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 it’s that time again, time for GameStorm.  This marks the 12th year that this convention has ran and one would think by now that they would have figured it out and managed to gain a clue by now. So to give a bit of back story to help you understand, they have had a year to plan this convention. I know for a fact that for at least the last six months they have been meeting regularly to work out the details. Yet somehow they managed to not have the event signup system open until less than a week away from the convention.

To further row the failboat along, they then closed event signups three days after they opened them.  Further evidence comes from the fact that the game store just received the fliers for the convention today.  Yes, you heard me right. They sent out the advertisement material and it was delivered the day of the convention.  I could go into more details, such as the fact that there was hardly anyone at the convention today, the bullshit stuff that they did regarding comps that they said they were going to give away to last years event organizers, the fact that the convention wasn’t even setup today, or how most of the material for things wasn’t even there (such as the miniatures for the painting competition).  But I won’t.  Let’s just move the hell along.