Midwest Gaming Classic 2K12 - March 24th & 25th

[martyg]

The dates have been officially posted, we're on March 24th & 25th in 2012. Same great location but even more great events, displays, vendors, and contests!

Last years attendance (including kids 12 and under, which are free) was over 5,000. Here's looking to an even better year.

[Tupin]

Can't wait, I had the best time last year.

[chrisbid]

any word on when hotel packages will be posted?

[GrandAmChandler]

....less than 5 months until MGC! Everybody PANIC!

[Queen Of The Felines]

Crap, I gotta buy my tables this weekend!

[goatdan]

any word on when hotel packages will be posted?

I replied to this somewhere else too, but...

Life has been very busy for me lately. Which is a good thing for the MGC actually, as it's centered in a lot of early prep stuff for it. We have the hotel link and we're ready to put it up, but we're trying to nail down at the same time ticket packages. The ticket packages are *almost* nailed down at this point (the cost is staying the same, but pre-order people will now get some extra added bonuses... and, we're starting a NEW Friday night tournament!) so we just have to finalize that, and we'll have them up.

At this point, I am guessing it will be this weekend or shortly afterward. Once we nail down all this, I've got a lot of other info to roll with -- new rooms, expanded content, totally and completely new features, and so on! I'm really looking forward to 2012 already!

[Carey85]

Let's see if we can get total attendance OVER 9000.

[goatdan]

Let's see if we can get total attendance OVER 9000.

Okay, I gotta ask...

What happens at 9000?

I mean, I'm ALL for that, but that seems a rather interesting choice of a number.

[portnoyd]

You hear that sound? That's the meme whooshing over dan's head.

[Tupin]

A rather old one at that, too...

Can't wait until the new MGC, it's always great!

[goatdan]

You hear that sound? That's the meme whooshing over dan's head.

Yes, it most certainly did. That is what a lack of Dragonball Z gets ya, I guess. Regardless, growing in attendance to beat Goku would be all right with me

[Kaboomer]

http://gamerspots.com/events/midwest...g-classic-2012

If you have been before, please register and review it

[Tempest]

I'll be there in the museum area again. I'll have my Videobrain, Arcadia 2001, and SV-328 setup for play.

[Goodwill Hunter]

The sell-it-all auction at the end of the last show ended my vending career, but I hope to exhibit my APF M-1000/Imagination Machine and haul back out the big orange Sears 2600 POP demo unit for display and play. Also looking forward to actually seeing the show again, instead of spending the whole two days behind a table.

[DHG Hunter]

Ticket pre-orders went up a little while ago, $25 for Saturday & Sunday as it was last year: http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/tickets/

Room pre-orders also went up at the same rate as they were last year.

What's New So Far:

• If you pre-order your tickets, certain areas will be available to you 30 minutes prior to the general public on Saturday, March 24.
• There are several ticket packages available this year including one that takes a Friday road trip to local collector Tom Taylor's impressive 300+ unit in-home arcade.
• There are now two Friday night tournaments: the original Friday Night Clock Chaos tournament for pinball and a new, console video game tournament in the museum called the Friday Night Up to Par tournament. Details will be forthcoming.

On a side note, we've also launched a new official blog for the Midwest Gaming Classic called MGC In-Depth: http://www.mgcindepth.com

I hope to see some familiar and new faces from here this coming show!

Later.

[goatdan]

[*]There are several ticket packages available this year including one that takes a Friday road trip to local collector Tom Taylor's impressive 300+ unit in-home arcade.

One slight correction -- his collection isn't in home, it's too big for that. He has rental space that he uses for it. It's AWESOME.

[GrandAmChandler]

I believe our table space is secured. I heard if you go to ONE classic gaming event next year, THIS is the one to attend.

[wallydawg]

I might have to start a Paypal donation Fund to get Ben Heckendorn drunk enough to sing Robin Sparkles' "Lets Go to the Mall"

[Guy Kazama]

okay, first off, i'd pay to see that.

second, i'm so going, had loads of fun last year and i just pretty much ran around like a chicken without a head for two days.
and then drove 12 hours home.

[dave2236]

I believe our table space is secured. I heard if you go to ONE classic gaming event next year, THIS is the one to attend.

Yes, our booth is booked, were ready to sell some awesome games.