So I was talking with a friend of mine on Skype today while I was waking up somewhere around the afternoon, and she mentions that there is a Russian Sonic Convention that starts tomorrow on the 23rd. This convention runs for about a week surprisingly, and it sounds more to me like a great big get-together/slumber party the more I hear about it. What they do is have a picnic with some quest games in the mix of things, renting a huge room for people to come and bring their consoles and games in for a couple of days. This event takes place in Moscow, and while I'm probably the last person to be talking about this, I thought the idea was pretty great really. Best to spread the word about it really to anyone here who knows more information about it and might even attend.
IN CAPITALIST AMERICA, YOU GIVE AWAY MEGAMIX. IN SOCIALIST RUSSIA, MEGAMIX IS SOLD TO YOU WHAT A COUNTRY etc I'm interested now actually in how many other countries have done something like this for Sonic now, actually - the US has done Boom, the UK has had SoS...
I've read about this on Sonic CIS, as they've been organizing this for a while—it sounds pretty cool, though just marginally Sonic-related as far as I can tell. On the other hand, they're having barbecues and kebabs, which I think we need to steal for any future events.
This alone is probably interesting There's so many Mega Drive clones from Russia and China that I gave up documenting them all.
If you're interested, I can translate the topic about it: http://forum.sonic-world.ru/index.php?showtopic=17480. There is more about cost and other organization moments, but I'm too lazy don't see any point in translating it.
