Alright so just a few weeks ago I decided to take on the task of making DaisyCon a reality. I'm still forging ahead with it more determined than ever to bring as many people from the stream together as possible. As I said before, I'm going to try and help get people there by paying for tickets and talking to parents if need be. I know this year might not be such a huge turnout but I am expecting a good amount of people. Having said that, I really need to have a list of people who are definite attendees and people who are even a maybe attending. Once I have a headcount I can get real prices in stead of estimates.
I have found a venue in Ann Arbor, MI. The Hawthorn Hotel. They have a conference room there big enough for 20+ people at a base rate of $140 a night. They also offer a bunch of other amenities like catering, TVs, tables, etc. All of that costs extra but deals are available via the sales rep but again, I need a headcount before I can get prices. We'd also be renting out hotel rooms for people.to sleep in and Michelle has said that some people can be put up at her place if need be. Everything will probably be covered by me unless someone else feels like putting money towards things. It'd be a great help if you could but I know just getting there will be a big cost for most.
The date if the con is going to be October 26th - 28th. It starts on a Friday and goes through the weekend so hopefully school is less of a problem. So far the only activities planned are the opening and closing ceremonies, gaming a whole lot, and taking everyone to Blimpy Burger. So if anyone has any ideas about various things that can be done, please inform me and I'll try and implement it if it sounds good. I'm thinking maybe we could do a trivia contest for prizes, a raffle maybe. I've also been informed that not a whole lot of people want to cosplay because people don't think they can afford it and I understand that but just know there are things called closet cosplays and they don't run you much if anything at all. Mine's going to cost me all of $20. If you are going to cosplay though, make sure it's from a game played on stream or something stream related.
Again I'd like to encourage people to help if they can. We're going to need consoles and controllers, laptops, cameras, people bringing TVs if they can, decorations, etc. Aside from that there's not much new information I can give at this moment. I'm going to be making t-shirts for the con as well as goodie bags full of random crap and don't worry, not just attendees will get them. Anyone who want the shirts and goodie bags will just need to give me a mailing address and I will ship them out to you.
I know it seems like this will end up with only a few people and it won't be as grand as we fantasized it to be but just think that even if a handful of us attend it's something. We can finally come together and hang out. Maybe this year will be a little underwhelming, I'm not doubting that, but think, if we can do it this year with any number of people, 2013 is going to be BIG. It'll be planned around the summer time so school won't be an issue, everyone should be of age by then, people will have a whole year to save up for it. Eventually the con will travel, it'll go to people who can't make it out them like Milly who can't really travel. I will bring this con to everyone in the stream. So we can all say we've met each other and hung out...at least once.
Even though I may not seem like the nicest bloke in the stream, you guys mean a lot to me. I love you all, you've changed my life, you've changed Michelle and Chris' lives, and you've changed each others lives. Alright, enough of the sappy shit.
PLEASE! Tell me if you're definitely going or are a maybe so I can finally get things priced and start working towards things.
luh ya too scythe. hope all works out for ya :)
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