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All the way back at Emerald City Con I decided I was going to cosplay.
Cosplay meaning to dress up as a character. It’s like Halloween without the candy.
This brings up several questions: 1. Who? 2. How much is this going to cost? 3. Exactly how hot are you going to get?
I decided on Captain Malcolm Reynolds played by Nathan Fillion from Firefly/Serenity because of simplicity and because I liked the character.

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Welcome back to continuing coverage of Nerd Prom 2013.
Preview Night last for 3 hours and gives you a look of you’re facing for the next four days.

Yep. It looks like this. See, I just saved you a boat load of money by staying home.
Repeat after me: Stream it and they will pay.
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With three days to go before Comic-Con is upon what should you be doing or done by now?

The lead up to Comic Con begins with the mad rush for tickets. This sounds really easy but it’s become more like getting Red Sox tickets. The hotel reservations is ten times worse and looking at places on VRBO is easier. Then reselling unused tickets which ends with the scheduling being dolled out two weeks before the con.
Over the years the convention website has gotten considerably more detailed and easier to use. They even started allowing pre-ordering of t-shirts so no more lines like the ones I complained about in 2011. The introduction of My Schedule through sched.com is one of the better additions to the con. No more dogeared newspaper pages looking for panels! It’s all at your finger tips on your tablet or smart phone!
Unfortunately, that’s if the SDCC Comic-Con and the SDCC Comic-Con Sched App were updated. In this day and age you live and die by the app. Neither of which have been updated in a dog’s age. Something I hope was just overlooked but with a week to go it’s looking like we won’t be seeing a proper working SDCC App with sched.com integration until 2014.
And then there’s the giant elephant in the room that Emerald City Comic Con is streaming their panels through FlipOn
Stream it and they will pay.
So let’s take a look at things going on after the cut.

San Diego Comic-Con International is now less than two weeks away and Thursday’s Schedule has dropped.
A lot of television show previews to stand in line for if you’re able. Looks like Person of Interest is the Hotel Keycard for this year.

For those lucky enough to get tickets the news of convention exclusives and off site meet ups like The Nerd Machine taking over Petco Park since once again there’s no baseball going on that week has been doubling by the day.
Seanan McGuire posted a SDCC List last week and I’ll point to 2011’s post regarding do’s and don’ts and from 2010.
I’ll be doing a run down of panels like I did in 2011 once Sunday’s list drops.
Here’s hoping the 2hr pre-reg line from Emerald City doesn’t repeat itself at SDCC…
#sdcc 2011 photos have been uploaded -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkbentley/sets/72157627163306663/
I’ve taken down most of the instagram photos that I uploaded to flickr with the exception of a few photos taken with the iPhone.
So, with #sdcc coming to close for 2011 time to look back and see what happened this year.
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Day Three of #sdcc arrives and the list of panels is getting shorter and shorter. Not because there are conflicts but because of the lines.
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Day Two of #sdcc is the first full day of panels and the convention started off early with Twlight and the horrendous line for pre-reg for 2012.
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