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Page Head 2015 GOTTACONFEB 27 - MAR 1 VICTORIA CONFERENCE CEntre — PRESENTED BY BC’s Premier gaming eXPERIENCE It’s not maximum cooling until it’s maximum cooling » That’s German attitude! Our CPU coolers are among the most powerful and silent on the market, arising from the passion for perfection and sweating the details that Germany is famous for. The brand new Dark Rock 3 series strikes a perfect balance between cooling and low-noise. They feature a SilentWings® PWM fan with its vibration-reducing 6-pole motor, dynamic, wave-contoured cooling fi ns and optimally rearranged high-performance heat pipes. The series is excellent for overclocked systems and demanding multi-graphics plat- forms: Simply perfect silence and performance without compromise. The series is available in single- and double-tower models. 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The GTX 900 Series is loaded with innovative lighting technologies like Voxel Global Illumination, providing the graphics engine for next- ™ The brand new Dark Rock 3 series strikes a perfect balance between of and/or trademarks trademarks registered are SHIELD, and CUDA NVIDIA GPU Boost, NVIDIA GameStream, NVIDIA G-SYNC, SLI, Surround, GameWorks, ShadowPlay, Maxwell, GTX, GeForce, logo, GTX the GeForce NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, All Rights Reserved. 600 series. © 2015 NVIDIA Corporation. GTX to *Compared associated. are with which they companies of the respective names may be trademarks and product Inc. Other company Group the Khronos to Inc. used under license of Apple OpenCL is a trademark and other countries. States in the United NVIDIA Corporation generation gaming experiences including virtual reality, NVIDIA G-SYNC, and ultra-resolution 4K displays. cooling and low-noise. They feature a SilentWings® PWM fan with its vibration-reducing 6-pole motor, dynamic, wave-contoured cooling fi ns and optimally rearranged high-performance heat pipes. The series is excellent for overclocked systems and demanding multi-graphics plat- forms: Simply perfect silence and performance without compromise. The series is available in single- and double-tower models. Discover the Dark Rock 3 series from German market leader since 2006 �AME ADVANCED (according to the GfK market research 2007-2014) by visiting bequiet.com �AMEWORKS �-SYNC �EFORCE EXPERIENCE Available at: us.ncix.com • performance-pcs.com • amazon.com Find out more at geforce.com NV_GF_GTX_900_Series_GottaCon_Ad_Jan15.indd 1 1/16/15 11:01 AM GOTTACON Table of Contents General Information 4 Registration and Policies GottaCon 2015 Staff What is GottaCon? 5 CONVENTION OWNERS WORKSHOPS & PANELS Hours of Operation 5 Evan Hatch MANAGER Carson Upton Jules Sherred Star Wars: A Nude Hope 6 SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Workshops & Panels Assistant Burlesque Show GRAPHICS & PROGRAM DESIGNER Comms & Content Editor Sol Kauffman Steve Saunders Photography Assistant Special Events Highlights 7 Nicholas Callanan RPG MANAGER Mike Gruber Portal 2: the (Unauthorized) 9 STAFF/VOLUNTEER MANAGER RPG Assistant Adam Ouelet Angela Gruber Musical Comedy Show Staff/Volunteer Assistant David Guilbault MINIATURES MANAGER Paul Puhallo Special Guests 17 SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR Chris Gensey IT MANAGER Event Listing 22 Glenn Morgan BOARD GAME MANAGER Bonnie Beyea LAN OPERATIONS Floor Plan Index 33 Board Game Assistant LANtasy/BC Gamer Kathy Anderson Floor Plan 35 OFFICE MANAGERS LAN EVENTS MANAGER Wilf Rondeau Kellan Johnson Janelle Hatch Exhibitor Index 38 Competitive Magic 52 Cover Art Shirt Designs By Zaryn Castillo ILLUSTRATOR DRAGON Workshops & Panels Highlights 53 Kay Slater Kay Slater CONCEPT GAMin’ Embracing Diversity & Community 54 Evan Hatch Ted Christensen By Jules Sherred Carson Upton Season 5 Changes - “The Jungle” 62 Presenting Sponsor By Michael Lum Little Wizards 64 By Steve Saunders Three Memorable Board Games 66 of 2014 By Michael Lum SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO: Gamer Zodiac 67 All our volunteers of which there are too many to name and to all our By Eugene Fongdere sponsors, exhibitors, the numerous game clubs and individuals that submitted and helped to run the hundreds of events and our fantastic guests! We’d also like to thank The City of Victoria, The Victoria Silent Auction 2.0 68 Conference Centre, Robbins Parking and the Empress Hotel. All material printed in this convention booklet are copyright GottaCon 2015 and their respective authors/owners. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form (including electronic) without written permission from either the convention owners, article’s owner or the graphics owner. 3 GottaCon 2015 HUNGRY? Main Floors 1 & 2 N Crystal⇧ Douglas St. Gardens Belleville St. Old Spaghetti Factory Food Trucks (Area 33) General information - Registration and Policies Lost and Misplaced Badge and Event Tickets Decency and Appropriateness: We cannot replace lost, stolen or forgotten badges. Please be responsible with 1. Attendee attire must cover all areas normally covered by a swimsuit. Costumes and your convention materials. Lost, stolen or forgotten items must be repurchased props must also be PG-rated. Hate speech is not permitted on attire or props in any at full cost, or a temporary badge can be issued for a $10 fee per day. It is language. 2. Costume Safety: Costumes must not be dangerous to anyone who bumps recommended that you check at our information desk (area 3 on map) to see if into them accidentally. 3. Volume: Costumes and props that make noise must have your materials have been turned in to the Lost and Found. GottaCon assumes no volume controls and should be kept at an appropriate volume. The owners of such responsibility for lost, stolen or forgotten materials. props and costumes must turn down or mute the volume when asked to by Security. Refunds and Transfers Weapons Policy Tickets and badges are non-refundable. Tickets and badges are transferable with Futuristic, non-existent weapons and boffer weapons are the only types of weapons the approval of GottaCon Staff but only up until 5:00PM Friday February 27, 2015 permitted in the convention space. The exception to this rule is for persons when the doors open to the public. No badge is transferable once it is used to gain participating in the costume contest. 20th and 21st century military uniforms are not access to the convention. permitted. The exception to this rule is for active duty military. Military personnel are Badge Credentials FprohibitedUNCTIONAL from WcarryingEAPONS firearms, regardless of whether they are licensed. 1. GottaCon attendees may not carry or possess any working weapon at any time happeningEveryone attending in public GottaConareas during must one wear or more a valid days badge of the for convention.identification Badges and must beadmission. visible at A all badge times gives to assure you access staff andto the security show floor,of your seminars, validity andto participate other events at the show. Some events may have an additional fee. during the convention. 2. The definition of working weapon includes, but is not swords,limited to katanas, firearms bokken, and ammunition or other martial of any arts and style all kinds swords, (BB daggers,guns, cap sword guns, canes,air- Badge Registration switchblades,soft weapons, axes,paintball clubs, guns, silly tazers, string, explosives, martial arts firecrackers, weapons, brass fireworks), knuckles, knives, chains, Full weekend badge: $60.00 Saturday badge only: $35.00 pepper spray, mace, and any other projectile item, toy or real. 3. Firearms that Friday badge only: $25.00 Sunday badge only: $25.00 Prices include GST. Badge purchases can be made onsite at the Badge Registration are still considered real weapons and are not permitted. desk (area 1 on map). We accept cash only. We do not accept cheques or money have the firing pin removed or are otherwise modified to be made non-functional orders. We will have free badge holders and lanyards at the desk for your use. For BOWS, SWORDS AND OTHER GUIDELINES additional information about other badge types and associated cost, please visit 1. Bows are allowed only if the arrows have blunt tips. 2. Swords must be sheathed badge registration. If you want to recycle your badge or lanyard, drop it off at the and peace bonded to be allowed into the convention. 3. Props constructed badge registration desk. A ticket for GottaCon 2015 admits one person to all basic activities and exhibits at Gottacon 2015 (the “Event”) during regularly scheduled convention staff. 4. Cardboard, foam, balsa or other light, craft type wood, light hours. Some designated activities require preregistration and/or payment of a and/orusing metal, soft plastic hardwood, or any fiberglass, other material glass or that hard collapses plastics under must forcefulbe approved pressure by are separate, additional fee. In accepting this ticket and in consideration for being acceptable. 5. Sharp edges are not permitted on any material. admitted to the Event, the holder consents to being recorded (by audio and/or visual means) for exhibition and exploitation by any means in all media, including FIREARMS without limitation the Internet, worldwide in perpetuity. Holder also hereby: (1) releases GottaCon Conventions from any liability for loss or damage to persons or 1. Prop firearms are allowed only if such accessories cannot be mistaken for real property, infringement of any right, or any other claim or course of action of any (yellow, orange, etc.) or have a similarly coloured plastic cap attached to the crown weapons.
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