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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 932385" data-attributes="member: 5">When we get closer to Gencon we can make some inquiries about where we can most likely set up an area for pick up games.  It will probably be in one of the larger areas already designted by the Gencon staff for pick up games.  It will be easy enough to create a map from existing floor plans to be sure everyone knows where it will be.I doubt that rallying in the dealers room and then walking as a group ten or fifteen minutes to try and locate an open table is a very good idea.  Not only does it sound like a pain in the ass, but anyone who would wish to locate those games and watch over shoulders or be included if they are short-handed would have no way to find them.I think we're better off having the rallying point near where we propose to run the pick up games so we can facilitate more interaction as the games are ongoing and so we can coordinate staking out a number of tables for those games in advance.  In a lot of cases an open slot for a pick up game will be no longer than four hours (less if someone wants to squeeze a quick lunch/meal into that free time.)  Anytime that is used up searching for a table to play means less time for play.Let's try to make this as easy on ourselves as we can when it comes to getting from plan to play.</blockquote>