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Omegathon, OMEGANAUTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN! OMEGANAUTS POST HERE!
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I usually don't answer unknown numbers, and I didn't even know they were calling for this thing yesterday but for some reason I answered. Glad I did!
Added to the list! Welcome to the club, we have hats (we don't really have hats)!
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
ETA: Also Rock Band and a bunch of FPS in general. And Minecraft, hmmm...seems unlikely that it'd be part of the competition, but I know Gabe loves it and stranger things have happened...
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
Pac-Man CE DX is pretty awesome sauce, and absolutely worth your gaming dollar. I could totally see it coming up on the roster. Rock Band is also a staple, but I would not be surprised if they changed it up with some sort of dance game just to keep us on our toes (HAHA SEE WHAT I DID THERE?)
I need to practice the guitar.
I'm pretty sure I can nail The Gambler on vocals. Actually, medium vocals in general should be fine for me. I'll need to practice guitar and keyboard. And maybe finally bite the bullet and get a drum set. (I just don't know where I'll put it...)
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
WHERE WERE YOU LAST YEAR?! For those who didn't see it, vocalists for both bands were pretty terrible. Ours even failed out initially.
On a related note, a word of advice if you get to the Rock Band round (assuming there is one): Make sure your bassist and guitarist know which side of the screen their notes are on.
Actually I can't even remember if I signed up for Omegathon before the keynote last year. It was all kind of a blur. If I did, I wasn't among those selected, obviously.
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
Somewhere close to impossible! However, I was not randomly selected for this one. I am one part of the Runner-Up team from PAX East 2010, and due to this status I have been invited back for another shot at glory!
ohhh, awesome!
Oh, it could almost certainly be a thing. There are all SORTS of things they could do... first to make a full suit of armor (steel would take 10-15 minutes for a good player, I think), first to make a block of obsidian (means making a bucket, finding lava, and finding water). First to make a cake (means finding reeds, hunting chickens, etc).
Going to PAX East? Challenge the PAX Pokemon League! (Check our website for more details)
To make up for that I've created an arsebook group for Omeganaughts. To join please ask to join, and message me with the following info from your Omeganaught confirmation (look to your omeganaught email for info).
-What is the fax number you are supposed to send your signed agreement to.
-Who do you need to send it to.
-What is the text of #5 in the agreement.
It would be great if we could meet up before hand since we may be setup into teams.
Here is the group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191181557577249
Ha! All kinds of awesome! Yep, facebook seems to be the only venue we haven't invaded yet. You've been added to THE LIST and I've sent my fb info to you
When I realized it was Gabe calling me, I had to summon all of my strength to not drop the phone. I"m so pumped.
Heyyy great idea, but uh...any chance you could change the group to the correct spelling of Omeganaut?
"Naught" means zero...and I'd like to think we're not Omega-zeroes :[
Don't you know who we are? We're the Omeganauts, bitch.
For the Facebook Group I'm Andrew Graham.
I've also created a twitter list of the omeganauts http://twitter.com/#!/TdarTURbo/omegathonpaxeast2011/subscribers
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
As for baseless speculation: The PA guys seem to love the music game round, so RB3 seems a shoe-in. Would love to see DJ Hero 2 in that spot though. I can't see an effectively "competitive" way to play Minecraft. Marvel Vs Capcom 3. Sorry (board game version). The Super Meat Boy suggestion I read earlier would be awesome! Pick 3 levels, 20-30 minute time limit, you can re-play them as many times as you want, or stop if you think your times are good enough, lowest aggregate times advance.
Anyway, can't wait to watch some rounds next month.
Rounds generally take an hour. For the music and final rounds they will probably want you in the green room an hour ahead of time. The flip side is your Omeganaut badge SHOULD get you to the front of any other line in the con when you are not competing.
You definitely have time to check things out but there are also definitely things you will have to miss due to time constraints. Usually they want you there ahead of the scheduled start time so they can go over rules and stuff so if a round is at 11:00 am then expect to be there around 10:30-10:45 AM.
Please, dear god, no Dance Central!
Welcome! Your name has been added to the roster in the OP. Feel free to join our Facebook group or post your twitter info to be added to that list! If not, I'll see you in 4 1/2 weeks!
Im thinking ANGRYBIRDS?! First to destroy the pigs?
After time adrift among open stars
Among tides of light and to shoals of dust
I will return to where I began
2 questions about that:
1) If they do allow line skippage, can we get a friend in (my brother is coming) with us? If not that's fine, I totally understand. i don't want to abuse this awesome gift that has been bestowed upon me, but it'd also be a shame to not really be able to use it either because family comes first.
B) Is/Has that privilege been extended even if you go out in, say, round 1?