A week has gone by and it's time to reflect on things. Things that happened from 20th to 24th August 2015 to be more precise. Once again I've made my way towards an epic week(end) of Czequestria 2015. Let me say that every single day of this con (and every pre-con day) was awesome. Had a lot of fun getting together with people I haven't seen in a year.

At first there was a bit of a troubleshooting included, and you can believe me there was a lot of trouble, and a lot of shooting. After we've overcome some of the more substantial problems like "What songs are we going to play?", "Who will sing?", and "Can we play the songs at all?" we've decided to enjoy some of the things that were planned for us by the CZEQ staff. Speaking of which, the LARP was awesome. KUDOS to the whole team assembled by Tom. They made the heat of a very sunny day a bit more bearable (especially the Diamond Dog NPCs). The pre-con party was alright although the air temperature was unbearable at times. Also, tiredness started to manifest.

The first day of the con was awesome but a bit hectic. Saw a lot of old friends, made some new friends. Talked a lot, checked if my karaoke skills haven't rusted (they haven't!). In the afternoon there was a soundcheck. Nothing else. Spent 5 hours getting set up, adjusting the sound levels, patches, and generally rehearsing. I have to express a LOT of gratitude to the sound engineering team of D'Artagnan & Vojta. Although they had another panel they needed to work on, they managed to do their best to make us sound good. One thing that couldn't be adjusted was the sound of the room. The reflections from the wood panels were very confusing. Using my headphones did some good to counteract the issue, but made me not hear the people I was playing with. Regarding the quality of my part of the show, I'm very sorry for the screw ups. Right from the beginning I've butchered the awesome "Sky And Me" by starting to sing an octave lower (stupid!!!) than what we rehearsed. Another thing I could have adjusted is my song choice. Have to be more careful about that in the future. A lot of people left the Grand Hall to get drinks when I started to play. Cheers to the ones that didn't keep me hanging, and helped me through my rendition of "The Otherside" and "The Final Trees" by Tarby (who is an awesome person, and you should check out his musical work.....DO IT NOW!). After the show I was momentarily in a fail-induced bad mood. Have to thank the ever-hyper Autumnbreeze, Melgarh, Jamis, and all the people that talked some sense to me and cheered me up. Sometimes I'm an ass. The last thing that happened on Saturday night was show of an entirely different kind. Couple fisticuffs and phone calls later, the situation was swiftly rectified by the police. Cheers mates!

Sunday started out with some more trouble. The car I was driving signaled lack of cooling fluid. This resulted in a 15-minute delay in our arrival to the con space. We've started out with the musicians panel, which was largely improvised. We (The Wasteland Wailers) were joined by Andy from Przewalski's Ponies and DJ Aerial.After that I've spent some quality time at the rockband stall, torturing the guitar, the piano, and the drums. Stuff was awesome. In the afternoon we did The Overmare Studios panel. The main focus of this panel was the presentation of the playable demo & a lengthy Q&A session. After this panel my lack of sleep started to show. I've spent the rest of the con in a zombie-like state. Regretfully I had to skip the afterparty, because I needed to drive back home on Monday at 02:30.
All in all, CZEQ2015 was an awesome experience. A big thank you to the staff. Enjoy your one year break. I'm looking forward to attending CZEQ2017. Rock on!!!

-IvoryKeysADSR

P.S.: Once again I have to thank Pinkie (Ponka). She made my weekend again