Discussion: Get the latest on the 2011 Freedom Player Summit!

Last week, we announced the City of Heroes Freedom™ Player Summit (a.k.a. the FPS or the Pummit) in Palo Alto, California, on Saturday, November 19, 2011, and today, we are happy to share the full schedule with you so you can mentally prepare for this excellent opportunity to meet the fantastic people from Paragon Studios™, learn more about your favorite MMO and meet other members of our wonderful community of players!

Tickets to the event are available now for $40 through our City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit Brown Paper Ticket site! (tickets will be available at the door provided there are still some left but it will be cash only!)

But before we give you a rundown of the events, allow us to present to you the exclusive costume power selected for this 2011 Freedom Player Summit!

Here comes the Rulu-Shin Costume with a mighty disturbing moving eye as a chest piece, courtesy of none other than Rularuu himself:

Feeling like donning your spandex and super-jumping to the Freedom Player Summit yet? Well, here are the details for the venue and schedule of activities to entice you even further!

LOCATION & VENUE

Dinah's Garden Hotel
4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
Tel.: (800) 227-8220

This year's venue is the exotic Dinah's Garden Hotel in sunny Palo Alto! With its artefacts collected around the world and lush gardens with koi-filled rivulets and mini-lakes, you'll feel as though you've landed in a peaceful Praetorian setting!

PLEASE NOTE! Parking is limited so if you live in the area, you may want to either use public transport or car-pool!

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

8:30 a.m. PDT
Registration opens!

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDT
Keynote & Opening address with Brian Clayton, Matt Miller, Nate Birkholz, Melissa Bianco, David Nakayama and Ross Borden welcoming all our attendees and revealing exciting features!

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. PDT
Lunch break! You are free to go wherever you want for Lunch, you might even want to grab a member of the Paragon Studios team to tag along!

1:30 - 2:45 p.m. PDT
Panel Session 1 with the following two choices:

Art: Design a Costume Set Workshop
Join our amazing Art team for an interactive Art panel!

Design: Power Sets and Abilities
Discover new Power Sets with our resident power specialists.

2:55 - 4:10 p.m. PDT
Panel Session 2 with the following two choices:

Art: Concept, FX, Animation, Character and Environment - Art Attack!
Let our Art specialists wow you with tales of art designs from all disciplines of the Paragon Art Team!

Design: Signature Story Arcs and Where We Go From There...
Matt Miller, John Hegner, Sean McCann and Ryan Greene will tell you all about the story of City of Heroes Freedom up to now, about how the Signature Story Arcs have impacted it and we are headed. What loose ends would you like to see tied up and what plot holes would you like to be filled?

4:20 - 5:35 p.m. PDT
Panel Session 3 with the following two choices:

Design: Endgame and Beyond
Tim Sweeney, Chris Behrens, John Hegner and Jeff Hamilton will have a few reveals for you about somber places, new challenges and exciting new possibilities!

Design: The Paragon Market and Convenience vs. Time.
Join Matt Miller, Jesse Caceres, Nate Birkholz and Phil Zeleski to learn all about upcoming new features and share your views on what you would like to see added to the Paragon Market that would save you time without negatively impacting the game.

5:45 - 6:15 p.m. PDT
Mixer on the Patio* (weather permitting)! There will also be a Raffle so keep the ticket you receive at Registration handy! (click here for the City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit Raffle Rules & Conditions)

6:15 - 10:00 p.m. PDT
Dinner with the Paragon Studios team with vegetarian, chicken or meat options so make sure to let us know what you want when you RSVP through the City of Heroes Freedom Player Summit Brown Paper Ticket site!

We can't wait to see you there!


*Please bear in mind that, while we are trying to ensure this remains a family friendly environment, you will be carded for alcohol! Children under the age of 18 are only permitted if accompanied by an adult over the age of 18.

Cool costume pieces!

Wish I could be there...

Need.... Rulu-Shin.... costume....

I would seriously buy a costume piece set like that.

I'd assume that this is a 'costume power' rather than a 'costume set', like previous convention giveaways?

Hexadecimate needs that chest piece.

gimme.

And now I can begin to finalize my plans.

Those timeslots are going to make it difficult to fit in Bacon Waffles at Holder's Country Inn, but I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.

*starts plotting the budget*

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I'm betting good money that that is a typo, and that it's a costume power, not a costume set.

It is indeed a costume power. The code you'll get at the Freedom Player Summit won't unlock individual costume pieces. Sorry all.

Hmmm. Just noticed that there isn't any information about any group rates or packages at the hotel? Is that an oversight or were you not able to work anything out?

From what I'm seeing on their site, these are the prices:

Garden room (one King or Queen bed) $119/night.
Deluxe room (one King bed larger room) $129/night.
Deluxe room 2 Beds (2 Queen beds) $129/night.
Executive Suite w/ Steam Shower $179/night.
Lanai Suite w/ Fireplace $199/night.
Theme Suites w/ Jacuzzi tub $199/night.

And I'll stop there before mentioning the $300/night and up Signature Suites.

Just purchased my tickets! I bought one for myself and one for my fiancee, separately, because if you purchase in multiple amounts, it only allows you to choose one T-Shirt size and one Dinner choice. Strangely, it puts the buyer's name on the tickets, so they both have my name on them-- I don't see my fiancee's name anywhere in the confirmation page or the ticket. Hopefully I wasn't crazy and didn't put my name in as the attendee instead of hers.

Anyway, about the badges: we're supposed to send an email with our name, our character's name, and an image (either of us or the character). Is it okay if I use my forum name, or are you guys planning something specific to characters? Also, do I need to send two emails, one for each badge, or can I send the info in one email?

Sorry about the questions, I'm just paranoid that I'll mess something up. :P

Oh also: I think you mentioned something about some kind of pre-event the night before, any idea about when those might be? I'm picking flight times based on it.

I think that Issue 22 might get a mention sometime during this

This sounds like such a blast. Is there any chance you guys would ever do something like this on the east coast?

I mean the convention appearances and meet-n-greets are great and all, but considering that those are only a fraction of what this entails, and we have to share them with the fans of the other NCSoft games, it's really not an apples-to-apples comparison.

Sweet.. short walk, then a quick bus ride and stops right in front of the place. Woot. Then a cheap cab ride home after a few mai tais.

exclusives costumes are OK.

but costumes pieces aren't fair for us europeans ...