Why don't they just do it over YouTube?
Good idea, but that would mean the game journalists wouldn't have anything to do.
E3 2020 Cancelled
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#72Earlier 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…
Take a look at the Biogen conference. 70 of 92 coronavirus cases in MA are linked to the employees of that company, and the conference is thought to have been a major vector [1]. Ask yourself if that's a risk you're welling to take having been associated with that conference. I think event organizers are in a particularly brutal position. I know that the credibility and finances of a lot of events are on a thread, an…
> Ask yourself if that's a risk you're welling to take having been associated with that conference.
This seems to be as if making a choice between what actually might be good and how something might impact you personally (psychologically or otherwise).
It's the difference between thinking 'I could never live with myself if that carnival amusement ride killed a child' vs. 'I'd hate to have a child killed on that carnival ride'.
Not criticism of what you are saying - just pointing this out.
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#73> We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry. Looks like the entire tech and game industries have put the future on hold for a year and a half. Meanwhile, I suspect that Hollywood directors are scripting a COVID-19 film for box office success...
As long as animal crossing still come out on time, we can give up on the real world and just permanently live in the digital one.
It'd be like Snow Crash and Ready Player One in real life.
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#74The 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!
More concisely: https://nabshow.com/2020/
> An Update On 2020 NAB Show
> NAB Show will not take place this April in Las Vegas
For a media event they really need to work on their messaging.
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#75The 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.
This also got cancelled it seems.
Re: E3 2020 Cancelled
#76The 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.
It looks like NAB was just cancelled.
They just tweeted it about 20 minutes ago [1]
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Take a look at the Biogen conference. 70 of 92 coronavirus cases in MA are linked to the employees of that company, and the conference is thought to have been a major vector [1]. Ask yourself if that's a risk you're welling to take having been associated with that conference. I think event organizers are in a particularly brutal position. I know that the credibility and finances of a lot of events are on a thread, an…
> Ask yourself if that's a risk you're welling to take having been associated with that conference. This seems to be as if making a choice between what actually might be good and how something might impact you personally (psychologically or otherwise). It's the difference between thinking 'I could never live with myself if that carnival amusement ride killed a child' vs. 'I'd hate to have a child killed on that carni…
Totally fair, I went back and forth on the wording a few times, and never felt like I got it quite right.
I didn't want to come across as saying "You will have blood on your wants if you do this", but I think there is a risk that there will be blood on the hands of event organizers.
I guess I didn't know how to frame it other than "are you willing to risk this outcome?"
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#78The 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.
We were crunching to get some core features done for a demo at what for us would have been a huge deal conference, and then last week they cancelled it.
It was both a feeling of relief and disappointment
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
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!
More concisely: https://nabshow.com/2020/ > An Update On 2020 NAB Show > NAB Show will not take place this April in Las Vegas For a media event they really need to work on their messaging.
Maybe this is the media equivalent of having half a dozen CS PhDs standing around a computer trying to get the projector working.
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#80Earlier 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.
I started working from home yesterday.
But traveling to conference is worse than just going to your office.