I won’t lie, it was my first time going to a gaming convention in my life. But I don’t know, a voice inside me says it didn’t meet my expectations. If you ask why, the gaming area was limited. The number of people kept increasing non-stop and the area was small, but there was also this situation: the area at the very end of the fair was something like a meeting area, and I didn’t quite understand that part during the 4-hour timeframe I spent at the fair. I only went there to rest. By the way, I said 4 hours, but it wasn’t because of the size of the fairground; this 4 hours was mostly spent waiting in line and playing games a bit. 75% was just sitting etc. etc. Anyway, it was still good, let’s give them their due. Effort was put in. But some booths were literally just empty, and there were no proper companies or games that I expected. In fact, at the Asus booth (theirs wasn’t exactly a booth, a certain area was theirs), Call of Duty 4 was literally being played. 😀 Actually, both of the people playing were girls and they were just trying to set up Multiplayer like that. They were actually oblivious to what they were doing, but whatever. Of course, when my friend stepped in, the game was set up, and after the first shot landed, we left there. I mostly saw kids under 18.

Later, there was a section where HoN was being played. When we went, they were battling it out in a 5v5 match. Of course, Eno and I waited for two hours hoping maybe we could play too, but to no avail; you couldn’t join the battle without 5 people, meaning without forming a gang. By the way, I didn’t even know how to play. 😀 Ohh, by the way, when we went there, they were having people fill out a survey and giving out coupons. Let me tell you what happened to me. First, Eno filled out the survey, then pressed a button and a coupon popped up on the screen; they gave him that color and Eno went and got his t-shirt. It was my turn. I nicely filled out the survey, and it was time to press the button. I pressed the button, then looked at the screen and saw a handshake picture. I looked at the guy standing there; he reached out his hand and shook mine. 😀 Before I could say “What the heck is going on?”, we continued touring the fair without a t-shirt. So, I couldn’t get anything.

But later, when the guys waiting by the survey swapped places, I went and filled out the survey again. Then I went to that button-pressing spot, and what does the guy say? “What do you want, a bag or a t-shirt?” He didn’t care about pressing the button or anything. I said to myself, “Man, if you didn’t care this much, you should have just let me press that button again when the handshake came up earlier!” 😀 By the way, I saw a few well-known game editors from the internet world at the fair. We got to see Gökhan Yılmaz from Bölüm Sonu Canavarı, Burak Akmenek from Fragtist (meaning Teknoseyir), and Şefik Akkoç from Level, thanks to this GameX. But I didn’t talk to any of them. 😀 By the way, there was a model tank at the entrance. You entered inside by showing the codes you got from the internet. But at one point, whatever happened, the place started swarming with little kids. Honestly, they weren’t old enough to get that code and enter there. I didn’t understand that part either. There were people wandering around in Cosplay. Their costumes were nicely prepared. Nothing else comes to mind. Hopefully, next year this organization will take place in a bigger venue with more companies, more players, and press. That is our hope.

That’s all from me. Stay well! May God bless you.