Comments on: Post-MAGFest 8/Speed Demos Archive Charity Marathon Wrapup

By: The Second SDA Marathon, Ninth MAGFest, and first Emptyeye Wedding | Emptyeye

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:10:54 +0000

[...] to hunt for a new location next year (Frankly, parking was ridiculous enough last year–see My post on MAGFest 8/Classic Games Done Quick for more–that it can be argued that it should’ve happened this year.). This led to a [...]

By: A Quick Word-Count Post | Emptyeye

A Quick Word-Count Post | Emptyeye — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:58:08 +0000

[...] of the word counts, according to WordPress, of my post-convention posts: MAGFest 8/The SDA Charity Marathon: 3631 Connecticon 2009: 4125 Game UniCon: 2315 MAGFest VII: 1379 Connecticon 2008: 2786 [...]

By: emptyeye

emptyeye — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:30:03 +0000

Thanks! I definitely enjoyed doing it, despite the technical difficulties (Or even because of them, in the case of TMNT). I think I can say the same for everyone who was there. Hopefully we’ll be even better next year (We haven’t planned much beyond “We’re probably doing it next year” though)!

By: I Has a Linux | Emptyeye

I Has a Linux | Emptyeye — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:14:23 +0000

[...] of Knoppix. As it turned out, that viewing of Link’s Awakening in German I did during the SDA Marathon did not make me as fluent in German as I thought it [...]

By: puwexil

puwexil — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:00:04 +0000

Marc,

I really enjoyed watching you get revenge for me on TMNT and Battletoads – 2 of the very few NES games I played in my childhood but was never able to beat; and I thought you gave great commentary during the other games too!

By: emptyeye

emptyeye — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:43:48 +0000

@Frezyman: Thanks. Your runs were all great too. Nice seeing you again as well.

@James: Well, the entire event is at a hotel. In the main ballroom is the Game Room, and there was a section of this room reserved for the Challenges Booth. There were other rooms reserved for panels, concerts, etc.

And yeah, what I got to see of it was a lot of fun!

By: James

James — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:21:18 +0000

So I’m confused– is the entire event usually at a convention center with rooms blocked off for each challenge?

Either way, it sounds like a blast again!

By: Frezyman

Frezyman — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:46:11 +0000

sweet to hear your story. Amazing pianotoads, turtle runs. Nice to meet you again.

By: emptyeye

emptyeye — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:23:05 +0000

Matrix: I’m not cool enough to get an Apple II GS, nor to emulate it.

Names…I don’t remember all of them, but I know Cyan was “MrThou”, Sabin and Gau were both “Frezy” (In the absence of Frezy suplexing a train due to said train Imping him, we settled for Frezy suplexng Frezy), Shadow was “Obama”, Strago was “Fizban”, and Gogo was “Over9k”. Oh, and Edgar was “ThaMan”.

Lag: I had been wondering what was up with that run…seems like it was in verification forever. I had actually picked it up with an eye to speedrunning it..but I’m a long way away from actually being able to do it. Who knows if I’ll ever get around to it with all the other games I have to even play still (Like ~~Bolivian~~ Oblivion).

By: Lag.Com

Lag.Com — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:56:52 +0000

Hey, you got Air Fortress? Excellent game! There’s been a run in the verification topic FOREVER with technical difficulties and it’d be nice to replace it with one that makes it onto the site :)