The next day was the banquet and costume contest and we had decided to go. The shineys and I, as my bro had not brought his guild shirt, were all in tye-dyes and we decided to head there earlyish. Now this is were I got a tad bit irritated. The drinks they had were overpriced and pathetically small, but the food was not too bad. What was horrible was this guy they had for the MC position. After the fiasco at the Thursday night snack fest I was not at all looking forward to the experience at the banquet. And for what it’s worth I wasn’t disappointed in being disappointed. To lay it down as it were, he had us doing a rap chorus for some late night public access show this guy had where he was interviewing a geek rapper guy or something. It was heinous and all together unnecessary. If I had wandered into this thing on my own that would have been one thing, but to have Sony allow this guy to use it’s Fan Faire for furthering his own ends in a crappy showcase I’ve never heard of is the worst kind of insult that they could give. Sony, I say this to you now, fire that guy and get someone that not only knows the game that their talking about, but can give all of themselves to the Fan Faire participants and not try to get us to do stupid shit for their show. Really guys, after all the money I’ve spent to play a game I should be able to go to a Fan Faire for it and not be bombarded by idiots that play video’s of the rival dumb assed game to mine then have me be a free rap chorus flunky. Come on now Sony, get with the program.
It was nice this year as we had taken enough time so we wouldn’t get into the flow of the evil traffic so we really didn’t go too nuts on the staying awake till the dawn thing, though we did stay up quite late/early on some of the days.
Sunday was a nice quiet day as the shineys had split earlier then we awoke and were on the road and the Fan Faire was at an end. My Bro and I wandered like we had been doing for most of the time and drank as well and we mostly hung out. Though at this point I will stipulate that when you have a woman in a bikini of sorts with spanglies on dancing on a table you have to take a moment to appreciate her and her abilities. So she, and there were a few she’s, did her thing and we, as hetero males, watched and tried not to slip in the puddle of drool. Funny side note to the drooling was when misses shiney got a little perturbed at me for the way my neck would loose it bone structure and I would be unable to avert my gaze from a hottie she would say, slightly vehemently, that I was happily married. And I have to say that this cracked me up because every time she said that I would exclaim with great delight as if woken from a beautiful dream that yes, I did love my wife and yes, I was happily married and yes, my wife understands that I look at the menu but I ALWAYS eat at home. And for some reason Vegas brings out the animal in both men and women, and I thank all the heavenly glory that that is so. I would have it no other way and neither would about ninety percent of the waxing and waning population of that city. So as Sunday ground to a close and we felt the drawing of our respective wives and children my bro did an amazing and fantabulous thing and played the Lord of the Rings casino game. Now if you have never played this thing I highly suggest you do as it is more of a video game then an actual casino game. There are markers, milestones, and you have to log into it whenever you play it. Plus the sound on this thing is insane. But the really cool thing is that wherever you go, possibly in all of Vegas itself, you can log back onto the game with your password and it will keep all of your stats and figures and milestones and such so you can return whenever you choose to continue your adventure in the land of middle earth.
