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alt.gothic Convergence is the annual party | alt.gothic Convergence is the annual party put on by the denizens of alt.gothic for the denizens of alt.gothic and ALL their friends that squishes together hundreds of net.goths from around the globe into a single city for a weekend of socializing, [[booze]], musical events and sweet debauchery. | ||
It started out in 1994 when the regular posters on [[alt.gothic]] decided that meeting up was a good idea. | It started out in 1994 when the regular posters on [[alt.gothic]] decided that meeting up was a good idea. | ||
Since then, every year a bunch of people from different cities put together [[ | Since then, every year a bunch of people from different cities put together [[Convergence:BidProcess | bids]] to host the thing (I pity the fool...). The bids are then [[Convergence:Voting | voted]] on, and the winner gets the job of doing all the work so that the rest of us can have fun (some people have a strange definition of 'win') | ||
Some of the [http://altgothic.com/priorbids.php old bids] have survived. | Some of the [http://altgothic.com/priorbids.php old bids] have survived. | ||
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Some of the attendees put pictures on the internet. [http://altgothic.com/faqs/galleries.php Take a look.] | Some of the attendees put pictures on the internet. [http://altgothic.com/faqs/galleries.php Take a look.] | ||
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===Future Convergence=== | ===Future Convergence=== | ||
*[[C15 | Convergence XV]] will take place in [http://www.altgothic.com/c15longbeach Long Beach, CA] July 17-20 2009. | |||
Updates will posted on [news:alt.gothic alt.gothic]. | |||
===Previous Convergences=== | ===Previous Convergences=== | ||
*[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa)]] | |||
*[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland]] | |||
*[[C12 | Convergence XII - New Orleans]] | |||
*[[C11 | Convergence XI - San Diego]] | |||
*[[C10 | Convergence X - Chicago]] | |||
*[[C9 | Convergence IX - Las Vegas]] | |||
*[[C8 | Convergence VIII - Montreal]] | |||
*[[C7 | Convergence VII - New York City]] | |||
*[[C6 | Convergence VI - Seattle]] | |||
*[[C5 | Convergence V - New Orleans]] | |||
*[[C4 | Convergence IV - Toronto]] | |||
*[[C14 | Convergence XIV - Ybor City (Tampa) | *[[C3 | Convergence III - San Francisco]] | ||
*[[C13 | Convergence XIII - Portland | *[[C2 | Convergence II - Boston]] | ||
*[[C12 | Convergence XII - New Orleans | *[[C1 | Convergence I - Chicago]] | ||
*[[C11 | Convergence XI - San Diego | |||
*[[C10 | Convergence X - Chicago | |||
*[[C9 | Convergence IX - Las Vegas | |||
*[[C8 | Convergence VIII - Montreal | |||
*[[C7 | Convergence VII - New York City | |||
*[[C6 | Convergence VI - Seattle | |||
*[[C5 | Convergence V - New Orleans | |||
*[[C4 | Convergence IV - Toronto | |||
*[[C3 | Convergence III - San Francisco | |||
*[[C2 | Convergence II - Boston | |||
*[[C1 | Convergence I - Chicago | |||
==Other Convergi== | ==Other Convergi== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
[[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]] | [[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]] has a reasonable summary of previous Convergences [http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html on her website]. | ||