Turbo Fest (VGS) 2014

[toktogul]

holy crap those are beautiful! count me in next year!

[jtucci31]

Damn those are awesome looking! I can't wait

[Mathius]

I made a few runs through Tatsujin and got beat pretty bad. There are a few strategies I found through those repeated plays that will hopefully give me a fighting chance. Majors, if you are coming I'd love to compete with you.

[chany60126]

Six days left! We will have our biggest vendor turnout yet as the hallways will be packed with vendors as well.

[jeffhlewis]

What are the chances of someone setting up a Skype like we had at the MGC TurboFest?  It looks like Roflmao may be making the trip down to me casa, and I'm inviting some peeps who have never before obeyed (poor bastards).  I realize of course we won't be able to partake in the bomberman tournament, but you can laugh at my feeble attempts to play tatsujin!

Agreed - we need to set up a SEELE-style via-satellite feed for the folks that can't make it. Put a camera on a mobile cart. Or a roomba or something.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I would actually love that too. 

[Bardoly]

I suppose that I could bring my laptop and my webcam.  I would just need internet access.

[Mathius]

I have Skype on my Laptop but my webcam doesn't work very well. With Beemer, Josh, Neccler, and Jeff out it's not going to be the same. So, what those of us who are going need to do is have such a great time that those four goobers that aren't showing feel so immensely guilty for having real life issues that they break down and vow to never miss another VGS ever again.

[chany60126]

I suppose that I could bring my laptop and my webcam.  I would just need internet access.

The hotel does have Wi-fi that you can use. If you could bring the laptop, that would be greatly appreciated!

[chany60126]

Moreover, I think it would be cool if we could some live streaming of the event via Twitch, ustream or some other method simultaneously along with the skype for the forum to see.

[Bardoly]

If someone knows how to do it, I both have a pretty good Sony Handy Cam camcorder with a tripod, and my Logitech webcam was the top of the line ($100+) when I bought it.   I do know how to do Skype, but the for other programs mentioned, I have no clue.

[turbokon]

Looks like I'm going to need to book a hotel.  What are some of closest hotels to the event that every body will be staying at?  Also I still need  someone local who can pick me up from the airport. I would be very grateful:)

The Fairfield Inn in the same parking lot as VGS is the best bet as you get a discount for booking.

http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS/?page_id=2

Looks like it's all booked.

Damn! Try Comfort Suites just down the road on North Ave. Ashe and me stayed there last year. It's only minutes from VGS.

Thanks Mathius, I just booked at comfort suites.

[Mathius]

Chany, my X68k is good to go. I don't have anything different from MGC but there is still a lot to choose from. Same goes for AES.

See you guys soon! We'll be heading up Friday night. Probably rolling into the Fairfield at around 10 PM or so CST. Is anyone hitting Galloping Ghost at all that weekend?

[roflmao]

I'll be heading down to Nullitys for our own Turbofest and have produced a multi-cam+computer screen live broadcast (10+ episodes our first, and likely only, season). I'm planning on bringing down some of my gear in case we want to tinker with it and go a little fancier than just skype.  But for you guys, the biggest hurdle would be the high upload stream.  I don't know if wifi (if you even get decent wifi at that location) would be enough to handle even a low-quality video stream.

[Mathius]

I know the wifi at the hotel is pretty decent, which should reach the convention center.