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Brody · 08-09-2006, 01:21 PM

During the weekend of Sept. 8-10, OtherSpace: New Journeys (jointhesaga.com 1790) will host a free, open-to-everyone online event called FidoCon to promote continued interest in text-based gaming.

We're looking for guest speakers who want to do any of the following during the event:

* Give workshops (on coding, describing/building, roleplaying, etc.)
* Promote code engines or coded systems for various engines
* Promote specific games in general or talk about special events upcoming at those games
* Join panel discussions on issues ranging from the survival of text games in a graphical age to pay-to-play versus free games to...well, if you've got other topics in mind for panels, we'll probably be open to them!

On the weekend after the online con, we're going to present the first Fido Awards. Before we can present those, we need:

* Nominees in the categories of Best Overall Text-Based Online RPG, Best Sci-Fi Text-Based Online RPG, Best Horror Text-Based Online RPG, Best Fantasy Text-Based Online RPG, Best Historical-Theme Text-Based Online RPG, Best Modern-Theme Text-Based Online RPG, Best Multi-Genre Text-Based Online RPG, and Best Text-Based Online RPG Community Website. (The last category would include such nominees as Top MUD Sites, The MUD Connector, Online Gaming Resource, etc.) NOTE: For the first Fido Awards, at least, the games of jointhesaga.com will be ineligible for nomination as we're hosting the show and it's not about us.

* Volunteers to serve as judges for the Fido Awards. Basically, these individuals will visit the nominated games and sites before turning in their scores.

The awards will be distributed live in real-time during a special ceremony at OtherSpace: New Journeys. We'll provide special icons that winning games/sites can display on their web pages.

We should have a FidoCon website up within the next week or so at

Until it's up, however, feel free to contact me at with games and sites you'd like to see nominated or to volunteer as a guest speaker or judge in the competition.

See you there!

P.S.: The online con gets its name not from the old BBS gathering in the late 1980s, but from the rabid fidos that inhabit so many of the early MUDs.

08-09-2006, 01:21 PM	#1
Brody Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Home MUD: OtherSpace Posts: 1,599	During the weekend of Sept. 8-10, OtherSpace: New Journeys (jointhesaga.com 1790) will host a free, open-to-everyone online event called FidoCon to promote continued interest in text-based gaming. We're looking for guest speakers who want to do any of the following during the event: * Give workshops (on coding, describing/building, roleplaying, etc.) * Promote code engines or coded systems for various engines * Promote specific games in general or talk about special events upcoming at those games * Join panel discussions on issues ranging from the survival of text games in a graphical age to pay-to-play versus free games to...well, if you've got other topics in mind for panels, we'll probably be open to them! On the weekend after the online con, we're going to present the first Fido Awards. Before we can present those, we need: * Nominees in the categories of Best Overall Text-Based Online RPG, Best Sci-Fi Text-Based Online RPG, Best Horror Text-Based Online RPG, Best Fantasy Text-Based Online RPG, Best Historical-Theme Text-Based Online RPG, Best Modern-Theme Text-Based Online RPG, Best Multi-Genre Text-Based Online RPG, and Best Text-Based Online RPG Community Website. (The last category would include such nominees as Top MUD Sites, The MUD Connector, Online Gaming Resource, etc.) NOTE: For the first Fido Awards, at least, the games of jointhesaga.com will be ineligible for nomination as we're hosting the show and it's not about us. * Volunteers to serve as judges for the Fido Awards. Basically, these individuals will visit the nominated games and sites before turning in their scores. The awards will be distributed live in real-time during a special ceremony at OtherSpace: New Journeys. We'll provide special icons that winning games/sites can display on their web pages. We should have a FidoCon website up within the next week or so at Until it's up, however, feel free to contact me at with games and sites you'd like to see nominated or to volunteer as a guest speaker or judge in the competition. See you there! P.S.: The online con gets its name not from the old BBS gathering in the late 1980s, but from the rabid fidos that inhabit so many of the early MUDs.