Since I'm providing the gaming PC for the event, I'll also help coordinate them. PC games have notoriously bad setups at marathons, so I'm making a thread to help clarify the process. 

Desktop Specs: 
http://puu.sh/oNcEW/8ab4dadadc.png

The plan is to have everything setup by 8am on the 19th so we can start testing runs, with priority to the starting runs (dark souls, max payne 2, etc.)

Obviously we want to get your games set well before your run so you have time to test stuff out. The best method for installing your game would be to bring it on a USB flash drive. You can also install it via steam, although that takes longer and might not be as reliable. Feel free to bring your own keyboards, mice, and whatever else.

From the schedule, it looks like there are a total of 22 PC games.  AFAIK from the schedule, these are all of the PC games:

[quote]
dark souls 1
max payne 2
quake
cave story
devil may cry 3
perfect stride
kero blaster
caster
vtmb
dark souls 3
freedom planet
1001 spikes
true crime: streets of l.a.
octodad: dadliest catch
towerfall ascension
axiom verge
dustforce dx
doom 2
grand theft auto: ballad of gay tony
jumpjet rex
flywrench
izbot
[/quote]
If I missed your PC game that's cool just post here. I also already have some of these games installed (like dark souls 1, cave story, kero blaster, quake, etc.) so feel free to reinstall or tweak whatever to make the game run as you need. 

~~As of right now **there is no backup PC.** In the (incredibly unfortunate and costly) event that my PC breaks down or does not run your game properly, I don't know what to tell you. If someone would like to offer a backup PC that would be great.~~ If you are able to bring your own rig, that would also be great.

preNASA ended up raising $1,440 of its $4,000 goal. 

Assuming 100 attendees for NASA2017 and the price difference of USD to CAD taken right now (12/6/16) means the hotel costs 8575 Canadian Dollars which equals 6456.11 US Dollars. So the registration/attendance fee will be somewhere around $50 USD after what preNASA raised.

So what'd you think of preNASA?

Please let us know what you liked/disliked about the event.

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately this will not be information on where you can begin to book rooms. We have had a falling out with the Toronto Airport West Hotel, in that when we were finalizing our contract they decided to double the price and move us to a different conference room. This would have easily doubled the price of the attendance fee for everyone, and we felt very off-put by them suddenly pulling the rug out beneath our feet. We are no longer going to be at the TAW.

**Do not be alarmed if you already purchased a flight! The dates and airport are staying the same!**

So for the past month we have been working diligently to find an alternative hotel venue. At the present, 2 hotels are looking like solid choices:

The first is the Sandman Mississauga which is actually in the same parking lot as the TAW. We are looking at space of 2000sqft at $750/day. We visited this hotel and the staff was very helpful and willing to work with us. The current issue with the Sandman is their Internet is inadequate to sustain our stream (less than 1mb up). We are talking with their ISP rep to see about getting better speeds for our event, but we do not know what that will add to the cost. We have also contacted a private ISP to get a separate line, and asked whether or not the Sandman would be alright with that. We are currently waiting on their response.    

The second is the Holiday Inn Oakville. This is accessible through public transportation, about a 20min drive from the airport. We are looking at 2 rooms, about 600sqft each at $500/day each. They also have a larger ballroom at 1200sqft for $1200/day.  Their Internet is at roughly 40 up, more than good enough for our stream purposes. We only just recently visited this hotel, but like the Sandman they seem very willing to work with us. 

Our goal is to finalize a new hotel venue within this month. On behalf of all the NASA staff, I want to apologize for not having this all situated by now so everyone can book flights and rooms. We thought the TAW was going to be our decision before they changed the contract at the last minute. The TAW is also no longer an option, since they only gave us roughly a week to decide if we were going to accept or not.

About time to start coordinating travel to the event. I'll list a few details about the hotel and my own travel plans.

Hampton Inn & Suites Addison
1685 West Lake Street, Addison, Illinois, 60101, USA 
TEL: +1-630-495-9511

To book a room follow this link: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/A/ADDILHX-NAS-20160519/index.jhtml

Parking is free at the hotel. Check in is listed as 3pm and checkout as 12pm. For those arriving by plane there is no shuttle service. Try to arrange rides or take a taxi.

Room mate thread: http://www.speedrun.com/nasa/thread/469ve

AFAIK I'll be carpooling with licensetobill from NY state (Buffalo area). I think we could have room for two more?

If you are unsure about bringing any technical equipment, consoles, games, etc. with you for use at NASA, the answer is: Yes, bring it.

Here you can coordinate equipment with NASA staff and others. If you have equipment that can be used for the stream, please note that. We may reach out to you if we are in need of your equipment for the stream.

It's annoying to have to load so many subforums every time I want to access these forums, especially with them growing and more marathon subforms being added. There is a "show empty forums" option, but no "hide all forums" option for that section. I'm sure I'm not the only one who notices how long it takes to load these forums because of how many are shown. I imagine it's even worse for those on less powerful devices.

I've been told that you can hide most of them if you follow a game, but I don't wish to follow any of them - other than to make 99% of them hidden by default.

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?