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New dev blog: Fanfest 2012 Announced!

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CCP Tyr
C C P
C C P Alliance
#41 - 2011-09-20 11:02:02 UTC
Hirana Yoshida wrote:
The entry called "And much more!" .. does that include round-tables where the participants are blue-balled by CCP?

Was a huge success last year so would be a shame not to repeat it .. forums still have open threads about it where silly stuff like chess boxing went away immediately after!




We will most definitely have round tables next year, as always. Harpa has 4 rooms that can serve very nicely as round tables. In the past we have only had 2 rooms (3 rooms FF11).
But these rooms in Harpa are smaller, which has its pros and cons. A smaller room means less people that can attend (more rooms to try and compensate) but much more personal and a higher quality experience for participants.


Best regards,
CCP Tyr
Nyya
Abyss Research
#42 - 2011-09-20 11:08:17 UTC
Gorgeous building!

I'm an architecture fan and would maybe come to see the building, but not a big fan of CCP lately so will probably stay home this year.

Have fun!
Dierdra Vaal
Interstellar Stargate Syndicate
#43 - 2011-09-20 12:11:03 UTC
CCP Tyr wrote:
Hirana Yoshida wrote:
The entry called "And much more!" .. does that include round-tables where the participants are blue-balled by CCP?

Was a huge success last year so would be a shame not to repeat it .. forums still have open threads about it where silly stuff like chess boxing went away immediately after!




We will most definitely have round tables next year, as always. Harpa has 4 rooms that can serve very nicely as round tables. In the past we have only had 2 rooms (3 rooms FF11).
But these rooms in Harpa are smaller, which has its pros and cons. A smaller room means less people that can attend (more rooms to try and compensate) but much more personal and a higher quality experience for participants.


Best regards,
CCP Tyr



Just be aware that the roundtables are one of the most interesting parts of FF, since players can actually engage in a two way discussion with the devs. As such, you'll need to make sure you have sufficient places on roundtables for the expected demand.

For highly popular topics (like 0.0 warfare) you might need several simultaneous roundtables to accomodate all the players (this was done at fanfest 2008 or 2009 too).

Failing to provide sufficient roundtable capacity will be very disappointing to many players, so please take care this doesn't happen. A "more personal and higher quality experience" doesn't mean much if it's something only a handful of people get to experience.

Veto #205

Director Emeritus at EVE University

CSM1 delegate, CSM3 chairman and CSM5 vice-chairman

Evesterdam organiser and CSM Vote Match founder

Co-Author of the Galactic Party Planning Guide
Knug LiDi
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#44 - 2011-09-20 12:46:42 UTC
Knug LiDi wrote:
Hopefully, Iceland Air flights from Canada will start the weekend of Fanfest, not the weekend after as happened this year. Iceland Air's summer schedule (which includes direct flights from Toronto and Halifax) started March 27, 2011.

Some of us are loathe to fly through the US, and would require direct flights.

Sadly, the decision to attend is entirely based on Iceland Air's scheduling. I'm looking forward to attending, but only if I can get there directly.


Confirmed this morning.:

Hello,


YYZ service will start on 3/28/2012 (Toronto)

YYH service will start on 6/7/2012 (Halifax)


Regards

Icelandair

So the odds of me and guest attending is now not likely. Any chance of moving FanFest a few weeks later (into April) for 2013 ??


If only we could fall into a woman's arms

without falling into her hands
CCP Tyr
C C P
C C P Alliance
#45 - 2011-09-20 14:27:16 UTC
Knug LiDi wrote:
Knug LiDi wrote:
Hopefully, Iceland Air flights from Canada will start the weekend of Fanfest, not the weekend after as happened this year. Iceland Air's summer schedule (which includes direct flights from Toronto and Halifax) started March 27, 2011.

Some of us are loathe to fly through the US, and would require direct flights.

Sadly, the decision to attend is entirely based on Iceland Air's scheduling. I'm looking forward to attending, but only if I can get there directly.


Confirmed this morning.:

Hello,


YYZ service will start on 3/28/2012 (Toronto)

YYH service will start on 6/7/2012 (Halifax)


Regards

Icelandair

So the odds of me and guest attending is now not likely. Any chance of moving FanFest a few weeks later (into April) for 2013 ??





Easter is one of the reasons we have to do this in March because throwing an event close to or during Easter is not a good thing. Moving to close to summer in Iceland means high season in the tourist industry meaning higher prices on everything.

But, Easter is very early in 2013 so we might have to go April and that should be safe without hitting high season.
This is at this point only speculation.

We can try our best to influence Icelandair to offer special Canada Fanfest flights but in the end of the day it is up to them of course.

Best regards,
CCP Tyr

BTW: EVE is 10 years old 2013 :)
Imogen Filiotov
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#46 - 2011-09-20 17:45:05 UTC
Really looking forward to this, as i missed this years cos i moved house instead. Seen the Harpa centre pics and its looks fantastic, and it's more central than the sport's centre, but it means it closer to the bars. Just not the cheaper hotels :D
Knug LiDi
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#47 - 2011-09-20 17:49:13 UTC
CCP Tyr wrote:



Easter is one of the reasons we have to do this in March because throwing an event close to or during Easter is not a good thing. Moving to close to summer in Iceland means high season in the tourist industry meaning higher prices on everything.

But, Easter is very early in 2013 so we might have to go April and that should be safe without hitting high season.
This is at this point only speculation.

We can try our best to influence Icelandair to offer special Canada Fanfest flights but in the end of the day it is up to them of course.

Best regards,
CCP Tyr

BTW: EVE is 10 years old 2013 :)



Thanks for the reply ! 10 years, eh? Should be a blast.

Still hoping I can find a workaround for 2012, though.

If only we could fall into a woman's arms

without falling into her hands
Imogen Filiotov
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#48 - 2011-09-20 17:58:23 UTC
Knug LiDi wrote:
CCP Tyr wrote:



Easter is one of the reasons we have to do this in March because throwing an event close to or during Easter is not a good thing. Moving to close to summer in Iceland means high season in the tourist industry meaning higher prices on everything.

But, Easter is very early in 2013 so we might have to go April and that should be safe without hitting high season.
This is at this point only speculation.

We can try our best to influence Icelandair to offer special Canada Fanfest flights but in the end of the day it is up to them of course.

Best regards,
CCP Tyr

BTW: EVE is 10 years old 2013 :)



Thanks for the reply ! 10 years, eh? Should be a blast.

Still hoping I can find a workaround for 2012, though.


Could you not fly to the UK then to Iceland? Or buy a boat :D
Dierdra Vaal
Interstellar Stargate Syndicate
#49 - 2011-09-20 20:32:45 UTC
fly from canada to greenland to iceland? :P

Veto #205

Director Emeritus at EVE University

CSM1 delegate, CSM3 chairman and CSM5 vice-chairman

Evesterdam organiser and CSM Vote Match founder

Co-Author of the Galactic Party Planning Guide
Molten Black
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#50 - 2011-09-20 23:34:44 UTC
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
And hopefully the keynote will be more about internet spaceships and less about promoting nVidia.


This.
Janssen
General Services
#51 - 2011-09-21 12:29:50 UTC
I have had a lot of fun at Fanfests - so long as they are in the spring, however, I will only be able to attend virtually. And a big thank you to CCP for the great coverage of fanfest 2011 that made it possible to virtually attend. Big smile
Knug LiDi
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#52 - 2011-09-21 13:16:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Knug LiDi
Quote:


Thanks for the reply ! 10 years, eh? Should be a blast.

Still hoping I can find a workaround for 2012, though.

Could you not fly to the UK then to Iceland? Or buy a boat :D


Flying to UK from Canada and back to Iceland is a very long route, considering you fly over the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland to land in Manchester. It would be like walking 5 blocks east, turning around and walking 2 blocks west, instead of walking 3 blocks east.

Sadly, flights to Greenland from Canada are tougher to find than flights to Iceland.

2012 isn't dead yet, its just a matter of finding the global minima, not just the local one(s), and seeing if it is an option.

If only we could fall into a woman's arms

without falling into her hands
Lord Amaterasu
Aves Autem Obumbratio
#53 - 2011-09-21 16:05:58 UTC
Ah. It seems that somebody already did a tourist map.Lol

Long live the Empress Catiz of Amarr!!
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#54 - 2011-09-22 09:46:35 UTC
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
And hopefully the keynote will be more about internet spaceships and less about promoting nVidia.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Tetsel
House Amamake
#55 - 2011-09-27 11:04:16 UTC
I know it's a bit off topic, but for my french speaking mates, here is some help about the Fanfest and how to attend: French Wiki
Pour les francophones, rendez-vous là bas. ;) Normalement...

Loyal servent to Mother Amamake. @EVE_Tetsel

Another Bittervet Please Ignore
Yasumoto
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#56 - 2011-09-27 19:38:07 UTC
CCP Tyr wrote:
Knug LiDi wrote:
Knug LiDi wrote:
Hopefully, Iceland Air flights from Canada will start the weekend of Fanfest, not the weekend after as happened this year. Iceland Air's summer schedule (which includes direct flights from Toronto and Halifax) started March 27, 2011.

Some of us are loathe to fly through the US, and would require direct flights.

Sadly, the decision to attend is entirely based on Iceland Air's scheduling. I'm looking forward to attending, but only if I can get there directly.


Confirmed this morning.:

Hello,


YYZ service will start on 3/28/2012 (Toronto)

YYH service will start on 6/7/2012 (Halifax)


Regards

Icelandair

So the odds of me and guest attending is now not likely. Any chance of moving FanFest a few weeks later (into April) for 2013 ??





Easter is one of the reasons we have to do this in March because throwing an event close to or during Easter is not a good thing. Moving to close to summer in Iceland means high season in the tourist industry meaning higher prices on everything.

But, Easter is very early in 2013 so we might have to go April and that should be safe without hitting high season.
This is at this point only speculation.

We can try our best to influence Icelandair to offer special Canada Fanfest flights but in the end of the day it is up to them of course.

Best regards,
CCP Tyr

BTW: EVE is 10 years old 2013 :)

Plus, pushing FF any later might run afoul with CCP Greyscale's next April Fools Null-Sec Nerf. Recall this past year's FF when CCP pulled the rug out from under smaller-scale null-sec entities via the Anomaly changes right after the event w/no mention @ FF?

That's called the 'butter'n'bone' in industry jargon. Pirate
Angelo Doelman
Bacon Diplomacy Project
#57 - 2011-10-04 16:40:21 UTC
Molten Black wrote:
Dierdra Vaal wrote:
And hopefully the keynote will be more about internet spaceships and less about promoting nVidia.


This.


I don't know if I'm just jaded due to my age or if the people who complain about corporate sponsorships just don't understand how this horse and pony show work.

Companies like nVidia don't just give away tens of thousands of dollars to companies like CCP to hold these types of events out of the goodness of their cold, calculating hearts. They demand an audience to help recapture that cash investment.

Personally I would much rather have companies like Polar Beer sponsor eve verses nVidia. At least I could use some free samples of their libation while at the show. And I wouldn’t mind wearing a tshirt from Polar Beer.. but you would never catch me in an nVidia shirt… or the Quafe shirt from last year’s fan fest. That **** is just too nerdy for me to wear in public.
SIR PRIME
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#58 - 2011-10-05 15:44:17 UTC
Do we have a rough date when the packages/hotel details will be available?

PS: This year can we please have the tournament rounds on time as I had to leave 4 events last year just to wait for our second round match. By that time we no longer cared and openly discussed throwing the match to get out of further rounds as we were missing so much of that day.
Apaco lypse
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#59 - 2011-10-07 14:44:58 UTC
So what's the legal consumption age for alcohol in Iceland Lol?
Immortal DeathKnight
Bring Da Fire
#60 - 2011-10-07 15:23:34 UTC
i hope Hilmar will be there, i have some rotten tomatoes for him Twisted