Botcon 2015 - Chicago June 18-21

[Trent]

i was going to type a big post among why they seem to not be able organize certain things, but I realized the answer is obvious...

Funpub is quite simply run by incompetent morons.

Is it true that there is still no shuttle to the venue??? So if you don't have a car you basically can't get there??

[UltraMarginal]

I was pretty easily able to find a shuttle service that would get you there. I posted about it right back at the start of the thread, so there is one, they just haven't' announced organising a discount with them or anyone else yet, through they did tweet at one point that they were going to announce something, eventually.

[griffin]

Well, it's about 7.50pm in Texas at the moment, so even if they manage to get it operational when they open at around 9-10am, that is from around midnight (East Australia) until mid-morning tomorrow.

Hmmm... it is probably best for me to stay up all night tonight, and contact others when it starts, like last year.

[fatbot]

Well, it's about 7.50pm in Texas at the moment, so even if they manage to get it operational when they open at around 9-10am, that is from around midnight (East Australia) until mid-morning tomorrow.

Hmmm... it is probably best for me to stay up all night tonight, and contact others when it starts, like last year.

I'm busy until 0230, then I'll be right to takeover the watch until 0900

[UltraMarginal]

i'll keep an eye out on Twitter and let you know if I see anything.

[fatbot]

i'll keep an eye out on Twitter and let you know if I see anything.

Don't worry too much, I'm working tonight, I'll have Twitter updating every few minutes from midnight

[griffin]

It's about 8.30am in Texas right now... so now the fun, uh wait, begins.

We could probably make a game out of how long it takes them to open up Registration today... if at all.


Okay... I'll keep this free of commentary posts, so that people don't see new posts and get excited.

[Krayt]

Okay... I'll keep this free of commentary posts, so that people don't see new posts and get excited.

TOO LATE!!!

But are there any updates about non-attending go live? Other years it's been a few days later, but with this lateness, who knows if it's both.... (Any joe club members know what happened there?)

[griffin]

TOO LATE!!!

But are there any updates about non-attending go live? Other years it's been a few days later, but with this lateness, who knows if it's both.... (Any joe club members know what happened there?)

Last year attendees were 10th of May, and non-attendees were 16th of May.... but being so late this year, the delay could be shorter.

The JoeCon this year had attendee registration open March 25th, and non-attendees from March 31st - so the same 6 day delay of BotCon last year.

I think it will be about the same this year for non-attendees.

[griffin]

Looks like it won't be for another 3-4 days as it is apparently a long weekend over there this weekend. (so it won't be until about Wednesday morning our time)

From their twitter feed...

We tested final Registration system yesterday. Couple minor issues need to be addressed, but no way to have ready by this afternoon.

Hopefully things should be ready to roll right after the Holiday.

I don't like the sound of their "hopefully"... as it is not very inspiring coming from them.

That's going to bring it down to about 20 days before it starts... and little over 2 weeks before flying over there for most of us going.