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my whole cast was biased bud. I got called out in it. Next time I’m just talking about @smozoma the entire time.

Thanks buddy! It was great to meet you!

Thanks for bringing up Jam. I signed up for snes but then I just gave my spot away to vocally caged. Big shout out to @CanadianDennis for basically taking over for me for snes jam. For sega, This took time out of my day that probably was not a good use of my time. I’d like to keep jam as part of the overall event but I think it would have to someone else to take it over and run with it for next year. it needs to be it’s own thing. It needs to have it’s own social media and everything else. I realized after this weekend that I just don’t want to dedicate the time to that moving forward.

Thanks again buddy! The Roenick video was obtained by @davefmurray and he generously provided it to us. I had to keep this a secret for like 8 months. Sidorkiewicz: HAHA. I don't really think about it to much. Just whatever comes to mind. I'm sure it would sound better if I did a little prep work. The Duke of 94 format was a combination of some ideas that smoz and I were throwing around. The name was branded by @McMikey. I really enjoyed it. Here's what it did. Two of the guys that played in the Duke have said they're moving up to the King next year. One guy after going 0-6 or 1-5, said he wants to come back but to play in the duke instead. That tells me it's serving it's purpose. To encourage people to move up and give an option for those that aren't as good. So i think there's value there. My hope is that when they TSN segment airs, that will create brand recognition for next year's tournament. there's people out there that don't know about us. Halifax is a city in Nova Scotia. People that live there are called Haligonians. My name came about because I was too dumb to know what a forum was in 2006 when I signed up. So picked my city I was living in as a username. Very Lame I know. Clockwise: I laughed at that story. I got the same reaction when I heard "Hey Halifax". I'm thinking "do i know you?" The "middle linebacker" was not what I was expecting, but in the end it was everything that I expected when we chatted. It was perfect.

thanks buddy. It was good to see you again! I looked into food trucks. None would come out because they demand high numbers. Just know that waves egaming has received my feedback and I told them if they had booze and actual food they would've made a ton more money. It's on their plan to expand on this. (They've only been open since november) I can't remember now why we picked that weekend. I know that toronto film festival was the week before and hotels get jacked up. I'll probably look at an october date again. Hockey and BBall will be underway. CFL is still on.

thanks buddy! I think we may have to go back to single game in the loser round, but I think we can improve on on how games are completed. It needs more volunteers to help with score reporting and logging. The morning is the best time to do it I think. With Sega it was a bit awkward because guys had already started playing when i realized that i forgot to give out prizes. Because even when i started calling out numbers there was was still a few people who didn't come up. For super nintendo it went by very quickly. EA handed out tickets while I wet over the details for the day. It work out much better that second day. An inhouse mic is definitely needed. I agree that roles need to be more clearly defined,

Appreciate the kind words. Play by Play hockey was my dream job. But I never stuck with it (my biggest regret in life).

thanks bud. I'm leaning to having it in Vaughn at ewaves gaming again next year. The venue is perfect for the tournament. Having access to all those CRTS (like 20 or 30) is a very big deal to me. Complaints I've gotten from previous venues (dont like playing on the newer tvs, don't like that it was so squished and no room to move around, don't like that they couldn't watch the finals on a small TV). This solves all those issues, but I recognize it creates new ones. New ones that I think can be addressed. Certainly the hotel situation was less than ideal. The consultant I dealt with was a nice guy but in hindsight I think giving three options just made things more spread out. Smoz and I talked earlier and he suggested perhaps finding an Air BNB somewhere between the venue and downtown to a bunch of guys could go in on. I know clock attempted this as well. But now that we know the situation and what we are dealing with, we know how to improve on it.

You're welcome. Thanks buddy!

Thanks for the shout out.

Thank you for shout out!

Thank you for the recognition, I appreciate it. And thank you for all that you helped with. The beer situation fell apart basically last minute. Post Game Brewing was going to have a site set up there but the liquor license was declined. He's thinking that it likely was because it was late applying for it and the type of facility probably never had one before so maybe there's more due diligence that's needed before they can approve it. The guy is a solid dude. He literally drove for almost an hour to meet me at the hotel, just to give me some swag to give away. We talked for like a good half hour about NHL'94. He's a huge fan of it and wanted to compete but timing didn't work out. But he certainly told me he was game for next year and setting up a booth in side. I think the price is fair for this event. It basically gets you 10 games to play. $50 for 10 games is pretty fair. If costs is a concern still, then id recommend ply in the Duke. That's part of its purpose. Pay less money and still play some competition. I played in the Sega Duke and it was a ton of fun for me. I lost two very tight games and finished third but it was awesome.

@kgman good to see you enjoying yourself bud. I hope to see you in the Gharibo clan in next year's tournament.

Here are the segments I did with Fred on Q107 rock station in Toronto. These were edited after the fact and he re-did some of his questions. I noticed that he said I was the founder of the tournament, which is incorrect. Anyways...here's a listen to each one (One aired around 3pm, and the other around 5pm.) Kingof94 3pmBed.mp3 Kingof94 5pmBed.mp3

This post is disappointing to read on so many levels. The time, money and effort that goes into putting these tournaments together is a ton. I could go through and comment on each one of these points to show how we’ve made improvements to the overall experience but it’s not worth my time. This tournament was the best one we’ve ever had. Its the most fun I’ve ever had. I watched some of the best Nhl’94 I’ve seen. It’s clear that we have for a vision for how king of 94 should be that isn’t aligned with how you want it to be. So it’s unlikely that I’ll get to hang out with you at another king of 94. And that’s what’s disappoints me the most.

The very first King of 94 Champion, Mikael, has registered for the tournament!

Mikey shipped 5 systems for each console. I was going to bring some consoles but i realized that the trophies (6 of them) take up space(and weight) for the plane. So I may only bring one or two.

YESSS BUDDY! bring it along...(you can actually leave it at the venue....they will keep it there year round!

@chaos cant make it this time. I think raph has a copy of 2 on 2.

The idea is awesome and I would've like to have done this but I've decided to stay in a hotel close to the venue since I'll have to get up early on both saturday and sunday to make sure everything is set up and ready to go for the day. 28 people have signed up for the weekend so far.

@Bob Kudelski and I And gonna have a huge Griffey battle in Toronto. Main stage.

This is really neat analysis. Thank you for doing that! I'm probably gonna stay at the four points (super8).

yeah. I think i signed up for the forums right around this time as well. My first online game Ever played was against @schwartz

HA.....this is many years ago. all the other guys in this thread are excellent 94 players and I've been trying to get them to King of 94 every time.