MAX 2004 – My First Day

Posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 in the Flash category.


So I got in last night around 7pm and immediately headed up to the “game room” of the Hilton. Let me try to explain the sheer madness of this room. There are a total of 4 projectors, 4 Xboxs, and 16 controllers. Couple this, with about 20 video game deprived Flash Developers, and you have madness. Halo was the game of choice for the first half, then we split between Project Gotham, and Halo (2 projectors with Halo, 2 with PGR). I will be the first to admit that I have never played Halo in my life, but for some reason, I finally caught onto the whole FPS with a controller thing. What a blast!

After gaming, Danny, Mike, Christian and I all went to try and find something to eat. It was 11pm, and despite what idiot New Orleans people told us, there wasn’t a single place open. We finally decided to go get something to eat in the Harrahs casino across from the Hilton, and this just opened up a whole new can of worms. Mike and Christian started out just throwing $20 on the roulette wheel, and when they won, the fever caught on. Danny and I stayed at the casino until about 2:00am, and Mike and Christian, well, I have yet to see them :) Hahaha, nah, they SAY they left at 3am.

So, onto the first conference day. WOW. First off, this conference is quite possibly the best Flash/MM Dev conference out there. The professionalism of the conference is amazing. The auditorium looks like something straight out of Steve Job keynotes (you will see this in a specific video I release at a later time, muahaha). Everything just seems more planned out, and organized. I don’t know if I will be able to go to any other conference after this one.

The sessions are amazing. Makes me feel like I have a LOT to learn :( I met up with Chris Kensworthy of dream.in.code fame FINALLY (have known him for YEARS). Believe it or not, Chris likes Cold Fusion!!! Who would have thought?

Right now, I am sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the Sneak Peek presentation to begin. Should start within a half hour, and I can’t wait. I will try to take down notes, and will probably blog about it after the event. Also, later tonight is the MAX special event (this should get interesting), and you can also count on multiple hours of xbox.