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Wanna share my room? (2) First things first: Please go to the website and tell us when you’re coming, who you want to sleep with (of the available options), if you need somewhere to stay during A Week in Denmark … and all that jazz. Log on to the information super highway: www.knudepunkt.org/login.asp This is actually important, so please do it right away, whereas the rest of the information in this newsletter is probably on a nice-to-know basis. A Week in Denmark program is online It’s going to be a tremendous, action-packed Week in Denmark. You can check out the program, which is now online. But keep on checking, there may be changes, even while you’re in Denmark. Go to www.knudepunkt.org/aweek.php A Week is casual activities and you are not required or limited to attend any number of days. Some of the activities have a limited number of participants; to secure a spot you can sign up for these at the community house Kraftwerket. We will go a long way to support public demand, but it is not possible with all events. If you’re going, please login at the link above – we need to know, if you need somewhere to sleep :-) Program: 56 items We promised you 50 program items, but there’s going to be 56. That’s great going (of you!). This means that Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there’s going to be from 5 to 7 program items going on at any given time. There’s going to be a select few interesting program items on Thursday evening, but the majority will be on the rest of the days. We’ll post the program on the website some time before the convention, but here’s a little appetizer: Key note: Larp can change the world We have an extremely exciting key note on the program. It’s on how larp can be used as a method in developing democracies in Eastern Europe. In a string of program events, we will put a concrete and practical focus on how larp can be used as a method to change the society. As an example on possible places to do this, we have flown in representatives from developing democracies in Eastern Europe. It’s going to be really interesting, so look forward to it. Take me to Helsinge! We’re working on a bus from A Week in Denmark to the Knudepunkt location. It’ll cost around 30 kroner, which is about half what public transportation costs you. If you are in Copenhagen on Thursday, the bus will drive at approx. 14.00 (2pm) from Kraftwerket, the A Week in Denmark community house. All Knudepunkt participants are welcome, including those who don’t participate in A Week in Denmark. Short news
The Danes newsletter january 2007 Only 11 spots left People are signing up fast. There are only 11 spots left. This is your absolutely last chance to be at Knudepunkt: Sign up right away. Tomorrow is probably too late. Let us know about your program item now (or else) Are you making something for the program? If you haven’t done so already, fill in the program form before January 19th, or your program item wont make it to the program. You can find the form here: http://knudepunkt.org/program.php I’ll see you, when you get there... When should you book a flight? How to make your way to exotic Helsinge? There’s a route description with dates and times available at the website – here’s a cheat link for the PDF: http://knudepunkt.org/kp_wherearewegoing.pdf The book is almost ready We’re doing the very last layout on the book these days. It’s gonna be 284 pages of larp. One copy of the book is included with your ticket for Knudepunkt. If you want to buy more, you can so at the conference. If you want to buy larger quantities (more than 10), please send an email to Morten – mg@knudepunkt.org – now, so we can make sure, we have enough. A week program is coming (within a week) What’s going on during A Week in Denmark? The program is coming online within a couple of days, but here are some highlights:
Knudepunkt 007 The nation of Denmark is proud. Finally, the bad guys in James Bond are played by Danes. We knew, we had it in us. We’re celebrating with the theme for the galla party on Saturday: Knudepunkt 007. Come as James Bond or Jaws, as M or Q, as Ursula Andress or Halle Berry (please do!) – or whatever else inspires you. Bye for now This is the last newsletter, we send to the newsletter mailing list. We’re sending the rest of the newsletters to people who have actually signed up. We’re going to send it to the email address, you supplied us, when you signed up. Two people signed up during the 10 minutes it took to write this newsletter. Sign. Up. Now. With love The Danes www.knudepunkt.org
newsletter december 2006 You take 170 larpers of 12 nationalities... Sign up is going great. In fact, it’s going much better than we had anticipated. So far, more than 170 larpers from 12 different countries have signed up. Besides Danes, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians a cup of Knudepunkt is spiced with Americans, Brits, Belgians, Croatians, Czechs, Germans, Italians and Israelis (and the secret ingredient is a Swiss/Finnish mixture of sorts). This is gonna be great! Signing up If you haven’t already signed up, please do so as soon as possible – you can do it all from www.knudepunkt.org. Also, please remember, that you should pay before January 22nd – otherwise, the price goes up. So it’s probably a good idea to pay in the beginning of January. Oh – and please tell your friends. We want their company as well! You can check out a list of who have signed up here. Program stuff The program group has been working hard all autumn trying to motivate clever people to prepare clever items for the program. At Knutpunkt 2006, we promised you, we would provide 50 program items. Here at the end of 2006 we have 42 confirmed items for Knudepunkt 2007! Pretty damn good if we may say so ourselves. So if you have an idea for the program please go to our website and fill in the program form now - there are not room for that many more. Please hurry. Even if you only have a loose sketch for an item, please fill in the form so you can be sure to get a spot in the program. Also, if you want to do a program item, but doesn’t have a great idea yourself, here are some subjects, we could suggest (but haven’t been able to find people for):
If none of these inspire you please feel free to contact us for many more: ld@knudepunkt.org. Creative juices Just to get the urges flowing to go to the next Knudepunkt, here are some highlights from the 2007 program:
113.600 cm2 of paper later... The book is coming alone fine. Currently, editors, lay outers and proofreaders are working hard to get the book finished during the first week of January. See a list of contributors at the forum. We can’t wait to February – happy new year (take care out there)! The Danes
Dates, Conference: February 15 - February 18, 2007 newsletter november 2006/#3 Sign up is open We have a place, we have dates, we have a price… and we need you to tell us, you're coming. Sign up is now open – please go sign up as soon as possible. Participate in the Program Erik, Lynne, Bjarke, Lene and Lene are waiting for your call (or email). Get in touch with the program group soon, if you want to hold a lecture – or have an idea about something, you would like to hear. Read more here. More than twenty articles The book is coming along fine. We expect to have more than 20 interesting articles from people from Brazil to Bergen. If you're an author and we haven't heard from you, this is the last chance! Get in touch! Don't forget to sign up – we're looking forward to seeing you The Danes
newsletter november 2006/#2 From Allan with Love Allan who probably has a surname as well is The Man. He works at Brøckhouse has sponsored part of the bar. This micro brewery makes some of the best beer in Denmark, so we’re really thrilled about this. Most of the organisers will spend a lot of time in the bar, anyhow. This is Allan: - salute him, if you see him. What an event! Midgaard Event – a roleplaying-inspired event company – has sponsored Knudepunkt with 10.000 DKK and free use of their car. Thanks to them! More than twenty articles The book is coming along fine. We expect to have more than 20 interesting articles from people from Brazil to Bergen. Participate in the Program Erik, Lynne, Bjarke, Lene and Lene are waiting for your call (or email). Get in touch with the program group soon, if you want to hold a lecture – or have an idea about something, you would like to hear. Read more here. Day of the Dead How many zombies can you raise in an hour? Danish necromancer FX-guru Anders Lerche is gonna try to set a new world record at this years’ Knudepunkt. In the Mittel of Germany We’ve told you about Mittelpunkt before, the German Knudepunkt. Now, Boris "Silent Bob" Bernhard has just informed Steve Jordan that the international version of the MittelPunkt website is online. And Steve has told us. So go there, if you want to meet some nice germans – read more on www.larp-mittelpunkt.de. Sign up opens in November We are opening sign up this month. You’ll get a separate newsletter when it happens. We hope you sign up instantly, when it happens! We hope to see you in February The Danes
Dates, Conference: February 15 - February 18, 2007 newsletter november 2006 Last chance to be part of the book We’ve already gotten some great articles for this year’s book. However, we’d love to hear from more people. And even though Knudepunkt may seem a long time away, now is the time, if you want to write an article. We need to hear from you in the next couple of days. Send an email to lt@knudepunkt.org. Rock the program You’ve gotten the dates, so now is the time to get in contact with the program group. We’ve already gotten the 25 conference events, but definitely want more to reach our goal of 50. Get in touch with ld@knudepunkt.org. The facts: Knudepunkt is February 15 to 18, 2007 in Helsinge north of Copenhagen. We love you, but we miss you. Please get in touch with us.
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