Mewcon?

[Darkerlight]

Depending on how many nights you consider con nights pre reg night is the 30th, new years eve 31st, and it ends midnight the second day so three nights for those of us heavy con goers...

but yeah, if you're on a budget as far as cons go its a pretty inexpensive one, especially if you came for both days and only split a room with someone for the main night

[totemo_oishii]

I think I'm staying two nights.

[melchizedek]

I just checked my calendar at work and those days are booked solid.    So, I know I'll have to work those days.  I might come out to hang out with everyone after work though.

They make you work on holidays?
eww

[laurifer]

I want to make this as cheap as possible for me. So I have to find 2 other people to stay with XD

Nevermind. It's been fixed

[Kimiski]

So now I'm in if my friend goes with me.
Hopefully if she says yes we can find 2 more people to make room cheaper.

[EveofAbyss]

Did you all see the cost for a room if you get it at the MEWcon discount? It's friggin $70 a night! For a single! That's ridiculously amazing!

[totemo_oishii]

OH SNAP
I love con discounts
omg

[makichan]

Did you all see the cost for a room if you get it at the MEWcon discount? It's friggin $70 a night! For a single! That's ridiculously amazing!

Yeah... how did they do that? That's way cheap O.o
Mewcon has mad skillz.

[EveofAbyss]

No kidding....I'm like "how can we get Kumoricon to get those kind of discounts?" lol

[laurifer]

Dey has sum mad skillz.



I wonder how they got those discounts?

[Daxe]

Maybe its a special discount for "services" rendered.

[oslapedo]

Too bad I don't need a hotel for Mewcon! Those deals are insane!

[DancingTofu]

$10 says I'm drinking VISO instead of sleeping throughout this convention.  I can pull an 80-hour shift EASY if I'm working with video games the whole time.  Not going to bother with a hotel room; 90% of my luggage will be set up in the game room the whole time anyway.

[totemo_oishii]

wowza! 

[laurifer]

$10 says I'm drinking VISO instead of sleeping throughout this convention.  I can pull an 80-hour shift EASY if I'm working with video games the whole time.  Not going to bother with a hotel room; 90% of my luggage will be set up in the game room the whole time anyway.

Are you even allowed to do that?

[DancingTofu]

No con curfew and the fact that I DON'T CARE I'LL BE 18 IN, LIKE, A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THE CON says yes. :<

Mah con schedule:
day prior: wake up bright and early, around 8ish.  Grab my pre-packed everything, confirm everything with any sponsors or suppliers I have, and catch my ride.  Get everything set up and hope that at least 2 (preferably 20) other people show up to help me run the game room
day 1: 24 hours of fun!  Well, probably 16, but I don't intend to sleep on the night of setup when there is a room full of video games that I have full access to. . .
COUNTDOWN: run an exciting awesome cool something in conjunction with whatever they're doing in Main Events.
day 2: 24 MORE hours of fun! (we're at 64 now)
party hard, then clean up - figure it'll be 12-20 hours later before I get home and pass out. :]

For the record. . .
My longest non-stop run without sleep was 108 hours.
I slept about 3 hours between 10am friday and midnight Monday for Kumoricon.  IT WAS FANTASTIC! O,o
I sap energy from others.  As long as people are running around having a great time, I have energy to run off of.  I'll start trippin' and flippin' out of things gets calm though.

[totemo_oishii]

Man. I could never stay up that long. o__o;;

[nikkiolie]

I plan on going. I want my parents to pay for it as a Christmas present ^_^

[laurifer]

108 hours...holy shizz that's almost 5 days D:

[makichan]

108 hrs. 
I need sleep or I'll go berserk... or, you know, delusional...
It's all good, so long as I catch a few Z's. Man, I love me some naps.

[Fuyuko]

Oh man. Now I'm totally excited about this!!

I still haven't decided whether to go or not. . . As tempting as it sounds. . .

I mean, first Sakuracon, Kumoricon, Akicon, then Mewcon! Four cons in one year! Holy crap! @.@ I'm gonna be poor by the end of this year! *does not have a job* >.<;;;;;

Meh. I don't know. I may or may not go. If it wasn't for the money, I'd so go. And I really want to! Waaa! DX

[Waffles]

My buddy ghudda stayed up for 5 days just at his comp mostly he then passed out watching a movie

[DancingTofu]

My buddy ghudda stayed up for 5 days just at his comp mostly he then passed out watching a movie

That's sort of how it was for me during the 108 hour run.  I just posted on spam forums 80% of the time.  Then I ran into a bed and slept for 5 hours, then got up at 7am and didn't sleep again for 3 days.

[Kahlan4]

just registered eve-fiance and i the other day, weeeeeeeeeeeeee ^.^ *is super excited*

[Mr Silmero]

I am most likely going, hope the boss okays my vacation soon so I can get a room while there are still some left....

[EveofAbyss]

Yup, Kahlan and I are registered so now we just need to get a room. Hopefully they aren't all gone yet. And yay for some New Years Ninja Nonsense! (We'll be in our NN cosplay, I'm sure.)

[totemo_oishii]

Haha, I sure *hope* that the rooms aren't filled up. We're having a meeting on the 21st/23rd of the people staying in our room, and if we are in fact, all staying together. I wonder if it would hurt to just book at least one room before then...

[EveofAbyss]

Couldn't be a bad idea. If you book a room and then later want two but they get filled, at least you will have one room. You can fit people into one room, but you can't fit people into no rooms if you don't have any, lol.

[oslapedo]

Sadly me and my sister shall not be able to have our NN cosplay done by Mewcon. But I hope you and your wifey-to-be have fun! :3

[Shadow]

I'm really hoping I can go with my DN group! =D My b-day is also in December, so it could be a celebration too. PARTY TEIM!

[nikkiolie]

how old will you be turning?

[makichan]

I'm really hoping I can go with my DN group! =D My b-day is also in December, so it could be a celebration too. PARTY TEIM!

Neat. Mine's on the 27th!
What a nice present for being a December baby, eh? xP

[EveofAbyss]

Sadly me and my sister shall not be able to have our NN cosplay done by Mewcon. But I hope you and your wifey-to-be have fun! :3

Ah, well you two are still going to MEWcon, right? ^_^

[DancingTofu]

I booked my room long ago; I call it "Console Gaming".

[Darkerlight]

MMMmmmm hmmmm, maybe you should get some real sleep in a staff room too for a little tiny bit. You cannot run tournies if your deadz, lol.

[EveofAbyss]

Don't you know? Tofu is a mysterious creature. He has actually found a way to convert the flashing lights of a DDR screen into pure energy! He doesn't need any other form of sustenance (except Viso which initiates the conversion chain reaction in his system). Viso and flashing lights = complete existence-support for DancingTofu.

[laurifer]

Don't you know? Tofu is a mysterious creature. He has actually found a way to convert the flashing lights of a DDR screen into pure energy! He doesn't need any other form of sustenance (except Viso which initiates the conversion chain reaction in his system). Viso and flashing lights = complete existence-support for DancingTofu.

Don't forget the occasional bum buddy.


Anyway...does anyone have an estimate on attendees?

[allstarsniper32]

I hope I can make it to mewcon, I should be moving to Tacoma in October, yay for a city that actually has jobs for me to get!

[DancingTofu]

Don't you know? Tofu is a mysterious creature. He has actually found a way to convert the flashing lights of a DDR screen into pure energy! He doesn't need any other form of sustenance (except Viso which initiates the conversion chain reaction in his system). Viso and flashing lights = complete existence-support for DancingTofu.

Don't forget the occasional bum buddy.


Anyway...does anyone have an estimate on attendees?

My personal estimate is 500-900.  Unlike Kumoricon, we're starting in a large Urban center, and piggybacking off an existing subculture.  Kumoricon saw a growth of 230% when moving from Eugene to Portland.  I think that by starting in Portland, we will see an attendance at least twice that of Kumoricon's first year.

[totemo_oishii]

I might book a room right now, but I have a few questions (I've never done this before...):

- How many days are you staying? Which days are those?
Our group was thinking about two nights, maybe 30th and 31st? :/

- Did you book online or through the phone?
There's a place to put in a convention code for discount on the hotel site, but there's not a specific code I know of.

_{edit:
There's so many different rooms...maybe I'll just get the cheapest.}

[Darkerlight]

I might book a room right now, but I have a few questions (I've never done this before...):

- How many days are you staying? Which days are those?
Our group was thinking about two nights, maybe 30th and 31st? :/

I'm staying three nights but then again I don't want to go home at midnight after the dance on the last day... and I'm staff so going home might not be an option anyway... but its up to you really how long you want to stay for the second day/night, depending on when you play to leave would effect weather or not you want that last night of hotel or your own bed!

- Did you book online or through the phone?
There's a place to put in a convention code for discount on the hotel site, but there's not a specific code I know of.

The online code is 091230ME
I booked online through technically I called the hotel too to make sure it went through... I'm paraniod that way.

Hope that helps

[totemo_oishii]

Thank you very much!

[Shadow]

how old will you be turning?

18! =D

Neat. Mine's on the 27th!
What a nice present for being a December baby, eh? xP

Awesome!!!! >w< Yes a nice present indeed!

[Kahlan4]

yay i just booked our room!! * thanks to darkerlight for posting the code ^.^ *

[EveofAbyss]

I just realized it will be my birthday three days after MEWcon. Wow, I should do something during the con! *thinks*

[totemo_oishii]

yay i just booked our room!! * thanks to darkerlight for posting the code ^.^ *

I'm just curious, but how many nights are you guys staying?

[EveofAbyss]

I actually don't know, lol, but I think two nights.

Kahlan knows though, obviously.

[DancingTofu]

I just realized it will be my birthday three days after MEWcon. Wow, I should do something during the con! *thinks*

Consume alcoholic beverages.

My birthday is also fairly soon after the con.   Gonna suck when I'm 20 going on 21 and just barely too young to get totally drunk while playing DDR.

[EveofAbyss]

lol, Ah, I'll have something to drink, certainly. I will be 22, so I've had a full year of being able to drink legally by then, but the sentiments are all the same, heh.

I aim to have some true absinthe in my possession by then, so you know what I'll be doing, haha.

[DancingTofu]

I know.  I've mentally catalogued the ages of half the people on these forums.