Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast
The failed convention hall of fame. Tanacon. Fyre Fest. That one NFT convention that used medical grade UV blacklights and gave a bunch of people sunburns on their eyeballs. And, of course, Dashcon. We watched from behind our screens as they crashed and burned spectacularly. Now, 10 years later, a group of Torontonians have set out to achieve the impossible: a successful Tumblr convention. Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast follows the team (totally different people from Dashcon 1, by the way!!) putting together the convention equivalent of The Torment Nexus from the novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus. Will July 5th, 2025 be the start of a new era of fandom geekery, or will the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre become a biohazard? Veteran Tumblrina O Stecina gives you a backstage pass to the almost instantaneously sold out do-over to end all do-overs. In homestuck cosplay.
Episodes
With just over 12 hours before the doors open on Dashcon 2, hear from some more of the folks that make this convention special, whether through making it more inclusive and informative, creating interactive theatre, sharing your experience with vampirism through campy animation, or being the "Prime Tumblrina" and "Strawman From My Arguments". This episode features a set of panelists, the accessibility coordinator, and the subjects ...
So, it's 9:30am, February 22nd 2025, and all your blood is running to your fingers as you refresh Simpli Events for the 3 millionth time. Error page. Error page. Error page. Then, you see the dreaded words: Sold Out. What would you do for a second chance at a Dashcon ticket? Okay, now what would you do if you accidentally ordered two tickets and yoinked someone else's chance? If your answer was: "Well, I'd start a grassroots campai...
Most of us know at this point that the original Dashcon was held together with chewing gum and the indomitable spirit of 15 year olds. But who is in charge now? Meet the co-directors Simone and Avis, and art director Martin, beings of “incredible amounts of hubris” who have somehow managed to turn this idea from a twinkle in their eye to a real-life convention with a real-life date (that’s already had to be rescheduled once, oops)....
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