MAGFEST 2017

[Kosheh]

So I know you're all wondering "how did it go? how did the bucket list play out?"

well,

maybe.


here's what happened.

- say hi to Dazz
- say hi to Petie
- hang out with both separately. (I have been waiting YEARS for this)  (it was sorta with Petie? he and his gf were inseparable, but that's ok)
* enjoy a cheeky Nando's with Dazz (at minimum)
* actually shoot the shit one-on-one with Dazz for at least 30 minutes (and this can be done while playing video games) I kinda did? at a table? we hung out for a good amount of time
* buy Petie a drink (ur choice cowboy) as an appreciation for keeping the site and servers running and tell him that I deep down think he's a pretty cool dude despite the shit I give him
* Talk about the forum a little with both maybe throw shade at users behind their back but assure them that it's neither of their faults, it's just the ebb and flow given the advent of social media (actually made a forum suggestion that they liked )
* buy both a second drink, wait until they down it, then ask to be mod and archive their reaction (no drinks, no proposition)
- say hello to more VGR people (there were none, wtf - but i did see DYKG's video editor Louis, and a few users from VGRcraft)
- buy Sesame Street 123 & ABC (just got 123, that's what was important)
- get David Wise to sign a DKC gam and Sesame Street ABC & 123, then tell Koopaul all about it

when he saw Sesame Street though he held it out in front of him and said "Wow, this really takes me back to my early days at Rare", which when these things happen during autograph sessions really brightens my day because it brightens theirs
** including the part where I kiss David Wise's ring and refer to him as "Your Excellency, Who Hath Elegantly and Singlehandedly Composed Stickerbrush Symphony" (was rushed out of line before i could)
- flick a booger in the DYKG panel from the back of the room and see if it will hit Dazz or Petie (did not succeed. there is NO PHYSICAL WAY i could have flicked a booger from the back of the cherry blossom ballroom)
- give Mighty Jetters, JazzGW, or Shade a big hug and a smooch on the cheek (and also buy them dinner, Lyft service may or may be not included) if they show up in person (none of you showed up wtf. However MJ AND Shade both made cameos in the TSR/DYKG panel)
- leave MAG with a backlit GBC (not a single seller sold one, which is surprising. you'd figure with the love for chiptune? but no! not even)
- reunite with Random at NPC Collective, shake his hand and tell him how much I enjoy his discography buy no less than three physical albums, maybe buy him a drink (I bought 2 albums because there were only two at the table. Both got signed)

and here's some other things i did:

- watched half of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4 (Diamond is Unbreakable) and HOLY shit it's REALLY GOOD
- my Lyft driver nearly fucking killed me during rush hour on the ride in
- used my twitter pretty regularly during the con. i hope to use it more often, it was a lot of fun tweeting!!
- got diarrhea
- bought Puyo Puyo Tetris for PS4 at 3 am
- hit level 14 in Duck Hunt. I didn't know I was that good at Duck Hunt. shit
- was a cool cat makin' waves all over town: reunited with my highschool sweetheart, Dance Maniax and played Heaven is a '57 metallic gray (gimmix) on "WILD" all 3 rounds during two separate playthroughs.

* christ i love using my knees on songs (i also didn't say whether i was in the same shape i was then)
- bought Utacchi! for the DS on eBay, then saw the goddamn game at a booth the next day for double what I paid for it
- got really great clothing suggestions, currently contemplating buying some of these because they were Damn Cool
- played so much Pop'n Music I bruised my hands, what the hell
- went from level 5 to 15 in Pop'n. I don't have the motor skills to do Ex level stuff. Maybe someday
- played co-op DKC2 with another human being
- finally played Jubeat
- saw too many team skull members at once
- played Goof Troop more than any other game at the con...and that was in my hotel room

all in all? it was ok, I'm debating between this or Too Many Games in Philadelphia, but if it means more pals and more hanging out, maybe I'll do MAG next year if getting a hotel isn't such a fucking nightmare