Yeah this year was really great.
It was awesome to meet some of the guys I interact with here on BYOAC. Some were surprising on how nice and chill they are IRL. I guess I fall in that same category. But it just felt natural to hang-out, joke around and talk shop on games, hardware, etc.
I was happy to finally meet Malenko, after years of conversing with him here and on other sites/social media. And we got him to drink! (he normally doesn't)
Speaking of drinking, I can't believe MikeA and I polished off 2/3rds of a scotch bottle after finishing the rest of the beer in the fridge! (I solo'd 1/3rd of the bottle the night i arrived). It wasn't bourbon like we planned, but it was just as good.
Hearing Ond's silky singing voice after devouring a couple steaks, while drinking pbj's hooch and 2x 5ths of vodka, was a hilarious point in the trip.
He's cool dude, and totally fulfilled the picture in my head of him.
Arroyo was pretty hilarious too. Pretty much every time I saw him in the hall he'd flip me the bird.
Great to hang out with Gilrock and nexusmtz around the Robotron machines! Hope I was able to give you some tutoring tips for chasing that high-score!
Yots, TTC, Haruman, thanks again for the hospitality and another fun zapcon! I plan on doing it again next year, I might even drive over a couple cabinets next time.