Hiya all...
Well.... I enjoyed it. But.
Unfortunately (I think due to short-noticeness of it all), It wasnt as 'retro' as we were hoping. However, what it has done is enabled us to test the waters and see that there's a lot of interest in all things retro, even among the hardcore Amiga community. I'm going to have a post-show chat with Craig and see if we can muster together something a whole lot more spectacular for next year.
The people there were great, though I've never seen a collection of such dedicated geeks in one place
- all nice people though
Craig did great on the sales front - like hea said, almost all of his stock had gone by the end of the day. What I want to know is WHO TURNED UP?
I ask becasue apparently a lot of people approached Craig and knew who he was, but didnt say how. I'm guessing at least a few of them were from this board.
Thanks to foft for turning up, and sorry you didnt manage to sell more stuff. The interest in the bring-and-buy was almost zero, so they must have put it off for this year. The loud music was the 'Big Bash Radio' and was actually being broadcast too, as was the webcam feed. I Spoke to WarmFluffy online whilst doing stupid things in front of the webcam (so to speak), so there was some interaction there somewhere....
I must admit, I was dissapointed by the lack of turn out from these boards... Meeting people that you know online is always interesting, and very often eye-opening
We'll have to see what we can do for next year - maybe a seperate event, or a bigger integration even (we've got loads of time to plan it now at least
).
Thanks for the support form everyone who turned up anyway, and hope to see you at another meetup in the not-too-disstant future.
A few photos to follow!
BTW: Those 'pics' of Craig arnt actually a million miles away
Minus the crown and staff though
