Who did you meet at CGE2K7?

[Flack]

No fair listing people you had already met, or people whose nametags you saw but didn't talk to. Who did you actually shake hands with or speak to?

My list (so far) looks like this, although I'm sure I'm missing some people:

Katchoo
PapaStu
Sothy
Jumpman Jr
Captain Nintendo
Drexel923
Mayhem
MarioAllStar2600
Bill Kunkel/The Game Doctor
Cav
Tynstar
Sniderman
Fighter17
Nicola and Friend *
Rolenta
The_4th_Survivor
DreamTR
Stonic
Blissfulnoise
Dr. Morbis
Vectorman0
GrandAmChandler
Geelw

EDIT:

jeannerocket
Bill Kunkel
Chris Kohler
Chris Bieniek (does anyone know his e-mail address?)
swlovinist

Once you get your list ironed out, be sure to add to or update your post in the following thread:

Forum Members I've Met
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61421

[ubikuberalles]

You didn't list them in alphabetical order? Shame!

I had to talk to them you say? Hmmm.

Bill Kunkel (seen him on previous CGE trips but never talked to him before)
Captain Nintendo
JeannieRocket
Jumpman Jr.
katchoo
Mayhem
PapaStu
Queen of the Felines
Retroyoungen
Sniderman
Sothy
ubersaurus
Y-Bot


I saw these folks but I don't think we conversed:

DreamTR
Drexel923
Fighter17
Marioallstar2600
Nicola
l_lamb
The_4th_Survivor
vectorman0


I'm sure there are more. I'll update this post when I remember.

[Mayhem]

Of people I hadn't met before...? This is probs gonna be short... erm thinky thinky...

SOTHY!!!
ShyOne (CPUWiz's wife)
Wonder007 (AtariAge)
Nicola
Tynstar
The_4th_Survivor

If anyone else springs to mind that I realise I hadn't seen at a previous CGE, I'll add them in

[ubersaurus]

Lessee, new people?

Sothy
Sniderman
PDF
Rolenta
Nicola
Fedeweb
Drexel
Y-bot
DreamTR
Jeannierocket
Ubik

I'm sure there were more...but I met a lot of the people at 2k4 :P

[BillKunkel]

It was great getting a chance to meet each of you folks and I'm sorry that Arnie and Joyce weren't able to make it but ill-health prevented it. The Chrisi—Kohler and Bieniek—were fantastic at our keynote, nonetheless.
Lessee, I not only met Brett Weiss, I was induced by my lovely wife Laurie to purchase a copy of his book (which, like mine, is very good but, unlike mine, is really expensive—you know how much that binding alone must have cost?).
Also, while it wasn't LITERALLY a first-time meeting, considering that Rawson Stovall was, like, 12 years old the last time I saw him in the 80s, I really was encountering him for the first time. Rawson was legendary in the early days of game journalism as a syndicated 10-year old game reviewer who appeared in quite a few newspapers. His parents always accompanied him to CES in his little suit and tie, but he did his own interviews and coverage.
He's now a producer at EA, btw. But seeing him all grown up and a genuinely Important Person in the game business after all these years was a total trip. He was so quiet and unassuming I hope folks at the show realized what a significant figure he was (as the child star of game journalism) and remains in the history of gaming (how many syndicated game reviewers from the 80s are producing games for a major publisher today?).

[Dan Iacovelli]

besides meeting joe,
I met with fard,Ian,mike from GDG
and walter day.
way before the show I was in the shuttle bus with steven lucas(crimefighter)
but he didn't know it was me.
just remembed metting up with al backiel and brad (pure engery) prill
and glen blunner.
I was suprised fard recongized me with out my name tag.

[Pantechnicon]

First time knew meats:
Sothy
Y-bot
Jeannierocket
Retroyoungen
Sniderman
Ubersaurus
Grandamchandler
Geelw
Katchoo
Papastu
GarrettCRW (we didn't formally meet, but we faced each other for a few rounds across the Warlords cocktail cab)
Jumpman Jr.
Captain Nintendo (thanks again for helping Alex find his DS!)
Drexel923
dave2236

If I missed anybody, it's nothing personal and please feel free to jostle my memory. The rougher the better.

[ApolloBoy]

I met:

Sniderman
RetroYoungen
MarioAllStar2600
PDF
Y-bot
Fighter17

[DDCecil]

Sniderman
Sothy!
blissfulnoise
LucidDefender
Nicola
jeannerocket
Drexel923
DreamTR
Vectorman0
evg2000
Geelw
and a few other people, especially in the swap meet room and at the party.

[Jumpman Jr.]

Off the top of my head:

Pantechnicon
Flack
ubikuberall... er... AltairBoy
dave2236
ianoid
DreamTR
Nicola
Sothy
Sniderman
Geelw
swlovinist
rick weis
y-bot
jeannerocket (thanks for the eraser throughout the show!)
RetroYoungen
MarioAllStar2600
Cav
Dr. Morbis
captain_nintendo
tynstar
NationalGameDepot
Queen of the Felines
Mayhem
CPUWIZ
PDF
icbrkr

And I got to see some folks that I had already met, again. People like:
GrandAmChandler
Drexel928
Vectorman0
Digital Press
CX2K

[icbrkr]

Off the top of my head:

Pantechnicon
Flack
ubikuberall... er... AltairBoy
dave2236
ianoid
DreamTR
Nicola
Sothy
Sniderman
Geelw
swlovinist
rick weis
y-bot
jeannerocket (thanks for the eraser throughout the show!)
RetroYoungen
MarioAllStar2600
Cav
Dr. Morbis
captain_nintendo
tynstar
NationalGameDepot
Queen of the Felines
Mayhem
CPUWIZ
PDF

And I got to see some folks that I had already met, again. People like:
GrandAmChandler
Drexel928
Vectorman0
Digital Press
CX2K

Thppt! No one ever remembers me!

[katchoo]

New people for me this year were:

98PaceCar
Fedeweb
Flack
GrandAmChandler
jeannerocket
Nicola
Pantechnicon
PDF
Sothy
ubikuberalles
Vectorman0 (hey we never had that Boom Boom Rocket face off!!)
vectrexer

As always everyone was super nice and I had a terrific time!!

[Jumpman Jr.]

Thppt! No one ever remembers me!

Damnit! And I even posted a picture of you and Flack in the Photo thread!
*Edited for you!

[RetroYoungen]

Hmm... I'm not going to decipher through the people I've met before, so this'll be the people I got to sit down with, talk to, hang out with... everybody I got to see this year!

ApolloBoy
Captain Nintendo
dave2236
digitalpress
Drexel923
Dr. Morbis
evg2000
Fighter17
Flack
GarrettCRW (Warlords, my friend... Warlords. )
GrandAmChandler (yer one cool grandma, I must say)
icbrkr
j_factor
jeannerocket
Jumpman_Jr.
MarioAllStar2600
Mayhem
mezrabad and son (yer some cool kids, even though the munchkin beat me and just about everyone else at Warlords... you've got a ringer there!)
Nicola (the guy responsible for the proto I took down during the poker game, thanks so much bud!)
Pantechnicon
PDF
Queen Of The Felines
Rolenta
Sniderman
Sothy
The Game Doctor, Bill Kunkel (it was a real pleasure to get to talk to you, and thanks for signing my copy!)
Vectorman
Vectrexer

I know there are more, and I'll add to this one over the next few days I'm sure... but that's who I off-hand remember at the moment. lol

And thanks for making my show!

[Nicola]

Listen, I don't remember all the names. Even more during the party, due to some major issues to my brain.
I just know that I've met many nice friends! Thanks everybody!

[Radiac]

For those who were unable to attend, the inevitable question is...




What is Fighter17 really like?




Please tell me he's not like his forum persona.

[swlovinist]

I got to see Flack, Mayhem, Jumpman Jr, Dream TR as well as Fighter 17 among a ton others. I was the dude at the NWCGE booth with the Nintendo Wii hat decked out in Nintendo gear.


I dont count meeting Billy Galaxy, Y-bot, and crew at the show, they are more like extended family to me! These guys are the best!

[y-bot]

For those who were unable to attend, the inevitable question is...




What is Fighter17 really like?




Please tell me he's not like his forum persona.

I talked to him for awhile at the end of the show and I think he's an okay guy. I haven't read everything he wrote on here though. Did anyone else talk to him?

y-bot

[RetroYoungen]

I talked to him for awhile at the end of the show and I think he's an okay guy. I haven't read everything he wrote on here though. Did anyone else talk to him?

y-bot

Fighter17... he came across, at least to me, about how he does online I must admit. I only spoke to him once really, and then a few slams back and forth as the show was coming to a close.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'm almost afraid to list people I met, 'cause I KNOW I'm gonna leave someone out. Sothy, Stonic, Tynstar (thanks for the Dr. Pepper!), Capt. Nintendo, Jumpman Jr., YoshiM, PapaStu & Katchoo, Dan Iacovelli, GrandAmChandler, GarrettCRW, ApolloBoy, Ubersaurus (code name: Dinosaur Dude), Drexel923, J factor, Nicola, Y-bot & Jeannerocket, Vectrexer, Vectorman0, Blissfulnoise, Fedeweb, and probably a gazillion others I've neglected to list here.

Old friends I caught up with: Flack, icbrkr (these two have gotta be gettin' sick of me, I only just recently dragged them up to Springfield with me!), Retroyoungen (who I didn't recognize at first because he's completely changed his look from 2005), Sniderman (who doesn't want to see my mutant toes), Rolenta (who I bugged about the Great Ted Dabney Secret until he spilled), retrogmr, Michael Thomasson from Good Deal Games, Bill Kunkel, Cav, Kobunheatforum, QOF, Mayhem (who brought me a disembodied intelligence from the future with a RRP of ~15 pounds - how many people can you say have done that for you?), Ubikuberalles, Atarigirl (for about 3.8 seconds - sorry I was on the move!), the law firm of Pantechnicon, Mezrabad & Sons (I think the whole story of the boys getting together and taking over the couch is possibly the one story that exemplifies what CGE is all about), Marioallstar2600 ("wow, he comes apart? your Snake isn't very solid then, is he?"), Ianoid (who came real close to selling me on a Tomy Tutor just to play a Tron game - my Achilles' heel), Geelw, Rick Weis, Anotherfluke (who picked one of my infamous brain-dead moments to introduce me to his girlfriend - boy, I bet I was impressive!), Seth and the lovely ladies of 8 Bit Weapon, Keith Robinson, Steve Woita & Bob Polaro, and of course Joe, Sean and John.

Folks I missed seeing this year, both attendees and alumni: Tony Fox NYC, Arnie Katz & Joyce Worley (I've gushed on and on to Bill Kunkel about how EG - along with early Starlog, Harlan Ellison and Douglas Adams - made me want to be a writer at an early age, and someday I've gotta unload that story on those two as well), Howard Scott Warshaw (aka HSWWSH), Dan Kramer (this is a job for...Trakball Man!), and Jet. (Man, s/he never shows - what gives?)

Not a bad lineup at all. Fighter17 was pointed out to me, but, call me rude, I didn't say hi. Sorry, dude.