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

[DungeonmasterCal]

Heh...I'd say parenting issues are involved with both he and the 30 something.

 

[IronWolf]

Had we all held our actions in the first round until after the wizard so that he could cast haste, it would have been a much better fight. Our group was pretty balanced so far as classes go... If I ever do it again - I'd definately want to go for a group of all damage-doers (I played one of the clerics thinking that healing might be important... but after we got all the characters passed out and things were rolling... I realized everyone had healing. Should have gone with a wizard).

I played the dwarven cleric myself. You are probably right, we should have gone all big damage dealers. We had a fighter, barbarian, cleric, ranger and wizard. I was curious how other folks did it since we turned out to have taken twice as long as everyone else! And that with me leaving the game thinking we had done well!

 

[Matchstick]

I'd have never known you were "outside your comfort zone" if you hadn't told me. You seemed very at home and comfortable in the Mace Hunter game. You and the rest of the guys at that table were among the most free-flowing, immersive group of roleplayers I've ever had the pleasure of gaming with.

And as far as the "foot in mouth" bit, at least you didn't sit down amid a cluster of total strangers and start spouting platitudes like, "Them lesbians is EVERYWHERE these days!"

Sounds like something Mace would say, only with a profanity tucked in there someplace...



That was just a hilarious table, and really I thought everyone did very well. Your seemingly endless store of completly in character one liners was amazing. Heck, I almost got out of my seat a couple more times to illustrate my character running frantically between the battle and trying to keep Raevynn's martini full while he lounged on the veranda. The life of a butler is difficult! I only wish we'd have been able to play fully the final encounters, though I don't mean that in a personal way toward any of the players at all.

I can identify fully with Sidereal's feelings, playing with you guys felt to me like playing in the "big leagues" and I was decidedly nervous before both of my ENWorld pickup games. Once things started I tried to just fling myself into the spirit of things as best I could.

As I read all of this I'm getting more and more inspired. I'm even thinking of maybe running a pickup game next year, but with no gaming group, I'm not sure how I'd ever get any practice. Plus, playing in the "big leagues" is one thing, I'm not sure I'd dare try GM'ing yet!

 

[Xath]

Nice! What was your party made up of? Pretty balanced or heavy one class over another? Did your wizard cast haste right away?

I played Mialee in a party made up of 3 fighters, a cleric, and me. I cast haste in the second round. In the first, I cast Ice Storm. I had switched around a bunch of my spells because I had gotten there early, but I still found myself with entirely too many [fire] spells.

 

[fusangite]

And for some reason, the guy sitting next to me thought that because his character was a teenage cat-girl, he had some sort of excuse to touch me repeatedly.

1. I'm going to use this quote the next time I justify why I don't let men play female characters.
2. Ewwwww.
3. Actually, I have a player like this in my current campaign. Not a teenaged cat-girl but a guy who manufactures in-game excuses to touch the hot female player whenever she sits next to him at the table. But like so many female gamers (and I'm guessing you're no exception), she has had to become so used to this that her flinch reaction is nigh-imperceptible.

Hi! I'm occasionally known as Sidereal Knight, and I'm an introvert.

I seem to recall discussing this very issue with you by the ENNies booth (forgive me if I'm misremembering). I seem to remember remarking to you (or some other poor guy I mistook for you) that Gencon is a pretty good environment for introverts generally. Usually at big gatherings of introverts, like my summer garden parties, there are lots of people sitting around in corners not talking to people. But there is surprisingly little of that at Gencon.

Outside my comfort zone? You betcha.

I actually think this is true of most of us at Gencon -- it's just that most of us knew a few more people. But every morning, when I was alone in the hotel room, I had major attacks of "these people all hate me; what am I doing here?" before I would throw myself back into the con.

 

[Sidereal Knight]

I'd have never known you were "outside your comfort zone" if you hadn't told me. You seemed very at home and comfortable in the Mace Hunter game. You and the rest of the guys at that table were among the most free-flowing, immersive group of roleplayers I've ever had the pleasure of gaming with.

And as far as the "foot in mouth" bit, at least you didn't sit down amid a cluster of total strangers and start spouting platitudes like, "Them lesbians is EVERYWHERE these days!"

Saturday was a really good day.

Wednesday night, I was really nervous as I approached the Canadiana suite. (And not just because of the vertigo-inducing drop!)

And yeah, them lesbians is EVERYWHERE!

 

[Desdichado]

And as far as the "foot in mouth" bit, at least you didn't sit down amid a cluster of total strangers and start spouting platitudes like, "Them lesbians is EVERYWHERE these days!"

Well, aren't they?

 

[Quartermoon]

Cthulhu's Librarian and Ethernaut: PCat mentioned that a couple of you recognized me that night--sorry I zoned, but I was very tired. And I was trying to keep a low profile because I hate it when a "friend" drops by a game and drags everything to a screeching halt while they chat. (Probably the same reason PCat didn't introduce me then!) But True Dungeon was fun!! Oh, and in case you forgot some of the very complex words: Baby SHARK do do, do do do do, babyshark do do, do do do do, babyshark do do, do do do do, BABY SHARK. Mommy SHARK do do, do do do do...

Pielorinho: Hi, um, yes, I was at GenCon in '03. That was the first year in Indy, right?

 

[JesterPoet]

<waves hello>
I wish PC decided to introduce you to the table late on Saturday night when you stopped by and we were playing in Rel's game. Ethernaut & I were actually in your True Dungeon group (he was the wizard, I was the cleric). And I'll have you know, that song you decided to sing as the bard has been stuck in my head ever since

The key to True Dungeon is Bard song selection...


dorky white guy+Stevie Wonder= GOLDEN!

 

[Rel]

Well, aren't they?

They sure were the night I busted that out at a party...yada, yada, yada...I toted her pumpkin to the car.