If you ever thought that AM conferences were a total sausage fest...

[Laura]

You definitely have never been to a gaming conference...

We were at QuakeCon for a couple of days doing coverage for one of our sites. Now I know a lot of gamers myself, and they are all pretty normal, well-adjusted people. But I could not believe many of the people at this event. They were mostly very fluffy, it looked like they hadn't showered any time recently, and I didn't see a *single* cute girl (about 1 girl for every 100+ guys maybe).

You know it's bad when the signage around the event reminds you bathe and use deodorant.

These guys pretty much sum it up:

A guy built this Optimus Prime computer - he said he put about $18k into it. It was pretty cool, actually.

This was the BYOC room (bring your own computer). I couldn't get the whole room in one shot - it was HUGE.

I have tons of footage and interviews to go through, but I wanted to share the fun of the last few days.

Laura

PS. I love gamers and am not poking fun - I just couldn't help but think this event was an abnormally eclectic and interesting group.

 

[mason]

DAMN laura nice! that last pic looks amazing. Unless that room is well ventilated I bet it smelled like shit in there... so that's why had that sign that said "bathing" and "deodorant". lol

 

[nachoninja]

nerd alert!

 

[Kfleming]

jesus. christ.

 

[sperts car]

quake dont pay the bills

 

[productionhead]

what a waste of atoms

 

[gdubs12345]

that fat guys shirt says "ever ride a fat boy?" haha

 

[barman]

laura you must've loved being the hottest chick in a room of thousands.

 

[Deliguy]

You should wear something slutty and see how many desktop backgrounds you can end up on.

 

[lerchmo]

The greatest concentration of > 30 yr old virgins on earth.

 

[Bofu2U]

You should wear something slutty and see how many desktop backgrounds you can end up on.

ha!!

 

[Laura]

Haha, yeah, that's exactly what his shirt says.

It was fun, but admittedly the hired "QuakeCon Girls" were wearing a smidge less clothes than I was, and it was their job to be cute.

 

[nachoninja]

or else they throw evil gingerbread cookies at you?

 

[engaged]

didn't even know quake was still around.

 

[smaxor]

I sure hope we don't rank for quakecon and bring any of those people in here on a search. *shutters*

( anti keyword stuffing ) money money money money money, cars cars cars cars, women women women women (hopefully that helps )

 

[geekcognito]

I'll never understand those people.


Oh yeah, to help smaxor:

money, cash, bills, dough, green, dead presidents, benjamins, assets

girls, women, ladies, hos, bitches, tricks, chickenheads, split-tails

 

[sperts car]

I'll never understand those people.


Oh yeah, to help smaxor:

money, cash, bills, dough, green, dead presidents, benjamins, assets

girls, women, ladies, hos, bitches, tricks, chickenheads, split-tails

Um is there a punchline I'm missing here?

 

[geekcognito]

Um is there a punchline I'm missing here?

Oh yeah, I forgot to add it in. Here it is:
Punchline: You're a douche.

 

[Ben]

Um is there a punchline I'm missing here?

WF Troll

 

[Laura]

I sure hope we don't rank for quakecon and bring any of those people in here on a search. *shutters*

( anti keyword stuffing ) money money money money money, cars cars cars cars, women women women women (hopefully that helps )

Hahaha! I hadn't thought about that.