Evening Reading: Labor Day Edition

by Alice O'Connor, Sep 06, 2010 5:00pm PDT

It's been a quiet Labor [sic] Day here at Shacknews as the video games industry has mostly been out in the garden with a beer in one hand and a hotdog in the other, not to mention I've been working by myself. Still, I hope that whoever and wherever you are, you have come to appreciate the labouring classes a little bit more than you did before.

Me, I've been working hard all labour day so nobody appreciates long, hard slog better than me. Crumbs, what a gruelling day! I think I'll unwind by playing the PC version of Chime, which unlocked on Steam while I was writing this post. I already have the Xbox 360 edition but this'll make a fine addition to my netbook for travel fun.

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Hey let's keep the ShackCon conversation going!
http://bit.ly/ShackConSurvey2
We got over SIXTY more responses today... which brings our total around 160 responses total. KEEP THEM COMING :)

To clear up some details :
- This will be a weekend/long weekend (Friday-Sunday) event.
- It will be held in Las Vegas.
- It's looking like it will be in the Summer of 2011, specifically June or July, based on survey results.
- The main event will probably be some sort of large dinner banquet and party on Saturday night.
- The rest of the weekend will be filled with options based on survey results and also based on the number of registrants. We aren't going to over-plan your weekend for you, but we do want to make sure that people have the option to do different things, and we want to make it as convenient as possible to do them.
- It's gonna 0wn.

Sep 06, 2010 5:20pm PDT

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Hey let's keep the ShackCon conversation going! http://bit.ly/ShackConSurvey2 We got over SIXTY more ... : laurgasms
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  mmmmm a weekend of gambling and gaming. : Grumbeld
  - bringing a whole new meaning to the term gaming commission : RikiTiki2
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    More like a weekend of hookers and blow. Oh wait cocks and Mt Dew ;-) : hashd
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      Sausage party. No seriously. http://www.hofbrauhauslasvegas.com/ : laurgasms
      
      I may check that place while I'm there this Xmas. There's a small family restaurant a little ways from t... : omnova
      
      That sausage is going to go in my mouth! : Grumbeld
      
      I can see many shackers filling their mouths with glorious sausage during this Vegas thing lol! : hashd
      
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      I've always wanted to go here! : mayooms
      
      The Pittsburgh one is a good time, many shackmeets have been had there. Likewise the Munich location is t... : askedrelic
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  If we're going to Vegas, we'll definitely have to see Penn and Teller while we're there. It might have to... : BlackCat9
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    Yeah that's what I heard :[ I know I will definitely be staying a couple of extra days as I'm sure a lot ... : laurgasms
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      Couple extra days? Man, Vegas was made for weekends. After day three you're just burned out and want to g... : Deathlove
      
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      Maybe if you are a vagina. : laurgasms
      
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      I mean, if you're doing it right. If you do it wrong, you could probably do five days. : Deathlove
      
      2 days on, 1 day off, That's how it works. That third day "off" is for laying by the pool. : ejectorpod
      
      I'll be bringing the wife. I already have her convinced. We are going stay a week. : legsbrogan
      
      Wtf no way, I was there for 2.5 days and could have stayed for 4-5 : H@rvester
      
      Don't be such a little girl. : omnova
      
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      I AGREE WITH DEATHLOVE. : spazzium
      
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      i retract my statement now : Deathlove
      
      Haha : spazzium
    - I could probably stay a week : mayooms
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  ever been to Vegas LG? : supermonkeyballz
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    no :( I'm really pushing for this to be on June 25th so I can have the best birfday party every :) : laurgasms
    - ha ha ha... I'm all for that as the school year will be over on the 17th. : Grumbeld
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      nooooooooooo, I'm working a conference that weekend :( : mtgDoofy
      
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      I'm in Yosemite (already booked). Please not then : ( : locater16
      
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      It'll probably still be very very close to that date :( : laurgasms
      
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      If it's like the week before or after then I'm all good! : locater16
      
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      Err, wait... hmm yeah the week after I say! That's all good. Or maybe even then, I might be back in time ... : locater16
      
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      The week after is a holiday weekend, which means $$$$$$$.
      
      That weekend means it's pre-holiday and it's cheaper and less crowded. I don't know I'll look at the price differences for some of the locations we're looking at between a few different weekends and then we'll talk about it more. We're narrowing, which is good. :[
      
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      The week after is a holiday weekend, which means $$$$$$$. That weekend means it's pre-holiday and it's... : laurgasms
      
      Well, hey whatever works for the most people. And yeah I guess July 4th would be really expensive. Well g... : locater16
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  To continue the discussion from before: Yes, I'm willing to take pictures of people sitting on Duke Nukem... : ConfusedUs
  - This is going to be the best Dukemas EVER : laurgasms
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    If anybody can send me some steroids, I will lift weights and get a flattop : dognose
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      hawkeye said you could be Duke but I said I want to see you sit on Duke's lap. so hawkeye said he wan... : laurgasms
      
      I actually took ecstasy once and managed to do exactly that but I don't wanna talk about it :( : dognose
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  AWW YEAH!!!! Maddog_Delphi97 : EricZBA
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    I'm shocked... I might actually be able to attend! Trying not to get too excited. : Legolas5
    - Yeah same here... Las Vegas is a much closer drive than TX for me. : .Jayson
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  it's actually not that bad of a drive from Tucson. I may be down for this. : BongSlayerB
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    We also have plans to make a forum on the site for people to arrange carpools and room sharing. :) : laurgasms
    - Maybe once we pick a date, we can just have a dedicated long-term chatty that the editors can make for us... : BlackCat9
    - Cool. I get nervous driving through the desert by myself. : The Grolar Bear
  - Yeah not much of a drive for me either and I do love me some Vegas! : hashd
  - It's further to Vegas from my house than I thought. I cringed when I saw 998 miles on I-40 west. That's o... : ConfusedUs
- As long as it's not June then I've got a chance of attending. I spent two weeks setting up an extended fa... : locater16
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  Props for organizing this. QuakeCon doesn't motivate me enough to go, but having this in vegas definitely... : Phreakin
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    Oh, gotta make sure this doesn't conflict with any other gaming conventions like E3 or Qcon since that ke... : BlackCat9
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      Fuuuuck yeah, I've got a running list of shit to avoid... and Las Vegas actually has a way to check the o... : laurgasms
      
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      Looks like E3 will be June 7-9, 2011, so we're clear of that, and QuakeCon/Gamescom/Defcon is usually ear... : BlackCat9
      
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      Not a lot of shackers go to E3 anyways I feel : nyranger66
      
      I think a few of them work at E3 who would like to be at the Shackcon instead, including most of the Shac... : BlackCat9
- June/July/August is always good - during the other months if its on a weekend I'll be good to go for a sh... : limpossible
- Spring break would be interesting. I forget when it is, and I think it's different in different states. : Fenring42
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  Duke NukemÂ®. Keeping gaming communities strong since 1996.â„¢ : dognose
  - Yeah, people came for Quake news but stayed for the Duke Nukem community. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I'll be in Santa Cruz. Do people drive from there or fly? : crummynz
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    Yes. (I know there's huge interest from the SF Bay community to have a carpool or potentially a carpool c... : laurgasms
    - I'd love to do that. : crummynz
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      I would fly but if there was a real interest I could take me + 4 and still have 5 PCs in the truck shell.... : Lightzout
      
      Consider yourself vouched for : OverloadUT
  - Take the bus to San Jose Minetta Int'l Airport. : Sailor of Fortune
- I hope GeorgeB responds to the poll : Cheeziologist
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  I did the survey! It'll be so awesome meeting quite a bit more shackers :D : Koral06
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    Oh crap now I cant go :( : hashd
    - We can road trip! : Koral06
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      wtf. : dognose
      
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      He gets nervous around ladies. : laurgasms
      
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      Just that one ;-) : hashd
      
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      Were you the Saigon fapper? : Lightzout
      
      Ahahahaha no! : hashd
- Oh man, meetup in Vegas. Saying no to Vegas is hard : Senate5000
- need to lock down actual dates before i can commit to anything : filthysock
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  But what if DNF isn't released by then? : anhero
  - Then we plan another party! :) : dognose
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    It will be in celebration of all things Shack and Duke, regardless of when the game is released. We can't... : laurgasms
    - Also, when DNF is released, wouldn't most of us rather be at home playing it? : Vincent Grayson
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      What if they release DNF that weekend D: : dognose
      
      There will be a run on Alienware laptops capable of playing it... : ThomW
  - that's what ShackCon 2012 is for!! : AMikaboshi
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  Are we gonna stay at one of the nicer places like Luxor or are we gonna white trash it up and do Fitzgera... : dognose
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    I am working on finding out what's affordable and what would make a good home base. I put in a bunch of p... : laurgasms
    - Thanks for all your hard work on this so far. You're doing a fantastic job at keeping on top of this. I n... : BlackCat9
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      If any of the Wynn properties are acceptable I might be able to get an inside track on a bargain. : dognose
      
      I've been wanting to stay at one of those and would second this! Work any discounts we can get, lord know... : askedrelic
      
      I didn't even think of it until now, but I may have some connections too. I'll check before I promise any... : dfay
      
      I know people at the Wynn too! : Koral06
      
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      If you wanna contact your contact then contact me, I'll give you my contact information so we can make co... : laurgasms
      
      YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE CONTACTS SO I CONTACTED YOUR CONTACT SO WE CAN CONTACT WHILE WE CONTACT! : ejectorpod
  - I'll white trash it up with you. I'll be the laslo to your thompson : anhero
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    Let's stay at the CircusCircus! : askedrelic
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      And someone please bring ether and I will provide the mescaline so we can stumble around in there! : hashd
      
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      Oh god mushrooms on they mezzanine. : dognose
      
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      Now you're talking Mr. Nose!! : hashd
      
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      Hahahaha hell no. That would be too overwhelming :D : dognose
      
      But absolutely spectacular at the same time! : hashd
      
      Haha fuck yeah : biskits
      
      Tripping with Shackers would be an incredibly bizarre experience. : Vincent Grayson
      
      I may go and you and I can partake in this.\ : supermonkeyballz
- i really want to go to this. if i can manage it financially, i'm there : drewroy
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  Who wants to split a cheap suite? : ejectorpod
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    My bf doesn't like gambling and is not a big gamer so I may be going alone in which case I would be willi... : Koral06
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      Vegas is fun even without gambling! It's kind of entertaining just to wander and check shit out, lay out ... : ejectorpod
      
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      I went with him a couple of months ago and he was pretty much bored most of the time so I went off and di... : Koral06
      
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      your bf sucks. : ejectorpod
      
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      So are you trying to say you don't wanna split a room with me? We can have pillow fights in our underwear... : Koral06
      
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      Once on a trip to Disney my friends and I literally shared a giant banana split while talking about our r... : laurgasms
      
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      Now I'm picturing a banana split covered in m&ms from the m&m factory... Hmmmmmmm : Koral06
      
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      Best Shacker photoshoot ever. : laurgasms
      
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      All of the shack girls plus dognose. : laurgasms
      
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      Omg I'm down : Koral06
      
      uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'll bring the camera. : ejectorpod
      
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      No I'm down, but if you're not cool with me masturbating in bed we might have a problem. : ejectorpod
      
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      As long as I don't get superman cape. : Koral06
      
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      I don't even know what that means but I'm loling. : ejectorpod
      
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      http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/#define?term=superman%20cape : Koral06
      
      Now that I know what it is, no promises. : ejectorpod
      
      i want pics if this happens. : drewroy
      
      I'm in. : MrBig0
    - You are going with me! : hashd
- So I was going to post "Looks like we've gotten to the giant douchebag portion of our survey" but then I ... : laurgasms
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  On a side note are there any road trips in the works? I'm driving from la and could use company :) : Koral06
  - I've seen others in SoCal who wanted to do a caravan thing. We'll figure it out once people start getting... : BlackCat9
  - We were talking about having a travel and room forum, or using a future dedicated Chatty for it, so peopl... : laurgasms
- I'm still super sad the Star Trek Experience is gone! :C i miss Quark's : mayooms
- I'll probably show up. maybe road trip from MN? : jimmy_legs
- i have faith in this since you are one of the planners. also count me in. : dahanese
- i actually might go, vegas would be cheap. : spaceless
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  How prohibitive would costs for a hall with a stage for activities and LAN cave be? Any numbers yet? I ... : Lightzout
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    Working on it. Holiday weekend, can't get much in terms of proposals until people get back to work. : laurgasms
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      This is exciting! : Lightzout
      
      you are telling ME. nyranger66 and i have HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING over this. : laurgasms
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    you guys would go to las vegas and while in vegas, sit at a computer and play games? : FrayLo
- I'll get married in June but we don't know yet where to go for our honeymoon - I wonder if future Mrs Raz... : razorblade79

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