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Midwest Gaming Classic 2004
Here is my report from the 2004 Midwest Gaming Classic:
I started out to leave my house about 7:30am so I could get there before
the show early enough to set up before the show actually started.
I was the first one there for Jagfest on tour section, since I had to wait for
Tom Legare to bring his Lynx collection and TV's (and other assorted
gaming items) I basically set up my jag, the Atari Zone Fanzine binders and
the Atari Tribute items. When Tom came I helped him bring his stuff to the room.
Later on Matt Baker came in to set up his Jaguar stuff (protos and stuff).
Jason (Megadata) then came along to set up his stuff. Pretty soon another person
came along (don't remember his name) who brought his Jaguar.
(we also shared the room with the group of people who brought the marathon game
for the Apple (Midi maze was supposed to set up but never did ))
Now we come to Show opening Day 1:
We had a crowd in the room and we basically showed off the Jaguar and Lynx games,
(we didn't set up the tourneys until later on). I did manage to get out the room to stretch
my legs and view the other rooms like Atari Age (Atariprotos.com) , Sunmark and The Lan room
set up by iColiseum internet cafe. I also had some time to check out the pinball/arcade rooms.
I basically couldn't move around the first day because the crowds was so large ( I should mention
that I did manage to go into dealer room to see what in there I met up with Jarrett from Packrat Video Games
there was some other vendors there too like Warpzone Video games (I talked to Wyatt on the second day).
Around 3pm I had to check in for my room, then I came back down to the jagfest room and we was still busy.
Later on we finally set up a two tourneys: Beat level 21 on Tempest 2000(it was actually beat the Yak level because I found out it wasn't actually level 21) the prizes for that was a copy of either Blue Lighting CD for the Jag or Tempest 2000 Soundtrack and copy of the first Jagfest issue that AVC has made. We actually had three people win (one from day one and two on day two) We also tried to set up the Battlesphere network tourney.
Prizes for that was the extreme pack set for Jaguar and a copy of World Tour Racing for the Jag. Unfortunately, that tourney didn't go well, but the Jagfest group did manage get together for 4 player Battlesphere network before we closed up shop. Later on that night I joined the group from Atari Age for pizza and pop (gaming as well) Al from Atari Age had set up some tourneys to play: Cave 1k, Warring Worms (I played in the Warring Worms tourney, and almost won the quarter finals but then chocked), and some others I can't remember. By the time I got to my room it was a 11:30pm.
MGC day 2:
This day was a lot slower then the first day and the Jagfest room
was also less the network of the other Jags because Matt and the others didn't return for the second day
so it was just Me and Tom (and the group from Marathon). Tom left around 3pm and I figured to close up shop as well, so The Jagfest room was the first to shut down since the marathon people left as well. I walked around a bit before I decide to walk around a bit to visit some rooms, around 4pm I figured to start waiting upstairs for my ride to pick me up around 6pm. Some people I did meet up with some people during the first day was Jim Leonard (from Jagfest'97) and Bud Melvin (who performed at VGS'03)
Overall I would say that was a good show (I hope to return for next year).
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