No offense but no. Alot of those that go go to also gamble and do the Vegas experience. Move it outta Vegas and I doubt the people would go. Personally I know I would never pay to go to Seattle.. and especially Canada...eh.

I went to my first vegascon this year and I must say that I am hooked, I'll be there next year for sure.

Genneron

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"The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!"

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945.

Xorg corrupts Squeaky!

Mia


There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

I'm with the majority voice here. Part of what makes the VegasCon such a special event, is the atmosphere of Vegas itself. Holding it somewhere other then Vegas would ruin it.

Bris

One of these days I'm going to make it to VegasCon.

I've bought tickets and paid for hotels for the last two years but I start drinking the night before I'm supposed to leave and when I sober up, I find myself on my living room floor having missed the whole thing.

The scary part is, somehow I have packed several days of dirty clothes in my bags.


Illcram the Evil Empath

http://www.topmudsites.com/cgi-bin/topmuds/rankem.cgi?id=drealms

Well, Im from Australia, been "around" DR for about 3 going 4 years now. Figured Id like to take the leap and fly myself over to Vegas Con. Question being, when would the next vegas Con be? Im assuming somewhere there's a whole lot of information about prices, where its held, etc etc etc.
So, if anyone would like to fill me in please do :) I appreciate it.
Especially since Im half way across the world from most of you guys.

Chali.


Born Free.
Taxed to death.
http://legna.homeip.net - TDP Calculator, Page for Selling and buying Items, Character Portraits, Constan updates and news, much more to come!

Thanks for that info.
Im not a real big swimmer though, but flying might work.
Where's those magic carpets...

Chali.


Born Free.
Taxed to death.
http://legna.homeip.net - TDP Calculator, Page for Selling and buying Items, Character Portraits, Constan updates and news, much more to come!

Well, since there's official VegasCon dates set for Feb 26th - 29th I figured it's time to post.

I know it's 6 months away still but the biggest reason that a lot of people didn't go jump last year (besides being pussies <g>) was because they didn't have the extra money for it. So I figured i'd post now this far out so folks that want to do it can put back for it over the next half year.

The basics of it is that anyone who's not liscensed or currently part of a student freefall program somewhere would have to do a tandem. That's where they strap ya to a tandem master that has about 13,000 jumps under his belt and he jumps you. All you have to do is go through a short class and then take the ride. It's a good first experience for most people because it's very low risk and it still gives you the full experience of freefalling. One of my friends that went with us last year liked it so she went and took classes and already has her A liscense and is working towards a B.

I'll paste the link for the dropzone we're using there just south of Vegas for anyone that might be interested. Their website is pretty awesome, they have sample videos for you to watch, a huge Q&A section, and all of the available packages with prices and such. Pretty much all of the info you need is on the site, but if anyone has any specific questions that's not answered there you know how to get a hold of me.

Hope to see some of you in the air next year!

http://www.lvgravityzone.com/

Dave/Brisbois
(Military Freefall - HALO JumpMaster)

::thoughts of Dr Evil come to mind.........::

"How about No!"

;) ~Bre


"Let them hate, so long as they fear"
Lucius Accius (170 BC- 86 BC)

Doc,

Ripsterr asked me to post here because of so many people who don't choose to be on the Yahoo list. (Which can be as bad as the boards with the mindless babble, or worse and fill up people's mailboxes)

We should not limit opinions to the Yahoo list only. To hear from as many people as possible can only be a good thing.

Thank you.

Mia


There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

I agree completely with Soim.

The con should be held on the dates that glean the most GM involvement/attendance. Since that would be the first week of February, so be it.

It's a no-brainer to me.

<<I've talked to 5 GM's thus far, and 1 will be unable to go if we don't get the same dates as GSIII (earlier dates.)>>

Who would that one person be, or is that classified, Yutopar? -- Ranger Fengreve

Hi All,
OK, so you've waited and waited and waited... and finally, here it is:

Annoucing VegasCon 2004!!!!!
Feb. 5-8, 2004
The New Frontier Hotel and Casino
www.frontierlv.com
(702) 764-8400
(800) 421-7806


What you get:
* Two REALLY COOL penthouse suites at the top of the Atrium Tower. They have
marble jaccuzzi's in the suites, folks! Just THINK of the possibilities
people!!
* Central location - we are smack in the middle of stuff this year -
sandwiched in between the Startdust and the Fashion Show mall. Just a block from
Harrah's, the Venetian, Tresure Island and Caesars Palace. No more worn out shoes
and achey tootsies!
* Gilley's - right in the Frontier!! We are also working on getting a free
pass for each DragonRealms player that books a hotel room in the Frontier.
Wednesday Night is Dirty Girls and Cold Beer - MUD WRESTLING! Friday and
Saturday Night is Bikini Bull Riding! YeeeeeeHAW!
* Players Cards - if you sign up for a Players Card with the Frontier and
spend time gambling in the casino, you could be eligible for free stuff, or even
get your personal hotel room COMP! Definitely worth it if you like to play
the one arm bandits or spend any time on the tables!
* Your choice of a standard hotel room for the very reasonable price of $45
weekdays and $95 on weekends, or the spacious Atrium suites for $ $65 weekdays
/ $115 weekends.
* Bingo Fan? The New Frontier has the only Bingo lounge on the strip! Think
Bingo is only for little old ladies with blue hair and a troll doll
collection? (So did ChrisAnn until she won $1,000 on a $24 card! If you've never tried it, it might be worth your while!!!)
* Yummy food - Margarita's Cantina, Panda Express, a steakhouse, a deli and
lots of other good food right in the hotel. I'm hungry just thinking about it!
* IG and RL Raffle - for each person that books a room at the Frontier, we
will be giving away FREE raffle tickets for both real life and in game items.
Everyone will be welcome to purchase more raffle tickets for $1 each, but don't
miss out on your freebies! Never know what you might win!
* Fun, fun, FUN - enjoy your weekend with not only your DR friends and GM's,
but make new friends with GS folks and DR folks alike.

Don't miss out on the excitement of VegasCon 2004 - destined to be one of the
most fun VegasCon's yet! To book your hotel room in advance, call the New
Frontier at (702) 794-8400 pr (800) 421-7806. Make sure you say you are with
the DRAGONREALMS 2004 VEGASCON GROUP when you make your reservations. In order
to get our really cool suites, we have to have 50 rooms booked. The deadline
for advance booking is January 8, 2004. After that, the prices are subject to
change and all rooms are subject to availability only - SO BOOK EARLY!

Simucon Website registration should be set up soon, we will post when it's all ready. This years prices remain the same as last year. Early registration, until December 8, 2003...$35.00. Regular registration until January 8th...$45.00. If you want to wait until you get there the cost will be $50.00 at the door, and as always non-dr player guests will cost $20.00.

See you there!
Your Exhausted DR VegasCon 2004 Committee



There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

Vegascon 2004 Raffle

Please read this E-mail in its entirety. If you want to contribute, e-mail me at hegemonic@ev1.net to let me know of your contribution. If you just reply to this list with your contribution it may be missed and not counted, but I encourage everyone to put their submissions on the list as well to let folks know what to expect.

Announcing the 2004 Vegascon Raffle! There are three categories of prizes for this event.

IG Prizes ? Contributions of IG items that can be picked up IG after the convention.

RL Prizes ? Neat things that can be picked up at the convention, or mailed to the winners by those that contributed the items.

Spoof Prizes ? Crazy things people volunteer to do/offer.

For example, I will be contributing three different prizes to the Raffle.

IG ? I haven?t figured out what cool thing to give up yet, but I will!

RL ? A gift certificate for boot town, to buy a cowboy hat. If you don?t have a boot town near you, I?ll purchase the hat and ship it to you.

Spoof ? One lucky winner gets to choose which color my hair will be dyed. The dye-ing will be done in front of the convention goers, for everyone's amusement and very likely my personal ridicule. <g>

These are all examples, and I?m challenging everyone out there to come up with fun things to contribute to everyone?s fun.

There will be free tickets given as incentives! Details to come soon on that. But everyone have fun and think up some great things that will help out this and future cons by contributing!

Thanks to Solomon who has already put up a alteration and a snake charm, and I?m sure some suitably demented spoof idea when he comes up with it. <g>

I?m really really looking forward to people?s spoof contributions. (grins) Please send all contributions to me at Hegemonic@ev1.net and also let everyone on the list know! Just make sure you send it to me to. <g>.

Geof/Hegemonic

P.S. In other words everyone come up with ideas of things they going to contribute and send them to me!

P.P.S. Few questions I've had come my way. Anyone can contribute in the Raffle itself, hosts, planners, everyone who attends, can purchase tickets for the raffle. Details on that sooner then later.

Well,

There IS a jacuzzi in one of the suites....

Mia


There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

>>I had a shadowy GM Tell me don't waste time and just get a keg and poor from it

I knew GM's were warped! I knew it!

Mia


There is nothing more liberating than dancing barefoot.

(Puts Soim down for one wet beer shirt contest)

Hege/Geof

<<What's your favorite drink?
anything served in a cleavage shot

<<Profession you most love to be in DR:
Not working for my own money

<<Tell us your favorite genre of music:
anything that makes girls bounce up and down


<<What's in your CD player right now?
what you want me to put my drink down and move?

<<Cat person or dog person?
Whatever one a girl bends over to pick up

<<Any hobbies?
being a drunken pevert

<<Thing you most like to do while in Vegas (If you haven't been there, what would you LIKE to do before heading home):
being a drunken pervert

<<Favorite GH or GM:
the ones screamin and spillin drinks or passed out RULE!

<<Do you dance or watch?
yes I'll drink to that

<<Most loved book you've ever read:
I can't spell. why should I read.
but there was this one book were Dick saw Jane walking up a hill that was pretty cool.

<<First thing you do when you wake up:
Hit snooze button

<<Does Jewellea's idea of Karaoke frighten you or excite you?
Will they sing ACDC "have a drink on me"


<<Favorite cartoon character:
That REAL hot chick in HEVY METAL that rode that goofy dragon thing at end.

<<Bath person or Shower person?
Showers water down my drink.

<<Beef or Chicken?
I prefer to eat fish!

<<Anything else you want to let everyone know?
yea... most of this was me being silly... then again some of it may be true!

"DR Heart Surgeon, Donors requested"

Tell us.....

What's your favorite drink?
Any good dark beer, especially a Phat Abbot Dopplebock

Profession you most love to be in DR:
Trader

Tell us your favorite genre of music:
Metal

What's in your CD player right now?
Children of Bodom

Cat person or dog person?
Dog

Any hobbies?
Sports (these days mostly watching games and doing fantasy leagues, but also playing when I have time)

Thing you most like to do while in Vegas (If you haven't been there, what would you LIKE to do before heading home):
No comment :)

Favorite GH or GM:
Godrich

Do you dance or watch?
Watch (assuming 'leave' isn't an answer)

Most loved book you've ever read:
Lord of the Rings

First thing you do when you wake up:
Does go back to sleep count? If not, then take a shower

Does Jewellea's idea of Karaoke frighten you or excite you?
Please don't

Favorite cartoon character:
Homer Simpson, Eric Cartman, Butthead

Bath person or Shower person?
Shower

Beef or Chicken?
Both

Apu

Bath person or Shower person?
We get a person for each?<bounces>

Whooooo Hoooooo... She bounced for me! ANd wile getting ready for a bath... Jay and Silent bob told me you were that type...

"DR Heart Surgeon, Donors requested"

Not entirely sure if I'll be in Vegas, but since I really hope to be (meaning I really hope my mom decides a plane ticket to Vegas would be a good early birthday present for her oldest daughter), I'll fill this out and cross my fingers.

Tell us.....

What's your favorite drink?
i'm poor, so that tends to limit my selection just a bit. mike's hard lemonade is the drink of choice this year, last year it was jack daniels. in downtown chicago i had some really good green drink called a crocodile, unfortunately i have no idea what was in it. it was $9 though, and worth every cent.

Profession you most love to be in DR:
Empath, lately Trader has been fun

Tell us your favorite genre of music:
powerpop/rock.. i tend to like the more alternative stuff on the radio, about 6-12 months before it's on the radio.

What's in your CD player right now?
it's all mp3s.. the last few were: the get up kids - high as the moon, nada surf - popular, the anniversary - peace pain and regret, the all-american rejects - too far gone

Cat person or dog person?
dog by default due to allergies (not mine)

Any hobbies?
marching band, hockey band, watching gopher football and hockey, analyzing big 10 football standings and figuring out some very interesting stuff regarding bowl games... i used to hate sports, i don't know what happened. i also try to read for fun, but there's that school stuff getting in my way.

Thing you most like to do while in Vegas (If you haven't been there, what would you LIKE to do before heading home):
never been, so i want to do everything i legally can do, and then some. 0:-)

Favorite GH or GM:
reexa, towint, sashera, solomon.. GMs are like potato chips, you can't pick just one!

Do you dance or watch?
that depends, how many drinks have i had?

Most loved book you've ever read:
ender's game, by orson scott card

First thing you do when you wake up:
jump out of bed and almost fall over (bunk bed, no ladder), then stumble the few steps to my computer chair

Does Jewellea's idea of Karaoke frighten you or excite you?
i don't know what her idea of karaoke is, but karaoke in general is pretty funny as long as i'm not singing

Favorite cartoon character:
i honestly don't remember the last time i cared about a cartoon show.. maybe rocky and bullwinkle

Bath person or Shower person?
shower, unless i'm going for the super-luxurious night at home

Beef or Chicken?
both



~player of Raycha

"If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants." -Einstein ---> my reason for not studying (or is it a reason TO study??)