How do I love GenCon? Let me count the ways!
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romp
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RangerWickett said:
oh now, I can place RW's screenname with a face, I kept seeing him at the booth but it was always in one of those rushes of people when you could not step six inches from the sides of the booth and you would get swept away like in a flooded river. By the time things got calmed down he would always be gone... gotta make a point to talk more to him next year
romp
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Rel said:Psion - Sort of like an older, wiser Crothian (if such a thing is possible). I know you say that you wish the T20 game had gone better but I still had a good time and it was a blast from the past to play Traveller. Plus, I've never actually hit anything I've aimed at when rolling a Natural 1 like I did with my "Improvised Explosive Device".
I second that about the T20 game, it was fun despite whatever Psion says,
romp
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Archon said:Guilty as charged.
I find that people tend to remember me better if i mention her name. My goal for next year's Con is not have to drop her name to be remembered.
oh hey, were we sitting together at the Ennies over on the side? I kept forgetting your screenname but keep remembering Xath
Xath's costume was awesome ... (trying desperately not to make a joke about the awesome person wearing it ...
)
Klaus
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Yeah, that was awesome (and I hadn't heard the part about James' speech... THANKS JB!) and all...Teflon Billy said:
... but it just sounds like you guys had so much fun that I can't help but grumble 'bout not going!
BTW, TB, did you ask James to show you the "other cover", like I told you to?
Psion
Adventurer
Dave Turner said:Psion: I always like reading Psion's stuff and I recognized him when he came to the Wicked Dead booth. We chatted about all kinds of stuff and bumped into each other again later in the con. Let me know about that thing we discussed, Psion (ooooh, how cryptic!).
I'm not the one you need to talk to 'bout that. I just made the connection.
Anyway, I think I did mention you in my earlier list, but whilst Dave wasn't part of our festivities, it was very cool to meet and chat with him. Jared Sorensen said about dave "Hey really is a psionics fanatics. It's actually sort of annoying." To which I said "Heh... I probably would be right there with him."
Cthulhu's Librarian
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Man, I am SO LATE to this thread... But that's what I get for leaving a bunch of projects at work that I knew were going to come up when I got back.
So to make it as short as I can, and still touch on some things that need to be said:
Best GenCon EVER!
I had a blast this year. The past two years were fun, but this year was so over the top I can't even think of all the cool stuff I did, and great people I met. I'll add the usual disclaimer, if I forget a name, it's not on purpose, everyone I met from ENWorld was so nice and friendly, I swear the reunion thing is so true. It's like meeting everyone again for the first time.
Some of the highlights of GenCon 2005:
Dinner with Joe Browning, Suzi Yee, Psion, Steve Jung, and Der_Kluge
Dinner with Ethernaut, Rel, Der_kluge, DaveStebbins, Tanya
Little Canadia Suite-Hound, Dextra, & the Gelflings-you have become the center of a circle that just keeps getting bigger! Thanks for the hospitality!
The ENnies-WOW! Dextra, you pulled off one of the things I am most proud to have been a part of. The awards on Friday night are something I am going to remember for the rest of my life. Thank you so much!
Wandering the dealers room before it opened, the quiet before the storm...
Pushing the ENnies booth gear across the dealers room floor twice, on a cart that made more noise than the rest of the breaking down that was occuring, the aftermath of the storm...
Having Nicole Lindross apologise to me for not shipping something that I had ordered from Green Ronin several months ago. Then having her come up to me at the ENnies and say "Oh my God, to think I have been screwing up the order of one of the ENnies judges!"
Playing in a demo game of Burning Wheel with Greg Stolze, and run by the author, Luke Crane.
Running the booth with Crothian and Gertie.
Playing in a demo game of D&D with Truth Seeker and two 10 year old kids, knowing the DM was awful, but realizing the kids were having a great time anyway.
Driving to the con with Rel & Ethernaut, and picking Alzerius up on the way.
Playing Loony Labs games with Rel, Ethernaut, Spider, Pielorinho, and Der_Kluge.
Teaching Rel, CarlZog, Piratecat, Glassjaw, and Der_Kluge how to play Fluxx.
Having publishers recognize ME.
Soaking in the hot tub at 2am with Rel, Ethernaut, & Der_Kluge.
Gertie offering to let me sit on her knee, and Archon putting a quick end to it with a solid "NO"
Playing in Rel's Sky Galleons game, even though I could barely keep my eyes open I was so tired.
Shopping the dealer's room with Crothian, Truth Seeker, and someone else I'm blanking on right now...
Dungeon Crawl Classics Tournament with Francisca, Ethernaut, and Eric. 45 minutes just to get in the entrance of the cave! Dwarves falling on sheets of ice! Multiple PC deaths! We didn't advance, but I had fun. Do we try again next year?
True Dungeon
Teflon Billy's Rapscallions! We're bad, and we know it!![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
So many new faces, so many old friends.
Things I missed this year:
Realizing on Sunday I hardly got to talk with Buttercup at all. And she's one of the Library Posse.
Skipping out on the Round Robin game to go shop and demo in the dealers hall. Not that the shopping was bad, but it sounds like I missed a great game.
Rels' Orcz! game.
Not getting Ron Glass to sign anything for my wife.
Hanging oput with people that I really want to talk with more. I can't spend nearly as much time as I'd like to with everyone. I feel bad about just having passing conversations with IronWolf, Sidereal Knight, Romp, Jester47, The_Universe, Queen D, Ghostwind, Frukathka, Bolen, Boz, Clueless, Shemeska, Justinian, and many more.
Not meeting up with Mouseferatu for the third(?) year in a row.
OK, well, I'm still tired as hell after our all night drive home Sunday/Monday, so I'm header to bed. Will try to post more tomorrow, and get pics up as well.
So to make it as short as I can, and still touch on some things that need to be said:
Best GenCon EVER!
I had a blast this year. The past two years were fun, but this year was so over the top I can't even think of all the cool stuff I did, and great people I met. I'll add the usual disclaimer, if I forget a name, it's not on purpose, everyone I met from ENWorld was so nice and friendly, I swear the reunion thing is so true. It's like meeting everyone again for the first time.
Some of the highlights of GenCon 2005:
Dinner with Joe Browning, Suzi Yee, Psion, Steve Jung, and Der_Kluge
Dinner with Ethernaut, Rel, Der_kluge, DaveStebbins, Tanya
Little Canadia Suite-Hound, Dextra, & the Gelflings-you have become the center of a circle that just keeps getting bigger! Thanks for the hospitality!
The ENnies-WOW! Dextra, you pulled off one of the things I am most proud to have been a part of. The awards on Friday night are something I am going to remember for the rest of my life. Thank you so much!
Wandering the dealers room before it opened, the quiet before the storm...
Pushing the ENnies booth gear across the dealers room floor twice, on a cart that made more noise than the rest of the breaking down that was occuring, the aftermath of the storm...
Having Nicole Lindross apologise to me for not shipping something that I had ordered from Green Ronin several months ago. Then having her come up to me at the ENnies and say "Oh my God, to think I have been screwing up the order of one of the ENnies judges!"
Playing in a demo game of Burning Wheel with Greg Stolze, and run by the author, Luke Crane.
Running the booth with Crothian and Gertie.
Playing in a demo game of D&D with Truth Seeker and two 10 year old kids, knowing the DM was awful, but realizing the kids were having a great time anyway.
Driving to the con with Rel & Ethernaut, and picking Alzerius up on the way.
Playing Loony Labs games with Rel, Ethernaut, Spider, Pielorinho, and Der_Kluge.
Teaching Rel, CarlZog, Piratecat, Glassjaw, and Der_Kluge how to play Fluxx.
Having publishers recognize ME.
Soaking in the hot tub at 2am with Rel, Ethernaut, & Der_Kluge.
Gertie offering to let me sit on her knee, and Archon putting a quick end to it with a solid "NO"
Playing in Rel's Sky Galleons game, even though I could barely keep my eyes open I was so tired.
Shopping the dealer's room with Crothian, Truth Seeker, and someone else I'm blanking on right now...
Dungeon Crawl Classics Tournament with Francisca, Ethernaut, and Eric. 45 minutes just to get in the entrance of the cave! Dwarves falling on sheets of ice! Multiple PC deaths! We didn't advance, but I had fun. Do we try again next year?
True Dungeon
Teflon Billy's Rapscallions! We're bad, and we know it!
So many new faces, so many old friends.
Things I missed this year:
Realizing on Sunday I hardly got to talk with Buttercup at all. And she's one of the Library Posse.
Skipping out on the Round Robin game to go shop and demo in the dealers hall. Not that the shopping was bad, but it sounds like I missed a great game.
Rels' Orcz! game.
Not getting Ron Glass to sign anything for my wife.
Hanging oput with people that I really want to talk with more. I can't spend nearly as much time as I'd like to with everyone. I feel bad about just having passing conversations with IronWolf, Sidereal Knight, Romp, Jester47, The_Universe, Queen D, Ghostwind, Frukathka, Bolen, Boz, Clueless, Shemeska, Justinian, and many more.
Not meeting up with Mouseferatu for the third(?) year in a row.
OK, well, I'm still tired as hell after our all night drive home Sunday/Monday, so I'm header to bed. Will try to post more tomorrow, and get pics up as well.
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reveal
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Buttercup said:
With so many To Do's, you might end up doing the following next year:
"Hey, CL! I've been meaning to talk to you. You have exactly 5.2 seconds before I have to move on to my next thing on the list. Go!"
"Hi, Buttercup. Nice to..."
"Nice to see you too. Gotta go. Talk to you next year!"
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