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Chris Hanel
@chrishanel.com
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Fights for the users. Broadcast Designer @supportclass.net, Lead Production Designer @gamesdonequick.com, official Effectively Wild Scorekeeper (@ewstats.com), COQL host/trivia nerd, Twins fan, ex-game dev. (he/him)

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Okay fixed. Nice work @vodbox.co #agdq2026
The same bid war graphic but fixed
January 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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Nah, we’ll never have more than 99 different bid war options, don’t worry about it” #agdq2026
The GDQ overlay breaking because 134 Pokémon have been submitted towards the finale bid war
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Uh.... #AGDQ2026
The crowd cam from AGDQ 2026. *everyone* in the audience is wearing a red beret
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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In honor of NBA Jam, this is what happens if you hold Up while pressing Turbo and Pass in the chat during #AGDQ2026
A screenshot of AGDQ2026 during an interview segment where everyone is in big head mode
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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I really need my doctor to hurry up with this medication refill #AGDQ2026
A screenshot of AGDQ 2026 featuring Shout, Spike, and Sent on the couch but in 'big head mode' thanks to some OBS fuckery. Shout isn't in the right position so his 'big head' is getting completely screwed up in a weird way. it's like modern art at this point
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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So happy with how this run presentation turned out. #AGDQ2026
A screenshot of AGDQ2026, featuring the layout for Maimai DX
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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A picture of the Iraqi minister of Information from the early 2000s
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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One of the #AGDQ2026 stream techs made these badge ribbons and I nerded out when I was gifted one unexpectedly

Huge kudos to @thevaliantsun.bsky.social
A pink convention badge ribbon that says “click Next Run, girl” - next run is a button being clicked
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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*hacker voice* i'm in

(the stream room)

#AGDQ2026

(📷: @fish866.bsky.social )
A picture of chris working on his laptop. The lighting is dramatic and slightly hacker-y
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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#AGDQ2026 watching video games @jonbois.bsky.social
A screenshot of three people playing a Pac-Man game during a charity event. One of the players is in an inflatable Pac-Man costume
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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If you're at #AGDQ2026, come to the panel stage at 10PM tonight to hear about the history of the GDQ layouts and hear the people behind them rate packages submitted by other events!

(I made a lot of slides, please clap)
10 YEARS OF OVERLAYS - A brief history of GDQ's graphics systems before we rate everyone else's
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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I don’t know what the big deal is, this game doesn’t look backwards to me. #AGDQ2026
A picture from backstage of Dlrow Oiram Repus on the projector.
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Search your camera roll for “hell”
A screenshot of an article about the video game Hades with the headline “the diversity in Hades is unrealistic because there should be more white people in Hell”
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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meme of a stick figure hesitating to say something
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Reflecting on how time flies. @gamesdonequick.com
A screenshot of a tweet by @ChrisHanel from June 28th, 2014. "Does anyone know the organizers for #SGDQ2014? I will donate a complete dynamic redesign for the next event. Let me help!
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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@tgk.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Alpha 5 from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I've decided that since I'm in full swing on my next YT video (or videos?), I'm throwing open Memberships on my YT channel, and will be sharing updates and behind the scenes info there.

Target release for the next video: Opening Day 2026.

www.youtube.com/@ChrisHanel/
A screenshot of a 3D modeling program featuring a lit model of Target Field
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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confused gandalf meme panel 3: "...Jeff Kent?"
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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I feel like this is cheating but
Chris's Twitch recap, showing GDQ as his most-watched channel of the year (237 hours)
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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As pointed out by @hoishin.bsky.social, this is going to be framed once the AI bubble pops
A Quote Tweet from Jarred Sumner quoting Bun's announcement about being acquired by Anthropic "People frequently ask: > How is Bun sustainable? If I bet my company's tech stack on Bun, will bun still be around in a few years? We didn't have a great answer to this question, until today
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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a dark office workstation in a room overlooking Target Field
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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live footage of what's going on inside my brain as i try and puzzle this out
a photo of a factory warehouse where two workers assemble segments of the minnie & paul celebration sign
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Updating this thing to match the current design - art, lighting, animation(!) is going to be the death of me
The Minnie & Paul sign at Target Field
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM