Where has all the time gone? Suddenly we're only a week away from the hottest party in town. We've seen dozens of new faces online in #Wingnut over the past few weeks and I'm hopeful that even more will show up as we get closer. Everyone here is working frantically to make things presentable in time, and we've seen some impressive stuff by fan groups we're working with who will be releasing stuff in tandem with us next Sunday. There's still a lot of work to do, so some regular CIC functions might be slightly erratic this week. You're welcome to check out the our irc server early, and if you're new to it, use the simple Java Client. Here's the time to meet.
Sunday evening, August 10, 2003 or Monday morning, August 11, 2003 depending on where you live. At around 7:00 pm US Eastern (4:00 pm US Pacific, 11:00 pm GMT or 7:00 to 9:00 am in Australia) we will all be formally getting together online at our new IRC server (irc.wcnews.com) online in #Wingnut to begin the celebration.
I promised a more complete prize list this time, so we've rounded up a tentative list of items up for grabs at the Fifth Birthday Party next weekend. As usual we have a variety of Wing Commander action figures and novels ready to go. There'll be copies of the Wing Commander movie on DVD and an official press kit for the movie. We have some Wing Commander soundtracks and a couple types of official Wing Commander shirts. I've already mentioned that we'll have several Game Boy Advance systems with Prophecy Advance to match. If there are any GBA owners out there without Prophecy, we'll have some standalone games going as well. It also looks like we'll be able to give away an original copy of Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga to a very lucky fan!
Some related material is available in limited quantities. Earth & Beyond, Ultima Online, Starlancer and the like are options. We may hold a few impromptu contests to test your Wing Commander knowledge, but generally most prizes are door prizes awarded randomly every few minutes to the guests that are present. You only have to be there to win! Depending on the number of actual attendees, it looks like chances may be better than not that you'll pick something up to take home. See you there!
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