Woots and Thank-Yous

[DJ Jackalope]

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by the way, this is a thread i look forward to every year. Why? well its like the closing ceromonies...you get to find out all the random little inside stories that you might not have known about.

[noid]

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First off, I want to thank everyone who attended. Baring a few things, like DC starting two hours late and the B&W ball fiasco, Defcon overall ran very smoothly. I think myself and the hotel both went into this expecting a very different outcome. I want to thank the attendees who just rolled with the punches and were very cool with my staff, the hotel, metro, etc. Shit happens. The best we can do is learn from it and try to prevent it from happening again next year. We've been doing this for 14 years, but we are still learning; each Defcon presents new successes and failures we can learn from.

DT: Thanks for comming back year after year to do this. Most people dont realize that each year your ass is in the fire when it comes to the money and liability of this event. I dont think many people would have the cajones to step up to that level of reponsibility.

The Security Goons: Ya'll rocked. New hotel, new organization, and overall we operated so well that we impressed the hell out of the hotel. In particular I want to single a few guys out. When I got the chance to speak at closing ceremonies I wasnt prepared to do so, and as a result I didnt get to thank everyone as much as I wanted.

Priest: I want to thank you for being there to help out, even though you had been off duty for hours. When things got bad on Saturday night, there was more stuff to deal with than I could take on, thanks for letting me offload things onto you

Nobody/Arclight: The way the two of you worked on the kid that slipped and hurt himself was beyond impressive. Sure, it was a fairly minor incident, but it allowed us to demonstrate to the hotel that we knowwhat we are doing and can be professionals about it. The fact that even the EMS crews seemed hesitant to get involved says it all. The two of you knew what you were doing and it was recognized.

Pappy: Thanks for being my best friend as well as my second in command. Your relaxed approach to things helps keep my bad attitude in check.

Skydog, Decode, David, Carlos: This was your first year and so far I have heard that ya'll want to come back and do it again. I take that as a compliment.

The security team leads: Justabill, Flea, Arclight, Freshman, Cyber, and Luna. Congratulations, ya'll are management now. Heh

Doug/Theresa/Don (hotel staff): Thanks for putting up with us and working with us. My team had a great time dealing with your team. There was no attitude or BS, just a bunch of professionals working together. It made less work for us, and it made less work for you. Look forward to working with you next year.

The Speaker Goons, in particular KK and the other individual that assisted in a medical situation on Sunday. My guys were scattered thin and these folks stepped right up to deal with the situation in a very professional manner.

LV Metro: Thanks for working with us, rather than against us. I know the overall outcome of things on Saturday didnt make the attendees happy, but I dont think they fully understand how much worse it could have been. Thanks for being cool.

Now on to the attendees

Londo/Con/Siv and the rest of the TBBQ staff, as well as the attendees. All of the food, drinks, and leftovers came back to my HQ. Your generous gift kept us fed and hydrated for almost the entire weekend. Thanks for so much. There really needs to be a 'Feed the Goons for just pennies a day' PSA made

The Ninjas: For the few moments I was able to sit down on Saturday night, I enjoyed the food, hookas, and hospitality you had to offer.

Ralph/Tink: It was nice meeting you two. You both were a hoot to talk to on Thursday

In my fatigued state I know i am forgetting a ton of people, so I will just edit this thread later.

Now the fuck yous:

Asshole - You done, G. Have fun reaping what you've sown. Dont think for a second that you are ever comming back to Defcon. I'm gonna have to work my ass off over the next year to try to get the poor bastards who let you hang out with them unbanned from the hotel.

The guy checking IDs at the penthouse: Dude, I dont knock the sailors dicks out of your moms mouth when shes trying to work, so why dont you just let me do my fucking job? I was attempting to let AbbyNrml's party know that LV Metro and Hotel Security were heading up again and that if they wanted to keep their party going they needed to bring it down a notch. I didnt need you getting up in my face while I'm working. You try that shit again, I'll have you 86'd so fast it will make your head spin.

[astcell]

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Dude, I don't knock the sailors dicks out of your mom's mouth when she's trying to work, so why dont you just let me do my fucking job? -Noid

Damn that's awesome.

[bluknight]

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LV Metro: Thanks for working with us, rather than against us. I know the overall outcome of things on Saturday didnt make the attendees happy, but I dont think they fully understand how much worse it could have been. Thanks for being cool.

Now THIS is the mark of a true professional -- acknowledging and thanking his fellows, even if there were some sucky outcomes involved.

My props to Noid for being professional.

[DJ Jackalope]

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Now THIS is the mark of a true professional -- acknowledging and thanking his fellows, even if there were some sucky outcomes involved.

My props to Noid for being professional.

Professional what? <g>

[ck3k]

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I'm gonna have to work my ass off over the next year to try to get the poor bastards who let you hang out with them unbanned from the hotel.

Althought I was not involved in the incident, I thank you for spending your time helping others, no matter what the outcome, you deserve some beer. I hope it can get resovled, it is going to be wierd at defcon without certain people there.

[dYn4mic]

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Big thanks:

DT - Thanks for risking your neck so many years in a row, As regretidly (sp?) I didn't get to attend the early defcons, the latter ones have been much fun, learning, enjoyment and much else. Big thanks and apprecation. We all owe you so much for giving us a much needed place to let loose, teach, learn, network and socialize.

Converge - Too bad aCTF didn't work out this year, maybe we could've really "cleaned up" (maybe next year?)... Buffetcon didn't really work out as planned due to many loose ends to tie down and

Pipes- Thanks for coming all the way out from .nz You are a great guy and we'd all love to have you back next year. Thanks for some good converstation and beers.

LosT - Didn't get to work on the mysterybox, but the contest is badass and I hope you can expand it next year. Its true a hacker puzzle.

Deviant - I didn't get to try any raindeer, nor pick any locks this year, but your overall con attitude, general friendly/welcoming all around good guy are amazing. Thanks so much for being you, your a true hacker my friend.

Highwiz - for not coming ;-P

Neg9, craSH, Xodia, Twinvega, Emailajynx, etc .. getting me into parties/events that I would otherwise not be a part of due to lack of scene network status. Thanks for some good times guys, I'll enjoy going back next year with you... (-asshole).

ToxicBBQ - Great job guys, its a very cool con "appetizer"..
Noid and Goons - Big thanks for doing what you guys do best. Big shouts to priest for putting up with the shit so we don't have to (and can keep coming back) and for being priest.

Vendors - Might not read this but... thanks for coming back each year. Without your stuff I might not spend too much money... thanks for bringing cool shit.

(I'm sure im forgetting people)
Thanks to: *(?!asshole)

[renderman]

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Still REALLY blurry eyed and mush brained, so this will also be updated as things float to the surface.

First off, the Thanks:

Grey Frequency, for once again tolerating my schedual and actions at Defcon and being the best companion a guy could have

Mouse, thanks for being a friend and keeping Grey company while I was tearing around everything else

Deviant, the best friend a guy could have at con. Thanks for the BCCC, the drinks, the jokes, the locks, everything. It was nice to hang out and just chat again. And thanks for the code in the Mystery box challenge

Thanks to the RedX, fishstix and the rest of the wireless posse for being professionals and knowing how best to screw with the wireless contests and make it interesting.

Thanks to EricM/lieto for playing communications during the contests. I really am not looking forward to my phone bill though. Thanks for the conversation and everything else through the weekend

Thanks to Larry and Mother for stepping up and doing the wireless contests with me and being damn good at it.

Thanks to Thorn for running the wireless contests this year and for understanding the 'if it's not forbidden in the rules, it's allowed' rule, also for being a good friend and keeping me challenged

Thanks to team 'Nostromo Cleanup Crew' (Mfreeck, C0n, Deviant, Thorn, Grey Frequency, Joe Grand and anyone else who helped). I missed the initial start of the contest, but I was amazed by how quickly you plowed through the first 2 stages and got to the 3rd. It's nice to work with professionals. Just need to remember next time to slow down and let the rest of the team catch up.

Joe Grand, thanks for the awesome badges and for joining us at the last minute as our ringer on the team. Look forward to chatting with you in the future

L0st, thanks for an awesome contest. The thing I like most about Defcon is the opourtunity to find out exactly how much I don't know. Your contest really was a boot to the head as to the power available in building your own hardware. You'll be hearing alot from me in the near future.

Theprez98, for doing what he's doing. I think you have free drinks at con for quite a while

A super-duper huge thanks to DaKahuna for driving me half way across Vegas to get dry ice for the BCCC and for the ride to the TBBQ. Would'nt have been nearly as fun if you had'nt helped.

Calypso, for the cash and the push

Skydog and the hackerpimps, thanks for the party, was one helluva view. Particularly Skydog for his hilarious narrated instructional demonstration of how to properly tip a stripper (which is'nt easy when her legs are around your neck)

C0n and Mfreeck, for being cool as usual and for always being willing to step up and help me chea....... I mean, gain an advantage in a contest.

Team PSKL, for being good winners and not being jerks, as well as for not getting us all arrested when security freaked out at your rigs.

Siviak, Sno, Scav hunt crew. It was interesting being a scav hunt item. Thanks for the sense of humor.

The Pirate party for welcoming us so warmly, even when we were'nt invited and had no idea who's booze we were drinking.

The Pirate raiders for inviting us down to raid the Ninjas

The Kenshoto guys for letting us work at your table during the wireless contests. We could have gone closer to the target, but you were projecting boobies on the wall which helped keep the stress down, something we needed much of.

I'm sure there are more that will be added, but things are blurring together again.

Fuck you's:

Asshole - nuff said.

Thorn - We were the first ones to change the SSID!!!! When I yanked the power, the SSID reset to OpenWRT, according to the rules you stated, we should have won :) Joking aside it was fun and I would'nt change anything except the outcome.

Fire Marshal - I realize the importance of your job, but the shedual changes you forced made me need to be in 6 places at once and caused me a huge amount of stress.

Myself (RenderMan) for crashing the slides during the talk and not having a dead tree copy to follow, thus depriving everyone of a reasonable delivery of the info at the talk.

[Abby_Normal]

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The guy checking IDs at the penthouse: Dude, I dont knock the sailors dicks out of your moms mouth when shes trying to work, so why dont you just let me do my fucking job? I was attempting to let AbbyNrml's party know that LV Metro and Hotel Security were heading up again and that if they wanted to keep their party going they needed to bring it down a notch. I didnt need you getting up in my face while I'm working. You try that shit again, I'll have you 86'd so fast it will make your head spin.

Yeah, if you recall they didn't want to let me in either, and it was my party! The penthouse had an open door policy for goons, I'm not sure why he didn't know that.

I still don't know who some of those people were, they were not part of my staff.

[nous]

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first, i'd like to thank all the folks who came to the ninja networks party on saturday night for being so hype and so chill at the same time, for not giving me a hard time when i asked you all to smoke on the balcony, and for not breaking my hookahs.

and a small "you suck" to the dude who knocked over the big one right after i said something to you about not yanking on the hose... we got the hookahs going at 2pm saturday afternoon and kept them going 'til 2 or 3am... i was really surprised that that was the only problem.

thanks to hacker pimps for their friday night party... it's just not defcon without strippers and/or random scene whores getting naked.

thanks to the speakers! i really enjoyed the content this year and filled in a few meaningful gaps in my knowledge base. special thanks to thenurse for the lecture on sneezing into our elbows. i hate hate hate when people don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.

a big w00t for x30n, whose first defcon presentation made me proud.

most of all, much love and gratitude to the goons and staff who made this the best. defcon. ever. for me (i've been coming since 7)... you guys work your asses off and if feeding and/or watering you and maybe giving you a place to relax for a few minutes helped at all, i'm glad we could do it.

nous.

[TheCotMan]

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thanks to hacker pimps for their friday night party... it's just not defcon without strippers and/or random scene whores getting naked.

Discussion over Scenewhore/Not-a-scenewhore has been pruned and copied/relocated as needed to ensure thank-yous remain here and that discussion remains coherent. (Occasional off-topic conversations are no problem, but that topic has the signs of becoming a big discussion on its own.)

If you wish to reply to the naked women -> scenewhores or not scenewhore, you should reply in that other thread.

Thanks!

[Added:]
Yes. I plan to write my own Woots and Thank-you's, but I have not had time.

[Dallas]

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Thank you's!

Thank you all who came to the MOJO party in the Penthouse, sorry about the ID issues.

Thank you for those who tried to ensure only those over 21 got through, that kept me and Icetre from going to Jail.

Thank you Noid, you rocked. Thank you all the Goons (and unofficial Goons) who helped with the party.

Thank you Priest, althought I am not as upbeat about the security issues with the Hotel, your advice was good.

Thank you Icetre, Abby, Snow, A.Jade, Seviod, and all other mates in the Penthouse. C U next year.

- DALLAS

[kampf]

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Thanks:

BH organizers for bringing me, torturing me and then letting me go. com4 and cyc for keeping me sane and being good roomies. c0nverge, Travis and Montana for being very helpful. Jeffrey, Will and KS for being cool, as usual. Neil and Nikita for being themselves always. Tom for being competent and having energy even when we didn't. Dom and SO (whose name I heard once and can't remember) for being very, very good company.

DC attendees for listening to Goons when we try to comply with stupid laws. DC Goons for being so easy going. I had my doubts, but this year was easy. Teklord for being an entertaining partner in crime. Carric for being a huge, nice guy.

Scott the badge hack/synth guru and Jeff for letting me sit in and help you guys make music for over three hours at the Caesar's event. That was as much fun as I could have imagined having that night.

TW for finally giving me my badge :)

dedhed, A, veruus, tierra, v0rtex, oldskools and the rest of the DC801 guys who always represent. Grifter for getting me into this whole mess 5 years ago...

Siviak for taking the Hunt and keeping it real. Vegas 2.0 for not giving up and finally winning. UAT for the shirt. All event organizers for being there and giving people something to do between waking up and parties. Speakers and Speaker Goons for being as prompt as I've ever seen. Nico for always saying "hi" and smiling. Don the 64th floor bartender for keeping us laughing.

Not enough complaints to even mention.

Remember kids: Jay Beale has a Posse

[mfreeck]

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Others have said thank yous so well, that some of this will be a "me too" post.

Converge - I can't thank you enough for putting up with my occasionally(++) cranky ass.

BrokenCbl - Best room share evar. Very glad I got to meet you irl finally and very appreciative of all you bring to Defcon...

Ditto. I also enjoyed our late night talks, and thanks a million for the store runs! Your effort kept me well fed throughout con.

DT and Ping - For putting up with us every year and giving so many people something to rave about every year. Your efforts make the party and have built a sub-community that extends all borders.

"Me too." I wish I'd've been able to at least say Hi, but not only can I (believe it or not) be shy, but I was too busy shepherding a lost sheep home when I bumped into you.

Bless you to all the goons. It sucks that some asshats didn't understand the ID checks. I think most folks understand you're just trying to make things smoother for the rest of us.

Mouse - it was good to meet you, I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to hang out with you more.

Deviant - We'll have to hang out much more next year.

H3adrush and Li'l Freak - It was great hanging out with you two. Thanks for taking the long trek in the sun with me for breakfast. The aprons were super-cool too!

Ellen_K (?) - the lady who made the neck-coolers for the grill masters. Also a thoughtful gift for the grill masters.

Charel - Hotel Ninjitsu at its finest.

I suspect Charel is the reason I got such amazing customer service at hotel registration when I was in the middle of trying to get my room straightened out. Charel is just one of the many heroes of Defcon.

Roamer - I never was very good at thank yous, at least in text. Usually I just hope my sincerety and enthusiasm shows through in person, because I can't really thank you enough for how good you've been to Converge and I. You rock.

Lost - I believe you will succeed at getting more HW into con and more attendees into HW (pretty bots!). Also, we still have a date for pho. :) If you ever make it up to these parts, I've got some great Thai restaurants with your name on them.

Deviant, Renderman, Joe, Grifter, Thorn et al .. we were so close, yet so far. As mentioned above, the contest was just a great time and our team was no exception.

Indeed. Thank you for letting me tag along.

Hackerpimps - Best party of the party. Good music, good people, strippers, and totally smashed until hurting .. you folks know how to throw a party.

Hackerpimps ruined me for other parties... I don't think I recovered until Sunday. :)

Vertigo(?) - I enjoyed speaking with you. I generally have a tough time sticking around at parties, due to social anxiety and noise issues. You gave me a reason to hang out and have good conversation.

Sasha - W00t! It was great to meet you, and thanks a bunch for taking the time and effort to get to the CDs to me.

Guile - Thank you for watching my stuff, and I had great conversation with you. I do hope to bump into you again sometime.

ToxicBBQ people - Everyone made it a good time and even with >200 people, there were no assholes screwing it up for others. That's an amazing ratio.

Renderman and Grey Frequency - I do wish I'd gotten to hang out with you two more, but you've got your fingers in so many awesome pies that it's great I got to hang out with you as much as I did.

GM1 - Sushicon lives. Good times were had and sentimental value only made it better. Thanks man.

Also thanks for the hardwork in making sure everything was seperate, even if the venue later developed amnesia.

Noid and Evil - You deserve a break. Thanks for making the con iron out as much as it did. Also thanks for putting up with our lateness for arrival at the buffet .. you held the hotel staff back just long enough and it was a great time.

Thanks again for all your guys' hardwork, and for choosing the very buffet I'd been aching to go to all con. Also a thousand points for waiting as long as possible for our tardy ass.

Apologies:
Chris - We really wanted to go to Japanese but the timing of it all really didn't work out as planned.

This was probably due to my miscommunication and slow moving ass. Sorry, man.

The TSA guy that had to search through my luggage on the way home. I really didn't mean to laugh the entire time you thoroughly inspected my fruit rollup... there's just something funny about dried applesauce.

I could *not* stop laughing. Explosive fruit rollups.

Wishes:
Pipes - Where were you man? Was really hoping to meet you and I know mfreeck probably feels at least twice as bummed about not catching up.

+++

Calypso(sp?) - You're pretty cool when less under the influence .. wish we had more sober time to hang out.

Ditto. Although it was fun holding you up in your chair, I hear you've got something between those two ears when it's not filled with boozahol. I'd love to see it.

Dataworm, Kai - You fit in with a bunch of folks that I caught in passing from time to time but never quite got to hang out with thoroughly. This will have to be reconcilled.

"Me too." Too bad we can't be everywhere at once.

Highwizard - I call bullshit. It sucks .. I understand. It still would have been nice to have you out there with us.

Double for me.

Thanks and apologies to anyone I may have missed. It was a great con, especially given the level of opportunities for mischief.

[meee]

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Vielen Danks

DT: For putting your reputation on the line to host this event.
Priest: For giving the friendly advice you have given to multiple people on what should and should not happen. Remind me to NEVER piss you or your staff off.
Noid: For keeping things safe and organized in a security perspective and for the drink Wed night.
Defcon Goons and staff: Good job
Riviera staff: Thank you for switching my room to a suite.
Undercover Riviera Security staff: We need to work on making you all not look so conspicuous.
Evil: My good friend in dc206. Thank you for working on my outfit that I wore on Saturday night. I can assure you that a lot of people were amazed, stunned and basically said “This is just wrong”. It was a night to remember.
Chosen1: Thank you for letting me hang around you and your friends on Thursday night. It was a perfect way to slide into the beginnings of the conference. I promise to have dinner next year with you.
Toxic BBQ staff: Yum…Remind me to step 2 more additional steps back when I see any of you with lighter fluid in your hands.
C0nverge/Mfreeck: C0nverge the look on your face Saturday night was priceless. I did warn you before hand. Mfreeck: Thank you for the sandwich wrap on Sunday afternoon. BTW I didn’t really guzzle 3 shots of cuervo in the elevator.
Queercon coordinators: Nice party, good music, remind me to bring earplugs next time.
Hackerpimps: I was glad I was able to be of some assistance during your party prep. I was glad it turned out ok that night.
Deviant Ollam: I was glad my friend and I were able to help you during Friday’s breakout session.
Mouse: I am sorry about the keys. I will be looking for a replacement set for you sometime this week.
Renderman and Grey: It was nice to see both of you again.
Eric M: Thank you for letting me and calypso hang around you all early Friday morning.
Calypso: I hope you had fun at Defcon.
BrockenCBL: Ty for organizing the trip to the locksmith. Please remember I am passive aggressive ;)
Lockpicking staff: It was a pleasant change of pace hanging around with you all.
Xodia, CK3K, TwinVega: I am sorry we weren’t able to see each other at this Defcon.
Flea, Queeg, Tacitus, Kallahar, Siviak and Sno. Thank you for showing my friend a good time at Defcon.
Sno: Special thanks to you for looking after my friend when she was a tad impaired.
Queeg: Thank you for purchasing that memory card for me. Unfortunately it didn’t work. Thank you so much
Bartender at Siviak’s Penthouse suite (aka moonshine guy): Thank you for the drink.
GruffyD and Julia: Watch out for each other. Good luck with everything.
Mitra: Thank you for the ride to the airport and listening.
Che: Try more water next year. There is a such thing as too much Energy Drinks
ASTcell: Thank you for being there. BTW nice uniform.
ThePrez98: Sorry you got called to more pressing duties. Expect a gift in a few days.
Valkyrie: I was glad to hear you on the phone at Defcon. It was not the same with you not there.
MMCA and Abby_Nrml: Seems we just missed each other this year. Oh well. There is next time.
GM1: Thank you for not putting me on fire during the toxic bbq.
Julia CA: Thank you for having dinner with us on Saturday night.
Lost: For organizing the Mysterybox contest.
Jiji: Thank you for the logistical assistance in getting one of our friends out to Defcon. That was a wonderful thing you have done.
Dataworm: For trying to help my friend with her wifi issues
Lil_freak and H3adrush: Thank you for your logistical support and friendship. Without you two I wouldn’t been able to remove a bio hazardous situation from my room. We’ll see you in October.
Javantea: Get more rest
Pixel: Sorry about Saturday night. It would’ve been impossible to join you and your crew for dinner. It was too far to walk in heels in that temperature.
Tis: It was great talking to you on Friday night. You looked great.
CraSH: It was nice seeing you there.
DJ Jackalope: For letting me hang around you and your crew. It was a pleasurable experience. Next time lunch is on me.
Black Orchid: It was wonderful meeting you again this year, at least it didn’t take 4 days to find me this time. I hope your friend enjoyed it as well.
Serif: Thank you for the nicotine inhalation device at seatac.

For those not mentioned above: My apologies and thanks.

Finally:
My spouse “YU” It wasn’t the same without you there. I want to thank you for letting me go to Defcon XIV without you. I love you and I promise you this: If I go, you go.