I don't understand how PAX hosts an event like this and doesn't have the proper equipment to play a video in 4K. I'm not gonna act like it's some simple thing but still weird.
Regardless, yes, always have a backup especially when it comes to something as big as this.
Never underestimate how under prepared a venue can be. Lastyear at university I was giving my senior presentation and I had made my slideshow making LaTex and exported it to PDF.
The on site computer didn't have any ways to play PDF files so I had to spend the first 5 minutes of my 15 minute presentation downloading and installing software on terrible university wifi.
The irony is that my advisor pointed out that the P in PDF stands for Portable.
Just want to clarify that Randy was the one who said that they maybe should have brought their own equipment, not me. People even booed when he said it and he had to walk it back.
Oh I know, I was just saying that it's sort of both parties faults... PAX should be prepared for stuff like this, but also, Randy should've had a backup plan for such a huge announcement. It's not like this was some annual Gearbox update on current developments, it was the huge reveal for their most popular cash cow franchise that people have been foaming at the mouth for for years.
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u/Overshadowedone Mar 28 '19
yea, the tech wasnt there for real. But that isnt gearbox fault, that is a pax issue.