You still have time to vote for panels and suggest write-ins for Escapade!

Escapade panel voting results: https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-voting-results/

Check out the voting results so far and the write-in panels that have been suggested, then use the button at the bottom of that page to submit your own write-in suggestions.

Three write-ins so far:

Slash, through the Eyes of Escapade (Tech/Workshop track)
This is a workshop panel to begin to capture the history and/or nature of slash as seen by Escapade attendees.

Reality TV: “Unscripted” Guilty Pleasures (General/Meta track)
From all sorts of competitions to living in extreme situations to partner swapping, reality TV has given us years of fodder for fic and conversations. Come discuss the outrageous, the too-setup-to-be-believed, and everything in between.

What happened at TGIF/F (General/Meta track)
Folks who were at our neighbor-convention bring us up to speed on what we missed!


And don’t forget to vote before midnight PST, January 25!


It’s Election Season: Vote for ESCAPADE Panels (Jan 18-25)

Almost 100 panels were suggested in 4 categories. This is your time to winnow down this abundance of ideas and topics by voting for panels you plan to attend and/or know you want to see.


Start now, finish later.

Roll over a title to see the panel description. Start voting today, contemplate, talk to your friends and pool your votes, and log back in later to finish voting and/or make revisions to your ballot. (This works for removing your vote too if later you think, “Nah, that sounded good but I won’t really go.”) If you decide later that you should have volunteered to co-mod a panel, go back and update your ballot. You have until midnight PST, January 25, to lock in your answers.


We even have a write-in option, where you can add that last-minute, brilliant topic you just thought of. If it’s catchy enough, we’ll add it to the main schedule.


Links:

Vote for Panels: https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-ballot/

Voting Results: https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-voting-results/


Log in to vote!

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Alternate Programming

Hi Escapade Members!

A few new tidbits of information on alternate programming:


  1. Alternate programming has been added to the online schedule. List below. There are still a few spots “available” on the schedule. They’re up for grabs!

  2. Orphan Panel: We need some stuff… (aka the lube panel) We are very sad that the original mod is not able to attend. She’s willing to share her notes if someone will adopt this panel. Time: Sunday 11 AM (after the art auction)


Friday
11 AM: Vikings: Faith, Assimilation, and Slash
Athelstan’s story has become a surprisingly complex and compelling one: a story of conflicted faith, cultural assimilation, and some incredibly intense slashy (and OT3) content.  Mod: Christy

Noon: Loki: You Don’t Have to be Good Friends For The Sex To Be Great
Who is your favorite pairing when it comes to the God of Mischief? Fanfic writers have paired him with every one of the Avengers, as well as Darcy Lewis, Jane Foster, and even Dr. Doom, and then scoured Norse mythology to find even more pairings. Let’s discuss what your favorite kink is when it comes to the God of Tricks. Is he a Jotun war prize, a haughty Asgardian Prince with designs on his brother or Sleipnir’s mum? Mods: Catalena Mara, Tenaya

2 PM: Star Wars Fzzzt Whooooom!
Star Wars is Coming! Episode VII is this December – share the buzz, what have you heard, what are your favorite things about the Star Wars universe, what do you want to see or not see. Why do we love Star Wars and where do we think it will go after the new movie? Mod: Katbear

Saturday
9 AM: Games with the Professionals
Professionals Against Humanity and Pros Bingo Mod: Kris -KrisserCI5

11 AM: Captain America
Let’s talk about the biggest fandom of 2014 and the riches it gave us–the epic and tragic nearly century-long love affair of Steve and Bucky, the introduction of Sam into Steve’s life, Steve’s developing relationship with Natasha, or anything else we love about Cap2 (and Cap1, of course!). Mod: gwyneth

6 PM: Fans & Trauma
Discussion group for fans dealing with trauma in their life (RL, not characters who we love to traumatize). Just show up and share. Or listen. Mod: fashes ilia

Sunday
Noon: When Good Men Love Anti-Heroes
What is it about good guys and the bad boys that they love? I see on AO3 a resurgence in the classic first-time story how, after Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Bucky finds Steve again. Do they live in an apartment? Do they go on the road? How does Steve help Bucky with his PTSD? What are your favorite reads for this trope, and what ideas do you have as to how this would come about. Mod: Lovesrain44

Description of the lube panel:
Sunday 11 AM (proposed time): ‘We need some… stuff…’
Stuff! We know what they are talking about: lube! But do we know what we are talking about? Do we want to know more?     Come along and get your hands… er… wet, as we investigate the different alternatives available and what our protagonists might think of them (if they were even available for them). Complete with what happens when you mix and match, and dubious speculation on historical alternatives. Anecdotal personal experience greatly encouraged. Samples welcomed. Tissues provided.
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Escapade 2015 Schedule

Hello Escapade Members,

Our programming schedule is now available to view on our website! Please check it out and let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Only a little over two weeks til the con!

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Genius Lounge Sign-ups

The Escapade Genius Lounge is open for sign-ups. As in years past, people who Know Things volunteer to show people who Don’t Know Things how to use social media tools, e-readers, and computer technology.

Are you a mistress of Pinterest? Tumblr? Are you a vidder willing to share your tricks of the trade? Do you know other new social media platform(s) or tools like mention.com to find out where your fandom is playing? This is your opportunity for you to share what you know with other fans who really want to learn. You will be able to select the hour(s) you’d like to volunteer after you have seen the panel schedule, so you won’t miss any con event you want to attend.

If you would like to volunteer, please email Ellie at ellie@escapadecon.net and tell her what you feel proficient at. (Remember, many fans are Luddites and will be grateful if you show them where the “login” button is. You’re probably more of a genius than you think.)

Ellie will contact you after the panel schedule is posted, and help you decide what sign-up hours to choose.

Escapade 2015 Panel Cut

Thanks everyone who filled out the panel ballot (80+ fans), and thanks to those of you who volunteered to be moderators (40+ fans). With your input, and the help of our hardworking Programming Committee, we now present for your anticipatory pleasure, the 2015 Escapade Panel Cut. Descriptions available here: http://www.escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-cut/
 

NOTE: Some of these panel topics, descriptions, and moderators may be revised before the final schedule is posted.


GENERAL/META

  • An Extra Hour in the Ballpit—Snow
  • Face value—Aral, Charlotte C. Hill
  • Fandompause: What is a fan without a fandom?—Rattlecatcher, Megan Kent
  • Fans, Journalism, and the Professionalization of Meta—Calysta Rose
  • From Tubbs to Rhodey—Calysta Rose, Saklani
  • Middle-class slash—Rattlecatcher, Aral, Charlotte C. Hill
  • Poly is the New Slash / Flavors of OT3—kerithwyn, KathyM
  • Real Kink—Krytella
  • Selling the Soul of Your Firstborn—Elf
  • Tab A into Slot B: Keeping it Real-ish—bren/glacisa, Elf
  • The Queer Gaze—Charlotte C. Hill
  • OTW Today?—Elf
  • UnSlashable—Anneke, Saklani
  • WTF is wrong with you people!—charlotte c. hill, Commodore Marie, Barbana
  • Also: Wayback Panel (pulled from Escapades past) and a Wildcard Panel (created on the spot by attendees)

 

FANDOM

  • Almost Human-Almost Good—Killa, charlotte c. hill
  • Comics on the small screen—Kadymae/Devilc, tartysuz
  • Highlander: Mind, Myth, and Magick—Killa, devo, Melina
  • Hockey or porn? We have both—M'lyn
  • H/W: The Many Incarnations of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson—Kat Killalla, Dorinda, Christy
  • Librarians: File Under H for History—Rattlecather, Kat Killalla, Devo, de
  • Lost Girl-The Best Fanfic Ever Filmed—Killa, kerithwyn
  • MCU: Agent Carter: A Woman's Place Is…—Rattlecatcher, Raine Wynd
  • MCU: Before The Kiss: Friendship in the MCU—Aral, sinead
  • POI: Pairs of Interest; Slash in Primetime—Kat Killalla, KathyM
  • Pros: Maim, Spindle or Mutilate, or, How Many Ways Can We Hurt the Lads We Love—Snow, Krisser
  • SHollow: Apocalypse averted... What's next?—bren/glacisa
  • The Sweet Smell of Slash: Homoeroticism in Hollywood's Golden Age—Kadymae/Devilc, Dorinda
  • Trek: Movie #3 -- What's next?—Saklani, Jinx37Kat
  • TW: Ur Doin It Wrong: Teen Wolf As Case Study in Fannish Engagement—Aral

 

TECH/WORKSHOP

  • Calibre - Plugins for fandom—Sharon (Amalthia)
  • Fanlore—Elf, Franzeska
  • So You Wanna Be A Vidder—Anneke, Franzeska
  • The Perfect Slash Vid—Killa
  • Tumblr 101: Finding Fandom in the Void—Calysta Rose, Michelle
  • Tumblr 102: Into Darkness—Calysta Rose, Michelle
  • 'We need some... stuff...’—Mead
  • Also: Vid Review Panel on Sunday morning

 

ALTERNATE PROGRAMMING/VIDEO

  • Bedtime Story Reading—readers TBD
  • Best of Festivids—Nate Y, elipie
  • Fandom Pictionary—Rattlecatcher
  • Write-in Topic: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say—Megan Kent
  • Small Fandom Dating Game—Rattlecatcher
  • Write-in Topic: The Infamous Pegging Panel—Fashes
  • Writing & Editing: The Law & Order of the Long Story—Rattlecatcher
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Panel Ballot Closes Tomorrow

Hi Escapade attendees! We have decided to extend the panel ballot deadline until tomorrow night (2/2) at 11:59PM Pacific Time, so hurry up and get those last-minute votes in!

Escapade 2015 Panel Ballot

Please take the time to let us know which panels (of the more than 100 submitted) you’re interested in attending and/or moderating. Be sure to go through both pages and hit “Submit” at the end to have your ballot recorded. Panel voting closes January 31 at midnight PST.

Moderating Panels: If you select “willing to moderate,” we assume you’re going to attend. We’ll try to give you as many of your choices as we can. Some people have already volunteered (when they suggested their panels) to lead. You can still volunteer to co-mod these panels. We’ve also included the “Suggested mod” information. This suggested mod has not yet volunteered to lead the panel, and may decline the invitation. Note: if someone suggested you as a moderator, take it as the compliment it is, and let us know whether you’d like to accept the invitation or not.

Note: There is no voting against a panel. If you’re not interested, just leave that question blank.

Here’s the link to the offsite panel ballot.

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Panel suggestions close tonight!

Just a reminder to get in your last-minute panel suggestions, as the form will close tonight at midnight! The panel ballot will open on January 22nd, so keep an eye out for that to make sure your favorite ideas are represented at the con.

Submit your last-minute panel suggestions here!

Reminder: Submit your vids!

Greetings, vidders!

Festivids assignments are in, but there’s still an eternity before go-live. Chewing your fingernails off waiting? Why not make an Escapade vid to pass the time? Gloating over finding the perfect vidsong for that classic fandom or super slashy pairing or obscure source you fear even Festividders might not think to click on? Consider submitting your festivids to Escapade (we promise to keep them secret until after reveals). Bitterly regretting missing signups? The Escapade deadline is still to come!

When:
February 15, 2015 10:00pm Pacific Time

Where:
The Escapade website

Why:
This is Escapade 25! Don’t miss the party!

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Panel Suggestions Deadline Extended

Hi everyone! Thank you for all your wonderful panel suggestions so far. We’ve decided to extend the panel suggestion deadline to January 20th. If you’d like to see what’s been suggested so far, check out the list:
http://www.escapadecon.net/programming/panels/list-of-panel-suggestions/

If your favorite topic isn’t on there (and trust us, you’re probably not the only one who wants to talk about whatever it is), go ahead and suggest it here:
http://www.escapadecon.net/programming/panels/suggest-a-panel/

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12 Days Of Escapade: Day 9

Panel suggestions will open up soon, which means it's time to start brainstorming! Please feel free to discuss anything you'd like to see for this year's programming in the comments here or at our LJ crosspost, or send us ideas at info@escapadecon.net.
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Alternate Programming & Video – New Tech & Signup Schedule

If you haven’t been to Escapade before, or you haven’t been paying attention, you may not know that we have a room dedicated for scheduled and spur-of-the-moment attendee-scheduled programming. Details below the cut.

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