Help Me ID This Slash Convention (We Think Connexions 1998)

[morgandawn]

I know this was a US slash convention and was in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Links should take you to the full size version/.




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Possible candidates (1998-2000)
*Connexions - one fan remembers this as being the 1998 program
*Eclecticon
*Friscon
*Mountain Media Con
*Revelcon

Comments

[par_avion]

Strangely, I feel like I've seen this before. Maybe it is attached to an old videotape.

[morgandawn]

It was in a pile of convention program guides, but nothing seemed to match up.

[sakana17]

This looks SO familiar! I will keep prodding my memory...

[jetpack_monkey]

The earliest this con could've taken place is March 1998 (X-Files episode). I think it's safe to put it in 1998 or early 1999 at the latest, because there's no new fandoms here. The Magnificent Seven premiered in January 1998 and there's nothing here for that. A slash con isn't required to have Mag 7 coverage, of course, but it feels like an odd thing to leave out. I suspect if had this con taken place in 1999, the show would've grabbed a slot.

Hotel chains that use lettering for Salon rooms include the Hilton, the Marriott, the Westin, Embassy Suites, and the Four Seasons. This is modern information, though. I couldn't match any of these with numbered meeting spaces (400, 500), but I suspect in the intervening 15+ years, some rooms have been renamed.

[morgandawn]

My personal guess is Connexions 1998 which was held on the east coast (Maryland) in April.

[cesperanza]

It COULD be Eclecticon - I probably have my flyers from the late 90s and so will check when I get home. :D

[morgandawn]

I know Connexions had single track programming for a while. Electicon was lighter on slash.....

[jamie]

This was the only year I went to Connexions and yes, this is the program I remember.