#SwampCon: Total Annihilation

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Greetings all SwampCon supporters!

We are officially announcing the launch of our Indiegogo campaign to raise money to help improve the programming of SwampCon Total Annihilation!

Help fund and become part of Gainesville's anime, gaming and sci-fi convention!

Come check out those sweet perks!!! Between venue fees, licensing fees, programming fees, security fees, marketing fees, reconstruction fees and giant robot design fees, SwampCon has exhausted almost the entirety of its available budget year after year to make this event happen, and this year is no different. We've used almost everything to make sure we can maintain a two-day convention and give everyone who attends an opportunity to make memories.

Our event is and always has been a FREE multi-genre convention, but our costs and limited budget prevent us from providing all the features that we believe a quality convention needs.

Thus, we are launching this campaign and asking everyone everyone who wants to make SwampCon better to offer their help. Your support will go toward bringing more(and bigger) guests, bringing more main events, printing more con guides, and including more features to SwampCon Total Annihilation.

SwampCon is in no danger of ending or not happening. All we want is to make SwampCon as big and great you want it to be!

Remember that every donation counts and with every donation comes a cool perk! Check it out!

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Look at that schedule. Look at how good it looks. Oh yeah. That schedule is gorgeous.

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SwampCon: Total Annihilation - February 7th, 2015

SwampCon faces it’s greatest challenge yet, as the University of Florida has been invaded by giant monsters! Government Mech units have been deployed and are en route to targets. Don’t miss a single update on this climactic event! Go to the SwampCon website, and follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter

SwampCon: Total Annihilation will be hosted in the J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida on February 7th, 2015. Be sure to mark your calendars!

Many of our special events will be making their grand return, including the SwampCon Drag Show, Project Cosplay, Maid Cafe, and more. More information on our main events will be released soon!

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Help fund and become part of Gainesville's anime, gaming and sci-fi convention.

7 days left to donate!!! We are 44% into our goal so please donate now!

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Website's still down, here are some important links

Pre-register for SwampCon here

Submit Panel Registration here 

Register to volunteer here

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SwampCon Guest: Joyce Shahboz

From her first appearance on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior three years ago, Joyce Shahboz has been one of the strongest and most consistent female competitors featured on the show.  ANW pits competitors against a series of brutal obstacles and is based on the long-running Japanese show “Sasuke” which is currently in its 30th season.  At 43 she is one of the more senior competitors but manages to match or best both male and female competitors that are almost half her age.

Joyce has the distinction of being the top female competitor on the Miami qualifier course two years in a row and the top female competitor on the Vegas final course during the 5th season of ANW.

Also check out this video: [link]

Joyce is a graduate of the University of Florida in Physical Therapy.

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Update 10.1.14

Hi, it’s been a while guys! We just had SwampCon 2015’s second General Body Meeting. Man, it was really fun. We went over some of the events that are gonna happen at SwampCon: Total Annihilation. We even got a sneak peak at some even trailers. Events such as Whosical the Musical is coming back, get excited people! 

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The SwampCon photo booth pictures courtesy of Sparks Magazine have been uploaded! Go and check them out!

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R U Game is now Sponsoring SwampCon: Total Annihilation!

R.U. GAME? is a local video game retailer that offers a large selection of new and used video games, consoles, consoles accessories, movies, and much more! We also pride ourselves on providing fast friendly service to all of our customers. We treat you like family. Families stick together!Why Pick R.U. GAME? We BUY-SELL-TRADE video games, systems, and accessories.We offer more trade-in value for used games than any other store!We have a great selection of the best games on multiple gaming platforms like Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, Wii, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, 3DS, PSP, PS Vita, Gameboy Advance, and more!We are the ONLY video game retailer around that also sells and trades “old school” games and consoles like Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Dreamcast, Playstation 1, Gameboy, and Gameboy color.We have a wide selection of DVD movies starting at $3.99!We offer professional disc repair services for all those DVDs, audio CDs, and video game discs that keep skipping, freezing, or simply won’t work. We make them work like new again. GUARANTEED!

Check out their website and their Facebook!

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SwampCon Guest: Marc Shahboz

Marc Shahboz is professor of video production, FX and multimedia at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.  He is also the lead instructor for the colleges new baccalaureate degree program in video production.  Professionally, Marc worked on projects for SYFY Network, Spike TV, and NBC and continues to produce animation, independent film and music video projects. His music video “Quicksilver” for the band The Cruxshadows was honored as one of the top 15 goth videos by Huffington Post.   He is also a long-time producer with the Tampa-base animation house Humouring the Fates (fates.com). Marc is a graduate of the University of Florida and holds an MFA in electronic media.

Outside of production, Marc was a competitor on the 4th season of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior and featured on season 5 and 6 as well.

Checkout this video: [link]

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Website Down

Sorry everyone, the official SwampCon website is experiencing some technical difficulties but it should be back online soon. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Open Slots for Panel Registration

Do you have something you are passionate about? Do you talk about it all the time to your friends? To your pets? To random strangers? Do you want an audience who is equally interested in your passion?  Then, consider hosting a panel at SwampCon: Total Annihilation!

Panels can be anything such as discussions about a particular show, topic, genre, etc., a workshop or demonstration, a game show, or anything else you can create!

Sign-Up HERE at SwampCon.com under Registration!