But before we get started, please join me in welcoming to the stage our special guests for today’s panel!įirst, a man who has been a part of Sonic’s history since the early 90’s. Please welcome your moderator and host for today’s panel, the man behind Sonic’s Twitter and social media: Aaron Webber!ĪARON: Thanks so much, Sonic and Eggman! Hi everyone - I’m Aaron, and I’ll he your host today as we take a look at the future of Sonic. SONIC: It’s time for Eggman and I to get outta here, but the actual guests today are OK too, I guess.ĮGGMAN: I’ll be back for you all later… but for now, let’s see which name I draw randomly out of this hat… ah, here it is! Oh, it’s this guy again. SONIC: Haha, I don’t know about that… but let’s get started! Welcome to South by Southwest’s Gotta Go Fast Panel: The official panel of Sonic the Hedgehog, everyone! Are you ready to get started? All set? One, two… three!ĮGGMAN: (If Sonic had more cheers) Hm… let’s call it a tie. On three, cheer if you support the fastest, coolest thing alive. Anyway, on three, cheer if you support ME, Dr. No, really, I’ll buy your votes with Ham. Plus, I brought evil ham if you cheer for me. Deal, Eggman?ĮGGMAN: Deal! Eheheheh! I know you’re all feeling particularly evil today. We’ll give you a chance to cheer for each of us. Sonic: You’re on, Eggman! Guys and gals, I’m gonna need your help for this part. Eggman supporters seated among them, too! In fact, I bet you there’s more Eggman supporters here than Sonic supporters! And look - there’s a ton of them here in the audience today!ĮGGMAN: Oh, I don’t know about that, Sonic. You can’t blame a guy for trying to connect with his fans! SONIC: As if! Remember that time you took over my Twitter feed without my permission? Twice, actually.ĮGGMAN: (Dismissively) What? Social Media is the future, you know! You just happen to have a lot more followers than I do, that’s all. I wrote that whole dramatic introduction and you just speed in like this and steal my thunder? You’re the true villain here, you know. SONIC: Whoa! Hold it right there, Eggman! Worry not, folks - Sonic the Hedgehog has arrived!ĮGGMAN: …You have got to be kidding me. As my empire rises, all of you will soon quake with fear as you get a load of– Eggman, the world’s greatest evil genius, will be formally taking over SXSW for my new base of operations. Eggman booms across the room.ĮGGMAN: AHAHAHAHA! Well, what do we have here? A room full of Sonic fans, is it? Here at South by southwest? Well, too bad for you, but this is MY Panel now! Austin Keys – Translator for lizuka-san (may be off-stage translating).Roger Craig Smith – Voice of Sonic the Hedgehog. It’d be quite sad to see all of that history being potentially lost all the more reason to hope the migration plans pan out in the long run.Gotta Go Fast: The Official Panel of Sonic the Hedgehogĭate: Ma 5:00 PM Panelists Special Guests Go back a few years though, and the SEGA Forums were actually quite active during the development of games such as Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It’s certainly a bit of a surprise, though it could perhaps be argued the SEGA Forums lost some significance over the years with the rise of Twitter and other social media platforms, as well as competing forums like the Sonic Stadium Message Boards. Whether that will play out remains to be seen however, and Webber also makes clear that future plans for the forums aren’t set in stone yet. The SEGA Forums have been active on vBulletin for around 8 years, and the intention seems to be that the posts made in that time could be migrated to a new host. In the post, Webber notes the sudden nature of the closure – but reassures users that there are plans for a new SEGA Forum site in the future, and that this is merely the end of the vBulletin iteration. SEGA Social Media coordinator Aaron Webber has taken to the company’s official forums to announce they’ll be shut down tomorrow, February 2nd 2018.
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