, 2010, 11:22:43 PMOn a side note, since I live in San Jose, I do plan on staffing next year for PC gaming to make sure this won't happen again, to make sure PC gaming doesn't die out, and out of my sheer boredom. :)
Check the Staff & Volunteers section. Meetings will be posted. :)
Quote from: Silent One on June 17, 2010, 11:22:43 PMEdit: I do hope I am wrong about the fact that there is only StarCraft on PC gaming because I am a PC gamer myself and went to Fanime before they shut it down temporarily.
Hmmm. When did they shut it down temporarily?
NOTE: eGaming will be at the upcoming Spirit of Japan Festival (http://www.spiritofjapantownfestival.com/SpiritFestival2010/) next Saturday! For those who want to talk to eGaming in person regarding next year's eGaming or would like to request games, let us know ASAP! ;D
I was disappointed to see the L4D2 tournament held on a console lol. It's kind of ridiculous to get srs bsns about L4D2 nowadays with the comp scene utterly DEAD and a bit of a joke anyway after the L4D(1) comp scene collapsed, but if there's going to be a L4D2 tournament it really should be on a PC with the proper confogl mod. Without confogl, it's impossible to take the game even a little seriously.
But I mean, it might not even be worth it anymore because the competitive L4D2 scene is a niche one anyway. Who knows if there will be a big enough turn out for a tournament for even one or two games. :S
Quote from: Rank on January 18, 2011, 05:23:32 PM
I was disappointed to see the L4D2 tournament held on a console lol. It's kind of ridiculous to get srs bsns about L4D2 nowadays with the comp scene utterly DEAD and a bit of a joke anyway after the L4D(1) comp scene collapsed, but if there's going to be a L4D2 tournament it really should be on a PC with the proper confogl mod. Without confogl, it's impossible to take the game even a little seriously.
But I mean, it might not even be worth it anymore because the competitive L4D2 scene is a niche one anyway. Who knows if there will be a big enough turn out for a tournament for even one or two games. :S
There is a problem with that though. It is a Steam game. Even it was up and running, the games running off of PC wouldn't have sound. Therefore, unless one brings their own headphones and have a way to make it a non-Steam game, it probably wouldn't show up on the PC at Fanime. The Nazi Zombie mods on Call of Duty: World at War, on the other hand, is a very possible option.
Quote from: Silent One on January 19, 2011, 12:35:24 AM
There is a problem with that though. It is a Steam game. Even it was up and running, the games running off of PC wouldn't have sound. Therefore, unless one brings their own headphones and have a way to make it a non-Steam game, it probably wouldn't show up on the PC at Fanime. The Nazi Zombie mods on Call of Duty: World at War, on the other hand, is a very possible option.
Oh wow, I totally forgot about that! I assumed everybody's got a pair headphones but the steam thing slipped my mind. I guess that knocks out the plausibility of PC CS and TF2 since I don't think you can bypass either without russian hacking and/or illegal patching as well. :T
Nazi Zombies is a pretty worthy substitute though.
these games are pretty nostalgic to me. if would be awesome to find these games at the con:
Bust a Groove 1 and 2 (PSX)
2001 Dance Summit (ps2)