Link | 2,737 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Who's going? This will be my first time. Milwaukee WI • March 31 - April 2https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,729 Moderator · Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,650 Administrator · Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Looks like they moved vendor stuff back to the third floor at least! It was really weird having it on the first floor (and a major pain in the ass to unload) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A. | 1,139 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 We have a club for the VGS room. I'll add you guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,127 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, B.A. said: We have a club for the VGS room. I'll add you guys. Membership has perks! I’m gonna go to the next east coast convention. Does VGS have the same deal at Too Many Games or the Long Island convention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdStrongestMole | 430 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 In my home city of Milwaukee, I feel like it's mandatory I make the trip. Never been, but it looks like a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,127 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 59 minutes ago, 3rdStrongestMole said: In my home city of Milwaukee, I feel like it's mandatory I make the trip. Never been, but it looks like a great time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,650 Administrator · Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 20 hours ago, a3quit4s said: Membership has perks! I’m gonna go to the next east coast convention. Does VGS have the same deal at Too Many Games or the Long Island convention? Not as far as I know. I believe the association started with Midwest way back in the day since it was in very close proximity to many of the Minnesota/Chicago/Indiana members. RetroGameCon in Syracuse is a great one to attend if you're looking for stuff near you. TMG might be as well depending on what you're looking for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 2 hours ago, captmorgandrinker said: Not as far as I know. I believe the association started with Midwest way back in the day since it was in very close proximity to many of the Minnesota/Chicago/Indiana members. RetroGameCon in Syracuse is a great one to attend if you're looking for stuff near you. TMG might be as well depending on what you're looking for. Yep, BA and I attended last minute in 2011 and met up with the Missouri crew and BigJT. 2012 we decided to do a table to sell BigJT’s release Assimilate and some of Bunny’s RetroUSB games and put a NintendoAge table drape over it. We also had a couple TV’s set up with contests running. They put us in one of those basement rooms with the Ben Heck guys and Memblers/Tepples/clueless that did a MGC competition cart. Then we moved upstairs to a room where we stayed until it moved from the hotel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller | 495 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I'm in charge of the room this year and I'm still looking for rare/cool Nintendo items to display/play, if anyone wants to get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbossman79 | 26 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I'll be there. It'll be the first time I've been to any kind of gaming convention. I'm looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD | 1,438 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 This is an event I've never been to. Unfortunately, this year I won't be able to attend but I will be going to PRGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srbossman79 | 26 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Hey guys, I just wanted to say that the exhibit you had set up was awesome. It really looked like you were back at a department store from years gone by. Thank you very much for all the time and effort you put in to make it happen. It was really something special to see. I'm also very happy that all those old crt's in your display as well as everywhere around the convention are still getting some love and not rotting in a garbage dump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,127 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Did anyone get the VIP pass that doubles as a NES game? It’s be cool to see a picture of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,205 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 I desperately wanted to go to MGC for the first time, but I'm in the midst of recovering from a herniated L2 in my back, so I can't walk for very long at the moment (which has been particularly cruel for someone who jogged every night before the injury). I'm trying to rehab completely to try going to Long Island, but if not, I'm planning to go to MGC next year for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,127 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Renmauzo said: I desperately wanted to go to MGC for the first time, but I'm in the midst of recovering from a herniated L2 in my back, so I can't walk for very long at the moment (which has been particularly cruel for someone who jogged every night before the injury). I'm trying to rehab completely to try going to Long Island, but if not, I'm planning to go to MGC next year for sure! I’ll probably hit up Long Island since it’s only about 2 hours from here and my wife can visit her family while we are there since she is from the island. Do we do a VGS room there as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaC | 104 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) On 4/4/2023 at 4:39 PM, srbossman79 said: Hey guys, I just wanted to say that the exhibit you had set up was awesome. It really looked like you were back at a department store from years gone by. Thank you very much for all the time and effort you put in to make it happen. It was really something special to see. Thanks for saying that. It took over a day to setup and 5 hours to tear down. But watching people enjoy it was rewarding. I noticed 3 kinds of people who visited: #1 Those who had no idea what was going on, but loved looking at it. #2 Collectors who knew what everything was and shared a common interest. #3 People who haven't been in a store like that since 1995 and didn't know if they ever would be again. And were happy to have their kids enjoy it. I was really trying to cater to the #3 group of people, but did not expect such a positive response. I lost count of the people who got down-right emotional. Saw tears in many an eye. One had to leave when talking to me as he couldn't hold it together. Here is are some pics on imgur with some comments. Sorry they aren't good. I should've brought a DSLR. https://imgur.com/a/IHOROTi Edited April 6, 2023 by LaC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,737 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, LaC said: watching people enjoy it was rewarding. I noticed 3 kinds of people who visited: I guess I'm in group #2 I really wanted to buy your book at the con ( @srbossman79 check it out if you didn't see it there. It's great, next best thing to being there or even better in some ways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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