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.