User blog comment:Takeshi64/12th gameathon!/@comment-3060206-20150510080708/@comment-4652747-20150512172120

I think the main problem with the gameathon is that people can stop talking while focusing on the game and I don't really think there's much that can be done about that. On the other hand, it's not always that way (and it's not been on a downward trend to be like that recently) as we've still had fun moments like me and IJZM racing in Knight Trap and the one with TSC and FN0 went pretty well. There's little harm in experimenting though, so there may be some special events in the future. I'm really expecting summer to help with the gameathon a lot as more people will be able to make it and everyone won't be as stressed.