VOTE NOW for your favorite fan submitted CON*Tourage photo for April!

The first deadline has passed for entering the new monthly CON*tourage PHOTO CON*TEST. Overall, we had a great response for it being our first month seeking submissions. We’ll be awarding a PAIR of CON*tourage VIP PARTY PASSES to our Dragon*Con 2012 parties (21+) to the “Best Photo” (picked by some members of the CON*tourage CRUE) but we’ll also be giving away a VIP PARTY PASS to the most popular…or “Liked” photo on Facebook.

HERE’S HOW TO VOTE:

1.) Become a Fan of the CON*tourage Facebook Fan Page (if you aren’t already) by clicking the Facebook “Like ” Button, found HERE.
2.) Then click HERE to see all of the entries (15 photos total).
3.) Next click “Like” under the photo(s) you like best!
4.) Deadline to “Like” (Vote) for a photo is May 11th (11:59 p.m., EDT)
PRIZE: The photo with the most “Likes” will get a VIP PARTY PASS (21+) to the CON*tourage events at Dragon*Con 2012.
NOTE: Stay tuned to see who CON*tourage will be awarding the “Best Photo” to, being picked by some members of the CON*tourage CRUE.
Do you want to enter the May CON*tourage PHOTO CON*TEST? Read all about it HERE. That next photo entry deadline is May 31st, 2012 (11:59 p.m., EDT) We’ll be giving away CON*tourage VIP PARTY PASSES for Dragon*Con again….so don’t delay….ANYTHING GOES!

CON*tourage announces new MONTHLY PHOTO CON*test!

CON*tourage is super excited to announce a new fun way our fans can get involved monthly…visually….creatively…and win prizes along the way!

This monthly contest is a no-brainer and doesn’t really take much planning…if any at all. You don’t have to be a professional photographer by any means. You don’t have to own or have access to a expensive-as-all-get-out camera with lots of settings. Hell, this might be the first photo you’ve ever submitted to a contest! If you have access to a cell phone camera or a simple point-and-shoot camera then you are good to go. And yes….Instagram photos are do-able too!

The ONE requirement that you will need to include in your photo is the word CON*tourage….that’s it! You can do that several ways:
1.) If you have a CON*tourage t-shirt — wear it in the photo.
2.) Print out the CON*tourage logo HERE (.pdf file) and show it in the photo in some way.
3.) Write the word CON*tourage on yourself (or an object) and have it appear in the photo.

What does the photo need to be of or show? ANYTHING! Be creative…take chances….anything goes! Going out clubbing with your friends? Planning on hanging with a celebrity? Scaling Mt. Everest? Traveling to a foreign country? Found a funny/interesting setting for a photo? Feeling nerdy, sexy or a maybe little naughty? In the middle of no where, all alone and the sights are killer? Bachelor Party in Vegas? Really…ANYTHING GOES as long as the word CON*tourage is in the photo.

Sure…this is a damn easy and fun contest but there are GUIDELINES / DEADLINES so read on!
DEADLINE for submitting a photo is the last day of each month (11:59 p.m.).
EMAIL the photo (.jpg preferred) to: contourage@gmail.com
• In the EMAIL SUBJECT please put “Photo Contest Entry”
• In the email put your FIRST NAME and LOCATION and a short description/write-up about the photo. If there are several people in the photo, feel free to include their names also. Say as much or as little as you want.
• Each photo can only be submitted ONE TIME so if you don’t win one month, try something different the next month.
• You CAN submit more than one entry per month BUT photos must be different. (i.e. Don’t submit the same photo from just different camera angles. Who knows…one night out of the town might get you numerous photos as the evening develops!) Quality over quantity, friends!
• The word/logo CON*tourage must be “in” the original photo and not added afterwards with a photo editing program (i.e. via Photoshop)
• NOTE: CON*tourage reserves the right to post, edit, and/or reproduce any photos submitted for contest. Photos submitted may possibly be featured during future CON*tourage parties/events.

MONTLY PRIZES:
Leading up to Dragon*Con 2012, monthly winners will receive a PAIR of CON*tourage VIP PARTY PASSES (21+) to our Dragon*Con 2012 events (FYI, we SOLD OUT well over a month before Dragon*Con 2011 so these VIP Passes will be a hot item).  If you are one of the lucky monthy winners but don’t plan on attending Dragon*Con 2012 let us know and you can:
A.) Transfer your VIP Passes to someone else (21+)
B.) We’ll give you another kick-ass prize instead.

After Dragon*Con passes, we’ll change up the montly prizes. Photo Winners will also have bragging rights with photol be posted online for future viewing purposes.

REMEMBER…ANYTHING GOES!! Email monthly entries to: contourage@gmail.com

INFESTATION: Halfway to Dragon Con to hit Atlanta on 3-31-12

WARNING: An INFESTATION will happen in Atlanta on March 31st, 2012! An infestation of Superheroes, of Stormtroopers & Jedi, of Monsters and Pirates. An INFESTATION of Kilt-Wearing Men and Scantily Clad Women. An infestation of Leather and Lace. An infestation of ALL types of COSTUMES…and most threatening of them all, an INFESTATION of ZOMBIES!

‘The Shelter’ (voted BEST NEW CLUB by Atlanta’sCreative Loafing readers) will be the setting for this fun & unique event, hosted by CON*tourage (and produced by RockEgos) on March 31st, 2012 from 9 pm–3 am

Already lined up for the evening:
• DJ/VJ Anthony, Atlanta’s premiere video DJ, and DJ Ghost, will keep ‘The Shelter’ moving until the early morning hours. Anthony, who played Dragon*Con in 1992, 2004, 2009 and 2010, adds a video element to the dance club experience ~ mixing and beat matching the actual music videos to create a fluid and energetic night that pleases multiple senses.
• Makeup Artists will be ready to help turn willing partiers into zombies.
• Billy Tackett, known as the Zombification Specialist™ and the Father of the Zombie Mash-Up, will have his art featured and will also be the evening’s Guest of Honor Artist.
• Photographers will be set up around the venue to snap photos of partiers as the INFESTATION unfolds.
• A PANCAKE CHOWDOWN (from 9 p.m.–11 p.m.).

Visit the official website: www.InfestationAtlanta.com

3.31.12 In Atlanta — SAVE THE DATE!

CON*tourage will be announcing very soon what all of the 3-31-12 hype is about. It’s an event not to be missed!

SantaCon 2012 (Little 5 Points, Atlanta, GA)

December 15, 2012 7:00 pmtoDecember 16, 2012 3:00 am

Info. TBA

INFESTATION: Halfway to Dragon Con (Atlanta)

March 31, 2012 9:00 pmtoApril 1, 2012 3:00 am

Complete info. can be found at www.InfestationAtlanta.com

Exclusive event poster art by BillyTackett.com

 

 

 

 

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY (Battle & Brew, Marietta, GA)

December 31, 2011 8:00 pmtoJanuary 1, 2012 2:00 am

Come party it up at metro Atlanta’s premiere gaming bar….BATTLE & BREW!!

Complete info. here: http://www.con-tourage.com/2011/12/28/contourage-endorses-new-years-eve-party-to-be-hosted-by-gamer-bar-battle-brew-in-marietta-georgia/

New Forum with Gravatars

Hello everyone! Master Andre here with a quick bit about the new forums,  gravatars, and features coming soon.

First of all, we have new forums! Yay! Why new forums? It was the best way to integrate the posts into our new WordPress site that we are now using. The old site and message boards are still up should you want anything from them, but they will be taken down completely and permanantly within the next few weeks. Basically, the site was built on old web architecture, and we have now rebuilt on a better foundation. As a result our sites ranking has increased over 700% over the past month. We are coming up on our 3rd anniversary for the site and we have expanded and grown so much since we started CON*tourage.com so I wanted to be ready with a new back-end that can handle our growth.

With that said you may notice that when you setup your new profile in the forum there is no place for an Avatar. Thats because I am using a thing called Gravatars. You have to go to http://en.gravatar.com/ and setup your avatar, and it will show up in our forum, as well as many other sites that are using this free feature. So get yourself setup ASAP, it’s just cool!

COMING SOON to the forums….’Smilies’, ‘Add Images To Posts’ and more…Stay tooned!

Pancake Chowdown at Dragon*Con

September 5, 2010
11:00 amto1:00 pm

We are hosting a Pancake Chow-Down Feast on Sunday Morning at DragonCon. Join us for Maddie “Mad-Dog”‘s famous flapjacks and hang out with the CON-tourage crew. We will all be re-cooping and getting ready to party our hardest Sunday night before the mighty Dragon*Con 2010 is over. Man, I can’t wait, this year is going to be epic!

Star Wars Celebration V

Star Wars Celebration V Coming Soon To A Galaxy Near You!

We are CON*verging in Orlando Florida for the first ever Star Wars Celebration Event in the South East. It will be held in the mightily HUGE and dreaded Orlando Convention Center so we expect to be worn out after this one, but it promises to be a TON of fun. Star Wars biggies will be in attendance including Carrie Fisher, Ray Park and , the big man himself, George Lucas, as well as many other famous faces. We will be showing up as early as possible Friday to get in on the festivities as I am sure there will be a lot to see.

We have Petey, AKA “Bodyhammer” coming for sure , Axl and crew are still undecided, but hopefully the force will be with them and they can make it. We were talking about doing some ultra-secret new Star Wars Characters…..but Ill save that.

Anyway…I am a big-time Star Wars geek since I was 7 years old and saw it for the first time in a theatre that has long since been torn down. I expect to just totally geek out at this con so, I ask for your forgiveness and protection. I could end up with a full-sized X-Wing Fighter Replica in my posession, yet no money to actually get back home, not to mention ship said item. Hmmm…

Anyway if you want to hook up with us, let us know! Just send me and email and we’ll meetcha there!

May the force be with you all. Rock On!