The Glider

Hey hey all,

After over half a decade of running the Beer Cooling Contraption Contest in one form or another, i announced my intention to step down at the end of this year's incarnation of the event.

After quite some time, and a lot of chatter among the community, Uncle Enzo has stepped up beyond all others and shown the most interest in taking over for the future. He'll be running the event going forward, and i hope that CotMan will make the necessary permission adjustments to the forums (assuming that he has an account now or at least soon, hehe) and that we'll see all of you at the event again for DEFCON 20.

I'll be looking forward to the customary way of starting the con at noon on friday with early beers, and i hope that Null Space Labs still fields a team even with Enzo occupied running things!

Say I'm competing in the Alcoholic Ice Cream competition at 2pm and found a supplier for LN2 but the minimum order is 30L. I only need about half that so I'm wondering if anyone wants to split it with me? Otherwise I'm sure I'll find a fun way to use it up.

Does anyone know if #BrewWars is going to happen at #defcon this year? I have a couple I would like to enter!

Hey all,

So i've been in contact with Pyr0 as well as the Riviera hotel staff regarding the location of the Beer Cooling Contraption Contest this year. As some of you may have heard, there were rumors of a new location for us and we can now confirm that will be happening.

We won't be out in the dirty parking lot anymore... but we also won't be indoors on the contest floor.

This year, the DEFCON 18 BCCC event will take place near the main hotel pool in the courtyard inside of all the towers. The time is still set for noon on Friday.

Despite being outside, we will (i am told) have both a hose as well as electrical power.

So i'm planning on having two categories of competition...

1. Wilderness - contraptions that are wholly self-sufficient. all they can use is the power of ice, ostensibly carried in from a cooler or other such source. no electricity, no supply of pressurized water (using water as if from a lake or river is ok)

2. Pseudo-Civilization [- contraptions that would work in a nice KOA-style campground or on a military base. while a ready supply of ice might be available, these contraptions might rely more on electrical power from an AC or DC source. (AC is supplied... but you could run off of DC if you have your own source in order to prove some sort of concept or adapt a device for automotive use)

teams will, as always, focus on taking a supply of beer exposed to the outdoor heat of Nevada and getting it down to a proper drinking temperature as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Remember... we'll be POOLSIDE across from Kady's, near the entrance by Krisopher's steak house... you know, by the rooms that are often a focus of PoolCon.

(yes, i know the BCCC web page isn't fully updated... i'll get to that tonight after the ball game perhaps)