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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Wolf" data-source="post: 1036681" data-attributes="member: 10407">Just woke up after spending Monday in the car... My first Gencon and in a word "overwhelming".  My head was spinning the entire con.  I remember walking through the dealer hall on Sunday one last time and saying over and over "Wait, I didn't even see that yet, or that..."Highlights of the con for me included but where not limited to:True Dungeon: A cool concept and very well done for being the first time.  I will look for this event again.Meeting all the celebs: You just don't get tired of meeting people like Ed Greenwood, R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis, Monte and Sue Cook, etc.  Playing Magic in a full TCG hall at 5:00 AM:  This was my first Magic tourney of any kind, my wife had to basically push me into the hall as I was nervous.  I had a lot of fun and managed to hold my own till the last round.  The shiny promo card is nice too!KODT live reading:  I can't get enough of this comic and to see it brought to life was precious.  Hopefully it will get a bigger room next year!The gathering at Alsih2o's brother's bar on Sunday was so much fun.  It was great to meet all of you and I hope next year I can get in a game with all of you.  Lowlights:  There weren't many but I have to say waiting from 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM to buy generic tickets on Thursday morning was one of them... I didn't think gamers got up at 7AM! I spent a lot of money on parking, about twice what I estimated, but when I compare it to what it would have cost me in NY so I can't really complain.Funniest moments:  Both center around the gathering at PS O'Rourkes on Sunday. #1: Somebody said "That looks like Monte and Sue outside" and before I can turn around Alsih2o has vaulted himself from the seat over the table where we were playing Munchkin, tripped, recovered and ran down the stairs.  He then proceeded to introdue Monte as his "Close and personal friend", a funny scene all around.#2: We gave a few people a ride back to their hotels after the gathering at PS O'Rourkes and failing my Intuit Direction check I managed to get us lost.  The funny part was the three guys in the back telling gaming stories don't pause for a second as I pull the car over on the highway and have to navigate by atlas after going about 5 miles out of the way.  It was all about the gaming.Well, I think that is it for now.  Gencon was a blast and I can't wait to go again!</blockquote>

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