| Should Neil Gaiman come back to DragonCon? |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|01:12 am] |
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Last night I went to Neil Gaiman's reading and signing at Decatur GA held at Agnes Scott College organized by Little Shop of Stories. There were about 1,000 of us there and he signed for everyone all night, till after 1AM. It was so great to see him here again, the last I saw him was at DragonCon in 2000. One of the most interesting things occurred during the Q&A, when he answered the question of why he hasn't been back to DragonCon since. He told us that he used to enjoy going to DragonCon in the early 90's, but the last time he attended in 2000 it was not organized well for his appearance. He was told to go up to his room and wait for someone to come get him in a few hours for some activity. When he asked why he couldn't go his own way for a few hours instead of going to his room and doing nothing, he was told "No", he had to stay in his room. Hours had passed, and he asked if they were ready, and (I believe) was told that the activity had passed and someone forgot to get him. He also mentioned that he was presented with a lifetime achievement award, except for the fact that the award was not ready in time for the con and showed up in the mail a few months later. He wasn't mad about the award, pretty sure just about waiting in his room. He said whenever he is asked if he wants to come back, he still remembers having to sit in his room. So, take note here, he hasn't been back for 9 years now because of that. Do you want to have Neil Gamain come back to DragonCon? Maybe DragonCon organizers need to tell him he can make his own schedule and work around what he wants. I know there is a lot going on, but if you give him the freedom to do what he wants, when he wants to, maybe he might come back. Just something to think about. |
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| D*C regular Don Maitz |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|09:40 am] |
Don Maitz has been a regular fixture in Dragon*con's artist alley for as long as I've been attending. I recently had a chance to interview him, and I thought the D*C community might be interested in it. He talked about his early convention experiences as a fan, and then as a vendor. He also discusses why he loves painting pirates, and why learning a bit about copyright law is important for aspiring artists. Link: An Interview with Hugo Award Winning Fantasy Artist Don Maitz.
If you haven't had a chance to see him at Dragon*cons past, definitely stop by the artist alley and say "hello." Don is one of my favorite regular D*C guests. (And if you buy one of his calendar's, he'll usually do a little sketch just for you in the back!) |
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| Brittrack December Meet and Greet this Sunday! |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|07:40 pm] |
Brittrack December Meet and Greet this Sunday!
All right. I know you all have been waiting with baited breath (Eww, smells like worms!) So, without further ado, the December Meet and Greet is announced! <much fanfare> Come and raise a pint with your fellow Brittrackers and revel in the camaraderie that is, er, Brittrakky. Sorry, fell through there. Well, you get the point.
We hope to see you all there!
When: Sunday 12 Dec @ 2:00 PM
Where: The Grange Public House
426 West Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA
(404) 270-9950
Google Maps Directions to the Grange
http://thegrangepublichouse.com/ |
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| Klingons ;D |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|11:57 pm] |
I was thinking about making a Klingon costume. ;D
BUT i was wondering where i could find/see some outfits from DC.
and some tips would be appreciated |
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| Blind Ferret "Booted" from Dragon*con? |
[Dec. 8th, 2009|04:30 pm] |
I found this thread over at Reddit.com today, called "Just another reason as to why I don't go to Cons anymore." It linked to a post by a past Dragon*con vendor, "Blind Ferret", who says they have been "booted" from Dragon*con 2010 over an "incident" Dragon*con was at fault in.
You can read all about it here: Booted from Dragon*con
Reddit posting: Just another reason as to why I don't go to Cons anymore.
People have been looking for an official Dragon*con response to all of this, but I haven't seen one posted as of yet.
Edit: Not sure why I'm being confused with someone else, but just to be clear
1) I didn't post this anywhere else
2) I'm not affiliated with the comic. Never even heard of it till I read about it on reddit
3) Not trolling. Didn't say I supported either D*C or the comic people. Just said people were looking for a response from D*C and I hadn't seen one. That's it. I posted this because it was causing a big stir and worth at least mentioning.
Sheesh.
Edit #2: Now being reported on by The Consumerist |
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| Fans of Batman: TAS... |
[Dec. 4th, 2009|08:00 am] |
Who would love to see Kevin Conroy at Dragon*Con 2010?
Who should we get in touch with?
Chime-in... |
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| Help a newbie cosplayer? |
[Dec. 3rd, 2009|09:51 am] |
Heyla, folks. This year will be my third year at D*Con. After two years of going as Aeryn Sun or dressed up in my SCA clothes, I want to branch out a bit with my costuming.
On my wish list is a Jedi outfit, WoW Night Elf costume and a Fremen from Frank Herbert's Dune (aka the Sci-Fi channel version). Jedi and Nelf, I've found patterns/prosthetics for and can probably swing with little difficulty. However, I'm having a hard time finding patterns or advice on the Fremen stillsuit. Plugging the most likely suspects into Google has produced nothing I can use. Do any of you old-hands at cosplay have any suggestions for where I can look?
Thanks. |
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| Notification System |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|01:15 pm] |
**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**
So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.
And finally some answers to some questions:
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