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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StupidSmurf" data-source="post: 2532010" data-attributes="member: 35893">Ahhh, I see! OK...that makes sense! So then, if I read this correctly, it went from a club-marketing hybrid to a full-out marketing tool? That's a pity.But for some reason it reminds me of a bizarre anecdote, something which happened back in the days of Milwaukee Gen Cons. There was some GenCon, Lord knows I've forgotten which, as they've begun to run together. A handful of us RPGAers got together one night and went up to the Polaris Room for quiet drinks and conversation, wanting to avoid the sports-bar rowdiness of Major Goolsbys and the crowded insanity of the Safe House. We ate mud-pies and drank a bit (the Polaris Room makes one mean Brandy Alexander) and had some good conversation. There must've been, oh I don't know, maybe ten of us, tops. As we all filed out, we remarked at how much fun it was, and hey, let's get together same time next Gen Con and do it again! The idea seemed to appeal to everyone.Flash to next Gen Con...someone had actually turned the furshlugginer thing into AN EVENT.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> Yes. An event. With tickets. It was the "MECCA Midnight Mudpie Madness." My jaw practically hit the floor when I walked up and saw this large crowd of people. Definitely a Doubleyew-Tee-Eff moment. I slipped away unnoticed.Just to show that, even though I really loved the old RPGA, it definitely had its share of "what the..." moments!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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