I spent a weekend in Vegas with 30 podcast fans I never met before
I listen to a few gaming podcasts and the biggest one "Ventchat" had a meetup in Vegas for its 200th show.
I have talked to most of the people going on mumble , ventrillo or Skype but I never met any of them in person.
The main reason I went was because it was a little out of character for me.
I had a great time, it was like going to a class reunion and replacing everyone with people I actually liked.
One of the hosts had made a chainmail vest that was given away. It was like a magnet you couldn't help to play with it and a lot of people put it on
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I am not sure if I was the oldest person there but I was definately the tallest
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I wasn't fond of the idea of going to the tourment of kings but our group made it a goal to yell louder than every other group there and we rocked the roof off.
I have never been to any sporting event that made that much noise. A few of the actors came to our area after the show to try and figure out what the hell we were doing
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What happens in Vegas doesn't really stay in Vegas I was glad I didn't get this drunk
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Jake (the guy in the background with the beard had the craziest set of tattos I have ever seen.
Including a picture of Jim Henson (creator of muppets) on his arm
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One guy looked like Gordon Freeman (from half life) so much we kept yelling GET THAT MAN A CROWBAR
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It is possible to do a live Podcast broadcast from a hotel room with crappy internet but it isn't easy.
We had a California Wine Mixer the night before and the cops shut it down because of the noise
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This is the digital Magic-8 ball I gave to the hosts of the show.
I spilled my own blood to put a cheap MP3 player in a 8-ball and include 100 different sayings related to the show.
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The only thing I can say about this photo is that I am not in it and he was such a huge fan that he had the show logo tattooed on to his lig
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