Check them out in the photos section here!
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MARCON 2010 Review: Serious Traditionby Sam - June 16th, 2010 |
Columbus Ohio is a popular town for nerd conventions. It was the location of Ohayocon 2010 in January and in June it will host Origins Game Fair, a premiere gaming convention. While considerable in their own right, these conventions will have had to be around for a bit longer to compare with the tremendous Sci-Fi convention we attended May 28th to the 30th. Known for being the longest running sci-fi convention in the Midwest, Marcon (Multiple Alternative Realities Convention) just celebrated its 45th year and we were lucky enough to be there as loyal members of an established organization invaded the Columbus Convention Center.
As the name implies, Marcon fosters a broad number of fandoms, including video game, role-playing, science fiction, zombie fanaticisms and anime. While their prime focus is their diehard sci-fi community, the con respects other interests and we found ourselves not at a complete loss surrounded by earnest Dr. Who-lians and Trekkies. Thursday afternoon the Enthusiasts (with a new van!) set off for this adventure into the unknown, prepared for some zombie killing techniques and Mountain Dew. As it turns out, both of these items came in very handy over the weekend.
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Quick update.by Nick - June 16th, 2010 |
We are trying to get everything back on track and get back on our normal wed update schedule. Im working on uploading our backlog of photos to the gallery, getting something like 40+ videos done and working on our convention schedule for the rest of the year.
The girls are working on the Acen, Marcon and OMGcon reviews for the site in the next few days.
We are going full-time starting this weekend so we hope to get faster at getting everything out for you. Please support us by donating or purchasing a print at our convention photobooths!
Working on a paypal checkout system that will allow you to mail-order ANY photo in the gallery. Ill keep you updated on that as we get it going.
A huge thanks to all our fans and we hope that we can provide even more for you over the next year!
See you soon!
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Downloads page is live!by Nick - May 27th, 2010 |
We have been talking about trying this for a while and I finally got permission from my hosting team to start putting up videos for download. You can find the download page by clicking the downloads button on the navigation bar or by clicking here.
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Working, Working, Working….by Nick - May 17th, 2010 |
Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by the site. We are working on over 28 hours of video from ACEN and processing the photos today (monday). I hope to start getting them uploaded to our facebook fansite for tagging and will get them up in higher resolution here later on tonight or tomorrow. We have over 1000 photos to go through. 
We also have the following videos we are hoping to get done by the end of the week:
Megatokyo press interview + panel
ACEN Soap bubble
First 5-6 Masq skits
I will be checking with my hosting company to see if we can provide a few of the videos for download so you can watch them in full HD on your computer.
Check back soon! In the meantime please like us on facebook and upload some of your own pictures!
Anime Central Masquerade LIVE!by admin - May 15th, 2010 |
Welcome to all our fans and all the new folks we met at ACen! We will be proudly hosting our first ever live event tonight at approx 6pm CST. The Anime Central Masquerade LIVE!
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Quick before ACen update.by Nick - May 4th, 2010 |
I will not have a chance to update the site before we head out to ACen so just a few quick notes:
Check out our facebook fan page which will have updates as to whats going on and where we will be at at ACen!
We will be attempting to broadcast the masquerade LIVE at ACen. You can click our LIVE! button on the bar above to see the viewer. If everything goes well you can watch it live or anytime afterword immediately via the on-demand section. I wanted to use 2 HD cameras for this but we are running out of budget for Acen and will have to settle for 1 HD cam for live. We will still be doing 3 HD camera footage for youtube though and will get those out as soon as possible after ACen.
Hope to see you there!
Another quick update! 5/7/10
We are starting to add our videos to facebook so you can tag yourself if you are in it. No more “It’s me at 3:14″! Get on over to our facebook fanpage!
Update 5/10/10
Megatokyo confirmed that we can film their panel!!! YEY! I am a HUGE Megatokyo fan. ^_^ We tested our live broadcasting gear over the weekend and our feedback was good. Ordered a CLEAR WiMAX card this morning as a 3rd option if our att or sprint 3g cards dont work at the Hyatt. Im working on all the animations and stuff we will be using for Acen and im still hoping to get to the Hyatt today (monday) or tomorrow (tues) to do some filming for a “Get ready!” video. We will see how things go.
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Update 4/22/10by Nick - April 22nd, 2010 |
Enthusiasts News:
Lots of stuff going on lately for us. We have been doing alot of testing and getting the equipment necessary to start doing live HD streaming of events and masquerades at conventions starting with our 1 year anniversary convention ACEN! We are really excited about this and think it will be a hit. You will be able to see everything as it happens and if you miss it, you can watch the archived show immediately. Right now we plan on doing 2 HD cameras for the live stream and 3 for the youtube skit uploads. If we can get some sponsors, ads or support from the conventions we will expand that into a full 5 HD camera live streaming setup over the next year. If you or your company / con is interested in sponsoring us or buying some ad space please contact us by clicking contact at the above link.
Secondly we finally got another HD editing station setup for Brandi! She is learning final cut and already working on some videos to start chipping away at the backlog we have. My real life job has been eating a ton of my time over the last month so this should help us stay somewhat current. Alot of people want to see things right away and we wish we could do that for you but until we can make this a full time job it will take us a few weeks sometimes to get stuff up for you. We are working on that part though. 
Convention News:
C2E2
Soulcrash just got back from C2E2 last weekend and is working on getting us his video and photos. Im really looking forward to seeing these and Ron always does a great job. C2E2’s press department was great to work with and very responsive. Im really looking forward to bringing the entire crew to this convention next year and according to what Ron has told me its a GREAT time. For those of you needing a fix before ACEN in the Chicago area its a great one to put on your list.
Anime Central 2010
We confirmed with the ACEN press department at C2E2 that we have our press badges for ACEN and we could not be more excited!!! ACEN is our home convention and we are happy that our yearly anniversaries will always be spent here! Im working on putting together our shooting schedule for the con but right now here is what we are looking at:
Megatokyo 10 year anniversary panel (pending authorization from ACEN still)
Spoony Bards Concert *Confirmed!
ACEN Masquerade
ACEN Soap Bubble
And Sewing Is Half The Battle Cosplay Panels
Remember that you can still vote on our facebook fan page in the discussions section to get a panel into our shooting list.
We will hopefully have two teams this year with cameras roaming the hallways looking for your cosplay picture. Make sure to track us down!
In other news we will be handing out badge ribbons throughout the convention. 1 of these will be our 1 year anniversary ribbon and two other secret ones that you will have to check on the site during the convention to find out how to get! On sunday we plan to award a $50 visa gift card to the first 2 people to collect all 3 ribbons during the convention! In the future we hope to be giving out at least 2 ribbons at each convention we attend.
Other Conventions:
Marcon is coming up right after ACEN and we are looking forward to it. Im still waiting on press badges and authorization to do photos and film while there but im sure it will go through. The Wold Steampunk Expo is the same weekend as Marcon and we are working to get Soulcrash up to cover that one. Next year I hope they are not on the same date so we can bring the entire crew to both.
OMGcon is our first convention in june and this one is a BALL. We love OMGcon to death and highly recommend that you attend if possible. They have some really fun events and the staff is amazing. Paducah KY is not that far of a drive and its totally worth it. At the end of june is JAFAX! Up in Grand Rapids MI this is an amazing FREE 2 day con. We had a lot of fun there last year and are really looking forward to going again.
Event News:
This weekend we will be at the Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl! This event is a great time and we highly suggest you go if you are in the Chicago area. Its followed up by a full on Zombie March in June and we will be there as well! BRAAAAAINSSSS! /NOM I will be bringing out my Tallahassee cosplay for this year.
Project News:
We are still working on getting the cosplay wiki off the ground and hope to have that open to the public in the next 2-3 months. It will be the first wiki of its kind devoted ENTIRELY to cosplay. How to make costumes, makeup, props… everything you need to help you make those awesome wings you have seen, etc. We are hoping that it will help out the cosplay community a bunch and cant wait to see how its used.
Contest News:
DSLite Contest…. hummmm…. maybe I set the number of emails too high? Seems that we are not getting alot of interest in this so I think we will bring the DS to ACEN and try to give it away in some fashion. Maybe for the ribbon gathering as a prize? If you have an idea be sure to let us know!
Cool stuff:
(This will be an attempt to show you some fun crazy stuff and maybe recommend some good anime to you.)
This site is pretty awesome: http://web-japan.org/trends/science/sci071003.html , http://web-japan.org/trends/science/sci061215.html
We found a link over at Anime News Network that we thought was fun: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-21/gurren-lagann-iphone-app-lands-in-u.s-eva-apps-planned
I totally downloaded iYoko. >.>
Right now for anime we are mostly watching Chugo Chara still and Soul Eater which are both really good. Some of our friends have recommended this one: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3750
Remember to check out our Facebook Fan Page (All the really cool stuff is happening here!) and follow us on Twitter. We are posting all our photos on facebook for you and your friends to tag. We really do ALOT on the fanpage so make sure you check it out!
