How do I love GenCon? Let me count the ways!

[romp]

Other people go to a con. We go to a reunion.

ohh jeez i think i am going to cry ...

 

[Darth K'Trava]

This is the first year I didn't loose my EN World badge.....

Makes ya wonder how many people are going around, claiming they're Crothian....

 

[DaveStebbins]

They should adopt the motto: "What goes on at Gencon, should STAY at Gencon"....

Rel already posted to remind me of that after my page 2 reply in his Perfect Gamer Wife thread...

-Dave

 

[Crothian]

Makes ya wonder how many people are going around, claiming they're Crothian....

There were two people who thought Crothian wasn't me.....

 

[Buttercup]

Eating lunch with Buttercup on Sunday at the Ram. The food there was amazing, or was it the company? Buttercup is just an awesome person, and I enjoy spending time with her.

I think you're pretty darn cool yourself.

Buttercup, have you asked Dextra about my crazy idea yet?

I did mention it to her, and I saw the wheels turning....

 

[Buttercup]

ohh jeez i think i am going to cry ...

Not until you post about your experiences, buster!

 

[fusangite]

If you guys were in politics, this thread would be the riskiest thing you could do all year. You are running the risk of bruising a lot of soft, sensitive gamer egos by forgetting to mention people. So, before I begin my list of things and people I liked (and disliked) let me offer some disclaimers for why, after interacting with you, I failed to mention you in this list:

• I was obviously drunk when I met you,
• I was secretly drunk when I met you,
• I forgot your screen name,
• I forgot your real name,
• I can't match your real name and screen name with certainty,
• I'm really tired right now. (For instance, there's a gentleman right now whose business card I lost on the way back who told me a very important story about a 1988 snowmobiling incident mentioned in my Masters thesis who won't be appearing in this list.)

Anyway, that stated, here's my list

• Great, very humorous GMing on the first day from PirateCat in his Eversink setting and Rel in his Orcz setting. In both cases, I laughed until I stopped. Special thanks to Teflon Billy and RangerWickett in helping to turn PirateCat's lighthearted espionage game into gut-busting vaudevillian slapstick.
• Discovering a whole other set of things Joe Browning and Suzi Yee have in common with me in addition to massive uncontrollable history and worldbuilding geeking. Plus, they're way more generous than I am.
• The Canadiana Suite -- Dextra and Hellhound deserve many rounds of applause and drinks for singlehandedly carrying the burden of our community's need for a solid hospitality suite. Being "on" and welcoming into the wee hours every night even after watching their carpet get covered with weird faux Icelandic vomit the first night. I'm vowing to shoulder more of my share next year but plan to have an anti-Icelandic vomit response team set up.
• Buttercup. My universe feels like a richer and more profound place after discovering just how mean and potentially scary she is in person.
• Getting to see other members of TB's Vancouver gaming group I've missed seeing since moving to the mysterious East.
• The price of McLelland's Highland and Islay scotches in Indianapolis.
• The Ennies, which ran more smoothly, with better MCing (thanks PirateCat), organization (thanks Dextra) and video (thanks Michael Morris) than most televised awards shows I watch. (Actually that's kind of a double-edged sword -- could we have at least one Hollywood B-lister on Vicodin at next year's?)
• Some fabulous conversations with the above-mentioned as well as fellow ENWorlders, Psion, Jester47, Andor, D20Dwarf, Crothian, Queen Dopplepopolis, The Universe, Dave Stebbins, John Crichton, Francisca and Sidereal Knight.

Things I could take or leave, on the other hand, I must mention:

• Indianapolis's public transit system. You get what you pay for and $1.25 gets you to just where you imagine.
• The waiter at the Ram who will inevitably be played by Steve Buscemi in the movie version of all of this; good on TB for standing firm against his attempt to gouge a 28% tip out of us.
• The architect of the Embassy Suites who, working closely with staff, has almost succeeded in creating an inescapable hotel where guests go to their rooms and never make it back to the front desk (or anywhere else). I'm announcing in advance that, at next year's Gencon, I'll be running a post-apocalyptic adventure entitled Escape From the Embassy Suites.

And yes Psion, feel free to post my explanation of how TB recruited me to these boards.

 

[Buttercup]

* Buttercup. My universe feels like a richer and more profound place after discovering just how mean and potentially scary she is in person.

Mean? I may be a smart aleck, but I'm not mean. And I rarely bite.

 

[fusangite]

Mean? I may be a smart aleck, but I'm not mean. And I rarely bite.

That's true. And you are lovely, generous and charming as well. But just remember that the only times we talked that you weren't shoo-ing me away or insulting the judges' outfits to their faces, you told me a heartwarming story about spitting and then dancing on someone's grave. Of course, that's not to suggest you weren't in the right in those situations.

 

[francisca]

That's true. And you are lovely, generous and charming as well. But just remember that the only times we talked that you weren't shoo-ing me away or insulting the judges' outfits to their faces, you told me a heartwarming story about spitting and then dancing on someone's grave. Of course, that's not to suggest you weren't in the right in those situations.

Yup. That's our ButterCup.