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<blockquote data-quote="rvalle" data-source="post: 2501240" data-attributes="member: 28272"><p>I live in the Chicago-Land area. I started going to GenCon around 1984 (the last 2 years it was in some college). We slept in a tent at camp grounds close by. Washed our hair in water from a ground pump so cold it made your head hurt to stick it in. Watched my friends play in an event called Best Damn Minitures Event Ever that was amazing and I vowed to play it the next year but the guy running it never showed up again. </p><p> </p><p>We would go up on Wed and stay though Sunday taking Monday off work as well to recoop. </p><p> </p><p>Got married (to a non-gamer) and still made it. Had a kid... two... three! Still made, though it is getting hard now.</p><p> </p><p>Last couple of years it was in Milwakee I only drove up on Sat with my oldest daughter (who is 9 now) and took in the sights. She loved going though the exibitors hall.</p><p> </p><p>Now that it moved to Indy its just too far to make a day trip like that (about 4 hours each way) and I don't have the $$ to stay the night or the heart to take a solo vaction like that and leave her along with 3 kids. </p><p> </p><p>Plus my co-worker (and good friend) who covers for me when I'm gone, as I do for him, IS at GenCon. Both of us leaving at the same time would be difficult.</p><p> </p><p>On an intersting note: our company summer outing is in Milwakee this weekend and we are staying at the downtown Hyatt... the place we stayed the first year of GenCon in Milwakee. Which was about the last time you could get a room there if you were not a vendor as far as we could tell. Going there duing the week of gencon is going to be... painfull. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>My tale of woe.</p><p> </p><p>rv</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rvalle, post: 2501240, member: 28272"] I live in the Chicago-Land area. I started going to GenCon around 1984 (the last 2 years it was in some college). We slept in a tent at camp grounds close by. Washed our hair in water from a ground pump so cold it made your head hurt to stick it in. Watched my friends play in an event called Best Damn Minitures Event Ever that was amazing and I vowed to play it the next year but the guy running it never showed up again. We would go up on Wed and stay though Sunday taking Monday off work as well to recoop. Got married (to a non-gamer) and still made it. Had a kid... two... three! Still made, though it is getting hard now. Last couple of years it was in Milwakee I only drove up on Sat with my oldest daughter (who is 9 now) and took in the sights. She loved going though the exibitors hall. Now that it moved to Indy its just too far to make a day trip like that (about 4 hours each way) and I don't have the $$ to stay the night or the heart to take a solo vaction like that and leave her along with 3 kids. Plus my co-worker (and good friend) who covers for me when I'm gone, as I do for him, IS at GenCon. Both of us leaving at the same time would be difficult. On an intersting note: our company summer outing is in Milwakee this weekend and we are staying at the downtown Hyatt... the place we stayed the first year of GenCon in Milwakee. Which was about the last time you could get a room there if you were not a vendor as far as we could tell. Going there duing the week of gencon is going to be... painfull. :) My tale of woe. rv [/QUOTE]
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