{"id":4565,"date":"2012-06-04T09:25:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2012-06-01T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T07:23:08","slug":"spore-con-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Spore-con 2012!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4570\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/sporecon-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spore con 2012!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4570\" title=\"Spore con 2012!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/sporecon.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spore con is getting better and better every year! Held at Pasir Ris East Community Club, it&#8217;s quite a far off place to get to but there&#8217;s lots of participants and attendees going there since it opened in the morning at 9am!<\/p>\n<p>I arrived at around 10.30am so close enough. We had a panel on writing speculative fiction in one of the rooms there.<\/p>\n<p>Jo has more about this in her <a href=\"http:\/\/joelynalexandra.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/29\/weekend-missions-spore-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/monopoly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Monopoly!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4574\" title=\"Monopoly!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/monopoly.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before you get upstairs where the analog games are, you&#8217;re greeted with a large Monopoly game! The locations you land on are all in the east side, including Pasir Ris East Community Club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4569\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/playmoolah\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yam Ah Mee play money\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4569\" title=\"Yam Ah Mee play money\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/playmoolah.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yam Ah Mee play money. It&#8217;s a game by the People&#8217;s Association after all. Heh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/angrybirds\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Angry birds!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4567\" title=\"Angry birds!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/angrybirds.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering what&#8217;s behind the Monopoly game there. Yes. YES IT IS AN ANGRY BIRDS GAME.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0DGLbE8q6Mg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joelynalexandra.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/29\/weekend-missions-spore-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joelyn<\/a> demonstrates how you play the real life version. We won some Angry Birds erasers too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tickettoride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/tickettoride\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tickettoride.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ticket to Ride\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tickettoride.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4572\" title=\"Ticket to Ride\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tickettoride-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/subbuteo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/subbuteo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/subbuteo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Subbuteo, a soccer game\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/subbuteo.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4571\" title=\"Subbuteo, a soccer game\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/subbuteo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/villagepillati.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/villagepillati\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/villagepillati.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Village Pillati\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/villagepillati.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4573\" title=\"Village Pillati\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/villagepillati-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I played quite a lot of games. It&#8217;s free for you to learn there. Ticket to Ride &#8211; a railway building game, Subbuteo &#8211; a soccer game in which we were so slow, it was as if the players were walking and Village Pillati which is so evilly good. It&#8217;s like Jenga but with more suspense!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4568\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/dungeons\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dungeons &amp;#038; Dragons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4568\" title=\"Dungeons &amp; Dragons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dungeons.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a dungeons &amp; dragons session going on, on Sunday too. Why yes, that&#8217;s a demon hunter over there. I forgot what the other one is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/achievements\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Achievement points!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4566\" title=\"Achievement points!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/achievements.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh and not to forget, when you register as you come in, you get this achievement points card and a goodie bag!<\/p>\n<p>We received vouchers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pi.com.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paradigm Infinitum<\/a> to spend for completing some of the tasks! Huzzah!<\/p>\n<p>For the one that says <strong>Hakuna Matata<\/strong>, we found two guys with Timon and Pumba on the back of their t-shirts and I started to say part of the song with my friends there.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to sing it though but it&#8217;s just fun to do so.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for this year&#8217;s! They had artists and panels and games! I want to join a miniature figurine painting competition next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spore con is getting better and better every year! Held at Pasir Ris East Community Club, it&#8217;s quite a far off place to get to but there&#8217;s lots of participants and attendees going there since it opened in the morning at 9am! I arrived at around 10.30am so close enough. We had a panel on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/spore-con-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spore-con 2012!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[191,142,104],"class_list":["post-4565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-stuff","tag-adcrew","tag-adventure","tag-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-1bD","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4577,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions\/4577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}