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The doors are opening on the Eurogamer Expo 2009 as the first day of the Leeds event gets under way.
Hundreds queued outside the door. The man at the front, David Tweedle, 29, from Widnes, had been standing in line since 8.30am. "I'm here mainly to see Dragon Age: Origins," he told Eurogamer, admitting that he reads our website "every day". [Thanks for your support! - Ed]
Toby and Hitesh, 16, were stood much further back. "We had considered camping out," they revealed, "but thought we might get mugged and urinated on." They're here to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Assassin's Creed II.
Hayley, 16, from Wakefield, studies game design at college. She's bonkers about Mass Effect 2 and all things BioWare, and rues that she won't be allowed past the over-18 age barrier to see Dragon Age: Origins. Hayley's dragged her friend Alice along, too, who's "still on the stages of Mario".
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The Eurogamer Expo 2009 welcomed over one thousand people in its first hour, as day one of the Leeds event sets off at a blistering pace.
"We have had one-thousand, one-hundred and fifty-nine people through the door in one hour and five minutes," said registration co-chief Laura. "Lovely people," she added, "who love videogames." Laura likes DS games, fact fans. Bit stereotypical.
Tom Champion, 29, Expo organiser, said the event was going "really well". The message for Eurogamer readers, he added, is "wish you were here?"
Eurogamer overlord Rupert Loman agreed the event was "going very well". [Can you make up better quotes for these people, please? - Ed] "I'm looking forward to a beer tonight," he yearned.
The cast of Emmerdale have even been spotted. We're trying to hunt them down for comment now.
Eurogamer Expo 2009
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