cosplayinamerica:

I know what we can do today! Let’s all Ask DCTV!

Dragon*Con TV are the people who make videos to entertain you while you’re waiting in line to get a ticket or waiting for a panel or waiting for the Masquerade to start. One of the things we do are bumpers, those bits with white text on a black background. We make a lot of those each year, and because we’re lazy, we recruit you to help us make them.

“How?” you ask. “How can I help make bumpers?” Easy: ask us something. Here are some of the questions we’ve answered:

• Why did Voldemort yell “NYAAAAH!” in the Harry Potter trailers?
• Have ninjas beaten pirates?
• How do you avoid con crud?
• Why doesn’t the MMO track cover Hello Kitty Island Adventure?
• What happens if one portal from the game Portal moves at near light speed?

To Ask DCTV, start by thinking of a question. Ask that question as a reply to this post. I’ll credit your question to your LJ user handle, unless you sign your question with a different name. If you choose a really long name, though, I’ll shorten it or make fun of it.

Some general advice: You can post more than one question, though I’ll probably only use at most one of them. Take a minute and look through previous questions if you want to make sure you’re asking us a new one. Examples of old questions include, but are not limited to: why is there con funk? What should I eat at con? How do I get that sexy sexy guest to notice me?

That’s it! Ask away!

This is always fun. :)

Remember, submit your questions at the link! Reblogging with a question does no one any good.

kelsprater:

agrrlof:

If you are going or even think you might be going to Dragon*Con 2012, go buy your 4 day membership right now. It is $60 in the D*C store. The cheapest price you can get. Won’t be long before it jumps to $80+.

See you there! :-)
Dragon*Con Membership - 2012 ($60) - $60.00 : Zen…

do you know what the time frame is for it being this cheap?

Evidently the price jumps next week. That low is usually only sold at con to my recollection.

agrrlof:

If you are going or even think you might be going to Dragon*Con 2012, go buy your 4 day membership right now. It is $60 in the D*C store. The cheapest price you can get. Won’t be long before it jumps to $80+.

See you there! :-)
Dragon*Con Membership - 2012 ($60) - $60.00 : Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce
Zen Cart! Dragon*Con Membership - 2012 ($60) - Memberships are for the 2012 Dragon*Con. The convention will be held August 31 - September 3. Read the Membership Information and the Convention Policies…

How many of my Tumblr acquaintances are going to Dragon*Con? Should there be a meet-up or something?

The folk over at the D*Con wiki are working to compile an unofficial complete schedule from the various individual track pages.

Hey D*Con Folk. I’m looking for a place relatively close to D*Con (walking/MARTA distance) that serves good Fried Green Tomatoes. I haven’t had them in ages, and my friend and I are coming in from out West and would like to get some good ones while in Atlanta.

Anybody know a good place?

Official word has come down from Dragon*Con management, and as per the norm, the LJ comm gets the “official statement” first.

Recently there have been a series of posts and messages regarding an individual that has made comments on some internet social networks.

Dragon Con is aware of the issue and we are not taking it lightly. The proper authorities have been contacted, and they are working to ensure everyone’s safety.

Much of this “current” information has been circulating since last year, when a similar threat was defused by the FBI and local law enforcement.

At this time we ask that you refrain from posting rumors or speculation in this case.

If you have genuine information involving threats to Dragon Con and/or its attendees, please send the information to our senior staff person in charge of security Bobby Dennis at conops [at] dragoncon [dot] org.

Sincerely,
Dragon Con Management

This isn’t the official information post, but the “Director of Outside Security” for Dragon*Con also made a couple of statements on Reddit.

Greetings Dragon*Con Redditors,

My name is Peter Montgomery; I am the Director of Outside Security for the convention.

As some of you are aware, there have been a series of posts and messages that Redditors have found regarding an individual who has made some comments on the internet.

First off, thank you for contacting us and passing along the information, it is always great to see we have such an active base of attendees. We are aware of the issue and have contacted the proper authorities, and are working with local and regional law enforcement in those jurisdictions. The convention is diligently working to keeping the convention safe for all attendees. In addition to hotel and convention security, Dragon*Con uses off duty Atlanta Police officers, and private security officers.

At this time we ask that you allow the authorities to handle this issue, appropriately. Some information that has been spread is possible out of date, and previously addressed. Again your safety and security while at the convention is always a high priority, and something that is being taken very seriously.

Thank you.

and

As per the law enforcement agency, we are not providing specific details. An individual from another state had been making harassing statements and possible threats towards specific individuals. Once the convention was notified we handed all information over to law enforcement so they could investigate and intervene as neccessary.

A lot of information was being discussed openly, some of which we felt to be incorrect, so I was asked to make a statement.

So, from what I can tell… This person made some threatening comments on message boards which they may or may not have intended to actually act upon. It got spread around the internet, and like any good game of telephone, the details have been skewed and possibly made larger than they were. Peter’s posts seem to indicate that old rumors that have previously been investigated and dealt with got mixed into the new.Some of the earliest posts of this information letter “from the FBI” seemed to have their origin on 4chan fer crissakes. It’s likely some angry person making threats on the internet they don’t intend to act upon.

What matters: Dragon*Con knows about it. Law Enforcement knows about it. They’re taking it very seriously and handling it. It’s 20 days to con. I expect we’ll be fine.

agrrlof:

Found this on the Dragon*Con page on Face Book.  Can’t find info that it is a hoax. Hopefully this person is dealt with before the con.

FYI -

I want you all to know of the following that is being reported to the FBI and D*C Security office today as type this (Thursday August 11, 2011). A person by the name of “Jonathan Barron Williams” of Jackson, Tennessee has been sending threatening messages via facebook to select D*C attendees and possibly D*C related forums. 

The following message by Williams has been forwarded to the FBI Atlanta field office as well as the D*C Security office:

“They deserved it. So do the people here, thats why Im going to do the things I plan on doing. It’s not you’re fault, I’ve been this way for a long time. So don’t go blaming yourself when I make national headlines after dragon con. I’m not stupid, I know things won’t get better for me. I’m 28 and I don’t have any real anything. The signs have always been there, I’ve just been in denial. Please don’t feel like you had anything to do with it. I promise you aren’t at fault here. You could offer to be my real friend and I’d still kill them. It’s my destiny and my choice. I’m bored with life. Killing people is the only thing that interests me these days. Sorry, thats who I am. Not even you can change it. I’m going to kill anyone thats ever spread a rumor about me, then I’m going to shoot people at random until the cops kill me or I kill myself. They made their beds, now they can die in them.”

Again, this is not a drill. This is not a joke. Please be careful and if you see any information pertaining to this person on the various forums you frequent or on any facebook posts, please forward the information, IP address, ANY information regarding this individual to the FBI field office in Atlanta and the DragonCon office.

FBI Atlanta Office:
2635 Century Parkway N.E.
Suite 400
Atlanta, Ga 30345
Phone: 404.679.9000
email: atlanta@ic.fbi.gov

DragonCon Office:
Phone: 770.909.0112
Ask to speak to someone in regards to a security concern.

Please be careful out there. Always be on watch. Always watch out for each other.

I’m not seeing that post on the official D*Con facebook (from a staffer at any rate), on the Daily Dragon, or the LJ community that the D*Con staff use regularly to disseminate information. On your linked post, someone has said:

I read this from Dementia Grimm - Dcon is pulling all posts re: Jon Williams, as they’re going to be releasing a statement soon. also just heard from the head of Criminal Investigation in Jackson, TN. They know who he is & are meeting w/him & his father today.

Whatever is actually going on, D*Con has pulled any official posts and will make a statement later today. No need to panic yet.

If they had this much specific information, I expect that Mr. Williams will already be in custody on charges of making death threats or will be within the next 20 days prior to con.

I’m not particularly concerned.