It's time again for my annual lessons learned/thank you list.
This was one of the best DefCon's yet! Despite some initial issues with the Fire Marshall (I believe those two words will become synonymous with DC 11). So anyway, learned some lessons this year and wanted to specifically thank some folks. I'll start with the lessons learned.
1. Some people take contests very, very seriously (ahem dataworm ;) ).
2. In the future I won't let the "if it isn't specifically forbidden" clause get invoked.
3. Smoking nearly 3 packs a day for 7 straight days will totally destroy your throat.
On to the thank you's.
First and foremost, I would like to thank DT and Black Beetle. The work you two put into the con/website is astounding. Black Beetle specifically bent over backwards to ensure that the swag for the WD contest was what we wanted and was in my grubby little hands in time. Thank you.
Russ and Grifter, thanks for all the help in the Vendor area (among other things). When I was running around trying to coordinate 3 things at once, at least one of you was there to pick up the slack for me.
Noid, Shatter, and all the security Goons(tm). Thanks for keeping the place from getting shut down and for keeping us from killing ourselves and each other. Managing one drunk is hard enough. Managing 5000 is nearly impossible. You guys rock.
Ghent, Lock, Videoman and Heather, thanks for busting your ass to make sure our server was ready to go and that all the connectivity was in place. Especially thanks for not smacking me
upside the head when I was getting antsy about it. Your work on the network there never gets enough appreciation, but it is always outstanding.
Blackwave, converge, Ed, FreCKles--Without your help the WD contest woulda been shit. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it that gave it a chance to succeed. Good luck next year on it.
High Wizard, thanks for the "item" you gave me. It was greatly appreciated and won't be forgotten...heh...let em ponder that for a while.
Medic, AlxRogan, TiggrJenn, thanks again for ferrying me around, never forgetting to call and ask if I wanted to join you in what you were doing, or coming up with a way to make sure that our schedules didn't conflict. You guys rule.
Freaky, Kelvin, BW (again), and all the IVU folks, thanks for the great display in the vendor area and for being patient with me while we got the display problems worked out. You coulda been total dicks about it, instead you waited until we had a chance to get a resolution before flipping out. Thanks.
Dis.org, you guys came through for me again, in the Vendor area (DoC "services" haha gotta love it), for my presentation (DoC swag is a constant favorite) and at the Moloch party.
Ed, thanks for "the message". You know what I mean and it was appreciated.
Bobzilla, Arkasha, and all at WiGLE. Your support of the WD contest was outstanding. Can't believe I left you off of this initially. Please accept my apologies as well as my gratitude.
All the non-asshat people that showed up, put up, and got fucked up. I say it every year, and I mean it every year. You are DefCon. Without you there would be no con.
We work hard not to forget that so that you can go home with an experience that you won't soon forget.
If I forgot you I am sorry, I will probably remember later and edit this.
Please feel free to post your own thank you's shout outs and kudos in this thread. Don't post your gripes in this one. There are enough of those out there already and this isn't the place.
Chris
This was one of the best DefCon's yet! Despite some initial issues with the Fire Marshall (I believe those two words will become synonymous with DC 11). So anyway, learned some lessons this year and wanted to specifically thank some folks. I'll start with the lessons learned.
1. Some people take contests very, very seriously (ahem dataworm ;) ).
2. In the future I won't let the "if it isn't specifically forbidden" clause get invoked.
3. Smoking nearly 3 packs a day for 7 straight days will totally destroy your throat.
On to the thank you's.
First and foremost, I would like to thank DT and Black Beetle. The work you two put into the con/website is astounding. Black Beetle specifically bent over backwards to ensure that the swag for the WD contest was what we wanted and was in my grubby little hands in time. Thank you.
Russ and Grifter, thanks for all the help in the Vendor area (among other things). When I was running around trying to coordinate 3 things at once, at least one of you was there to pick up the slack for me.
Noid, Shatter, and all the security Goons(tm). Thanks for keeping the place from getting shut down and for keeping us from killing ourselves and each other. Managing one drunk is hard enough. Managing 5000 is nearly impossible. You guys rock.
Ghent, Lock, Videoman and Heather, thanks for busting your ass to make sure our server was ready to go and that all the connectivity was in place. Especially thanks for not smacking me
upside the head when I was getting antsy about it. Your work on the network there never gets enough appreciation, but it is always outstanding.
Blackwave, converge, Ed, FreCKles--Without your help the WD contest woulda been shit. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it that gave it a chance to succeed. Good luck next year on it.
High Wizard, thanks for the "item" you gave me. It was greatly appreciated and won't be forgotten...heh...let em ponder that for a while.
Medic, AlxRogan, TiggrJenn, thanks again for ferrying me around, never forgetting to call and ask if I wanted to join you in what you were doing, or coming up with a way to make sure that our schedules didn't conflict. You guys rule.
Freaky, Kelvin, BW (again), and all the IVU folks, thanks for the great display in the vendor area and for being patient with me while we got the display problems worked out. You coulda been total dicks about it, instead you waited until we had a chance to get a resolution before flipping out. Thanks.
Dis.org, you guys came through for me again, in the Vendor area (DoC "services" haha gotta love it), for my presentation (DoC swag is a constant favorite) and at the Moloch party.
Ed, thanks for "the message". You know what I mean and it was appreciated.
Bobzilla, Arkasha, and all at WiGLE. Your support of the WD contest was outstanding. Can't believe I left you off of this initially. Please accept my apologies as well as my gratitude.
All the non-asshat people that showed up, put up, and got fucked up. I say it every year, and I mean it every year. You are DefCon. Without you there would be no con.
We work hard not to forget that so that you can go home with an experience that you won't soon forget.
If I forgot you I am sorry, I will probably remember later and edit this.
Please feel free to post your own thank you's shout outs and kudos in this thread. Don't post your gripes in this one. There are enough of those out there already and this isn't the place.
Chris
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