They all laughed when we said we’d be getting Miss South Carolina to MC at August’s upcoming SF-ROFLThing. But really, how else were we going to equal the sheer awesome of having Leeroy Jenkins hosting back in April?

We’ve done some sleuthing around the web. And I’m excited to report that we’ve heard back. No kidding. You heard it here first.

Nothing is definite yet — but we’re talking with her representation right now try to negotiate out the terms of getting her to appear, and one limitation is that we may have to do some extra fundraising to get her out to San Fran with plane tickets, etc. We only want to do it if people would be down for meeting her in person though and potentially paying some small reg fee (~$10) or so to cover it (depending on how our sponsorships turn out. if you’re interested in sponsoring this or another part of ROFLThing, check out the details here).

Thoughts?

It looks like you are being late. Would you like help?

Sorry for the false alarm yesterday, kids. I am such a loser sometimes. NOW all the video is up. Here’s the missing ones:

-Surviving Internet Fame with Jay Maynard and Matt Harding

-Opening Keynote with Alice Marwick

-Making It Big with Red vs. Blue, Brad Neely, Homestar Runner, and Cyanide and Happiness

All available here on Archive.org.

[Also, we hear you out there dear Twitter-ers, we'll be working on putting together some torrents immediately, now that we've got all the video in our grubby paws.]

He knew about the design, but when I asked him if he had ever signed a pair, he said no. At this point, I’m not really sure what to do with them. I could: Auction them for charity. Ensconce them in a time-release pod that opens in the year 2199. Wear them to death. So many possibilities here. Thanks Jay!

These amazing ROFLCon wallpapers are courtesy of Dino from Bert is Evil. He has agreed to let us share them as Creative Commons (CC-BY). Thanks, Dino!

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ROFLCon IS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR PRE-REGISTRATION

Step right up boys and girls, don’t delay! Students $30, General Public $60 for full access to two jam-packed days of internet culture’s most prominent celebs and scholars. Also provides, free of charge, entrance to the Party of the Internet, which is shaping up to be pretty much the best thing ever.

Also, important to note that these prices will be jumping as we move closer to the event starting March 1st, so act fast while supplies last.

While LeCarte is proving pretty elusive, it’s funny how some internet meme folks are still pretty easy to find. Gary “Numa Numa” Brolsma now actually has a slick new operation at New Numa.com. (Actually, if you’ve got the time, The Believer’s thought piece on the phenom is worth looking at) We’re talking with them right now to arrange for Gary’s appearance which would be, in (two) words: huge and awesome.

Since we’re still waiting on a response from some people, I’m bringing some really really really awesome new interesting guests into the hopper, including Will It Blend, Homestar Runner, and the Juggernaut Bitch guys.

I’ll get cracking on this later this afternoon and we’ll see how it goes.

Pumped,

Tim