As you may know, the ROBLOX European Meetup (REM) was on the 31st of July, and it was a blast! The event was hosted by KnowDaGame (Quentin) and yrrebRBLX (Alex), along with AlvinBLOX, RBLX_Dan, JJwood1600, and Younite. Yes, the event wasn’t hosted by ROBLOX, but it was still professionally done.
The event lasted for seven hours (from 10am to 5pm), and there were a lot of activities that occurred, such as a building/scripting contest, playing and testing out ROBLOX games, and many more!
Welcome
Attendees were expected to come from 10:00 to 10:15, and while people started to enter the building, the REM staff started to organise everyone for the day – the attendees/staff were given a lanyard that had their ROBLOX name on it. Also, the ROBLOX European Meetup was hosted in Islington, which is an area in London.
Building/Scripting Contest
Right after Quentin did his speech that welcomed everyone, the building/scripting contest began! The theme of the game that we needed to build in one hour and 45 minutes was rally racers, so we had to team up, and then get going with our game. I teamed up with someone called Snowballpress, along with Back4lifee. At the end of the event, the team who built and scripted the best rally racers game, won a ROBLOX game card!
Lunch
Everyone had lunch at the hall, and I must say, the food was delicious! Interestingly, food was served for free, and there were also snacks that were served, along with fizzy drinks.
Diversity In ROBLOX Speech
After lunch, Quentin and Alex gave a great speech about the community of ROBLOX, and what you could do at ROBLOX, such as become a developer, design your own shirts, create your own group, or write on the public forums.
Game Competition – ROBLOX Battle
At the game competition, people who had good connection to the internet got to play ROBLOX Battle with others at the event, but the majority of the people couldn’t join because of internet issues that occurred as there were a lot of people using the same wi-fi network.
Skype Call With The CEO/Founder Of ROBLOX
I still cannot believe that I got to see David Baszucki at the ROBLOX European Meetup. Yes, he wasn’t physically there, but he was digitally there in a way. David Baszucki talked about the future of ROBLOX, and how far it has come. He said that they are closing in about 20 million active monthly users, which is an incredible number. He also said that they are starting to work with their developer community more and more, and that one of their goals are to get one of their top developers to 10 million dollars per year in revenue, which is amazing! This means that developers could rely on ROBLOX as a way to earn money, and it could possibly be a side job. Overall, I would like to thank David Baszucki for joining us at the ROBLOX European Meetup in a digital way!
Q&A With JParty
JParty joined us at the ROBLOX European Meetup, he had a question and answer, where people asked him questions to do with ROBLOX. I should of wrote a bunch of questions down to ask him, but I unfortunately didn’t think of that. Overall, the q&a was very interesting! I would also like to thank him for coming all the way from the United Sates to the United Kingdom to join us at REM, it was great to see him there. :)
Peaspod’s Presentation
Peaspod, a very popular ROBLOX developer also joined us at the ROBLOX European Meetup! He presented his own games that he created, such as ROBLOX Wipeout and Flying Trains 1 and 2. He also had a small q&a, where he answered questions about himself, and his games that were being showcased. I thought that the presentation by Peaspod was very inspirational to small developers, and also to players that have not started to develop their own games yet.
Wrapping Up/Deciding The Rally Racers Winner
Time passed by very quickly, and it was nearly time to go. I heard a saying that time goes past very quickly if you are having fun, and it is surprisingly true. So, at the end, Quentin started to play the rally racers games that were created at the beginning of the event, and at the end, the winner/team was decided, who won a ROBLOX game card! When Quentin played my team’s game, I was actually very nervous, since we didn’t really finish it, but it turned out to be fine.
Right after that, the last presentation was done to finish off the event. Honestly, this event was really good, a huge thanks to Quentin and Alex, along with the staff. It was unbelievably amazing to see tons of ROBLOX enthusiasts at a ROBLOX event, it was great! If the ROBLOX European Meetup happens again next year, I would like to help out, but I’ll see how it goes! :)
-Nexinum
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