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CHITAG 2009: Meh

Sat Nov 21, 2009, 6:56 PM
  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: One - Epik High
  • Reading: Nothing
  • Watching: Nothing
  • Playing: Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE
  • Eating: Nothing
  • Drinking: Nothing
So, if you hadn't known, our team won the competition at our library for operation game creation. That means we got a cash prize (woot) and a chance to compete at the young inventor's challenge at CHITAG this year (Chicago Toy and Game convention). We thought we had a good chance of winning.

I woke up at 6AM today to just get ready for this. Shower, shave, dress shirt, pants, tie, I was lookin' pretteh cool. Went to the library at 7:20 AM, and carpooled all the way to navy pier. Got there at 8:30, so we had first choice of where we wanted to be.

We set up, and two of our guys left to come bring people over to the young inventor's section when it got busy. the remaining teammate and I remained at the table to help explain everything. about 8 hours later (I pretty much talked with a very raspy voice at the end), judging began, and they announced the winners. We recieved 2nd-ish place (they really didn't say that much). 2nd and 3rd received no prize, just honorable mentions. Honestly, I felt jipped, once I looked at what First place got.

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~Dinner for winner and their parents with Mike Hirtle, Head of Global Product Acquisition and Inventor Relations for Hasbro, following the Award Ceremony on November 21st.
~Winner featured in Inventor's Digest
~Inventor's Digest subscription for one year
~VIP Tour by Bruce Lund of Lund and Company Invention LLC of their workshop and offices (www.lundandcompany.com). A peek into Santa's Workshop!
~VIP behind-the-scenes tour and general admission for four to Strong National Museum of Play® in Rochester, New York. Strong is home to the National Toy Hall of Fame® and the world’s largest collection of toys, dolls, games and other items that celebrate play.
~3 tickets to the Toy of The Year Awards on 2/13/10 (winner and 2 parents/guardians, 6 tickets total if the team wins)
~Opportunity to co-present an award at Toy of The Year (award is still being determined)
~2 - night hotel stay in NYC
~Toy Fair pre-show tour on Sunday morning (2/14/10) from 8 - 9:30 am (this is prior to show hours)

All in all, it was a meh experience. Got some good advice, lost my voice, my feet hurt, felt sick in the car. win? lose? I say tie.

(Btw, I was the only one that had a tie. I felt awesome.)

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:iconfallen-grey:
OHMIGAWD KYLE!!! :glomp:

I finally stopped being lazy and found your dA XD
... >>... <<... >> that sounded stalker like XD

YOU BETTER KNOW WHO THIS IS!!! :shakefist:

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"I wanna name my kid 'Ohno'. Because then, he'll either think he's popular or hated by everyone. When he walks toward the lunc table at school and everyone yells 'OHNO!' he'll be so confused." >D
:iconzantchan:
Thanks for fav my Zelda and Link =)

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It is time to break some heads! XD
I love Geno X3, I like Amy Rose =)
Pachi Pa!!! ◕ ◡ ◕
:iconfxahacktriforc3:
No problem xD

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:iconpamangkin-chan:
whoa avi change!

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:iconfxahacktriforc3:
Yes, showing off what skills I don't have in spriting. ;_;

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Music is like candy, you have to throw away the rappers.
:iconpamangkin-chan:
u made dat? looks alright to me XD

i think the hair could be a bit shorter though if that's supposed to be a guy

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:iconfxahacktriforc3:
eh, well I think you can tell that its a guy by the eyes mostly. The hair is suppoused to be shoulderlength for him, so yeah. XD

The white visor-helmet thing doesn't look right to me though

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:iconpamangkin-chan:
Hmm not so much the eyes for me cuz like a girl could have the same ones. I think it's the chin that makes 'im look more guy-ish :XD:

Lolz looked like a cop hat to me xD;

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