InsomNicon 2009: Neo-Spacian Goldblum Experiment.

[SlappyMcGee]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Slappy has told me to pass on that InsomNicon is being postponed until next week for reasons which are beyond his control. So, for those of you who wanted this, great job, awesome show, and for those of you who turned down the hottest of dates so they could make it tonight, well... That's life.

InsomNicon is a legendary contest among the Metanet community. Basically, you stay on the IRC for as long as you possibly can, and whilst doing so, complete ridiculous tasks against fellow metanetters for meaningless points. Whoever has the most points at the end wins.

Unless less than seven people sign up, I'm going to run it on Friday, March 13th, from Eight PM EST on.
(For reference, that's 12:00:00 Noon Saturday, March 14, 2009 in Australia/Sydney)

You can join as far as twelve hours in, but keep in mind that you will be at a twelve point disadvantage to even the weakest of players, as one point will be awarded each hour.

Extra points shall be awarded for the meaningless tasks we have you complete. For example, from previous years, "Show us the least ironic lunchbox on the internet!" or "Find a band to play at your prom!"

A new task will be assigned every hour. Failure to complete three tasks will have you removed from competition. (And you don't get points in those rounds, anyway.)

Do join if you're only going to be around for a few hours, anyway. It's a lot of fun, and the first few hours are always good.

Sign-Up Sheet
1. Tanner
2. Condecisive.
3. GamingWolf.
4. George.
5. Kablizzy
6. LouDog
7. maxson
8. Turtle
9. Sucker
10. gloomp
11. Limer
12. smartalco
13. Paddy
14. Universezero
15. PALEMOON
16. squibbles
17. Studebacher Hoch.
18. Skyline
19. Laurie.
20. Kablamo_Boom
21. BNW
22. Snuggletummy
23. Ad.
24. Axonn
25. faemir
26. Jiggerjaw
27. scythe33
28. Calcy
29. JeRK
30. Obylisk
31. gloomp
32. jackass
33. blue_tetris
34. esay
35. isaacx
36. Laurie
37. daikenkai
38. Skyray.

[Tanner]

Sign me up.

[Condog]

Put me down in some sort of maybe list of some sort.

[GamingWolf]

I'm signing up... only because I think I'm going to be there... maybe. Hell even if it turns out I can't be there that long I'll sign up anyway. Sign me up a signature up on the signups.

[George]

I'll be a maybe. If it was anything like last time, I might not be able to get up for my 8am lecture on Monday morning...

[Kablizzy]

I'm totally in. Not sure if I'll be in for the long haul, but I've been waiting to get this off the ground for a long while.

Also, even if you don't think you're going to win, sign up! Let everyone know about InsomNicon '09!

[Chase]

Can't actually enter but I'll join iRC for the funnies.

[LouDog004]

I'm in like sin.

[Rose]

I'm in.

[Turtle]

I'm in if I have time away from extracurriculars. If not, have fun, guys.

[Sucker]

I'm in.


Also I would like to request a change in the task system, similar to how it's been for Insomnicon II.
Failing three tasks shouldn't kick you out, but simply have you lose the points. However, not attempting to solve a task should count towards getting kicked. It's what annoyed me about Insomnicon I and what I loved about II, mainly because half of the tasks were simply completing a map, or making one, which isn't exactly something everyone can do. *coughmecough*

[epigone]

Is this the third insomnicon?

[unoriginal name]

I'm totally going to try to be in this. If it stretches on as long as the last, I won't be able to stay to the end, but I' will still stay for a fair bit of it, I hope.

[otters~1]

Condecisive. :)

I wish I could join.

[Limer]

Its either the 3rd or the 4th epigone.
I was part of the 2nd and i think there's been one since then.

Sign me up.

[smartalco]

I'm in.

[Paddy]

I'm in.

[Snuggletummy]

I want to join, but deciding to do this with only a few days notice was a retarded idea. For instance, LF wants to join in, but I believe he'd rather had a weeks notice rather than just heard about it yesterday.

[Universezero]

I probably wont be able to stay on for more than several hours, but we'll see how it goes.

Sign me up.

[PALEMOON]

I'm in for a very, very long time

[squibbles]

Oh, I am so in!

[SlappyMcGee]

I'm in.


Also I would like to request a change in the task system, similar to how it's been for Insomnicon II.
Failing three tasks shouldn't kick you out, but simply have you lose the points. However, not attempting to solve a task should count towards getting kicked. It's what annoyed me about Insomnicon I and what I loved about II, mainly because half of the tasks were simply completing a map, or making one, which isn't exactly someone everyone can do. *coughmecough*

Oh. See, I've always felt that any effort to succesfully complete the task still shows that you're present. So, I agree with you.

@Pops: Well, that may be true, but with this short notice, more people are excited about this right now, as opposed to getting hyped about something and then being reminded of it two weeks later. And there will always be others.

[Studebacher Hoch]

I'm in it to win it. Or, at least, I'm in it to become unreasonably tired and irritable.

[Tanner]

Man, March 6th.

The Watchmen opens.
There's a benefit concert that my friends are headlining.
There's a semi-final hockey game that my other friends are playing.
There's rehearsal for a play that I'm Assistant Stage Managing.
InsomNicon.

What's with March 6th, man?

[Skyling]

Sure thing!