Ichida here! Finally found some free wifi! Youmacon is going awesome! We arrived way ahead of schedule on Thursday, and we're having a blast! We spent all of Friday morning in Registration, where we got to take a quick snap of Linkara.
After that we had lunch then went our separate ways to probe the con. I shot through the Dealer's Room, Video Gaming area, and Artist's Alley, then proceeded to begin the line for the LittleKuriboh roast last night. I knew once the concert that preceded it started an hour an a half late that I was in for the long haul. I got to chat with an awesome Frank West cosplayer the whole time as our little camping party, who I affectionately dubbed LINE-IPATOR, grew every hour until the line formed behind us. It was a treat to see Psyguy, Kirbopher, and basically most of Wha-chow show up. Got a chance to chat with them a bit.
The roast itself started ridiculously behind schedule, but I was having such a cool time with Lineipator that I didn't mind. Once we got in and it started... Hooolyyyyyy fuuuuck. I genuinely do not believe I have ever laughed harder in my life!! The roast itself was savage and amazing all at once, but what really made it beyond justified description was the fact that Martin and Marianne showed up drunk! Apparently they shared a bottle of tequila just prior. Marianne held herself pretty well, but LK was just fucking plastered off his ass, yelling out retorts to almost every sentence, which included such memorable lines as 'Shut the fuck up!' 'gimme the microphone!' and 'It's funny cause he sucks!' - the latter of which was originally flung at MasakoX, XD.
The roast had so much hilarity that I can't narrow down my favorite lines, nor were we allowed to film, partially because they were filming their own master copy, and I think because Martin was wasted. Ah well, that roast alone made everything I did to get here totally worth it.
There was a TeamFourStar panel immediately after but I just didn't have the energy - I had to get some sleep - I had Kirboper's Flashstravaganza this morning to attend, an it was awesome. We watched some of his old greats like Waltz of the Forest, a bit of Parody Rangers, etc. Then he showed off TOME, a reboot of his first flash series which is in the vein of things like Reboot and .hack - very much up my alley. The first episode will be premiering on Newgrounds 11/11/11.
I'm just now out of the Kirb panel, sitting around for lunch before I go get in line for Bonds Beyond Time Abridged. Will do more status updates later.
Tyler/Vlad, I no longer miss you being here -
check out Psyguy and I. :P
First off, Happy New Year to all of our fans and readers! For those who don't know, the IXI! Studios brand and website was started in January of 2010, so it's almost our two-year anniversary. We've got something fun planned to celebrate. In the meantime, I thought I'd look into what two videos are our top-viewed, so here y'go -
Sorry for the lack of updates recently - we've all been busy with the AMAZING lineup of games that have come out over the last few weeks (read: Skyrim), not to mention DTAC (December Toronto Anime Con) is coming this weekend, so preparations are being made as we are once again hosting the gameshows. We do have something Christmas-themed other than DTAC coming up though, so stay tuned! :D
New Dissidia GMV - Space Pirate Vaan. This is for any fans of Final Fantasy XII and/or Lazy Town. Confused? Check out the vid here.
