Larscis

So as it turns out, Hawaiian barbecue is actually super easy to do. I should have let this marinate a bit longer since that would have made it even better, but lessons for next time!

I had fun mixing country music over the weekend. I’ve had “Copperhead Road” stuck in my head since.

No worries! I’ll be at Megaplex and AFC as well if you can make it.

It was! Though I forgot my paint pens, so signing was hard at first

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'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

Weirdly, it was not a tech job.

Aaand laid off at work. Isn't the first time and most likely won't be the last time. Still sucks, but hey, I get to look at doing things I enjoy more for the moment.

Looks like whatever that was cleared up.

Hmm, that doesn’t look good. I hope everyone’s okay

Since folks asked me for an update on the VR rig, I’ve had to pull it out of its usual position, and yes, we’ve had to start on the far side as well.

A minor edit - when I wrote this I meant to say @akyra.fursona.club rather than @ahkando.bsky.social, though they were both awesome throughout the weekend!

Dammit, why is that such a good pun?

Furality Somna graphic: Furality Somna logo and a big gold-text THANK YOU!

26,405 ATTENDEES!!🌌

$109,000 RAISED FOR THE CENTER ORLANDO!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Our WILDEST DREAMS couldn't prepare us for these numbers! THANK YOU to everyone who attended our convention and donated towards an incredible cause!

See you at the next Furality Online Xperience! 💙

#VRChat #FuralitySomna

A recently completed commission for @larscis.com. This is their dragon character and his valuable assistant and companion Goldfish.

I'm also going to post a separate thanks to
@bino.gay and @lomg.fyi
for making Club F.Y.N.N. this year possible by building the world. It's only separate because I hit the page limit on the last post.

PBX software was QLab, encoder software was OBS, camera switching software was vMix, network infrastructure was primarily handled by a Ubiquiti Enterprise XG 24.

The screens you see are, from left to right, May (Bot 3), Trebuchet (Primary Encoder), Onager (Backup Encoder), Clarkson (Bot 1), Silverodeon (vMix camera switching rig), and the Multi-Multiviewer. And yes, Bot 2 was Hammond. All three lived up to their names throughout the weekend.

Oh and one last thing? Some fun numbers they didn't go over at Closing Ceremonies. With the exception of the outage on Thursday, the encoder passed over 11.5 million frames with a total of 44 dropped across all three metrics.

@tsop.fursona.club, Z-Grate, @pretendbullet50.com, Enbien, @firestar396.bsky.social, Gus, OrcaToaster, Shamwow, @slytheshark.bsky.social, @tekcastpork.bsky.social, and @warned1.bsky.social with special guest Valant (who is a damn good Club Director), thank you all!

And oh boy do we have a bunch of camera operators! *takes breath* @ahkando.bsky.social, @alakai.ser.gl, @ashdarkfire.bsky.social, @best3000.bsky.social, Chief, Kat Food, @slimdragon.bsky.social, Theros, Auris, @derg.dad, @tgcfabian.nl, @oatcake.bsky.social, @skerek.bsky.social, _Torm_ (cont'd)

@orcatoaster.bsky.social, @justkimathings.bsky.social, and @zgrate.com all decided to flex their switching skills with @akyra.fursona.club, @gusgrissom.bsky.social, and @melloniac.bsky.social dedicated to the Technical Assistant role with others jumping in to help them.

And on that end, while @corykuma.bsky.social, @jksessions.au, @overlayfox.bsky.social, @pythian.bsky.social, @stitcharoo.bsky.social, @thycorgiking.bsky.social, and @vicerion.bsky.social were up to their usual awesomeness, we had a few newcomers as well!

Helping keep the chaos managed, @beckyisponymad.bsky.social, @trigodergo.fursona.club, and @ahkando.bsky.social ensured that everyone knew where and when they needed to be all weekend. Thank you all for ensuring we had cam ops and folks to switch them!

I'd like to thank @roxythereee.bsky.social the most. He's the most wonderful person I've had the pleasure of meeting and I love him so much.

And without him, the Club would have descended into madness and unresolved production issues.

📸 @maxfilmsvr.com

For me, Furality Somna was the @furality.org experience I'd been hoping for over the past three years. I've been critical of them in the past, but they've shown active signs of being better, inside and out.

All of those words I had put up at the Club closing applies to everyone there.

It's time to wake up from the most wonderful of dreams, as much as I don't want to (I'm still randomly tearing up, the PCD is strong). I can't wait to help out with whatever we have in store!

I got an Airbnb til tomorrow, if anyone’s sticking around.

Sadly not this year, but I wanted to ensure that our streaming infrastructure was as robust as possible.

So I flew out to build it, after we worked together to spec and design it.

What you see here is the culmination of Club and Events working together.

And after all that…I’m stuck in Denver for the night.

Imagine having a *whole week* to set up your video village! I even had time this morning to vacuum the tabletops of any debris caused by the setup.

It's been an amazing year so far and I can't wait to see what shenanigans we get up to this year at @furality.org!