defcon antics

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Re: defcon antics

P33V3 said it very well.

The only thing I would add since this will be your first Defcon is go to Defcon 101 on Thursday and listen and learn and get a great understanding of Defcon, and also Make yourself a forum Avatar badge (see link below) and go to the Forum Meet Friday night so you can meet people from the forum face to face and make new friends!

http://defcon.stotan.org/faq/avatar.htm

[Queeg]

Re: defcon antics

Welcome to the forums. And you'll enjoy your first con if you follow some suggestions I'll put below.

First we have to define some things. And I will keep them simple.

- Antics - Fun things that don't hurt anyone but maybe doesn't have an identifiable person who did it. i.e., the Wall of Sheep. Making a cutout of a famous con speaker and passing it around so everyone can have their way with it.
- Shenanigans - Fun things that everyone can observe. i.e., Hacking the guy sitting in the corner and replacing his background picture with a goatse picture. The Security Goons rushing the stage and attacking a speaker with Nerf Swords.
-Stupid Shit - Ass clowns hacking a critical hotel system or something else that could potentially screw up the con for everyone.

The first two things are totally cool.

The last one would show you to be a complete tool and would likely cause 10000 + people to be pissed off at you, get you tossed out of the conference, get you tossed out of the hotel, and likely banned from any hotel in Vegas.

Do all three happen?

The first two, yes, CONSTANTLY.

The third one every once in a while and by that point it is out of the conference management hands and falls into the hands of law enforcement.

My suggestion is to just come and have fun, listen to the Security Goons, Hydrate, Don't drink too much, ask if you are going to take pictures of people, and just be cool to everyone.

so is shouting fire in the hallways a bootable offense. what about stinkbombs and chihuahuas?

[P33V3]

Re: defcon antics

Welcome to the forums. And you'll enjoy your first con if you follow some suggestions I'll put below.

First we have to define some things. And I will keep them simple.

- Antics - Fun things that don't hurt anyone but maybe doesn't have an identifiable person who did it. i.e., the Wall of Sheep. Making a cutout of a famous con speaker and passing it around so everyone can have their way with it.
- Shenanigans - Fun things that everyone can observe. i.e., Hacking the guy sitting in the corner and replacing his background picture with a goatse picture. The Security Goons rushing the stage and attacking a speaker with Nerf Swords.
-Stupid Shit - Ass clowns hacking a critical hotel system or something else that could potentially screw up the con for everyone.

The first two things are totally cool.

The last one would show you to be a complete tool and would likely cause 10000 + people to be pissed off at you, get you tossed out of the conference, get you tossed out of the hotel, and likely banned from any hotel in Vegas.

Do all three happen?

The first two, yes, CONSTANTLY.

The third one every once in a while and by that point it is out of the conference management hands and falls into the hands of law enforcement.

My suggestion is to just come and have fun, listen to the Security Goons, Hydrate, Don't drink too much, ask if you are going to take pictures of people, and just be cool to everyone.

[hudsonbentley]

i have heard a bunch of stories about antics at defcon. most of those stories are from many years ago. do crazy things still happen? with so many people and such a big hotel to people immediately get in trouble for every little thing?

looking forward to defcon!

hb