Getting Ready to Hit the Road to GDC Online and a Contest
by Donald "Yadot" Harris · 09/22/2010 (9:26 pm) · 28 comments
As you can see from Eric's earlier post the InstantAction team has been hard at work this summer. But it does not stop there. Derek and Eric are heading down to Austin to meet up with me and head to GDC Online (formerly known as Austin GDC) to show off our new Windows Phone 7 tech. We will not have a traditional booth this year. Instead we have a private meeting space to discuss business development and Windows Phone 7. I will also be hosting a round table at GDC Online titled "How to create a diverse team - and keep it!". So if you plan on attending, we will be running around the floor and attending different events. You can follow us and meet up with us through twitter @torquepowered
One more thing. For those of you who follow us on twitter, you know that I had mentioned something about an up coming contest. We have 5 additional GDC Online Expo Passes. To show our thanks and appreciation to the development community, we have come up with this simple contest:
From 9/23/2010 to 9/28/2010 send a tweet telling us how our products have helped you build your dreams. You MUST use the #torque and http://twtaway.com/fzhh02 in your tweet for it to count. And yes, you can enter multiple times. The winner will be picked at random by a 3rd party service to keep it fair and honest. Just to show a little more thanks to you guys - let's throw in Torque 3D as well!
Get Torque'd!
One more thing. For those of you who follow us on twitter, you know that I had mentioned something about an up coming contest. We have 5 additional GDC Online Expo Passes. To show our thanks and appreciation to the development community, we have come up with this simple contest:
From 9/23/2010 to 9/28/2010 send a tweet telling us how our products have helped you build your dreams. You MUST use the #torque and http://twtaway.com/fzhh02 in your tweet for it to count. And yes, you can enter multiple times. The winner will be picked at random by a 3rd party service to keep it fair and honest. Just to show a little more thanks to you guys - let's throw in Torque 3D as well!
Get Torque'd!
#2
09/22/2010 (10:01 pm)
and if we have just started using torque? what do we tweet then? 
#3
09/22/2010 (11:23 pm)
Get someone who has been successful, but lives too far away from GDC, to win and offer to relieve him of his ticket :)
#4
09/22/2010 (11:37 pm)
Glen I would go with Ronny's idea. :) Wait no I meant to say just write what you like about our tools or why you bought them.
#5
Okaaaay I can talk about that boring story about how I wanted a better engine....sigh....and here I could have "confiscated" someone's ticket...and Torque license (that's what I really want).
09/22/2010 (11:40 pm)
But I like Ronny's idea...Okaaaay I can talk about that boring story about how I wanted a better engine....sigh....and here I could have "confiscated" someone's ticket...and Torque license (that's what I really want).
#6
09/23/2010 (12:31 am)
Heh just remember you can start tomorrow! :) 
#7
Shouldn't we be getting some Android support first? I mean, especially considering Microsoft's "record" with their phone OS.
I mean, I don't mind it at all! But I'm still thinking Android should be a bit more of a concern then WinMobile.
09/23/2010 (1:16 am)
Windows Phone 7?Shouldn't we be getting some Android support first? I mean, especially considering Microsoft's "record" with their phone OS.
I mean, I don't mind it at all! But I'm still thinking Android should be a bit more of a concern then WinMobile.
#8
09/23/2010 (2:53 am)
@Tyler not to get to off the subject of the post but there are some very good reasons as to why we decided to go with Win Phone 7. One being is our experience on the XNA platform. As for Microsoft record on the phone OS I think they are making some great strides in the right direction. First and foremost is the standardized hardware requirements, which for me is one issue with Android. Also Microsoft will have a app store as well which will help as well. I do love the Android platform. I will say this, once we have a way to support the Android platform in the best way possible that we wold go after it. But anyways back to the contest, I hope you enter in! 
#9
09/23/2010 (5:01 am)
I don't use Tweeter or Facebook by principle so I'm out of this contest... good luck to everyone else!
#10
Microsoft has done just fine with their phones. They may not have been in the "trendy" phone market for long, but Windows Mobile has been pretty good in business phones.
Android...laugh.
09/23/2010 (6:24 am)
Announcement, not Anouncement. ;)Microsoft has done just fine with their phones. They may not have been in the "trendy" phone market for long, but Windows Mobile has been pretty good in business phones.
Android...laugh.
#11
09/23/2010 (11:08 am)
@Joe now that's funny! I didn't know the image was wrong :) getting it corrected now thanks for the catch. The contest has officially begun start sending your tweets! 
#12
09/23/2010 (1:31 pm)
Donald, looking forward to seeing you there:)
#13
09/23/2010 (2:22 pm)
@Billy No doubt man I don't know why we have not had time to catch up!
#14
09/23/2010 (2:26 pm)
Okay guys slight update. You need to have the url http://twtaway.com/fzhh02 and #torque in your tweet in order to get entered in the contest as well, sorry for the confusion. One more thing the tweet has to be public so it can't be an @reply. You can mention the @torquepowered handle later in the tweet it just can't be the first part of the tweet. I will manually add the ones who have tweeted already. Also do not shorten the URL
#15
One question though, why do we have to be following @torquepowered? I keep getting retweets on mangapage that I really don't want @.@
09/23/2010 (5:30 pm)
Ok, tweeted.One question though, why do we have to be following @torquepowered? I keep getting retweets on mangapage that I really don't want @.@
#16
09/23/2010 (6:02 pm)
Yeah I updated the blog post you don't have to follow the @torquepowered handle. At first I thought it was required. Needless to say it was a bit rough this morning on the contest. In the middle of every one retweeting and such I lost connection to the internet for about an hour. Fun times :)
#17
09/23/2010 (9:32 pm)
heh, sorry about that Don. Yea I stopped following because of all the retweets, but don't worry, you still are on my FB. ;) 
#18
09/24/2010 (7:54 pm)
"We have 5 additional GDC Online Expo Passes" - Is there going to be 5 winners? Anywho.. Thanks for the opportunity(chance) :-) It would be a great start to my new career.
#19
09/24/2010 (8:12 pm)
@Aaron Yes indeed there will be 5 winners! thanks for the interest and again thank you all for being apart of the community! 
#20
..FANtastic!
09/27/2010 (3:14 am)
Tweet some inspiration about something you ALREADY do...and you may win T3D ?! ..FANtastic!
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