quakecon 2010

[Neg1]

Posting this from my phone so I can't link everything.
The date has been announced.

Looks like I won't be able to go, but will check when I start my new job. Don't get any vac time till sept.

[Cerebrex]

I'm pretty sure I won't BYOC this year, as I'm sick of just sitting there bored, not playing games.

[Projekt]

Me, Sabby and Cam are in.  Vacation time for the most part for us

[Neg1]

So I got a car today so I will try and get a few days off but won't be getting a room this year. Have a car payment and insurance now so need to start saving up again. Don't think I will byoc but I will come and hang out.

[Projekt]

bullshit nig, you're our room bitch

[Cerebrex]

What car did you get, Kyle? You'll have to get some time off next month for CJ's bachelor party.

[SevenSixtyTwo]

Wait....they legalized gay marriage?

[Neg1]

What car did you get, Kyle? You'll have to get some time off next month for CJ's bachelor party.

Yeah let me know when it is, I should be able to get some days off.

[Ghost]

I think Drunkcow and I are going to be getting a table of our own, anyone is more than welcome to join in. 

rollin' rollin' rollin' we aint schlept in weeks

[Neg1]

I made a post in the RTS thread telling them we would be up for some games of CoH or Civ4 at qcon this year. That is if I even byoc and right now its 50/50 on that, might just get a room and hang out since that seems what we did 70% of the time anyway.

[Cerebrex]

I doubt I'll BYOC. Everyone is so damn stingy with the DC++ shit anyway.

[Neg1]

Ahab started a big thread last night about rumors that they might charge for the event this year. After a few pages of people talking about that Ash made a post with a little info on how qcon will work this year.
http://forums.quakecon.org/showpost.php?p=226738&postcount=26

Hey forum friends,

You guys have been real troopers with the elongated wait for registration information. While we're still not as close to the event as we've been in previous years, I know we're breaking the most recent pattern. In a gesture of friendship, I thought I would supply some facts to go with the registration "leaks" that we've had from a registration vendor.

1) QuakeCon 2010 is still, unquestionably, going to be a free-to-attend event. This includes our world-class BYOC, still available to fans of QuakeCon and id and Bethesda games at no charge.

2) To properly characterize the email that's been buzzing around the forums, we're going to have a premium registration option for the BYOC. At this time it's limited to a portion of the available seats, so it's impossible that the new option will "crowd out" the free seats. I've got to wait for a press release to be finalized before I can share more details, but I promise that I will as soon as I can and it's going to be pretty cool.

3) We're instituting some rather big changes in the registration process, as a result, if everything goes according to plan we're going to be able to maintain security while adding some great conveniences to the BYOC. Some goals on my agenda, thanks to these changes:

* Attendees will be able to enter and exit the BYOC with their laptop as often as they would like — with a security check at every ingress and egress.

* Attendees that are gaming on laptops will be able to bring a monitor in addition to their laptop to enhance their gaming experience. (There will be no additional space allocated for these attendees, the goal is not to support dual-headed gaming, but more of a docking-station-like setup.)

4) Our new registration system means that we'll be able to abolish the FCFS line entirely and run the lines at full speed at all times. I'll be able to give more details soon, but I'm really, really excited about how much this will improve "the line" at QuakeCon.

Anyway, this is all more-or-less "sneak peak" information about the registration process for this year, and nothing yet is finalized (or you'd already have your registration press release!), but it's depressing to listen to speculation that starts with "has QuakeCon stopped being a free, community event" and there's no positive conversation or rumors.

We're really doing our best to make this the greatest QuakeCon ever, and any/all effects that Zenimax has had on the event planning process have been entirely positive. This is looking to be a fantastic year!

Hopefully we'll be chatting about details very soon,

-- Ash

What ever they have planed for the lines has to be better then the way it was handled last year. If premium reg means I get a shirt my size with out having to whore myself out then I might just do it if its say under $30 or so.

[SixInARow]

You whore yourself out for t-shirts?  Hey defgod, i got a whole box of t-shirts 

[Neg1]

Anyone looking for a good deal on a room for qcon should check this out. The Holiday Inn Market Center that is directly across the street from the Hilton Anatole is offering a rate of $79.00 a night from Aug 10th - 15th for quakecon. It has a full service restaurant, bar, FREE WI-FI, free parking, pool, fitness center, and complimentary shuttle service anywhere within a five mile radius of the hotel, shuttle service runs from 6am until 10pm every day of the week.

Here is the post from the qcon site; http://forums.quakecon.org/showthread.php?t=13711

[Jaedpact]

omg lets put 70 dudes in the room with us!  Actually I think i might try to get one of these if possible....   Do they have *smoking* suites???