Posted by Linus Bondesson on Sep 9, 2009 five past eleven am
I was super excited to see you (Ron Gilbert) present your keynote speech at PAX. it was in fact the one final factor that that made me take the 15 hour car trip to Seattle. Whether that was some sort of lunacy, I don't know. But what I do know was that I arrived to Seattle 1½ hours before your keynote.
This is where the troubles began;
first off there wasn't a parking spot to be found ANYWHERE!
when I finally found one it was next to a curb and cough expensive as (lots of sybols).
When I got into PAX and found out where the "main stage" was they wouldn't let me in!!!
to get a perspective; after driving for 15 hours to hear THE Ron Gilbert deliver his keynote. having a minor heart attack for not finding a parking spot, just to hear that it is full; well, all I can say is that there are no words to describe that feeling.
I was persistent and made my way between the "Enforcers" (cause I refused to give in to "it is full" mentality) made my way through the line and THERE WERE MORE SEATS LEFT. even though they were in the very back towards the exit, it was more thn good enough for me.
The keynote speech was great and borderline amazing. But when I got out to move my car to a "better" spot, city of Seattle decided that my "new" cars temporary permit wasn't enough to prove that I had payed taxes in California. so they gave me a $36 ticket.
conclusion; The keynote was great and very much in par with what would be PAX09, I watched the presentation for deathspank which look very promising, I will certainly pick it up when it is done. And Mathematically Ron Gilberts' Speech was worth in rough numbers $36+$4+$50 = $90
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Posted by Linus Bondesson on Sep 9, 2009 five past eleven am
This is where the troubles began;
first off there wasn't a parking spot to be found ANYWHERE!
when I finally found one it was next to a curb and cough expensive as (lots of sybols).
When I got into PAX and found out where the "main stage" was they wouldn't let me in!!!
to get a perspective; after driving for 15 hours to hear THE Ron Gilbert deliver his keynote. having a minor heart attack for not finding a parking spot, just to hear that it is full; well, all I can say is that there are no words to describe that feeling.
I was persistent and made my way between the "Enforcers" (cause I refused to give in to "it is full" mentality) made my way through the line and THERE WERE MORE SEATS LEFT. even though they were in the very back towards the exit, it was more thn good enough for me.
The keynote speech was great and borderline amazing. But when I got out to move my car to a "better" spot, city of Seattle decided that my "new" cars temporary permit wasn't enough to prove that I had payed taxes in California. so they gave me a $36 ticket.
conclusion; The keynote was great and very much in par with what would be PAX09, I watched the presentation for deathspank which look very promising, I will certainly pick it up when it is done. And Mathematically Ron Gilberts' Speech was worth in rough numbers $36+$4+$50 = $90