Last couple weeks of raiding has been not really happening. Low attendance etc.. has had us running old content for kicks and having fun doing other things. This weekend I'm hoping will be better but since I will be somewhere Saturday night.... The place listed in the title we will see.
Maybe if I'm not there folks will show. Who knows?
Nerdtacular is over for me now. This is my one big get away event where I go to hand out with Geek kind at Snowbird, Utah. It is awesome to see how it has grown since the first year I went to see it and we watched Iron Man 2, then had a short Q&A upstairs.
I wandered around a bit, caught some cool panels. I really loved the ones on Podcasting and Comic books in Modern media. However, due to the fact it's so big I had to pick and choose between panels and ended up sitting out hypothetical help and Sword and Laser. All of these will eventually be streaming somewhere on the Frogpants Network among other places, and I recommend thumbing through and seeing if there are any you like.
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| My Fat head next to Chris Metzen's |
The highlight this year for me was that Chris Metzen was there. I didn't talk to him much, but I managed to shake his hand and thank him for an amazing game. I then embarrassed myself by not being used to taking selfies on my camera. (let's be honest, this is not a bad thing except in this situation.) I did get this picture with him, and it is fun to be able to say I've met the man.
If you only listen to one thing from Nerdtacular, I would suggest "The Instance" Podcast. (Though you should listen to more) Chris Metzen and Russell Brower where both part of the panel, and Chris essentially stole the show. He talked a lot about the beginning days at Blizzard and how things have grown and illuminated the path they took to get where they are. Whatever you think of World of Warcraft, and Metzen himself, I will tell you from the little bit I saw; the man has passion and while he's very smart, he seems very humble as well. When they talked about Project Titan and the Values Blizzard holds to when releasing a game, I felt myself smiling. You can tell he cares a lot about what he does, and about the people his products serve.
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| Ever Wonder why I love living in Utah? |
Here I am though, two days of Nerdtacular past, and feeling happy about the time I spent there. Here is the funny thing about me though, I don't talk to many people. I sit there, by myself this year, and just watch the people around me and enjoy what is going on around me. I did miss my opportunity to thank Jules from Tauren Think Tank and to say hi, as she had reposted one of my blogs from last year. I need to email her and say hi and such, but I felt that I should have said something and I let the moment pass. Once again, I am much better at typing my thoughts out here than approaching people in real life. Especially when I have a lot of respect, and a little hero worship, for what they do.
I even asked a question on the Podcast (building an audience panel) because I've been kicking around starting one to compliment this blog. Nothing big, and probably just once or twice a month, but we will see what happens. In all likely hood between work and school that goal is a long way off.
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| Snazzy new shirt. |
So, if you ever get a chance to find your way to Nerdtacular, I recommend the experience. Scott Johnson has created a wonderful experience and it's amazing to see how it's grown.
See you soon,
Lag
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| Comics Panel |
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| Podcast/Building your audience Panel |
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