The 2014 SciWorld Online Convention was an online convention for the play-by-post role-playing community. It was the 12th SciWorld Online Convention and was held from Thursday, May 1 through Saturday, May 3, 2014, in IRC chat rooms located in the Xertion IRC network. It was organized by Role Play Wiki due to their merge with SimEnc in November 2013. In contrary to previous years, it did not have a host.
Organization[]
The 2014 Convention was the first of which the organization was open for public discussion, as well as the first to be organized at the Role Play Wiki. This was unlike previous conventions, which were organized privately by a select team.
In December 2013,[1] Yatalu established a forum on Role Play Wiki where any interested individual could take part in organizing the convention. Discussions began in earnest in February, and continued through March, including a vote to pick the date for the convention.[2] The schedule of events was developed at a separate talk page.[3] Work on the schedule began in early April and continued until the time of the convention.
Promotion[]
Advertising for the convention began in mid April, with posts at Ongoing Worlds[4] and PBEMPlayers.[5] Outreach to various role-playing groups, organizations, and wikis soon followed. On April 26, an e-mail group for the convention was launched.[6]
Additionally, Twitter was used rather frequently throughout the span of the event itself, both by Role Play Wiki and by Twitter accounts of other groups such as Ongoing Worlds and Starfleet Legacy Alliance. These tweets usually made use of the hashtag #2014SciWorld.
Location[]
The convention was held online, in the Xertion IRC network. Two channels were set up on Xertion explicitly for SciWorld: #SciWorld1 and #SciWorld2.
Schedule[]
- For addition of your event to the schedule, see User:Yatalu/SciWorld.
- For the version of the schedule meant for participants, see Project:SciWorld.
The 2014 SciWorld schedule spanned from Thursday May 1 until Sunday May 4, 2014. Times displayed here are in universal coordinated time (UTC).
Thursday May 1, 2014[]
| Time (UTC) | IRC room | Event name | Event type | Hosted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00-21:00 | #SciWorld1 | Entrance ceremony | Yatalu (RPWiki) | |
| 21:00-22:00 | #SciWorld1 | Introduction to wiki editing | Discussion | Yatalu (RPWiki) |
| 22:00-23:00 | #SciWorld1 | The advantages of being a role-player | Discussion | Chas Hammer (TOL) |
| #SciWorld2 | Introduction to wiki editing (cont) | Discussion | Yatalu (RPWiki) | |
| 23:00-00:00 | #SciWorld1 | Turning simmers into authors | Podcast | Sero |
| 00:00-01:00 | #SciWorld1 | RP Law & Ethics Discussion | Discussion | Charles Star (IDF) |
| 01:00-02:00 | #SciWorld1 | Star Trek TNG Season 4 Trivia | Game | Charles Star (IDF) |
| #SciWorld2 | Stargate: SG-10 (starts 1:30 UTC) | Simulation | FSF Falk (FSF) | |
| 02:00-03:00 | #SciWorld1 | USS Potemkin | Simulation | Warp (SLA) |
| #SciWorld2 | Stargate: SG-10 (ends 2:30 UTC) | Simulation | FSF Falk (FSF) |
Friday May 2, 2014[]
| Time (UTC) | IRC room | Event name | Event type | Hosted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00-14:00 | #SciWorld1 | Introduction to "T1" RP | Discussion | Yatalu (RPWiki) |
| 14:00-15:00 | #SciWorld1 | Introduction to "T1" RP | Discussion | Yatalu (RPWiki) |
| 15:00-16:00 | #SciWorld1 | Past into the Future | Discussion | Tigra Tigress (Oberth Seven, COL, Sixth Fleet) |
| 16:00-17:00 | #SciWorld1 | Second Generation Simming | Discussion | Jessica Anderson (Sixth Fleet) |
| 17:00-18:00 | #SciWorld1 | The Other Sort of Aliens: Roleplaying Foreign Characters | Discussion | Silent Hunter (PRP) |
| 18:00-19:00 | #SciWorld1 | Blogging & being everywhere | Discussion | David Ball (OW) |
| 19:00-20:00 | #SciWorld1 | The History of Simming: Past, Present, Future | Discussion | FSF Ignatius (FSF) |
Friday May 2, 2014 (2)[]
| Time (UTC) | IRC room | Event name | Event type | Hosted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00-22:00 | #SciWorld1 | The Oberth Seven | Discussion | Tigra Tigress, Andrew Carter (Oberth Seven) |
| 22:00-23:00 | #SciWorld1 | The Oberth Seven | Discussion | Tigra Tigress, Andrew Carter (Oberth Seven) |
| 23:00-00:00 | #SciWorld1 | Alternative Genres: How to Keep Storylines Fresh and New |
Discussion | FSF Falk and FSF Margo (FSF) |
| 00:00-01:00 | #SciWorld1 | Simming in the new Star Wars canon | Discussion | FSF Who (FSF) |
| 01:00-02:00 | #SciWorld1 | USS Cadecus: MASH | Simulation | FSF Esrom (FSF) |
| 02:00-03:00 | #SciWorld1 | A GM Workshop: Message Board Edition | Workshop | Gabriel Logan (FSF) |
| #SciWorld2 | The IC Discussion | Discussion | SoapyMac (PRP) | |
| 03:00-04:00 | #SciWorld1 | Open Sim: Challenge the GM | Simulation | Gabriel Logan (FSF) |
| #SciWorld2 | Breaking Out of the Dreaded Comfort Zone | Discussion | SoapyMac (PRP) |
Saturday May 3, 2014[]
| Time (UTC) | IRC room | Event name | Event type | Hosted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00-21:00 | #SciWorld1 | Peaceful handovers, are they possible? | Discussion | Tavey Burgon (SLA) |
| 21:00-22:00 | #SciWorld1 | Torchwood Ten | Simulation | Tavey Burgon (SLA) |
| 22:00-23:00 | #SciWorld1 | Character arcs | Discussion | Diego Herrera (UFOP: StarBase 118) |
| #SciWorld2 | Spelling and Grammar, and why they are your friend | Discussion | StarlightBloodhound (OW) | |
| 23:00-00:00 | #SciWorld1 | Creating believable relationships | Discussion | Greir Reinard (UFOP: StarBase 118) |
| #SciWorld2 | Starfleet Feud | Game | Azanialix Ja'arda (SLA) | |
| 00:00-01:00 | #SciWorld1 | USS Repulse | Simulation | Kalquien, Ben Monroe (FSF) |
| #SciWorld2 | Advances in the Metaverse | Discussion | Azanialix Ja'arda (SLA) | |
| 01:00-02:00 | #SciWorld1 | Franchise Crossovers in Star Trek Simming | Discussion | Benjamin Wolf (Star Trek: Polaris) |
| 02:00-03:00 | #SciWorld1 | Closing ceremony | Chas Hammer |
Participation[]
The convention was well-received, despite the fact that the second IRC room only had events ongoing for seven out of 28 available event slots. This channel however was used for offtopic conversation, since the first was always occupied with events. #SciWorld1 and #SciWorld2 had channel participation peaks of 30 and 24 users respectively, with more than 15 users every day at the start of the events.
References[]
- ↑ Aa.Vv., "Revision history of "Forum:2014 SciWorld"", Role Play Wiki. Accessed: May 1, 2014.(source)
- ↑ Aa.Vv., "Role Play Wiki:Vote/2", Role Play Wiki. Accessed: May 1, 2014.(source)
- ↑ User:Yatalu/SciWorld
- ↑ Yatalu (2014-04), "Announcing the 2014 SciWorld Online Convention", Ongoing Worlds roleplay blog.(source)
- ↑ Silent Hunter (2014-04), "2014 SciWorld Online Convention", PBEM Players. Accessed: May 1, 2014.(source)
- ↑ "SciWorld Online Convention", Google Groups. Accessed: May 1, 2014.(source)