SGDQ2017

SGDQ was a blast. I really love the people in the community and I managed to really get out and do stuff with people outside the marathon a lot more this time and even meet some new people/talk to some way more. I really pushed to be more outgoing instead of the introverted side in the second half of the week after my run/work. Just want to go over some stuff.

The hotel - I didn't have much of a problem here, location was good, parking sounded confusing but ended up being fine, room charges were really weird but that ended up fine, beds were a bit hard but that isn't something that bugs me and the elevators all worked. The real main problems were with the water coolers not being refilled and the bathrooms not being restocked properly.

The run - Deppy went fine. I was getting pretty frustrated with how far it kept getting pushed back but held it together I think. I died on the final boss exactly as I'd predicted I would. I barely remember what I said during but I know phathome chimed in with some stuff to keep me moving along. My mission was to show that game to as many people as possible and it was accomplished.

The people - I got to meet goobi omg finally the legendary meetup happened. I talked to a lot of people I didn't talk to a whole lot before (bonesaw, elehex, jimmy, ramsus, midboss just to name a few) and actually talked to/met a bunch of new really nice people (bich finally, chelsey, phathome, leslie, esteban for 5 seconds, kirua, way too many others for me to remember). There was even a girl with a sidecut with green hair/glasses that came up and talked to me about my run and that made me really happy.

General stuff - I was actually feeling pretty down early on, I had a lot of pressure from the work days and having to stay awake and so I kept feeling like things were happening that weren't real and I felt really dumb. It wasn't until Jordan's show that I finally calmed down completely and that was really just a turning point for me. Going to the movie, minigolf/zoo, the casino, all of that was just a ton of fun and I'm glad I went along to all of them instead of staying cooped up in the hotel. I needed to let loose and thanks to anyone that did anything with me.

The future - I need to go to AGDQ. I don't care if I have a game in or not, I just want to relax with friends some more. Also I need to stream more, probably starting tomorrow after a good night's sleep.

We're a family.