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A-Kon/JACON Conference Call

Postby Rozard » Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:27 pm

As many of you know, A-Kon and JACON fall on the same weekend (May 30th - June 1st). Since I am not able to be in Texas with my La Familia brothers, I was planning on calling them sometime during the convention. Then I had this wonderful idea: "Why not orchestrate a humongeous conference call between all the AMV creators at both JACON and A-Kon?!" :D

My mind started going off on tangets, thinking of things like speaker phones, video conferencing, etc. First off, the big question is "Who is interested in a conference call?" :? I know the RVP and Hypeo crew would be down for me calling them, but what about everyone else? Who all would want to be involved? Who has a phone that can be used for conferencing? Would there be anyone willing to bring equipment for video conferencing and such? I'm not exactly a technical wizard by any means, so I really don't know what all would go into this endeavor. There's still over a month to plan this thing, so I figured I'd get it out here as soon as possible.

*Allows idea to fester*
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Re: A-Kon/JACON Conference Call

Postby dwchang » Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:40 pm

Rozard wrote:As many of you know, A-Kon and JACON fall on the same weekend (May 30th - June 1st). Since I am not able to be in Texas with my La Familia brothers, I was planning on calling them sometime during the convention. Then I had this wonderful idea: "Why not orchestrate a humongeous conference call between all the AMV creators at both JACON and A-Kon?!" :D

My mind started going off on tangets, thinking of things like speaker phones, video conferencing, etc. First off, the big question is "Who is interested in a conference call?" :? I know the RVP and Hypeo crew would be down for me calling them, but what about everyone else? Who all would want to be involved? Who has a phone that can be used for conferencing? Would there be anyone willing to bring equipment for video conferencing and such? I'm not exactly a technical wizard by any means, so I really don't know what all would go into this endeavor. There's still over a month to plan this thing, so I figured I'd get it out here as soon as possible.

*Allows idea to fester*


d00d! That's a great idea! If it were in Austin, I could help out with video-conferencing and whatnot, but well..it's not :(.

IIRC Ian, Tim, Hsien, MTT, EK, Vlad (unsure on this..maybe it was Otakon) and so on will be at JACON.
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Postby Rozard » Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:43 pm

No, they'll all be at JACON (maybe Otakon as well). Why can't you help in Austin? Are you not able to transport the equipment? Please keep in mind that I truly have no clue as to what is required, so I may be asking you to move something the size of an X-ray machine without knowing it :?
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Postby dwchang » Tue Apr 15, 2003 5:01 pm

Rozard wrote:No, they'll all be at JACON (maybe Otakon as well). Why can't you help in Austin? Are you not able to transport the equipment? Please keep in mind that I truly have no clue as to what is required, so I may be asking you to move something the size of an X-ray machine without knowing it :?


Yeah I know they're gonna be there..that's why I...said they'd be there :). Only one I'm unsure on is Vlad. I believe almost all of them (subtract MTT) will be at Otakon as well. Curious as to why Ian picked JACON as one of his US cons since it's smaller. Then again, a lot of people will be there (shrug).

At my office we have tons of video conferencing room (yes I said ROOMS). The equipment necessary is quite expensive and bulky. Then again, the hotel we are at for A-Kon is pretty big, so it's quite possible they have the equipment to begin with. How about you guys? Perhaps the MTT gang would know since it's their local con.
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Re: A-Kon/JACON Conference Call

Postby dwchang » Tue Apr 15, 2003 5:32 pm

dwchang wrote:IIRC Ian, Tim, Hsien, MTT, EK, Vlad (unsure on this..maybe it was Otakon) and so on will be at JACON.


Since Vlad is nice enough and I know he'll respond, don't bother. He IS going to JACON. All I had to do was read a previous thread where he replied to me...just figured I'd post that and save you a post :-P
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:30 pm

I chose Jacon mainly because of my participation in the Disney DDR project which should be showing there... that and a lot of my friends will be there.

Plus florida in june sounded appealing :)
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:03 pm

Yep, will be a JACON (And Otakon) and will even have something in the contest! I really had fun with my Disney DDR track and sure the project is all done for the con! Ironically, I think it's the most funnest track I've done for DDR and probably me best!

Yep, Florida is so appealing by that time of year :D


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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:06 pm

Not sure about Ian being at Otakon though....

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Postby Rozard » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:09 pm

LOL! Florida appealing :lol: Not unless you've lived here all your life. Of course, after a few years you get used to the muggy heat, constant rain and clouds of mosquitos :?

But getting back on the topic at hand *ahem* would anyone be remotely interested in the whole conference call idea? :neutral:
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Postby dwchang » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:43 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Yep, will be a JACON (And Otakon) and will even have something in the contest! I really had fun with my Disney DDR track and sure the project is all done for the con! Ironically, I think it's the most funnest track I've done for DDR and probably me best!

Yep, Florida is so appealing by that time of year :D


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A new video? Wow...hope you put it up after the contest :). I hated waiting so long for "I'll Stand by You" and AWA. By the way, nice grammar....unless you meant that :) (btw I'm only nitpicking b/c you seem to generally have good grammar).

Texas isn't appealing that time of year....100 degrees, sunny and no breeze. Yay for A-kon :(.

Rozard wrote:But getting back on the topic at hand *ahem* would anyone be remotely interested in the whole conference call idea?


I'm an "anyone." :( I said something :(....blargh :)
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:54 pm

dwchang wrote:
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Yep, will be a JACON (And Otakon) and will even have something in the contest! I really had fun with my Disney DDR track and sure the project is all done for the con! Ironically, I think it's the most funnest track I've done for DDR and probably me best!
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A new video? Wow...hope you put it up after the contest :). I hated waiting so long for "I'll Stand by You" and AWA. By the way, nice grammar....unless you meant that :) (btw I'm only nitpicking b/c you seem to generally have good grammar).


Yep, funny how a few missplased letters can do..It should be "Probably my best".... We already knew I'm the best! :wink: :roll: :P ...Yea, right

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Postby Machine » Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:21 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Yep, funny how a few missplased letters can do..It should be "Probably my best".... We already knew I'm the best! :wink: :roll: :P ...Yea, right

Vlad



Talkin to the Vlad on the phone while holding deh alcohol in the other??? I'm so game for that one 8)

Anyone else who would want to talk to little ol' me would be fun too =). Hearing Ian' sexy british accent would make the call so worth it :D
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:25 am

Machine wrote:Talkin to the Vlad on the phone while holding deh alcohol in the other??? I'm so game for that one 8)

Anyone else who would want to talk to little ol' me would be fun too =). Hearing Ian' sexy british accent would make the call so worth it :D


:shock: :shock:

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Postby dwchang » Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:31 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Yep, funny how a few missplased letters can do..It should be "Probably my best".... We already knew I'm the best! :wink: :roll: :P ...Yea, right

Vlad


Again..just nitpicking...:-P

As for the best...I'd say you'd have to take on some of the other "contenders" in an Iron Chef :). Surprised no con has asked you. I believe we need one for ACen (nudge nudge) :).

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Machine wrote:Talkin to the Vlad on the phone while holding deh alcohol in the other??? I'm so game for that one

Anyone else who would want to talk to little ol' me would be fun too =). Hearing Ian' sexy british accent would make the call so worth it


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Took the...err...expression right off my face :-P

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Postby Red Wolf » Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:42 am

Poor Rozard, his thread has been hijacked :(

I will be attending JACON and would be interested in a conference call. Even if it just ends up being a lot of hyper/drunk AMV creators yelling at each other so no one understands a word it would still be a neat "first time" event.

I have a cell phone which has just about unlimited minutes on the weekend (starts Friday at 8:00 PM). It doesn't have a built in speaker function but it can plug into a headset so in theory it should be able to plug into a phone speaker system if we could dig one up. I will also have my iBook with me and I will have 56K dial up access in Orlando.

What would be really nice is a high speed connection at both locations but I wouldn't count on it.
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