2010-03-30 update: HD footage of the event
http://vimeo.com/10558068
2010-04-02 update: Gameplay-only footage (both screens)
http://www.youtube.com/user/InstantAwesome
There are too many people to thank to fit in one tweet, so here we go.
Thank you Nick Garner and Stephen Swift for providing color commentary, and extra thanks to Nick for reserving the spot in advance and making sure that the PAX dudes were cool with it. Thank you Joseph Canadas for doing player interviews throughout the match and for bringing in a second copy of Mega Man 2 from home so that we actually had two to use. Thank you Daniel Danger, whom I didn’t even ask for help, but showed up anyway with an HD camcorder and took some amazing footage of the event, and thank you Rob DeVita for also taking video on your camera, not knowing that some dude was wandering around with an HD camcorder. Thank you Casey Malone (whom you might have seen on the Harmonix panel at 10am on Sunday) for both live-tweeting the event and doing pre-game player interviews, which are available here — with me and with John.
A very special thank you to the PAX East Enforcers, particularly the dude with the shaved head and skirt whose name I’m sorry I didn’t get, who not only gave us the go ahead to have the event and bring in our own PA equipment, but also helped us set up the games and surrounding area. You guys embodied the DIY spirit of the gaming community and helped us do something that was both unsanctioned and awesome, and probably bent the rules a little for us.
Thank you, all my friends and coworkers, who showed up to cheer at my victories and gasp at my mistakes.
Thank you John Emhoff for getting wrecked by me at Mega Man 2, and for coming up with the idea to do this in the first place.
And, as always, Thank you for playing!