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In April, I was invited to speak on a panel at Supanova, this time on the Gold Coast, Qld, AU – I had previously spoken on the same panel topic at the Brisbane Supanova in 2024, and had enjoyed the experience, so I was very keen to go back again, and I don’t often go to the gold coast, so I took the opportunity to make a weekend of it.
Supanova isn’t the biggest convention, but it does feel like a “family reunion” of sorts for the few times I’ve been. It’s my fourth in total, having gone in the early 2010s, and I do find it to be a comfortable vibe. Whereas in PAX Aus or previously Gencon (RIP), I have so much to do that I can’t get it all done (mostly board gaming and arcade), Supanova seems to be mostly cosplay, artists and celebrity meet & greets. I attended for 1 of the 2 available days, and comfortably did everything i wanted to do in 6 hours.
Mind you, I did some low effort cosplay so wasn’t stopped much, and as someone with low disposable income I did not spend much time shopping, which I imagine is a huge draw, as there were a lot of unique stores selling every nerdy thing you can imagine.
I enjoyed talking on the panel as well – it’s my second time covering “getting started in streaming” as a topic, but this time I put forward and hosted a panel that was kind of a scrum session of streaming ideas. Rather than just offering simple advise, I was joined by Applejackeroni, Desmondeus, Echosong and GryphonxxDemon to listen to the audience’s ideas of what they wanted to stream, toss it around a bit and offer our opinions of what parts work, what to avoid and suggestions on how to build on the given idea, so that the streamer stands out in a crowded space.
Given the fact that our panel was slotted in to compete with the cosplay finale, we were pleasantly surprised to find the retention of our very modest audience was quite high, with every audience member offering feedback and ideas, exactly what I was hoping for. I definitely want to repeat the same panel at future events, and hopefully the audience interaction at this one plays well into our future. Big thanks to Aus Esports & Gaming for having us there as panelists!
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