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[seekingferret]

Worldcon plans, in general:

I am working this week, a 9-5 schedule on Eastern Daylight Time, so I am not going to be able to timeshift myself to participate in the con on its New Zealand schedule. But I'll be catching programming when I can in the evenings and on Sunday. There's a few panels this evening I want to catch, and I'm signed up for a kaffeeklatsch tonight with Gillian Polack.

Tomorrow night is erev Tisha B'Av, so I'm probably not going to tune into much con stuff, but I figure to be back on Thursday night. Saturday night will be the con's only panel on fanfic, and Sunday afternoon will be the Fringe panel on fanfic.

I'm not sure how much of the Hugos I'll be able to catch live. They start at 7PM Friday for me, when I will no doubt be frantically finishing getting ready for Shabbos.

I'll also be spending time in the Discord, I'm on discord a bunch anyway. Feel free to poke me there if you want to chat.

It's the first virtual Worldcon, an event whose existence is so tied to physical geography that the very idea seems ridiculous. I'm looking forward to getting as much enjoyment out of it as I can, and hoping desperately that next year's con will be able to run safely in person.

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[cahn]

I'm signed up for Worldcon! I figured that at least in principle I'd be able to attend, whereas I wouldn't have been able to go to New Zealand even in the absence of pandemic. But whether I'll actually be able to participate at all is in question... ironically, because I have fic that has to get done in the next couple of days.

I guess I'll have to try to catch the Hugos, at least! I might say hi in Discord at some point if we're both around at the same time. (My username is raspberry.)

[seekingferret]

I'm in discord under my wallet name, which I think you should have from my gmail? If not you can poke me there and ask for it.

[morbane]

I hope to drop in at some point in the next few days! Work got so busy that I gave up on taking the week off - happily, Joel has been able to. It's nice to see your posts - my main other exposure to WorldCon right now, until I finish work for the week, is the Facebook page, which is overwhelmingly complaints and/or requests for tech support.

[seekingferret]

Yeah, I'm sorry there are people with tech problems, but I've barely seen any. The con's been going smoothly for me, such as I've been able to experience. I hope you get a chance to enjoy some of it.