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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 2516682" data-attributes="member: 635">Being that I've been near invisible on the Boards of late, it was incredibly refreshing to be remembered by some old friends...while having the opportunity to make new ones.  It was great seeing T-Bill, Crothian, buzz and others, and it was my distinct pleasure to meet PC, Rel, and Fusangite -- although I regret that I did not have the opportunity to game with any of you.This was easily the most fun I've had attending GenCon and I could share a dozen highlights from my trip.  However, I will only pass along one story for the time being to sum up how entertaining my experience was.  A friend and I were supposed to play in Sean K. Reynolds Thursday afternoon "When Luna Calls" D&D game to kickoff our Con.  Yet there was someone far more determined to to be in that game than I was.  Here's the scoop:When the table our game was to be played at cleared from the previous group, my friend Bob and another fellow sat down.  A young man approached the unknown gamer seated at the table and asked if he would be willing to trade his seat in the Thursday game for a seat in Sean's friday game.  The unknown gamer politely passed on the session trade offer.  The young man then asked my friend Bob if he would be willing to trade session days and times for Sean's game, but Bob indicated that he had a conflicting game scheduled on Friday.  So the young man turned to me and asked if I would make the trade he'd just offered two other people at the table.  I told him that while I'd love to help, I was scheduled to play in the same Cthulhu Masters Tournament session as the previous person he'd just spoken to.The young man turns to a few friends hovering near the table with him; quietly stews for perhaps 30-45 seconds; then blurts out to me, "I'll give you a $100 if you'll trade games."I respond by saying (in my most incredulous voice), "Really?!?" The young man responds, "I'm completely serious.  $100 to swap games right now."I ask, "What do you know about this game that I don't know?"  A fair question IMHO.The young man says, "I really like Sean's writing and DM style, and I'd like to play with my friends (as he gestures to the three people hovering near the table) who all have tickets for this session."At which point I say, "OK, done."I get up from the table, the young man smiles gleefully as he pulls out a wad of cash and peels off five $20 bills.  I tell my friend Bob that I'll stay and watch the game, just to see what I passed up.  But Bob shakes his head 'no' and says that he'd rather go browse the Exhibitor Hall after fumbling his initiative check to respond to the $100 offer.FWIW, Most of the money was spent jointly since I didn't feel right keeping it all to myself.  In retrospect, I should have taken the cash then offered Sean $50 to run another game for me just to see this guy's expression <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> !!</blockquote>

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