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Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by iokanuon » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 5:52 PM UTC

behringer wrote: post #28

allovernow wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly at this point the socially responsible thing to do is not to attend, regardless of whether they cancel or not. You are not just putting yourself at risk by attending. We all must take steps to combat the spread. But I don't envy your position, I know these are tough calls to make.

As an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal r…

There's a third option, postpone it a couple months.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by rtkwe » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 5:53 PM UTC

sumofi wrote: post #22

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

There are not many people actually going to e3. I was always curious why it matters at all. As a consumer you have to wait ages and as a journalist you are there a day earlier or have invites. It's much cheaper to invite all relevant journalist on a global scale. But honestly? If I'm able to watch the release show from companies like Ms Sony and co live on YouTube I will do that. I assume this creates more then enoug…

E3 was for the longest time just an industry show and it did that pretty well there's a lot of interesting stuff that happens just because you have so much of the games industry in the same place. One of my favorites are the couch interviews put on by Giantbomb. They get all sorts of names big and small to come and chat every night. That's the kind of thing a purely digital media strategy can't really replicate.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by behringer » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

hrayr wrote: post #35

behringer wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal r…

I work on a virtual conference platform, we've had significant increase in interest in the last couple months... you might want to look into hosting a virtual conference to uphold your tradition and be responsible at the same time.

We will be teleconferencing. Perhaps I will advertise that option more.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by manigandham » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 5:55 PM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #30

ls612 wrote: post #27

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I honestly see no reason for events that far out to cancel today. It does seem likely that they will have to do so eventually but they don't have to commit to that until the end of the month.

People are buying tickets right now and it's irresponsible to be selling them.

No it's not. As of now the show is on so they're selling valid tickets. If they do cancel then they'll refund the cost.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by brootstrap » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #37

fourmyle wrote: post #32

If I don't get Elden Ring news soon I am going to go hollow.

I only know of hollofication from Bleach. Does the idea crop up elsewhere, e.g. in Elden Ring?

Dont go hollow skeleton! Yeah it's an idea from dark souls, another fromsoft game that you hopefully have heard of and spent 100s of hours playing.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by behringer » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

iokanuon wrote: post #41

behringer wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal r…

There's a third option, postpone it a couple months.

Not viable imo. There's likely no cure coming this year. In a couple months the virus will be more disbursed and pose an even greater threat of transmission to our attendees that are old or sick and refuse to stay home.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by DoofusOfDeath » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

brootstrap wrote: post #45

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I only know of hollofication from Bleach. Does the idea crop up elsewhere, e.g. in Elden Ring?

Dont go hollow skeleton! Yeah it's an idea from dark souls, another fromsoft game that you hopefully have heard of and spent 100s of hours playing.

Thanks for the tip about Dark Souls! Heard of it but never tried it out. I'll take a look.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by tdhoot » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

w-m wrote: post #17

The NAB show 2020 (April 18 - 22, Las Vegas) is still holding out, "The Show is On. Stay Informed.": https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-... I wonder how many more days until they cancel as well. We have booked a stand and are planning to show a demo. Flights and hotels are booked. It feels slightly weird working on the demo, with the very high chance of it not happening after all.

On the website it says:

> NAB has been monitoring the evolving situation on coronavirus both in the U.S. and around the globe. Due to the public health emergency we are currently facing, we believe that it is not possible to move forward with NAB Show as planned. Please see below for a message from NAB’s president and CEO Gordon H. Smith, along with some FAQs about the decision.

So I guess 0 days!

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by piptastic » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:05 PM UTC

smaili wrote: post #4

With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.

Not only that, but people will need new stay at home entertainment more than ever for a while.

Re: E3 2020 Cancelled

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Post by vorpalhex » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 6:05 PM UTC

beamatronic wrote: post #33

allovernow wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly at this point the socially responsible thing to do is not to attend, regardless of whether they cancel or not. You are not just putting yourself at risk by attending. We all must take steps to combat the spread. But I don't envy your position, I know these are tough calls to make.

The same thing is true of going to work.

The risk model is different based on a lot of varieties. If you're working in an office in an unaffected area, nobody is traveling and there's no high risk, it's not necessarily a big deal.

If you're in a major corporation and your coworkers fly all over creation - then yeah, time to start feigning a cough and taking a few sickdays to work at home.