Schedule Updates, Cyan Activities, and Paper People

Myst Poster

Mysterium is just two weeks away (14 days, 20 hours, 50 minutes, and 28 seconds, but who’s counting?) and we’ve got a few more announcements for you.

Our schedule has been updated with lots of new information. Check out all of the nifty things going on! We have a very full weekend planned, so expect ambitious and firm cat herding as we work to make it all go smoothly and on-time. Of special note: Bryan Stratton, author of the Prima Strategy Guides for Uru, Myst IV, and Myst V, will be at Mysterium this year, and will have a discussion panel on Sunday morning!

If exploring the desert is more your speed (and we know it is for some of you), there is an optional Sunday field trip to Livingstones Rock Ranch outside of Spokane. This trip will include a guided hike through local geology, a tour of their Mineral Museum, and a chance to dig up your own sparkly stones. Those wishing to attend should be ready to depart the hotel at 10:30 AM; trip and ride-share sign-up will be posted in the meeting room. There is an additional cost of $12.50 per person for this activity that is not included in your registration fee.

In addition, we have a lot of stuff happening at Cyan. We are thrilled to announce that for the first time in Mysterium’s history, both Rand and Robyn Miller will be on-hand for a Q&A panel on Saturday morning! Cyan will also have a variety of merchandise available for purchase at their office on Saturday, including a new, limited-run Myst poster that features a special varnished watermark commemorating the 20th anniversary of the game. This poster (which you can see above) will be available for $20, limit 2 per person, with only 300 available! Be sure to check the schedule for our full itinerary at Cyan Headquarters, and who knows, there may still be a few surprises…

Can’t make it to Mysterium, but want to be there in spirit? Send a picture of yourself to paperpeople@mysterium.net, and we’ll be sure your printed likeness makes an appearance.

Registration and Event Reminders

Hello again, everyone. It’s officially summer, and Mysterium is fast approaching! We’ve got a couple of timely reminders for you today.

First, the last day for online registration and t-shirt pre-orders is July 4th. That’s only two weeks away! If you plan to attend, please register online so that we can get an accurate estimate of attendance numbers. If you plan on buying a Mysterium t-shirt, we strongly encourage you to do so either by pre-ordering one to pick up at the convention, or by using our Square Market store to buy one that can be shipped to you. Order for shirts through our Square store will also close after July 4th, so get your orders in now!

Second, the deadline for event submissions is June 30th. If you’ll be at Mysterium and you have an idea for a panel discussion, presentation, display, or activity that you’re interested in running, please let us know! Head over to http://www.mysterium.net/events, be sure to read the event guidelines, and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.

We’re so excited about this year’s Mysterium, and we can’t wait to see you all in Spokane. Shorah b’shemtee!

Small Schedule Change

Shorah Folks!
(I bet you never thought you hear official news from me again :D)

A small change has been made to the Mysterium schedule today. Heek and social time has been moved to be from now until the Skype call with Robyn at 3pm (which hasn’t changed). What Would Atrus Build will now take place once the Robyn Q&A is over. We’ll have the Justin.tv stream back up for the Robyn call, and we might get it running during WWAB too. That’s over here: http://www.justin.tv/mysteriumcon

See you at 3!

-Taniith

Mysterium 2013 Schedule!

Here’s the schedule for Mysterium 2013. Please note that all times are in Eastern Time (GMT -4).

Thursday, August 1st

6:30 PM: Early Arrival Meet-and-Greet (optional)
6:45 PM: Showing of “Pacific Rim” at Regal Henrietta Cinema (optional)

Friday, August 2nd

10:00 AM: Opening Announcements, followed by Meet & Greet
11:00 AM: Panel: “Starry Expanse”
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Strong Museum of Play; Rochester Museum and Science Center; Unguided City Exploration
2:00 PM: “Reahn” Immersive Age Experience (Group 1)
3:00 PM: “Reahn” Immersive Age Experience (Group 2)
4:00 PM: “Reahn” Immersive Age Experience (Group 3)
5:00 PM: “Reahn” Immersive Age Experience (Group 4)
6:00 PM: Dinner
8:00 PM: “‘Heek 101” Tutorial
8:30 PM: Ahyoheek Tournament / Social Time

Saturday, August 3rd

10:00 AM: Ahyoheek Tournament / Social Time
11:00 AM: Panel: “Seltani”
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:15 PM: “What Would Atrus Build?”
3:00 PM: Skype Q&A with Robyn Miller
4:30 PM: Ahyoheek Tournament Finals / Social Time
6:00 PM: Dinner
8:00 PM: Social Time

Sunday, August 4th

10:00 AM: Social Time
12:00 PM: Closing Ceremonies

Guidebook

This year we’re pleased to offer an electronic version of our schedule as a Guidebook guide. You can download the app for Android or iPhone. To access our guide, you can either select “Scan” within the app to scan the QR code below, or just search for “Mysterium”. If you have a different mobile device, you can also access the guide by visiting m.guidebook.com and searching for “Mysterium”.

With the Guidebook app, we can push updates to you if there is a schedule change, and you can set up notifications for events or activities that you want to make sure you don’t miss. We will be pushing additional information about the Rochester area into our Guidebook guide soon, and you’ll always have the latest details even if you get the guide now.

We only have 200 downloads available for our 2013 guide, so if you aren’t attending this year, please refrain from downloading the guide so that attendees can have access to it. Thank you.

We look forward to seeing y’all there!
-the 2013 Mysterium Committee