This year's themes are:
Day 1 - Interstellar Stability (threats to it)
Day 2 - Phenomena and Discovery (scientific endeavors and breakthroughs)
Hey all, just wanted to drop by and let you know I'm still alive.
At the moment, there's been a few pressing issues in my work life, send me evemails and I'll get back to you ASAP.
We could, possibly, write up some things.
For Day 1 - Outbreaks of Debylian Flu
For Day 2 - Sebiestor Brain Structures. CTCS Crew Replacement Program. Archaelogical Discoveries from the Wombat People. Use of Miniature Robotics in Biological Studies.
Ohh a symposium! I don't suppose black market economics is a topic... If not I can just set and glare at Anslo. :eek:
Biology? Abstract? Call for papers? Yes? No? SCIENCE?!
I have a topic. Should I do a full writeup of the entire presentation, or just an outline to submit ahead of time?
Kat - Thanks and we'll be in touch. In an I-RED press conference a while back, you presented some RP'd technology that I-RED was either working or rolling out for sale - something to do with low orbit harvesting from gas planets if my memory's correct. That and some of your other world-building efforts might also be quite interesting to see at SeyCon if there's not some sort of IC reason to keep it hushed up?
We could, possibly, write up some things.
For Day 1 - Outbreaks of Debylian Flu
For Day 2 - Sebiestor Brain Structures. CTCS Crew Replacement Program. Archaelogical Discoveries from the Wombat People. Use of Miniature Robotics in Biological Studies.
Received your expression of interest, still considering it but it looks good. Would you mind writing us a summary of your talk(s) when ready or in draft stage?
Makoto - I love the idea of a roundtable such as you've proposed. We'd need to get some other panelists and develop a structure for audience interaction, but I think something like this would be interesting and a refreshing change from the format seen in previous SeyCons. I'll need to find those other panelists and twist a few arms on the organising committee of course, but I have a lot of things I can use to coerce co-operation if necessary .... :twisted:
I have fond memories of the first (or maybe second?) conference, highlights included LouLou's graphic detailing interactions with Slave something (heavenbound? Was that seri's kid?), and Kyber's study of some specialized scorpion variant.
While there's some actual research that goes into it, a lot of it ends up simply being fan fiction, presented scientifically.
It basically has a neon sign that says YDIW, but gets a pass for doing it :awesome:
TBH if you're worried of YDIW, roleplaying at all is probably a bad idea - those who are going to call you, I or another out, will find a way to do so beyond the scope of this event, and tbh interesting, fun ideas with the veneer of academic rigour (but obviously not real experimental work) is in itself fun. Something with more meat than Arek Jalaan, a bit more respect and rigor, that demands a higher calibre while still keeping an open mind. At least that is my impression.
We'd be interested in presenting something. Is there still time to send an abstract?
Loads of time.I hope it won't be too immersion breaking to receive the abstracts before the DL.
In addition to talks, open panels, etc we're also considering a free RP trade floor 'room' where characters can hawk their corps/alliances/industry/research/services or anything they can think of that fits the idea as well as network and develop contacts. So if people want to participate in that way let us know too.We would be interested in this.
I hope it won't be too immersion breaking to receive the abstracts before the DL.
In addition to talks, open panels, etc we're also considering a free RP trade floor 'room' where characters can hawk their corps/alliances/industry/research/services or anything they can think of that fits the idea as well as network and develop contacts. So if people want to participate in that way let us know too.We would be interested in this.
Firstly, following the official announcement on IGS (again, Coming Soon™) I'm hoping to involve journalist/media-focussed characters who have ties to news sources to report on the conference preparations and updates in-character. Ideally this would be partly managed through OOC conversation/clarification so as to see things progress with enough drama to maintain interest but not to derail things beyond all hope of getting it back on track. Fredfredbug (if you're here), Muck Raker, ISODE, etc ... I'm kind of looking at you guys as well as anyone else (throwaway alt?) who think they fit the bill. If this sounds like something you want to be involved with let us know. If not, no harm no foul.
While the Institute isn't a news organisation per se, it can always have some kind of similar engagement in the line of speculative press releases/conferences and campaigns and so on. Making as well as then presenting the news of sorts.
While the Institute isn't a news organisation per se, it can always have some kind of similar engagement in the line of speculative press releases/conferences and campaigns and so on. Making as well as then presenting the news of sorts.
Yeah, the names put out there were just the most obvious of people/groups who make regular announcements on the IGS of the type I'm thinking of. I wasn't meaning to imply ISODE was a media outlet and nor was I attempting to force you to become involved - my apologies if that was how it seemed. Rather I was thinking that groups like ISODE as a politicised think-tank might be interested in making objective or subjective commentary on the types of social, technological and post-human themes that we're trying to have SeyCon highlight. This would give a different perspective to news or tabloid reporting.
At the end of the day, what I'm actually trying to accomplish is to open an event that's been somewhat confined in the past to a specific type of RP to other forms of RP and wider interaction with as many players as can be achieved.
how would people feel about ALXVP putting together our own conference, to take the place of the current Seycon? Since Ollie and N'maro are too busy irl to manage it right now.
So in your opinion Kat, should we stay away from science conventions altogether to avoid stepping on SeyCon's toes, or just set it up independently and not bill it as the spiritual successor to Seyllin?
Also, player stuff, has to be original, and also, modest in its claims. Like, if you're going to clone things en masse, then there's a couple of technologies that exist - Blood Raider, Sansha's Nation, Jovian things. All of which operate differently. If you claim to have an original fourth method, then that's a pretty big claim - means that your science things rival or exceed the capabilities of some of the major entities in New Eden. Got to be able to back that up pretty convincingly. Or instead, use tech belonging to 2 of those mentioned (i.e. not the Jovians). Which would be a thing in itself - that you are on good enough terms for research sharing with those powers, or that you are capable of understanding and implementing the theories using captured partial equipment. Again, those are big claims.
wormhole shape is arbitrary, and doesn't match up with anything ingame. It's purely game mechanics.Yes. I was surprised when Torfi pulled that one out. :|
All the J-123456 numbers are from one of the RL astronomic catalogues. CCP said this. Something about the J-123456 number being the only identifiable quasar visible from that wormhole system or something like that. Which means class 6 space isn't at the centre, with lower classes arranged in a ring, as the systems appear on eve maps. It's all arbitrary.
Which put the kibosh on the Arekjalann project about mapping the wormholes. Ingame numbers and observations didn't matter. I don't even know if the quasars appear ingame. Probably not.