Dashcon

Dashcon

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Dashcon 2014 is a tumblr-based convention held in Chicago, Illinois in July of 2014. After news of the convention’s general lack of quality or planning surfaced on tumblr, the event became a source of ridicule by tumblr’s userbase on the Dashcon tag.

Welcome To Night Vale Controversy

One of the events scheduled by Dashcon was an appearance by the staff members of popular podcast series Welcome to Night Vale. However, because Dashcon could not adequately provide the funds for the staff’s appearance, the attraction was eventually cancelled from the convention.

Ball Pit Jokes/Extra Hour in the Ball Pit

Dashcon attendees were reporting that one of the most memorable attractions of the convention was a colorful children’s ball pit in an otherwise mostly empty room. When it was announced that the Welcome to Night Vale staff would not make an appearance at the convention, rumors spread of convention staff wagering that guests receive “an extra hour in the ball pit” as compensation. Soon, the prominent position of the ball pit led to mockery from both the tumblr userbase as well as the actual attendees of the convention.


As the convention weekend progressed, the ‘Dashcon’ tag and the ‘ball pit’ tags on tumblr both received large numbers of posts, in addition to several rumors about the ball pit such as the ball pit’s deflation, it being urinated in, or having a child conceived in it.

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Duraigo
Duraigo


The Pitt allows you to travel to the post-apocalyptic remains of DashCon in Schaumburg, Illinois and become embroiled in a conflict between con-goers and their raider masters. Explore a really small convention ravaged by time, neglect, shitty panels, and moral degradation. The Pitt is filled with morally gray choices, shady non-player characters, new enemies, new weapons, and much more.

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