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Special Guest – Chuck Carter

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Greetings all, and a special welcome to any Obduction backers who are looking at Mysterium for the first time.

Special Guest

Today, we are happy to announce that we will have a special guest at Mysterium 2016: Chuck Carter will be joining us on Friday and Saturday to talk about his work and generally to hang out with the fans.

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Chuck, along with Robyn Miller, created the artwork that brought the worlds of Myst to life. After Myst, he worked on a number of other games, including a number of titles at Westwood Studios. He has created artwork for TV shows like Babylon 5, Crusade, and Mortal Kombat Krusades, as well as for motion rides like “Star Trek: The Experience” and Disney’s “Mission to Mars”.

Today, he is the Founder and Creative Director for indie studio Eagre Games, working on their first game, Zed. I gave Zed a try at Pax East last weekend. Trust me, if you liked Myst you’re going to like Zed.

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We are very excited to have Chuck joining us. This is going to be a Mysterium you don’t want to miss!

Cyan

We are also happy to announce that Cyan will be involved in Mysterium in some way this year! We don’t know quite what type of involvement yet (whether it will be a video call or actual Cyan employees at the convention), but we will keep you updated as we learn more.

Deadlines

A reminder that Con Book submissions are due tomorrow, and event submissions are due this coming Monday. And don’t forget that registration is currently open!

We know many people are wondering about hotel information. We sincerely apologize for the delay in getting that to you, and we anticipate that we will be able to open hotel bookings in the first week or two of May. We are in the final steps of getting the contract signed right now.

Until next time,

-Taniith
Mysterium 2016 PR Bah’ro

Deadline Reminder

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Greetings all

This is a quick reminder that several deadlines are coming up:

Convention book submissions are due April 29th, which is in just a couple weeks! Thus far, we have had zero submissions. So if you have something that you’d like to share with the community through the conbook, please submit it! You can get all the details here: http://www.mysterium.net/convention-book/

A few days later is the submission deadline for events, panels, and other activities on May 1st. You can get those details here: http://www.mysterium.net/events/

Finally, don’t forget that registration is currently open! You can buy your badges and t-shirts here: http://www.mysterium.net/registration/

That’s it for now, but keep an eye peeled over the next few days. We’ll be announcing an exciting special guest that will be at Mysterium this year!

-Taniith
Mysterium 2016 PR Bah’ro

Logos and Conbooks and Travel, Oh My!

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We have a bunch of info for you today, so I’ll jump right into it:

Logos

We are happy to announce our selection for T-shirt logos. We got a number of great submissions this year, and we want to thank everyone who submitted. The logos for the shirt this year were made by Claire Hummel (aka Shoom’lah):

Front

Front

Back

Back

You can get more info about the shirts, including how attendees can purchase them, here: http://www.mysterium.net/mysterium-2016-t-shirts/

In addition to those two, there were two other submissions that we have some non-shirt ideas for. The first is from Zib Redlektab:

Zib

Zib’s gonna zib.

And the second is from Robert Barnett:

Robert

Wouldn’t this be a great poster? Or post card?

Travel Info

We are still finalizing hotel details, but we’ve prepared information about getting to and around Salt Lake City. You can find that here: http://www.mysterium.net/location/. That page will be updated over time, so be sure to check back again closer to the convention.

Convention Books

As always, we will have a souvenir convention book for attendees who buy an early-bird registration this year. The conbook is a showcase of the amazing creativity of the fandom. If you write, or paint, or knit, or do anything other creative work related to Myst and Cyan’s other games, please share it with the rest of us! Conbook submissions will be taken until April 29th. You can find out more details about how to submit here: http://www.mysterium.net/convention-book/

Until next time!

-Taniith
Mysterium 2016 PR Bah’ro

Mysterium 2017 Bidding Open

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Shorah All

Usually, you hear from me as the PR guy for Mysterium 2016, but today I’m posting as the Chairman of the Falling Man Group (or FMG). If you haven’t heard of it, the FMG is the parent organization that provides support and oversight for everything related to Mysterium.

We’re excited to finally be able to say this: bidding is now open for Mysterium 2017!

Have you ever thought, “hey, Mysterium is great, but I have all these ideas and my home town is awesome. I wish I could run it one year”? Well, this is your chance. Starting with 2017, the Mysterium location and committee will be selected through a (simple) bidding process. You can get all the details of the 2017 bidding process here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n9C6akt-vY66xKiiahR9iUe3Ki1r6–xPPag20GR0-g/edit?usp=sharing

Keep in mind that running Mysterium is a commitment, so only bid if you’re willing to put in the time and energy to make it happen. That said, it’s a lot of fun and it can be really rewarding to see it all come together. And you wont be thrown into the deep end on your own. The FMG will help you to stay on track, providing advice and resources to make sure your convention is a success.

Bids for 2017 will be accepted through May 9th. We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

-Taniith
Chairman, Falling Man Group

Event & Panel Submissions Open

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Shorah Friends,

As of today, event and panel submissions for Mysterium 2016 are now open! You can find out all the details here: http://www.mysterium.net/events/

At closing ceremonies last year, many of you had some great ideas for new events and interesting twists on old ones. This is the time to submit them and make them a reality at Mysterium! Remember: Mysterium is entirely fan run, so we can’t do it without your help. Have an interesting topic for a round table discussion? Know a good adventure/puzzle game that we could all play as a group on a projector? Want to work on a new and improved version of the Marker Missions? Have a little musical number based on the antics of Atrus’ family? Submit it and share it with the community.

We can’t wait to see what you all come up with.

Also, a reminder that registration is now open here: http://www.mysterium.net/registration/

-Taniith
Mysterium 2016 PR Bah’ro