Inside DreamHack Atlanta: New Features, Esports, and a Growing Georgia Gaming Community [Podcast]

DreamHack Atlanta 2024, from October 4-6

In this episode of UrbanEBB, Rico talks with Lyndsay Postell from DreamHack Atlanta to discuss the excitement surrounding this year’s event. Lyndsay reveals new experiences, including a tabletop gaming tavern and robotics demonstrations, while sharing how DreamHack continues to evolve with its diverse community of gamers, cosplayers, and tech enthusiasts. Whether you’re into competitive esports, casual LAN parties, or discovering the latest indie games, DreamHack has something for everyone!

Join us as Lyndsay dives into how DreamHack Atlanta is growing its family-friendly offerings while staying true to its hardcore gaming roots. From cosplay competitions to charity events and creator hubs, this year’s event promises to be an unforgettable weekend for gaming fans of all ages. Don’t miss this insider look at one of the biggest gaming festivals in North America!

Timestamp:
00:00:00 – DreamHack Atlanta
00:01:24 – Excitement for Upcoming Events and Mobile Esports
00:02:52 – Innovative Products and Exciting Partnerships
00:04:43 – Enhancing E-Sports and Gaming Community Experiences
00:08:43 – Millennials Bringing Kids and Family to Gaming Events
00:10:06 – A Family and Community Affair
00:13:03 – Indie Playground at Dreamhack
00:15:30 – Dreamhack Dallas Boosts Indie Developers
00:18:03 – Vibrant Atlanta Cosplay Community Shines at DreamHack
00:22:10 – Call of Duty Championship Weekend
00:24:36 – Passionate Creator Hub and Exciting Guests
00:26:35 – Charity Initiatives and Live Streaming
00:29:23 – Celebrating Atlanta’s Tech Community and STEM Initiatives

Podcast Transcript

Transcript:

00:00:00 – Rico Figliolini

Hey, everyone. This is Rico Figliolini, host of UrbanEbb here in Peachtree Corners, the city that lives and breathes smart city stuff just north of Atlanta. And we have a great guest today from DreamHack Atlanta, Lyndsay Postell. Hey, Lyndsay. Thanks for joining us.

00:00:18 – Lyndsay Postell

Hey, thanks for having me. I’m so excited to talk about DreamHack and get to hang out with you for a bit.

00:00:24 – Rico Figliolini

Yes, me too. I’ve been going to DreamHack for the last three years. Two of my kids are actually following me there this year.

00:00:32 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh, that’s so fun.

00:00:33          Rico Figliolini

Yeah, they’re going to be doing some social media, some stuff like that. One of them wants to be a creator, so she’s checking it out also.

00:00:40 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh, I’m so excited.

00:00:40 – Rico Figliolini

She’s excited. She actually just bought all her gaming stuff computer set up everything.

00:00:49 – Lyndsay Postell

Did you get like the whole pc rig, the cool headphones and everything?

00:00:52 – Rico Figliolini

Yes, everything. The chair, I mean everything. And everything matches because she’s a girl. So everything has to match.

00:01:01 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh, you gotta have, all of my stuff is white like I love everything to look like really white and clean. So I get that.

00:01:06 – Rico Figliolini

There you go. And that’s exactly what she did. Everything’s white. Even the CPU, looking inside the CPU, it’s all white in there. So it costs a bit more but, you know.

00:01:16 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, it’s worth it. It’s worth it.

00:01:20 – Rico Figliolini

Apparently. So she’ll be coming, too. So we’re all excited. We can’t wait to get there next weekend the 4th through the 6th.

00:01:23 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah October 4th through the 6th

00:01:27 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah, yeah. So it’s going to be cool and I can’t wait for the Call of Duty mobile championship either. Million dollar prize.

00:01:39 – Lyndsay Postell

I know it’s amazing.

00:01:41 – Rico Figliolini

I know, it’s incredible.

00:01:42 – Lyndsay Postell

And, I mean, I think that I applaud the people who compete in COD Mobile or any mobile esports incredibly because I feel like I fat thumb things so incredibly. Like, I’m terrible at mobile anything. So, yeah, you’ll see me playing Candy Crush. They can handle COD Mobile. I’ll be on Candy Crush.

00:02:05 – Rico Figliolini

You know what’s funny? My daughter has me. We’re in a group, family group, playing Fortnite. But then I’m off playing Call of Duty on my mobile device sometimes. I get to Legendary every season, but I can’t get enough points that make sense. These guys are just ripping it over there.

00:02:19 – Lyndsay Postell

I know. It’s insane. It’s insane. Some of the skills and how quick people are on those little screens, I don’t get it. I’ll stay to event planning and organization, but I absolutely love seeing it happen because it’s like magic.

00:02:35 – Rico Figliolini

It’s fantastic. So tell me, so this year is going to be big, right? Every year is a little bigger than the last, I think. What big changes are coming this year to ‘24, to DreamHack?

00:02:46 – Lyndsay Postell

That is a super great question. So like the product team and the partner, I mean, everybody’s been working super, super hard to continue innovating and making new products. One of the things I’m really excited about is the new tabletop tavern. So we are using one of the auditoriums and turning it into this like D&D tavern that people can go and enjoy live experiences and one shots and really dive into that tabletop experience. And I mean, that’s just one of the things like we’re partnering as well with Georgia First Robotics to work with the community, but also bring robotics to the show.

00:03:14 – Rico Figliolini

That’s a student-driven thing, isn’t it?

00:03:16 – Yes. So it’s a 5013C or C3. I always get that wrong. And it’s just a phenomenal org. And I think they work with K through 12 all the way into the college space. And they have a little Lego League that’s so sweet for like the younger kids but it’s really, really cool, so excited about that. And small spoiler, we might have some of the bots running around during registration in the registration area for people but you didn’t hear that from me.

00:04:00 – Rico Figliolini

That would be great. I can’t wait to see it. As far as this week, I know Atlanta, Georgia is becoming a bigger gaming environment, space, I think. There’s a lot more startups here. So it’s just more so than some people might think. The same way that Texas is big in anime. Who would think Texas would be big in anime?

00:04:24 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah.

00:04:25 – Rico Figliolini

So, and Georgia is the same way, I feel like. who would think Georgia is like big in the space. So the week that DreamHack is happening here next week is Games Week Georgia. Which is sort of an overlay of other things, right? Esports summit, creative summit. How do you all, you know, how does that enhance the experience? How are you all collaborating?

00:04:48 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, yeah. So super excited to be working with Skillshot and Ghost Gaming on the Georgia games. Or the, I always mess it up, Games Week Georgia activations. But I mean one of our big goals and especially I mean, my official title is product manager of communities and associations. So one of the things that we always try to do is really work with the local community, work with the local orgs that are there that are really empowering the community. The fellow gamers, the fellow nerds, the fellow fans. So, really excited for Games Week Georgia. I mean, Skillshot and Ghost are both amazing partners. And by doing this, we’re able to give people a broader experience. DreamHack is of course kind of the the cherry on top and, you know, the masterpiece at the end of the week. But this allows everyone in the community to be able to network and engage and go to different events that might be more specific to their type of gaming or what they’re interested in, in the gaming ecosystem. So this is, I want to say, our second year doing Games Week Georgia. I might be wrong on that, but it’s been just amazing working with them like they are so, so phenomenal and i’m really excited to stop by a lot of the events myself honestly.

00:06:11 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah, I think it’s going to be great for you know professionals even the casual gamer to be attending some of this stuff because the future is changing right? It’s exploding, trends in this market.

00:06:21 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. Well and that’s also something that’s like really important to us is every single product we build at DreamHack, we want to make sure that we have something for everybody. So whether it’s like you’re just interested in gaming, you’re a professional gamer, you’re in the collegiate sphere, whatever it is, we want to make sure that you can go to DreamHack and still have a weekend full of activities and things to participate in. And I think that we’ve really been, like you mentioned, kind of the ecosystem growing. And I think that’s really accurate. I think that the gaming ecosystem as a whole has been really blowing up, especially COVID was a really interesting time for all of gamers, because a lot of people who weren’t gamers threw themselves into gaming. And now that we are, you know, back out of that bubble, people really want to come together and meet those online friends and, you know, build those communities together. So, well, I’m, I mean, I’m just, I’m really excited to see. There’s always one moment that I catch during every show that I’ve seen. And there’s many more, but there’s always like two friends that run up and hug and it’s their first time seeing each other. And it’s like, you know, these best friends from online getting together and getting to enjoy the weekend. And I’m really excited about that. And, you know, we have community gatherings, which are similar to like community meetups, all for that. And yeah, not to get all hallmark-y, but I really love how the community comes together for DreamHack for sure.

00:07:51 – Rico Figliolini

You know, it’s amazing. I think sort of my generation of parents and stuff look at their kids and they’re like, they’re socked away in their room and stuff. They’re playing on, you know, they’re playing on their games. They’re on Discord. I mean, even my youngest, who’s almost 21, he’s communicating with his friends all online. And then they show up to these conventions. It’s almost like, well, that’s the complete opposite because now they’re socially outbound. And my daughter, who’s the middle child, she’s playing with gamers on the West Coast. So there’s a three-hour time difference. So she’s playing until three in the morning sometimes, whereas she’s midnight, you know? And so it’s crazy.

00:08:36 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. No, I mean, it’s awesome. I also feel like what we’re seeing in kind of the millennial generation having kids is we’re starting to see like a lot of these millennials grew up playing PC games or console games. And so we’re seeing these really cute moments with like their kids growing up. And one of the really cool things, I think it was my second DreamHack ever. This will be my eighth DreamHack. But I was talking to someone and they had their like two-year-old kid with them. And they were I’ve been going to DreamHack for years. I’ve been to the ones in Sweden. I’ve been all over for DreamHack. And now my daughter is here with me and this is so cool. And that was just like sold for me. I was like, okay, this is one of my favorite memories. So yeah.

00:09:20 – Rico Figliolini

And I can, and I can see that because I think it was last year maybe or the year before, I met a couple from Wisconsin, young couple, 12-year-old kid. The father drove from Wisconsin to Atlanta to make sure he carried, he had the CPU for the bring your own computer, right? And so he brought it. He didn’t trust it on the plane. His wife flew with the kid. He drove all the way in and they met up and he was playing Fortnite the rest of the afternoon and the rest of the day, I guess, or weekend.

00:09:52 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh my gosh.

00:09:52 – Rico Figliolini

It’s a family affair.

00:09:53 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, it is a family affair. And it’s also, it’s, you know, it’s a community affair, if you will. You get to meet your friends or watch some of your favorite like competitive gamers compete against each other or you know watch the cosplay competition or if you’re into cosplay you can enjoy all of the perks of the cosplay corner and the meetups and gatherings and yeah that particular story is really cool. And the byoc is our big bring your own computer LAN party that’s like the staple of DreamHack. And it’s on Friday. Seeing everyone wheeling in their you know chairs and these giant totes and PCs and like the commitment of the gamers that come to dreamhack for byoc is incredible. But the atmosphere is unmatched when we’re all set up. It’s incredible.

00:10:52 – Rico Figliolini

Do you, doing it for eight years now, I mean, you saw the growth of it from eight years ago. Do you see the type of person changing that you see there?

00:11:00 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. So, and I apologize, my eighth DreamHack. So, you know, we have about two to three each year.

00:11:09 – Rico Figliolini

So yeah, that’s true.

00:11:10 – Lyndsay Postell

But I think I do. I mean, I think back to my first DreamHack. And I think the biggest difference is that we’re seeing a lot more families coming in. And we’re seeing a younger crowd starting to really come in and it’s been really cool. But we still have that amazing core like hardcore gamers. Our byoc crowd, the competitive crowd. So it’s not that it’s changing in a way. I think it’s more growing and that just kind of speaks to the products that we build and how it’s becoming more inclusive for everybody, which I think is pretty cool.

00:11:48 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah, I think so too. If you go to, if anyone that goes to the website to find out more information, there’s a lot of stuff going on. It’s just like, there’s something for everybody in that list of speakers, events during the weekend. Yeah. So many things.

00:12:07 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. I mean, we have the DreamHack Theater, which is our panels room, which is just packed full of incredible panels. Our community campground is where the community gatherings happen. And that’s packed full. We have the largest artist alley and indie playground that we’ve ever had in North America. And I think the largest indie playground that DreamHack has ever had and you know there’s going to be like many events happening like the indie mixer and you know it’s going to be, it’s going to be a really good show. I’m really excited for it. I’m ready to get on the plane and be there.

00:12:43 – Rico Figliolini

And you’re coming from Cincinnati. So that’s where the weather is better on the day that we’re recording this because the hurricane Helene is coming in.

00:12:52 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh my gosh. Yeah. Sending love to all of my friends in Atlanta right now. Cause I know that’s rough.

00:12:58 – Rico Figliolini

Kind of calm right now, but it’s going to be crazy later. So tell us also a little bit more about the indie playground. What does that look like? What does it encompass?

00:13:12 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, so I’m super biased because I am the product manager that gets to oversee the indie playground. But the indie playground, we always try to work with local or just phenomenal indie orgs to help curate the space. So we’re working with orgs like Women in Gaming International, IGDA. We’re working with GGDA, which is the Georgia Game Developers Association, the Indie Cluster. We’re working with Black Voices in Gaming as well. And so what this looks like is this time we will have around 60 different indie developers all exhibiting different games. A lot of them are not out yet. A lot of them are demos. So it’s kind of the first time that people can come and play these games or play test them.

00:14:00 – Rico Figliolini

Oh, okay.

00:14:02 – Lyndsay Postell

We have a little mixer happening on Friday just for the developers and some publishers as well. Because overseeing the indie playground, I think, yes, we want to create something that’s incredible for the attendees, but we also want to create something that’s really, really accessible and valuable for the developers who are taking the time to travel out and be there and exhibit and spend hours and hours on the show floor talking. And so one of the ways we do that currently is we waive all of the booth fees for the indie developers to make it like to lower the barrier for people to be able to exhibit or develop. Because some of these people are, you know, they, some of these developers, it’s just them. And, you know, it’s just their kind of their baby and their project and we want to support them and try to get as many eyes as we can. And so we also have something in our, the DreamHack app if you download that called Quests and we have quests all through the festival. And one of the quests is to run to the indie playground and wish list one of the games that you enjoy or vote in an audience choice award, which we do throughout the weekend. So I could talk about the indie playground for forever. You might have to stop me because it’s like my favorite.

00:15:14 – Rico Figliolini

Well, I could see why too. I mean, there was someone from, your team told us about DreamHack Dallas, where one of the indie game developers a few days later, ended up getting a VC calling them and investing in their company.

00:15:26 – Lyndsay Postell

Yes. So that’s Banjo Toad Studio. They’re absolutely phenomenal. So if you guys stop at DreamHack, make sure to check them out. But yeah, they have a game called 1000 Cuts. The developer is so sweet and so kind, but he emailed us. And this was before we even sent him, you know, information about Atlanta. And he said, hey, I just want to thank you guys. Because of DreamHack, we’re now fully funded. And I was like, oh, my gosh, that’s incredible. And, you know, it really, it validates the work that we’re doing for sure. But I was just so happy for that developer. And I’m really excited for the developers that are going to be in Atlanta as well.

00:15:59 – Rico Figliolini

Sure. And he’ll be there too. You know, it just gives a whole different value to it. It’s not just a gaming place. You know, so it’s completely different now. You know, the other thing going on, obviously, that we can’t ignore, besides VR that has been around for a while, right? But the AI-driven games, driven games also like you know like real engine and other software. Do you see, what do you see as a future for DreamHack festivals like or is there anything happening now in this festival about with VR and AI driven stuff?

00:16:42 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, no, that’s a really good question. So for, we do have a huge like VR free play area where people can come in and do all these VR games. And it’s always, it’s really really fun to do but also to watch because, I mean, I’m sure you’ve all seen the clips online of people like you know going crazy with VR sets on and you have no idea what’s happening but it’s entertaining on both sides right? So it’s just a really, really cool activation. I mean as far as AI, that’s mainly the developers you know like if they use AI programs to build their games or help code out games. But as far as DreamHack currently that is all us, that is still us and Excel sheets and a lot of Slack messages. And yeah.

00:17:31 – Rico Figliolini

Okay. Well, let’s move away from the gaming for a little bit because cosplay is a big thing also. And I think there’s a lot more programming going on. And you’re overseeing it. So tell us a little bit about that, that community and how that’s going to be, what that’s going to look like here in the next week or so.

00:17:49 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, absolutely. So first of all, the first thing to state about the Atlanta cosplay community is they are so passionate. It is such an incredible, vibrant community. And this is the first time where cosplay has been on my plate that I’ve been overseeing it for Atlanta so I’m really excited to get to work with them. We’re gonna have a phenomenal cosplay competition on Saturday on our main stage. I believe that starts at 4 p.m and then we also are going to have a community gathering with Beltline cosplay we have photo cubes attached to the cosplay corner for photo shoots for cosplayers and all attendees whoever would like to come up and take like really cool themed photos. The cosplay corner itself has a lounge inside of it just for cosplayers to be able to sneak away. I always say take the wig off kick the heels off for a second and be able to rest and relax so really excited to get to work with the Atlanta community firsthand for the first time and yeah. Dallas was the first time that the new cosplay team took over cosplay and it was so phenomenal so I’m really excited to be able to bring that and you know multiply that by the passion of the community.

00:18:58 – Rico Figliolini

I’m really excited to see it.

00:19:01 – Lyndsay Postell

We also have a drag show called the Drag and Drop Drag Show that’s happening on Friday and then all of the drag artists that we have do cosplays of various game characters. So it’s really fun like everything we do. Even though you would think like oh, why is drag, how does that relate to gaming like, oh easy they’re, you know characters. So it’ll be really fun. There’s going to be a lot of entertaining stuff. Main stage is going to be packed.

00:19:30 – Rico Figliolini

Wow. It’s going to be exciting. I mean there’s such a massive crowd that’s going to be attending. I’m sure you know we have Atlanta, we have local flavor, we have people coming in from local communities. How do you handle international gamers that may be coming into Atlanta? How does that work?

00:19:48 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, I mean, we do have people from all over the States, all like tons of different countries that fly into a DreamHack. And it’s not even just for our big competitions like the COD Mobile stuff. It’s really for all of the content, for the BYOC, for the experience. So, I mean, one of the biggest things that we do is we just really try to focus on accessibility as a whole, because obviously, we have every type of walk of life coming in. And so we want to make sure that anyone can sit down and understand what’s happening on main stage or enjoy the COD Mobile Tournament or whatever is happening. So the best way to kind of support international gamers is just making sure that everything we do is thought of from every single angle and every single walk of life. And so it’s accessible for everybody. But yeah, it is really cool when I’m walking around and I’m hearing all these different dialects and languages and it’s like, wow, this is really incredible. It’s really fun.

00:20:49 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah. I mean, it’s between that and everything else going on.

00:20:53 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah.

00:20:54 – Rico Figliolini

Esports is another big thing, right? Competition within that. We hadn’t really spoken about that yet. And I know that’s been there, too, especially with the gaming side of it and the betting side of it also if you will. Well the franchises of it. So tell us, you know, a little bit about that type of draw and what’s coming here as far as Esports goes.

00:21:15 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, so just off the top of my head, I know we have like 20 Esports competitions that’ll be happening. Starting with the big one million dollar COD Mobile Tournament, all the way down to, we will have a ton of tournaments happening in our free play area that any attendee can walk up, sign up for and play. So there’s going to be, I mean, off the top of my head, kind of any game title you can think of. I think there’s going to be a tournament that a lot of people can engage in. And so it’ll be really exciting. If you want to come and compete or try, you know, playing something in Freeplay Rico, you should, because it’d be really fun.

00:21:51 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah, I think so. I think I’ll do that. Yeah. As far as COD, the Call of Duty part, is that championship through the whole weekend, or is that, how is that going to actually work?

00:22:04 – Lyndsay Postell

So super transparently, I don’t have that schedule off the top of my head. I know it is on our website if there’s more info there, but I am 99% sure that is through the entire weekend because I mean, the hype of that has been building up around that is, you know, going to last a week.

00:22:24 – Rico Figliolini

I mean, yeah, it’s a big thing. A million dollars. No one’s going to like, not look at that. As far as the, you know, we’ve spoken about the other stuff, the artist alley, I’m sure there’s, that’s going to be huge as well. I liked it last year, but there’s the conference part or the vendor part as well, right?

00:22:48 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. Yeah. So like I mentioned, I mean, we’re going to have the largest Artist Alley and Indie Expo we’ve ever had. But the expo itself is also the largest expo that we have had as well. I mean, we have more stores, more businesses, more merch that’s coming in. One thing that’s really notable is we are going to have, we have something called the Georgia Pavilion, which is a section inside of the expo with local Georgia businesses that we bring in and, you know, make sure that we want to also highlight the Georgia ecosystem. Again, working with the community. So they will be in the expo. They’ll have a nice section there so yeah the expo will be really cool. That’s also where the Georgia First Robotics stuff will be throughout the weekend if you want to come check them out and learn more about them as well. Yeah, the expo is going to be really cool this year.

00:23:38 – Rico Figliolini

Cool. Have we touched upon what, you know, I mean there’s so much going on there.

00:23:44 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, I mean, I think the one thing that I do want to mention that I don’t think I’ve talked about yet is the creators that we have coming to the show. So we have over 500 approved creators that are going to be there from all different types of streaming platforms. And we have something called the Creator Hub where you can literally just walk by and it’s like lined with PCs of your favorite streamers and creators just streaming live there. So like your daughter will be super excited to see that.

00:24:16 – Rico Figliolini

I think so.

00:24:17 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah. But it’s really phenomenal. And the Creator Hub team are, again, I know I keep saying it’s so cool and everyone’s so passionate, but it’s, it’s true. Like they are very passionate about taking care of the creators. So there will be meet and greets as well at the creator hub. You know, we’re going to have on Main Stage, Dimension 20 and like Brennan Lee Mulligan coming back again. And there will be a meet and greet with him at the creator hub. You know, some of the big names that we’re going to have there are like Dr. Lupo, you know, so there’s incredible names. And I love the Creator Hub.

00:24:54 – Rico Figliolini

Yeah, I forget who it was. I think it was last year. Maybe it was the year before they were in a cube in the middle. So what was that? That was like he was there.

00:25:00 – Lyndsay Postell

Oh, yeah. So that was Ludwig.

00:25:05 – Rico Figliolini

Ludwig. That was 72 hours he was in there?

00:25:07 – Lyndsay Postell

Yes, he was in there for 72 hours and I think he made like two times his charity goal. But that was that was so fun. And I mean I have to give you an insider peek it was even funnier after the festival closed and it was just like the staff cleaning up and getting everything ready for the next day and he was still just kind of in the box and we were like, Hi Ludwig, sorry we can’t help you, hope you’re okay. You know like just walking around this empty convention center, I mean BYOC was going on like you know across the convention hall but it was really just him alone in this box at night. And I felt a little bad, but it was phenomenal. It was for charity.

00:25:52 – Rico Figliolini

People loved it.

00:25:54 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah, it was super, super fun. I mean, last year we also had T-Pain came by and he streamed at the Creator Hub. And I mean, this year with Dr. Lupo and Brennan Lee Mulligan and Anjali and like a bunch of different people coming in. I’m really excited. We also, the one other thing I don’t think I’ve touched on is the charity work that we do. So that’s something that I help oversee as well. And we’re going to have six incredible charities also stationed in the expo. And we have a week-long stream-a-thon that’s hosted by a creator called BB Jess. She’s also our main stage host for Atlanta. And that week-long stream-a-thon with a bunch of different creators leads all the way up to Sunday on the main stage where we close out the stream-a-thon. And all of that money goes directly to those six incredible charities. So that’s always really, really fun. And the charities love it. They get to come up on stage and do fun little games and skits with BB Jess. And so I’m really excited about that. And that’s part of our Dream Big initiative, which oversees, that’s kind of what we call our charity leg. So yeah.

00:27:09 – Rico Figliolini

That’s cool to see that you all are giving back to the community like that. Are you guys streaming as well online like Twitch or any of the other platforms? So if someone can’t come can they watch it?

00:27:20 – Lyndsay Postell

Yeah so some of our content will be streamed. Some of our content can’t be streamed, you know, just because of music or whatever it is. But if you, a lot of our channels are like DreamHack on Twitch, or, you know, DreamHack NA, I would also definitely check us out on our Twitter or our Instagrams, which is DreamHack North America or the umbrella kind of DreamHack account, because we’ll be posting about that as well. So yeah, I think that, for example, I believe the Cosplay competition will be streamed, which will be really exciting. And I think that’s going to be on just the main DreamHack channel. But don’t quote me on that because it might be, we have a couple of side channels. So if you look up DreamHack, you’ll find it on Twitch.

00:28:06 – Rico Figliolini

Right. Right. So DreamHack, they can either Google DreamHack Atlanta or come to DreamHack.com/Atlanta, I guess. Cool. I think, you know, I think we’ve covered everything. There’s anything you think, Lyndsay, that we should be adding to this? Let me know.

00:28:28 – Lyndsay Postell

No. I mean, I just want to like, I want to thank Atlanta for having us back again. This is, you know, we’re celebrating, I think, our sixth year back in Atlanta. And it’s one of the, DreamHack is one of the longest running North American festivals at this point. And it’s just really such an honor to be back in Atlanta. It’s one of my personal favorite cities. I mean, the community is just full of legends and vibrancy and community. So it’s always just an honor to get to work with like the school districts and you know help out the collegiate students and help out all the students. And Atlanta is just amazing so just a huge thank you, while I’m on the podcast, to Atlanta in general for having us back because it’s phenomenal.

00:29:16 – Rico Figliolini

For sure. And being that I’m based in Gwinnett county out of Peachtree Corners we do a lot of stuff with autonomous vehicles. I mean, we’re out there doing things with technology that other cities are not. So we have a STEM school here in Peachtree Corners, STEM high school. They may probably be participating with the robotics part as well. So there’s a lot going on. And I think that there’s a lot of people that are going to want to drive, come out there and be there for the weekend. Yeah. I’m excited myself, but Lyndsay, I appreciate you coming out and talking to me.

00:29:53 – Lyndsay Postell

Thank you for having me. Yeah. I hope to see you and I hope to see your daughter streaming at the creator hub or hanging out at the creator hub if possible. That’ll be really cool.

00:30:02 – Rico Figliolini

Great. Thank you. Again, say hi to Nick and everyone else. Appreciate you being here and everyone that’s watching and listening to this, if you have any questions put them in the comments. I’ll make sure we will get those answered. And do share this with other people and check the links in the show notes in case you can’t find anything but I’ll have a few links in there as well. But thank you, Lyndsay. Appreciate you being with me. Stay safe out there, okay?

00:30:29 – Lyndsay Postell

It’s been a pleasure. Yeah, you too. Stay safe with the hurricane coming in and we’ll see you at DreamHack.

00:30:33 – Rico Figliolini

We made it through with the power, so we’re all good so far.

00:30:37 – Lyndsay Postell

That’s all that matters.

00:30:39 – Rico Figliolini

Thank you. Bye, Lyndsay.