Mysterium 2009: Shirts, Prizes, & Schedules, Oh My!

Szark · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 9:28 pm

Shorah and greetings once again fellow Myst fans! Mysterium 2009 is just two months away! The Mysterium Planning Committee is gearing up for it, and we've got a boat-load of updates for you today.

T-SHIRTS
First, we're pleased to officially announce our logo contest winners! Two of them, in fact! This years t-shirt designs are from the lovely and talented Jean Fioca, and the equally lovely and talented Claire 'Shoomlah' Hummell.
Jean created this year's front design, a lighthearted celebration of the 10th Mysterium ever.

Claire gives us the back design, a unique representation of all the Myst games to date. See if you can spot all the references!

Our t-shirts will be screen-printed this year. Because of this, we are taking pre-orders on shirts with registrations to get an accurate estimate of how many we need to print. As a result, if you want to ensure you get a shirt, we strongly recommend that you pre-register! Shirts are $14 each for Small through XL sizes (and $15 for XXL shirts). You can order your shirts by visiting the Mysterium website and pre-registering to attend here: http://www.mysterium.net/mysterium-2009 ... istration/

Thank you to all our entrants, you make voting fun! All of this years entries can be viewed here: http://www.mysterium.net/mysterium-2009 ... test-2009/

PRIZES
Once again, the Mysterium committee is reaching out to our talented community for Myst-themed items that can be given away as prizes at this year's events. Last year, people went home with limited edition Riven keychains, beautiful handmade books, and unique swag... what will we have for the attendees this year?

Please email [email protected] to donate a prize. Thanks so much for helping make Mysterium happen!

SCHEDULE
What's on the menu for Mysterium 2009? We're serving up a buffet of fun and frolic for the weekend!

Appetizers: Getting together
Pre Con Pool Party Thursday Night
Meet & Greet Friday Night

Snacks: Stuff to Do around town
Disk Golf
Lazer Tag
Putt Putt Golf

Side Dishes: Fun and Games
Beginner's Bevin Party
Ahyoheek Tournament (Get your own 'heek cards here: http://www.mysterium.net/mysterium-2009 ... -ahyoheek/)
What Would Atrus Build
Marker Missions
Teledahn Tie Dye ($5 per shirt or bring your own; watch for sign up page!)

Main Course: Presentations!
Where Are They Now: The Lives of Former Cyantists
D'ni Timekeeping with RIUM+
Storytelling in the D'niverse with JD Barnes and Echo McKenzie (Scuttlebutt is that someone from the DRC may join them!)
More to Come...

Dessert:
Wolfie Memorial Waterpark Extravaganza! (optional, not included in the base registration cost. Deadline for signup is July 15)

Still in the Oven:
Town Hall discussions with Rand Miller, Mark DeForest, Derek Odell & More

MYSTERIUM 2010
As a reminder, Mysterium 2010 will be moving to the Central time zone next year. If you live in a city in the Central time zone and want to see Mysterium come to you next year, please submit your city as a candidate here: http://www.mysterium.net/mysterium-2010 ... n-bidding/

The deadline for location bids is June 30th!

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EthanEver · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 6:45 am

The logo designs are fantastic! Congrats to the winners!

CrisGer · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 10:24 pm

Thanks and congrats to the hard working organizers making this another wonderful gathering of the Called

thanks a lot to all.

dadguy · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 5:17 am

I have my tickets and am looking forward to being there! Thanks for the update!!!

Dadguy

Eleri · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:34 am

Szark wrote:

Storytelling in the D'niverse with JD Barnes and Echo McKenzie (Scuttlebutt is that someone from the DRC may join them!)

The Mysterium Update Bahro report that Brian Fioca and Douglas Sharper will be joining this talk.

dadguy · **Posted:** Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:43 am

Flights are reserved. Car is reserved. I am there!!! Arriving Thursday July 30. The team is doing a great job!

Dadguy

Kerryth · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:10 am

OK, I've got to be in Seattle the week before Mysterium. My choral music workshop ends around the middle of Saturday at Seattle University. I have to decide if it is worth it to try to get to Spokane for the last day of Mysterium. And if so, how. Any suggestions?

Lynnutte · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:31 am

Yes it's worth it, and greyhound bus?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:43 am

Alaska Air/Horizon has hourly flights between Seattle and Spokane, about $128. Perfect for those who want to bop over at the last moment ...

Eleri · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:19 am

Amtrak leaves Seattle at about 4pm, gets into Spokane at midnight, bout $46 each way.

EthanEver · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:43 am

Any linking books close by? :roll:

Tai'lahr · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:17 pm

Eleri wrote:

Szark wrote:

Storytelling in the D'niverse with JD Barnes and Echo McKenzie (Scuttlebutt is that someone from the DRC may join them!)

The Mysterium Update Bahro report that Brian Fioca and Douglas Sharper will be joining this talk.

I find this rather sad. Revealing the people behind the characters feels like they're throwing in the towel and giving up on Uru.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:30 pm

Any possibility of webcasting any parts of Mysterium?

mszv · **Joined:** Wed May 10, 2006 5:28 am **Posts:** 2266

Webcasting, also live blogging, that would be great!

Tai'lahr - good point. Since Douglas Sharper is a fictional character, wouldn't it be better to say that the actor who played Douglas Sharper will be in attendance? It's not as if Yeesha is going to go to Mysterium!

Alahmnat · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:14 am

Zardoz wrote:

Any possibility of webcasting any parts of Mysterium?

At the very least we will have a station set up to broadcast into Cyan Chat, or allow folks to poke their heads in, as they did last year. Webcasting may be possible depending on what hardware we have and where it's located. I'll do some poking around to see what we can pull off. Keep an eye out on the Mysterium site for future developments.

As for Sharper (or at least the person who played him) being at Mysterium, I personally don't think it's any more off-putting knowing who played Sharper than it is knowing that Rand plays Atrus, or that David Ogden Stiers plays Zandi (and unlike Sharper, Zandi is actually a real person; he was at Mysterium 2001). Maybe that's just me...

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