So the Omegathon selections are less than a week away. Will you get the call?
We will be choosing the Omeganauts on August 5th, from the pool of those who have registered to attend this year's show. If you want to get "in the mix," as it were, then registering today is strongy advised. Of course, even if you aren't chosen, you're still going to PAX. There's really no way to lose.
So let the frenzy begin. What games do you think will be included this year? What will the super-secret final round entail? Nobody knows (well somebody does, but they're not talking). Speculate here. Also, if you get chosen next Wednesday, be sure to post about it here. All Omeganauts and announced games will be added to the OP as information is released.
Also, feel free to discuss previous years' Omegathons in all their glory (post pictures too, if you like).
THE CHOSEN ONES (real names followed by forum/irc/twitter handles)
- Darin Blanchard - bl00k
- Matt Carmack
- Thaddaeus Engelmann - drobro/chupamiubre
- Jackson Foster
- Alejandra Garcia - Lokiale
- Mary Jacobson - A Serious Pirate
- Rachel Kraft - awitelintsta/mrsashlux
- Ken Lindas - Bob Jackass
- David Medwid
- Daniel Merritt
- Eric Moran - deveric
- Sean Morris
- Mark Petcavage - emarecksaykay
- Alexander Rakoczy - scissorjammer
- Ryan Taylor - Randomfool/loofmodnar
- Neal Torres
- Hans Wuerflein - wuerflein/hans
- Isha Zubeidi - eye-shuh
- Grace Hoang
- Noah Callaway
THE CHOSEN GAMES
- Round 1: Mario Kart Double Dash
- Round 2: Bookworm Adventures
- Round 3: Halo 3: ODST
- Round 4: Unnamed rhythm game (DJ Hero or Rock Band: Beatles, maybe?)
- Round 5: Connect Four
- Final Round: ?????
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Either way, Omegathon is always epic and has awesome moments -
(Photos from DarkPhibre who does some seriously awesome PAX photography)
As far as previous Omegathon moments, Combat > *.
EDIT: Just checked what day of the week that was, and I am good for the 5th. Its a Wednesday, and I am not working, so I will be near my phone all day.
Hay moe you forgot to tag it
That's mildly annoying. The box for the cellphone number wasn't big enough for an entire UK cellphone number, so mine's incomplete. Unless the Omegathon is only open to US residents, in which case it won't matter at all, but I've never read anything that suggests that.... Oh well, the chances I'd be picked are slim anyway!
If I didn't hate SingStar, I would say just pit people against each other in a straight up points battle, mano y mano.
Roleplayer, Pirate, and 2009 Omeganaut
Them's the breaks.
This is me.
Although, I have the worst chance-based-luck in the world, so I'm not expecting any calls anyway! Also I'll be too busy!
Also, I'll be really surprised if there is no BlazBlue.
I hear the omegathon rounds are one of the harder things to get into to watch. Just the final round or all of them?
Bummer. Understandable that no matter what day they'd call, someone would probably be at work or unable to take said call, but I still expected that they'd not pick a traditional work day. Ah well.
Roleplayer, Pirate, and 2009 Omeganaut
The final round is the easiest to get into, its the other rounds that are a pain becuase they are held in smaller rooms/areas.
Its always been during the week.
Not so this year. I taped a sign to my bedroom door.
I would figure they would call later in the afternoon for a higher chance at having the phone answered, that's just my take on the idea. Either way, I'm not going to get picked, I just figure I'd throw out that little tidbit incase it might get answered.
Roleplayer, Pirate, and 2009 Omeganaut
I tried using the search function to answer this question, some guy asked the same thing but his question was never answered.
*Nevermind, I found it.
And even if it were on a weekend, this thread would be filled with people saying, "I'm going to be doing something this weekend what if I don't notice my phone vibrating AHHHHHHHHH."
Let me put it this way.
We know there's around 73000 people pre-registered, based off what Khoo told us. Let's say half of them (probably a conservative estimate) registered for the Omegathon. That means you have a 0.03% chance of getting the call. Not 3, 0.03 percent.
So my suggestion is to not worry about it too much.
:: puts on the cape and the nerd hat ::
(edited after moe's post, and extra edited after BigReds post in another thread)
75k is the building cap, not the amount of people preregistereing, but im thinking this:
20k people have preregistered with 3 day tickets
15k clicked off that they want to be chosen as an omeganaut
they probably make about 40-50 calls, depending on who answers the phone
so around 1:375 chance of being called.. =. around .3 percent.
annnnd i have no life
Voice: "Hi, is this Jo?"
Me: "Yes..."
Voice: "Hi, this is Tycho, from Penny Arcade-"
Me: "Yeah right! Who the fuck is this, for real?"
Tycho(with Gabe laughing in the background): "No, seriously. Did you register to be considered for the Omegathon?"
Me: "Seriously? Holy Fuck!!"
The rest is history... Best phone call from the Seattle area I've ever gotten.
I want so badly for that dream to become true.
Maybe not the Scrabble part...spelling of words is easy, but it's the thinking of words that are not for me. But that would seem like a kick-ass dream come true.
Anywho! To place in my three pence...
I, personally, would like to hit it my generation's version of old school--Millipede or Centipede. Or maybe Ice Hockey. Or go all Nick Arcade and have like a crazy duel of something like Sonic or whatevs.
That is too cool. I'd like to think I'd be all quick and witty if I got the call, but I would entirely lose my shit.
Tycho: Hi, this is Tyc
Me: *GARBLE* (passes out)
erin you have THE WORST cell phone service at your work. EVER
also, it was a fun 4th of july party. had a blast....
But wait, 75k is the total among all three days. So thats 25k each day, but assuming not everyone selected a 3 day pass, I wouldnt guess that there would be more than 30k people preregistered. A third at least probably chose not to be considered, so it more likely that your chances are based out of 15-20k people...
yea, i edited it about one minute before your post. i agree
Do hard /w nofail