I’ve noticed that, over the last few days, most of my traffic has come from people searching for “W00tstock Dallas” on Google. This is both neat and a little scary for me as, well, I’m happy to help promote the show in whatever little way I can (and if reading my Wootstock post persuades you to buy a ticket then that makes me really happy) but I know that there isn’t a lot of concrete information about the show here.  I mean, why would there be? I’m not a part of it (yet. HINT HINT W00TSTOCK PLANNER PEOPLE).  I’m just a geeked out audience member. So, before I forget: if you are looking for concrete information on the show, how to demand it in your area and how to buy tickets, etc, go to the official W00tstock site. If you’d like someone to just geek out with about the show, then hi! Let’s be BFFs! Colon Close Parenthesis (totally cribbing off of Big Bang Theory on that but whatever).

I also thought I’d use this post to talk a little bit about something that I noticed on Twitter today–something W00tstock related, I swear.

You probably already know that the final W00tstock performance run for 2010 was announced this morning.  If not, you can find out more at the W00tstock site (see that link up there?).  You probably also know that, due to a scheduling conflict, Wil Wheaton won’t be able to be at those shows, at least not in person.

Trust me when I tell you that the show is still worth seeing.

This morning, after the announcement went up, my Twitter stream exploded with people bitching about the lack of Wheatonian goodness in the final shows of the year.  I saw some people saying “wow, I hope this doesn’t happen if they want to come to my town” and “wow I hope that if the show comes back to my town it will still have him in it.”

I get it. I really get it.  If you’ve known me for more than ten minutes you already know that I am an uber geek for Wil Wheaton.  I can’t say that I wouldn’t have a moment of “aw nuts” if it turned out that he couldn’t be a part of the next W00tstock that I get to see and I certainly don’t want to deny anybody his or her right to express themselves in whatever non-dickian way they see fit. But! I promise that the show will still be awesome! I have absolute faith that you will still have a good time.

Remember: W00tstock is not just about Wil Wheaton (as much as we all heart the guy).  It’s also about Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, (usually) Molly Lewis, whatever Wheatonian Stand Ins they get and a whole host of other acts that they book for the evening.  Mostly, the show is about you: inspiring you, entertaining you and giving you a safe and fun space in which to geek out without the fear of being harshly judged by someone who doesn’t get it.

This could quickly turn into a love letter to the show but I’ve kind of already written that. I just figured I’d use my recent Google given powers for good and not, say, forcing you to look at pictures of my cat (though she is seriously cute).

Also: for those of you wondering, the PAX post is still percolating.