Xath
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Wednesday:
Getting in at midnight, and still finding the Canadiana to be in full swing.
Thursday:
True Dungeon (though it started out a bit stressful) was still awesome. Kiznit totally stole the show by solving most of the puzzles immediately.
I got to playtest a lot of new games on Thursday as well, including Clout, which I seriously consider taking up as a hobby.
Crothian's Paranoia game was full of fun and laughs. I'd never played Paranoia before, but I really enjoyed it. Some of my favorite moments were when Piratecat constantly hid under the table, and when people literally tried to hide behind each other in order to keep from getting shot.
The post-Paranoia gathering at the Ram. Yes it's true. I can get quite wasted on half of a glass of wine, and half of a margherita. And no, Chardonnay and hot wings do not mix.
Friday:
The ENnies. It totally sucked that the Westin screwed us over, but we managed to pull through with flying colors anyway. Special props to Dextra for keeping cool in the face of catastrophe, and Hellhound for blowing up at the people who needed it so that Dextra didn't have to. People really seemed to enjoy themselves, and I think it was a huge success over all. Also, mad props to P-Cat for his MC skills. It was completely kharma that the cieling fell in on the ballroom after everyone left. ...Stupid Westin.
Girly-Night. It was great just to sit down and talk to everyone. I won't go into too many details, so that the guys won't know what we did...
The Garter. Certainly was not what I expected, but I had a lot of fun. Can't go into that either, because what happens at Gencon stays at Gencon.
Saturday:
Waking up to find that my costume had fallen apart, but still managing to put it back together in time. Special thanks to Ladytoll for all of your help. I wouldn't have looked as nice for either the Ennies or the Contest without you.
The Contest. Tons of fun, as always. I had a bit of a "holy crap" moment. I asked one of the girls in the green room what her costume was, and she said that she was a judge, and she wasn't in the contest. She really liked my costume and we talked for about 10 minutes. An hour into the contest, I just kind of stopped, and went "Holy crap! That was Gigi Edgely!" I didn't even realize who I was talking to...Doh! And I got 2nd place. That rocked socks. Congrats to the Gelflings for sweeping yet again.
Truthseeker. Thanks for barricading me from the creepy following guy. Mik says to tell you that he'll buy you many drinks next year in appreciation.
The Canadiana Suite (part deux). It was nice to relax and talk to everyone. I had a blast.
Dead Gentlemen Present: The Gamers, Dorkness Rising. Aside from the fact that it started 1 1/2 hours late (partially from parts of the Westin ceiling collapsing...again) it was completely and absolutely worth it. Just as funny as the first one, and with a bigger production budged. 6 Weeks to DVD!!!
Hanging out with the drunken remnants of the Canadiana suite at 3am. I can't believe you guys drank a gallon of scotch.
Sunday:
The Gamer Olympics. I didn't get to go through the whole thing this year (much to my chagrin), but I at least got to do the fight. I won both the 1on1 and the 2on1 battles. They remembered me from last year as well.
Hanging out with Kiznit for 2.5 hours at the airport. We talked, we had beer. It made having my flight delayed much more fun. I was told to get to the airport 4 hours early because of all of the security, and I ended up getting completely through checkin and security in less than 15 minutes. Kieran, it was awesome hanging out with you. Congrats on your upcoming marriage, and I'll hopefully see you in LA next year.
After Kiznit left, I immediatly ran into D20Dwarf which led to hanging out with him at the airport for 2.5 hours, also over beer. We had so much fun talking, I almost missed my flight.
All in all, it was an awesome Gencon.
There is no conceivable way in which I could not enjoy those tokens. I mean, a +1 mace?! That rocks socks! Thanks nakia.
Getting in at midnight, and still finding the Canadiana to be in full swing.
Thursday:
True Dungeon (though it started out a bit stressful) was still awesome. Kiznit totally stole the show by solving most of the puzzles immediately.
I got to playtest a lot of new games on Thursday as well, including Clout, which I seriously consider taking up as a hobby.
Crothian's Paranoia game was full of fun and laughs. I'd never played Paranoia before, but I really enjoyed it. Some of my favorite moments were when Piratecat constantly hid under the table, and when people literally tried to hide behind each other in order to keep from getting shot.
The post-Paranoia gathering at the Ram. Yes it's true. I can get quite wasted on half of a glass of wine, and half of a margherita. And no, Chardonnay and hot wings do not mix.
Friday:
The ENnies. It totally sucked that the Westin screwed us over, but we managed to pull through with flying colors anyway. Special props to Dextra for keeping cool in the face of catastrophe, and Hellhound for blowing up at the people who needed it so that Dextra didn't have to. People really seemed to enjoy themselves, and I think it was a huge success over all. Also, mad props to P-Cat for his MC skills. It was completely kharma that the cieling fell in on the ballroom after everyone left. ...Stupid Westin.
Girly-Night. It was great just to sit down and talk to everyone. I won't go into too many details, so that the guys won't know what we did...
The Garter. Certainly was not what I expected, but I had a lot of fun. Can't go into that either, because what happens at Gencon stays at Gencon.
Saturday:
Waking up to find that my costume had fallen apart, but still managing to put it back together in time. Special thanks to Ladytoll for all of your help. I wouldn't have looked as nice for either the Ennies or the Contest without you.
The Contest. Tons of fun, as always. I had a bit of a "holy crap" moment. I asked one of the girls in the green room what her costume was, and she said that she was a judge, and she wasn't in the contest. She really liked my costume and we talked for about 10 minutes. An hour into the contest, I just kind of stopped, and went "Holy crap! That was Gigi Edgely!" I didn't even realize who I was talking to...Doh! And I got 2nd place. That rocked socks. Congrats to the Gelflings for sweeping yet again.
Truthseeker. Thanks for barricading me from the creepy following guy. Mik says to tell you that he'll buy you many drinks next year in appreciation.
The Canadiana Suite (part deux). It was nice to relax and talk to everyone. I had a blast.
Dead Gentlemen Present: The Gamers, Dorkness Rising. Aside from the fact that it started 1 1/2 hours late (partially from parts of the Westin ceiling collapsing...again) it was completely and absolutely worth it. Just as funny as the first one, and with a bigger production budged. 6 Weeks to DVD!!!
Hanging out with the drunken remnants of the Canadiana suite at 3am. I can't believe you guys drank a gallon of scotch.
Sunday:
The Gamer Olympics. I didn't get to go through the whole thing this year (much to my chagrin), but I at least got to do the fight. I won both the 1on1 and the 2on1 battles. They remembered me from last year as well.
Hanging out with Kiznit for 2.5 hours at the airport. We talked, we had beer. It made having my flight delayed much more fun. I was told to get to the airport 4 hours early because of all of the security, and I ended up getting completely through checkin and security in less than 15 minutes. Kieran, it was awesome hanging out with you. Congrats on your upcoming marriage, and I'll hopefully see you in LA next year.
After Kiznit left, I immediatly ran into D20Dwarf which led to hanging out with him at the airport for 2.5 hours, also over beer. We had so much fun talking, I almost missed my flight.
All in all, it was an awesome Gencon.
nakia said:
There is no conceivable way in which I could not enjoy those tokens. I mean, a +1 mace?! That rocks socks! Thanks nakia.
