Thanks for putting on the conference last night, it was good fun and I
really enjoyed meeting the guys from Eurocom. Thought it was a really
good idea turning it into a panel show, would maybe have worked better
in the bigger room downstairs, but meh, it couldn't be helped :)

Could you let me know if you're having any more conferences in the
future? I'd really appreciate it.

Hope all is well, thanks again,

Scott

I liked the form of the meeting although I'd love to see it develop into a more involving conversation type of meeting. I thought the quiz parts set the topic for discussion really well. It seemed that many more people wanted to contribute to the conversation but there was simply no time. Also may be
people should be allowed contribution "quota" to stop certain more aggressive participants being the only ones contributing (that is beyond the panel of course). Sometimes people feel that they have to share their opinion on everything and that can be a bit annoying in a big group of people. I know I'm like that when I'm allowed to...

I've been to several IGDA meetings and I find they hardly get past the "publisher/vendor" presentation and the free drink agenda. One of the main reasons I stopped paying my IGDA membership couple of year ago.

I was talking to some friends that were at the meeting, and the interesting thing was that those who'd been to other similar events found it better in comparison and those who hadn't didn't see much point to it except for the
free drink. I think my main point here is expectations. Not sure myself what I expect to find at these meetings. May be friends that I haven't seen in some time... talk about old times or other common friends. It is also of interest to me what are your expectations as host/organiser? And what do you
think we as participants expect to get?

I come from programming background and find that these events hardly have any benefit from technical point of view. It is close to impossible to discuss any technical matter in any beneficial depth with a beer in hand trying to out shout the music and everyone else shouting in the venue. In fact it is difficult to discuss anything that way. Maybe it's just me :)

My personal opinion is that if people wouldn't go to the event for the idea of meeting other people and talking about games there is little point luring them with a free drink. I'd rather you spend money on making the event better for the interested parties than attract people with a free drink.

Anyway, it feels like I'm criticising here but I really liked the mood and style of the meeting and looking forward to the next one.

Kind regards,
Yordan Gyurchev

Hi chaps,
I think it went very well last night. The format worked well and it got the audience involved.

So when is the next one?

Dan

Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for last night, as I didn’t manage to introduce myself whilst I was there. I think Lee Hutchinson apologised for us turning up late and not making it onto the panel, but there were three of us from Rare lurking around.
I enjoyed the evening, and thought the format was a good idea to get people talking.
Thanks,

David Thomas
Senior Engineer, Rare