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Expo Icrontic 2009

Expo Icrontic 2009

epic2009It’s time to book your flights and commit, damn it! Icrontic’s sixth annual summer event is hereby formally announced and open for registrations.

The official dates are June 24-28, 2009. The cost is $65, which gets you a t-shirt, badge, swag, and 4 days of awesome. Thanks to Event Brite, registration is automated and we can accept lots more forms of payment. Bring some cash  so you don’t miss out on the awesome Food Tour destination each night, lazer tag, golf, or any of the other epic stuff we’re doing.

You’ll definitely want Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 loaded on your system, but vote on other games during registration. Speaking of which, we’re collecting all our event-related info directly through the registration form, so buckle down and answer the quick questionnaire so we know what’s what. The rest of what you need to know is on the registration page.

As usual, we have a hard cap of 50 attendees due to space constraints, so don’t screw around. Put in for your vacation time now, fool.

Tickets go on sale at 9am eastern.

UPDATE 1:30pm EST: The dates are June 24-28! I apologize for my error, I didn’t update my Google calendar after they were done playing footsy with the dates. If you have already registered and cannot attend now, please let me know and I’ll refund you immediately.

Comments

  1. Thrax
    Thrax first.

    //edit: First as soon as I can add a ticket.
  2. Linc
    Linc Pre-emptive answer to "why's it more than last year?":

    We need the fee to fully cover the costs this year. We've been subsidizing much of it every year, which we can't afford to do any more. The fee needs to cover:
    • Event tent
    • T-shirts & badges
    • Electricity & water bills
    • Port-a-potty rental
    • Hardware for infrastructure upgrades
    The fee in past years hasn't even covered the first two completely. Anywho, we hope the cost isn't a deterrent, we just can't end up poorer than we already are :D
  3. MiracleManS
    MiracleManS I cannot put in for vacation time until I have the time accrued, which means...I have to wait another two months to even get the days off.
  4. GnomeQueen
    GnomeQueen Wait, I thought that we were changing the dates? FC called me about it and everything. This could be a problem now.... I might be helping orphans in New Orleans this weekend! :(
  5. jared
    jared In fosho, ticket purchased.

    Let the count down begin. :jared:
  6. Cyclonite
    Cyclonite Registered! Woo!
  7. mas0n
    mas0n My whole damn family is coming. Will purchase tickets later today. We are driving from Dallas and stopping in Kentucky for one day to see some family. I'll post the days/route in case any one wants to caravan for part of it.

    :cheers:
  8. Thrax
    Thrax S-s-siggidy-sold.
  9. Snarkasm
  10. Ryder
    Ryder In and Done..... btw.. WTF? :p
  11. pigflipper
    pigflipper w00t w00t those dates work for me!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. Winfrey
    Winfrey Another one of these?
  13. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm Vacation applied for and approved. I'll be coming out Monday afternoon or Tuesday. See you all there. :)
  14. Garg
    Garg Pfft, vacation. I just won't show up to school.
  15. Dare
    Dare I'd love to get out there and meet some of you folks and hang out, but as I have no clue what lifes gonna throw at me next, I can't wager a yea or a nae. Pity.
  16. TiberiusLazarus
    TiberiusLazarus Do we have to do this thing again? Didn't we have one of these last year?



    Oh wait....DO WANT!
  17. CB
    CB I signed up to arrive Wednesday, but that might be pushed to Thursday, work depending...
  18. Jokke
    Jokke OMG, so cheap air fares... $700 is definately affordable for almost a week of EPIC. Do you take VISA on the entry fee?
  19. Snarkasm
  20. pigflipper
    pigflipper Paid and good to go. I don't know yet if I will be arriving Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. I thought I had enough to book my flight today, but not so much.

    Should be booking my flight in the next week or two to get the best prices.
  21. _k
    _k I am down like Donkey Kong. _k registered adds +1 to The Carothers Caravan!
  22. Linc
    Linc jokke! Awesome, I'm really excited to have you come over.
  23. GHoosdum
    GHoosdum
    Wait, I thought that we were changing the dates? FC called me about it and everything. This could be a problem now.... I might be helping orphans in New Orleans this weekend! :(

    Oops. Thanks for the heads-up. Yeah I thought Greg had changed it back to the original weekend also. I registered before I looked, but I won't be there the weekend of the 20th.
  24. Colgere
    Colgere I think this is the thread that is causing the confusion with the dates.....

    http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77310
  25. Ryder
    Ryder The dates in EventBrite are wrong.. BTW.... 24 - 28th of June is the Expo.

    Yes Colgere, that is the correct thread :)
  26. Colgere
    Colgere Ironically, I probably won't be able to go anyways, but I figured I'd point out the issue for everyone else involved. :)
  27. Linc
    Linc I have changed the dates to the correct ones. I sincerely apologize for that complete fuck up. I should've had more people proof read what I was doing. :(
  28. pigflipper
    pigflipper I'm a sad panda now.
  29. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm /me changes his vacation.

    I'm taking the whole week; I'll let you know whether I show up Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday later. :p
  30. mas0n
    mas0n woot! My birthday is the 27th.
  31. Colgere
    Colgere On second thought, maybe I will attend...
  32. pseudonym
    pseudonym /me likes it when the dates change!

    IN!!!
  33. pigflipper
    pigflipper Sucks that I won't know until the 2nd of March if I can attend (thats when I find out if FSU accepted me and when they post the final schedule for summer semester).
  34. DrLiam
    DrLiam Hope everyone has fun and take a lot of pictures plox! ^_^
  35. Tim
    Tim There should be a World of Warcraft tournament. Duels between players, maybe some 5 and 10 man raids, etc.
  36. Thrax
    Thrax Why? We try to play games that require skill.
  37. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm Oh shi-

    It's true, WoW sucks.
  38. _k
    _k WHAT! you mean I reactivated my account for nothing?
  39. shwaip
  40. the_technocrat
    the_technocrat What does this mean:

    "Hardware for infrastructure upgrades"
  41. QCH
    QCH New switches... new power distribution... New blender for mixed drinks... oh wait..

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