Assorted convention tidbits
Jun. 23rd, 2020 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petrea_mitchell1. CoNZealand has sent out draft schedules to program participants, over a month before the con. I am impressed. I don't normally expect to see my schedule more than about three weeks ahead of time from a settled regional convention, or more than two weeks ahead for a travelling con.
Things may change, but for now it looks I'm on two panels, both of which I get to moderate, and both of which I originally suggested, so really it's going to be all my fault if either of them suck.
2. As for the other con that week, Gen Con has corrected the date for the start of signups from June 13 to July 13 and sent out a survey cautiously inquiring what-all people actually expect to do at an online convention. It has also explained that while registering for the con is free, individual events may have a modest fee for participation. The SO tells me that this is how it used to work back in the day for people who didn't pre-register.
3. One of the questions on the survey was about which other online conventions people are attending. Options included Spiel Essen, THE event for people who are into Eurogames. I had not known that it was going virtual this year too. There's another semi-checkmark on my bucket list of cons.
The ideal trip to Essen someday would be in a year where it doesn't overlap with the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. That's the case this year, but no signs yet that Sitges is moving online.
Things may change, but for now it looks I'm on two panels, both of which I get to moderate, and both of which I originally suggested, so really it's going to be all my fault if either of them suck.
2. As for the other con that week, Gen Con has corrected the date for the start of signups from June 13 to July 13 and sent out a survey cautiously inquiring what-all people actually expect to do at an online convention. It has also explained that while registering for the con is free, individual events may have a modest fee for participation. The SO tells me that this is how it used to work back in the day for people who didn't pre-register.
3. One of the questions on the survey was about which other online conventions people are attending. Options included Spiel Essen, THE event for people who are into Eurogames. I had not known that it was going virtual this year too. There's another semi-checkmark on my bucket list of cons.
The ideal trip to Essen someday would be in a year where it doesn't overlap with the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. That's the case this year, but no signs yet that Sitges is moving online.
