Megaplex 2012

Megaplex nearly sold out on rooms.

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:44:01 GMT

Just a reminder that as of today there are only roughly 10 rooms left for Megaplex. Once the block fills, there are no extra rooms to add as there has been in the past. If you are planning to book, you need to do it now, as there are no overflow options set up. In past years, when the hotel industry was in it's recession, we were able to get rooms right up to a week or two before the con. This will not be the case this year. So hurry!

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Attention artists: We need your help!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:53:38 GMT

Like steampunk? Like furry? Wanna try mixing them together? Megaplex 2012 is currently looking for any and all types of furry / steampunk art to showcase during the convention in Orlando, FL, and in our conbook. We're currently taking all submissions! Send your art and any art-based questions to mp-art@megaplexcon.org! May the cogs ever turn in your favor!

Help bring "Julie Bunny Must Die" to Megaplex

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:51:06 GMT

A KickStarter page has been started to bring Ned Wilkinson (aka Rhubarb the Bear)'s musical "Julie Bunny Must Die" to Megaplex. You can help support the musical and the convention by backing the project:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/944621019/julie-bunny-must-die

Since its debut at the 2010 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, Ned Wilkinson's "Julie Bunny Must Die!" has been delighting audiences from Florida to Missouri and Oklahoma... and that's about it. So far. Featuring an expanded script and even more songs, Julie Bunny is ready to make her professional feature-length debut on July 28, 2012 at Megaplex XI, Florida's furry arts and entertainment convention, followed by a full theatrical run in Orlando, FL later in the summer.

Your generous assistance will be used to hire the actors and pay for the various technical and promotional costs associated with producing a full-length musical, allowing us to present our show as professionally as possible and, hopefully, attract the attention of producers who can and will take us to the next level and beyond.

Thanks for your support!

Megaplex online Hotel Booking!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:21:12 GMT

The hotel has finally given us an online booking option!

https://my.megaplexcon.org/hotel

Click the Online Booking link on that page!

Hotel room blocks explained.

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:56:55 GMT

People are asking me why I tell them to book a room in our block, if the hotel is 100% sold..

Lemme explain the scenario of how conventions room blocks work.

When a con decides to use a hotel, the promise the hotel that they will fill a certain amount of hotel rooms each night during the event. So here is an example of what happens..

Lets say hotel has 2000 rooms.

Con groups promised to sell 500 rooms.

Hotel marks 500 of those rooms as "reserved" to the event, even tho they don't have anyone actually booked into them..

The hotel then books 1600 rooms to other vacationers. "overselling" is common practice, just like on airlines, as they usually bet on people cancelling their reservations, which based on their histories, they make educated guesses on how many rooms they can over sell.. They usually do ok, sometimes they under estimate. If they underestimate, they usually end up moving guests to sister hotels, etc..

So in the case of Megaplex right now, we have our "500" rooms reserved to the group. Currently for example, we might have 400 of those rooms booked with people, leaving us with 100 left. If we don't book all of those by June 26, the hotel will put them back in the rack to apply to other vacationers. In the past years, we have sold more rooms then our block had set aside, so the hotel simply added rooms from the rack, which were unsold due to low occupancy.

The case this year, is when we fill every room in our block, there are no more rooms outside of the block to pick from.

Megaplex Hotel Soon Sold Out

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:28:39 GMT

Just got word from the hotel that unlike previous years where economy has made for empty hotels, this is not the case this year. The megaplex hotel is currently booked 100%+ for the months of June and July. They contracted for sporting events, and have hit 100%. What this means is that once our little block of rooms is sold out, there will be no more rooms available at the hotel. Our room block is filling up. If you are planning on staying at the MP hotel, You need to book your room ASAP, or you may not be able to get one.

Information on the hotel: https://my.megaplexcon.org/hotel

See you in July!

MEGAPLEX CHARITY AUCTION - Call for Donations

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:57:02 GMT

Once again this year, Megaplex is pleased and honoured to have The C.A.R.E. Foundation as our charity. Based in Apopka, Florida, C.A.R.E. "is a non-profit 501(c)3 that provides permanent sanctuary primarily for non-releasable wildlife" (from their website, http://www.thecarefoundation.org/).

As in past years, our friends at C.A.R.E. are scheduled for a special presentation Saturday afternoon, allowing our membership to meet some of the many animals they have rescued. After the presentation, we will be holding our annual Charity Auction...and that's where you come in!

We're looking for artwork, memorabilia, collectables, and other merchandise that can be auctioned off to raise money for C.A.R.E. 100% of all sales go to the charity. Help us make a difference by donating what you can!

All Charity Auction questions should be sent to carlfox@megaplexcon.org.

A couple of rules :

1) All merchandise needs to be in sellable condition - clean, in good shape, all parts included, etc.
2) As the charity auction is an all-member event, all merchandise should be 'safe-for-work'. Basically, if you would need to drop a warning on it when posting to an art site, we'd have to decline it. (If you want to run something by me to see if it's okay, send me an e-mail.)

So, how to donate? Glad you asked...

1) We recommend bringing your donation with you to the convention, at which time you can drop it off at Registration or Con Ops. We'll have those locations identified on-site. Please try to get your donation to us on Friday, so we have time to determine what items will be auctioned in what order.
2) If you would like us to display what you're donating ahead of time (especially as pertains to artwork), please contact me at the e-mail address above. We'll be happy to post photos and artwork on our Facebook and/or FurAffinity accounts.
3) If you cannot attend Megaplex this year, but would still like to donate merchandise, send me an e-mail to verify what address to send it to. Note, any mail-in donations must be received by Friday, July 20th (one week before the convention) for logistical reasons.

Of course, if you cannot join us this year, but still would like to help, contact C.A.R.E. directly at http://www.thecarefoundation.org. They'll really appreciate it!

If you have any Charity Auction questions not mentioned here, please drop me a line, and thank you for your help!

Artwork Needed for Megaplex 2012 - Turn Back the Gears!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:21:08 GMT

Megaplex 2012 - Turn Back the Gears

https://my.megaplexcon.org/

is looking for arts!

Are you a steampunk artist? Do you dream of cogs and gears and blueprints? Do you love working in copper and antique art styles? Megaplex is looking for any kind of steampunk art you have the rights to and would be willing to showcase in the Megaplex 2012 conbook, posters, and website art! If you would like to submit furry, steampunk, or general artwork to Megaplex for use within the conbook (which all attendees are able to obtain!) or on posters (which we will decorate the halls with - think about it - you submit art, we print it out in a large poster format, and then you can get it off the wall at the end of the con come closing time! Win Win!) or even on the website (which will be available to anybody)!

If you're interested, send a message or even send the artwork in question to
mp-art@megaplexcon.org. And try to make it to Megaplex 2012: Turn Back the Gears down in sunny Orlando, FL on July 27-29th, 2012!

See ya there!

-Blitz Kangaroo

Psssst.. a secret, if you didn't attend Furloween!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:05:37 GMT

There was a coupon put out at furloween offering the following discounts:

$5 off attending membership

$8 off Sponsor membership

and $10 off Super sponsor membership

This offer is only good till November 30, so you have just over a week!

Use Promo code 11furloween

http://megaplexcon.org

Mgaplex video archive

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:12:39 GMT

Can you no longer actually download the video files? I dont remember if I asked before but I was tryign to get the 2009 and 2011 files and all I see is the option of streamign the files in the Flow player, which is a great option to have, but i'd like to archvie them to my hard drive without getting fancy with stream rippers and possible flv conversions. Am I missing something obviouse?

Megaplex XI: Turning Back The Gears!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:29:18 GMT

It's rather hard to believe Megaplex: Retro Arcade is already a month behind us! Our staff still hasn't come down from that exquisite Megaplex high, so we've been hard at work preparing for the next installment of our little convention.

Ladies and gentlemen, fellows and fuzzies of our fine Victorian age, it is the extreme pride and pleasure of our operatives to announce...

Megaplex XI: Turning Back The Gears

A three-day affair, Steampunk style, at the new and improved Worldgate Resort Orlando on July 27-29, 2012.

I am even further pleased to divulge the news that the talented fellow Noel MacNeal will be present as the Guest Of Honor of our fine furry fete.

Not to mention of course that you can pre-register this very moment online, and book your stay with a marvelous group rate of $89/night. So come one, come all, and prepare yourself for a Megaplex Steampunk extravaganza!

Some Megaplex Videos For Ya!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:52:06 GMT

Saturday's Fursuit Parade:

Uncle Kage the Fearless Husky Tamer!

And my first "Mega-Mess" of random clips from Thursday and Friday Morning-Afternoon!

Check out my YouTube Channel for more videos (and please subscribe!)
http://www.youtube.com/user/wildbilltexas

Thanks fur viewing!
Wild Bill TX

Message from the Chairman - MP2011 redux

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:54:06 GMT

Hello everyone.

*GAME OVER*

All our tokens have been played, and our high scrore has been entered. The Retro Arcade has closed its doors, and we hope that everyone had a lot of fun. This was a remarkable year for us, and on behalf of the entire staff, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for making this our most successful Megaplex convention to date. I could really go around and name each and every staffer who was at the convention for all their devotion and effort...because it really was a group effort. I do need to give a special thank you to our wonderful Guest of Honor, Mr. Chad Krueger. His artwork, and his contributions to our programming were really magnificent, and we could not have had the successful convention that we did without him.

Most importantly, I would like to thank the most important people of the convention: the attendees. Truly, you are the stars of the weekend. You make the magic happen. Our staff is a conduit for the events, but you create the fun. Each of you kept the energy levels high and the fun just kept powering up over the course of the weekend.

Now don't think that the fun has to end...just because MP2011 has ended, the planning has begun in earnest for MP2012. Our theme for next year is "Turn Back the Gears"...a Steampunk theme. Plus, it will be Megaplex's 10th anniversary! So we have some fun things planned that will recall some of our favorite moments and themes from the last 10 years. Our art department is already buzzing with ideas and concepts to make next year a super duper shiny year with hall theming. And if you think that is something...we just got a preliminary confirmation about next year's Guest of Honor. We are going to wait until some preliminary art is ready for the grand unveiling. But it's someone you won't want to miss!

So everyone, thanks again for the best Megaplex we've ever had, and here's to the upcoming Megaplex...which we hope will be even better! Thanks to everyone, and we look forward to seeing you back in 2012 for some Furry fun in the Florida sun!

KP

Megaplex Convention Co-Chairman

MegaPlex 2011 Pictures and video

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:52:39 GMT

I've posted some Video and Pictures. Feel free to check them out. I encourage you to upload to MegaPlex's Web Site to make it easy for everybody to find. If you choose to use a picture, just give me credit. It's all good after that.

Enjoy. Looking forward to next year.

AND in the MegaPlex Photo Archives:
http://archives.megaplexcon.org/view/2011-MPX/Photos/Wyoon

Megaplex Retro Arcade: Achievements Unlocked!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:03:01 GMT

At Megaplex last week we gave out some fun little "Achievement" badges for various arbitrary accomplishments. For the most part folks were awarded these by surprise...kind of like unlocking actual achievements in a video game. :P

For the curious, here are the different types of achievements furries unlocked at Megaplex 2011!

Helping Hound - Volunteer at Megaplex 10 for at least 8 hours.
Cuddle Cluster - Join a FurPile at Megaplex in fursuit.
Plays Well With Others - Show Megaplex 10 how lively and animated a bouncy critter can be!
Almost Comprehensible - Demonstrate fine skill in fursuit communication.
Iron Fursuiter - Spend so much time in fursuit that nobody can tell if you ever take it off.
Fuzzy Cheese - Make a creative pose for a fursuit photo.
Caterwauler - Be one of the first to sing at Karaoke
Foxtrot - Show off your dancing prowess at an evening dance
Endless Energy - Be seen dancing after 2 A.M. (This was tough to give out since our dances ended around 1 or 1:30. Amazingly, I caught a fursuiter dancing at 2:01am in the lobby one night. This achievement also went to someone dancing in a room party I wandered into. *grins*)
Critter Contender - Winning team in the fursuit games
Early Bird - First in line at door reg Friday morning
Press Start - Be in the right place, at the right time. Welcome to Megaplex!
Virtual Virtuoso - Megaplex 10 Rock Band tournament champion (not sure who was awarded this one. Must have been tricky since we didn't have a Rock Band tourney!)
Deep Pockets - You won this achievement in the charity auction. Thanks for supporting C.A.R.E.!
Whiskered Warrior - Megaplex Retro Arcade tournament champion
I AM TOTALLY AWESOME - Complete the Megaplex 10 scavenger hunt (More about this in my personal journal)
"I Touch Blitz" - Part of a joke from the Funday Pawpet Show, Blitz gave this achievement to whoever poked him the most.
Sweatiest Fursuiter - Caution! Wet floor!

Props to TailBiter and Zeke Husky for winning the unlisted secret achievement, I guess. :P Those were fun to hand out.

These all seemed to be a big hit, though they were all very rare. Next year expect to see a lot more hall prizes! As always, questions and suggestions are welcome. Feel free to leave a comment here or email mp-feedback@megaplexcon.org.

Congrats to all the achievement winners! :)

Feedback wanted!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:07:55 GMT

Hope everyone had a great time last week at Megaplex 10! Stay tuned for news about "Megaplex XI: Turning Back The Gears" in 2012.

In the meantime we are always happy to hear from you! If you have any thoughts, comments, questions or suggestions about the con please email us at mp-feedback@megaplexcon.org and we'll take it into consideration for next year.

Thank you!

Furshoot Photos are up

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:45:46 GMT

Check out the official con photos courtesy of FurShoot!

And don't forget, you can still pick up a Megaplex t-shirt while supplies last. Hurry! Details are here.

2011 T-Shirts for sale!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:30:09 GMT

We still have a bunch of 2011 Tshirts left!

If you would like one, they are $15 with shipping in the US included, $23 to ship to UK/Europe.

If interested, email megaplex@megaplexcon.org with your shirt size and mailing address, and then I'll let you know if we still have that size left, and where to send payment to!

Lost and Found Items.

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:46:50 GMT

We have a few lost and found items. If you think you lost one of the following, email "megaplex@megaplexcon.org" with a more detailed description of the item. We will mail it back to you.

Plastic Art Folder
Further Confusion Pin
Aluminum Water bottle
Cell phone Charger
Computer Speakers
Pokemon Door Hanger
Novelty Sun Glasses
"Portal" Badge
Baseball Cap
3 seperate fursuit underarmour items (one left at bowling event)

Again, email us, and give a detailed description so I can narrow it down to identifying it as yours.

Some Megaplex numbers....

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:15:23 GMT

355 Room nights.. Peak of 109 rooms on Saturday.
250 Deserts Nommed
31 Super Sponsor Lunches Devoured
100 Sponsor breakfasts, paid for.. But only 45 of you showed up! X.X

120 T-shirts sold (We have 34 left)
450 Glasses... Gone..

$1368 Raised For Care

86 In fursuit parade #1!
64 In fursuit parade #2!

355 3-days
42 Sponsors
23 Supersponsors
1 Mega Sponsor
12 Fri
70 Sat
9 Sun
1 Guest of Honor
9 Guests (Care, Wedding, Hotel)
5 Board of Directors
18 Staff
8 Security
553 Total

1 Police incident (First for us! and for the record, it was only 2 Officers, and no one was Tazed! Only Carried Off.. *cue Napoleon XIV song here*)

Completely ran out of badges for the first time ever!

I have to say, we had wonderful growth this year, and our growing pains were felt by our spread thin staff. I have to give Kudos to all our staff, for busting butt, and some of us working those 18 hour days.. I still hurt, and I'm still exhausted a week later!

Another Photo Call!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:56:15 GMT

If anyone has some pictures or videos containing this crazy chimaera [photo by Wyoon/DoggyRanger], let me know! My handler was too busy being a handler--my first time in suit ;P--to get photos, so I'm countin' on you guys! :>

The orange pants make me kinda hard to miss, really. xD

I appreciate it! The con was great, can't wait to come back next year. <3

Hey, here's my Megaplex 10 Photos!

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:00:45 GMT

OMG Furries, Pinball, Video Games, Furpiles, Panels, Drinking, Pool Parties and High Humidity! All at this handy dandy URL:

http://photobucket.com/Megaplex2011

Feel free to repost my photos on LiveJournal, FA, your own website or anywhere else, just give me credit for the photo (and any other photographers you repost photos from too, it's the right thing to do!)

And if there's any photo you don't want online for any reason, drop me a private LJ/FA message or at wildbilltx at geee mail dot com with the photo URL and I'll crop, blur your ugly mug out, or just delete the stupid picture.

Thanks to all the furs and fursuiters who posed gracefully and patently, and to the Megaplex 10 staff for putting on another great convention!

Comments Welcome!
WBTX

(reposted at wildbilltx )

Megaplex 2011 Fursuit Group Photo & Parade

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:31:49 GMT

Megaplex 2011 was a blast! 553 attendees, 86 fursuiters in the parade and one crazy psycho Uncle Kage stalker. :)

Video clips from the fursuit group photo and parade (by the pool).

-- Kerne

Videos and pictures?

megaplex@megaplexcon.org — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:34:52 GMT

Does anyone have any videos or pictures of the late night fursuit games yesterday night? Specifically of me, wearing Ashes, the silver fox partial with the HUGE stompy paws, and when I knocked over all the cones during the baseball spin game. x3 I really want to see what happened from an outside view!

I'll be uploading all my pictures and videos to photobucket and youtube, and I'll edit the links in later ^^

I had soooo much fun this year. It was my first year suiting, and my second time being at megaplex. Definitely well worth it.
As I said earlier to some friends about suiting, I feel like I belong finally. My anxiety disappears completely, and I can be my true, silly self and not feel scared. I love acting around like that and it's a real thrill. :3