According to http://www.speedrun.com/games, metroid prime has 190 players. If you look at the runs visible on its game page, this is cleary not right. I am guessing the 190 is including runs from categories that have now been removed (ie, any% segmented), which I suppose are still saved somewhere. This is not exactly something in urgent need of a fix, I just thought it looked a bit weird, and probably isn't intended behaviour.

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appears at the top of http://www.speedrun.com/streams

why would you want to go back??

First off, I was very impressed how smoothly the stream went, compared to last year. There were some long setups, sure, but there were few schedule problems and few big picnics. And all that with the streaming pc disappearing a few days before the event? Major props to the tech crew and the scheduling team for a job well done.

Most of the major feedback points have been covered already, but there is something else I want to address: I think more could have been done for the charity. I expect many people won't share this view, but it's how I feel. It's been said often that ESA is a meetup first and a charity event second, and I appreciate that; there are many elements of AGDQ that I would not want to emulate. But there are some aspects of their approach to things like donation incentives, hosting style, and even just having the charity on the screen that I think would have been a benefit to the stream without "compromising" the event. ESA15 was certainly not a failure donations-wise, but it seems for many people the charity is simply a sideline. Personally my perspective is that while it is not the main purpose of the event, it should be one of the focuses of the stream.

Shoutouts to everyone who tried mafia for the first time. If I was a dick to you in-game, I meant it lovingly.

Shoutouts to the people who modded mafia games when they could have been playing them.

Shoutouts to Grukk for fixing the ZM race even while I was yelling at him. I owe you one dude.

Shoutouts to everyone who took part in the MtG sealed, which ran very smoothly (apart from the unfortunate clash with bowling).

Shoutouts to the metroid crew. Small in number, but great in heart. I hope it grows for next year!

Shoutouts to jinny, etholon, and MLSTRM for showing an interest in learning ZM. You'd better stick with it.

Shoutouts to ricky for fakeclaiming cop for no reason and it somehow not being awful.

Everyone that I got to hang out with was excellent. For everyone I didn't get to hang out with, there's next year!

apologies plaguedmind. we did try and find you, but obviously we should have checked this thread.

That works fine for SM hacks, but confrontation (and am2r) don't fit neatly into an existing game. With regards to competition I suppose there's not much to go on right now but I'm sure once am2r is released there will be interest in it.

the FAQ page on europeanspeedsterassembly.com points to https://twitter.com/ESA_Official_ instead of https://twitter.com/esamarathon

ludendiESA

sorry cereth, I can't really find a better time :( if you want to play some mtg outside of this event we'll always be around.

based on the people have signed up, I am tentatively designating WEDNESDAY as the day to play magic, at some civilised time like midday or afternoon or whatever (details tbc). Please let me know if you have some reason why that's a bad idea!

what the fuck. What reason did they give?

If as kirkq proposed, article submissions were open to everyone (or a team of people), I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy contributing to that. However, I'll leave an editorial/content management role to someone more qualified :)

bit of a long shot, but if there's anyone out there who follows metroid zero mission and is knowledgeable about the run, have a word with me, dragonfangs, or eagle about sitting on the couch during our race.

skull64, how would you treat fangames and hacks? I can kind of appreciate wanting to keep the series just for actual games, but I don't think having a separate series is a great solution either. Maybe some kind of subseries structure would be ideal, although that would have to be a feature request.

MZM estimate can be 45 if you like. I wouldn't really want for it to be 40 though.

[quote=Akisto]I demand Urza's Saga Sealed![/quote] You bring the packs and I'm in ;)

Great response so far guys, keep em coming!

We can probably set aside a couple of hours before the event to have a little refresher workshop with etholon's cards :)

Hello eurogamers! It seems etholon and I are going to be attempting to host a little MtG tournament at ESA. Some of you will remember the one he ran last year, which is basically the same model we'll be following this time around.

The format will be core set sealed, which is very accessible for newer players, while still complicated enough to be fun for us old fogeys. If you don't know what that means, everyone will be given six boosters of "Magic 2015". With this cardpool (and basic land), you will make a 40-card deck. Then battle! That's all there is to it. And of course, at the end you get to keep all the cards. Entry will be 150 sek, which is a pretty fantastic deal for six boosters anyway.

Signing up in advance isn't strictly necessary - I'm hoping people will be able to decide they want to join in on the day. However, I'm making a signup thread for two reasons:

1. Places are limited - we will have enough cards for at most 18 people
2. On the flipside, if we don't get enough entrants, we will not be able to run the event, as we would lose a bunch of money. This wasn't a problem last year, but just in case, I want to gauge interest now.

So, if you want to sling some cards, please post in this thread! The exact date and time have not been decided, but we're pretty flexible, so we should be able to plan around people's schedule commitments to some extent. If you have any other questions, please post them or get in contact with me or etholon!

Edit: looking to schedule the event for wednesday afternoon, please post feedback on this!

Signups so far (16/18)

1. mobiusman
2. etholon
3. Plaguedmind
4. FingersTehHand
5. KennyMan666
6. Fatzke
7. Lightnat0r
8. andypanther
9. MLSTRM
10. Lysteria
11. Therio
12. Akisto
13. LLCoolDave
14. Dragonfangs
15. Nord
16. dizzyprime

Personally, I wouldn't be against having a page for AM2R and Confrontation. I'll talk to a couple of people about it and get back to you :)

this is a pretty low priority feature request, but just something I thought might be helpful - the ability for mods to add notes to runs that are currently pending verification, if they need some kind of discussion before being accepted or rejected.