Badge Registration Goes Live!

Greetings Gamers!

As you probably know this weekend is the beginning of badge registration. We are excited for you to check out the new website and registration system! Please review all of the information below.

Badge Registration – Goes live on Sunday, February 15th
VIG Packages – Are available
Housing – Opens on Tuesday, February 17th

Regards,
The Gen Con Team

-Badge Registration opens this Sunday, February 15th, at Noon (Eastern)
If you haven’t already, be sure to create your new RUBI account by going to registration.gencon.com. Everyone will need to create a new account in RUBI in order to purchase a badge.Badge Prices:
4-Day Badge – $68
1-Day Badge (Thurs-Sat) – $38
Sunday Badge – will be available for purchase onsite
VIG Package – $500

-VIG Packages available
If you’re interested in becoming a VIG Member, there are over 100 slots available. The package is only $500 and includes merchandise, a VIG Lounge, a separate hotel block, and much more!

-Housing opens Tuesday, February 17th, at Noon (Eastern)
When you purchase a badge, you will see your housing code on the screen and receive a confirmation email with additional housing information. Be sure to keep this code handy! You will need it to reserve a hotel room when housing opens on Tuesday. If you have any trouble finding a hotel room, be sure to put your name on the waiting list, and we will let you know when more rooms become available.

For more information about RUBI, our new registration system, go to our RUBI Updates page at RUBI Updates

Badge registration begins February 15th

SEATTLE, WA (February 10, 2009) For the 42nd year, gamers are eagerly anticipating the best four days in gaming as they lay out their plans to attend Gen Con Indy 2009 in August.  After much feedback from attendees, Gen Con LLC is excited to announce the implementation of a new registration system. The new, adaptable system promises to be flexible and agile enough to accommodate the growing number of attendees. Gone are the days of the system crashing, difficulty searching events and slow performance.

“We are really excited about the new registration system. We took input from everyone over the years, and incorporated everything that was possible into the new system to make it that much better,” said Adrian Swartout, CEO of Gen Con.

The announcement of a new registration system is evidence of the company’s commitment toward building a stronger, more focused company. In January, the US Bankruptcy court of Western Washington confirmed Gen Con’s plan of
reorganization and approved the company’s rejection of a hostile takeover bid.  With its emergence from Chapter 11, Gen Con has significantly reduced its expenses and increased its cash position. Under the confirmed plan, Gen Con will pay all of it creditors in full over time and will continue to operate. A three-member Advisory Committee will assist the company and its board with Peter Adkison retaining ownership.

Gen Con Indy 2009, which will be held August 13-16 in Indianapolis, will prove to be one of the best shows yet with thousands of events and hundreds of exhibitors. To register, attendees will need to create a new account in the system by going to www.registration.gencon.com .  Badge pre-registration will begin on Sunday, February 15th at 12noon (ET).  Housing registration opens on Tuesday, February 17th at 12noon (ET). Event pre-registration begins on Sunday, April 19 at 12noon (EST).  Both badge and event pre-registration will close at 11:59pm (ET) on June 27th.

Pre-registration will only be available online through the registration system. A four-day badge is $68 with pre-registration or $78 onsite.  A 1-day badge is $35 with pre-registration or $45 onsite. The VIG (Very Important Guest package) is only available online with pre-registration for $500.

About Gen Con
Gen Con, LLC produces the largest consumer hobby, fantasy, sci-fi and adventure game convention in North America. Its operations include Gen Con Indy and licensees for European and Asia Pacific Gen Con shows. It was acquired in 2002 by former CEO and founder of Wizards of the Coast Peter Adkison, who solely owns the company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Gen Con is a consumer and trade experience dedicated to gaming culture and community. For more information visit the website at www.gencon.com.

For those who attended the first Go-Play Ottawa, I think they’ll agree with me that it was a great time. Time has come for the second session of Go-Play Ottawa, and it’s happening this Saturday, November 8.

Right now, GPO is a little thin on GMs this time (only 2 have stepped forward), so if you’re in the area and want to play, stand up and be counted!

Full details are over at the GPO blog. Highlight events include: Dogs, Dirty Secrets, Poison’d, Pulp!, Mechaton, Moldvay Basic D&D

Saturday November 8
55 Laurier Ave East
Ottawa
Inside the Starbucks
11:00am-9:00pm

Hope to see you out!

So it’s been announced on the Go-Play Ottawa website that the mini-con is on for July 26th from noon to 9 PM. If you are in the Ottawa area, go check out the info and plan to attend. You’ve seen all the cool Beast of Namgakksan stuff, right?

Ottawa’s Casual Gaming Convention – but what does that mean?

The idea behind Go-Play Ottawa (GPO) is to mix up the gaming scene in Ottawa. Get gamers out of the woodwork, get them playing new stuff with new people, and make new friends.

The vision for GPO is a quarterly event, where there’s room for both scheduled and pick-up gaming.

Let’s Go Play.