Our No Brand Con Master Schedule is now ready to go to! Feel free to check it out or download it to help better plan your convention weekend!

Click here to view and download it! It’s on google docs via a spread sheet for easy access.

There potentially could be a slight change made to the start time of a panel or showing between now and the convention if needed, but we have no plans to change it right now. All the major events and everything else will happen at the scheduled times on this schedule. If we do make any changes, we will post an update about it.

And as always, if you can’t always check the main site, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

A few rooms opened up over the weekend at the convention hotel as well as a handful of rooms still being available for single night stays on Friday or Saturday night if you don’t need to stay the entire weekend. You can call the hotel directly (715-834-3181) in order to book one of these rooms or you can also check availability at The Plaza by clicking here. The hotel will still honor the $92 convention rate right up until the start of the convention.

If you can’t find anything open at The Plaza, we did set up some overflow hotel rooms at The Days Inn-Campus which is located near the con hotel:

Days Inn-Campus
2305 Craig Road
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 834-3193
http://www.stayeauclaire.com

They do have a special rate setup for anyone who mentions they are staying there for NoBrandCon.

Just a reminder today is also the last day you can submit volunteer forms, NoBrand Comic submissions, and AMV Contest entries in order to be considered for this year’s con! Information for these is linked in the previous update if you need to know what to do in order to get it in.

Also, here is the convention layout we’re using at the Plaza this year. There is a open area north of the hotel for people to do outside omake activities and there will be an ambassador area for other conventions adjacent to Artist Alley Area B and a photo shoot in the Pool Deck Lounge.

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We checked in with The Plaza this morning and the convention hotel is almost sold out for consecutive night stays. A couple of rooms freed up due to some outside cancelations. There are also a handful of rooms that are available for single nights on either Friday or Saturday night if you weren’t going to need to stay for the entire weekend as well. You will need to call the hotel directly (715-834-3181) in order to book any of these rooms though. The good news is the con hotel will still honor the old convention rate of $92 or $102 a night right up until the start of the con in two weeks.

Also, we will be extending a couple of our deadlines for our NoBrand Comic and AMV Contest for any who still need a bit more time until Sunday, April 3: (click on the link below for more info)

AMV Contest – Sunday, April 3
NoBrand Comic – Sunday, April 3
Volunteer Forms – Sunday, April 3

Volunteer forms, AMV Contest entries, and NoBrand Comic submissions must be submitted by Sunday, April 3 in order to participate in any of these events or volunteer at the con.

And as always, if you can’t always check the main site, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

We’re just here to let you know, that the following deadlines for certain events and submissions are just a few days away at most, so if you want to participate in any of the following, you need to get your stuff submitted soon!

Hotel Convention Rate – Thursday, March 31
AMV Contest – Friday, April 1
NoBrand Comic – Friday, April 1
Volunteer Forms – Sunday, April 3

Click on the link for each for more info.

You’ll need to make your reservation at the con hotel by Thursday, March 31 to insure you’ll receive the convention rate, and at last check, there was only one room left in our block available for both Friday and Saturday nights, and a small handful of rooms available for just Friday or Saturday for single night stays although you will need to call the hotel directly (715-834-3181) to reserve one of those single night rooms as they are outside of the convention block.

And as always, if you can’t always check the main site, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

Again, we wanted to thank everyone who preregistered for this year. This is definitely one of the strongest preregistration drives we’ve had yet!

Here are the rules and criteria for cosplay at the con this year, just in case you need to make any modifications to your costume or props before the convention. If you’re planning on participating in the cosplay contest, you can help out our judges during pre-judging before the con a bit by posting an advance photo of your costume in this thread here on our forums for reference purposes.

There are still two standard rooms left available for two consecutive nights in our hotel block for those looking to stay the entire weekend as well as one left just for Saturday evening. All these rooms should have either two beds or a single bed with a pull out couch for multiple people to stay. These rooms are $92 per night. There are also still a few single king bed with beside whirlpool rooms left available outside the hotel block available for $102 per night as well as a couple of standard rooms left, but you’ll have to call the hotel directly (715-834-3181) and tell them you’re coming for NoBrandCon in order to get them to knock the rooms down to the convention rate. If you’re looking to stay at the con hotel, we definitely recommend making a reservation in the next few days because the cutoff for the convention rates is this Thursday, March 31. If you try to book a room after March 31, the rates will go up to the Plaza’s standard rates after that day.

And as always, if you can’t check the main site consistently for convention updates, feel free to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for convention updates!

Just a reminder today (Friday, March 25) is the last day you will be able to preregister for NoBrandCon X! Just $30 for the entire weekend and saves you $5 off the weekend walk-in price of $35! Check out our attendees page for more info on how to register!

Here is our finalized programming for tournaments and events we will be running in our Video Game Room and Portable Gaming Lounge. The VGR as usual will feature several tournaments and ever popular events such as “Langland vs. Punch-Out” and a couple of new events this year. The Portable Gaming Lounge will feature meet-ups for a lot of popular multi-player games and three tournaments for Mario Kart DS, Pokemon HG/SS, & Pokemon Black & White! Just a reminder for the Portable Gaming Meet-ups and tournaments that you will have to provide your own system and copies of the game in order to participate. The con will not be able to provide either or during the convention.

List of Tournaments after the jump…
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