. It's here that the track members determined which submissions would move on
to what we call 'Phase Two'. Following discussion of the top-rated talks, the
Boards then did a round of "saves", where each board member argued to save one
or more of the lower rated submissions they felt should go to FIFA Coins Phase Two anyhow.
Once that process was complete, the board took stock of lectures that moved on,
and discussed what was still needed to round out the program.From this came a
list of
, carefully invited talks that GDC staff members will spend the next few
months sourcing. And at the end of each day, the full board gathered into one
room and each track presented their selections to the group, giving everyone an
opportunity to comment on the choices made.Then we ate, drank and played poker.
It's tradition. This year, we tried Texas Hold 'Em using the special GDC playing
cards given out each year as speaker gifts. They include photos of the cheap trove how to get flux top rated
speakers from the
year. But it proved too weird- nobody wanted to lose to a Neil Druckmann,
John Sharp, Kellee Santiago, Lee Perry, and Brenda Brathwaite diamond flush. Go
figure.So what happens next? Maybe it's time to explain Phase Two. We began
using this process several years ago. The purpose was to steer each initially
accepted talk in a direction that would provide the most takeaway for GDC
attendees. It would also help solve the semi-frequent problem of a given talk
not completely
its written description, or not dipping into enough depth on the subject. All
submitters were required to submit more information in Phase Two. More often
than not, we would request the full slide presentation for mmogo board review.But
there was a lot of friction in this process. Submitters were given written notes
and then required to complete the full PowerPoint presentation for review. The
board would frequently ask for a variety of tweaks and revisions, creating an
overly fluid back and forth
