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BABSCon 2019 is Carving Up Prices for Black Friday Weekend

With Thanksgiving roughly 20 minutes into the future, that can only mean one thing at BABSCon…our insane annual Black Friday Weekend Blowout Sale™!

From 12:00 AM on Black Friday (11/23) to 11:59PM on Cyber Monday (11/26), you’ll have your only chance to get a full 20% off any registration for BABSCon 2019—yes, even our luxurious sponsor tiers!—when you use promo code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout.

This year’s con gives you even more value for your money, too…we’ve added an extra day of fun, and only just started to announce our amazing Guests of Honor for this year with Tabitha St. Germain and Rebecca Shoichet, and so many great surprises yet to come.

So register now with the code, BLACKFRIDAY, and book your hotel room while you’re there. Prices for BABSCon 2019 won’t be this low ever again!

Last year BABSCon raised over 15,000.00 for two amazing charities. The Game Academy & Guitars Not Guns. We hope to rise to the challenge again this next year on behalf of two more non-profits doing amazing work…but we need your help.

anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk

and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something

paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.

i say, paul.

is that a nerf gun.

yeah, says paul.

i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.

he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?

and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–

a foam dart hits me in the leg.

i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.

i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.

no dart this time. okay. sweet.

so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it 

Don’t forget to audition for #TheVoiceEquestria fan voice acting competition! Fabulous prizes & the confidence to go professional (as previous winners have) could be yours!

Deadline is 2/28! Find details here: http://www.babscon.com/2018/tve

BABSCon is sponsoring two new charity’s for 2018. We are excited to announce the second one – The Games Academy. They believe that youth can learn through role-play, engaging curricula in exciting game settings. They are committed to the social, emotional and academic success of learners of all ages through table top roll playing games and live action roll play. They will be with us at BABSCon all weekend leading Tails of Equestria games outside the charity room. This year we will have 3 ways for you to help raise funds for The Games Academy, Live Auction Saturday evening, Silent auction Saturday & Sunday, and buying raffle tickets from one of our amazing staff members. We will see YOU in a few more weeks! Contact us at [email protected] with all your questions and suggestions.

http://www.thegameacademy.org

BABSCON’S HEARING VOICES AGAIN: ANNOUNCING VA BILL NEWTON AND THE VOICE: EQUESTRIA, SEASON 5!

Today, BABSCon is pleased to announce something old and something new…though that’s as far as we’re taking that particular saying. First, the new!

Bill Newton

Our next guest, the vivacious Bill Newton, is new to My Little Pony, new to BABSCon, and ready to bring his brand of cheerful insanity to us all. He’s the voice of Applejack’s father, Bright Mac, Pharynx the Changeling, and of the Pony of Shadows in the Season 7 finale. He’s also the English dub voice of Zac the Sunrise on Beyblade Burst, and he’s coming to play with us down in the Bay.

Bill joins our expanding list of Guests of Honor, including John de Lancie, Kelly Sheridan, Trevor Devall, Amy Keating Rogers, Christina Rice, and Heather Breckel. But watch this space because we’re not done yet, so register now!

And now, the tried and true and fun:

The Voice: Equestria, Season 5

The fandom’s oldest and best voice acting competition is returning for its triumphant fifth season! Think you have what it takes to make the jump from fan projects to the pros? We challenge you to let us all hear the voices in your head in the ultimate contest of vocal creativity. Let everyone see that you have the talent and skills to make it as an actual voice actor, and not just do a passable Pinkie Pie impression for a few catchphrases. Bring your widest range of original character voices to wow us, our audience, and our panel of celebrity judges: Kelly Sheridan, Trevor Devall, and Bill Newton.

Some past winners and finalists from Seasons 1-4 have gone on to do professional voiceover and voice acting work, including Season 1 finalists Lizzie Freeman & Gabriel Gentile and Season 2 winner Katrina “Bloo” Varney.

Here are the rules:

You must be attending BABSCon 2018 in person and be 18 years of age or older to be eligible.

To enter, upload a performance to YouTube, Soundcloud, or similar service, of no more than 3 minutes in length displaying your range as a VA* (Note: This is NOT “mimic as many ponies from MLP:FiM as possible”…we want distinct characters with a variety of pitches, tonalities, accents, etc.).

Tweet a link to your audition to @BABSCon with the hashtag #TheVoiceEquestria, or post to our Facebook page, to submit it. In addition, send an email to [email protected] with your name, BABSCon badge name, email address, and phone number.

Our staff will select five finalists from the submissions to compete on stage, live at BABSCon 2018, where MLP VAs Kelly Sheridan, Trevor Devall, and Bill Newton will audition you for our Mane Events audience.

Finalists from The Voice: Equestria, Seasons 1-4 are not eligible.

We’ll be accepting entries from now until 2/28/2018

You can only be part of The Voice: Equestria if you’re at BABSCon, so don’t forget to register.

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