After years of being an established, marque, annual community-building event with close to one thousand attendees, the Beowulf Bash has decided to re-brand itself as:
The Beowulf Bash began in the late nineties when a bunch of Beowulf cluster geeks gathered for beer and pretzels during Supercomputing. Over the years, the success of the Beowulf Bash brand continued to grow at a steady rate, and the event is now an established and recognizable part of the annual SC experience.
Which makes it the perfect time to rebrand as the Y Event.
Of course, many of you may ask: why Y1? Well, it seems that other letters were taken.
And because we just have to be different, the Y Event will take place at the Church Nightclub 2 in Denver. The Church has a very unique array of rooms and décor — which we will be filling with a very unique array of entertainment options. And as always, we’ll provide a quiet room for meeting and confessing to old friends.
At various times, there will be opportunities to flex your horns or your halos to win cheesy prizes. 4
We worked real hard to tie the Y Event joke and the Horns and Halos church theme together. We failed, but figured you wouldn’t care 5. Plus, if asked, we’ll just say we used ChatGPT.
A 20-minute walk from the convention center. Or take one of our FREE Horns and Halos pedicabs picking up outside — trust us, you’ll know which ones they are…
You may be wondering: will we get in some kind of trouble by providing libations, food, music, and wild dancing in a such a hallowed environment? We have no idea 6, but we figure we’ll blame it all on the really great sponsors that are supporting this event.
Notes:
[1] And yes, the new Y Event logo really is in the exact same $29.99 typeface Musk chose for his new billion-dollar brand. We’re cool like that.
[2] Relax, it was once a real church, but now it’s a church with partying.
[3] What the hell else were we going to do, it’s an old church, for crying out loud.
[4] Have you seen how cool our themed T-shirts are? Possible Grand Prize: The Official Barbie Oppenheimer Trinity Test Kit. Comes with a sleek engineer outfit and matching nuclear blast goggles (Plutonium sold separately).
[5] Your reasons for attending may vary, but we are going to guess: a) you don’t get out much, b) you have no idea what this shindig is about, but free beer, c) FOMO.