MCU: MelloPanther Convention Universe?

Long continuity seems to be the fad of the day, and after a dozen years, I’ve seemed to reach my own Phase Three not too long ago. Now that I’m starting to consistently do heavier workloads for bigger conventions, it’s time to reassess the state of some of my programming. My recommendation panels are likely evergreen as new things come and go across my radar, but some of my how-to’s need to evolve if they are to stay in rotation. I wouldn’t necessarily call them reboots or sequels and they’re a little of both. But for sake of brevity, I really should consider them separate works. The problem is there’s only so much space to put things on this site while keeping things clean. That’s why any future panel spin-offs will be included on the page for the original panel, simply listed below with an updated description. Anime Midwest is going to be the first to get the full MCU experience with new variants of I Can Japan and The “How To Make A Panel” Workshop. In addition to those updates, I updated my resume to display my work history in a much nicer-looking tabular format. More updates and changes to come, as always. Excelsior!

A Thought While Browsing A Shop About To Go Out Of Business

One of my pie in the sky goals for MP is to have the ultimate portable system to run my programs on. This would include a computer, mini displays, peripherals, all the bells and whistles I would need to put on a presentation or a game show. I already know that what I would need would be able to fit inside a suitcase, but now I see that not only are PC towers smaller that ever, but there are now hard suitcases that fit under an airplane seat.

And that got me to thinking…

Anyway, Setsucon is in the books. I wheel into Zipcon this Saturday at 3PM.

Fandom Feuders On The Rampage…2!

It’s been a whirlwind weekend if you haven’t noticed, but time marches on and I have a couple of conventions coming up, and at least one of them is including Fandom Feud. Last year it was a success at Anime Midwest in more ways than one, and I want to keep up the momentum with another survey. This time, I’ve streamlined the process so that it’s one survey of 40 questions divided again into nerdy and nerdy, but those who don’t feel comfortable with their otaku knowledge will be able to opt out and go straight to the end of the survey. Remember, if you tell 10 friends and they tell 10 friends, then you’re probably going to get an overlap, but it also means that I’ll have plenty of responses to do as many as four more games!

As always, thank you for your support. You can take the survey here: https://goo.gl/forms/dlg2HlHrd5yfRqAg1

The Delayed Tekko Schedule Post

Friday

  • Tekko Improv 11pm-12:30am, Main Events

Saturday

  • The Most Unusual Mix 9-11am, 92.1 WPTS-FM and online at wptsradio.org 
  • I Cast A Forward Pass 12:30-1:30pm, Panel 1
  • Anime Fight Club 6-7:30, Panel 6

Sunday

I don’t have anything scheduled but Cherami Leigh is hosting an improv panel at 10:30. It might be of use :3

In Sickness And In Health…And In Sickness Again

Hello friends. Did I mention that I have major issues with post-con blues? Well you can pair that a propensity to be sick and you’ve basically described the past 6 months or so. I actually feel somewhat fortunate that I wasn’t able to get into Katsucon as a panelist because I would’ve just been a total wreck.

What wasn’t a total wreck were my first three game shows of 2017. Setsucon hosted Name That Tune and Wheel of Fortune while Anime Mini saw the initial foray of Doge! Much Press Very Luck. All three were successful although opinions may differ on the latter.

Next up is Tekko, and it’ll be busy both on and off the floor. Right now the only thing I can confirm is that Saturday morning will see the return of the Most Unusual Mix to the WPTS airwaves as part of the new Alumni Show. The rest is up in the air.

That being said, I can’t wait for yeas or nays, I’ve been busy getting a new friend of the company in Nightengale Needles and undertaking some super big projects that you will be hearing about very soon. Watch this space.

Mr. Doge Goes To Washington

So far I have only done doge Wheel of Fortune in Pennsylvania, and even then, only as far west as State College. Come October, that will hopefully change. Anime USA is going to be the biggest crowd yet for my version of America’s Game. It’s surely going to be exciting, and maybe we’ll have the biggest win yet.

In other news, let’s flash back to a few weeks ago.

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Good news for my inner 60’s Spider-Man, AUSA will also be the debut of “I Cast A Forward Pass,” a panel all about how the wide world of sports crashed into board game night. This is literally part of my childhood that we will be talking about, and I am excited to share some of the ridiculousness I have found.

October is shaping up to be a really good month. Won’t you join me for it?