Quakecon 2010

[Quest]

Thats right ladies and gents ... Quakecon 2010 HAS officially been announced:
Who's going this year?


Media Alert
QuakeCon 2010

WHAT: QuakeCon is a free convention held yearly in Dallas, Texas brought to you by id Software, Bethesda Softworks and their parent company ZeniMax Media Inc.. Thousands of gamers gather in one location to play with their friends on a giant gaming network, see the latest in cool technology, hear about upcoming games and compete in world-class tournaments.

WHO: Fans of computer and videogames. The event is FREE to all attendees thanks to the support of id and Bethesda as well as the QuakeCon volunteer staff and the 2010 event sponsors and exhibitors.

WHEN: August 12-15, 2010

WHERE: Hilton Anatole Hotel - Dallas, Texas

WHY: Play in world-class tournaments, meet and interact with game developers, be the first to learn new information about upcoming computer and videogames and have the opportunity to frag with friends on QuakeCon’s massive Bring Your Own Computer network.

More details about QuakeCon 2010 will be revealed in the next few weeks.
http://news.quakecon.org/

[[BTF]Defiant!]

Anyone interested in setting up a q2 event?  Such as a LAN tourney, or a Qcon vs tehInternets, or something else?   For me, no q2 means I'm not interested in going.. q2 then I'm there!

[[BTF]Gator]

Anyone interested in setting up a q2 event?  Such as a LAN tourney, or a Qcon vs tehInternets, or something else?   For me, no q2 means I'm not interested in going.. q2 then I'm there!

Same as above.  More then ever before, i think i can actually make it.

[adz1La]

ssee you there? 

[peewee_RotA]

Definitly going this year... so who else do I get to annoy the crap out of in person

 
MWUHAHA

[Quest]

Time to bump this thread.

I plan on going, and have gone ahead and reserved my room @ the Anatole. It appears they still have rooms @ the qcon rate (you have to mention qcon when calling). The price for those rooms are $154 US /night. If thats too pricey I believe there is a cheaper hotel across the street (i know a good amount of people decide to do that instead).
There are others going from the TS, but ill let them chime in if they want to.

Defiant - just from experience, not too many people play q1, q2 at qcon. There should be some servers tho ... so we could always get something going. I assume quake live will prob be the most active game in the byoc, and while I dont play it much here at home, its a blast in the byoc.
Im not sure they are going to provide any internet connection in the byoc ... they didnt last year.

Registration seems pretty late this year ... they havent announced anything yet. If you think you might want to go, id recommend watching the qcon site for the registration date & sign up early so you can reserve your byoc spot. If you decide later you cant attend, you can always cancel your spot.
Ill be sure to post here when they do have news on the registration date just in case anyone forgets or get lazy.

[The Happy Friar]

Registration seems pretty late this year ... they havent announced anything yet. If you think you might want to go, id recommend watching the qcon site for the registration date & sign up early so you can reserve your byoc spot. If you decide later you cant attend, you can always cancel your spot.
Ill be sure to post here when they do have news on the registration date just in case anyone forgets or get lazy.

Yeah, normally it's done on march.  It's quite late now!     They better not be thinking of canceling/changing it.

[Quest]

I know ... thats part of the reason why I didnt book a room earlier. With what happened last year I got a bit worried thinking it might happen again. But i guess the mary kay convention is @ a diff location, so we should be all set

[[BTF] Reflex]

mary kay convention is @ a diff location, so we should be all set

reminds me....

Guy1: Who’re the girls?
Guy2: There not from around here. I’d know.
Chris: No, but they are from a nearby college.
Guy3: Which one?
Chris: The Wanda Trussler School of Beauty.
Guy: They’re beauticians?
Chris: Not yet.
Guy1: I don’t know…
Chris: These girls are not used to geniuses. You might impress them.
Guy1: I don’t see how.
Chris: Okay, okay. Given the type of people you are, and the environment you’re in…you have to admit the strong probability that this may be the only chance you will ever have in your entire lives to have sex. Think about it. Yeah! (He tosses a towel to the side and heads for the pool.)

[peewee_RotA]

What are you doing? Didn't you know that hamburgers make your breasts grow large? Oh my god! I'm too late!


Great movie

[quadz]

What are you doing? Didn't you know that hamburgers make your breasts grow large? Oh my god! I'm too late!

4:22 in this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HuHkPlbh6c 

(aspect ratio is squished though)

[[BTF] Reflex]

Let's take a step back..  and now a step forward,  now a step back..  and we're doing the cha cha


this is serious!

[peewee_RotA]

(aspect ratio is squished though)

The aspect ratio on my standard VHS version of it was almost as squished. I have a few like that, like Die Hard.

[Quest]

"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 "


So, as you can see, that is some great news for the upcoming event & should quash all of the rumors. The 'premium registration' thought is pretty interesting & eventho there really isnt any info what it is all about, it is quite obvious they are trying to make the registration process/line waiting much smoother than previous years. (Although if you just show up early its really not an issue, imho.)
Anyways, just wanted to give everyone, that doesnt regularly visit the qcon forum, an update.

Cheers!

[The Happy Friar]

not sure what "premium" BYOC would be.  Every year I've been there, at LEAST 100 seats in the back have been empty.  There's plenty of room.  Maybe you're allowed porn in that area (not sure what they could allow!)?