Alberta, CanadaSo I'm up to have NASA 2018 pretty much anywhere, but there are some restrictions. The event doesn't HAVE to be at a hotel, but hotels with conference rooms are hella convenient compared to hotels near conference rooms. I'll just lay em all out here in order of most restrictive to least restrictive.
Most of the equipment of the past two NASAs was driven to the venue by staff, who all live near Toronto. For distances very far from Toronto, we will probably need another source of equipment (Computers/capture devices/cables/TVs/etc). Someone will also need to go talk to prospective hotels and test the internet in the conference rooms.
Venues must have 24/7 food options in walking distance (its a 24/7 event and people are gonna be hungry at any time). The more food options the better.
Those are the straight up requirements, so as to things that would just be nice but aren't required would be having cool stuff nearby (rollercoasters/arcades/etc) and having a location that minimizes travel costs among all attendees (I made a form asking for peoples province/state; https://goo.gl/forms/rDr2Ln1StQ6MLwp83 )
EDIT: Another huge bonus is a hotel with airport shuttle service. Also, the date isn't decided at all, but probably more June just to not clash with schools would be cool.
map of people that responded to form
RTA w/o loads is common in popular PC games, not so much with console, but it could be done.
A more pure alternative is to time from power on, specifically with a fresh console (no updates/games installed) and have the update/installation remove the difference between the Wii U and Switch versions.
If most of the attendees wanted to do streamme I'd be more inclined to reconsider, but as it stands lurk's post sums it up.
any% and any% no amiibo; done
not reading all the posts because my opinions are better than everyone elses.
EDIT: speedrun.com actually has a leaderboard function to describe runs, with/without amiibo being something you can do all on one page. if you get butthurt about one option, you can filter it out!
I think I started it on Name Entry, but I definitely ended time on last finish line. Starting timer at start of first race seems like it would be easier to handle for future runs though, I'd go with that.
https://horaro.org/prenasa/schedule
If you can't make your run/timeslot please notify me.
Oops, missed the line with you in it when copy pasting. Added LA and TotD
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_LCP-n365OYqh69yMEz6zGOyEQOeJXzpSz_rmdChjY
If you were accepted, please confirm you can run your game(s) during the marathon using the form below. The event is starting December 2nd at Noon Eastern.
You just need to be able to stream a speedrun.
thats fine, i doubt we'd ask anyone to stream above 720p for restreaming
Yea we threw around the idea of having a host to interact, but it didn't end up happening
Toronto Airport West Hotel $125 x7 = $875 for 7 nights at hotel room $1100 x7 = $7700 for 2106 sq ft conference room $8 575
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto/Mississauga $146 x7 = $1022 for 7 nights at hotel room $ 925.00 x7 = 6475 for 1300 sq. ft room conference room $7 497
Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel $134 x7 = $938 for 7 nights at hotel room $1299 x7 = $9093 for 2000 sq ft conference room $10 041
UPDATE: These three hotels look like the best choices at the moment.
Toronto Airport West Hotel $125; Dennys; Montanas Kelseys Mcdonalds $1100 a day for 2106 sq ft (702 sq ft x 3, total of 2106)
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto/Mississauga $146; mcdonalds; bunch of stuff $ 925.00 per night for 1300 sq. ft room
Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel $134; Dennys; Montanas Kelseys Mcdonalds $1299.00 per day for 2000 sq ft
Sandman has a 24/7 Denny's inside it, but the Toronto Airport West Hotel is a 2 minute walk from the Sandman and is ~$200 cheaper per night for the conference space. I may be a tad hefty but I'm not against walking 2 minutes to save $200 per night. So I'd probably prefer Toronto Airport West Hotel over the Sandman.
Hilton Garden Inn Toronto/Mississauga is cheaper, but has a smaller conference room (still bigger than NASA 2016's space).
I think the choice should be between the Hilton and the West Hotel, and it should be based off of how many people are attending. More than NASA 2016 then we should go for the larger space, otherwise stick to the smaller one to cut the attendance fee down.
I would only accept pre recorded runs if they are downright hilarious.
As in its all done online. People stream from their home and that is put on the NASA channel.
