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No. 1517
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I have no idea who spread that rumor but I officially hate them, since I have yet to attend a TF2 meet-up that did not begin half an hour early.
Rule #1 of gatherings should always be that you do not start until the time listed somewhere official. I told several TF2 cosplayers the gathering was at 5:30, which was what I was told by several other TF2 cosplayers. When I showed up and was then told that the gathering had started half an hour earlier and was already over I was a little peeved--and I wasn't even in TF2 cosplay.
Someone then snootily told me it was a TF2/Portal gathering which is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
If the schedule says VALVE/ORANGE BOX at 5:30 at the loading docks, it means 5:30 at the loading docks. I know it likely wasn't the fault of any one person (let alone anyone on chan) but there are fans who go to gatherings just to take photos and it isn't fair to them or the cosplayers to completely miss out on an event because it began early.
I thank everyone who let me step up and run things (except for the one guy who kept starting a count on his own) and then cooperated to help me through, especially since I wasn't even in TF2 cosplay and half of you probably don't even know who I am and probably wondered why a short kid in a trenchcoat was yelling really loudly.
Next year I'm going to try my best to run and organize things for everyone to avoid what happened this year. For anyone who's reading this, I'd like to just make it clear that gatherings work best when they happen simultaneously, so instead of "having TF2 go first" I think it would be better to have Portal, L4D, TF2, and Half-Life going on at four separate places on the loading docks with TF2 in the largest area and then end with a group shot of everyone together.
I wasn't able to properly handle things this year because I was working with The Enthusiasts and doing crap with the masquerade, but I really appreciate everyone's cooperation and hope you all had a good time.
And now I'll shut my mouth and go back to Hipstr.
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