Montage for August

I was away most of August, working at a summer camp and going to the UK, but I managed to get a few clips down. Enjoy a (short) montage to a great song!

Annual video game tournament!

I hosted an epic video game tournament on Saturday. It's the 8th year in a row I gather my nerdiest gamer friends and make them compete versus each other in categories like: fighting, racing, puzzle, arcade and surprise (can be anything).

This year they played Super Mario Bros. (speedrun the first world as fast as possible!), Zoom (old Mega Drive game, get a high score), Bejeweled 3 (to Nintendo DS, get a high score on lightning mode), Mario Party 6 (lots of mini games, great fun!) and I actually forced them to play 1v1's on Boxes in Gow: Ultimate Edition this year, haha xD

Some had practiced Gears and/or played it before, but most of them were just Bambis waddling around. It was super fun to watch xD

I also have a quiz each year with video game related questions. This year it was all about game covers. Click the picture below to see how many correct answers you can get :P (If you get more than 19, you beat my winner). Everyone reading this must know the answer to question 18 xD 

ANSWERS. 

The prices (from left to right): First place, second place, third place, best lady, quiz winner, best individual performance, coolest socks, best winner gesture, happiest with his/her performance and the person with the least score. 

I was a great night, and the winners were very happy ^^

Comic Con Stockholm 2017

I had a great time at Comic Con on Friday. Didn't try a lot of games, or do a lot of shopping, but came home with three nice t-shirts.

My arcade machine I have at home, The Astro City, was at display and you could play Metal Slug (best game series ever)!!

Best for me was of course when I visited a publisher's table and saw the latest issue of Seriemix (Comic mix), where I had some of my comics published! Been trying to get them published for a decade now, so that was huge.

Talked to the head of the publishing house, who I've emailed a lot to, he was really nice. Here is my presentation in the end:

(Basically says: "Fanny Sjoblom used to draw comics about being in a serious relationship and working at Burger King. Now they are more about an introverted crazy cat lady that plays too much video games. Occasionally she squeezes in some fiction as well. www.fannysjoblom.se") xD

Mama Queen

I love my Xbox friends <3

"Know your roots" Gears of War 4 LAN Event in Nottingham!

I was in the UK anyway this weekend so of course I went to Nottingham to attend the "Know your roots" EU Gears of War LAN event August 19-20th!

It was held in a great venue in central Nottingham, the [ALT] Gaming Lounge.

I was there most of the weekend. When not watching a match, one could play Gears 2 and 3 on one of the many tv's around the place. Or practice Gears 4.

It was a really cozy, nice place. And the people working there were really friendly and gave great service!

I wish I'd been less shy, I would've played some Gears 2 or 3, now I was only spectating. Will bring a friend next time!

It was soo much fun to see the pros playing! They were reeally good! It could have been more matches streamed for the spectators, but I kept myself busy anyway.

The teams making it to Sunday were ExceL, Naked Gaming, Opulent, Radix,  Aria, HLH, Barrage and eRa.

Naked Gaming was defeated by exceL, Radix managed to beat Opulent. HLH won against Aria and eRa took out Barrage.

It was really good, close games. exceL beat Radix in the semi-finals and era lost to HLH.

Alongside the big tournament was a 1v1 tourny. So glad I didn't enter, I would've gotten smacked xD They were soo good. Sugar beat Precision in the semi-final, and Phelps beat Godfex. I missed the final, but I heard that it was super exciting, with Phelps doing a comeback on Sugar when he was down 3-4 and won 5-4. 

They had great food, I ate all my Nottingham meals there xD

It was really good, close games. ExceL beat Radix in the semi-finals and era lost to HLH.

I held out until midnigt, then it was still two matches to go. I watched as long as I could on the stream in my hotel room, but fell asleep before hearing the winners ^^ 

Not surprisingly exceL came first, beating eRa in the final! Third came HLH and 4th was Radix! Barrage and NakedGaming came 5/6th. Can't wait to see them all in season 2! 

Had a great time in Nottingham, managed to get some sightseeing done alongside the tournament ^^ To see more about my UK trip (also went to Birmingham, Liverpool & Sheffield), including comics and pictures, click here!

Montage for June and July

I am too funny