[GenCon] EN World photos and stories - add your own!

[Negative Zero]

... the flights were srrewed leaving Indy on Sunday...

it's funny but i seem to be in the process of forming a horrible GenCon return flight tradition. i got delayed last year for 6 hours, this year, it was only an hour, but when we got here, my fiancee lost her parking ticket and happened to be driving her sister's car instead of hers and didn't have the registration. was an awful night. cops got called, plates were run, and parking attendants spoke (what i assume was) english but still couldn't be understood.

... Not that my card was declined, not that I was over my limit, not that it had been reported stolen....I was told, by my institution, that I had never been issued a VISA card by them (despite having it in my hand). ...

didn't this happen to Sandra Bullock too? maybe you're stuck in The Net too

if anyone took pics of the fountain in the park next to the Westin, i'd be eternally gratefull if you'd post them. didn't have a camera this year, and i've got a thing for fountains. this one was just beautiful.

~NegZ

 

[Negative Zero]

... Alsih20 (who is apparently going to change his screen handle here to "Clay") is an awesome cat. ...

at least we should be able to pronounce it now!

~NegZ

 

[Silver Moon]

However, the biggest cool thing about the game: Kevin's default assumption seems to be that your character's actions succeed. Faced with a tough call my temptation would be to answer "nope." Kevin manages to answer "yep" most of the time, which keeps the game moving fast and gives folks the pleasure of getting to use their abilities and show off.

I observed the same thing last month in a Mutants and Masterminds game that he ran - it most certainly added to the fun as the heroes managed to destroy both Boston's Fenway Park and the New England Aquarium.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Great stories! Keep talking about it for those of us who couldn't go! And more pictures!

*sigh* Looks like the soonest I'll be able to make it to a GenCon is 2005....

 

[Psion]

Psion, you snore man

Hate to break it, I ain't the only one.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Hate to break it, I ain't the only one.

LOL

 

[Psion]

it's funny but i seem to be in the process of forming a horrible GenCon return flight tradition. i got delayed last year for 6 hours, this year, it was only an hour, but when we got here, my fiancee lost her parking ticket and happened to be driving her sister's car instead of hers and didn't have the registration. was an awful night. cops got called, plates were run, and parking attendants spoke (what i assume was) english but still couldn't be understood.

Well, Sunday morning my flight was at 6:45. It's only like 10 minutes to the airport and I packed the night before, so I got up at 5:00 figuring I had plenty of time, so I took a shower.

As I got ready to go, I could not find my wallet anywhere. Having tried to weasel my way into a later flight the night before, I knew all of the other flights out sunday were booked, so I had to leave or I would have to get a new room for another night. I am in a sheer panic and had to rifle through my luggage to find my wallet in an obscure pocket of one of my bags. I'm sure the other folks in the room didn't appreciate it.

I got to the terminal as the plane was boarding.

 

[Buttercup]

Psion and Neg Zero, it definately sounds like you caught the bug I have. Very sorry.

Anyway, here are some more things that keep making me smile.

*That Privateer Press guy at the Ennies. I was sitting between Emergent and Cthulu's Librarian, and we were all cracking up.

*Talking Shop with Eric & Cthulu's Librarian. As Eric said, we were geeking out.

*Boz looks just like I pictured him!

*Crothian being such a good sport. I ribbed him a bit about his post count after the Ennies, and he took it all in stride. He's a peach.

*Negative Zero is a charming guy, who could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos, I think. But hey, it's ok. I'll be using his initiative chart next Sunday.

*Paladin & Paladinwife, two of the nicest people anyone could ever hope to meet.

*MEG Hal, another one of the nicest people anyone could ever hope to meet.

*Just generally, that I really liked every one of the EN Worlders I met. I had wondered if it would be awkward to meet in real life, but it wasn't. It was just like hanging out with old friends. Comfortable like a favorite pair of shoes. You guys are the best.

Next year, I want to plan ahead for lots more gaming with all of you fine folks.

 

[Teflon Billy]

...MEG Hal, another one of the nicest people anyone could ever hope to meet...

What's with the guy? Every year it seems that Gen Con becomes this much ----><---- more the "Hal Greenberg Appreciation Society".

Hal's got the Mojo. I'm as affected as anyone

 

[DonAdam]

FYI, the "Privateer Press Guy" is Joseph Miller (also wrote "Illusionism" and "Familiars" for Mongoose).

He posts (infrequently) on the boards as Jaldaen. He won't be around for a few weeks while he's on vacation, which means he's also holding up our Tuesday night Mutants and Masterminds game

I'll have my pictures and stories up later this week after they get developed and scanned.