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(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:21 pm

Isaak wrote::starity:

... Hypothetically, if I were to be in the Vancouver area around the time of Bronycon. how hard is it to get there?

Vancouver? You'd have to ... book another 3000-mile flight, pretty much. :pinkieshrug:

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:22 pm

This almost makes me wish I wanted to go to a con!

(?) · by **fenster** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:09 pm

Isaak wrote::starity:

... Hypothetically, if I were to be in the Vancouver area around the time of Bronycon. how hard is it to get there?

^^^
Me hearing that Isaak/John De Lancie might show up. :ponydrugs:

SlateSlabrock wrote:"Soooooo, what was it like... being in... Torchwood...?"

what the

What is with us and pulling out the most obscure and weird pieces of animation out there :psygum:

(?) · by **Doctor Wheeze** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:15 pm

SlateSlabrock wrote:"Soooooo, what was it like... being in... Torchwood...?"

what the

Somebody please Synchtube this, thanks. John de Lancie as Santa sounds glorious.

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:34 pm

Isaak wrote::starity:

... Hypothetically, if I were to be in the Vancouver area around the time of Bronycon. how hard is it to get there?

Easy as spending ~$200-600 depending on time of day and airline and sitting on a plane for 4 hours from YVR* to JFK or LGA.
And then public transport - two trains and a bus from JFK - all of which is fully described on Google maps. About 8 hours from my apartment near Seattle to getting to the hotel.

So your answer is: Easy! All you need is time and money.

it's not very far just move your little rump. With a hop skip and a jump!

I don't know what the visa situation is like :flutterdear:

my mom has family in a not particularly liked country and they can't visit.

* Canadian airport codes are weird.

Of course, none of this apparent convienence will assuage the feeling of "Wwwwwwwwwwwhat the fuck am I doing here?" once you finally get there. :cheese:

(?) · by **Mechanical Ape** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:15 pm

Star Trek? Breaking Bad? Please, people, he's here as a voice actor. Respect that and restrict yourselves to questions exclusively about his VA work.

... specifically Planescape: Torment. :gotcha:

(?) · by **Liska** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:33 pm

A friend and I were toying with the idea of doing a NY trip around that time, and with De Lancie on board, there really is no question about it now. I haven't RSVP'd yet, but hopefully I can spare the cash for it soon before they hit capacity.

(?) · by **Artificer** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:29 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote:Star Trek? Breaking Bad? Please, people, he's here as a voice actor. Respect that and restrict yourselves to questions exclusively about his VA work.

... specifically Planescape: Torment.

He was in that game? What?! :awesomedash:

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:38 pm

Yes.

He's Trias, the fallen Angel. You meet him closer to the end of the game.

(?) · by **BartonFink** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:50 pm

Liska wrote:but hopefully I can spare the cash for it soon before they hit capacity.

Just for the record, while the number keeps growing, they're now capped at like 4000 which...they're growing pretty fast, but I don't know if they're gonna reach that.

So you probably don't have to worry TOO much about it reaching capacity too quickly if you're thinking about it.

edit: 605 ATM (last one maxed out at 650)

(?) · by **Daionus The 23rd** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:48 pm

If any ponygoons attend the con, remember that you represent our community.

So try to stay out of any group photos.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:03 pm

Or just dress nicely and be respectful, responsible adults. :vogue:

(?) · by **Octavia** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:19 pm

Aramek wrote:Or just dress nicely and be respectful, responsible adults.

I'm going to wear pony shirts and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me :colbert:

(?) · by **Ragnar** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:51 pm

Aramek wrote:Or just dress nicely and be respectful, responsible adults.

This, but more so. It's not like I'm going, but I think anyone at the con who wants to rep Ponygoons should thoroughly overdress. I'm talking job interview clothes. Men: suit, no hat, tie or bowtie. Women: Suit, no hat, hair in a bun. A buttonhole flower for everyone, so no one looks like a hotel staff member who got lost in the crowd.
It'd make us all look like totally awesome assholes. Forum reputation secured. :yay:

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:03 pm

BartonFink wrote:
edit: 605 ATM (last one maxed out at 650)

It's in summer, a LARGE number of the people there are students - college or high school. More of them are likely to be free then as opposed to the week after new years.

In any case I'll eat my hat :ohgawd:

if they reach 4000.

Oy - a suit at a nerd con is Pure Goon.

(?) · by **Ragnar** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:16 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:Oy - a suit at a nerd con is Pure Goon.

But do they wear flowers? Or maybe you just don't like this idea because apparently you have a hat :rainbert:

(?) · by **kefkafloyd** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:29 pm

It's gonna be July, guys. Summer. Hot.

Just wear what makes you comfortable and don't look like a doofus.

(?) · by **Isaak** (?) » Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:53 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:Easy as spending ~$200-600 depending on time of day and airline and sitting on a plane for 4 hours from YVR* to JFK or LGA.
And then public transport - two trains and a bus from JFK - all of which is fully described on Google maps. About 8 hours from my apartment near Seattle to getting to the hotel.

So your answer is: Easy! All you need is time and money.
it's not very far just move your little rump. With a hop skip and a jump!

I don't know what the visa situation is like my mom has family in a not particularly liked country and they can't visit.

* Canadian airport codes are weird.

Good, now I know that getting to Vancouver is the hard part :v:

I could be there.

Of course, none of this apparent convienence will assuage the feeling of "Wwwwwwwwwwwhat the fuck am I doing here?" once you finally get there.

That's exactly what I'm hoping for :allears:

(?) · by **Captain Rufus** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:54 am

The thing is I am already paid for Connecticon the same month and only have the vacation time (and only allowed to get 1 summer weekend anyhow!) off a year.

And while the scuttlebutt is they have really borked things up this year its still a general convention for 3 days meaning RPGs and other gaming things. Course I barely even see my friends there and spend most of time going solo anyhow which would be overridden by actually being able to TALK TO PEOPLE I (kind of) KNOW.

Bugger.

But this is twice or more the driving distance from where I am in eastern CT and even being able to potentially get L Faust to sign my copy of Iron Giant and De Lancie to sign my Planescape Torment disk is kind of a balancing out effect. :fluttersmith:

Not to mention I might go to Pax East 1 day if I can give the work day away/call in sick. And money has been kinda tight lately with car and home repair bills.

Bugger.

(?) · by **fenster** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:10 am

Captain Rufus wrote:
But this is twice or more the driving distance from where I am in eastern CT and even being able to potentially get L Faust to sign my copy of Iron Giant and De Lancie to sign my Planescape Torment disk is kind of a balancing out effect.

With so many ponygoons we could get everyone who isn't going to send stuff to the people who are going and everything will get signed if we can spread out the stuff per person. :3:

Teamwork!

(?) · by **PurpleTinker** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:50 pm

A few notes on our capacity:

1) We didn't actually max out at 650 last time. We ARTIFICIALLY CAPPED IT at 650. We had another several hundred people at the door. Our final estimate was 800-900. We would have had even more, had we not announced before the day of the con that there will be LIMITED attendance and a LIMITED number of tickets sold at the door, due to venue capacity limits (which ended up being an issue, which is why we are now booked for a venue which can hold 8000, and capping at 4000).

2) It's still January. It's been precisely three weeks since the last con, and we already have over 600. Historically speaking, we always double or triple our RSVP count in the last month before a con. Even if we didn't get a single soul RSVPed between today and May (an impossibility, unless New York City gets hit by an asteroid-- in which case all of this discussion is moot), that would put us at somewhere from 1200 to 2000. However, we've still announced only two Guests of Honour and none of our special appearances by community celebs (which individually don't count for as much as Lauren or John, but which taken together will account for even more).

TL;DR: 2000 is a given. 3000 is likely. 4000 is quite probable.

(?) · by **Colton, M.D.** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:11 pm

-Lives just about an hour and change from the Meadowlands
-Has family in the area where I can crash
-Going to be in Philadelphia for that week.

Fuck my life seriously. I'm not a con person but I would be interested in attending this one.

(?) · by **Headless Horse** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:20 pm

I'm sorry, the wiki page for BroNYCon is the most hilarious thing.

100 :v:

... 300

... 700+

... 4000hasdaqadf :gonkity:

(?) · by **Nissl** (?) » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:18 pm

Argh, now I'm *really* annoyed that a friend back on the east coast is getting married two weeks later. Maybe I'll ask him to move the date.

(?) · by **SuperSonik** (?) » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:09 am

BHHammy wrote:AGREED. Considering HE went to TINKER on the subject, I think it's safe to assume this is the case (and even if it's not, assume so anyway).

Actually, Tinker is the biggest Trekkie of all of us, so we're going to be watching HER to make sure she doesn't trek him up XD

(?) · by **Octavia** (?) » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:25 am

Since obviously PurpleTinker is gonna be there, I just want to make sure she has access to the meetup thread. I want to meet as many ponygoons as possible while I'm there! Anyone else who's planning on going should send kefkafloyd a PM to get access to the thread.

(?) · by **The Ghost Of Ember** (?) » Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:11 pm

kefkafloyd wrote:It's gonna be July, guys. Summer. Hot.

Just wear what makes you comfortable and don't look like a doofus.

You can't tell me what to do, Kefka. I'm going in my fedora and trenchcoat. :rainbert:

It will be sure to get me all the girls.

(?) · by **fenster** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:58 am

Headless Horse wrote:I'm sorry, the wiki page for BroNYCon is the most hilarious thing.

100 ... 300 ... 700+ ... 4000hasdaqadf

It's exponentially growing, much like how fast this show caught on fire with fans. :ponydrugs:

(?) · by **SuperSonik** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:32 pm

The Ghost Of Ember wrote:
You can't tell me what to do, Kefka. I'm going in my fedora and trenchcoat.

It will be sure to get me all the girls.

Just please wear deodorant :bluh:

XD

(?) · by **The Ghost Of Ember** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:49 pm

SuperSonik wrote:Just please wear deodorant XD

But-but-but my manly musk! :gonkity:

(?) · by **Octavia** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:21 pm

SuperSonik wrote:
Just please wear deodorant XD

Ponies don't wear deodorant so I don't see why I should. :rainbert:

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:18 pm

Dash doesn't wear deodorant. Or shower. Or know how to cook. She just leaves the pizza on the table overnight and has that for breakfast without heating it up.

(?) · by **Mordja** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:44 pm

Aramek wrote:Dash doesn't wear deodorant. Or shower. Or know how to cook. She just leaves the pizza on the table overnight and has that for breakfast without heating it up.

Next ep, she'll be in the hospital for food poisoning. :vomitpony:

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:53 pm

Aramek wrote:Dash doesn't wear deodorant. Or shower. Or know how to cook. She just leaves the pizza on the table overnight and has that for breakfast without heating it up.

She has pizza for every meal. Only the royalties from Spike's "ghost writing" keep her afloat financially.

Now that I think about it, everyone in the mane six has a job except Twilight, it seems. Twilight just sits and reads books all day, and the only non-mane six pony we've ever seen visit the library is Cheerilee (and Celestia), so she doesn't seem to have much chance for income there. Maybe Celestia pays for everything, but only what's necessary to avoid economic problems.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:13 pm

Twi's a Graduate Student. IE: Not a real job. :gotcha:

(?) · by **kefkafloyd** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:27 pm

Well, she's probably the town librarian at this point. Even they get paid. :pinkieshrug:

(?) · by **Doctor Wheeze** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:32 pm

She is the personal student of the god-Princess and the most powerful wizard in the world. That's gotta come with a few benefits.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:41 pm

But not friends.

Those, you have to work for.

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:10 pm

SuperSonik wrote:
Just please wear deodorant XD

What would a pony do? :vogue:

Seldom leave the house without being made up, eat a diet of fresh fruit and grains, no television or video games so they get lots of time running around outside with friends.

(?) · by **Huitzil** (?) » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:55 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:
What would a pony do?

Seldom leave the house without being made up, eat a diet of fresh fruit and grains, no television or video games so they get lots of time running around outside with friends.

They'd also poop on the floor. So it's a win-some/lose-some kind of deal.

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