Hi everyone. Thanks to some fantastic online PFS GMs answering the call to run games, we now more than 15 PFS tables out of 60+ total tables at Virtuacon 2013! We are still working out details, but thanks to our GMs and our awesome new online VC, we should now be receiving prize support from Paizo. We can still use more GMs. Please take a look at the information in this post and consider joining us. There are a few days left to sign up. Thank you!
Hello fellow RPG enthusiast! I would like to invite you to attend (or GM a game or two) at VirtuaCon 2013 - an online role-playing convention - running games for a full weekend (October 18th, 19th and 20th) with participants from around the world. This convention is being organized by members of RPGgeek.com, the world's largest database for information about Role-Playing Games and sister site to the well-known boardgamegeek.com. RPGG is one of the best places on the internet for all your role playing needs and wants, and is also a great forum community!
This event will be run via Roll20.net, a virtual tabletop, and Google Hangouts, which combined is very cool way to connect with other rpg enthusiasts, try out new games, or play some old favorites - with new or old friends who live nearby or on the other side of the planet. VirtuaCon 2013 uses these technologies to help you enjoy great role-playing games, right at your home: Come and join the fun! Play a game or volunteer to run a game for others!
We are still looking for gamemasters to join us, support their favorite games and spark the imagination of fellow players. About forty games are already scheduled, but we expect high interest and don't want to send interested gamers away. So get out the GM's guide for your favorite system and incite others! Have a game you always wanted to try but never got round to it? VirtuaCon is only a click away, waiting for you!
We will be offering tech support (live during the con) and help in any way we can. GM's will also be rewarded with a special microbadge to display with your avatar on RPGgeek.com - and of course you are entitled to bragging rights!
Just go to http://rpggeek.com/ and create a free account. Then head over to http://rpggeek.com/thread/999829/virtuacon-2013-last-call-fo... and post that you're willing to GM. All the details (timeslots, technical stuff) can be found on our promo page at http://rpggeek.com/wiki/page/Virtuacon13
We're looking forward to welcoming you on board for VirtuaCon - unofficially dubbed "The Best 3 Days in Virtual Gaming". Hope to see you there!
The deadline for GM signups has been extended to July 20th in order to hopefully get just a few more GMs to accommodate more players. Come sign up!
This is going to be a grand event, really looking forward to it.
Oh, how I wish, how I wish, that I could participate in the event. But, I'll have to content myself with behind-the-scenes as well as the hope that my schedule will allow me to join in next year.
This should be a great event for everyone to participate in (as GM or player). You won't want to miss it!
Do we, at some point, get an email or similar with instructions after signing up?
You should get a private message on RPGGeek.com.
Yes, you should be getting a private message as stated by rknop. Thank you.
UE, you're doing just fine. Thanks for your help.
I'm very much looking forward to this. I have signed up to run a PFS scenario, and would have done more then one but there were so many other fun games listed :) That got me to wondering when you might open up the flood gates for player sign-ups and was curious if you would be using Warhorn for this?
Sign up is expected to start in early September, and will be through the RPGGeek site, like other site-wide initiatives done there (example).
Warhorn was considered, but given that RPGGeek and Google+ are already involved (and Roll20 too in some cases), adding another site seemed like it would make the process overly complex.
I only just noticed this forum.
Is volunteering to GM strictly limited to Roll20?
Paz, thank you for answering that question in perfect detail.
The formats we are using are RPGgeek as our central location of the con, Google Hangouts for voice Roll20 for maps, if necessary. Google Hangouts is the main "platform" for playing. Not all games will need maps. However, if they do, Roll20 is easy to use for both GMs and players alike. I know there are some other free programs out there preferred by some, such as Maptools, but they also are said to have a much steeper learning curve. We will have guides for how to use both Google Hangouts and Roll20. Many of us will be available to answer questions and walk anyone through the process if someone wants assistance.
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Dotting this for now.
I play over Roll20 every Sunday, and have a some experience with the system. Going to check my schedule tonight and see if I can't run a game that weekend.
Awesome! The more GMs we have the less players we will have to turn away. We now have over 80 tables with about a third of them being PFS. It's really quite remarkable.
And... the list is almost closed. Any final takers?
Speak now or forever hold your peace ;b
- Jesse [IronHelixx]
Just wanted to mention, having checked, I can't commit that weekend sadly. It's possible I'd be available, but don't want to cancel last minute. I really hope everything goes well, and give my best wishes to you, though!!!
I signed up on Friday. Just waiting for the message back with the survey.
OK, I signed up to GM, figuring I have several months to learn those tools. My only other online DMing has been by IRC.
Where is the best place to find a game to play in using those particular tools? UK time.
Join the Google group "Pathfinder Society Online Collective". Games at various different times of day are posted there.
Here is an early thanks to everyone who has signed up. We have nearly 40 PFS tables spoken for and nearly 100 total tables for the con. I believe these numbers to be staggering, for they are far greater than we had imagined.
We don't have a final tally on tables yet, though, as there are some GMs who still need to check their inboxes on RPGgeek.com and submit GM surveys. GM surveys need to be in by this Wednesday, August 14th in order to be submitted in the convention program. So. get those surveys in! Also, anyone who signed up to run a PFS table will be receiving an additional PFS GM survey from me this week. Please get these back ASAP, so we can ensure Paizo support in a timely manner.
Thank you all!
Last week I sent out GM surveys in regards to prize support, scenarios, etc., to all PFS GMs participating in Virtuacon 2013. Thank you to those who have filled them out already. For those who have not, please check your inbox at RPG Geek and get the surveys back to me. There are is also a message regarding how to get your messages forwarded to your email address, for those of you who aren't receiving them by email yet. I will resend the surveys later today, but we only have a limited amount of time to get all of these in. Thank you!
I still need 1/3 of our GMs to go to RPG Geek and fill out their PFS GM surveys. If you have already, than you! If you have not, please do so now. I will be handing the information over no later than this Wednesday, 08/28, or the morning after. Thank you!
I'm pretty sure I've filled mine out; this was a week or so ago, wasn't it? My memory is getting fuzzy....
DM Beckett wrote: So its too late? Mr. Beckett, please send a message to Wavemotion over at RPG Geek if you still want to participate. GMs were to thumb their game listings by yesterday evening in order to verify that all information is correct and his or her participation. If you sign back on, please submit the PFS GM survey immediately and follow any other instructions in your inbox at the Geek. Thank you.
Rob, you're good. Thank you.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber
Very cool! Looking forward to this.
By the way, player signups are now open!
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