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Kathryn Sullivan In the beforetimes, getting to MarsCon Discord The was a matter of getting Finding Cost: free (and up) platforms your physical self to the Runs on: Windows, Mac and When you first join convention hotel. For M=rsConline Linux computers plus Android MarsConline you’ll be taken 2021, through the Magic The Technology and iOS tablets / phones. You to #registration. One of Of The Internet, MarsCon of MarsCon must register and be logged in our adminions will give you brings itself to your coronavirus for it to work. access to more channels, hideaway. which we have laid out in Avoiding coronavirus is a wonderful goal in Features of Discord: Two- a convention hotel-like The way text (plus picture) benefits itself. You get to stay safe. arrangement. You’ll find text You’ll be able to connect to like chat plus voice and A/V and voice channels with a minded fans in other cities/countries/continents. chat/conferencing. Private variety of topics/interests. People who have previously been unable to make it to messaging to another user. Normal rules of civility apply Minnesota will be able to attend. (Maybe you’ll be back Conversations take place in 2022 in the flesh.) in multiple areas, a.k.a. The “channels”. Download at: https://discord.com/download There are no downsides. downsides Attending an event on a palm-size or your device’s app store. screen is absolutely the same as being there in person. Runs on: any device with a web browser. Twitch Apps for mobile devices are also Computer programs never There are no downsides. Cost: free (and up) available. crash, never bog down, never do mysterious things. Everyone has infinite bandwidth, a HAL-grade computer, and deep geeky You can watch Twitch streams without an account—just knowledge of what each electron therein is up to. The speed follow the URL to the channel. To enable chat and of light does not apply. other features an account is required; go to Twitch.tv and select Sign Up. There are no downsides. Everything. Will be. Perfect. HowStuffWorks has an introduction to Twitch that Streaming video chews up Well, one slight downside. you can get to by CLICKING HERE. bandwidth. If your device or ISP has data caps your MarsCon weekend could easily use up your monthly quota. If you do not like the appearance of the mobile app, you can select Desktop View in your With that settled, what software will you need to take part? browser settings or append More We will be using several platforms—now is the time to get ?no-mobile-redirect=true to the Platforms them installed on your computer / tablet / phone and get channel URL. familiar with them. WAY BACK IN 1997–1998, a handful of sci-fi fans had a vision of what they would like to see in a convention— A silly vision, a creative vision, a place where costumers, fans of the written word, television and movie viewers, (honest) to make it a reality. We are so grateful to that group…you know who you are…for giving us MarsCon. OUR INAUGURAL CONVENTION, MarsCon 1999: Celebrating 60 Years of Fandom, was held at the old Radisson South astronomy and hard science enthusiasts, filkers, prop masters, sf artists, gamers and their many friends could party and play all weekend long. They worked hard to make that vision real, sacrificing time, money, and even hair Hotel on February 26–28, 1999. Met with many obstacles during the planning stages, it was perilously close to not happening. But, miraculously, a new bunch of volunteers managed to join the mayhem that was early MarsCon We’ve gone ONLINE! MarsCon Tabl= of Contents Full-color Apparel and Accessories Merchandise Artwork by Guest of Honor Jon Sloan Finding MarsCon.........................................................2 MC MC Sales / MarsCon Merchandise ..........................2 Server Rules—Normal Rules of Civility ...................3 Sales Programming Schedule & Descriptions ..............3-14 Volunteers and Cookies.............................................4 Girl Scout Cookies!! ...................................................4 Creative Planet ...........................................................5 Charity Auction ..........................................................6 Art Show Alley ...........................................................7 Dealers’ Room .............................................................8 Open Gameing!! ..........................................................9 Parties .......................................................................10 Welcome from MarsCon Hospitality ..................... 11 Guests of Honor .......................................................12 Featured Guests ..................................................13-15 Comedy Music Track ............................................... 16 Check out our Store! Costume Presentation .............................................17 teespring.com/stores/marscon Anime/YA ..................................................................17 Krushenko’s ...............................................................17 Science Room ...........................................................18 Beyond the Veil .........................................................18 Cr=dits MarsConline2021 Convention Committee .............18 MarsCon History ...................................................... 19 MarsCon 2022 Ad .....................................................20 Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday! Remember to set your clocks forward. 2021 MarsCon Program Book MarsCon Program 2021 All rights reserved FenSF. ©2021 by is sponsored MarsCon 2021 Inc. FenSF, for Network Educational The Fans Science Fiction Artist Jon Sloan art by cover Front and Spot All Photography permission. used by Illustrations to like and Marscon would FenSF All content Thank all contributors. members by contributed herein MarsCon Con Com, FenSF, 2021 of representatives Inc. and authorized parties and entities of represented artists all the To Thank You! content of and contributors Book Program this for and Cresta Iver Thank you why know Hubert. They If you see somebody violating the YouTube Zoom Noun and rules, you can summon a moderator by Server Cost: free (and up) Cost: free verb of the tagging @mod or @mods. year 2020. Runs on: any device with a (and up) 1. Please treat everyone with respect. Do not Rules Normal web browser. Runs on: Windows, Mac and make disparaging remarks based on race, gender, Linux computers plus Android Rules of Features of YouTube: sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, or Civility and iOS tablets / phones. favorite sci-fi show. high-quality one-way A/V Download at: https://zoom. 2. Posting iconography or statements that support or streaming plus text chat. AI- us/download#client_4meeting advocate for any hate group (included but not limited to: generated closed captions. or your device’s app store. Nazism, the Ku Klux Klan, Westboro Baptist Church, or as Once you go to YouTube, listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center website as a Google will urge you to The software is required current or active hate group) is expressly prohibited. This download an app and register. but an account is not strictly rule also applies to your profile picture and status message. This is not strictly required required. Logging in will give extra functionality. 3. Do not post inflammmatory or bad-faith remarks. but can provide some extra Posting with the intention of upsetting, distressing, or functionality. Features of Zoom: two-way provoking participants is not allowed. A/V conferencing, each MarsCon will Website, 4. Do not harass people in public channels or private user has a good deal use YouTube FaceBook, Twitter, of control over how a messages. If somebody tells you to stop engaging with for any events Instagram them, stop. session is displayed where heavy Our usual sites will locally, text chat and be heavily 5. Please keep conversations on-topic for the channel attendance is private messages. that you are in. Check the topic at the top of the expected. used If you are going to be channel if you are unsure. a presenter or panelist 6. Impersonation of convention staff (i.e. changing Accessibility at MarsCon expect to be your nickname, profile picture, custom status, All this new tech will help with some using Zoom. direct messages, etc.) will not be tolerated. accessibility problems but create new classes of people with access woes. 7. We reserve the right to remove access to the Everyone gets a front row seat (depending on screen size). Discord to anyone whom we believe to be a danger For those with vision problems, Discord is relatively text-to-speech to our community. friendly. 8. Anything covered in the Discord TOS. Auto-generated closed captions on YouTube are far from perfect, https://discord.com/terms but will be some help to the hearing-impaired. 9. Anything covered in the Discord Guidelines. https://discord.com/guidelines But...Those with download caps, low bandwidth or slow computers will be at a severe disadvantage. Failure to follow these rules can result in moderator action up to and including a A degree of technichal moxie is required. Fortunately, not an permanent ban. advanced degree in computer science. (honest) to make it a reality. We are so grateful to that group…you know who you are…for giving us MarsCon. OUR INAUGURAL CONVENTION, MarsCon 1999: Celebrating 60 Years of Fandom, was held at the old Radisson South Hotel on February 26–28, 1999. Met with many obstacles during the planning stages, it was perilously close to not happening. But, miraculously, a new bunch
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