Newsletter #8 - July 1st, 2008
Just one month to go to the most smash'in day of the year! Be sure to check out our forums and website for more details as we get closer to the event!
Announcements
Pre-registration closes on July 12
Less than two weeks till pre-reg ends! Don't miss out! Pre-registration lets you in earlier on the day and gives you a cheaper price.
Gen Con (July 3rd - 6th)
Gen Con (July 3rd - 6th)
Gen Con is an international gaming convention, covering areas such as Art Shows, Celebrity Appearances, Computer, Card and Table Top Gaming, Cosplay and Live Action Roleplay and of course we save the best for last - ANIME!
GenCon started in the USA, but now runs in countries such as France, the United Kingdom and this year... It's coming to Brisbane Australia! Occurring as an event packed four day convention, it'll be happening from July 3rd to 6th of July, 2008!
SMASH! is very pleased to announce that we will be working with Gen Con to help make the days a success, you can see us in the cosplay and anime related sections - and we'd like to invite you to attend.
For more information please check out their website!
Art at SMASH!
Feeling creative? Join our art competitions! We've got several art competitions lined up (Digital, Tradional, Doodle, Comic and Dolfie Photography) and best of all you can win a Wacom Intuos or Bamboo tablet. Remember the event is less than one month away, so make a start today!
And due to popular demand our Artist Circle is once again at full capacity. Thank you to all the wonderful artists who applied and don't forget to check out the talent on display. For those of you who missed out, don't forget you can still sell your art the SMASH! Comiket. Click here for more details
Cosplay - registration for the competition starts July 1st and Cosplay Chess now available.
Secure your spot for the competition! Don't let all your hard work go to waste and end up at the end of the queue, be sure to register online beforehand! Registration will be available as of today!
Additionally positions are now available for cosplay chess - a fun human sized chessboard game that gives you the chance to see Edward Elric face off with Uzamaki Naruto!
You can sign up to join the game as your favourite chess piece - or one that you think is most appropriate - for example King Bradley is the black teams king!
Register for Cosplay Chess today!
Karaoke at SMASH!
Start practising your favourite tunes! The SMASH! Karaoke song list is now online for your perusal. Drop by the thread to chat about the Karaoke competition, or request songs and lyrics.
Extension for the Fanfiction competition
The SMASH! FanFiction competition has been extended to midnight, July 15th 2008(AEST). For more details about how to enter the competition, please read the SMASH! 2008 FanFiction competition thread.
Fun Stuff
Death Note
Death Note is a fascinating philosophical look at power and the corruption and madness it spreads. Light is the all round perfect student - incredibly intelligent - he's expected to graduate top of his year, physically fit, fairly good looking with social skills to match. The only problem is - things come too easy to Light, his world has become fairly boring. This all changes with the event of the Death Note. Now with the power to kill any person that he can place both a name and face to, his life will never be boring again.
If you had the power of life and death, what would you do? Would this change you? If you have the power does that give you the right? All of these concepts and more are explored as Light decides to create a perfect world, a Utopia free from criminal influence and goes up against those who would like to stop him.
The legendary sugar-loving detective L, is one of those individuals who would like to stop Light and in the process seems quite content to drive Light crazy. The banter that goes back and forth between these two adds significantly to the dialogue, and is considered one of the strengths of this series.
Death Note's primary complaint occurs around the middle of the series, where the tone takes a distinct change, however this reviewer still found it a fascinating series to read and, though the philosophical points can be handled quite heavily on occasion, it always is thought provoking.
Death Note is a intriguing story, and the art is distinctive, clean and striking, well suited to the concepts it's covering.
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