i like the fade effect on the camera, but the border is also good. either way looks nice

should avoid using skype if possible given it's shit

Hampton Inn Suites and Addison

May 19th to May 23rd

Cool, I hope it can work out.

The latest runs on the index has been really helpful in finding runs for new games or new runners, but I wish it had some customization so I could hide IL times or "xxxth place in game I don't care about" or just certain games in general from it. Can this be planned in the future?

so it's going to be the hampton then? doesn't look like anywhere else is going to work out.

no dedicated internet is kinda rough. radisson is a lot more expensive though - i hope the other room can get a more reasonable quote.

i do like the idea of 24hr access and i like the idea of doing other stuff as a group, speedrun related or not. the cost for 24hr access doesn't seem that harsh when split up regardless, and we can maintain the stream with the amount of games currently offered, if we have people willing to stay up for the late hours.

i'll list the stuff i can bring

nes (sketchy 16pin) snes (region chips removed) genesis (ntsc-u) gamecube w/ gameboy player wii psp w/ av/hd cables fat ps2 ntsc-u

i have a gvusb2 and a dazzle for backups. i also have an akg perception 120 usb microphone i could bring. could bring my desktop with me as well, although it needs a new gpu atm. i have a medium sized crt i could drag along as well.

should this also be the thread where we post what we could potentially bring and use for the event?

it's being edited. channel is http://www.twitch.tv/naspeedrunnerassembly

Is there anyone in Chicago/Toronto that would have the appropriate space to fit the supposed 50 or so attendants? Otherwise it would have to be a purchased venue.

I'd help & attend. Toronto would be closer for me personally, but Chicago also works.

Great event, really enjoyed my first ESA as a runner. Couple things could be improved.

The sentiment from several mods about chat going crazy and them having to do more work - too fucking bad. You should know by now what you're signing up for, and frankly I feel that you take chat way too seriously. Marathon chats are always ridiculous, and to think you can hold a conversation in one is just stupid. Yes chat can be obscene and cruel, especially when a girl ends up on camera, and yes runners/hosts will encourage chat to spam. That is the nature of the chat, and to try and "control" it, such as banning the word "grill" or timing out people spamming runner's FFZ emotes just adds fuel to the flame and is a detriment to the only way viewers really have for participation aside from donations.

I remember during my ZAMN run, I asked chat which player I should use - the girl or the boy. I saw people get timed out for saying "girl" and "grill" which is just fucking dumb. Let the thirsty chatters be just that, and stop taking it so seriously. It has no reflection upon the event as a whole because every large chat is like that, and it seems that the only ones complaining about it are mods. You do this for free.

As a positive for chat, I really enjoyed having a separate monitor dedicated to showing chat - it's something GDQs lack, and the interaction is much better as we can respond to questions and comments, and see the chat's reaction to the run.

Mass housing was a great low-cost option, but the distance from the event was a problem. To echo kennyman, my shower would be ruined once I walked to the venue. I'm probably just out of shape to start sweating on a 15 minute walk, carrying a somewhat heavy bag, but if not for the distance this wouldn't be an issue. I enjoyed when the housing was at the venue itself, but I'm guessing this would violate some fire codes and general safety should everyone need to evacuate. If possible, a closer housing option would be nice.

Finding the mass housing was also an issue at first. The map on campus was useless - it would have been nice for staff to put up some signs to help people locate the correct building without the need of a chaperone.

The venue itself was great - having everything in one room made the event feel really inclusive, and the side rooms allowed people to step away from the main action if they chose. The only issue was the lackluster A/C, which seemed to barely work. If some fans were placed around the room, the heat and stagnate air would have some flow and the area would have been better. Seemed like only the host station got to use the one out of two fans I saw present at the event.

I'd also like to echo beatrix on the chairs - how to actually fix this problem is likely really expensive, so I don't expect that the chairs will be replaced. Even if you moved the more comfortable chairs out of the smaller room, it would only suffice for behind the couch for one of the streams. Perhaps the venue has more of those types of chairs that could be used for the event?

Lastly I'd like to thank the tech staff for doing an amazing job, especially setting up another streaming desktop on short notice. Some of the setup times were a bit long, but everything fell into place eventually and things ran smoothly. The only run where they dropped the ball was during SWAT4 - trying to handle all streams at once was a mistake, and although I tried to communicate to the rest of the team that only two screens were being captured, everyone kept streaming even when reduced to the two streams. I believe this is what caused the lag issues we were facing that made the run terrible. I highly doubt we'll be doing SWAT4 ever again, but if by some chance another 4+ co-op run is accepted, the setup for those runs should begin at least an hour before the run starts, with a tech schedule focused around those difficult setups.

Again, really enjoyed my first ESA and the issues above did not make the event any less fun.

since i'm flying international i was hoping to not bring any consoles with me. so far it seems someone will have a gb player, so i'm not worried about batgun. however, i see joka is bringing a suiper famicom, and theharlequindevil is listed as bringing a snes but doesn't say what region - if the console isn't the US version then zombies ate my neighbors won't fit. i can arrange to bring a US snes, but i would rather not.

My plane is scheduled to land at 12:40pm, hopefully I can make a 1:40 train

Thanks for clarifying. I'll have my flight info soon and hopefully it'll coordinate with some schedules.

I'm booking flights now and I wanted to clarify - I want to fly into Stockholm Arlanda, not Skavsta, in order to meet up with you two?

i can confirm that i'm going 100% now, just working out the travel details.

i have been derusting zombies ate my neighbors and i'm working out an even safer route to ensure i don't die to the final spider/head +vampire fight. i am also in the process of either purchasing or possibly borrowing a sd2snes so i can have savestates - there are 4 levels in which--rarely--my run can die and there is nothing i can do about it (ie. the neighbor dies off screen, or in 1 level where the neighbor doesn't spawn). i can likely lower the estimate as well once i'm back in form.

gs mikami: nice body i can run at any time since it's not a hard video game. i can work out the kinks in stage 7 and should be a smooth show.

batgun i have to try out the new weapon route.

i'll likely be flying out of toronto and connecting in nyc (probably at jfk) but still haven't booked my flight. if we can coordinate something that'd be cool because i can't navigate that well.

I'm planning on flying in from either Buffalo NY, New York NY, or Toronto Canada. Of the mentioned airports (Gothenburg Landvetter (GOT), Stockholm Arlanda (ARN), Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH) and possibly Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) ) which of these would provide the most direct route to the event afterward?

As tdawg mentioned above, would flying into Gothenburg and then taking a train be the most direct path to the event?