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[1148.04 --> 1151.80] I can't promise we'll use them, but we will at least get some inspiration from them.
[1153.20 --> 1157.52] We really, really want to take it to a completely different level this year.
[1157.52 --> 1164.34] The thing is, there's, I can't really think of any conventions, at least in North America, that are hardware focused.
[1164.58 --> 1168.78] Not that there won't be games there, but it's hardware focused and it's a community event.
[1169.20 --> 1171.10] And there definitely might be games there.
[1171.62 --> 1171.78] Yeah.
[1172.50 --> 1176.86] PAX has become less and less hardware focused over time.
[1177.12 --> 1177.28] Yeah.
[1177.34 --> 1180.60] They've been more and more gaming and it's more and more like giant AAA companies.
[1180.74 --> 1182.70] It's not as, like, smaller company.
[1182.70 --> 1183.98] It's much less hands-on.
[1184.16 --> 1186.34] To be clear, we're aware of the indie zone.
[1187.12 --> 1187.24] Yeah.
[1187.58 --> 1189.62] But, okay.
[1189.94 --> 1200.60] If, if, I'm not promising anything, but if we had any indie developers show up to, you know, show off their wares at LTX 2019,
[1201.08 --> 1206.52] there would be a hard and fast rule that you have to have a booth that doesn't suck.
[1206.92 --> 1208.02] And I get it.
[1208.12 --> 1209.98] You're an indie developer and it's hard.
[1209.98 --> 1227.36] We would be happy to help, but you can't just have a table with, like, a vinyl banner behind you and, like, I hate to stereotype, but, like, two nerdy guys sitting there at the desk with some business card.
[1227.54 --> 1227.82] No.
[1229.00 --> 1229.98] It has to be playable.
[1230.66 --> 1232.00] It has to be cool.
[1233.12 --> 1235.34] It has to be, like, it has to not suck.
[1236.14 --> 1236.88] That's all I'm asking.
[1237.06 --> 1237.16] Yeah.
[1237.16 --> 1237.24] Yeah.
[1238.32 --> 1238.60] So.
[1238.70 --> 1242.78] It's just, I'm, I'm, I'm extremely intrinsically excited about this LTX.
[1242.98 --> 1249.82] I think the, the main things I wanted improved is, like, the lines were crazy at last one.
[1249.82 --> 1251.66] And, and the main stage was.
[1251.94 --> 1252.16] Okay.
[1252.26 --> 1253.80] So VR had what?
[1253.92 --> 1254.80] Three headsets?
[1255.04 --> 1255.32] Yeah.
[1255.46 --> 1260.32] So we figured the minimum for this coming year is somewhere between 15 and 20.
[1260.66 --> 1260.96] Yeah.
[1261.08 --> 1262.16] Like, that's insane.
[1262.50 --> 1263.38] And, but makes sense.
[1263.48 --> 1263.76] Massive booth.
[1263.90 --> 1264.20] Makes sense.
[1264.20 --> 1269.82] And we just kind of, like, we kind of, like, lay it out, like, so that you can make it
[1269.82 --> 1270.86] somewhat space efficient.
[1270.86 --> 1273.36] But, like, yeah.
[1273.60 --> 1274.30] We, we know.
[1274.56 --> 1274.90] Absolutely.
[1275.22 --> 1276.06] Like, we know.
[1276.36 --> 1276.98] I'm so excited.
[1276.98 --> 1279.26] We know we screwed up a lot of stuff last year.
[1279.26 --> 1281.20] Well, I don't, I don't necessarily think it's screwed up.
[1281.20 --> 1281.56] People had fun.
[1281.82 --> 1281.94] Yeah.
[1281.94 --> 1283.54] But they had a lot of constructive criticism.
[1283.78 --> 1283.98] Yeah.
[1284.10 --> 1284.86] But I don't think it's screwed up.
[1284.98 --> 1286.14] It's our second convention.
[1286.42 --> 1287.54] It's not TanaCon.
[1287.66 --> 1290.34] It's not, like, the, whatever that Tumblr convention was.
[1290.46 --> 1291.24] Like, it succeeded.
[1291.24 --> 1292.10] People were happy.
[1292.24 --> 1293.32] It's just growing pains.
[1293.40 --> 1297.12] And I'm just super excited for this year's upgrade.
[1297.46 --> 1303.70] It was thrilling to me that people showed up to LTX 2018 with, like, signed stuff from
[1303.70 --> 1307.76] LTX 2017 wanting to get it, like, signed again.
[1307.86 --> 1315.14] Like, where there's already that grassroots sort of movement to make this sort of worth
[1315.14 --> 1316.14] migrating for.
[1316.14 --> 1318.52] And we know that Vancouver is not easy.
[1318.82 --> 1323.48] But that's one of the reasons that we're announcing it way earlier this time around.
[1323.56 --> 1331.42] You have literally seven months to get a passport or figure out time off or whatever else.
[1331.50 --> 1336.30] We're also doing it for two days so that it is somewhat justifiable to come up here.
[1337.64 --> 1339.08] Vancouver's a beautiful city.
[1339.82 --> 1340.76] Give it a chance.
[1340.94 --> 1343.06] We're doing it in the summer for a couple of reasons.
[1343.06 --> 1345.26] Number one is so that people aren't in school.
[1345.70 --> 1350.44] And remember, that applies to both, you know, younger people and older people who are also
[1350.44 --> 1351.06] in school.
[1351.70 --> 1354.56] So we're doing it in July so that people aren't in school.
[1354.66 --> 1359.04] We're also doing it in July because the weather tends to be absolutely fantastic here in July
[1359.04 --> 1361.82] if you're into hiking, if you're into food.
[1362.06 --> 1363.94] Vancouver's a great place to go for food.
[1364.84 --> 1365.88] Whether you, I mean, pretty much.
[1365.88 --> 1366.18] In Richmond.
[1366.18 --> 1376.82] I get so spoiled because living in Vancouver, whether I travel to Asia or the U.S. or like
[1376.82 --> 1380.50] pretty much anywhere, it's like, yeah, yeah, food's great.
[1380.62 --> 1384.00] But like, honestly, it's not that different from if I just go to like an authentic place
[1384.00 --> 1384.40] back home.
[1384.40 --> 1384.62] There's probably a shop.
[1384.66 --> 1387.70] Yeah, there's probably a shop not that far away that I get essentially exactly this.
[1387.70 --> 1389.86] Indian food, Chinese food, Japanese food.
[1390.56 --> 1393.32] Dennis said the Chinese food is better here.
[1393.32 --> 1402.08] Like, okay, I could get on, I could get into a whole thing about sort of like meat quality.
[1402.34 --> 1402.52] Yeah.
[1403.78 --> 1405.86] I know where that conversation goes.
[1406.52 --> 1411.50] Spent enough time in Asia for like people talk about, yeah, food's cheap in Asia.
[1411.50 --> 1418.62] And I'm like, okay, there's a difference between food being cheap and cheap food being cheap.
[1418.62 --> 1424.32] I had the most horrifying hamburger.
[1424.44 --> 1426.08] And I know that's what I get for ordering hamburger.
[1426.52 --> 1431.76] But I had just about the most horrifying hamburger in like Brunei or something stupid like that.
[1431.82 --> 1433.86] It was like, look, it was a moment of weakness.
[1433.86 --> 1435.40] It was like halfway through my trip.
[1435.46 --> 1436.84] It was the trip from hell.