The 2nd Annual TAW Gathering
at QuakeCon has now come and gone but not without creating some
lifelong memories for those that made the trip to participate. We had
a great turnout this year with 22 TAW members in attendance. The
event didn't go off without a snag or two but all worries were
quickly pushed aside as the event began picking up steam. There was
record attendance at this years QuakeCon, over 7000 gamers total, yet
TAW had the largest representation of any clan there.
Standing L-R MyBadLuck, CharlieHustle, Rabidferret, Rinehardt, Geppy, Hook, Todbot, Feanor, Rinnosuke, ShmeeCow and SpaceJunky
Kneeling L-R Trakana, Arcangel, Tarable, SuperTreky, Shadowmage and ArmChairWarrior
The QuakeCon exhibits gave TAW members
the opportunity to win prizes such as hardware, software and apparel
from the QuakeCon sponsors. TAW members were also among the first to
get a chance to play the still in production Global Agenda and were
given special invite to partake in the closed beta. Some of the
biggest highlights of this years QuakeCon had to be the sneak peaks
at ID Softwares Rage and Splash Damages Brink. Both games looked
awesome and left all that attended the main stage events for them
wanting more.
Global Agenda booth set up inside the exhibit area for attendees to participate in an exclusive 8v8 match.
Set up in the BYOC section TAW members
enjoyed getting to know each other and getting a chance to game side
by side with their friends. TAW hosted a ETQW 4v4 BYOC tourney this
year. Six teams total participated and prizes were given out to the
winning team provided by the BYOC tourney sponsors.
There is much more that could be shared
here but what I want to do is let those that attended tell you for
themselves just how much fun they had. Everyone in TAW is invited to
next years Gathering and you now officially have 1 year to save and
plan for the trip. Here is a list of those that attended and some of
the pictures we have from the this years TAW Gathering!!
CC - Hook and Rinehardt QW -
CharlieHustle,
RabbidFerret ,
Geppy,
Todbot,
Feanor,
Rinnosuke,
ShmeeCow,
SpaceJunky,
MortalDoomX,
Focks,
Wizard,
Wiemauler and
MyBadLuck WW - Cornoss,
Tarable and
SuperTreky TF -
Trakana,
Arcangle and
ShadowMage CD -
ArmChairWarrior
BYOC Fun!!
Trakana got more than his fair share of standing in line, next year we will preregister for the BYOC!
Getting into the spirit of it all Focks wore his bees!
MortalDoomX preparing to whip up on Hook in a game of Quake Wars!
Plenty of sugar and caffeine provided by Bawls, one of QuakeCons biggest sponsors.
Check the following thread frequently for more pictures and videos of the '09 TAW Gathering.
http://taw.net/forums/t/32784.aspx