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Convention Scheduling Season

ColdguyColdguy
edited October 2013 in Conventions
It's that time of year for the lot of us to go and start planning for next con season, which ones to go to and which ones to drop. I have a few on the list of givens:

A Pax
MAGFest
Connecticon
Local conventions (TMG, ZenKaikon, insert other thing here)

Others in the queue are:

WBC
Anime Boston
Gen Con
Con Bravo (due to the gf)
Burning Con

Any other suggestions for your list?
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  • RymRym
    I am going to:

    Burning Con
    MAGFest
    PAX East
    Anime Boston
    Zenkaikon
    ConnectiCon
    PAX Dev
    PAX Prime


    I may go to:

    PAX AUS
  • AprecheApreche
    edited October 2013
    I am going to:

    Burning Con
    MAGFest
    PAX East
    Anime Boston
    Zenkaikon
    ConnectiCon
    PAX Prime


    I may go to:
    PAX Dev
    PAX AUS
    Post edited by Apreche on
  • Dazzle369Dazzle369
    I am going nowhere with my 0£ wah waah
  • AprecheApreche
    edited October 2013
    I am going nowhere with my 0£ wah waah
    Gotta get out of the mines. Bet dream every time.
    Post edited by Apreche on
  • MattMatt
    I just can't get myself excited to attend a WBC, even though it's one of the closest board gaming cons. The venue and the crowd just do not seem appealing at all.

    I do think that BGG.con would be a pretty fun experience, though, based on what I know of it.
  • AprecheApreche
    edited October 2013
    I added another two maybes:

    ESSEN
    Netrunner World Championship
    Post edited by Apreche on
  • RymRym
    Oh, I'm going to dev even if I'm not speaking next year. I'll pay if I have to.
  • ColdguyColdguy


    I do think that BGG.con would be a pretty fun experience, though, based on what I know of it.
    I keep forgetting about that and Nerdapalooza.
  • pencepence
    edited October 2013
    The returning champions:

    Burning Con
    MAGFest
    PAX East
    PAX Prime

    The new challengers:

    Zenkaikon
    World Boardgaming Championships
    I guess I should go to ConnectiCon??
    Post edited by pence on
  • SailSail
    I think Fanime is in my future.
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    edited October 2013
    I'm gonna go to a few more cons this season:

    MAGFest *first time
    PAX East
    ConnectiCon *haven't been since 2005
    PAX Prime

    I might go to:
    PAX Dev
    PAX AUS
    Zenkaikon *is it non-overlapping with PAX next year?
    NYCC *probably not, though I might help man a booth

    EDIT: Sail, you should go to Fanime. I used to staff that in high school, and it's a pretty good small-ish anime con.
    Post edited by YoshoKatana on
  • Linkigi(Link-ee-jee)Linkigi(Link-ee-jee)
    I went to a day of NYCC.
    I'll be enforcing at PAX East.
    I might go to Zenkaikon.
  • GregGreg
    Oh shit, Yosho at CTcon

    My schedule is

    PAX East
    Anime Boston
    ConnectiCon
    Zenkaikon?
    Otakon?

    Fall 2014 is yet undetermined, as I don't know where I will be living.
  • Admiral HotcakesAdmiral Hotcakes
    Definitely MAGFest, probably PAX East.
  • CremlianCremlian
    Magfest
    Zenkaikon
    Pax East
    Random other events and conventions as the whim hits.
  • RochelleRochelle
    edited October 2013
    PAX is the constant.

    PAX East is looking good possibly. Maybe.

    I need to go to more cons. I believe Geek Girl Con is this weekend, but there will probably be a lot of anti-PA there and I really don't want to deal with that noise. I understand and somewhat agree, but the whole internet rage against Gabe was overzealous and some people embellished on their vitriol along with claiming they were assaulted at PAX when they weren't. I can't respect you and your position if you lie.

    Emerald City Comic con
    PAX Prime
    MAGFest (goal for 2014)
    Post edited by Rochelle on
  • VigaViga
    edited October 2013
    MAGfest is a definite!

    Not sure where I will be next year. But I will try to go to these:

    Otakon
    Intervention
    SPX
    Anime Boston

    And the maybe is Con Bravo. I will very much try.
    Post edited by Viga on
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I've got:
    Pacific Media Expo (November) - Confirmed
    Anime Los Angeles (January) - Panels Submitted
    Anime Conji (April) - May or may not submit panels depending on financial and school situation.
    Anime Expo (July) - Will submit panels
  • NukerjsrNukerjsr
    MAGFest
    RTX (Rooster Teeth Expo) will likely be a definite, depending on when my group is going to Austin.

    Those are the only guarantees, the rest will depend on income.
  • NeitoNeito
    MAG (if Will is up to it)
    PAX East
    Anime Boston
    Connecticon.
  • ProfPanglossProfPangloss
    MAGFest.

    Post-college job hunt takes priority for the time being.
  • AxelAxel
    I'm definitely considering MAGFest. It's probably gonna happen.
    I'm thinking about GDC, and to a lesser extent PAX East. The latter is much more difficult to justify during school time, but I know I'll get some help in my classes for going to GDC, since I'll be in all classes for my major where plenty of other students and teachers are going to GDC.
  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    This year for me will just be PAX Prime. I have too many other things planned next year that require my money and vacation time.
  • ColdguyColdguy
    New Challengers may be appearing with Metatopia (Board game designer convention) and Momoiticon (in NC for a friend of mine).
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    Berlin Juggling Convention
    European Juggling Convention
    Any other juggling convention that wants me as an invited guest.
  • MattMatt
    New Challengers may be appearing with Metatopia (Board game designer convention) and Momoiticon (in NC for a friend of mine).
    Escapist Expo is another NC con looking like it could grow into something really cool.

    As for Metatopia, I've crossed all of the Double Exposure-run cons off of my list now that I've moved further than 15 min away from the hotel. I'm really not a fan of how they run those things, although Metatopia seems to have the best attendees due to the designer factor.

  • AndrewAndrew
    IROS, RSS, and maybe CVPR
  • CremlianCremlian
    hmmm.. Tora-Con, PAX East and Zenkaikon are all two weeks apart from each other in a role.. I may use this as an excuse to go to Rochester next year (all three were on the same freaking weekend last time)
  • WyattWyatt
    Has anyone else been to GenCon? We're thinking about going this year.

    CTcon
    MAGFest
  • GregGreg
    My dad loved it. It's got a lot of stuff you won't see anywhere else, apparently.
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