EVENT 15-17/10/2010 EirtaKon 2010 ******Forum meet-up SAT 4PM*****

Art_Wolf

Another year and EirtaKon is quickly approaching!

First Con?
For those who have yet to make that bold leap to going to a convention, EirtaKon is a primed to give you the best experience. The con is located in Dublin and the team running it have consistently outperformed themselves. With a variety of events you can be assured you will always have something interesting to do and with almost one thousand people in attendance you will make some great friends.


Registration
The website has recently gotten a face lift and this year's pre-registration is now open, http://eirtakon.com/pre-registration

Events
There are a number of competitions running over the weekend that attendees can already working towards:

• AMV Competition
• Art Competition
• Modelling Competition
• Cosplay Competitions

reccakeys

I visited the site... It's kind a cool. I like it.

Keep it up

Konata

Spike Spencer is a guest? Fantastic!

MarkMI6

Thanks for posting up the thread Art_Wolf

I'm the PR guy for Eirtakon, if anyone has any questions I'm happy to help!

Eirtakon this year is in The Helix in DCU, which is a feckin' massive place altogether So we'll be having the biggest traders hall ever for an anime con in Ireland (about 2.5 times the sieze of last year's I think), a *huuuuge* artists alley, well over a dozen panels and workshops, a few more guests still tba, the usual extensive cosplay tournaments, loads of console & card games, over 30 hours of anime screened and of course the pub quiz on Friday

Keep an eye on the site for constant updates over the next month, we're pulling the schedule together as we speak!

vex

I will be attending my first con this year, so sorry if this question is stupid. I was wondering is there parking available? or would it be better to catch a taxi /bus from my hotel? Thanks and look forward to seeing some other anime/ manga fans

TheChrisD

vex wrote: »

I will be attending my first con this year, so sorry if this question is stupid. I was wondering is there parking available? or would it be better to catch a taxi /bus from my hotel? Thanks and look forward to seeing some other anime/ manga fans

Depends on where you're staying that is. There's the multi-storey car park in DCU practically right outside the entrance to the Helix, so I really don't think you need to worry about finding a space :pac:

vex

Cool Thanks for the reply

MarkMI6

A little update - we got our weekend schedule up online today! So if you're wondering what all the buzz is about and just how far the €20 pre-reg gets you, you can see for yourself here

We have a big surprise ready for Saturday night, but we're not announcing that for another week or so

Konata

Ah, good stuff! Thanks.

Nice choice of anime screenings there, looking forward to it

gearoidof

Apologies if this was asked before, but is the pub Quiz open to people who aren't going to the con?

I ask this as I'm in DCU for something else that weekend, may as well pop out on Friday.

MarkMI6

gearoidof wrote: »

Apologies if this was asked before, but is the pub Quiz open to people who aren't going to the con?

I ask this as I'm in DCU for something else that weekend, may as well pop out on Friday.

Friday is free in, so yeah it's open to people who aren't going to the con Although, by going on the Friday, you're technically going to the con anyway

gearoidof

I dunno... If I'm there anyway, and there just happens to be a pub quiz, well, what can we do?

MarkMI6

Same thing I'll be doing, sitting down and ordering a beer!

TheChrisD

MarkMI6 wrote: »

Same thing I'll be doing, sitting down and ordering a beer!

Surprised you'll be doing that rather than sitting outside drinking your own homemade beer :P

mbtshoes

Nice choice of anime screenings there, looking forward to it

MarkMI6

TheChrisD wrote: »

Surprised you'll be doing that rather than sitting outside drinking your own homemade beer :P

Hehe nah, that'll be Sunday night!

treasar

Super excited now, wahay, second year as staff, epic fun ahoy!

cherryghost

Gaming schedule looks good guys. Hopefully it'll be better organised than last year... I signed up and missed 2 competitions because I hadn't a clue where the room was

MarkMI6

cherryghost wrote: »

Gaming schedule looks good guys. Hopefully it'll be better organised than last year... I signed up and missed 2 competitions because I hadn't a clue where the room was

Erk, that sucks, sorry about that! We have a dedicated gaming room this year, it's rather large and will hopefully be better signposted

Konata

Woo - Street Fighter tourney on the Saturday! Good move, trust me

TheChrisD

cherryghost wrote: »

Gaming schedule looks good guys. Hopefully it'll be better organised than last year... I signed up and missed 2 competitions because I hadn't a clue where the room was

MarkMI6 wrote: »

Erk, that sucks, sorry about that! We have a dedicated gaming room this year, it's rather large and will hopefully be better signposted

That ^^

If you're still lost, give me a ring, I'll come rescue you :P

cade

cherryghost wrote: »

I signed up and missed 2 competitions because I hadn't a clue where the room was

Indeed that's crap. We'll have the venue plastered with direction signage this year, so if you ever find yourself lost then simply follow the direction arrows on the signs to find your desired room.

MarkMI6

Just a general update for everyone, in case you haven't seen already:

1. We've gotten our gaming schedule up, which you can find here - two days, nine tournaments, prizes and some intense fights to be had!
2. The full list of traders was confirmed last week, and you can gaze upon the roster here - the traders hall is well over two times the size of last year's, making it the biggest ever seen in Ireland. We just hope we can fit all the traders merch in there
3. There will be a bring n buy on Saturday! If you'd like to take part, please register and we'll reserve space for you Participants will run their own stalls, however we will check over to make sure only geniune merchandise is being sold. Full details are on the site, make sure to bring lots of post-its!

And now the big one...

MOSHI MOSHI @ EIRTAKON! Ireland's finest DJs bringing the sounds of Tokyo to Dublin, only on Saturday night! We can't wait

To all our younger attendees: we haven't forgotten about you! We're working really, really hard to make sure there will be an amazing event on at the same time, same place as Moshi Moshi... stay tuned

Konata

This makes me excited.

Woo, only a month (ish) to go!

MarkMI6

Four weeks, one day and about 20 and a half hours until absolute mayhem begins

Can you tell I'm a bit nervous now?!

Konata

MarkMI6 wrote: »

Four weeks, one day and about 20 and a half hours until absolute mayhem begins

Can you tell I'm a bit nervous now?!

WOO!

Ah sure, it'll be graaaaaaaaaand. You can drink away your worries at a certain upcoming porty anyway

MarkMI6

News just in, the bar will be open til half 12 on both Friday and Saturday nights

Also if anyone wants to go just for Moshi Moshi, it's a €5 charge on the door for entry just to the club night (but then you'll be missing out on the rest of the weekend, and you don't wanna do that!)

Hmmm - Do I make take that extra step and go to a convention?

cherryghost

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmm - Do I make take that extra step and go to a convention?

YES

Konata

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmm - Do I make take that extra step and go to a convention?

Grand so, I'm dragging you along Conor

Hotaru

Hotaru wrote: »

Grand so, I'm dragging you along Conor

Hmm... I love anime, but I've a feeling if I went there I'd be lost in a see of references to animes I've never seen before (which would be all bar about 6 of them).
I might go all the same.:cool:

UnionOfV

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm... I love anime, but I've a feeling if I went there I'd be lost in a see of references to animes I've never seen before (which would be all bar about 6 of them).

Well, at least you'll know what you're looking for in the dealer's den :pac:

TheChrisD

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmm - Do I make take that extra step and go to a convention?

That question even needs to be asked? :pac:

MarkMI6

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmm... I love anime, but I've a feeling if I went there I'd be lost in a see of references to animes I've never seen before (which would be all bar about 6 of them).
I might go all the same.:cool:

Hotaru is now officially dragging you to it, you have no choice in the matter.

popzmaster

****IN YEAH! Pokémon Tourney/Street Fighter Tourney/Mario Kart Tourney one after the other! What an epic win! Can't wait!

randomchild

Defo going to try and make it to at least saturday, sunday too if I can swing it...

MarkMI6

More updates!

1. The panels schedule has been released and you can find it here - Spike is doing one panel a day, watch out for 'em!
2. 2nd guest confirmed! Anna Fitzpatrick is making a very welcome return and will be giving two manga classes this year, you can find all the info here!

The anime screening schedule is just about finalised and will be online in a few days, along with one or two more surprise announcements that we're very excited about

Phew, this year is looking to be a massive, massive weekend!

Konata

So. Is everyone all set and super excited for Eirtakon this weekend? I know I am!

I'll be there Saturday and Sunday with D4RK ONION in tow and hopefully a few others. Who all else is gonna be around? And if not, why the hell not?

cherryghost

You damn well better be!

I'll be around all weekend as Death the Kid.

Also, I vote for a boards.ie Animu & Mango meetup at the weekend. :pac:

Konata

Can we rename this forum the Animu and Mango forum?!

I vote for a meet up too. We'll have each other anyway cherryghost Awesome new avatar btw!

Pygmalion

SO I won't be going to this.
But I happen to live right there (last year I found out it was on by walking by a bunch of cosplayers on the way to get some milk ), so there's actually a good chance I'll be around...

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

SO I won't be going to this.
But I happen to live right there (last year I found out it was on by walking by a bunch of cosplayers on the way to get some milk ), so there's actually a good chance I'll be around...

Pyggy, I am devastated.

However, I demand that you come meet up with me and DO at some point anyway. He misses you y'know. Pines for ya every day. Don't hurt him like this

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

Pyggy, I am devastated.

However, I demand that you come meet up with me and DO at some point anyway. He misses you y'know. Pines for ya every day. Don't hurt him like this

I suppose I could, but like, only doing it for DO, I know how upset he'll be if I don't show up and at least pretend to like him.

He doesn't read this thread right?

Butterscotch

Pygmalion wrote: »

SO I won't be going to this.

Fail!

I am super excited. Hotaru if I see you I will say hi.:)

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

I suppose I could, but like, only doing it for DO, I know how upset he'll be if I don't show up and at least pretend to like him.

He doesn't read this thread right?

Eh, I'm fairly certain he doesn't. He has "better" things to be doing than reading this forum ;_;

You're so caring Pyggy. I applaud you. DO will be delighted and I won't have to listen to him moan about the lack of Pygmalion in his life.

Butterscotch wrote: »

Fail!

I am super excited. Hotaru if I see you I will say hi.:)

Yay!

TheChrisD

Pygmalion wrote: »

SO I won't be going to this.
But I happen to live right there (last year I found out it was on by walking by a bunch of cosplayers on the way to get some milk ), so there's actually a good chance I'll be around...

But that's just a complete cop-out! :eek:

Craguls

Thanks to a nice rota and well... chance I may pop into this fulfilling my annual tradition of picking up my younger brother's christmas presents.

I'll be cosplaying in my work clothes. You guys love Argos boy right?

Pygmalion

TheChrisD wrote: »

But that's just a complete cop-out! :eek:

Give me €23 plz.

tread_softly

I shall be running around dressed as Aya Natsume!

And I'm up for a boards.ie Animu meet up. Since I'm staffing, I won't be able to attend for long but I will appear to meet and greet and exchange frivolities!

TheChrisD

tread_softly wrote: »

And I'm up for a boards.ie Animu meet up. Since I'm staffing, I won't be able to attend for long but I will appear to meet and greet and exchange frivolities!

I propose picking some time and just meeting at the cafe on the bottom floor. Preferable not when the Maid Café is running. And when I can get a chance to leave the games room and not have everything fall apart up there.

tread_softly

TheChrisD wrote: »

I propose picking some time and just meeting at the cafe on the bottom floor. Preferable not when the Maid Café is running. And when I can get a chance to leave the games room and not have everything fall apart up there.

Yeah that suits me!