so it's gonna be forever

[frith_in_thorns]

I went to VidUKon at the weekend, which I have not done before. And I had a very lovely time! It was really lovely to see all the twitter gang, and to make new friends :) I have come away very inspired to do More Fucking Vidding, and have recs for programs to help me with this.

Also I have bought several games in the Steam summer sale on the strength of watching fanvids of them, namely Transistor and Syberia (and Syberia II). Pretty sure Monument Valley will follow. There was a satisfying amount of Mass Effect chat, which is always fun.

There's a list of TV shows and films I need to check out too, as always... and I have been trying to persuade more people to watch Eternal Law. (Angsty angels and fallen angels being terrible lawyers and bitter exes in York! It's great!) Also Criminal Minds.

I hadn't actually investigated VidUKon properly before this year because I kind of thought it was only for people seriously into making vids? And that there would be loads of technical panels/discussion and I would feel left out? But actually it was a weekend-long fanvid watching party with lollipops and tea and endless Mad Max squee. So it was wonderful and I highly recommend it!

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[dhampyresa]

Oh wow, that sounds like it was awesome! I'm curious how it worked though, because I can't find any info on the website. Can you enlighten me?

Eternal Law! I watched that! It was cool.

Any ideas what vids you want to tackle?

[frith_in_thorns]

OH MY GOD I have never met ANYONE outside the four people I watched it with while it was airing who have even heard of that ridiculous show! I have vids I want to make for it :P Last year I offered it for festivids but no one wanted it and I was SAD.

VidUKon is a couple of conference rooms in Cardiff where everyone watches themed shows of fanvids (put together ahead of time by attendees who sign up to do so) and talks about them. And squees. It's basically a sugar-fuelled multi-fandom party :D This was the programming schedule this year, and if you hover over the show titles you can see details of the theme for each. http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention/schedule

On this page you can also download the program book, which has everything in more detail! http://www.vidukon.co.uk/convention

It was great fun :D

[dhampyresa]

MAKE THE VIDS MAKE THE VIDS

That sounds super fun! Idk if I can attend in future, but I do want to try to so /subscribes to comm

[goodbyebird]

Awww now I'm even more sad I wasn't able to make it. Would have loved to meet you! But yeah, it's a lot less technical and a lot more vid squee and fandom squee and good food.

Good luck with doing More Fucking Vidding. Do let me know if you form a club of sorts ;)

Only two days into the Steam sale and I decided to cut myself off hehe. I have sooo many I haven't even tried yet.

[frith_in_thorns]

Awww, maybe next year! Are you coming to NineWorlds?

I've already decided I'm going to submit Never Alone as a festivid fandom this year. And potentially Sunless Sea, although I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to vid that one myself...

[goodbyebird]

Keeping my fingers crossed the new boat won't be finished before next year's con, yes :D Are you planning to return as well?

Haven't really given thought to anything but vegging in front of the computer since I got home. When is NineWorlds happening? Would be fun to get to some kind of fannish event this Summer for sure. The plan was Vividcon in August, but with the way my head has been lately, the travel expenses are just too much when I might just not be up for it at all.

Oh that'll make a great vid for sure, it was so pretty! Sunless Sea might be more difficult to pull off, but I'd be super interested to see what people come up with. Really happy more game vids are happening around here.

oh and do you mind if I add you on Steam?

[frith_in_thorns]

I'll definitely be there again! 9W is on the 7th August weekend in London. (I know ticket prices go up again at the end of this month btw!)

I'd love more steam friends! I'm frithinthorns there :)

[umadoshi]

(Angsty angels and fallen angels being terrible lawyers and bitter exes in York! It's great!)

Somehow I had never heard of this! O_o It sounds like a lot of fun.

[frith_in_thorns]

It's utter glorious crack. WATCH IT. There's only a single season of 6 episodes and then it was cancelled, not entirely surprisingly. But it was a thing of beauty. Like a demented Good Omens AU.

[umadoshi]

*makes notes* I've put it on my list!