gdq ranking

The official neskamikaze gdq enjoyment power rankings
(memory as good as I can, but my memory in general is really bad. sgdq 14 might be too high and 11/12 maybe too low)

1. AGDQ '13 - Including the week before staying with p_, the road trip there, last 4H center marathon, meeting a lot of the old SRL friends for the first time, scooter squad, the last marathon where I really enjoyed speedrunning and the games around it, blackout drunk night, etc

2. SGDQ '12 - Super relaxed, the me p_ kirkq ani crew, mountain, all day bonus stream to ourselves, BHero race being my favorite marathon run I've done even if I didn't play well

3. SGDQ '14 - Denver is great, had an awesome room with LD stonenot and Greg, Tony 1 crew some of my favorite people I've hung out with in person at gdq. Road trip sucked though

4. SGDQ '13 - Last smaller marathon, spent a lot of time jope and had a lot of fun. Still lots of new people showing up to this I enjoyed meeting

5. AGDQ '12 - This is probably higher up and I know I had a really good time, but I honestly just don't remember specifics. Played a ton of melee with cosmo mundungu twig and p. Also great roommates this year

6. AGDQ '16 - Did every fun video game thing I wanted to do, realtalk dinner, party room, definitely enjoyed more than marathon before

7. AGDQ '11 - Despite the fact that I had almost no food or sleep the entire time I was there, as well as showing up without knowing a single person, loved being there and met people I still talk to til this day. Also super into speedrunning at this point and next to no one streamed so everything was new and interesting

8. SGDQ '15 - Rooftop and 807 was definitely the highlight and definitely loved this. However, day time was mostly forgettable and I was glad I didn't stay full time. Also forgot to get room so I had to sleep on floors and nearly got kicked out

9. AGDQ '14 - I don't know if it was how the hotel was or the fact that it was such a big change from previous but this marathon felt the most crowded/overwhelming. Didn't care about speedrunning anymore at this point. Was borderline beligerantly drunk 80+% of the time. Hung out with wrong people. Was start of me thinking I should stop going. Roommates being some of my favorite people was saving grace


...but I don't think I will. Not going to think about it at this point, but I do definitely like seeing all the speed friends. If something else comes up I'd rather do/see that I feel like I have to budget vacation and money for I'm not going to blow it off because I penciled in SGDQ, but if not I'd want to see friends again. It's been fun

-nes