Streak is over

I say streak, but it was only two games. Then again, it lasted for ten hours. Nothing much to say about the game itself - I fell behind early and failed to gain ground in a number of different ways. A well deserved loss.

So one if the highlights of this conference is how well run it is. The picture is one of the examples. Every game is listed in different formats in different places. The main program has all events listed both by time (it's 9pm, here is all of the events happening, what round/heat it is, etc) and by specific games (in one line has location, GM, days of heats and of semis and final).

But that's obvious, it's what a program does. But in the rooms, the info is regurgitated in different ways that really works well. Back to the picture: that's one side of a triangular stand. The graphic makes finding the game tables from a distance simple in these huge rooms. This side has, right to left and top to bottom, GM picture and name, dates and times of rounds, color-coded by normal, semi and finals, all of the previous winners. Doesn't sound impressive in print, but it's so damned useful when looking for where you need to be.

Have a minute, quick note on sake. Games are played in five or six different rooms. Ballrooms have about twenty tables each, and big room has at least a hundred. Plus open gaming room mentioned previously. 101 games played in tournament form, and I'm told attendance is just over a thousand (I'd have guessed 1300).

More tomorrow, although likely to more of the same. Unless I play one more Titan game at 10pm tonight. Stupid, should Yuengling and sleep, but the siren calls.