Redemption 2007
Every con I've been to so far has been completely different to the cons I've been to before. My first Redemption was no exception. I seem to have spent most of this weekend helping to solve a series of fiendishly cunning puzzles devised by David Brain for the Spy Game. We defused the bomb and obtained the hidden artefacts, but no one team "won" as such, because by the end of the game the remaining members of each team had all joined forces. It really was a genuine team effort with every player contributing. My team, the Rangers, was the most complete at the end with five of the original six members remaining. Torchwood only had one member left, and the last member of SG1 had earlier passed his unfinished puzzle sheets to us and disappeared. Here is the lovely 
alicamel holding the Triluminary, our team's hidden alien artefact:
I'm currently sat around in a very relaxed Dead Dog party withdougs, asphodeline, johnrw, battythebat, and various other people who are probably on Livejournal but I don't know their handles. dougs has just produced a tripod from somewhere and is using it to take pictures of cuddly toys.
As well as the opening and closing ceremonies, the Spy Game, the Crisis Management Game, the masquerade/cabaret, the pub quiz, and a session on the Orbital con desk, I seem to have gone to the following panels:
They were all worth attending, but the one that sticks out the most in my memory is "Was Orac sentient?" which wasn't specifically about Orac, but was an intriguing discussion on the psychology of all the different types of AIs and robots in fiction, and the nature of free will. It could easily have gone on much longer.
I like the Hinckley Park hotel. It's not perfect, but it's got plenty of function space, free Wifi, the bedrooms are nice, and it's not hideously expensive. The Rotunda (where I'm sat right now) is an excellent social space, but there are several other areas too - in fact there are people I know who are at the con but whom I've seen very little of because they've been spending their time in the bar areas instead (as a non-drinker I tend to stay away from bars). Here's a picture I took during a quiet period earlier today, looking down on the rotunda floor from one of the upper balconies:
Overall I've had a great time and I've already joined Redemption 2009.
alicamel holding the Triluminary, our team's hidden alien artefact:I'm currently sat around in a very relaxed Dead Dog party with
dougs, asphodeline, johnrw, battythebat, and various other people who are probably on Livejournal but I don't know their handles. dougs has just produced a tripod from somewhere and is using it to take pictures of cuddly toys.As well as the opening and closing ceremonies, the Spy Game, the Crisis Management Game, the masquerade/cabaret, the pub quiz, and a session on the Orbital con desk, I seem to have gone to the following panels:
- Good and bad short run shows
- Red alert: How to fight a space battle
- Design a runabout spaceship 1
- What would you like to see at Orbital 2008?
- What is a singularity and will it ever happen?
- Wobblevision
- Military SF
- Was Orac sentient?
- What would you like to see at Redemption '09?
- Online pseudonyms: How do we pick them? Should we use them?
They were all worth attending, but the one that sticks out the most in my memory is "Was Orac sentient?" which wasn't specifically about Orac, but was an intriguing discussion on the psychology of all the different types of AIs and robots in fiction, and the nature of free will. It could easily have gone on much longer.
I like the Hinckley Park hotel. It's not perfect, but it's got plenty of function space, free Wifi, the bedrooms are nice, and it's not hideously expensive. The Rotunda (where I'm sat right now) is an excellent social space, but there are several other areas too - in fact there are people I know who are at the con but whom I've seen very little of because they've been spending their time in the bar areas instead (as a non-drinker I tend to stay away from bars). Here's a picture I took during a quiet period earlier today, looking down on the rotunda floor from one of the upper balconies:
Overall I've had a great time and I've already joined Redemption 2009.
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