Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast

The failed convention hall of fame. Tanacon. Fyre Fest. That one NFT convention that used medical grade UV blacklights and gave a bunch of people sunburns on their eyeballs. And, of course, Dashcon. We watched from behind our screens as they crashed and burned spectacularly. Now, 10 years later, a group of Torontonians have set out to achieve the impossible: a successful Tumblr convention. Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast follows the team (totally different people from Dashcon 1, by the way!!) putting together the convention equivalent of The Torment Nexus from the novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus . Will July 5th, 2025 be the start of a new era of fandom geekery, or will the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre become a biohazard? Veteran Tumblrina O Stecina gives you a backstage pass to the almost instantaneously sold out do-over to end all do-overs. In homestuck cosplay.

Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast is a leisure podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast

  The Crow Exchange ASMR Experience

  Aug 4, 20263h 55mS2

  <p>Hey! It's been ages since we last saw heard each other, I know. Why don't we sit in a room together where everyone has a giving spirit, wants to give loving homes to their trinkets, and has juicy secrets to share. After my panel with the wonderful Tal Minear of Re:Dracula (and several other podcasts!) I plopped myself in the Crow Exchange room and sat there literally for the rest of Day 2 of Dashcon 2026. And now you can too!!!!</p><p></p><p>More episodes to come, I promise. I hear that patience is a virtue.... and yet...

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  Dashcon-Eve

  Jul 4, 202555 minS0

  <p>With just over 12 hours before the doors open on Dashcon 2, hear from some more of the folks that make this convention special, whether through making it more inclusive and informative, creating interactive theatre, sharing your experience with vampirism through campy animation, or being the "Prime Tumblrina" and "Strawman From My Arguments". This episode features a set of panelists, the accessibility coordinator, and the subjects of The Duel, Strange Aeons (real name Teya) and The Muppet Joker (who could be any number of people, really). Good GOD I had to work fast to churn this one out in 5 days. But...

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  Episode #2

  The Trials

  Jun 25, 202538 minS0

  <p>So, it's 9:30am, February 22nd 2025, and all your blood is running to your fingers as you refresh Simpli Events for the 3 millionth time. Error page. Error page. Error page. Then, you see the dreaded words: Sold Out. What would you do for a second chance at a Dashcon ticket? Okay, now what would you do if you accidentally ordered two tickets and yoinked someone else's chance? If your answer was: "Well, I'd start a grassroots campaign to recruit a collection of hopefuls to compete in a series of online competitions, with the three finalists facing off in Fandom Jeopardy...

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  The Ringmasters

  Apr 30, 202542 minS0

  <p>Most of us know at this point that the original Dashcon was held together with chewing gum and the indomitable spirit of 15 year olds. But who is in charge now? Meet the co-directors Simone and Avis, and art director Martin, beings of “incredible amounts of hubris” who have somehow managed to turn this idea from a twinkle in their eye to a real-life convention with a real-life date (that’s already had to be rescheduled once, oops). Interest in Dashcon 2 is already bubbling to a boiling point, crashing the ticketing website and spawning multi-week competitions to secure an extra ticket...

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