Who/What: Diplocon 2 (and you!)
When: 5 PM November 3, 2006 to 5 PM November 5, 2006
Where: Franklin & Marshall College, Stager Hall; Lancaster, PA
E-mail: diplocon[at]gmail.com (questions/concerns ONLY, please!)
Advance Cost: $5 under age 15; $10 with current college ID; $15 general admission
At-the-Door Cost: $5 under age 15; $15 with current college ID; $20 general admission
Guests: Dr. McNinja, Michael Poe (of Errant Story), Connie B. Pierce
Events: hall cosplay, anime screenings, DDR, Guitar Hero, RPGs, board and card games, video gaming, LAN gaming (Bring Your Own Computer), gaming contests with prizes, how-to-play workshops, Artists' Alley, dealers' room
It is done. It was a success. Thanks to the following, without whom it couldn't have happened:
Our Guests:
The gentlemen of Dr. McNinja
Michael Poe and Hilary Hatch, creator of Errant Story and his fiancee
Connie Pierce, who provided massage workshops and seated massages
Our Sponsors:
Bawls, Wizards of the Coast, WizKids Games, ADV, FUNimation, Park City Center, Barnes & Noble, Twilight Creations, Dead Gentlemen, Rio Grande Games, the Communications Office (the members of which graciously advertised for us in their publications and online)
Our Hosts:
Gaming Society, who lent us their games and staffing power
DDR Club, who lent us their equipment and staffing power
Anime Club, who lent us their anime and staffing power
Franklin & Marshall, for hosting us the second year in a row
Our Attendees:
Members of the press from F&M's College Reporter, Intelligencer Journal, and The Patriot-News
Cosplayers, gamers, and everyone in between! (YOU make the con!!)
Our lovely staff (including the GMs, volunteers, and organizers)!
And finally...
Our Organizers:
Josh, who spent hours getting us guests and doing all things guest-related
Craig and Shig, who specialized in board and card games and LAN
Elizabeth, our irreplaceable secretary and Lady of Organization and Holding It Together
Jessyka, who designed Danny (and Oliver) and Artists' Alley go-to girl
Viannah, Anime Mistress who sat at the registration table much longer than necessary
Kim, Hero Support and general cheerful cheerleader
DeRogatis, Sarcasm Central and RPG go-to guy
And especially Pedro, DDR master and Knower of All Things
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Success!! |
November 6, 2006 |
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Thanks to all who attended Diplocon II and especially thanks to those who helped us pull it off! Check back for updates about Diplocon 3! |
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Schedule and Preregistration |
September 30, 2006 |
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THE SCHEDULE IS DONE!!! WOOHOO. Celebrate one and all. On another note, we'll be having a pre-registration sale from October 29th-November 4th. This of course means $5 less from the at door price. If you can't make it here for that, remember that we do have a registration page. |
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Massages at Diplocon |
September 23, 2006 |
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We just got a new guest. Her name is Connie Pierce, a local masseur who is very interested in coming to Diplocon. She will be teaching some aspects of massages - both techniques and important information - and she will be doing massages (for a smell fee). Come learn how to give massages or to better your own abilities. |
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Guests and Information |
September 12, 2006 |
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We have news on two guests that are coming although we may have more. Michael Poe (writer of Errant Story) and Dr. McNinja are almost fully confirmed for coming. We are looking into bringing the Dead Gentlemen so that they can screen Gamers 2. Also, we would love to have a LAN party but we'd need for you all to BYOC, i.e. Bring Your Own Computers. We will also be holding a Pirates game. In case you do not know what Pirates is, it is a game involving ships that you buy in booster packs. Very fun. We are also organizing a visit to the local Comic Store which would allow you to buy whatever it is that you liked at Diplocon. That's all for now. |
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And More Sponsors |
June 2, 2006 |
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This just in: We'll be having a Play-through. What is a play-through you might ask? It literally means that there will be a game always running that will be played through by anyone around. The chosen game for this year is Final Fantasy VII. We will also be getting some stuff from Twilight Creations at the con as door prizes. Hurray for sponsors. More News on guests and such as we get them finalized. |
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More Sponsors |
June 2, 2006 |
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Rio Grande Games is going to be coming down with a demo. Maybe a new and unheard of game... oooooh Spooky. Also, SquareEnix is still due to get back to me so we'll see how that goes. In other news I'm almost halfway done contacting the 500 colleges I set out to contact. Many have replied and shown a great generosity in that they are willing to contact people and one was even willing to print and post adverts that we send them. Started updating the events calendar although I'll leave it offline for a while until it's worth looking at, i.e. has something on it. More updates to come as I start hearing back from the Guest Planner and other sponsors. |
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Sponsors, Dealers and Guests |
May 26, 2006 |
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RedOctane is sponsoring us! So is Bawls, again. The College Bookstore and KB Toys agreed to deal for us so we will actually have a dealers' room this time around.. Still working out some things with the guests (like which ones we want to call). As soon as we know something, you'll know something. |
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| Time | 212 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 219 | 316 | 318 | 319 | 320 | Hallway |
| 5-5:30pm | Closed | Begin FFVII Playthrough | Set-Up | Open Gaming | Closed | Set-Up | ||||
| 5:30-6pm | ||||||||||
| 6-6:30pm | Chrono Crusade | Dealer’s Room | Pirates Demo | Artist Alley | ||||||
| 6:30-7pm | GTO | |||||||||
| 7-7:30pm | Vampire Princess Miyu | Opening | Ceremony | |||||||
| 7:30-8pm | Halo Singles Tournament | RPG | ||||||||
| 8-8:30pm | Fruits Basket | The Gamers | ||||||||
| 8:30-9pm | Shadows Over Camelot | RPG | ||||||||
| 9-9:30pm | Tenchi Muyo GXP | Gungrave | ||||||||
| 9:30-10pm | ||||||||||
| 10-10:30pm | Hellsing | CounterStrike 1.6 Tournament | Closed | Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal | Closed | |||||
| 10:30-11pm | ||||||||||
| 11-11:30pm | Outlaw Star | Apples to Apples | ||||||||
| 11:30-12am | ||||||||||
| Time | 212 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 219 | 316 | 318 | 319 | 320 | Hallway |
| 12-12:30am | Saber Marionette J | CounterStrike 1.6 Tournament (cont) | Closed | Game-o-Rama (Open Gaming) | Neon Genesis Evangelion | RPG | Closed | |||
| 12:30-1am | ||||||||||
| 1-1:30am | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | |||||||||
| 1:30-2am | Fake (13+ Only) | |||||||||
| 2-2:30am | Carpe Noctem (Open Anime) | |||||||||
| 2:30-3am | Carpe Noctem (Open Anime) | |||||||||
| 3-3:30am | ||||||||||
| 3:30-4am | ||||||||||
| 4-4:30am | ||||||||||
| 4:30-5am | ||||||||||
| 5-5:30am | ||||||||||
| 5:30-6am | ||||||||||
| 6-6:30am | ||||||||||
| 6:30-7am | ||||||||||
| 7-7:30am | Devil Hunter Yohko | |||||||||
| 7:30-8am | Gravition (13+ Only) | |||||||||
| 8-8:30am | RPG | |||||||||
| 8:30-9am | ||||||||||
| 9-9:30am | Set-Up | RPG | Set-Up | |||||||
| 9:30-10am | Ruruoni Kenshin | |||||||||
| 10-10:30am | Soul Calibur Tournament | Dealer’s Room | Fluxx | Artist Alley | ||||||
| 10:30-11am | Magic Knight Rayearth | |||||||||
| 11-11:30am | Spiral | |||||||||
| 11:30-12pm | Somedays's Dreamers | Ticket to Ride Tournament | ||||||||
| 12-12:30pm | Kiddy Grade | |||||||||
| 12:30-1pm | I My Me Strawberry Eggs | |||||||||
| 1-1:30pm | Free Lunch (Open Anime) | RPG | ||||||||
| 1:30-2pm | Martian Sucessor Nadesico | Settlers of Catan Tournament | ||||||||
| 2-2:30pm | DDR Tournament | RPG | ||||||||
| 2:30-3pm | Now & Then, Here & There | |||||||||
| 3-3:30pm | Yu Yu Hakusho | |||||||||
| 3:30-4pm | Dai-Guard | |||||||||
| 4-4:30pm | HeroClix | Last Exile | ||||||||
| 4:30-5pm | Serial Experiments Lain | |||||||||
| 5-5:30pm | Samurai Champloo | |||||||||
| 5:30-6pm | It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere (Open Anime) | Super Smash Brothers Tournament | ||||||||
| 6-6:30pm | MechWarrior | Kino's Journey | RPG | |||||||
| 6:30-7pm | ||||||||||
| 7-7:30pm | Read or Die TV | RPG | ||||||||
| 7:30-8pm | Halo Team Tournament | |||||||||
| 8-8:30pm | Killer Bunnies | Trigun | ||||||||
| 8:30-9pm | The Gamers | |||||||||
| 9-9:30pm | DearS | |||||||||
| 9:30-10pm | Witch Hunter Robin | |||||||||
| 10-10:30pm | Counter Strike 1.6 Tournament | Closed | HeroClix | Kaleido Star | Closed | |||||
| 10:30-11pm | Escaflowne | |||||||||
| 11-11:30pm | RPG | |||||||||
| 11:30-12am | Berserk | Gantz |
| Time | 212 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 219 | 316 | 318 | 319 | 320 | Hallway |
| 12-12:30am | Berserk (cont) | Counter Strike 1.6 Tournament (cont) | Closed | DOOM! The Board Game | Gantz (cont) | RPG | Closed | |||
| 12:30-1am | Weiß Kruze | |||||||||
| 1-1:30am | S-Cry-Ed | |||||||||
| 1:30-2am | Carpe Noctem (Open Anime) | |||||||||
| 2-2:30am | Carpe Noctem (Open Anime) | Game-o-Rama (Open Gaming) | ||||||||
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| 6-6:30am | ||||||||||
| 6:30-7am | Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie | |||||||||
| 7-7:30am | Grave of the Fireflies | |||||||||
| 7:30-8am | ||||||||||
| 8-8:30am | Samurai Gun | RPG | ||||||||
| 8:30-9am | Earth Girl Arjuna | |||||||||
| 9-9:30am | Set-Up | Get Backers | RPG | Set-Up | ||||||
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| 10-10:30am | Dealer’s Room | Fluxx Tournament | Doggy Poo | Artist Alley | ||||||
| 10:30-11am | His and Her Circumstances | |||||||||
| 11-11:30am | Mario Kart Tournament | Full Metal Panic! | ||||||||
| 11:30-12pm | ||||||||||
| 12-12:30pm | Fullmetal Alchemist | MechWarrior | Akira | |||||||
| 12:30-1pm | ||||||||||
| 1-1:30pm | Gunslinger Girl | HeroClix | RPG | |||||||
| 1:30-2pm | Guitar Hero Tournament | Boogiepop Phantom | ||||||||
| 2-2:30pm | Please Teacher! | Trivial Pursuit Extravaganza | ||||||||
| 2:30-3pm | Dual! | |||||||||
| 3-3:30pm | Scrapped Princess | HeroClix | ||||||||
| 3:30-4pm | Infinite Ryvius | |||||||||
| 4-4:30pm | Closed | Closed | End of Con Surprise | Closed | ||||||
| 4:30-5pm | Closed |
![]() Wizards of the Coast |
![]() Bawls |
![]() Rio Grande Games |
![]() Twilight Creations |
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