I wonder if I can use my HOPE badge to get in...Try to and if they deny you entry,just start punching people and cause a big scene.Maybe you'll get on the news!
Is it really this hard to get tickets? They actually sell out there?
If enough of us are going, and we losers fail to get tickets, we could maybe throw our own OMGHAXcon out in the parking lot or a nearby diner or something.
If enough of us are going, and we losers fail to get tickets, we could maybe throw our own OMGHAXcon out in the parking lot or a nearby diner or something.
February 15-17, 2008: [Shmoocon] sold out in 30 seconds for general admission and another 10 minutes for the ILoveShmoo cons entering 2008 on January 1 at over 1200 attendees
They should allowed unlimited numbers of people to attend so that it's overcrowded and unpleasant, just like Defcon.We can always rush the gates and make that happen.
> 25 Early Bird ($75 ea)
> 100 Open Registration ($150 ea)
> 30 I love ShmooCon ($300 ea)
Ack. Shmoocon is sort of expensive. Those are the 2007 prices. And they don't put the ticket prices up until December or January? That sucks because if I purchased an airline ticket right now, it would be $250 - $300. But I don't want to buy an airline ticket without knowing if I can even manage to get a Shmoocon ticket. And if I wait til January for that, my airline ticket is going to cost even more. This is all stupid. Why can't they just sell tickets at the door like any other con?
> 25 Early Bird ($75 ea)
> 100 Open Registration ($150 ea)
> 30 I love ShmooCon ($300 ea)
Ack. Shmoocon is sort of expensive. Those are the 2007 prices. And they don't put the ticket prices up until December or January? That sucks because if I purchased an airline ticket right now, it would be $250 - $300. But I don't want to buy an airline ticket without knowing if I can even manage to get a Shmoocon ticket. And if I wait til January for that, my airline ticket is going to cost even more. This is all stupid. Why can't they just sell tickets at the door like any other con?
Ack is right. I can't afford to pay $300 dollars for a con.
Luckily for me, I don't need to buy a plane ticket or anything.
But still, that's expensive.
Brad,
Why are WE putting $ in these peoples pockets? PLA should be sponsoring their own cons and having other people giving us THEIR money and time. maybe we could get some major players to sponsor for the room, food,etc. ?
Seems to me that we really should just throw our own parking lot con.
Is it really this hard to get tickets? They actually sell out there?
According to Wikipedia: "February 15-17, 2008: The event sold out in 30 seconds for general admission and another 10 minutes for the ILoveShmoo cons entering 2008 on January 1 at over 1200 attendees"
Although, I don't know what the ILoveShmoo cons are. Can someone please explain?
Is it really this hard to get tickets? They actually sell out there?
According to Wikipedia: "February 15-17, 2008: The event sold out in 30 seconds for general admission and another 10 minutes for the ILoveShmoo cons entering 2008 on January 1 at over 1200 attendees"
Although, I don't know what the ILoveShmoo cons are. Can someone please explain?
I've already posted this (http://www.phonelosers.com/forums/index.php?topic=3459.msg37961#msg37961). Perhaps you'll have to buy tickets from scalpers?
If enough of us are going, and we losers fail to get tickets, we could maybe throw our own OMGHAXcon out in the parking lot or a nearby diner or something.
Can it be in a back alley, preferably after dark? That would be best for me.
That sucks that tickets seem to be so difficult to come by. Especially for me since I like to wait until the last minute to plan/buy anything. They should allowed unlimited numbers of people to attend so that it's overcrowded and unpleasant, just like Defcon.
i made the same attempt, trying to buy two at once. it failed...but then i tried to buy two early-bird tickets one right after the other, and it worked. :D
yay.
as such...RTF and i are definitely going to be at Shmoocon, and we'll see you there! :D
Well if RTF, Trevelyn and Rogue are going, I have to go. So my chances of going are around 99%, regardless of whether or not I get a ticket.if you buy the 175 ticket i'll give you the 75 bucks. i want to meet you guys, cos i'll have a cactus strapped to my chest and take you all down with me.
Screw that, I'm renting floor space from someone or sleeping in the lobby.
i got my flight and my hotel room today. i'll be in DC from thursday night until monday.
:nonsense:
Trev, you can sleep in the lobby too. Getting rooms is lame!
Trev, you can sleep in the lobby too. Getting rooms is lame!
I have a "friend" (cue porn music) that is three hours away from DC but I dunno is she could hold me there for three days. I may either have to bunk with someone or just bring my Ultra-Pocket and sleep in the lobby with Brad and non-Brad.
I'll definitely be there, since I am so close. I just need to worry about getting a Shmoocon ticket.
Dont buy a ticket! Just come hang out with the rest of us PLAers.
It'll cost me 856 bucks to fly in thursday morning and leave monday morning, assuming I save six bucks by not checking any bags in.
It'll cost me 856 bucks to fly in thursday morning and leave monday morning, assuming I save six bucks by not checking any bags in.
You should move to D.C. to save money on the return ticket.
If'n I can get ahold of the required airfare, how cold is it in DC? How tough are they on vagrancy?
I have a question: Are we going to still hold a party in the parking lot? :P
we better still be having a parking lot party.
we better still be having a parking lot party.
We should set up a big canopy in the parking lot for it.
Tailgate! Fark Yeah!!we better still be having a parking lot party.
We should set up a big canopy in the parking lot for it.
ehh, feb in d.c. is very windy and freezing cold!
so tickets are supposed to be for sale today, and they are not...
FUCK
so... i got a ticket to shmoocon...
will someone let me crash on their floor or something?! pretty puhleaseee!!?
so... i got a ticket to shmoocon...
will someone let me crash on their floor or something?! pretty puhleaseee!!?
NO, YOU SLEEP OUTSIDE!
I never got a Shmoo ticket either. Screw it, though. There will be plenty of places in the hotel you can go without a badge. And maybe, just maybe, the people who got their badges will be nice enough to rent them out to us less fortunate. They could charge $10/hour to make back some of those high prices they paid for a badge.
What are we doing at Shmoocon anyway? Drinking? Prank calls? Giant orgy? Touring DC? All live on PLA Radio? What's everyone want to do?
I agree. PLA Radio Live would be awesome!What are we doing at Shmoocon anyway? Drinking? Prank calls? Giant orgy? Touring DC? All live on PLA Radio? What's everyone want to do?
You should definitely do an episode of PLA radio with everyone there. That would be pretty epic.
Does anyone still need a place to stay at Shoomcon? I have a room all to myself AND I'M NOT SHARING IT WITH ANYONE! Muwa ha ha ha ha! See you at Shoomcon, Losers.
I agree. PLA Radio Live would be awesome!What are we doing at Shmoocon anyway? Drinking? Prank calls? Giant orgy? Touring DC? All live on PLA Radio? What's everyone want to do?
You should definitely do an episode of PLA radio with everyone there. That would be pretty epic.
i still need a place :(
What are we doing at Shmoocon anyway? Drinking? Prank calls? Giant orgy? Touring DC? All live on PLA Radio? What's everyone want to do?
How to sneak into Shmoocon - by RBCP
1. Borrow a badge from a friend.
2. Walk past the Shmoocon checkpoint with this badge. Bring another friend along.
3. Once you're in, hand this badge to your friend and he can leave with it.
4. Repeat for the next guy that has a badge.
5. Presto, you don't have to buy a Shmoocon badge!
Assuming that they don't have Shmoocon people actually walking around and confronting people who aren't wearing badges, of course. I know they do that at Defcon sometimes. Also, a non-badge wearer could use a real Shmoocon lanyard around their neck without a badge while he's inside, to make it less obvious that he's not wearing a badge. Assuming lanyards are involved.
How to sneak into Shmoocon - by RBCP
1. Borrow a badge from a friend.
2. Walk past the Shmoocon checkpoint with this badge. Bring another friend along.
3. Once you're in, hand this badge to your friend and he can leave with it.
4. Repeat for the next guy that has a badge.
5. Presto, you don't have to buy a Shmoocon badge!
Assuming that they don't have Shmoocon people actually walking around and confronting people who aren't wearing badges, of course. I know they do that at Defcon sometimes. Also, a non-badge wearer could use a real Shmoocon lanyard around their neck without a badge while he's inside, to make it less obvious that he's not wearing a badge. Assuming lanyards are involved.
Using this method, somebody would always be left outside. I think it might work if you have two badges, though.
/me sneaks n3gs on the plane with me and takes her to shmoocon.
i hope to god linear shows up so i can beat the living shit out of him.
i hope to god linear shows up so i can beat the living shit out of him.
Trev wants to beat the shit out of me because I don't like Ubuntu?
you're so beautiful. in some ways i feel sluggish from my brain trying to keep up with my imagination and eyes when i see you.trevelyn
haha well, my plane tickets one day (i decided to forgo the layover at JFK) was $390! to go from PIT to DCA.haha mine are about $400 from toronto to reagan airport
I will do my best to make it. It all depends on money for me, but I definitely want to go.ShmooCon Five
Feb 6 - 8, 2009
Wardman Park Marriott
Washington DC, USA
my round trip will cost me a whopping $4.70.
yay, metrorail.
flights from melbourne australia 3k+ ouch.
How bad is traffic in DC?
How bad is traffic in DC?
Sucks. Don't drive there :p
It's also really hard to turn around if you went down the wrong road, from what some friends told me.
How bad is traffic in DC?
Sucks. Don't drive there :p
It's also really hard to turn around if you went down the wrong road, from what some friends told me.
Shit. Thanks for the answer, but I really don't have a choice now.
I'm still a little worried, though, because I'm a newbie driver.
I checked street view on Google Maps and traffic doesn't look too bad; Theodore Roosevelt Bridge looks kinda rough, though.
Has anyone else ever driven in or to Washington D.C.?
How bad is traffic in DC?
Sucks. Don't drive there :p
It's also really hard to turn around if you went down the wrong road, from what some friends told me.
Shit. Thanks for the answer, but I really don't have a choice now.
I'm still a little worried, though, because I'm a newbie driver.
I checked street view on Google Maps and traffic doesn't look too bad; Theodore Roosevelt Bridge looks kinda rough, though.
Has anyone else ever driven in or to Washington D.C.?
You my friend, are about to get kicked in the nuts.
How bad is traffic in DC?
Sucks. Don't drive there :p
It's also really hard to turn around if you went down the wrong road, from what some friends told me.
Shit. Thanks for the answer, but I really don't have a choice now.
I'm still a little worried, though, because I'm a newbie driver.
I checked street view on Google Maps and traffic doesn't look too bad; Theodore Roosevelt Bridge looks kinda rough, though.
Has anyone else ever driven in or to Washington D.C.?
You my friend, are about to get kicked in the nuts.
Borrow someones GPS for this, please.
That would be "A" BUT you must consider that "A" happens sometimes because of "B!" so "B" carerful! :P
Shit. Thanks for the answer, but I really don't have a choice now.
I'm still a little worried, though, because I'm a newbie driver.
I checked street view on Google Maps and traffic doesn't look too bad; Theodore Roosevelt Bridge looks kinda rough, though.
Has anyone else ever driven in or to Washington D.C.?
Both Security Justice (http://securityjustice.com/archives/48) and podcastersmeetup.com (http://www.podcastersmeetup.com/?p=71) are announcing that "the PLA" will at the podcasting thing on Friday night. Anybody else want to go to that? I'll only be making it if my flight is on time and I can ninja past the badge checkers.
Both Security Justice (http://securityjustice.com/archives/48) and podcastersmeetup.com (http://www.podcastersmeetup.com/?p=71) are announcing that "the PLA" will at the podcasting thing on Friday night. Anybody else want to go to that? I'll only be making it if my flight is on time and I can ninja past the badge checkers.
handler...just know that by not going, you make Roguerz sad. :'(It makes me sad too. But I will see you at HAR for sure!
handler...just know that by not going, you make Roguerz sad. :'(It makes me sad too. But I will see you at HAR for sure!
oh hey I met you! now i know who you are, youre the one who stole my flaming bag cat photo I made for Gangals! I approve of you using it now only because you are so super awesome.
oh hey I met you! now i know who you are, youre the one who stole my flaming bag cat photo I made for Gangals! I approve of you using it now only because you are so super awesome.
Were you the guy with the Chrome bag?
cMc - we've been all over the place. I've been posting on twitter. Are you on my feed?
And what happened t magus coming? Did he die in DC traffic?
oh hey I met you! now i know who you are, youre the one who stole my flaming bag cat photo I made for Gangals! I approve of you using it now only because you are so super awesome.
Were you the guy with the Chrome bag?
I was the girl RBCP introduced as altalp, and then I was like, Tphreak....Tphreak... OH I know your posts, but I was lying.
so...who's up for meeting at Notacon? <3333333
I'm pretty positive I'll be at Notacon. I might even go to Toorcon. But that's just a possibility.
Unless someone else pays for the trip! Then I'm definitely going.
I still say that Brad should throw a PLAcon.
The following is the rendition by someone who didn't even attend Shmoocon who envisioned the following when she read RBCP was wearing a robe at Shmoocon.
It may or may not be an accurate depiction of actual events.
(http://images.thisisarecording.com/rbcp_at_shmoo.png)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/altalp/pla/shmoo/P10075.jpg)
i've also got a blog entry and some pictures from shmoocon:
blog: http://absentelements.blogspot.com/2009/02/shmoocon.html
pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/superherogirl/Shmoocon2009#
Ha, it looks like somebody saw your ATM sticker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sintixerr/3262623250/
Excuse me miss, could you tell me what time it is?I bet that this is one of those inside jokes that I don't understand because I didn't go to Shmoocon.
Excuse me miss, could you tell me what time it is?I bet that this is one of those inside jokes that I don't understand because I didn't go to Shmoocon.
I'm SO pissed that I missed all of this. Any of you guys going to HOPE next year?
I'm SO pissed that I missed all of this. Any of you guys going to HOPE next year?
I'm SO pissed that I missed all of this. Any of you guys going to HOPE next year?
i am absolutely, positively going to HOPE next year. :D