Alright folks, we’re counting down the days to this year’s convention. Only 9 more days!
In the mean time, we’ve got our convention schedule ready to go! Feel free to click on the link and check out all the events we’ve planned for this year. The times for a few events might be subject to change as we get closer to the start of the convention, but this will give you a pretty good idea of what and when everything is happening.
Also, here is a list of our confirmed vendors we have for this years convention:
Fast Food Anime
MysteriousMages/Raven’s Moon Studio
Cards Xcetera
Rick’s Place (aka Button Bard)
Anime Klub
Buzzy’s
Anime V
Wayne’s World
Bowendragon
Eagle Anime
Toadhill Shops
ChAdam Games
Fictional Fancies
KM Costumes
Planet Neo
Anime Palace
20th Century Books
Hedgehog and Otter
Odyssey Anime
Fountain of Youth
A lot of returning vendors and some new faces as well! Be sure to check out their tables when you pass through the vendor room!
The No Brand Apocalypse continues, flashing forward to September of 2010. The Gardening Ninja says he has a plan to save the world and undo the Apocalypse… but can it possibly work?
The No Brand Apocalypse continues, flashing forward to September of 2010. The Gardening Ninja and Duct Tape Boy take in the stranger, and find out that this is the only world she’s ever known… or something like that.
The No Brand Apocalypse continues, flashing forward to September of 2010… and seeing what one person must do to survive in a world ruled by lawlessness, and “biker gangs” rove the wasteland… or something like that.
STEAK is this upcoming weekend! For those of you who don’t know what STEAK is, it’s an annual gaming event the NoBrandCon staff run every year at UW-Eau Claire. This year’s STEAK will be happening on the second floor of the UWEC Davies Center in the Badger, Clearwater, and Wisconsin rooms in the Skylight Lounge area. The event starts at 10 AM both on Saturday the 20th, and Sunday the 21st and runs till 11PM each night. You can check out the event’s facebook page linked at the beginning for more info!
Secondly, we’ve confirmed this week with the Ramada Inn this week that the main convention hotel is completely booked up for NoBrandCon weekend. They are currently accepting names for a waiting list, but in case you can’t get a room, we’ve established two hotels again this year as overflow to accommodate those attendees who can’t get a room at the Ramada but still need a place to stay during the weekend.
They are:
Rodeway Inn & Suites
1828 S. Hastings Way
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 835-3600
Heartland Inn
4075 Commonwealth Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 839-7100
We’ve established special rates at both hotels for our attendees, so you’ll need to call the hotels directly in order to get those special convention rates. Just mention you’re attending NoBrandCon weekend from April 30th to May 2nd and you should be good to go.
The No Brand Apocalypse is coming. On May 1st 2010, the Saturday of No Brand Con 9, Executron will activate the Multi Annular Colliding Gravitron Unification Field Fibrillating Inverting Neutralizer - the M.A.C.G.U.F.F.I.N. When that happens, everything will change.
It’s about 3 months and counting to NoBrandCon 9, and we have a couple of important updates to share with everyone!
First, we’d like to announce our first three guests of honor for this year’s convention! Chris Cason, Todd Haberkorn, and Wendy Powell. All three have extensive backgrounds in voice acting as well as other areas and we’re very fortunate to have all three of them attending this year’s convention! Click on our convention guests page to check out their bios.
Second, we’d like to announce we have our new cofirmed dates for STEAK 2009/10. This year’s STEAK will be occuring on February 20 & 21, 2010 on the second floor of the UWEC Davie’s Center. Feel free to check out STEAK’s facebook page or join the discussion on our forums for more info! We will be publishing a schedule of events for STEAK in the upcoming weeks, so be sure to check back as we get closer to 2/20!
We’re opening up Korea! And by Korea, we mean our Artist Alley (as we all know that’s where everything gets drawn in this industry anyway). Well, actually, it’s been open for a little while, but we forgot to tell you about it. Yes, we kind of feel bad about that — but we’re telling you now! You can find the information on our Artist Alley page.
Every Fall the past few years, several NoBrandCon staffers have put together a table-top gaming event on the UWEC campus called STEAK. This year’s STEAK is planned for Sat. & Sun. December 5 & 6 on the second floor of the UWEC Davies Center which is located on the college’s lower campus.
On top of the usual table-top gaming, we’ll also be putting together a video game room for those who might want to do something a bit different during event. The best news of all is that STEAK is a FREE event, so feel free to stop by with a few friends!
If you’d like to know a few more details about what table-top and video games will be available, be sure to check out the STEAK discussion thread on the NoBrand forums which will be announced as we get closer to the event.
