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The 2013 SciWorld Online Convention was an online simming and role-playing convention. It was held in IRC rooms at Independence Fleet from Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 3, 2013, with Landon Wakeland serving as the Master of Ceremonies. The convention featured events run by members from the Continuum Online, Federation Sim Fleet, Independence Fleet, Ongoing Worlds, Sixth Fleet, Starfleet Legacy Alliance, STF, Trek Online, UFOP: StarBase 118. It was the eleventh SciWorld Online Convention held.

Organization[]

The 2013 SciWorld Online Convention was the first SciWorld to be organized independently. In all other years it had been organized under the auspicious of either the Simming League or Ongoing Worlds.

The organization of the 2013 convention occurred mostly throughout the course of April. On April 10th, a blog on OngoingWorlds first announced that it was coming up, noting that it had only two event slots filled out.[1] In the weeks after that, around twenty more events were filled out.

The convention was held in irc chat rooms hosted by Independence Fleet. Independence Fleet had previously hosted the convention in 2011. The selection of Independence Fleet generated controversy. Phoenix Roleplaying formally boycotted the 2013 Convention, upset that no reply had been given to their request to host the convention.

Schedule[]

Wednesday, May 1[]

Discussion Simulation Game
  • BST: British Summer Time
  • EDT: Eastern Daylight Time
BST EDT Event Host
12:30a 7:30p Opening Ceremony Landon Wakeland, Independence Fleet
1:00a 8:00p A time to change, a time to stay Josh Hrach, Federation Sim Fleet
2:00a 9:00p USS Brooklyn sim Tigra Tigress, Continuum Online
3:00a 10:00p Star Trek simming in retrograde? Zania Ja'arda, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
4:00a 11:00p Round robin trivia Chas Hammer, Trek Online

Thursday, May 2[]

Discussion Simulation Game
  • BST: British Summer Time
  • EDT: Eastern Daylight Time
BST EDT Event Host
8:00p 3:00p Creating a cloak and dagger sim Brett Gann, Sixth Fleet
9:00p 4:00p Beyond Two Decades: The legacy and lessons of a club Lindsay Bayes, STF
10:00p 5:00p Acting Up: Successful roleplaying in 3 acts Diego Herrera, UFOP: StarBase 118
11:00p 6:00p Building a civilization: Adding depth to your alien worlds Greir Reinard, UFOP: StarBase 118
12:00a 7:00p Starting as a CO and XO on a new ship Matt Elphaba and Safefta Pardek, Independence Fleet
1:00a 8:00p Trek Trivia from the 29th century Sabrina Pandora, Independence Fleet
2:00a 9:00p Keeping warp speed: how to keep your writers engaged Sabrina Pandora, Independence Fleet
3:00a 10:00p USS Potemkin sim Warp, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
4:00a 11:00p USS Potemkin sim Warp, Starfleet Legacy Alliance

Friday, May 3[]

Discussion Simulation Game
  • BST: British Summer Time
  • EDT: Eastern Daylight Time
BST EDT Event Host
8:00p 3:00p Keys to keeping a sim fresh and engaging Brett Gann, Sixth Fleet
9:00p 4:00p The ins and outs of bulletin board RPGs Lindsay Bayes, STF
10:00p 5:00p Advertise or die. Letting people know about your roleplay David Ball, Ongoing Worlds
11:00p 6:00p Torchwood Ten sim Tavey Burgon, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
12:00a 7:00p Help is the sunny side of control Tavey Burgon, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
1:00a 8:00p The Sci-Fi Feud Zania Ja'arda, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
2:00a 9:00p The Sci-Fi Feud Zania Ja'arda, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
3:00a 10:00p Star Trek Jeopardy Chas Hammer, Trek Online
4:00a 11:00p Closing Ceremonies Landon Wakeland, Independence Fleet

Transcripts[]

Transcripts of the discussions are below.

Event Host
Acting Up: Successful roleplaying in 3 acts Diego Herrera, UFOP: StarBase 118
Building a civilization: Adding depth to your alien worlds Greir Reinard, UFOP: StarBase 118
Advertise or die. Letting people know about your roleplay David Ball, Ongoing Worlds
A time to change, a time to stay Josh Hrach, Federation Sim Fleet
Beyond Two Decades: The legacy and lessons of a club Lindsay Bayes, STF
Creating a cloak and dagger sim Brett Gann, Sixth Fleet
Help is the sunny side of control Tavey Burgon, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
Keeping warp speed: how to keep your writers engaged Sabrina Pandora, Independence Fleet
Keys to keeping a sim fresh and engaging Brett Gann, Sixth Fleet
Starting as a CO and XO on a new ship Matt Elphaba and Safefta Pardek, Independence Fleet
Star Trek simming in retrograde? Zania Ja'arda, Starfleet Legacy Alliance
The ins and outs of bulletin board RPGs Lindsay Bayes, STF

Notes and references[]

  1. David Ball (2013-04-10), "SciWorld online convention for roleplayers coming soon", OngoingWorlds roleplay blog.(source)
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