North Brabant, NetherlandsFirst time attendee, and I was lucky enough to be a runner this year.
The game I ran was World of Final Fantasy, hosted on the 2nd stream and turned out to be the first game on that stream. Because of this I had no issues with delay or anything, and the setup went pretty smoothly. The room was not that bad, but it did get a little bit cramped in there over the course of my run. Also like some others mentioned, having a somewhat softer chair would be nice if you had a "long" run, but apart from that it was fine. Props to the guy who hosted the whole thing though.
The venue itself looked quite nice. There was a lot of space for everyone, and enough tvs to keep everyone satisfied. I mosly hung out in Hall B, cause that's where the Final Fantasy community was. Having sofa's there was awesome btw.
I played about an hour on the arcades. Most of that time was spent on the shooting machine, which was really addicting. Also explains why there were always people at that machine 24/7, cause it's just that fun. Not sure if it broke at a certain time or not, cause it was gone at the end.
Most of my friends decided to stay at Royal Corner, so I did that too. The distance is like fine if you only travel to the venue once a day, but any more than that and it gets a little bit inconvenient. Nothing you guys can do about it though. On the bright side the weather was nice for the entire week so didn't get wet from the rain a single time!
I'm not sure what the usual things are regarding practice equipment. Having to bring your own console is slightly inconvenient, but I understand they can't randomly provide a million of those so that's fine. Tv's were usually plenty to be found, so in that sense I could always practice whenever I wanted. Also note how most people just left their consoles somewhere, and nothing got stolen/used. Maybe everyone respects each other, or maybe I just got lucky :P
Lanyards were pretty clear, but also a little bit big. Most people stopped wearing them halfway through the event, so maybe some improvement can be made in that area too.
All in all I enjoyed the event a lot, all these points of criticism are just small things, the bigger picture is that people got to gather together and have a great time!
Hiya there!
Here is a link that will never expire in case you failed to catch Kyon's message in time
As for tips running this game, I would suggest running through the game at least once with the speedrun strats (without a timer) just so you know what to expect etc. You can always ask for help in the Discord channel!
Cheers,
Ka Wai
