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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7130804" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>My experience with AL at Con of the North was both good and bad. I liked both DMs. One of them even had to jump in to accommodate higher than expected number of players and still pulled it off.</p><p></p><p>But GM jumping in to accommodate higher numbers of players hints at what irked me. </p><p></p><p>The AL team organizes things completely apart from the Con. Having tickets for an AL event means nothing. Printed schedules mean nothing. If they would start at scheduled times and turn away people without tickets, then you would wouldn't need GMs to jump in at the last minute. If some want to do that to accommodate non-ticket holders, hey great. But seat the ticket holders at the planned-for tables first. Of course that is hard to do, because the schedule is completely different than the printed schedule. It screws up attendees' plans for other games so you don't know how many will actually come to your game. Also, you may sign up to play module A, but because the schedule is useless, you will likely be playing something else. </p><p></p><p>Part of the issue seems to be that many of the AL players come to the Con to ONLY play AL. They are there from morning until evening every day. So the failure to adhere to the published schedule or honor tickets doesn't affect them. After complaining, I was told that they used Warhorn (mentioned above). How is a non-AL regular supposed to know about this obscure site that is not mentioned anywhere on the Conventions website or printed material?</p><p></p><p>While I enjoyed the both AL games I got to play in and especially loved the Epic, I'll probably skip AL events at Conventions and use the conventions to play new games or games I'm not often able to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7130804, member: 6796661"] My experience with AL at Con of the North was both good and bad. I liked both DMs. One of them even had to jump in to accommodate higher than expected number of players and still pulled it off. But GM jumping in to accommodate higher numbers of players hints at what irked me. The AL team organizes things completely apart from the Con. Having tickets for an AL event means nothing. Printed schedules mean nothing. If they would start at scheduled times and turn away people without tickets, then you would wouldn't need GMs to jump in at the last minute. If some want to do that to accommodate non-ticket holders, hey great. But seat the ticket holders at the planned-for tables first. Of course that is hard to do, because the schedule is completely different than the printed schedule. It screws up attendees' plans for other games so you don't know how many will actually come to your game. Also, you may sign up to play module A, but because the schedule is useless, you will likely be playing something else. Part of the issue seems to be that many of the AL players come to the Con to ONLY play AL. They are there from morning until evening every day. So the failure to adhere to the published schedule or honor tickets doesn't affect them. After complaining, I was told that they used Warhorn (mentioned above). How is a non-AL regular supposed to know about this obscure site that is not mentioned anywhere on the Conventions website or printed material? While I enjoyed the both AL games I got to play in and especially loved the Epic, I'll probably skip AL events at Conventions and use the conventions to play new games or games I'm not often able to play. [/QUOTE]
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