[penguicon-general] Random Panel suggestion.

[Rob Landley]

On Thursday 31 August 2006 12:40 pm, Greg wrote:
> --- Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why? The question is, would con attendees show up for that panel? I
> > bet they would....
> 
> Just because you CAN do something, doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD.

That's not just a can or should, that was a _DID_.

To quote from the Text Mode Quake web page:
http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/

> BUT WHY, DAMMIT? WHY?
>
> If you have to ask why, you're not a member of the intended audience. Please
> go on about your business and accept my apologies for this distraction. 

You seem to object to the convention having any activities that you, 
personally, are not interested in.  You object to their presence.  You've 
already brought up things we already _did_ as examples of things we shouldn't 
do.

We've had a "geeks with guns" trip to the shooting range every year.  We have 
martial arts (live swordfighting and "self defense for geeks").  We have 
alcohol (free beer and the scotch tasting).  We have panels about hot sauce.  
We have multiple types of group construction projects (the chaos machine and 
junkyard wars).  We have live action musical performances (not just filk, we 
have Rocky Horror and Buffy the Vampire Slayer singalong).  Only about half 
of thoe are at all interesting to me, I'm the event's co-founder!

We poured liquid nitrogen into the swimming pool for no more reason than we do 
anything else:

1) we could,
2) it seemed like fun at the time.

We'd never had liquid nitrogen ice cream at previous years, but it was enough 
of a success that we plan to have it back.  Yes, that's brand new stuff with 
no relation to any of our old stuff, becoming a tradition before we've even 
managed to do it a second time.

Rob
-- 
Never bet against the cheap plastic solution.