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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 1031469" data-attributes="member: 4">Wow, what a blast!  Before I start rambling I wanna once more say THANK YOU to all of you who contributed dollars towards Russ' and Kevin's trips.  Having them here has been so fun.  Let's see, some highlights ...The first product I bought on Thursday afternoon when I arrived was Magical Medieval Society -- I bought it sight unseen in print version after reading so many great things about it.  Clearly I was right to do so given how well it and the web enhancement did at the ENnies!  It's a nifty book.Had to wait until Friday morning to pick up my Arcana Unearthed, got Monte's sig and stuff.  Very cool!  Also picked up the AU counters from Claudio and the gang at Fiery Dragon.  The ENnies went off almost without a hitch.  Michael Morris did a fantastic job with the video presentation as well as just generally helping coordinate things.  I think it really added to the experience.  I also thought that having the "silver ENnie" added to the show in a good way, it was nice to see more deserving nominees up on stage.  The guy who kept picking up the awards for Privateer  ... that was definitely the highlight of the show.  The guy was practically getting standing ovations by the end.  The Ambient girls were flip-flappin' cute and did a great job announcing their category.  I "helped" Mike Mearls with his presentation by incorrectly cueing him on something.  That was fun!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />After the ENnies I have memories of wandering the streets with a horde of people, some of them got lost, I was told that Monte Cook was maybe kind of looking for us so Russ and I went out looking for him.  We eventually spotted a couple of "famous" folks in a bar so I paid the cover charge, went in, found out it wasn't a group that was "with us" or "looking for us" or really even "interested in us" so we went back to the original bar ... and someone says, "Oh, yeah, Monte and the gang are right over there" -- and they were, just sitting in a booth not 20 feet from us.  And then Jeff Quick (I think?) and I worked to gether to tip over his beer and break his glass.  Neat!  Had a great time playing Spycraft with Russ and Jane and the moderators.  Jane's character had a predeliction for bashing people in the crotch with her crowbar.  Yeah -- she's a roleplayer waiting to happen!  I attended the first 30 minutes or so of the Ebberon setting seminar (this was the "setting search" winner by Keith Baker).  The artwork was nifty but I don't think I caught what the "nugget" of the setting was.  I remember one piece of art showed some sort of humanoid on short stilts in some sort of a marsh, he was stabbing at the water with a spear or something.  They're shooting for Summer 2004 for that one.  I did attend the Malhavoc seminar.  Bruce Cordell confirmed an "expanded psionics" book from WotC in March/april 2004.  I had a wonderful time, it was great seeing everyone, and if I gain consciousness in the next few hours I might come back here and try to remember more...</blockquote>

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