Retroids at MGC -- Everything you need to know 2012

[Trickman]

This is a list of everything known about Retroids @ MGC weekend (and even before the weekend) that you may want to know. We plan on posting up some LIVE video of the room via Twitch.tv as well, so look for that and for interaction between people at the show and Retroids members on the site. Also, the Ken Cam is back this year! Check it out at various times during the weekend, as Ken roams around the show, touting all the goodness that is MGC!

Anything else Retroids members might want to know, just post it in this thread. Hope to see a lot of you there!

Thursday, March 22nd:

PS Nation dinner meetup

Meet in the hotel lobby at 5 p.m.
Where we’re going:
New Berlin Ale House
Address:
16000 West Cleveland Avenue
New Berlin, WI 53151
(262) 641-0016
Directions from the Hotel:
5 Minutes Away
Duration:
Until 5 people pass-out!

Friday, March 23rd:

PS Nation lunch meetup

Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 11:00 a.m.
Venue:
Rock Bottom Brewery in Downtown Milwaukee
Address:
740 N Plankinton Ave # 1
Milwaukee, WI 53203
(414) 276-3030
Driving Directions:
Click
Duration:
However long it takes. Also, we’ll walk across the river to check out the statue of The Fonz!

PS Nation dinner meetup:

**NOTE** Please email us at PODCAST@PSNATION.ORG with the Subject “MGC 2012 Dinner” and let us know if you’re joining us and how many you’ll be by the end of the night on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 5 p.m.
Venue:
Delafield Brewhaus
Address:
3832 Hillside Drive
Delafield, WI 53018
(262) 646-7821
Driving Directions:
Traffic may make the drive slower
Duration:
We will try to be back to the Hotel by 8 p.m.
Because at 8 p.m., Karaoke starts!!

Any more information about PS Nation meetups at MGC, visit http://www.psnation.org/2012/03/18/m...l-the-details/

Friday evening @ 8pm -
Karaoke at the bar in the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, WI.

Other pre-show events include:

• Tom Taylor's Arcade Tour (Friday 3pm-8pm)
• Clock Chaos Pinball Tournament (Starts at 8pm)
  
• Up To Par Video Game Tournament (Starts at 8pm)

Saturday, March 24th and Sunday, March 25th:

Retroids Room MGC Schedule (official schedule on the MGC website can be found HERE)

Overview:
Join us in the Retroids room for a ton of gaming goodness! Retroids founders (Ken and Terry) will be running consoles at their tables as well as debuting their Retroids Videolympics high score contest. The Retroids Podcast Network (RPN) will be around to meet and greet their listeners. Join them in some casual gaming sessions with Street Fighter X Tekken, as well as their designated contests and podcast roundtable sessions. Galloping Ghost arcade joins us in the Retroids room again this year, and will have a myriad of arcade games to play, including a custom Street Fighter X Tekken arcade cabinet! Learn how to wire up your own arcade cabinet in their hands-on classes, and play against Team GGA in the newest iteration of Mortal Kombat. High score champions will also be on-hand to take on all challengers in a variety of games. Check out the list of the scheduled events below:

Saturday, March 24th
10am - Forza 4 (Xbox 360) Racing Contest (all day) [360 Nation]
11am - Retroids Videolympics: First session - High score contest featuring Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System games. Compete to get on the high score board and to win one of two awesome Retroids prize packages!
- Super Meat Boy (PC) Contest. Win a signed copy of the soundtrack. (ends at 1pm) [Amplified Gamers]
1pm - Arcade cabinet wiring 101: First session (learn how to wire an arcade cabinet) [Galloping Ghost Arcade]
2pm - Retroids Videolympics: Second session - High score contest featuring Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System games. Compete to get on the high score board and to win one of two awesome Retroids prize packages!
- Bastion (PC) Contest. Win a signed copy of the soundtrack and a code for the game on STEAM (ends at 4pm) [Amplified Gamers]
3pm - Arcade cabinet wiring 101: Second session (learn how to wire an arcade cabinet) [Galloping Ghost Arcade]
4pm - Dark Presence presentation - Check out the newest updates on the fighting game created by Galloping Ghost Productions [Galloping Ghost Arcade]
5pm - Play the newest Mortal Kombat (PS3) game in a custom arcade cabinet against Team GGA [Galloping Ghost Arcade]
6pm - Play arcade games against world record holders, Matt Rocco, Matt Walters and Udey Kumra [Galloping Ghost Arcade]
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6:15pm- 7:15 pm - Head over to the Star Worlds Room (still downstairs, just a few rooms over) to join many of the special guests including Ken and Terry who are on trading cards! Guests can talk with and get signed trading cards from many card holders.
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Between 8:30 & 9pm until 1am - Retroids MGC After Party
After the show closes-up for the day, come on down to the Retroids room for our annual party. It’s completely BYO, and we can point you to a liquor store that’s right down the street No one under 21 will be admitted unfortunately, so we don’t get in trouble with the law. Bring your PS Vita for some multiplayer fun!

Your DJ, Sam Jividen will be rockin' the room with '90s tunes!

Start time: Between 8:30pm and 9:00 p.m.
End time: promptly @ 1:00 a.m. (you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here!) If you're still in the room @ 1:00, that means you're helping us clean up!

Keeping with the success of last year, we're bumping up the decade to 1990! Put on your acid wash jeans and flannel shirt for this Blast to Tommy Hilfiger's past! Hang with your favorite podcasters and members for one night of mad fun!

Also, bring your iPhones & iPod Touches, as you'll be able to make song suggestions and recommendations directly from Apple's Remote app! Simply join the local network and select "The Amplified Gamers' Library" to send your request!.

The Rules:

1. BYOB.
2. Must be 21 to enter. This is non-negotiable, and we will be checking.
3. Do not enter, store, or drink near the sound booth under penalty of death.
4. Management reserves the right to remove and/or deny access to this event for any reason.
5. Don't be a douche.

Keep checking back for updates, there's bound to be plenty! Also, feel free to suggest music from the '90s and Sam will add it to the playlist! For more information, go to this thread: http://retroids.com/site/showthread....GC-After-Party!!!

Sunday, March 25th
11am - Crafting Mama - The Crafting Mama gals are doing "glass bead magnets" for kids of all ages to make and take with them. Choose from a wide variety of video game characters for your magnet...from Pac-Man to Mega Man, and many others! As an alternative project, video game coloring pages will be available for kids to color in their favorite characters such as Mario, Sonic, Zelda and Link. All materials will be provided for these projects. (ends at 3pm)
1pm - Welcome to the Goo LIVE podcast roundtable [Gamers Only Older] (ends at 3pm)
3pm - Amplified Gamers LIVE podcast [Amplified Gamers]
5pm - THE SHOW IS OVER...SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

[DHG Hunter]

Will be very interested to see what Galloping Ghost has for Dark Presence...

Later.

[SinfoniaSam]

I'm so excited!!!

[Rman5k]

The whole weekend sounds AWESOME! This will be my 1st MGC - I'll be there for Sunday

[Gruel]

So wish I could be there

[ChryZ]

So wish I could be there

Same here, that schedule is full of win

[Trickman]

Added info about live streaming, the Ken Cam, and another special event (not in the Retroids room) involving Ken and Terry:

Saturday: 6:15pm- 7:15 pm - Head over to the Star Worlds Room (still downstairs, just a few rooms over) to join many of the special guests including Ken and Terry who are on trading cards! Guests can talk with and get signed trading cards from many card holders.

[MadScientist18]

My Cards Against Humanity game should be in by today...I think I'm going to bring it

[Crimefighter]

As crowded as this was, once again MGC needs another day...and to go back to Oconowomoc.

[DHG Hunter]

As crowded as this was, once again MGC needs another day...and to go back to Oconowomoc.

Hehe, I haven't heard the Oconomowoc comment in a while. Seriously, the Sheraton really does grant us about twice the amount of available floor space than what the Olympia allowed for.

I think that people get a little bit hung up on the size of the main room at the Olympia versus the Sheraton. The Sheraton is a bit smaller in size for just that one big room, but the Olympia didn't have as many available rooms with as much total square footage. Plus the Sheraton has been great about allowing us to use every square inch of the floor like the restaurant, lobby, hallways, and more.

Crowds were certainly up, but we also had a lot more stuff like pins & arcades spread throughout the hotel this year adding to some congestion in spots we never had before, such as the linking hallway between the museum and the rest of the show. We'll discuss this a lot I think in the coming weeks. I know we'd all love to move into a giant convention center, but keep in mind that with the amount of electricity we pull, those convention centers can cost us about 5 times the amount we spend now.

Finally, there are a lot of issues with tacking on an additional day. For one the rooms we rent are much more expensive during the week than they are over weekends. Second, we already run into issues with some of our organizers having trouble getting away from their day jobs and/or school to work week days preparing the show.

It is pretty amazing to see how far the show has come in both size and production values, but remember that the MGC is still put on by a bunch of folks that still have their day jobs at the office, the schools, the plants, the stores, or what have you. I think that growing the show further is still very possible, but please have some patience as we save for even bigger and better things!

Later.