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Sran

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    Sran reacted to Keystone Nyan Cat in LTX Feedback Thread (unofficial)   
    This post is going to primarily focus on the bad; I'll follow up with what I liked a bit later.
     
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    I'll get the big one out of the way first- the kids. There were about 20-30 children at the venue and they-
    Linus specifically pointed to someone and gave gave them a keyboard. Almost all the kids who were in the direction wherein the keyboard was being passed tried grabbing it/ pulling it away for themselves. Linus was perched between two centrally balanced tables at the Corsair booth (massive falling hazard)- me and another guest tried telling Linus that, but the two kids in front of us told us and I quote "Let him fall, it will be funny". During giveaways both at the seating arena and outside, kids were propping each other up, elbowing the people around them, or unknowingly, having their hands come in contact with others faces when trying to grab stuff thrown around- which was a sure fire way to have a finger going inside someone's eye. 7 year olds demanding and infact getting DBrand skins for phones towards the end of the event despite not having phones. (I'm not lying...) Kids form a core part of Linus' audience, and even if I'm from the vanguard of old when Linus appealed to a more mature audience, I acknowledge they and the parents they bring in form a revenue stream for the event, and banning them would be alienating a core demographic of his recently aquired audience. That said, the risk of injury towards the other attendees outweighs fairness in my opinion; going by Lansyndicate- perhaps having a bar somewhere that serves drinks and having AO tickets- that would discourage parents from buying tickets for their children just on the basis of there being alcohol at the event; or alternatively- just outright having an age restriction of 18.
     
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    The second thing- the giveaways.
    Linus was throwing swag into the audience; aside from some of the stuff being heavy, people were fighting and flailing their arms around, despite other attendees being in close proximity- having fists and hands come in contact with the people around them in trying to catch a... $4 lanyard. I'm actually surprised no one got injured during the event over something so petty when thought about. There were way too many- giveaways took place at almost hourly intervals and by their nature- forced people from moving away from their spot on long lines, or required doing something like taking photos which this audience, us introverts, don't really do naturally. That, and they rewarded skill (minesweeper, case toss, etc.) instead of luck (nothing wrong with it, maybe I'm just being salty). People feeling entitled towards stuff given away/ thrown into the crowd. Aside from the kids, there was a gentleman on a wheelchair who approached Dennis as the phone cases were being given out and asked for a case- Dennis asked him whether he had an iPhone to which he replied No, but then followed up to the tune off, while his hand was on the package trying to pull it away- "I'm on a wheelchair, give it to me". Big ticket items like the xP were raffled off at the end of the event. While I had the privilege of having someone drive me back to the airport, others from the US who came in via the Amtrak, Boltbus, or Greyhound had to leave at 5:00PM to make it to the stops at 5:30PM; while no prizes were unclaimed, I'm sure some people felt really conflicted between staying for a $1,000+ component, and missing a ride back home. To solve this, perhaps have everything luck based- give off stuff like lanyards to guests as they enter the venue on a first come, first served, until supplies last basis; for stuff like the GPUs and CPUs, have a RNG generator with a 0.99% no and 0.01% yes spitter; and as people parttake in activities- hit the flip to see if they win something; or alternatively- give them a raffle based on participation. As for phone cases, as people are entering the venue, ask them or have a notice to show Colton their phones- if they have a matching phone- once again, give it on a first arrive, first served basis.
     
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    There were way too many people, and too little to do! The lines for everything were massive and took over 30 minutes; the sheer time barrier to entry deterred me and a few others I spoke to from participating at all within booths; moreso for stuff like VR which you can do from the comfort of your own home. The lines got large enough that after 1:30ish; I just sat in the stands (which actually stayed filled with other people as well by 2:00ish).
     
    Possibly having a BYOC LAN area with networking and power with games like Unreal Tournament or Quake being run for prizes would help distributing the load around while giving people tired with standing in lines a space to sit down and engage in something during the day; it'd also be an amazing opportunity to have the crew play with us in large servers. Alternatively, charging more per ticket and having fewer tickets overall may work too.
     
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    Random notes-
    Painting/ glittering Linus' lambo felt disrespectful to me as a long time viewer of the channel. Moving around the show floor was hard with the amount of people there were. The questions asked seemed to PG, scripted, on-screen and "unreal"; I wanted to see and hear more from the crew, and my favorite part about LTX was having Linus talk about the journey to where he is. I know, from following you folks for a decade, that you're a bunch of really talented people who are way more knowledgeable than what you all put up on camera recently; I was hoping at LTX, that curtain would drop and so would the laser James, Linus drop tips, alongside that entire charade and you'd all let loose and let the "real" you the long time fans know of instead of the drama, hype, and quick laughs persona that's taken up on camera.
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