Event Registration Anticipated to Open Saturday January 23 !!!

<Moved to Saturday January 30>


Event list planned for finalization Wednesday.

This is a different day than in the past (Sundays)
The time has not been announced yet (liable to be earlier in the day than it was on Sunday?)
This is shorter notice than in past years
I haven't got a mass email about it and I'm not sure if there will be one or not

Get ready and get the word out!
(I'm covering here, the Facebook page, Dragonsfoot, and the Acaeum)

 

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Pre-Registration = before the Con. Was Saturday 1/23, but has been moved to 1/30.
early access pre-registration = 1-2 days before that

Silver badge means Pre-Reg on Saturday 1/30 (and it will probably stay open a few days beyond that for stragglers)
A few people will get to register before you, but mostly you'll be registering with everyone else

 

If you haven't been getting our email updates, let us know. It's very easy to sign up and we are trying to feed information that way as a primary source. The fact that some of you have said you aren't getting them prompted me to have Thomas check that out, and I'll have some specific guidance for you there tomorrow once we understand what the disconnect is.

We're drafting a post that will be up very soon that will lay out how we managed the SP/GP system this year. Hopefully that will answer some of the common questions up front, but I'll also create a thread once that is up for exactly this kind of discussion and feedback.

To address the specific concerns about a single person gaming the system wiping out events with premium access:

First of all we trust the Gary Con community to behave in the same spirit that makes this community great- one of the things I've always loved about our community is that no matter who you are, where you come from, or what you are dealing with in your life, our hobby gives everyone the chance to be a hero. Attending Gary Con each year does a lot to restore my faith in humanity. Who is really gonna try to be the guy to do that?

Secondly, we're ready for that guy. We've quickly grown into a large enough group to make managing everything a challenge until we put more sophisticated systems in place (and we've come a LONG way this year thanks to the staff's efforts), but we're not so large that we can't very quickly identify people trying to abuse the system. So don't do that. It won't work out well for the person that tries it, and everyone will think they are a jerk. More info on this specific point will also be included in the forthcoming post. Our intent is to make sure everyone gets a fair shot at signing up for what they want while also allowing the people who could pay more to get real value for what they paid. We've really loaded up on premium events this year, so there is a lot to choose from. And to be honest once you've gamed with Luke once, that's really all you need. Some of the best games I've played at Gary Con have been with the non-celebrity GMs that are very passionate about their event, so don't forget about them. Ever played Dangerous Journeys with Eric Smith?

The blog on the website is used strictly for communicating news- we don't intend on enabling comments there. The place for comments, questions, or discussion is here in this forum or on the official facebook page. We try to be active in the public group as well but don't rely on that for official communications. I've also directed to staff to spend more time here so we can be more responsive to you all.

If you haven't seen it, we made this post today about communications lately: http://garycon.com/silence-15-radius/

We're committed to listening to making Gary Con work for you. I love our community and I have a hard time writing off any of your suggestions or criticisms as unworthy of our consideration. Gary Con has a lot of unique characteristics in the world of gaming conventions that make it worth all of our best efforts, and you should not be satisfied with anything less than that from the staff. We're listening.