GottaCon 2011 Gaming Convention - February 4 to 6, 2011

[Carson Upton]

Tickets for our miniature tournaments are selling well. WarHammer 40K is 40% sold out and Warmachine is 25% sold out. So if you want to play in these tournaments please buy our tickets soon!

If you have any questions regarding either the WarHammer 40K or Fantasy tournaments please contact ppuhallo@gottacon.com.

Our vendor booths are also selling well. We have sold more than 85% of our booths. If you are interested in getting a booth this year please contact ehatch@gottacon.com.

[Carson Upton]

The event listing is now available on our website in Excel and PDF format as well as on our warhorn site located at www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011. Please keep in mind that the event listing will have events added to it over the weeks to come and we will provide updates on what was added on the sites listed above.

In order to pre-register for events you must first purchase an advance ticket to our convention. To do this please visit our website at www.gottacon.com or see the Pricing and Payment section of our Warhorn site or visit one of the seven retail locations selling our tickets (details on websites mentioned).

How to Pre-Register for Events:
1) Pre-purchase a ticket via our website, warhorn site or store location
2) go here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/attendee/new.php
3) Create a user account
4) Wait for GottaCon Staff to clear you (remember only people who have purchased tickets can pre register for events). You will receive an email letting you know you have been cleared.
5) Once you have been cleared, you browse the event listing (while logged in) by going here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php
6) Then you sign up for the events you want.

If you are organizing an event or are a vendor at our show please let us know which event or which vendor and we will clear your account.

If you don't get a chance to pre-register for events, there will be a registration desk at GottaCon where you can sign up for the event you want. But why wait when you can sign up now, get through the doors faster and secure your seat at the games you want to play!

Request for Event Coordinators
We are putting out the call for event submissions for GottaCon 2011. If you would like to run an event at GottaCon 2011 (become an event coordinator) please contact Evan Hatch at ehatch@gottacon.com letting him know. He will send you an email containing information on what to do next.

Benefits for event coordinators will be the same as last year which was get $10 off the $30 entry fee for each slot of events you run. Run three or more get in free. If you are attending for the full weekend you will also receive a swag bag and be granted early access to the convention Friday if you show up between 4:00pm and 5:00pm. This is in an effort to get you in before the rush which will allow you time to check out the vendors and the rest of the convention.

This year we will continue to award draw tickets to those people that participate in events labeled as a demonstration in an effort to get people trying out a variety of games. These draws will happen at the end of each slot (from 9am to 11pm each day) on top of the door prize draws and other giveaways.

Thank you and if you have further questions please contact Evan Hatch at ehatch@gottacon.com.

[Carson Upton]

Today we announce our electronic gaming line-up planned for GottaCon 2011. Below please find our list of game systems, games and tournaments planned for GottaCon 2011, which will be held February 4th to 6th, 2011 at Pearkes arena in Victoria BC (3100 Tillicum Road).

This year casual play on all GottaCon provided computers and consoles will be free with purchase to the convention. All tournaments will have a small entry fee. Entry fees will be listed in gamer tickets. Gamer tickets cost $1.00 +HST each and can be purchased in the video games area from GottaCon Staff.

This year we are pleased to announce that we have numerous major sponsors for our video games area including: Silver City Theatre, Future Shop – Uptown Mall location, Sneakers Computers, DTI Computers, Boomers Computers, Island Collateral, LowerMainLAN, Stain Internet Cafe and Sideshow Collectibles. All of these fantastic companies have provided substantial support in the way of prizes and technology. Events sponsored by these companies are noted below.

First let’s start with the Local Area Network (LAN) we have planned and the tournaments available.

GottaCon will host a LAN that will be able to connect up to 50 computers. Sixteen computer systems with games will be provided by LowerMainLAN, Sneakers Computers and Stain Internet Café. These stations will be considered public stations and attendees will be able to use them for casual play at no charge. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own systems and hook up to our LAN at no extra cost.

On the LAN we will be hosting the following scheduled tournaments:
PC - Starcraft 2: 1 vs. 1 Tournament Day: Friday Time: 7:00PM
PC - Left 4 Dead: 2 Team survival Challenge Day: Friday Time: Midnight
PC - Starcraft 2: 2 vs. 2 Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 1:00PM
PC - Call of Duty: Black Ops Free for All Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 5:00PM
PC - Counter-Strike Source 5 vs. 5 Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 9:00PM
PC - Midtown Madness 2: 4 vs. 4 Tournament Day: Saturday Time: Midnight
PC - Unreal Tournament GotY Edition: Deathmatch Tournament Day: Saturday Time: Midnight
PC - Team Fortress 2: 5 vs. 5 Tournament Day: Sunday Time: 11:00AM
PC - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 vs. 4 Tournament Day: Sunday Time: 2:00PM

For full details and prizes please visit our website: http://www.gottacon.com/?p=517

If interest levels are high enough in other games, tournaments may be scheduled with prize pools provided by GottaCon. When tournaments are not underway you can play your favourite games using our public systems or use your own system at no cost.

Console games will be provided and run by Evo Games (http://gamingevolved.webs.com/). Evo Games, a new gaming centre based out of Langford, will be teaming up with GottaCon to provide a MASSIVE selection of video games and tournaments at their booth. Evo will be setting up gaming stations which will consist of 20 Xbox 360’s.

In addition to Evo Games, Sony PlayStation will be back and setting up a booth on Saturday where they will show off their PlayStation 3 and PSPs. Check them out as there may be some swag in it for you!

Also Island Collateral, most likely Vancouver Island’s largest retailer of used video games will be onsite and will have a booth setup where you can try out games before you buy them. They will have everything you can imagine from Atari all the way up to today’s powerhouse consoles.

On our Xbox 360 LAN we will be hosting the following scheduled tournaments:
Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Black Ops Free for All Tournament Day: Friday Time: 7:00PM
Xbox 360 Super Street Fighter IV Tournament Day: Friday Time: 11:00PM
Xbox 360 Rainbow Six Vegas II 4 vs. 4 Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 11:00AM
Xbox 360 Halo Reach Free for All Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 3:00PM
Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 vs. 4 Tournament Day: Saturday Time: 7:00PM
Xbox 360 Gears of War 2: 2vs.2 Tournament Day: Sunday Time: 10:00AM
Xbox 360 Halo Reach 4 vs. 4 Tournament Day: Sunday Time: 1:00PM

For full details and prizes please visit our website: http://www.gottacon.com/?p=517

Other Video Gaming Events:

NBA Jam Challenge – beat Tony Humphrey, game play engineer, at a match of NBA Jam on Wii and walk away with a prize. This event will take place at the Island Collateral booth.

PlayStation Representatives – Come out Saturday and check out the PlayStation booth where you can test out their latest games and products.

Lego Universe Demos – Come out and meet some of the people involved in Lego Universe, a MMORPG created in a world of lego, as well as test out the game.

Free Play – In addition to the tournaments mentioned above their will be tons of other titles available for free game play. There is a one hour limit on a console station (must move to another station), general gaming stations will be limited during tournament times.

If you plan to bring your own computer and hook up to our LAN here is a list of games we recommend you have on your system to maximize your experience:

Call of Duty Black Ops
Starcraft II
Starcraft
Counter-Strike: Source
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Warcraft III
Heroes of Newerth
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Medal of Honor

[Carson Upton]

On Saturday February 5th only between 9:00am and 6:30pm, come out and take part in the GottaCon gamers silent auction brought to you by GottaCon Conventions. Convention goers are welcome to bring out their own items for sale as well as bid on the wide variety of items that will be available. We stress patience with convention staff as it takes time to enter all the information of submitted items and when the auction is complete to record all the results.

What is a silent auction?
In this type of auction, items are put on display. To place a bid, bidders write on a piece of paper located near the item. The bidder will be able to see the bids made already and must bid at least the minimum amount specified higher than the current bid. The minimum increase over the current bid will be $1.00 unless otherwise indicated. Bidding closes after a pre-set period of time. The highest bidder at the end of the auction wins the item and pays the price submitted.

The GottaCon silent auction will run from 9:00am until 6:30pm. At 6:30pm all bidding will stop. Winners may pay for the items they won starting at 7:30pm. If you cannot be present at 7:30pm winners may purchase their item any time between 8:00pm and 9:00pm. If you cannot pick up your items by 9:00pm Saturday night and you have not made arrangements with the GottaCon Conventions staff for an alternate time the item in question will then go to the next highest bidder. Please be patient with our staff at the end of the auction as they have to collect the items and record the winning bids before they can be released to the winners.

Cash is the only form of payment accepted. During the auction all items will be monitored. GottaCon Conventions is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged items.

Submitting an item for sale
Please bring your item to the GottaCon auction booth in area 16 on the map and be prepared to fill out a quick info sheet on your item. This info sheet will help others identify and understand your sale items as well as allow us to keep track of whose item is whose. All items will be put on display with a bid sheet. We recommend assigning a minimum bid to each item you submit. There is a small non-refundable charge of $1.00 (HST included) for each item submitted for sale. Items for sale may be submitted at the GottaCon auction Booth between 9:00am and 5:30pm Saturday February 5th.

Please check in with the GottaCon auction booth between 7:30pm and 9:00pm Saturday evening to find out if your item(s) sold or not. If your item sold you will be reimbursed the amount it sold for once payment is received. If you are not able to be present during the time indicated above please make arrangements with the GottaCon staff. Please be patient with our staff at the end of the auction as they have to collect the items, cash and record the winning bids before they can pay the owners for their items that sold.

If your item does not sell your item will be returned to you. Please check in with the GottaCon auction booth between 7:30pm and 9:00pm to find out if your item sold or not. Any items that do not sell and are not collected by 7:00pm Sunday February 6th will become the property of GottaCon Conventions. If you are not able to collect your items during the time indicated above please make arrangements with the GottaCon staff.

Some items that will be up for bid are:
• Board games new and used
• Tradable card games, singles and boosters
• Previously owned video games
• Video game systems
• Collectible/non-collectible miniatures and accessories
• Role-playing games old and new
• Books, comic books and animé
• Movies
• Many other gaming and hobby related items

The GottaCon auction provides a great opportunity to buy and sell all of your gaming and hobby related items at great prices. The previous two years have been hugely successful so make sure you check out the auction on Saturday!!

Please note that GottaCon Conventions reserves the right to refuse any items submitted for sale in the auction. All items must be registered with GottaCon staff at the special events area and a fee of $1.00 per item must be paid.

[Carson Upton]

A Glance at the 2011 Custom Die
Just a quick peek at the custom d6 that will be given to full weekend attendees while supplies last. Also this year we have a matching 7 piece dice set and GottaCon 2011 full colour T-Shirt combo available for purchase, for complete details see our BUY TICKETS page. This offer is only available until January 14, 2011. GottaCon will not have t-shirts and dice for sale at the convention this year.
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Tickets for our miniature events are selling fast. We only have 12 Warmachine tickets and 10 WarHammer 40K tickets left!! If you want a ticket buy it soon.

[Carson Upton]

If you plan on attending GottaCon 2011 and the massively huge and impressive amount of games available this year you should buy your ticket while they are still on sale and save yourself some cash. Full weekend tickets can now be bought for $30, but after January 24th you will have to buy your ticket at the door and it will cost you $40. Buying your ticket now also lets you sign up in advance for any events that you really want to get into on our Warhorn site. It just makes sense to buy them now.

There are multiple ways to get tickets!
1) Paypal – Pay from the comfort of your own home via our website.
2) Purchase a ticket at a local participating retail location – Listed below.

The Connection Games
located at:
8136 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-261-4588
and
2945 Renfrew St. Vancouver, BC
Phone 604-327-4585

Dice Bag Games
Located at:
60 Queens Road Duncan, BC
Phone: 250-597-1992

Dragon Impact
Located at:
764-B Yates Street Victoria, BC
Phone: 250-590-8880

EVO Games
Located at:
1089 – 105 Langford Parkway Victoria B.C
Business Phone: 250-590-8803

Skyhaven Games
Located at:
3458 Tillicum Rd Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 477-1519

Yellow Jacket Comics
Located at:
649 Johnson St. Victoria, BC
Phone: (250) 480-0049

IMPORTANT!

It is very important to remember that when you purchase your ticket that you include your first and last name and the full name of the individual(s) that the ticket(s) are for as well as a phone number and/or email address we can contact you at to confirm your purchase was received. Once you have purchased your ticket we will update our records, then all you have to do is sign up for events and show up on February 4th to 6th and enjoy the show.

If you don’t get your tickets in time, don’t worry tickets will be available at the door. Event preregistration via Warhorn will remain open for those that pre-purchased tickets until January 31, 2011. Thank you and see you at GottaCon!!

[Carson Upton]

VicLug's own Joseph will be running a event Friday night.

Today we announce our board games line-up planned for GottaCon 2011. We have a great line up of events this year as well as numerous tournaments in popular board games. To see the list of games available by day and time please visit our website announcement here:

http://www.gottacon.com/?p=595

If you want to secure your seat at one of these awesome games simply do the following:

How to Pre-Register for Events:
1) Pre-purchase a ticket via our website, warhorn site or store location
2) go here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/attendee/new.php
3) Create a user account
4) Wait for GottaCon Staff to clear you (remember only people who have purchased tickets can pre register for events). You will receive an email letting you know you have been cleared.
5) Once you have been cleared, you browse the event listing (while logged in) by going here - http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php
6) Then you sign up for the events you want.

GottaCon would like to thank all the event coordinators for making these events possible and a special thanks to the VCON, Skyhaven Games and Interactivity Games and Stuff crews for their efforts to bring out a huge team of board game masters. For complete details on the above events including descriptions please download our event listing here http://www.gottacon.com/components/gott ... isting.pdf or view the events on the Warhorn site here http://www.warhorn.net/gottacon-2011/schedule/day.php.

We hope you find a few games above to your liking and will come out to GottaCon 2011!

[Joseph]

VicLug's own Joseph will be running a event Friday night.

woot!

[Carson Upton]

GottaCon 2011 is only three days away, starting at 5pm on February 4th, 2011 which will bring 50 straight hours of non-stop gaming goodness. Whether you like video games, trading card games, role playing games, miniatures, or board games we will have something for you. GottaCon also features a variety of exhibitors, face painting, full body painting demonstrations, a Lego kids build for the young and old, a costume contest as well as our ever popular silent gamer’s auction. GottaCon is also happy to have added a board game library this year that includes games from; Fantasy Flight, Days of Wonder, Rio Grande, Steve Jackson Games, Mayfair Games, AEG, Zman Games and others.

We are also pleased to release a link to our web version (PDF, 7MB) of the GottaCon 2011 Program. We hope you enjoy it!! All the ads are linked to their respective sites where possible.

Link: http://www.gottacon.com/components/imag ... am_web.pdf

For a complete list of all our events please visit our website
Link: http://www.gottacon.com/?page_id=225

We are expecting a great turn out this year. If you are part of the line-up on Friday to get through the doors please be patient as we work as hard as we can to get you in as fast as possible.

[Carson Upton]

GottaCon 2011 saw over 20% growth from last year, with more than 1100 people coming through the doors. There were more vendors and sponsors, which meant more prizes and giveaways. That said, GottaCon 2012 is now on the radar and planning will commence shortly!! GC 2012 dates are February 3 to 5, 2012.

GottaCon would like to thank all the fantastic volunteers and event coordinators who came out and made the event great. Also thanks too Paul Puhallo, EVO Games, Lower MainLAN, Rida Vanderkam, Starlit Citadel, Anime Evolution, IRL Events, VicLUG, VIGG and Interactivity Games for coming out and organizing some great tournaments.

Check out photos from the event on our Facebook group. Add your own and tag your friends.

If you have any feedback please send a email to Carson Upton cupton@gottacon.com

Look for more information on GottaCon 2012, Feb 3 to 5, soon!