JonCon Events Announced

We are proud, nay honored, to announce the first events that you can register to compete in. The dates and locations will follow, as will registration information.

Competitive Events


Wings of War
• two brackets, four players each. Top two from each bracket and highest 3rd place finisher advance to finals. Registration costs: Two JonCon tokens**


Pirates
• One-on-One round robin tournament. 40 point game rules apply. In the event of a tie the highest cumulative coin total will be named Dread Pirate. Registration costs: one JonCon token**



Torches and Pitchforks
• Winner take all. Registration costs: one JonCon token**


Redneck Life• Winner takes all. (six long necks of PBR)Registration costs: one JonCon token**


Atlantic Storm
• Two Rounds, highest cumulative total wins. Registration costs: one JonCon token**


** JonCon Tokens will be available when you pick up your packets at the Registration Desk

post Winter Solstice movie outing

A few hail and hearty Adventurers braved the cold of Central Ohio and took in dinner and a movie. We made the pilgrimage to the Mecca of over eating, the Thurman Cafe. After that we went and saw In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege tale. The movie was classic D&D. Good vs. Evil. Wizards, Fighters, noble good guys, slimy bad guys, sword fights and hot girls; this movie had it all. The only missing ingredient was a "kingly" actor to portray the King. Burt Reynolds was the choice and it was about like you think it would be. Somewhere between Bo Darville (Smokey & the Bandit), Jack Horner (Boogie Nights), and J.J. McClure (Cannonball Run). King Konreid deserved better. Like maybe Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, or Alec Guiness. Yeah I know he's dead but he'd still been better than Burt.

Anyway, that being said, this was a pretty good flick. Ray Liotta played a pretty maniacal wizard going against Jason Stratham's paladinesque Farmer. For a movie that had next to no publicity and based on a video game I'd say go see it. And take an Adventurer with you. I give it three Floyd's. Don't forget only 161 more days until JonCon!



I forgot to mention earlier a special shout out to the men hating Al Gore tree huggers and the King's Ninja Task Force. They actually added to the movie as well as a couple of really cool special effects.

JonCon location threatened

The Greater Columbus Convention Center, where some JonCon events will be held, was flooded earlier today. Despite earlier speculation that there might be structural damage the facility has been deemed fit to remain open and hold events. What the hell, a little wash out couldn't hurt the location of 72 hours of gamers could it? Read the story here at the Dispatch.

S.E.C. ond again

Well another Championship game has come and gone and Ohio State has lost yet again. This time 38-24 to LSU. Hail the mighty Tigers. They flat out dominated from the second quarter on.

Ohio State just couldn't get anything going after the first two drives and the defense played out of sorts all evening. Oh well.. on to recruiting and looking forward to next season.

For the record the Buckeyes played in their second consecutive, and third overall, BCS Championship game. They joined Oklahoma as the only school to lose two straight games. They are one of 5 teams (Florida State, which appeared in the first three games, Miami, USC and Oklahoma) to appear in at least two consecutive games. They join Oklahoma and Florida State as the only teams to appear in three title games.

Just remember they were picked to finish third in the Big 10 this season so hopefully they can regroup and have a great 2008 season. Go Bucks