On 03/19/2012 12:04 PM, Tim Mensch wrote:
On 3/15/2012 1:15 PM, Brian Conrad wrote:
If the "crush" doesn't crash their server. I was at the GDC expo
last Thursday. What a mess that was! I'm a GDC alumni from the
early days when it was much more fun and the last one I was at was in
2001 in San Jose.
Really? I thought registration was a breeze at GDC. They've fixed it
since San Jose when you tended to have to stand in long lines even if
you were preregistered. I walked right up to a computer to sign in,
and then up to the counter for my badge and goodies.
Wasn't talking about the registration. That was easy. I was just
talking about what a big crowded mess the conference was. Back around
1990 there were only about 200 people at that conference in San Jose. :-D
I also got in to the expo and talked with Googlers there. They even
had awesome answers to my questions -- apparently they were showing my
game on the monitors there, and have approved it for promotion (!!).
But it was also great that they were able to answer real questions --
and that they weren't too swamped. Maybe you were just unlucky about
timing?
I've been going to GDC every year since 1991, though, so I'd be more
inclined to complain about the number of people I don't recognize any
more -- with 19k+ people showing up to GDC at this point, the people I
do know are hard to find. Back in 1991 there were only 300 people
attending, and it was at a tiny conference center in Santa Clara
(IIRC). THAT was awesome. :)
I was surprised not to see one person I knew. I even looked for an
aging John Miles at the RAD booth. After swinging through for an hour I
was leaving and a friend who I had left a message with on this phone
called and he had been in a meetings so I caught up with them and we
made a tour of the expo again.
I was at everyone GDC through 1997. After that it was run by IDG.
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