Twitchcon 2018!

UPDATE: I no longer support the streamer that I originally mentioned in this blog entry and who had invited me to Twitchcon 2018.  Their name has been removed from the entry and the modified portions of this article have been highlighted in red.

You may recall that I recently blogged about getting back into streaming on Twitch.tv.  In addition to that, the game I'm mostly streaming (Fortnite) is designed in a way that makes it easy to meet and play with people from the online community that I've never met or talked to before.  In the past few months alone, I have met so many people from Fortnite and online from Twitch, more than I have in past years with StarCraft 2.

Hence came Twitchcon 2018.  It didn't really cross my mind at the time to attend, but when I found out a streamer I followed on Twitch would be attending and was looking for people to meet and greet there, I decided to join in on the fun.  Twitchcon took place on October 26-28 in San Jose, CA.

The first day at Twitchcon was not pleasant.  I had to wait in line for 4 hours just to receive my badge that allowed entry into the convention.  By the time I had finally gotten my badge, there was just two hours to look around inside before the first day was closed.  I've been to E3 twice and their line for badges runs so smoothly (30 minutes or less), but I hear that the San Jose Convention Center just didn't plan well for the amount of attendees for this event.  At least on Friday night there was a Twitchcon party at a football stadium where they had music, drinks, and some outdoor games.  So the day was not a total loss.

The next day we were able to get in without any waiting and everything ran much smoother.  Twitchcon is a lot like other conventions in that there is are plenty of exhibits to see.  Obviously the exhibit I looked forward to most was the Fortnite arena. :)

Epic Games did an amazing job with all the props and costumes within their exhibit and the Fall Skirmish was also streamed live from Twitchcon.  If you were watching, you could find me in the audience waving my arms around haha.

The final day was geared towards supporting the streamer I was there to meet.  Unfortunately, I no longer support that streamer due to personal reasons and have since left their Twitch community.  The trip was not a complete loss in the long run, because I still met other streamers there that I still support and have befriended online.