Monday 18 May 2020

UK PonyCONLINE: Britannia's Birthday Bash

As with so many other conventions, UK PonyCon has had to cancel for this year. However, all is not lost, as it seems UKPC is joining the online con bandwagon! UK PonyCONLINE: Britannia's Birthday Bash will be a one-day event, held on Saturday 13th June and running from 11 am to 11 pm BST. (Optimised for the UK time zone, yay!)

Like a number of other virtual cons, this one will be using Twitch for the video streams. There'll be a Discord server, which I don't think is live yet, for chat and questions. There will also be stallholders*, con merch – and of course long-standing charity the RDA will be hoping we can raise plenty for their emergency appeal. 
* UKPC's term for vendors.

UK PonyCon's family-friendly status has largely been maintained, which I'm very pleased to see. You're not allowed to use the Discord chat if you're under 13, but that's to be expected and of course not the con's doing. As for events, those before 7 pm will be all-ages, those after roughly on a PG-13 level. There won't be any 18+ events, which is good: they would simply not fit with this particular con's ethos.

A couple of other links: the online con now has a dedicated Twitter, and I'm going to link to the original announcement as well as it contains a very cute drawing of con mascot Britannia by VederlichtArt.

It looks like I'll be able to "attend" UK PonyCon this year after all! :D

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