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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Well, it was a fun old ride. From inception to staging the event
itself, this convention has been a real awesome experience for
everyone involved. We’re glad those who turned up had a blast
seeing all the sights and chatting to fellow Sonic fans! Now that
the Summer of Sonic is well and truly over though, this website is
going to change into a simple archive of media, collated by
organisers and visitors to the event.
We’re still adding stuff all the time, so come back often
to see videos, photos and special words from everyone involved.
This blog will remain in the background under the blog archives,
you can still access our road to the convention using the monthly
breakdown in the left hand column.
Oh, and the photos and front-page articles are, for the most
part, still commentable, so if you have an account here you can
make a remark about the cool stuff that went down on August
9th.
Sayonara, Summer of Sonic 2008. Will there be another one? Ah,
that’s something you’ll have to ultimately ask Svend
‘Dreadknux’ Joscelyne…
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Lee Brotherton surprised everyone attending the Summer of Sonic
convention by presenting us all with a new mix of the theme song to
Sonic The Hedgehog on Xbox 360. HIS WORLD (Blue World Prelude) is a
slower, more emotional take on the Zebrahead original. You can
download it straight from The Sonic Stadium’s media
portal.
HIS WORLD - Blue World Prelude ~THEME OF SUMMER OF SONIC 2008~
(TSS Media Portal) - 6.1MB
Right click and select ‘Save
As…’
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Well, Saturday has come and gone,
and the Summer of Sonic was a complete success! Thank you to
everyone that came down and participated in the action on the show
floor, and a very special thanks to all of our special guests -
Richard Jacques, TJ Davis, Nigel Kitching and Lee Brotherton for
taking time out of their no-doubt busy weekends to help create an
amazing convention!
We will be posting videos, music and photos from hereon in - if
you would like to submit your own recorded media, send them to
dreadknux@gmail.com along
with your name so we can credit you in our galleries. If you have
videos you would like us to show, contact B’man from The
Sonic Stadium and he will set you up with details that will allow
you to upload your high quality videos onto the TSS Media server.
Beats having a strange quality video on Youtube.
What did you think of the event? Post your comments here!
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
You can now connect to http://www.w00ty.com:8000/sos.ogg
via your video player (we suggest VLC player) and
watch the whole goings on from your computer! See the Watch Live
Online page for details on what we will exactly be showing on this
live feed. Apologies if the sound is too loud - we are currently
running this right next to the amp (the only place we can find!)
Enjoy the day with us!
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Hey guys! We’re T-Minus 12 Hours till the
big event, and we thought we’d give you guys one last
pre-convention hurrah. The prizes. There will be several prize
packs on offer throughout the whole day. And they all are packed to
the brim with all of these awesome goodies! Included we’ve
got a total of five Nintendo DS handhelds, two pairs of kid’s
size Sonic X shoes, a Sonic Rush promotional standee, truckloads of
Sonic and SEGA computer games, and ultra-rarities such as the
Japanese NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Original Soundtrack.
The item of interest that Kevin’s most proud of is the
white and blue SEGA-branded laptop bag - something that you can
only obtain if you work for SEGA. How cool is that? You
can pretend you’re the one working on the latest Sonic game!
It’s a better lie than saying your Uncle works there.
If you don’t manage to win one of these prize packs (there
will be stage shows, events and even clues that will provide more
details tomorrow on winning one), each attendee will get a goodie
bag that will contain a couple of SEGA pens, a vinyl sticker,
Summer of Sonic T-Shirt, lanyard and keyring (limited to about 200,
unfortunately so once they’ve gone…).
In the Games Zone, all players that attempt to time attack
Emerald Hill Zone Act 1 on Sonic 2 will get a free copy of the
Guinness Book of Records: Gamers’ Edition 2008. Again, we
have 150 of these books kindly provided by Guinness World Records,
and are subject to availability.
See you tomorrow!
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
We’ve prepared a page on this website to showcase every
little event that’s going to take place at the Summer of
Sonic, and at what times (with the exception of Richard
Jacques’ live performance, which will be recorded and placed
online on this website at a later date given Richard’s
all-clear). If you won’t be here at a certain time of the
day, do not worry as we will have a bird’s eye view of the
action from the crow’s nest - thanks to our online live video
broadcasting system. A page will go online soon with a link to
connect to the broadcast when it all kicks off tomorrow.
Click here to read the Schedule, and
soak it all in. You can print it off too, if you like. You can also
reach this page in the header (replacing the ‘I’m
There’ link) and in the sidebar.
EDIT: The Richard Jacques performance will not be taking place
at 10am. Sorry for the confusion - we purposefully did not publish
the exact time when Richard and co will be performing. The Schedule
page has been changed to reflect this.
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Here are some pictures of the very special, four-tiered birthday
cake we have prepared for Sonic the Hedgehog. It will be handed to
him towards the end of The Sonic Hour Live - Joanne Wheatley baked
and iced the cake all on her own, costing her several days of
unnecessary strife we’d wager. As you can see (sorry for the
pictures, taken by a mobile phone camera) it’s decorated in
the style of the iconic Green Hill Zone, complete with starpost,
Piranha, bridge and waterfall. Sonic’s sneakers can be found
at the top of the cake.
One half of the cake’s bases is chocolate, and another is
regular cake. Just in case you fancy one over the other. We think
you’ll agree that this is an incredible homemade cake, and
Joanne hopes you like it too:
“I can’t say I’m overly experienced with
doing such a big project… with cake. After spending the best
part of the week working on it, though I am proud of it, this will
always be know as “that F*****g cake!” I hope everyone
who has some, enjoys it.”
Obviously there won’t be enough of this lovely cake to go
around for everyone, which is why there will be plenty of little
cupcakes for attendees to tuck into at the event as well. Bon
appetite!
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Just a little reminder that you have until midnight tonight
(British time) to send your pre-registration emails to our Summer
of Sonic staff. If you do not manage to do it in time that’s
fine, pre-registration is not a requirement for entry. It just
speeds the process up in you getting in.
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
We are proud to
announce today that the Summer of Sonic will be visited by the
Guinness World Records team, who will be keeping a close eye on the
events throughout the day to see if any high score records are
being broken in the Dragon Hall (make sure that’s the only
thing you break though!).
In particular, the Games Zone will have a special table
dedicated to run-throughs of Emerald Hill Zone in Sonic the
Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive. Working with Twin Galaxies, the
online high-score leaderboards, the Guinness World Records will be
present in tallying gamer’s fastest times in both Act 1 and
Act 2 of the iconic first Zone. Be sure to practice, and do your
best on the day!
The fastest gamers will be on stage from 1.30pm with online
gaming website Sonic Cage Dome to face off against one another, for
the chance to win an awesome prize pack along with an official
Guinness World Records certificate - plus consideration for
inclusion into the 2009 Edition of the Guinness World Records:
Gamer’s Edition book!
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
For the last few days we have been testing and trialling a
method of providing live video broadcasts on the Internet for those
who unfortunately cannot make the Summer of Sonic convention, due
to living too far away or other commitments. Isn’t that great
news? Now if you have been getting excited about the event but live
all the way in America or Germany or elsewhere, you can simply
watch our video feed and see the action unfold throughout the whole
day!
On the Summer of Sonic website and The Sonic Stadium, we will be
providing a special link for you to access our video feed with on
the 9th August. The best program to use in order to watch our
upcoming feed is VLC Player - you can download and install the program
using the linked text. Then it’s simply a case of opening
VLC, hitting ‘File > Open’ and copy-pasting the link
into the program.
Actual content has not been decided for our live broadcasts yet;
we may simply use this as a tool to showcase the whole hall floor
from the crow’s nest throughout the day, and then focus on
the main stage during the major events, such as the Q&A session
and the Sonic Hour live. Richard’s performance on piano and
keyboard is unlikely to be broadcast live, but may be
recorded to be watched later on in the evening.
We’ll see all of you - or rather, you’ll see us - on
Saturday.
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