JT Smith

There will be a Game Room at YAPC::NA 2012. Our sponsor cPanel has helped us arrange this spectacular extra social event. 

The idea was actually brought up on ideas.yapcna.org several times in various ways. Some people suggested doing a poker tournament, while others wanted to play RPGs, while others wanted to play board and card games, while still others wanted to do a LAN party.  (Who knew there were so many gamers in the Perl community?) We decided to do them all in the form of a game room.

We’ll be setting up a banquet hall at YAPC with large round tables. The Game Crafter will supply some custom YAPC-themed decks of cards. And we’ll also see about having a few board games available. You are of course welcome and encouraged to bring your own board games, poker chips, or other gaming paraphernalia. 

cPanel will then be sponsoring snacks (not a full meal) and drinks and the game room itself! 

Also, at the same time, right next door David Adler and Jeff Goff will be running the Bad Movie BOF. Between these two events and the plethora of nightlife in Madison, nobody should have a hard time finding something to do after-hours at YAPC this year!

Thank you to cPanel for being so generous! We really couldn’t do such an amazing thing without you!

[From the YAPC::NA Blog.]