Thank you to Square-Enix for having Haggan and Pikko from Allakhazam there for this great event. It was an honor to speak to the game designers and producers in Japan, though Pikko wishes she could have seen the screen to know their faces! Thank you also to the owners of PCGamerz, Jeff and Jeri, for being so hospitaruble. You have a great gaming arena and we wish you all the best! The transcript for the Q&A panel should be available from Square by Monday or Tuesday along with additional photos and expo details. Haggan will be doing his own write-up after he recovers from his 372 hour airship ride. Pikko made sure he took home some great omiage! ^_^

Inside PCGamerz before the event started.

The first people in line. Team Garuda!!

Setting up of the airship background for Mithra photos.

The T-shirts for sale. (Tarutaru and Hume were given as prizes only)

The first Mithra arrives and wonder why the heck the rest of her PT is taking so long to get there.

The line is huge!!

A family of adventurers and their little pet. Go go S.O.B.s!

First place winner for the costume contest.

(Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.)

This poor DRK even put pleading remarks in his Comments area.

Creative double usage of the name tag.

Three guys LFP. SMN/WHM/BLM, DRK, and BLM. That's half a party already guys, somebody invite already!

Team Garuda preps for Pwnd 101 with Professor Tenzen.

Pikko with some fellow gardeners!

Pimp hat!!

This big guy won a Small size shirt and so Arec the announcer said if he wanted it, he had to put it on first.

Some of the options for the BBB.

Watching the BBBs on the plasma screen outside.

Another team sits through Pwnd 201 with Professor Tenzen lecturing again.

Yasu Kurosawa, North American Online Producer, gets "lei-ed" in Hawaii. (Locals love that joke)

Team We Don't Care shows off their Atlas prizes for surviving the Time Bomb battle.

Arec discusses the "Reraise tactic" with the WHM, Lilty from Garuda.

A crowd shot, with Online Player Relations Manager Franko Fonseca on the left.

People relax in the back area eating food and watching the events.

The Tarutaru Cure Marathon is about to begin.

The "Invincible" Galka GM is killed by a Tavnazian Ram and de-levels to 74. (sorry for poor image quality)

A player in Thief AF.

Pumpkin hat!

The costume contestants. I think that's supposed to be a Saruta orange? Someone should tell him he needs three more to make juice.

Haggan and Pikko take a picture with the Mithra.

The raffle grand prize!