United StatesSo philadelphia is the city im closest to and i can tell you a few things that might make it a good location based on the criteria you're looking for...
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its driveable for people hauling the stream equipment, maybe a 7 hour drive but its still driveable and not too far
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It has a large airport. Since its like the 5th or 6th largest city in the U.S. it also has a decent public transit system that goes from the airport too, however, the hotel if located in the suburbs needs to be close to a bus or train stop. as long as we pick a hotel with a nearby stop, we good. there are also a huge number of speedrunners who live nearby moreso than many other cities based on what i know.
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six flags great adventure located in jackson new jersey. contains the worlds tallest roller coaster, kingda ka, and boasts like 10 other decent coasters. its about an hour away from the philly airport. laser tag, arcades, retro game stores are all kinda scattered throughout the area. theres multiple dave and busters, that kinda stuff, theres a super epic two story laser tag place just northeast of philly too which i highly recommend.
i enjoyed nasa 2018 and will go through bunch of categories and talk about things that made it great or not so great. i am also going to make comparisons to nasa 2016 as oppoed to nasa 2017 because i did not attend nasa 2017. the more details i can provide, the more nasa can improve:
lets start with the hotel: the hotel itself and all of its amenities for both guests and the stream/practice room. for the number of attendees who attended nasa, the stream and practice room were big enough to house more than enough people during peak hours when nasa attendees were at nasa. the hotel had many options when booking and you could get a cheap room, or a suite with a kitchen, which were nice. the internet was good (and essential as i am from the us and needed to avoid roaming charges), the rooftop bar was a nice chill place, and there were always snack or beverage options at the hotel. no flaws or gripes with the hotel at all.
food options: there were many food options during the day, (from chinese, to burger king, to the grocery store, to a restaurant grill and bar) and a 10 minute walk to a 24 hour mcdonalds at night. nasa 2016 perhaps barely edges out nasa 2018 food options, but its comparing an A+ to an A, so no complaints there.
places you can walk to besides food: the alcohol store is a 5 minute drive but too far to walk imo. there was a laser tag place, which a went to and had a good time, a trampoline park, which i dont think anyone went to, and a thrift store which i also didnt go to but heard good things about.everything else is a drive away and the hotels arcade and bowling, which i definately woulda been down for, was being renovated (but will be open next year at nasa if its the same location). overall id give this a B+, and convert it to an A+ for next year due to added bowling n arcades.
the places that are nearby that people drove to: were basically niagara falls and canadas wonderland, pretty much it. the draw of niagra will be less so next year cause i already went, and canadas wonderland was a solid time and it will feed into my next bit.
organizing non stream events: the fun at nasa happens outisde the stream room a lot, and nasa really stepped up their game with the risk legacy and naeglaria organizing a trip to canadas wonderland via a sign up sheet he walked around with. shoutouts to mash for the risk tournament and id love to talk to him some more about what future games/tournaments/prize pool stuff we could do. i feel like if nasa staff cme out and pinned in the discord, posted on twitter, linked to it on srcom forums or twitch, than the external events that we may have can come to fruition better. i tried to get some mtg drafts going, with mixed success, and i feel like some staff member with stronger 'get the word out there' powers and made it feel more legitimate to any random person at nasa would enable larger participation. i also brought a bunch of items to nasa and left them in the casual room for other people to use and would bring up another important idea id like to happen at nasa....
formally organizing who's bringing what for the casual room... crts, cards (like i brought), practice pcs, consoles, power strips, board games, etc.
not saying there was a shortage, but a far as i know, the only thing that people really know about thats like, informally documented by staff as a practice room amenity, was pvtcbs practice pc, and maybe ices vr setup. it would be nice in the future to have like a google doc people can submit of what crts theyre bringing for example, so we can have enough shit to satisfy and it is also an if needed anti theft mechanism. this is probably my singular biggest suggestion along with perhaps a staff organized tournament or high score challenge, maybe get a sit on top arcade jetski game or a car racer arcade game (if the funds are there) and have like a high score/best time competition for prizes, thatd be really cool.
social behavior: nasa is very accepting and lenient. and chances are, if you are some socially awkward autist, youll meet other socially awkwaard autists too and feel included no matter what. i think that if there is ever a bad apple in a bucket of good apples, and threatens to poison the bucket, the powers that be have two options: either ban the bad apple, or attempt to turn the bad apple into a good apple, and i think nasa staff does a good job of choosing the right option of trying to cure the bad apple vs exiling the bad apple to rot. thats the metaphor im using, and i have encountered really no bad apples at nasa to begin with in 2018 so that isnt too relavent, but its the social policy nasa seems to have and i whole heartedly agree with it. also, i hope drinking is allowed definitely but controlled in the aforementioned way if someones drank too much at next nasa
runs accepted vs runs declined: nothing to add good job guys just complimenting for no reason
badges: same as bove
tech: same as above
chat: chat got bad during crash 2 run. i frankly dont give a shit on specifics of what chat rules are n where that line is but there definitely was moderation and bans/timeouts that were needed at times and didnt happen.
travel: eh, its worth it to me to go to nasa despite a 7 hour drive and need for a passport, but for those where it makes or breaks their attendance, incorporate that heavily when choosing next nasa location. i care more about nearby amenities.
if you have good standing with the hotel and they liked having us rent conference space, im in support of same location next year and that may simplify improvements.
and thats all i can think of for nasa, ill post again if i have anything to add
I'd be very interested in a magic the gathering tournament if people are interested. can supply some basic lands and or sealed packs for a draft.
Getting a tournament together for a game is tricky sometimes cause everyone plays different games, and im usually not big on the genres of games that the tournaments are typically for (fighting games)
we could also get creative. I remember at nasa 2016 there was competition to get good at a meme game nobody there had played before called chamelion twist i believe. could do not a tournament per se but like a competition/challenge for high scores/times, i dunno, just spitballing here.
good schedule. i approve. my timeslot works.
You are all residing in an evil community.
not only do i not care about innaccuracies, you are all retarded for caring, and have no reason to care. i have reason to care as some of my times are on psx fin and im considering pickinv up crash 2 on psx fin
its because its about how gameplay is
And spikestuff, you don't even run the games so it'd be hard for you to judge how the gameplay feels on emu vs console like i can even if you take note of all the differences between emu and console.
Well for one, I've said that because ps2 with fds is straight up faster than psx fin no matter what, things that dont affect gameplay, even if they save minutes over other emus, are completely pointless reasons to ban emu, as they don't affect how the game plays at all, and emu is not in any way advantaged over console because of that.
And I saw the video spikestuff made on the differences, and those gameplay differences i would totally consider irrelevent. They really don't change how the game plays at all, and the difference is barely noticable. Sure it saves a lot during an entire run, but it still doesnt affect gameplay really at all, and ps2 is faster anyways so the net timesave doesn't push psx fin faster than ps2.
you dont seem to get it do you? i. dont. give. a. single. shit. about. tiny. innacuracies. they. are. irrelevent. you shouldn't give a shit either.
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Gaming for Honor is a gaming/speedrunning event taking place September 24-25 from 12-8 pm both days at Dave & Buster's, 1995 Franklin Mills Cir, Philadelphia, PA 19154
The speedruns will last around 3-4 hours each day (possibly longer depending on how many people submit runs) and the runs will be streamed to NASA's twitch channel: https://twitch.tv/naspeedrunnerassembly/
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Hello, I'm SkiCrazedTeddy, and ever since early last year, me and a bunch of college friends have worked to organize our own local charity gaming event, to benefit the Wounded Warriors project, and to create in our own image a successful gaming event. We ran this event last year with very little attention on speedruns, but this year the scope is much bigger, with plans to have upwards of 8 hours worth of runs, and NASA offering us their channel to stream to.
Being the only speedrunner in the group, they have asked me to establish for the event a mini speedrun marathon, to show off speedruns to an audience of both speedrunners and casual gamers, and to create yet another oppurtunity for speedrunners to meet up, and to get the word out to as many fellow runners as possible to come join us and have fun.
