GenCon 2015
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- Isgrimnur
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GenCon 2015
There's a non-zero chance that I'll be attending this year, assuming that attempts at purchasing a house don't break my spirit. It's likely to be my only shot in the immediate future, as spawning additional units are in the immediate planning stages post home acquisition.
Convince me that I should take four days off of work and spend a day in the car with three other gamers.
Convince me that I should take four days off of work and spend a day in the car with three other gamers.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
- Zarathud
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Re: GenCon 2015
I plan to be there with hepcat this year. I'm looking forward to a day of open gaming, an RPG and quite a few demos. Maybe a game of Mage Wars and Eclipse.
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- Holman
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Re: GenCon 2015
My gang is going without me this year.
$9,000 in unexpected home repairs and $2,000 in unexpected car repairs have made Indy impossible.
$9,000 in unexpected home repairs and $2,000 in unexpected car repairs have made Indy impossible.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Re: GenCon 2015
I'll be there but most likely only for one day. My usual MO.
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Re: GenCon 2015
For me GenCon was well worth it. I've only been able to make it once but it was quite the experience. I would love to go again but I simply won't have time... yet again. And now moving further away I don't know when I will make it again. but it is well worth the trip.Isgrimnur wrote:There's a non-zero chance that I'll be attending this year, assuming that attempts at purchasing a house don't break my spirit. It's likely to be my only shot in the immediate future, as spawning additional units are in the immediate planning stages post home acquisition.
Convince me that I should take four days off of work and spend a day in the car with three other gamers.
Now I need to find a way to make it to Essen...
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Re: GenCon 2015
I'm still only an hour and a half away, close enough that I have doctors' appointments there from time to time (including ten days from now.) I still likely won't go because of the cost, but one of these years!
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I think they have a half price day on the last Sunday, at least they did when I went. It wasn't too bad then.Blackhawk wrote:I'm still only an hour and a half away, close enough that I have doctors' appointments there from time to time (including ten days from now.) I still likely won't go because of the cost, but one of these years!
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Zarathud wrote:I plan to be there with hepcat this year. I'm looking forward to a day of open gaming, an RPG and quite a few demos. Maybe a game of Mage Wars and Eclipse.
And numerous games of "which bathroom hasn't been destroyed!" and "guess the source of the funk!"
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- Zarathud
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GenCon 2015
The bathrooms at Origins get sketchy but there are always less convenient ones. A GenCon bathroom generally involves 1D6 Horror checks, and occasionally a trip outside the convention center for relief.
One day I want to walk in wearing a Hazmat suit and announce that I'm not cosplaying but the gamer next to me DOES smell that bad.
One day I want to walk in wearing a Hazmat suit and announce that I'm not cosplaying but the gamer next to me DOES smell that bad.
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Albert Einstein
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
"I don't stand by anything." - Trump
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
- Holman
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Re: GenCon 2015
The Convention Center bathrooms are the #1 reason to stay at a downtown hotel.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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I think somebody is rolling at least a d12 in those bathrooms.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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yeah, I have been there twice and rarely used those restrooms at the convention center. Always ran back to the hotel to use ours. They are icky, with a capital I.
But not going this year. Went last year, and this is a convention that only gets a visit every few years. It's just too expensive for me.
But not going this year. Went last year, and this is a convention that only gets a visit every few years. It's just too expensive for me.
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Re: GenCon 2015
But what if hepcat actually showers and/or liberally applies deodorant? Your clever joke will be ruined!Zarathud wrote: One day I want to walk in wearing a Hazmat suit and announce that I'm not cosplaying but the gamer next to me DOES smell that bad.
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Re: GenCon 2015
Another year that I can't make it. We had a coworker die last year and we still haven't replaced him. As such I am unable to take any time off this July or August
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you can drop the "and".Jeff V wrote:But what if hepcat actually showers and/or liberally applies deodorant? Your clever joke will be ruined!Zarathud wrote: One day I want to walk in wearing a Hazmat suit and announce that I'm not cosplaying but the gamer next to me DOES smell that bad.
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- Zarathud
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LOL, hepcat must have someplace to maintain his luxurious hair.
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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I look forward to seeing you guys again and hope to see Isg for the first time. Seeing and meeting Myself, Kato, Jarrod, HellSpawn and Papasmurff should be enough to convince you I would think...
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When the baby is old enough NOT to eat every game piece and die he finds, I'll start going again. I think Seppe said age 14.
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- Zarathud
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Your lack of commitment is disturbing, Jeff V. I make it to the Origins Game Fair every year even while the 2 kids were infants, but GenCon is every other year. The whole point is to leave the kid at home.
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
"I don't stand by anything." - Trump
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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Re: GenCon 2015
Well, the problem is my wife works nights, including weekend nights. We don't really have anyone with whom we can stash the baby for multiple days at a time. In any case, I can wait. Left to my own devices, I fall back into my media analyst ways and struggle to really enjoy it. Last time I went, I met up with Seppe and Zack and probably had more fun than any time since it was held at UW-Parkside. The thing I miss about not being media is I don't get to come home with a huge bag of swag. Now they expect me to PAY for games! As if!
There were other attractions not affiliated with Gen Con that made Indy fun (Harkonis can attest to that!) Sadly, I can't do that anymore either.
There were other attractions not affiliated with Gen Con that made Indy fun (Harkonis can attest to that!) Sadly, I can't do that anymore either.
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- hepcat
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For anyone driving in from out of the area that needs a cheap parking alternative, they just opened up the Gencon event parking schedule. Just go here and select the appropriate date(s). It's $6.60 a day for Gencon at the 101 Alabama Street garage, which is what I went with. It's a little less than half a mile to the convention center though. Still, it's better than spending up to a hundred or more on parking for the 4 or 5 days of the convention.
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I'm out. The wife was just fired, and that puts nonessential expenses completely out of bounds.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Ouch sorry to hear about your wife's job.Isgrimnur wrote:I'm out. The wife was just fired, and that puts nonessential expenses completely out of bounds.
Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. - Winston Churchill
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Sheesh, this is one small box. Thankfully, everything's packed in nicely this time. Not too tight nor too loose (someone's sig in 3, 2, ...). - Hepcat
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Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that Iggie. Best wishes to your wife. I'm sure she'll get right back on the horse though!
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I'm out as well. Going to be at summer camp with the scouts that weekend. Dammit.
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I wish I could go. I've gone twice recently with a great crew, but this year all the XP goes into leveling up the house.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
- Zarathud
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I am flying back from a week of Delaware vacation to ride in a car with hepcat to GenCon. If the kids act up that weekend, I am probably going to end up banished to sleeping in the couch when I get back....
You all just need to work on your dedication to board gaming.
You all just need to work on your dedication to board gaming.
"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Albert Einstein
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
"I don't stand by anything." - Trump
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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Only you can prevent hide-a-bed accidents.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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He won. Period.
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- hentzau
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Really wishing I was there. First GenCon I've missed in quite a few years.
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I was offered an opportunity to run a game demo this year, but couldn't pull off the secondary expenses. In any case, it looks like it is an open-to-close deal, so I wouldn't actually be able to see GenCon, which would suck.
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- hentzau
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I did that one year for GDW. It was fun, but it certainly wasn't GenCon. It was a full weekend of hawking Dangerous Journeys.
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This was Universal Fighting System. My friend (TigerRider67 here on the forums) took them up on it. I'd have considered it (I'm actually pretty good at teaching games), but the gas to get there and dinners (breakfast and lunch are provided) are more than I can afford, plus I'd be worried that four days in a crowd, plus probably sharing a room with strangers would get my anxiety up.
I also don't know that I could talk that long, four days in a row. My mouth ain't what it used to be.
I also don't know that I could talk that long, four days in a row. My mouth ain't what it used to be.
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- hentzau
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Re: GenCon 2015
Just saw a blurb from the Dice Tower guys that Upper Deck announced at their party on Saturday that there are two new Legendary games coming out, Firefly and Big Trouble in Little China.
Interesting...
Interesting...
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