I was extremely disappointed to see last week the return of a joint MCM Comicon/EGX event at London's Excel at the end of October. I went to the first joint event last year (see previous post) and it was awful, about 98% Comicon and 2% EGX, pretty much nothing to do with gaming at all and row upon row of Sunday market stalls selling stuff with little/nothing to do with gaming.
To be honest I'm pretty certain that this year will be more of the same and any EGX fans looking for a good gaming day out are going to come away feeling disappointed and let down.
EGX's website currently has this paragraph which is the biggest load of lies I've ever read - it says it's a celebration of all things gaming (it isn't), it says 'don't miss the chance to play the latest games' (you can't because there aren't any), 'get hands-on with the latest hardware' (again you can't because there isn't any).
Unless I see some evidence over the next couple of months that this year's event will be an improvement (which I seriously doubt it will be) I will not be wasting my money on a ticket and I will not be going and I urge all EGX fans to do the same as the only way the show's organisers will get the message is if people vote with their feet and wallets and don't go leaving half empty halls.
Also in my opinion Excel is a terrible venue, it doesn't handle crowds well, it takes 15 minutes to walk from the hall to Custom House station and there aren't enough toilets and what toilets there are you have to go down two flights of stairs to and queue up for. I'd much rather the event was moved to Olympia, it's a better venue and easier to get to.
PLEASE GAMING FANS, SAVE YOUR MONEY, STAY AT HOME, DON'T GO! YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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