Anytime I mix photography and gaming I’m going to have a blast.  Add a popular webcomic in and it gets pretty hectic as well. And zesty pizza sauce usually helped.  The sheer number of places to eat outside the Hynes Convention Center ensured a lively discussion on where to replenish every time.

Originally I was sent up to Boston with some GXL cohorts to assist BYOC and PC tournaments but we also volunteered  into some help at consoles which was fine by me.  No major problems with the Team Fortress tournament and just some server nitpicking with CEVO mod on the Left for Dead 2 tournament.  There’s already talk of improvements for PAX 2011 East.

I also enjoyed playing Chrononauts even though I couldn’t seem to fix the timeline and return home.  When packing up the game a player discovered that the recommended player number is 1-6.  We were playing 8 players.  oops.  Seemed like a jolly time especially when using the optional rule on having to describe in detail when we skewed the timeline how our character actually did the deed.

And thanks to Intel, all the other great BYOC sponsors and exhibits.

First we have Nor’Easter 2009 this weekend just north of Boston; somehow I got drafted into helping run the console section.  There are only a couple seats left and looks like a full weekend for me.

Quakecon is August 13-16 at the Gaylord Texan.  Personally I like this hotel location better than the Anatole.  The Gaylord has so many places and people to photograph even when I’m not at the lanparty. Say hi if I bump into you.

Of course I’ll also plug my local Jersey lanparty Thegxl.com’s GXL Unleashed.  We’ve bumped the cap to 768 gamers and will actually be using the full bay to capacity.  Another cool event to come to if you’re on the east coast.  I’ll be doing photography at this event and running a side tourney or two.

P.S. Remind me to finish my Lanparty Photography How-to.