So I realize I was suppose to write this as a daily post while it was going on.  I also realize that at the very least I should have done a wrapup either Sunday or Monday after it was ended.  I didn’t, so sue me. I had finals to do, thesis papers to write, overtime to do at work, and lots of crap going on.  I’m writing it now though.  So be happy or go tape your thumbs to your fingers and pretend your a dinosaur.  Either way is fine by me.

For those of you who don’t know GameStorm, is a gaming convention in the Portland area. In fact it is one of the ONLY gaming conventions in the Portland area.  This seems to be the 12th one that they have done so far. As such you would think that it would be a veritable smorgasboard of gaming, well run conventionness, and in general live up to it’s name.  Unfortunately, this is not the case.  Twelve Storms in and the only thing they manage to “storm” is FailStorm.  The entire convention feels very amateurish, slap-dash put together at the last minute, and in general not worth the money that you pay to go let alone all of the other money that you pay for the events, food, gas, etc.

So a quick preface of the whole point of this community spotlight series.  I realized that a lot of people do tutorials, tactics, battle reports, and everything else.  And don’t get me wrong, that stuff is great and I will be doing some of that in the future.  But I noticed that most people don’t really talk about the community that much.  When they do they generally only mention it briefly and they only talk about Games Workshop employees, or various writers & designers.  Little attention is given to the players.  So that is what this series is going to be about.  It will focus on talking to the people that play the game and getting their ideas, opinions, and insights no matter who much they should be stabbed for having them.