CMP just sent around the session/speaker scores for GDC. The QoL Summit got an overall score of 4.5 (on 5), which is very good for a day-long session.

They also provide a big, unedited chunk of text from transcribing any notes made on the review sheets. I’ve pasted the notes text chunk below - overall good stuff.

(On a personal note, I was pretty happy until I read the last line. Sigh :(

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Jason did a fantastic job coordinating this exceeded hopes and expectations. McConnell - Missed the Talk Room was too light to see slides clearly It’s about time that this tpic was addressed in the game software industry. Even in the software (non-game) industry, it is very new, but surely neded. So, it is even more relevant to the game industry, where quality of life / overrated issuse are greatly effected by the creative aspects (visual arts, game design, audio, etc.), as well, and where crunch & ovetime are the norm. Great ideas! pls. give us more!!! This was an awesome tutorial!! caseblasts were to big, self-serving, unfocused & unstructured. should have stuck to emplate, even though there was only a few takers -> Q&A would have filled up the extra time Steave McConnell’s talle seemed like a bit of a cut & paste - shoehorned into the QoL topic, without many solid connections made. Panelists should really have been present for the whole summit, so issues raised could have been discussed. Union presentation seemed more like a union recruitment than an infomrative presentation. Panel was an excellent closing component. Jason did a good job of organising and moderating the session. The panelists, though long-winded, provided a lot of good information. David Perry rocks! Good discussion of an under-respresented issue. Good job!! The case beasts were excellent! The three case blasts were the most useful. Have this summit again next year! Gina Geoff was too prounion for someone saying unions wouldnt be the best for us. Jason spent too much time interjecting his own opinions or seemingly scowling when he wasnt talking or didnt agree with what the speaker was saying, even though he was often in the lisght in front of everyone. Jason needs to SHUT UP when he’s a moderator about his opinions especially when he’s not even an actual developer!
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Hmmm, I wonder if one of the panelists snuck that in there. They were out of control ;)