Hey guys!
Very nice work Alzrius matey!
Okay, basically I got back from Q-Con just over an hour ago, had my dinner so I am am just getting online now (after 10pm).
Originally I had intended to only attend on the Saturday, however I won the Street Fighter 3 competition and was told the prizes (which were far too good to turn down) would be awarded at the end on Sunday. So that meant I had to go Sunday as well. During which I won the Burnout 3 competition too.
Unfortunately the Krusts 100% record was dented at the Tekken 5 competition, however with
THREE legitimate excuses: firstly the 'x' button on the PS2 controller for player 1 was wonky (because some doofus playing earlier on freeplay for an hour was a complete button masher) and it only worked part of the time; secondly the tournament was played using team battle rather than versus and the Krust has only learnt a few characters; thirdly the guy who won the competition
OWNS the arcade machine!
Nevertheless a half decent showing by yours truly given that I don't actually own an x-box or PS2.
While I was there I also managed to pick up the DMG 2, Monte's Requiem for a God and the Hellsing d20...Alucard is 34th-level in the book in case you were wondering. Haven't done much more than breeze through the books at this point obviously. But I'll probably do a review of Requiem at some point.
Kudos to the LARPers putting on a swordplay exhibition and demonstration. Very interesting, and it felt weird holding the replica 18th-century fencing sword, the blade must have been 4 feet long. Felt very 'unwieldy', the fighting seemed much less about moving the blade itself and far more about your own movement.
I also got chatting to Marc Farrimond of Mongoose Publishing who seems a very decent chap, and I was shown one of their forthcoming releases. Starship Troopers d20. I have to admit I was very impressed with the quality of it. Full colour, glossy pages, good art, they have the bugs (over a dozen different types) and the skinny's detailed (for those who know their Starship Troopers). I only had about 20-30 minutes to breeze through it but it looks glorious it really does. Thats one to look out for in a week or two, it'll be interesting reading the reviews to see if under close scrutiny the content matches my first impressions.
Anyway, I had a great time, though next year I'll prebook and get some more roleplaying done. This weekend I was attending with a non-roleplayer so it was more of an anime/video game centric event for me. But I had a great time, met some cool people and had a lot of fun.
However, all that fun has a flip side and meant I haven't been able to get anything done on the Bestiary over the weekend, which still needs about 7-8 hours work. So the chances of it being onsale Monday are pretty slim. Tuesday should be okay though. *touch wood*
Don't screw up, or your inevitable fate will be gruesome! 
