@jon_winkle

🎮 @epiclan @epiclantabletop UK Gaming & Esports Events since 2003 | 🖥️ @epiclanBusiness Events & Production Agency | ✉️ [email protected]

Staffordshire
Joined June 2009
✅ RAF Museum - BFBS Pro League Finals - PM ✅ NEC - RuneFest - Ops Lead ✅ British Arena - IDEG 2026 - PM ✅ London - COD MW Launch Broadcast for Twitch - PM 4 weeks back to back, busiest month of my working career!
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New profile pic here too, thanks to @JRWinward for taking the time out to snap it mid RuneFest.
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Does this mean we finally stop seeing people using lavs as handhelds...
Introducing Wave Go. A wireless mic that switches from clip-on to handheld in seconds, with broadcast-quality audio and up to 48 hours of runtime. Available now: e.lga.to/s/Wave-Go
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What could go wrong. Not like the first person to run a marathon died or anything.
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Working an esports event on a Friday. Only one thing for it @AaronGillLIVE
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Oh yeah, we’ve been a bit busy!
As our team continues to grow, we'd like to welcome four new members to our team: @Vinno_Squires @Toastedbread856 Josh Holding and Andrea Szkuban
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From the moment the keys to Hall 5 were handed over to me on Wednesday, through to the last truck to leave the venue today. RuneFest was pretty special, a career highlight after the culmination of 10 months of work.
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I’ll do a bigger post once I’ve recovered, but for now a massive thank you to everyone involved behind the scenes on a show like this. It’s easy to forget all those lurking in the background but this show had over 700 people working on it to put on a spectacle for the community.
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RuneFest 2026 Done.
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Before and after I guess. RuneFest 2025 > 2026
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Event Ops dream team at RuneFest!
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A super quick reaction to chants for “one more song” within the ops team leading to a lovely moment to end the night at Runefest.
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Week 2 of 4 in mad event season. Welcome to RuneFest!
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When @EPICLAN finally gets Dexerto coverage after all these years... For a joke response about shitting in a bucket. 😂
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So the response is book your own security 🫠
We are aware of stolen hardware and take these reports very seriously and understand the frustration of affected exhibitors. Since many requests reached us, we would like to inform about general security regulations at the event: Uniformed guards provide general security across the venue. Individual stand security can be booked separately, and exhibitors are advised to insure equipment against theft. This is noted in the terms and conditions of participation and the technical guidelines. All cases have been reported to us and to the police, and investigations are already underway. We also want to ensure that the reported cases are individual cases, which we are very sorry to read. Because security has one of the highest priorities to us as an event and to see that indie developers are affected makes us very sad. At an event of this size, however, there will always be individuals attempting to take advantage of the situation. Our security measures are designed to minimize such risks as effectively as possible.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
While Gamescom frames these thefts as isolated incidents, investigations into the event's security providers have revealed significant vulnerabilities. A WDR investigation found that one-third of the security guards checked had violations, including missing IDs. www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rh…
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To the clever people saying “don’t you have insurance” around the Gamescom thefts. That doesn’t help you while you’re at the show. And insurers do what they can to wriggle out of paying, especially in scenarios like this where they try to pass liability up the chain of custody
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Stop stealing shit at events that doesn't belong to you. Venues, take responsibility, especially when this happens out of hours when you are liable for who is coming and going. Gaming events are struggling enough as it is, if you want them to continue this needs to stop.
My #gamescom cut short. Our equipment was stolen last night from the booth. Police reports have been filed. At a loss for words to describe the feeling. Just defeated. Gonna do my best with what's left of the week. But a huge blow financially and mentally
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Saturday double medal collecting.
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