I absolutely plan to go to more events in 2022, I think as a group we will do our best to even hold an event at some, as we get closer we will do what we can to try and make all of that possible of course. That little reminder if we still have the ability to laugh and enjoy our nights with the friends we love, and those small windows of catching up with players of the past is just incredible. Honestly, that’s all I needed from his years Pax unplugged. Sitting with a group of my friends for the first time in 2 years eating and laughing and just enjoying the night, that’s what I’ll remember most about this year's Pax unplugged. The dinner was magnificent, but the company was the reason to be there at all. We then walked to the expo hall, went to a gaming panel and then settled down as we approached our big dinner reservation at Fogo De Chão. I was eager to see if she would enjoy it, I still made time to play games with Cameron that morning, we got to chat with An old friend from the area which is always so nice to do. The day on Friday was honest a bit quick, played 4-5 games with Palmer, met the arbitrary Hero Crew finally, walked the Expo hall, and then went home to have dinner with the wife and Bryan. My life changed that day, and it changed so much that I’ve done more for TransformersTCG than I have for every other game I've ever played combined. So when I walked up to that space I absolutely got a bit choked up. I truly believe that Sunday in 2019 if I don’t win that event, I'm not sure where I would be today. For 18 months I’ve run events, designed cards, tested cards, tested formats, and all along still ran a YT channel. When the game was canceled I sat in a miller's ale hour for 10 Hours with Scott Landis next to me and Vince on the phone as we ran through what needed to be done for the game to live on. So when Covid hit, I jumped to start the webcam era. I’ve always felt the pressure of doing everything I could for the game. What I mean by that is, this game is loved by so many, and I was now in to position to be the “ face” of the game moving forward. People always ask “ why are you still doing this” it’s simple it truly is, when I won the Energon Invitational I felt it necessary that I carry this game to wherever it needed to be. Being crowned champion of the Energon Invitational still holds so much weight to me, it created this feeling of a love for this game that I can not separate myself from. I Honestly got chills just from being in the room again. But man the rush of playing the game Live was truly magical.Īs I got to the convention with my dear friend Bryan on Friday afternoon, I walked into the hall and toward near where the tournament area was in 2019. So I absolutely am grateful for everything the webcams have given us. I was able to play the game Live at the Convention and come Sunday morning I found myself in a game with Frank who's well across the pond haha. Meeting players from all over the world has just been an absolute blast. And just hearing Palmer ask me “ can I see your scrap” just lit me up like a Christmas tree! I do very much miss playing transformers live at events, but the webcam era of the game has truly given us so much to be thankful for. A game that we all have done our best to keep going with, and enjoying as part of a fairly large community of players. For the first time in years I was able to sit across from Jon Palmer and Cameron Ehteshami and play a game that we all loved. But here is what I loved about the weekend. And that’s a very weird feeling to be very honest. If you're a gamer, and you enjoy going to Conventions, you generally have events planned out or games you know you want to demo etc. Unlike the previous I had absolutely no goals for the event other than catching up with friends I hadn’t been able to see in years. Pax Unplugged 2021 was a much different animal of an event. I honestly doubt I’ll ever be so fortunate to feel that same high again that I obtained after winning the Energon Invitational. Pax Unplugged 2019 was a weekend that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Ya know, the last time I did one of these I was coming off a high that was so unbelievable I still had not even felt the full extent of it.
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