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A-Kon 20 (2009)
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:19 pmPosted: Sat May 23, 2009 4:24 pmPosted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:35 pmHas anyone posted the offer for roomshares in the A-kon forum?
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 6:48 pmYes, I did.
And I noticed that a lot more people this year are offering roomshares than are requesting rooms- a major turnaround from last year...
And I noticed that a lot more people this year are offering roomshares than are requesting rooms- a major turnaround from last year...
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:15 amPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:25 pmPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:08 pmPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:06 pmPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:08 pmPosted: Fri May 29, 2009 7:10 amPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 11:21 pmPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:52 pmPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:51 amPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:10 amPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:13 pmI know this has nothing to do specifically with the A-kon trip, Kris...
About hacking the hotel TV. It should have been a no-brainer but anyone going on a trip should bring along a universial remote. Even a $10 one from Radio Shack should do it. Allowing you to not only change channels to the high end (get to watch random PPV without paying for it, but only if someone else somewhere in the hotel has bought it first) but, more importantly, change the input modes.
I should have known this all along but it's one of those like-falling-down-the-stairs simple ideas that you realize after the fact.
So... next con, I'll have a universial remote to see what I can get into.
Oh yes, you might also have to unplug the phoneline that goes into that black box to keep it from switching the TV back to it's default state. I imagine that's a hell of a lot easier to do than mess around with those stupid coax cable collars.
(Amazing what you'll find when you start google-browsing)
About hacking the hotel TV. It should have been a no-brainer but anyone going on a trip should bring along a universial remote. Even a $10 one from Radio Shack should do it. Allowing you to not only change channels to the high end (get to watch random PPV without paying for it, but only if someone else somewhere in the hotel has bought it first) but, more importantly, change the input modes.
I should have known this all along but it's one of those like-falling-down-the-stairs simple ideas that you realize after the fact.
So... next con, I'll have a universial remote to see what I can get into.
Oh yes, you might also have to unplug the phoneline that goes into that black box to keep it from switching the TV back to it's default state. I imagine that's a hell of a lot easier to do than mess around with those stupid coax cable collars.
(Amazing what you'll find when you start google-browsing)
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:35 pm... Man I hate missing my B-day con... V.v yeah folks... My b-day is June 8th... >.> I save up my money to go to dallas and well... give myself the closest thing to a party... With friends and girls... I can... Tch... After my bills... I have enough to go to the Lucas Event at NASA and see the old C3-PO, R2-D2, jone's hat, and more on display... Yup... A $14.99 ticket... no buying snacks or drinks there just a ticket...
Well if anyone was out cosplaying or had a camera I'd enjoy ya PMing them maybe... Give me an idea at what you saw... V.v I'm going to go back into my crawl space...
Also I think Morphy is right...
Well if anyone was out cosplaying or had a camera I'd enjoy ya PMing them maybe... Give me an idea at what you saw... V.v I'm going to go back into my crawl space...
Also I think Morphy is right...
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:37 pmPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:09 pmPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:26 pmPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:37 amIf anyone was curious about A-kon 20's numbers, here's a few.
Attendance was up about 5% from last year's 15000.
The Sunday banquet was 135 tickets sold out of 290 planned for-- I was the only one at Antarctic Press' table besides Ben Dunn and Rod Espinosa. It was a bit akward but I really like Ben's work, even if I'm not a Gold Digger otakou and can rattle off GD trivia all day. (AP's table should have had at least three people besides the guests. Ben and Rod spotted at least one person there who should have been with us but bailed for another table, most likely because that table was fully reserved on the sign-up sheet and jumped tables once inside the banquet)
I was really hoping the Banquet would have sold out but it was like no one reads the A-kon newsletters which stated this was the last banquet. Ah well, the banquet never seemed to sell out, or even get kinda full these past years. I bet this is why it's been phased out; just not enough special guests in there to draw a crowd.
p.s. BAR, if you see Ben later, tell him I appologize for the appallingly low turn-out at the banquet.
Attendance was up about 5% from last year's 15000.
The Sunday banquet was 135 tickets sold out of 290 planned for-- I was the only one at Antarctic Press' table besides Ben Dunn and Rod Espinosa. It was a bit akward but I really like Ben's work, even if I'm not a Gold Digger otakou and can rattle off GD trivia all day. (AP's table should have had at least three people besides the guests. Ben and Rod spotted at least one person there who should have been with us but bailed for another table, most likely because that table was fully reserved on the sign-up sheet and jumped tables once inside the banquet)
I was really hoping the Banquet would have sold out but it was like no one reads the A-kon newsletters which stated this was the last banquet. Ah well, the banquet never seemed to sell out, or even get kinda full these past years. I bet this is why it's been phased out; just not enough special guests in there to draw a crowd.
p.s. BAR, if you see Ben later, tell him I appologize for the appallingly low turn-out at the banquet.