Author Topic: DLC2018 or whatever (Read 5398 times)

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2018, 04:13:30 AM »

Well... since con-planning doesn't seem to be progressing any further...

Hey Grefter, if you're down for a trip to Japan this summer, I've got a place for you to stay~

And if anyone else wants to come along, then we can do an Eastern hemisphere mini-con. There may not be any other DL-ers here, but it IS Japan. Tons of other gamer nerds for us to hang out with. There's actually a whole Twitch gaming channel group that regularly hangs out nearby here of mostly foreigners, so there's no shortage of DL-type activities to do at least.

If anyone's up for that, then anytime from the 3rd week of July to the last of August is open. August tends to have a lot of festivals if people are interested in that, too.

Meeplelard · « **Reply #26 on:** January 20, 2018, 11:06:35 PM »

so...we really need to make some headway on con details. We need to make decisions, fast, so people can start making plans.

Where are we having it? Who is hosting it? When are we having it? These are details we should really hammer down as soon as possible. We've made no progress in the past few months and that's absolutely not a good thing.

I might be coming down harsh but we need to make SOME kind of action. Djinn is right in that con-planning doesn't seem to be progressing and we need to fix that.

SnowFire · « **Reply #27 on:** January 21, 2018, 08:39:44 AM »

Well, so that there's not a clash between expectations and reality here, Tide sounded skeptical of doing a full-on DLCon in IRC awhile back, and made it sound like he'd rather keep to a smaller mini-con in his house rather than a big con.

[23:32] <Tide|SuperisKnoll> But a mini meet would probably work
[23:37] <+SnowFire> Anyway if you really are set on doing a low-key minimeet, per Sopko, you should probably let everybody down sooner rather than later so that a replacement can be proposed. And then pick some minimeet time that doesn't conflict with vanilla Con, e.g. December - April or so.
[23:37] <+SnowFire> If you're doing a "real" con, then you may want to look into house rentals in Toronto if there's actual turnout and not a blip like there was for poor JimCon.
[23:56] <Tide|SuperisKnoll> well I thought I would get the conversation started if anything
[23:56] <Tide|SuperisKnoll> someone with much more organizational skills than I can take it from there :V

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So yeah, if we DID do TorontoCon, sounds like we'd have to remote-organize it. And Tide hasn't been around for awhile on IRC (the above snippet is from like 2 months ago). So maybe time for backup strats? Do we have any volunteers other than Toronto? Boston attempt #2? Bay Area? NY/NJ? DC? Japan/Australia?

Meeplelard · « **Reply #28 on:** January 21, 2018, 01:08:41 PM »

I think relocating might be the best idea if Tide's not up to it. We COULD try a distant organization for Toronto Con, but the question is how many people are up for it?

The real question is, before we pick an area, is who is willing to run it? Hmm...wonder if there's a rentable house near the Jersey shore, that could be an option. Just shooting ideas into the wind.

Tide · « **Reply #29 on:** January 22, 2018, 09:48:28 PM »

Thought I would poke my head in since user Snowfire has reached out to me on Discord.

I likely can't host DLCon this year. Between getting married and looking for a new job, I also have to look at moving into a condo. So that's a lot of stuff that's going on, which is currently eating up all my free time and money. I very much doubt I will have the money or time to organize one.

I think Meeple has the right idea - probably best to relocate somewhere else. Problem is, I don't think there is anybody else who has offered. I mentioned very early that I wanted to start up a discussion but that it didn't have to take place in TO. Does anyone have any availability for 2018?

Meeplelard · « **Reply #30 on:** January 23, 2018, 02:53:48 AM »

So discussing with Snowfire, the two of us are willing to host something in this area. Two options come up:

-Rent a house in the NYC Suburbs and have a DLCon near NYC. It's NYC, it sells itself, I don't have to justify why this is a worthwhile place to go.
-Do something similar in the Jersey Shore area, for a change of pace from a usual DLCon in Jersey.

So...before we make any decisions, we think it'd be wise to gauge interest first.

NotMiki · « **Reply #31 on:** January 23, 2018, 05:03:03 PM »

I am interested. I can also be a driver. My mild preference is something close to NYC, but I'm perfectly fine one way or the other.

Meeplelard · « **Reply #32 on:** January 23, 2018, 10:48:25 PM »

Based on quickly talking to Snowfire, the quick pros and cons of the two options are...

NYC will be more expensive, but it's right by NYC and probably more convenient location wise across the board in a number of ways. Even disregarding "It's NYC", it's a closer location to both of us, and closer to relevant airports, etc.

The Shore is basically the opposite, but also by the Ocean, instead of NYC, which depending on who you are, may be more appealing.

Snowfire, feel free to flesh out that list in whatever way you see fit. This is just a quick overview of the two options.

SnowFire · « **Reply #33 on:** January 24, 2018, 08:09:32 AM »

Meeple's list is basically correct, not much to add to it.

The one wild card I'll throw out there is that, if people are weird and uninterested in NYC tourism, there's two flavors of Jersey Shore: Northern & Southern NJ. Northern NJ is the default, and allows for a bit of everything: maybe some NYC tourism, maybe some beach. There is also Southern, though; the main appeal of South Jersey is that it's cheaper. But the tourism opportunities are a lot more placid, so it'd be more a "we just want to veg out and chill around a rented house playing video games and maybe hit the beach / boardwalk" con (although if you still wanted to do some sort of big city tourism, Philadelphia is reasonably accessible by train ride, and the casinos have shows & such). The possible bad news is that you get to fly into Philadelphia rather than NYC, which while a pretty well-served airport, is not as well served as the NYC trio of JFK/LGA/EWR are. (I grew up in South Jersey, hence me mentioning this.)

Meiousei · « **Reply #34 on:** March 04, 2018, 01:32:20 AM »

I am actually going to try to go this year...

I just need to know when and where so I can coordinate my week off to go. I have my boss ready to allow that time so I am hopefully all set.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #35 on:** March 04, 2018, 01:35:40 AM »

We are going on vacation for three weeks in July, until about the 25th? August would be rad for us, though.

SnowFire · « **Reply #36 on:** March 04, 2018, 01:40:36 AM »

Since nobody seems to be suggesting alternative venues anymore... I think NY/NJ is in? (Barring various mini-cons in Australia & Japan, of course, but those don't quite count.) If anyone has any last minute proposals, this is the time to bring 'em up.

August is possible, but the weekend of August 3-5 is out for me (GenCon). Other date preferences / blocks are helpful to know. As CK pointed out in IRC chat, this is official prodding time - even if the answer is still "uh maybe still not sure", useful to know. (Sounds like Djinn & Grefter are still out... anyone else have known preferences?)

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #37 on:** March 04, 2018, 02:29:27 AM »

For posterity, am surely interested in attending such an event, have no known limitations to availability or strong preferences in where it is held. (hence not saying much, I'm not really adding anything except headcount to narrowing things down)

Truthfully I'm wondering if I shouldn't do both american DLCon and go out of country with whoever is willing at this point. It certainly sounds like a GREAT idea...

Meeplelard · « **Reply #38 on:** March 04, 2018, 04:22:16 AM »

I'm projecting August 9th to 12th or there abouts. Just giving us a date to work with and we can adjust accordingly, but I figure I'd take the first steps and say "Here's a date, who does that work for?" rather than people dancing around the issue.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #39 on:** March 04, 2018, 11:00:49 PM »

That sounds good for us!

Shale · « **Reply #40 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:46:26 PM »

I'm interested in an NY/NJ con but that particular weekend's out.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #41 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:00:05 PM »

We can do:
-July 6-9
-any weekend in August

superaielman · « **Reply #42 on:** March 06, 2018, 01:24:10 AM »

July/August works for me.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #43 on:** March 06, 2018, 04:13:57 AM »

I am interested in a DLCon, and those dates work fine, but EDIT: East Coast is really expensive for me. Especially given other trips happening this year. If I paid for the airline ticket, I almost certainly couldn't afford things like a share of the rented house, games, souvenirs, possibly food. So I'm likely out due to budget this year. West Coast is a just huge difference in ticket prices for me... (Not to mention how much I loathe NYC and don't want to spend that much money to go somewhere I hate, even to see my DL friends.)

But uh... if anyone is down for coming to Japan, that's still an open offer if you want a place to sleep and a tour guide.

VySaika · « **Reply #44 on:** March 06, 2018, 07:01:26 PM »

I'll be at Worldcon here in cali from Aug 16-20, so I could probably swing july 6-9 just fine, but would not be able to do august.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #45 on:** March 10, 2018, 11:26:01 PM »

Hm. So potential wrinkle, I noticed that basically the only requested vacation time in my department over the summer so far naturally includes the first two weeks of July. I'm not sure if that precludes me getting that time, since the 6-9th includes my alloted weekend off and all and I'd be doing less than a week?

That said, for people with potential schedule conflicts, how does the first weekend of August (3-5) work? I'm currently in a "I dunno if I even plan to stay at my job that long" mood but figured I'd cover my bases. And also it narrows things down a bit since it looks like mid-August probably isn't working for people.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #46 on:** March 11, 2018, 12:43:04 AM »

The host is busy that week, unfortunately.

Dhyerwolf · « **Reply #47 on:** March 11, 2018, 09:18:09 AM »

I am tentatively interested. The tentative part is that I have no idea what job I will have in about 6 weeks and where that job might be located (some of the options might be notably closer to this DLcon than LA is). I'd try to come if possible, but I'm just a big question mark at the moment.

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #48 on:** March 11, 2018, 02:46:09 PM »

Mrf. I’m guessing the last weekend in August is a no for the same reason the second is then?

NotMiki · « **Reply #49 on:** March 11, 2018, 07:33:57 PM »

July/August is pretty open. August 5-11 is not ideal for me, but if the con hits some of those dates I can still go.

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Author Topic: DLC2018 or whatever (Read 5398 times)