2013 CONVENTION

[Screwball]

No I meant a threat to everyone else.

The only threat I can see is that Denver might run out of cheap booze and cheaper hookers if ya show up.

[ThirstyDrunk]

OK as long as it won't drive rightful drunkards away I'll go.

[ivan]

Another thing to be aware of is these things almost always lose money.

So strip it down to the bare bones. Let's face it- the allure of a con is nothing more than a get-together. People who are willing to travel in from all over the nation- if not the world- aren't concerned with the trimmings. They want to meet people they've talked to online, and drink. Everything else is kinda fun, but extraneous.

Hold the Con in a hotel bar- or even a conference room at an airport hotel- and it would be successful.

Cut out everything that's not directly related to conversation and/ or booze. Have the CostCo of cons- bare bones, take what we've got. It'll still work. It would probably be a lot of people's favorite.

[Screwball]

Another thing to be aware of is these things almost always lose money.

So strip it down to the bare bones. Let's face it- the allure of a con is nothing more than a get-together. People who are willing to travel in from all over the nation- if not the world- aren't concerned with the trimmings. They want to meet people they've talked to online, and drink. Everything else is kinda fun, but extraneous.

Hold the Con in a hotel bar- or even a conference room at an airport hotel- and it would be successful.

Cut out everything that's not directly related to conversation and/ or booze. Have the CostCo of cons- bare bones, take what we've got. It'll still work. It would probably be a lot of people's favorite.

What he said. Hell, I'll be there if ya have it in the Denver drunk tank. We'll all probably wind up there anyway.

[steved2112]

Dive Con 2013!

[Palinka (RIP)]

Fuck, yeah! We need no more entertainment than booze and good comradeship.HIP PRIESTS AND KAMERADS And, if entertainment were needed, we have in house talent who would surely do it for the priviledge. Not sure what I could bring to the party, save maybe a running commentary on Elvis' post-mortem, but I'm game!

[ivan]

Dive Con 2013!

The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking this is the way to go. There hasn't been an official Gathering of the Tribe since 2008. I don't think "twice a decade" is too high a standard.

I'm starting to get a kernel of inspiration. Every entertainment decision is looked at through the following lens- "would this really be a better option for the crowd as a whole than a stereo playing Dean Martin's Greatest Hits?" I mean, we obviously need FKR's blessing, but honestly, the main thing we need is a location. A dark, quiet bar that's less than a block's walk from a hotel would probably work. Hell, a hotel bar might, provided said hotel has a pretty open-minded outlook on 86ing people and capacity to serve a few hundred.

Let's do this.

[Screwball]

Dive Con 2013!

The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking this is the way to go. There hasn't been an official Gathering of the Tribe since 2008. I don't think "twice a decade" is too high a standard.

I'm starting to get a kernel of inspiration. Every entertainment decision is looked at through the following lens- "would this really be a better option for the crowd as a whole than a stereo playing Dean Martin's Greatest Hits?" I mean, we obviously need FKR's blessing, but honestly, the main thing we need is a location. A dark, quiet bar that's less than a block's walk from a hotel would probably work. Hell, a hotel bar might, provided said hotel has a pretty open-minded outlook on 86ing people and capacity to serve a few hundred.

Let's do this.

Ivan, you use yer mouth prettier than a $20 whore. In other words, what he said.

[Savage]

I would love to go to another con. The old man refused to go to any others, after the first one.

[BeerMakesMeSmart]

I would kill to go to another convention, even a stripped down, bare bones one. The drunkards that are on here are what make those events special. Shit, location means nothing to me. It could be in the grandest palace on earth or the basement of a Turkish prision. If it is us and a shit ton of booze it will be a great fucking time. Hopefully, when this is all figured out I will be able to attend because if I can't I will die a little inside knowing that I am missing out on all the fun and hijinx.

[Screwball]

I would kill to go to another convention, even a stripped down, bare bones one. The drunkards that are on here are what make those events special. Shit, location means nothing to me. It could be in the grandest palace on earth or the basement of a Turkish prision. If it is us and a shit ton of booze it will be a great fucking time. Hopefully, when this is all figured out I will be able to attend because if I can't I will die a little inside knowing that I am missing out on all the fun and hijinx.

You won't show up. Ain't no Zima in Denver.

[Patchez]

I stand chastised for my snub of Frank. Lord I apologize, I may have been a slighly angry drunk when I posted that. It may have been related to the glacial crawl of the Explorer's Club or the lack of a Fez in a size more suitable for my melon. Either way try not to take much of anything I say or rant to heart.

[Crystal]

I have a suggestion. I say we do it pub crawl style, only dive bar style on E. Colfax. We can ask the different bars if they would host a 4 hour block of time each, and maybe ask Streets of London if they would be our ending spot (they were very gracious during the 2nd Con). Maybe the Lion's Lair can also be our starting spot (they too were very gracious). That way we don't piss off any bars too much and can have a shot at it again next year. Let me know what you guys think.

[SternoBoy]

I have such happy and disturbing memories of Vegas 2006 in the Celebrity Ball Room but if we have to do it Denver, I'm in.

[Crystal]

The 2004 convention was in Las Vegas (inaugural).
2005-Denver
2006-Vegas
2007-Massachusetts MDM Mini Con
2008-Denver

Based off of this, it should Vegas, but I think Denver would be more suitable. Plus, I had a friggin' BLAST in 2005.