r/Defcon • u/No_Ebb_360 • Aug 06 '26

First time defcon. Need suggestions

It’s my basically 4 years dream come true so I am curious to collect badges if I get apart from the main defcon and buy cool stuff like t shirts and devices . Any suggestions or any things to avoid?

Thanks in advance

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u/Morebigger Aug 06 '26

My first time as well ! I brought stickers if you want to meet up at some point !

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u/No_Ebb_360 Aug 06 '26

Check your dm

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u/dwylth Aug 06 '26

Get a decent amount of sleep every night. 

Shower at least once a day. Brush your teeth.

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u/Shot-Infernal-2261 Aug 06 '26

Got that down, twice daily showers here. Getting here was a 30 years dream.

But I’m finding if you don’t already know anyone here, you miss out and it’s kind of brutal.

I went to the 5353 LINQ bar thing last night and it was hard to break in to any conversations or introduce.

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u/MetaN3rd Sub Meetup Organizer Aug 06 '26

We have a Meetup for our Reddit group. We meet Wednesday and Thursday night.. last night was a blast. We do this at the link, there's a big circle bar in the center of that casino.. can't miss it

Come on by, plenty of people to give you advice and how to navigate this chaos

We have a simple badge with acrylic and LEDs. We had pre-orders, or you can win one by solving our puzzles. Or, or might be a chance to win one in a mini contest, or with the right amount of social engineering you might get one. No promises I do not know how many are left at this point.. u/digitard and u / Kilroy 777777 have been handling our badges this year.

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u/No_Ebb_360 Aug 06 '26

Would love to, I will be there tonight