FreePlay Florida

[Shadowrunner]

That does sound good, well except for Billy Mitchell :21:

For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, you need to see the movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

[TrekMD]

Time flies.  This is already next week!  Looking forward to it.  The agenda is posted now on the site.

[zapiy]

Plenty of photos fella and hand out those business cards lol.

[TrekMD]

Plenty of photos fella and hand out those business cards lol.

 

[guest5254]

It's almost showtime for us, stressing out! 

Bring me your cards, we'll put them in all the VIP bags.  For tron fans check out the pic I attached, custom screen printed TRON arcade marquees to commemorate our TRON:Battle for the Grid world record event.

[TrekMD]

Bring me your cards, we'll put them in all the VIP bags. 

Will do!  Thanks!  Where can I find you? 

[zapiy]

@prok thanks so much for that offer.

[guest5254]

Can either mail them to me, or i'll be at the show pretty much start to finish.. just ask where brian/prok is at the main entrance.   If you want to mail them please PM me and i'll send my mailing address.

Free Play is all about the game and the people that make the community so anything we can do to help promote others we're all in to help.

[TrekMD]

Can either mail them to me, or i'll be at the show pretty much start to finish.. just ask where brian/prok is at the main entrance.   If you want to mail them please PM me and i'll send my mailing address.

Free Play is all about the game and the people that make the community so anything we can do to help promote others we're all in to help.

I'm attending, so I'll ask for you when I get in on Friday. 

[Antiriad2097]

That does sound good, well except for Billy Mitchell :21:

For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, you need to see the movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

That movie is heavily skewed to show Billy as a villain for dramatic purposes. He really isn't like that.

The whole Billy Mitchell, Videogame Champ thing is just a persona, akin to wrestling. He feigns superiority. In reality he acknowledges he has a certain skill but is more than willing to do the same for others. He's quite amusing too, has quite a sense of humour.

He's been interviewed on Retrogaming Radio several times, and I feel those interviews are more representative of the man behind the name than anything else I've seen or heard which tends to be superficial. Track down those old shows if you can. They have some other incredible interviews too. Shane really broke ground with those shows, a podcast pioneer from before podcasting existed.

On a related note, gutted I'll miss this event.

In 2010, I missed Star Wars Celebration in Orlando by 2 weeks, having booked a holiday before itwas announced. Star Tours was there for 20 odd years and I missed my chance to ride it by a fortnight,not to mention missing the convention.

I was in Orlando again last month for a wedding. Finally got to ride the new Star Tours, but now I find I'm missing another great con. It wouldn't be so bad, but I missed Replay home in the UK because we had to book the holiday to fit the wedding.

Oh well, good luck with the event, I look forward to coverage from it. I hope you get some interviews recorded with some of it's stars.

[TrekMD]

Prok, up until what will the registration desk be open on Friday?  I won't be able to make it into Orlando until the evening on Friday.

[Willie!]

I tried to get down there this year for Arcade USA, just to busy with work traveling around the country.  hope to get down there sometime

[TrekMD]

Alright, I'm back from FreePlay Florida. I had the chance to meet Bob DeCrescenzo, Walter Day, Billy Mitchell (and other record high score gamers), and Jerry Buckner (of Pac-Man Fever fame).  There were tons of arcade and pinball machines to play and that was just awesome.  I got to play some games I had not played in the arcades and some that I had not played in many years (like Tron!).  Below is a video of the event by Greg George of The Atari Times followed by a link to my picture album.  You'll find me with Bob and Michael (from Good Deal Games) and there's a picture of Bob playing Ms. Pac-Man. 

[align=center:15eqeq6q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x72dNwHAI-c#t=48

[size=180]My Picture Album[/size][/align:15eqeq6q]

[Shadowrunner]

Great pictures! I'll watch the video later but it looks like it was fun

[TrekMD]

Thank you and, yes, it was quite fun.  Imagine having a huge room full of tons of arcades and pinball machines that you can play to your heart's content.  That's what it was!