Techies and Trekkies Unite!

emmetropia writes: "Startrek.com has announced that there is going going to be an Online Convention in early August. Every attendee will be able to make themselves look like any of your favorite ST species, Borg, Klingon, Vulcan, Terran, Ferengi, etc etc. The servers for the event are supposed to be able to handle up to 100,000 users, which would mean a rather large convention, let's just hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as Final Fantasy. With full 3D conventions here now, can a holodeck really be that far off?"

Comments

First post!

[rev_doc80]

I have a holodeck already! I did it with a beowolf cluster of dreamcasts...

VMRL! :)

[mlk]

Ohh they were fun back in err what 97 :)

Wonder round a badly made 3D world, where people would try to talk to you, but you all really longed for a chain saw...

Hmm.... shame it costs to play with, that would be fun.

techies and trekkies together???

[joe_bruin]

mysql> select * from human where (human.trekkie=1 and human.techie=0);
Empty set (0.00 sec)

Oddly Enough

[CathedralRulz]

Oddly enough, treckies chances of getting laid at this convention are identical to those of getting laid at a real convention.

Re:Oddly Enough

[Triskaidekaphobia]

OpenSource the client and you'll soon change those odds.

void DrawAvatar()
{
DrawBody();
DrawFace();
DrawHair();
// DrawClothes();

return;
}

Great!

[fmaxwell]

Rather than going to a traditional sci-fi convention where I would fail to get laid, I can attend an online convention and fail to get cybersex. Computers really have improved my life...

This kinda takes the fun out of...

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

One of my favorite ways to have fun. I dress up in my Jedi robes with my lightsaber, and crash the real convetions. Had a friend who would dress up as Solo too. Damn the trekkies would go apeshit. But then we took it too far, and my friend started in on someone dressed up as Scotty about how the Falcon could outrun that ugly looking enterprise... The second largest ST convetion riot in North America.

Ouch.

My fondest dream

[tbarrie]

Every attendee will be able to make themselves look like any of your favorite ST species, Borg, Klingon, Vulcan, Terran, Ferengi,

Finally, I can look like a Terran!

Woah.

[Knoxvill3]

Was it just strange coincidence that I have caught this thread at 7 of 9 comments? I think not. =)

And what about the the ability to handle 100,000 clients, is that really going to be enough? I mean, there are a lot of admitted trekkies in the world, but there are several more out there in the 'closet' which would see something this as a welcomed invite to attend a trekkie convention whereas they wouldn't have in RealLife(tm).

Hope for the best

[Christopher Bibbs]

What's worse? Not getting cybersex or finding out you just did it with some guy pretending to be a Ferengi female. *shudder*

Ask a silly question

[yoz]

With full 3D conventions here now, can a holodeck really be that far off?

Yes.
Next question?

Holofuture

[TechFaerie]

"Oh yes, I met my love at the HoloConference 2012. We both had the same avatar....it was love at first click. She gave me her IP address, and we got married the week later in VirtuVegas."

Welcome to the future, ladies and gentlemen.

Defcon & Star Trek Convention dates

[sladelink]

Anyone else notice that this ST convention is going to be on the same three days (August 2nd - 4th) in Las Vegas as Defcon X is going to be? Drunk techies and trekies in Las Vegas = biggest, nerdiest party ever.

I'd give anything...

[Ziviyr]

...to see a small groups of Vorlons crash the party and start talking cryptic trash to the trekkies. :-)

"How do you think this Convention is going to end?"

"In fire."

What the heck?!?

[Moridineas]

With full 3D conventions here now, can a holodeck really be that far off?

Is it some unofficial rule that the last sentence in a story (either of the submitter or the posters making) has to be incredibly banal and idiotic?? This one about takes the cake...yeesh.

Re:Terran?

[catsidhe]

Actually, the Klingon word for human is tera'ngan, or something similar.

...oh god, did I just say that? Did I really just admit to knowing some tlhIngan Hol?

My life is so sad and empty.