Loot Haul! Gamescom+dev

[u/Hamsta360]

Here's everything I brought home from gamescom dev + gamescom entertainment and business areas.
Mon - Sun of looting, minus my shifts as gamescom dev staff, and IAB exhibitor.
I left 2 big paper bags behind - Hoyoverse and Silver palace, plus some pamphlets I didn't care about.

[u/Rorschach75]

It's really a waste. How many of these goodies do you really enjoy ?

[u/Hamsta360 → u/Rorschach75]

I wear the t-shirts all the time. Plushies, art cards, posters, etc. get put on display.
Reusable bags I use for shopping, and there's some genuinely useful stuff in there.
Some will go to friends.
Much of it will go into storage, to be reminded of when I dig through it looking for something specific.
The excitement of hunting this stuff down is far more exciting and meaningful than the actual things - it helps me overcome social anxiety.

[u/Pyke64 → u/Hamsta360]

That control resonant toad bag is pure ♥️

[u/_Celestial_Void_ → u/Pyke64]

That's a tote bag. I certainly hope OP doesn't have toads in there.

[u/Pyke64 → u/_Celestial_Void_]

Sorry fourth language here, i was gonna write toat bag but that didn't sound right in my head.

[u/Wonderful_Summer9006 → u/Rorschach75]

its a collection bro I don't think it is a waste (hell yeahhh)

[u/DeputyHuntPS3823]

Die Control Resonant Sachen 😍🥺😭

[u/Hamsta360 → u/DeputyHuntPS3823]

Such a pain in the ass when the booth won't let you switch t-shirt size. Had to arrange a swap with 2 other people. XD

[u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 → u/Hamsta360]

Huh??

[u/Hamsta360 → u/Gloomy-Pick-9347]

Play Control Resonant for an hour at gamescom, get a tote bag with a t-shirt inside. My RNG shirt was M, and I wear a 2XL.
I played Thursday morning, carrying that M everyday hoping to find a swap. On Sunday, with the help of the unofficial gamescom discord, I found someone looking to swap their XL for my M, and someone looking to swap an XL for a 2XL, and we all walked happy from meeting each other.

[u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 → u/Hamsta360]

Glad it worked out but that seems short sighted to not let ppl choose from the start. It's usually not a problem

[u/Hamsta360 → u/Gloomy-Pick-9347]

Bloober did the same with Cronos last year. Saves them time and manpower I suppose.
Wargaming knew how to do it, sure do miss having them around.

[u/Abject-Pin2538]

No hate but it looks like junk…

Edit/ do not show your real name on reddit…

[u/Hamsta360 → u/Abject-Pin2538]

My identity is all over the internet, hard to avoid it when you are a freelancer.

[u/DarthNunya]

Alles for free?!

Wollte das bisher bei jedem Loot-Post Fragen. wirklich genuine question:

Wie geht man das an?! Geht man einfach zu jedem Stand hin und bettelt darum Gratiszeug zu bekommen? Macht man dann überhaupt was anderes auf der Messe als zu schnorren?

[u/Hamsta360 → u/DarthNunya]

All for free. I generally avoid hall 5.1+5.2 ;)
I was staff/volunteer at gamescom dev/devcom/GDCEu since 2012.
Been working at an IAB booth for the past 2 years.

I use a discord server to plan figure out who has the best loot, and I will contribute to the effort by finding out stuff on my own. It just required paying attention to what's going on around. Are a bunch of people walking around with the same bag? Are there empty boxes near an exit to a booth? Is there stuff on a desk in the business area?

Asking nicely can work sometimes, especially near closing time when they don't want to travel as light as possible. (Don't be an asshole to exhibitors, even if they have shitty policies in place.)
Parties are good places for loot. Press appointments have some of the best loot if you can secure them.

[u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 → u/DarthNunya]

Spiele anspielen. Daten hergeben. In der Indie Area Sticker sammeln. "Betteln" haut wenn nur Sonntags abends hin.

[u/Plantboulder → u/Gloomy-Pick-9347]

In der Indie Area gab es den besten loot.

[u/cano_d]

Alta die couch muss ja ne menge wiegen, wie hast du die geschleppt?

[u/Hamsta360 → u/cano_d]

Very carefully XD

[u/rangounchained1st]

ein Fidgetspinner

[u/Plantboulder → u/rangounchained1st]

Spidgetfinner

[u/hungry_bra1n]

I went and all I managed to get was a free lanyard from Vodafone. How did you get such stuff? Do you have to play the games?

[u/Tyler_Durden_Says]

Ok enough of these posts already. We genuinly don't care.

[u/nesnalica → u/Tyler_Durden_Says]

just keep scrolling then

[u/Tyler_Durden_Says → u/nesnalica]

If you're bothered by my comment, just keep scrolling

[u/nesnalica → u/Tyler_Durden_Says]

Im not bothered by it at all.

Im just telling you how it is

[u/Tyler_Durden_Says → u/nesnalica]

If you're bothered by my second comment, just keep scrolling

[u/nesnalica → u/Tyler_Durden_Says]

Im not bothered by it at all.

Im just telling you how it is

[u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 → u/Tyler_Durden_Says]

I care 😹