Love me some Feedback, so here it goes:

Firstly I would like to say that I was disappointed that I didn't have much time to sit down and talk to more people, since it was a secondary focus for me at this event. With that in mind it was awesome to see a strong number of people come down to Insomnia, even some outside of the UK so soon after ESA. This will definitely grow over time and the new venue will only help it along its way.

Organiser Feedback: After talking to people about the tech situation at the event I was honestly surprised at how well the event was ran and managed in such a small amount of time. The response time on the forums at first seemed a bit slow, but considering that it sounded like communication between organisers and mutiplay wasn't amazing either I can accept this and hope it will be a bit smoother for everyone next event in this regard. The setup for the live audience wasn't amazing in terms of sound, but that was unavoidable and all things considered the rest of it was good. Obviously the extra couch would've been amazing but there's always hope for next time >B^(

Insomnia Feedback: Considering the size and the lack of space overall at this event, I think the size of the area was acceptable for the numbers that were expected. Obviously there were some people from byoc that were around (including myself), but with the NEC I am confident that space will not be an issue for a very long time. The venue is 10 times bigger at least B). Considering we proved to Multiplay we can bring in good numbers I would think there's a lot of room for improvement with the area they provide. Also Camping issues won't exist any more since it will be all indoors, similar to mass housing I guess. There were private showers in the arena, but there were no signs for them. You just had to know from experience sadly.

Feedback about the Future: Making the winter Insomnia a major EU event would be awesome. The only issue might be that most people will still be at school/college (not sure about uni) during this period, but i'm sure people could get down for a weekend. Obviously the same would apply for April to some extent. As someone who's been to Insomnia for just over 2 years now, I was really pleased to see the first offline UK speedruns event at the best UK festival. I feel like a 24 hour space would be essential, but I don't think there is enough interest currently to fill a 24 hour schedule. I would think something like 8am-midnight would be ideal, so there's room for all the runs and time for everyone to get some sleep. Obviously if there's enough tech people to go for the full 24 hours then there's no reason not to, but I feel this would be the best way to grow currently. I don't have any input on doing all 3 events or not, so i'll pass on that for now. The next 3 events will give everyone a good idea on what to expect, so I guess a decision could be made from that? We'll see.

Misc: Try to get us in a hall close to the Subway or Starbucks B)

Pretty sure that's about it. Going to continue spreading the word and hopefully getting a lot more runners interested in coming down. Thanks for Flicky and Planks for hosting and running such an awesome event and I hope to see everyone again in December!

your tickets will have a QR code on them which they scan at the door, so you shouldn't need ID anymore.

Camping is £15 for the weekend, but I think you need at least a full weekend ticket to have access to it . Camping is available for everyone on Sunday night, but i'm not sure how it works for Thursday (I believe the people who pay for early arrival have access but normal tickets don't, but I could be wrong) . There are forums on the website where you might be able to find more definitive answers.

Seems like an ok size for the first event. @Kittymuz This will be my fourth insomnia :)

@Kittymuz Camping is available for the entire event including the early arrival for byoc tickets, which means that you can use it from Thrusday to Monday. Whether you can enter the event on Thursday/Monday depends on what type of ticket you're getting (I would assume byoc based on the scheduled times)

@Twiggy Since you'll have access to the speedrun area for the whole event i don't see why not! If you already have a ticket I don't think he'll need any personal info unless you want the free camping (I don't know how they would feel about refunding for a free ticket considering the demand for tickets atm).

Trying to answer as much as I can from experience, so feel free to correct me if any information is incorrect :)

They originally used the pitch for main stage, but I think they had to move it indoors to avoid ruining the pitch (and there was a curfew of 11pm for it aswell). The field is the one on the other side of the railway line. Google maps for the area here: https://insomniagamingfestival.com/travel-information/

I think I'm able to answer a few of those questions Kitty. The camping is in a reasonably big field where you need to bring your own tents. It is less than a minute away from the venue, so its a decent option for this time of year. There is a hotel in the arena, but it might be hard to get a room at this stage due to high demand.

I'm not aware if there are any hotels in the immediate area, but there are a few further into Coventry. I haven't had any experience with them so maybe Flicky will have a more detailed answer. Hope this helps :)

Video is required to submit a run throughout the series. This allows all moderators to be able to verify every single run submitted, since this means we can fully avoid any forged runs or fake submissions. It became a problem with the older leaderboards towards the end even with trusted community members, so this was the best way to do it.

I hope this doesn't discourage you from continuing to run the game, but we would like to be consistent with our rulings and moderation and this is one of the best ways to do this.

It says in the thread to not include setup time in the estimate.

WAHEY

Is that Mednafen video just bad recording or does it really look that shit? :P

I understand your points Xenova and totally agree with equality in the community, since it's something that is lacking for both Spyro and Crash. Looking at the loading differences in this game and spyro 1, I think that it would be the best to base what is acceptable around what the game was originally made for, which is PS1.

Then you look at the difference between PAL and NTSC, where NTSC is quite a lot faster than PAL, so basing this around NTSC PS1/PS2 sds means that PAL runners have the option to use fds to get as close as they can to NTSC runners. Then you look at emulators and ePSXe 1.9 specifically, since it is known as being the most accurate to PS1, with all games played on NTSC. This means that this would be the fairest emulator to run the game on.

In conclusion I think that this category will always be the most equal with:

• NTSC PS1 or NTSC PS2 sds
• PAL PS2 fds
• ePSXe 1.9

I understand that Spyro 3 is harder to do this for, since fds crashes for almost everyone. This means that PAL console runners have no way to be equal with NTSC which can't be avoided or changed unfortunately. Even then as long as emulator runners play on ePSXe 1.9 then there is no problems here.

There is always the argument that runs can be timed without the loads in competitive circumstances (like WR's), but i'll leave that for another day B) One thing I will say is that if rules are going to be marked down they should be consistent over the whole PS1 Spyro series, or at least as much as possible.

I think that the point about respect between runners is the main one here. If there are highly skilled "active" runners that can't access FDS then it seems fair to not use it, but in the situation at the moment where all active runners are on PS2 (Expect Saboom but idk why) then FDS is completely fine, since there are no unfair advantages.

TIL One danish word. Who needs school when you have forums

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There is a guides section for each game under the crash series where tutorials can be submitted by anyone. I watched most of this live and this is a really good tutorial even for more experienced runners. since there were some things in this I didn't know ^^

Interested to see the Crash 3 Tutorial since I've considered picking it up and I suck ass at it.

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