mc300baud
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last weekend, i was involved with Norwescon, a big science-fiction and fantasy convention in the Seattle area (i've been attending and working on it for about 20 years now.) the previous year, i brought my tiny cabaret Asteroids along and dropped it in the main hallway in the evenings after some of the space cleared out. but i had to move it each night so the space could be used for something else during the day, and anyway i no longer own it or any small, relatively portable cabs.
this year, i wanted to bring something with greater visual impact and find a place to drop it for the entire weekend (Thursday to Sunday,) so upstairs in a hallway between the main programming room spaces i found a nice niche with an outlet and stuck my recently rebuilt Gorf there on freeplay. not as much foot traffic as the main hallway but also not near anyone who might get annoyed at the noise and visible from several locations on both floors so it might catch a few eyes.
it ran with no problems, and after one early unplug on Thursday afternoon (the hotel assures me it wasn't them despite the fact that i hadn't cleared the game with either them or the convention,) it ran flawlessly until Sunday afternoon. i got numerous positive (and sometime incredulous) comments from friends and strangers alike, and saw it it in use most of the time when i stopped by check on it. high score for the weekend was about 28k.
my only regret was that i hadn't thought to take any pictures, but fortunately the large number of photographers at the convention helped remedy that oversight:
Gorf, all alone
dude, stop wear the paint off my CP with your god damned iPhone.
that sword ain't gonna help you against the Gorfian Flagship.
Tribbles? WTF? only at a convention...
Gorf is now safe back home, and i'm starting to plan what game to take next year. i did scope out a spot that would easily hold three or four cabinets... hmmm.
this year, i wanted to bring something with greater visual impact and find a place to drop it for the entire weekend (Thursday to Sunday,) so upstairs in a hallway between the main programming room spaces i found a nice niche with an outlet and stuck my recently rebuilt Gorf there on freeplay. not as much foot traffic as the main hallway but also not near anyone who might get annoyed at the noise and visible from several locations on both floors so it might catch a few eyes.
it ran with no problems, and after one early unplug on Thursday afternoon (the hotel assures me it wasn't them despite the fact that i hadn't cleared the game with either them or the convention,) it ran flawlessly until Sunday afternoon. i got numerous positive (and sometime incredulous) comments from friends and strangers alike, and saw it it in use most of the time when i stopped by check on it. high score for the weekend was about 28k.
my only regret was that i hadn't thought to take any pictures, but fortunately the large number of photographers at the convention helped remedy that oversight:
Gorf, all alone
dude, stop wear the paint off my CP with your god damned iPhone.
that sword ain't gonna help you against the Gorfian Flagship.
Tribbles? WTF? only at a convention...
Gorf is now safe back home, and i'm starting to plan what game to take next year. i did scope out a spot that would easily hold three or four cabinets... hmmm.
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