Dragon*Con MMO» the-guild http://www.dc-mmo.org Home of the SnarkCast Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2009,2010,2011,2012 grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) 1440 http://www.dc-mmo.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Dragon*Con MMO http://www.dc-mmo.org 144 144 http://www.dc-mmo.org/category/podcast/feed/ SnarkCast - The Next Episode Catch up with Grimthorn and Netgoth as they snark on about all things MMO. Also including Dragon*Con MMO track news. DragonCon, mmo, mmorpg, informational, Dragon*Con, gamer, geek, snarky Grim and Netgoth Grim and Netgoth grimthorn@dc-mmo.org no yes It’s official! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/08/its-official/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/08/its-official/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:30:27 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1976 [...]]]> Well, our schedule is up, and surprise, surprise, there are no changes from the “Unofficial” version posted a while back. =)  If you want full schedules for everyone else, well, Uncle Grimmy’s got your hookup.

By this time, 4 days from now, the crew will be descending upon an unsuspecting Sheraton hotel.   If you’re not there, it’s your loss.

In other news, the folks over at The Unique Geek will be interviewing Grim on Monday night as part of their excellent “40 Days of Dragon*Con” series.  Those of you “jonesing” for a SnarkCast fix will have to wait until after the convention.   Or… You could show up at the Sheraton’s Savannah Room at 10:00 AM on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday and catch Krystalle and Grim in the act LIVE at Dragon*Con.

Anyone want to lay odds on whether or not Krystalle can keep Grim in line while recording in front of a live audience?

Shall we upgrade the degree of difficulty a bit?  Let’s have some guests show up while we’re at it! (Psst:  We have Oxhorn on Friday and Jeff Lewis from The Guild on Saturday!)

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/08/its-official/feed/ 0 Another year has come and gone – The 2009 DC*MMO Wrapup Post http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:03:50 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1069 [...]]]> Thanks so much to all of the fans who came out to see us at this year.  We are still in the process of braindumping and writing “after action reports” so that we retain all of the information and lessons that we have learned at this year’s convention.  Some highlights.

We WTFPWNED! the old Thriller Dance record set at William & Mary (Bill and Buffy) University.  They had just over 200 people dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.  Dragon*Con had over 900.

Comic-Con took the record for largest charity blood drive from us…briefly.  We retook the record with over 1900 units of blood donated.  ’s own “Horde vs. Alliance” blood drive saw 250 donors step up and bleed for a good cause.  My most sincere thanks to everyone who gave. (even if it did make you a cheap drunk for the rest of the weekend… Don’t think we didn’t notice.)

50 panels and events on the MMO track this year, and hardly a “bomb scare” in the bunch.   Thank you to our guests and panelists for making this year’s DC*MMO track such a success.

Felicia Day is amazingly cool, and apparently had a really good time at Dragon*Con.  Thank you Felicia, and thank you fans for showing her a good time this year.  Felicia screened all of seasons 1 and 2 as well as the first episode of season 3 which debuted last week just before the convention started.

Thank you Funcom for throwing a killer party on Friday night!

Thank you Sony Online Entertainment for throwing a killer… well… all day Sunday!

Thank you CCP, Cartoon Network, Wardog Studios, Artix Entertainment, Hi-Rez Studios, Massively.com, and WoW.com for hosting excellent panels and events for us.  We look forward to working with you again next year.

Thank you, WoWTCGLoot.com, NCSoft, iZ3D,  and Turbine for donating prizes for us to give away this year.

Most of all, thank you to my staff of unpaid volunteers who busted their humps for me all year long in order to pull this weekend off.

My assistant directors, Trevor Legg and Krystalle Voecks.  I could not have done this without you two by my side to keep me sane and remind me of all of the things that could have slipped through the cracks.  Trevor’s ideas and ability to think creatively (I hate the term “outside the box”) and Krystalle’s organizational skills and industry knowledge were both absolutely essential to our success.  I thank you both.

To the rest of the gang, Michael McGreevy, Rafe Brox, Ian Wickenkamp (I didn’t forget you this year!!!), Jonna Crane, Doug Keller, Scott Blanks, Jay & Sheryl Sturrock, Sam Levine (Happy Birthday!) and all of the folks who stuck around and chipped in to help us even though they didn’t have to… You have my thanks, and that doesn’t even begin to cover it.  I put you guys through a pretty brutal wringer this year, and you all came through shining brightly.  Rest well, you have earned it.

Planning for Dragon*Con 2010 starts next week. :-)

-Grim

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/feed/ 2 Oh, and another sign that we’re getting close… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:42:51 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1009 You may see this plastered somewhere around the convention.  When I tell you that we can always use creative talent, this is why.   I actually had to do this bit of photoshoppery myself.

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]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/feed/ 3 The schedule is almost ready… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 01:12:08 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=888 [...]]]>
  • 65+ hours of programming…
  • 43 events…
  • 23 ’s (and counting…)
  • 9 ballroom events…
  • 9 game development companies (we’re not done yet…)
  • 6 parties…
  • 2 best-selling authors…
  • 1 amazingly cool geek celebrity gamer babe…
  • a live action quest that lasts all weekend…
  • …and a charity event that we’re gonna make you bleed for.  (Relax, it’s part of the blood drive.)

    • That’s what we have in place so far for the MMO track this year.  More importantly, we’re not done yet.

    We’ve got a few more commitments to nail down.  Once we submit the final to the powers that be, we’ll post an unofficial here.  Once the is made official, we’ll have links to iCal and XML files so you can put the entire weekend of events in your phone or PDA.  Why?  Because we’re geeks, and we love our toys too.

    Stay tuned, folks.  We’re only a couple more months away.

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/feed/ 0     New poll! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/new-poll/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/new-poll/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 01:28:54 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=881 [...]]]> So we’re trying to decide if/when/where/why/how to show The Guild at Dragon*Con this year because it just doesn’t seem right to have Felicia Day do a Q&A on the show and not make it available for her fans (or the curious among us) to see and enjoy at the convention.

    So we’re asking you.

    You can also get to this survey (and all of our other surveys) by clicking the link at the top of our main page.  Thanks for your input!

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