The 2012 SciWorld Online Convention was an online simming and role-playing convention. It was held in irc rooms at Dark Myst from Thursday, May 10 to Saturday, May 12, 2012. Organized by Ongoing Worlds, the convention featured events run by members from Ajje Games, Alpha Fleet, Before the Mast RPG, Federation Sim Fleet, Independence Fleet, Ongoing Worlds, Sixth Fleet, Starfleet Legacy Alliance, Stargate Command Sims, Tango Fleet, Trek Online, Trespassers, UCIP, and UFOP: StarBase 118. It was the tenth SciWorld Online Convention held.
Schedule[]
- EDT: Eastern Daylight Time (United States/Canada)
- BST: British Summer Time
| Ceremony | Discussion | Simulation | Trivia Game |
Thursday, May 10th[]
| EDT | BST | Chat Room #1 | Host #1 | Chat Room #2 | Host #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30pm | 00:30 | Opening Ceremony | Chas Hammer | ||
| 8:00pm | 01:00 | Fleet Wide Mission Discussion | John Thompson | Keeping genres alive with fanfic and simming | Azanialix Ja'arda & Chas Hammer |
| 9:00pm | 02:00 | Stargate Simming: Past, Present, and Future | Jonathan | Everything I need to know I learned from roleplaying | Chas Hammer |
| 10:00pm | 03:00 | Stargate: SG-10 (Stargate Sim) | FSF Falk | USS Potemkin (Star Trek Sim) | James B. "Warp" Mitchell |
| 11:00pm | 04:00 | Round Robin Trivia | Chas Hammer | ||
| 12:00pm | 05:00 | Coffee Shop | Chas Hammer |
Friday, May 11th[]
| EDT | BST | Chat Room #1 | Host #1 | Chat Room #2 | Host #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm | 19:00 | Using social media to maximize recruiting | Elena Vasilescu | ||
| 3:00pm | 20:00 | The future of play-by-post games | David Ball | ||
| 4:00pm | 21:00 | Round Robin Trivia | SLA Jamie | Does the Simming Past Dictate the Simming Future? | Tigra Tigress |
| 5:00pm | 22:00 | Star Trek Technology: What did they predict? What did they miss? | Nathalie Chapman | Movie Quiz | David Ball |
| 6:00pm | 23:00 | Retired From Simming: A Myth or Reality | Tigra Tigress | ||
| 7:00pm | 00:00 | Torchwood Ten Live Special | SLA Jamie | Star Trek Jeopardy | Chas Hammer |
| 8:00pm | 01:00 | Outpost Cousteau (Star Trek sim) | Roger Clenner | ||
| 9:00pm | 02:00 | Collaboration between sim groups: creating a community | Jazza | ||
| 10:00pm | 03:00 | Are text based RPGs dying? | Jeannette Giesbrecht | Chuck vs the Sci-Fi Genres | Azanialix Ja'arda |
| 11:00pm | 04:00 | Encouraging creativity & member participation | Alexander Matthews | Round Robin Trivia | Azanialix Ja'arda |
| 12:00am | 05:00 | The next generation of simmer | Luke Herbert |
Saturday, May 12th[]
| EDT | BST | Chat Room #1 | Host #1 | Chat Room #2 | Host #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00pm | 17:00 | USS Brooklyn (Star Trek sim) | Tigra Tigress | Lessons learned from a decade of PBEM simming | Azanialix Ja'arda |
| 1:00pm | 18:00 | The Mark Casey Story | Mark Casey | ||
| 2:00pm | 19:00 | Tigra Tigress: Her Story, the second decade | Tigra Tigress | ||
| 3:00pm | 20:00 | Issues and Trends in Star Wars Simming | FSF Who | Easing your (GMing) life with services and technology | FSF Josh |
| 4:00pm | 21:00 | USS Chuck Norris (Star Trek sim) | Charles Star | ||
| 5:00pm | 22:00 | SimEnc Workshop | Charles Star | ||
| 6:00pm | 23:00 | Closing Ceremony | Chas Hammer |
Contributors[]
Support[]
- Chair: Chas Hammer of Trek Online
- Master of Ceremonies: Chas Hammer of Trek Online
- Graphic design by Caroline Marion of Independence Fleet
- Web hosting and technical support by Dark Myst
- Official Recorders: FSF Josh of the Federation Sim Fleet and Tavey of the Starfleet Legacy Alliance
Hosts[]
- Alexander Matthews of UFOP: Starbase 118
- Azanialix Ja'arda of Starfleet Legacy Alliance
- Charles Star of Independence Fleet
- Chas Hammer of Trek Online
- David Ball of Ongoing Worlds
- Elena Vasilescu of Before the Mast RPG
- FSF Josh of Federation Sim Fleet
- FSF Falk of Federation Sim Fleet
- FSF Who of Federation Sim Fleet
- James B. "Warp" Mitchell of Starfleet Legacy Alliance
- Jazza of UCIP
- Jeannette Giesbrecht of Ajje Games
- John Thompson of Alpha Fleet
- Jonathan of Stargate Command Sims
- Luke Herbert of Trespassers
- Mark Casey of Tango Fleet
- Nathalie Chapman of Sixth Fleet
- Roger Clenner of Starfleet Legacy Alliance
- SLA Jamie of Starfleet Legacy Alliance
- Tigra Tigress of Sixth Fleet