Player invents fake game company because he actually only wants a free magazine subscription-but everything ends with the fact that he is even invited to the E3

Some people have introduced themselves into the E3 and share their stories. (Image: Reddit / DICEDTOMATOES55)

Hach yes, thatElectronic Entertainment Expo, alsoE3called. Once a veteran of the video game industry with legendary announcements such as forThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, now stamped.

We would not like to philosophize about the former video game fair, but rather introduce you to exciting stories from the community. User messages show how people came to the E3 outside of the industry.

People went to the E3 with fake game companies

Compared to gamescom in Germany, the E3 was more oriented towards trade visitors and the press. This means that visiting the visitor fair was less worthwhile. It was probably not so much necessary to go through even as a private person as a specialist visitor.

The Redditor DICEDTOMATOES55 tells of having reached an E3 invitation from 2009 almost by chance. The user only founded a fake game company called "Game Interactive" to get to a free magazine subscription. And voilà, the invitation came in there:

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User dicedtomatoes55 never visited the E3. Unlike the Ianmalcm, which reports and tells one day after the contribution by DICEDTOMATOES55, that he has already done and experienced the same in 1999. The Redditor used the invitation and not only looked at the fair, but proudly presents the souvenirs from the then Lucasfilm stand:

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When we look at the comments and believe them, the forfitting of a company to get to the E3 seems to have not been so unusual in the 1990s and 2000s.

Foundation of a video game website for E3 visit:In fact, the video game page established today is said toDestuctoidhave arisen as that way. What userJoedremembers, we find on theWikipedia-Seiteconfirmed to the website. Founder Yanier Gonzalez launched the site in 2006 to go to E3.

This wish was granted to him a year later after a first cancellation after fed his side with content and supplemented with new areas.

Falsification of pins for E3 visit:Not all visitors have launched a video game website. This is how Redditor writessuff0catto have prepared an E3 bathroom from the previous year in 2009 to get to the fair. The security on site never questioned this and a year later, an official invitation in the post office was even.

Suff0cat made use of this and experienced an unforgettable time - accidentally with the destruct toid team. The same and the same will really like to do so.

In the meantime, we invite you to take a nostalgic view of the E3 highlights from 2019, before the Covid 19 pandemic slowly but surely heralded the end of the fair:

At some point the stitch came out and the fair was controlled more strictly

From 2011, the many trade fair visitors with fake game companies seem to have ended. At least that's what Redditor claimsCombatGoose, who took part in the trade fair as a trade visitor in 2010.

While six to eight people from the editors, for which Combat Goose had worked, were allowed to visit, the following year there were only two to three people. The organizers had not only restricted the number of visitors.

Unfortunately, Combatgoose no longer reveals how the other measures to restore restrictions. In general, you should enjoy the information with caution, as is known to not always tell the truth on the Internet. Nevertheless, we suspect a little bit of truth behind the many reports and look forward to the piece of video game history that we learn from it.

Unlike the E3, Gamescom was more oriented towards private visitors from the start. That's why there will be fewer smuggling stories and yet we want to ask youDid you experience something unforgettable in the first few years at gamescom or comparable trade fairs?