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HALOLZ MAGFEST 8 ROUND-UP!

Well it’s been a while since I did any kind of write-up after a show, but you know what? MAGFest was a great show! Despite the fact that I had to man the Halolz booth most of the time, here are some of the highlights of my crazy four day weekend.

First up here’s a quick picture of our booth. I thought it came out pretty sharp for this show, especially from all the additional lighting I setup (which I was pretty much forced to run out and buy Saturday morning after realizing how dark our corner of the hotel was). It was kind of fun to work some lighting into the booth though… I’ve never done it before and it really makes things stand out in a low light convention hall.

HALOLZ MAGFEST 8 ROUND-UP!

Also with me were my bros Dave (SNAFU Comics) and Brandon (YuGiOh Abridged) who helped us take over this particular corner of the show. Once I got used to it I actually really liked this weird corner configuration, although having to tell everyone that Dave would “be back later” got a bit annoying. I think he might have been having too much fun at this show because he was always off having fun instead of watching his booth! (must be nice)

HALOLZ MAGFEST 8 ROUND-UP!

So yeah, what kind of stuff happened at MAGFest? Well I didn’t get away from my booth much, but did I get to meet some cool folks, and catch up with some I haven’t seen in a while! Including…

Brentalfloss
(Finally got to meet him, cool guy! Guess he’d heard of Halolz from the traffic we’ve been sending over!)

The Megas
(Well actually only had a chance to talk to Greg this time, but if you didn’t know The Megas are my favorite video game band!)

Metroid Metal

(Got to talk to them briefly, these guys have a fantastic album out which I picked up at VGXPO)

Omonomopeia

(These guys make some neat video game crafts, we may be carrying some of them soon over at Ninja-Bot!)

Also Stanworth and I were on a webcomics panel with Brian Wilson and Dave Lister which was actually not too bad (typically I don’t enjoy webcomic panels… long story). Thanks to everyone who came out for it!

And there were quite a few epic moments at the show, I was trying to find some photos or video of them on the internets but at the moment I’m not having much luck. One was an amazing Metal Man cosplayer rocking out during The Megas show, another was the premiere of a live-action Mega Man movie (which I didn’t end up seeing but Dave told me it was pretty impressive). Oh and I was able to take this baby home…

HALOLZ MAGFEST 8 ROUND-UP!

Not only was I joking that this baby metroid was my second child, but I even had it strapped it into the car seat on the drive back to Alyssa and Sophie. I’m such a good father! >__>

Well anyway, MAGFest… awesome. I will totally be there again next year! A great show with a lot of stuff to do and a lot of great attendees! I’m looking forward to next year!

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Posted by Shawn Handyside on January 6, 2010 · 7:14 PM 
FAILLAMENOT BADPRETTY GOODAWESOME (54 votes, average: 2.96 out of 5)
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Brentalfloss? The Megas?
i wasnt there?
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10 replies · active 792 weeks ago
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Someone please explain why Halolz News gets such low ratings...it's not like they appear everyday ._.
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They're unfunny?
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I realize that, but is it so bad to have news every once in awhile? I acknowledge the fact that Halolz is a site for videogaming humor, but it's to have good times too, is it not?
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All sites have news lowly rated when they appear. Apparently, people get pissed off when they expect a pic and they see news.
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But the amount of funny pictures outweight the failiure pictures this year so far, besides, they already got a funny picture today! (And apparently, Halo was the use, and you know how rare THAT is)
Eh, whatever. I'm not going to argue over something so trivial, I just wanted to make a small point =P
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Yeah, it's just impatience. Or possibly trolling, which as you know I am WELL equipped to deal with.
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I believe we're all ready to deal with multiple sums at any given time...
By the way, I thought of an interesting question. Would Fanboys or Fangirls count as types of Trolls?
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Not unless they're the aggressive type.
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Okay, I'd totally get rid of my mourning over not being able to go to MAGFest if I had that Metroid in a glass container.
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8 replies · active 792 weeks ago
Well it's not actually glass... it's plastic. Still it's freaking awesome! The top and bottom are some kind of foam and the metroid is a plushie held up with a magnet (so you can move it up and down)
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D: DO WANT!!!
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One word.
DAMN!!
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+1 for factual intelligence...and mainly because you're Shawn Handyside.
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I'll have to see if I can get the girl who made it to let me sell some on Ninja-Bot! The shipping might be difficult tho (it's pretty big)
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Lol, you should. Everyone here would LOVE ONE.
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All the goodies that I wanted to buy were all there!
And I missed it!
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Look what i found!
BrentalFloss' time at Magfest,
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqe8dW5GIZs&fe..." target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqe8dW5GIZs&fe...
at 5:30 in the video you get to see Shawn and his Falcon Lunch.
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....come hell or high water, I'm going to MAGFEST 9. Wolf himself will not stop me dammit!
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I still say too much light on the booth. Though it is like bringing the light of gamer heaven to the masses.
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:0...

BTW Shawn, I was thinking of making the Jarate Objection into a shirt. Good idea?
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4 replies · active 792 weeks ago
Pants would be better.
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ehh...I don't think that would be good...especially the sniper pointing.
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It's not a bad idea... Mike actually had the idea for a "Got Jarate?" shirt but honestly I think it might be a tough sell.
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Yeah...Got Jarate doesn't really work *imagines piss mustache on sniper**shudders*
WHAT HAS BEEN THOUGHT CANNOT BE UNTHOUGHT!

Well, I could try to design an objection shirt, maybe make it yellow lol...
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On New Year's Eve I sent an email to next year asking if I was at MAGFest.
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And here ends another stage of my miserable life as a guy who didn't go because it's too far away and the money exchange rate is fucked up.

I mean, seriously. 14.59 pesos = 1 dollar!?
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2 replies · active 792 weeks ago
It is pretty confusing. Who decided on the decimals?

You know, I really hate missing out on stuff like Magfest. It's music and video games. That's the very DEFINITION of perfection to me.
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I've gotta catch that next year D: Well, I've gotta catch a con period. It's been forever since I've been to one.
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