MARECON 2024

FAQ

What is marecon?

Marecon is an online convention organized and run by /mlp/ians. Very much like /mlp/ con, but usually with lower attendance numbers and lower stakes

Where do check the schedule?

https://www.marecon.live/#/schedule

When?

February 16-18(GMT)

How do I participate?

Apply for panels: https://forms.gle/HY8VhGP3njZSio7g7
Want to be a vendor? https://forms.gle/sM14t1aVWwUELsui8

Can I do something other than a panel for marecon?

Check the to do list

Archive Links

CyTube 1

https://pony.tube/w/p/6JD1ZDY4s7xt96uANx21sG

CyTube 2

https://pony.tube/w/p/9is3Ftq2MYjMCVARJpBLFj

CyTube 3

https://pony.tube/w/p/aPAoGuW9EdnLJLSwdcnfw3

Playlist of all panels hosted by Marecon HQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ygN2u_gjfA&list=PLbxF10D54R2H16F-DANJPKJFt50_uKhDC

Schedule

16 feb

Opening Ceremonies

2:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon/r/marecon2-comfys-cottage/r/marecon3-smileys-studio

kick off the con with anon! Hear what we have in store for marecon 2024, with some sneak peeks at some panels, our vendors, and more!

How draw mare??

3:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 45 min

Channels: /r/marecon3-smileys-studio

A simple guide on how to draw simple ponies to get your hooves wet! Bring something to draw with/on and follow along!

Mare-itory Control IV

4:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 2 hours

Channels: /r/marecon

Join a shared drawpile canvas and fight to fill as much of it as possible with (You)r mare!

numget beauty pageant

7:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

make your own numget edit and compete to win fabulous prizes \(oco)/

Applejack Appreciation Appointment

8:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon2-comfys-cottage

An hour (or more depending on how much available time there is) dedicated exclusively for Applejack episodes, applejack music, applejack videos and everything apple, dedicated to the loyalest, most dependable, prettiest, strongest, honestiest, silliest, applest mare to ever appul, as chosen by her loyalest and most deranged fans from /aj/

Mare Bars: A Treat in the Making

9:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

An ambitious project in the works to provide convention confectionery to the masses! Come by and learn the process and science behind the creation of the classic chocolate bar, what the Mare Bar project entails, and perhaps what it takes to make your own chocolate at home!

🦄🎵

10:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 2 hours

Channels: /r/marecon3-smileys-studio

making mare music / taking requests (samples, etc.)

Rock and Pone

10:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 3 hours

Channels: /r/marecon

Jargon Scott and some of The Fellas play "Derp Rock Galactic", the mod for Deep Rock Galactic that puts ponies into the game

17 feb

Good Morning Marecon!

9:00 AM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

Writing Greentext

10:30 AM GMT-0500 | Duration: 45 min

Channels: /r/marecon

A discussion on why greentext is important to /mlp/ and the fandom as a whole followed by writing tips and advice

Pony Proompting Panel

12:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

Proper Proompting AI Mares, Prompt Engineering & More

Fallen Oak Horsey Update

1:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

A live stream with Kim at fallen oak equine rescue.

Mangohead draws mares UUUU

2:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon3-smileys-studio

Allow Batsy to take your draw requests live on stream. No mic, just mares, comfy music, and likely some numget-quality art. No guarantees on quality.

some stupid marecon hq autism

3:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

ECuteMareical Council

4:15 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

Priest Anon delivers a sermon and then we hold the first Ecumenical (ECuteMareical) Council

AI Pony thing

6:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 15 min

Channels: /r/marecon

A couple of minues of fucking around with AI horsies, pre-recorded

Mare F-AI-r

6:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 2 hours

Channels: /r/marecon

From the team that brought you HLVRAIMLP, enjoy a trip through an AI-powered simulation of Mare Fair in the Source engine

wapa stream

8:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon3-smileys-studio

Horsewords & (You): Keep your friends close...

8:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon2-comfys-cottage

Individual characters and what can motivate them were discussed... but what if they aren't cripplingly autistic and lonely? What if they interact with other individuals who have their own motivations or "personality"? How do they become friends? How do they become enemies? Let's find out.

XCCHI EARRAPES YOU WITH MARE MUSIC

9:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

This SCHIZO NIGGER is posting PONY PILLED BEATS and basically, (YOU) ARE FUCKING CRINGE HOW? …Just tune in to Marecon 2024 (In all seriousness this will just be a music set/music production stream. I’ll perform some songs and then I f I have time I’ll go into some of the software I’ve been using and the processes I’ve used to make mare music while being literally homeless for half of 2023)

Becoming Musical Gods Like The Plonytones!

10:15 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 45 min

Channels: /r/marecon

Do you suck at making music? Are you dogshit at songs and want to git gud? The Plony Tones are here to help!! Our origin story: After seeing performances at Mare Fair's concert, we looked at each other and said "Wait a minute..... we're musicians too!" and thus, our band was formed. We're the newest pony band this side of Equestria, and we can't wait to share some of our first songs, as well as live music tutorials with you! Enjoy some rock band tunes, both original and covers, as well as live musical tutorials on theory and how to make your music sound good. Keep on rockin' in Equestria!

Lasering With Mares

11:15 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

Enjoy bright lights and mares? This is the panel for (You)! We'll be laser engraving some image suggestions from the thread on small wooden blanks. We'll also cover the basics of laser engraving, and cover starting/running a small pone-based business.

A Brief History of NHNB

1:00 AM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon

In this panel we will take a look at some of the popular threads, content, and milestones on NHNB over the years.

18 feb

Bunny Bake's Bootleg Breakfast

10:00 AM GMT-0500 | Duration: 45 min

Channels: /r/marecon

Are you a terrible cook? Well simple food doesn't have to be that bad. Eggs and toast once bare bones again fancier.

Flutter Appreciation Time

11:45 AM GMT-0500 | Duration: 2 hours

Channels: /r/marecon2-comfys-cottage

To show you the best this mare has to offer and what it's like to love her.

Twilight Time

1:45 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

An hour long panel where we appreciate the best pony, Twilight Sparkle.

autistic man plays with twilight sparkle plushies LIVE for your enjoyment

3:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

Good Evening Marecon!

4:30 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 15 min

Channels: /r/marecon

We're making dinner this time!

All about that Marshmallow Mare

5:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon2-comfys-cottage

A few things we can all enjoy about Rarity.

Find the Fake!

6:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 45 min

Channels: /r/marecon

A stand-alone version of the interactive “Find the Fake!” game featured in the 2023 /mlp/con PPP panel. In this game, the audience will be challenged to identify real mare photos and drawings amongst AI-generated fakes. There’ll be around 7 months worth of progress since last time, so don’t think it’ll be any easier!

Drawing Pones for (You)

7:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon3-smileys-studio

Taking Requests

Anon + Dashie 10th Anniversary Q&A

7:15 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 30 min

Channels: /r/marecon2-comfys-cottage

Come help anon reminisce on the years he's spent with his tulpa wife! An anniversary like this wouldn't be complete without the fags we met along the way.

Just, like, Create Mare

7:45 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 1 hour

Channels: /r/marecon

DIY Mare game demo

Closing Ceremonies

9:00 PM GMT-0500 | Duration: 2 hours

Channels: /r/marecon/r/marecon2-comfys-cottage/r/marecon3-smileys-studio

it's over

Vendors

Lunar Harmony's Mare Wear

vendor vendor

Do you seek to be cocooned in a soft cloud of comforble mare apparel? If so, get over to Lunar Harmony's Mare Wares and surround your body with the finest quality horsies today.
NO NORMIES ALLOWED.
100% of the profits from this store go directly into the creation and maintenance of other /mlp/-adjacent projects.

snowpity.shop

vendor vendor vendor

Snowpity spray and soap! Some other things too, to help keep body clean and smelling like mare

SigilPonies

vendor vendor vendor vendor

Custom Engraved Things™

ButtercupSaiyan

vendor

Buy numget stickers (will take requests)

shop.mares.horse

vendor vendor

Leather wallets for the discerning mare enjoyer! Looking for a subtle way to show your love of pony? Worried about spilling your spaghetti with your orbital friendship cannon wallet the next time you take your waifu out for dinner?
Check out some of our leather wallets!

Floralshitpost

vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor

Do you like mares? Wares of mares? Then you came to the right place. At Floral's Garden, all of your dreams are in season and ready to be harvested. We have a variety of waifu materials to be purchased, from dakis, stickers, charms, you name it. If you want it, we got it. Do you have an idea for a drawing you're dying to see come to life? Ask the artist for a commission! Come stop by Floral's Garden of Mares, we promise we won't disappoint.
ps. if you want some ""spicy"" art please message me for mare portfolio ^:)

Neighsayer Patches

vendor vendor vendor

da patch guy

Rocket's Equine Outpost

vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor vendor

Trinkets, artwork, and oddities to fill the mare-shaped hole in your heart.