 GenCon 2012, The last GenCon of the World!! |
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 Aug 16 2012, 02:44 PM
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Old Man of the North  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,120 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463  |
Ah, for the days when I used to carry lead figures with me around the con. My favourite, best-painted ones. Then I put them down for a moment in the vendors' area to pay for something. *Sigh* I hope whoever took them still enjoys them.
But still there were books and food and new toys and books and promos and drinks and books ... Oh, well. It may yet come that I return to such halcyon days. Enjoy, boys and girls. |
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Aug 16 2012, 09:50 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (Mister Shed @ Aug 15 2012, 05:22 AM)  I'll be missing the meet & greet since I'm getting in at around 9pm tonight, but I'll see you all at Claddagh. The surprise GM meeting at 5:00 kinda killed the Meet & Greet. Grendel ran a crazy run to Antarctica in the evening though!! I mean, I don't know anything about a run to Antarctica.... |
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Aug 19 2012, 02:44 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Wife and I had an absolute blast today at Scramble and got to say howdy to Bull, Aaron, and Redjack. Lookin to complete the set by possibly meeting Canray and Critias tomorrow, if possible?
This has been a great Gencon - our very first Scramble went amazing. Wife got handed a certificate of stock for ORO corporation while we were scrambling and the GM said it did t have anything to do with the game tho - anyone else have this happen? Even if the Catalyst guys are being noisy down the hall of our hotel room (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 19 2012, 10:41 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Finally got Dumpshock to work on my 900 Mhz portable system.
Good GenCon, pity I didn't get to PLAY ANY SHADOWRUN AGAIN! I go home in the morniing. |
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Aug 20 2012, 01:18 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Hey Can, I tried hunting you and Critias down this morning and couldn't find you to say howdy.
Where were you guys staying, out of curiosity? |
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Aug 20 2012, 01:40 AM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 19 2012, 04:41 PM) Good GenCon, pity I didn't get to PLAY ANY SHADOWRUN AGAIN! So remember this moment and next year when I tell you to schedule time to play a game with me... schedule the time! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 20 2012, 12:55 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
And now I can't even leave the city...
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Aug 20 2012, 12:58 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Aug 19 2012, 08:18 PM) Hey Can, I tried hunting you and Critias down this morning and couldn't find you to say howdy. Holiday Inn Express for awhile. On the streets if they decide to be pricks about not doing my wake-up calls so I could have caught my train.Where were you guys staying, out of curiosity? Calls. Two. I really wanted to be sure I caught my train. |
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Aug 20 2012, 01:36 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Man, I'm sorry! That sucks duder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
We were in the Marriott and think we had some Catalyst guys staying a couple doors down from us. We were wondering if you / Crit were among them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 20 2012, 06:43 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Aug 19 2012, 08:18 PM) Sorry I didn't get to run into ya, 'muse. I was in the Scramble, too, though, so y'all might have seen me -- monochromatic clothing, and the black-and-white cyberarm sleeve (and black Cobra ballcap). We were all running around so much I'm not surprised lots of us missed each other, but it would'a been nice to be able to say hi to you! |
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Aug 20 2012, 07:12 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 11-August 09 Member No.: 17,494 |
Well, Geoncon has come and gone. I really hope next year they don't stick us in the ICC hall. it was damn annoying to be yelling jsut to be heard during a normal Missions game.
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Aug 20 2012, 07:51 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Shecky @ Aug 20 2012, 02:12 PM) Well, Geoncon has come and gone. I really hope next year they don't stick us in the ICC hall. it was damn annoying to be yelling jsut to be heard during a normal Missions game. The GM bottles of water really helped me, I know that!When I do JimCon and KeyCon in the 'Peg, I'll have to remember to buy a case. |
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Aug 20 2012, 08:59 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
As Recovery Monday draws to a close, and another Gencon goes in the books, I've been reflective.
On the whole, I had a great time. To anyone who's even considered it, volunteer to judge a round or two along with playing. It gave me a nice contrast with playing, and the staff were great to us. As always, I had a blast with the Scramble, though I might or might not have been making my own fun for a portion of it. My Missions character got to hang up his M-23 and his aviator sunglasses in a way that was just right. Big thanks to all the volunteers to who made the Scramble (and really all of Missions) happen. As always, it was great to catch up with a bunch of folks, along with meeting new ones and putting names and faces with forum names. On the other hand, the decision to put all of the Catalyst products together in one room was an atrocious one. Putting Missions back in the JW with the other RPGs and the Scramble back in Union Station with the other LARPs would do the campaign (and the convention) a great service. It was far too loud to comfortably play, which is insane given what Gencon is charging per slot. Also, the hard floors meant every dropped die bounced half way to Green Bay. Being in the main ICC also meant no courtesy outlets for the large numbers of people travelling with netbooks and tablets. Barring something weird, I'll still see all y'all next summer. |
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Aug 20 2012, 09:04 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
While, personally, I liked being able to peek over at all the shadowrunners having fun (while I played a little BattleTech), it was really damned loud in there. I understand it made life easier on GenCon to lump all the CGL stuff together, but...yeah. It made for an awful lot of background noise for the RPGers to deal with. There's an awful lot more talking involved in an RPG session than a wargame, after all.
Hopefully the GenCon organizers will hear our desperate pleas. |
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Aug 21 2012, 01:45 AM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
It was great seeing those of you I caught up with! Even if meeting Bull was just briefly passing in the vendor's area. I'm still struggling with this 'occupy only a single point at a single moment in time' rule. Somehow four days just isn't enough!
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Aug 21 2012, 01:57 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
It's the great GenCon Oxymoron. Four days just isn't enough time to do what you want, but more than four days would probably kill every last one of us (judging from how exhausted we all are at the end of it).
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Aug 21 2012, 02:21 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Aw man, Nezumi was there too? People I missed...
Critias, I was the quiet guy with the notebook all day. I saw you walk by at the CGL booth during the rally and thought to say something. Oh well, next year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 21 2012, 02:07 PM
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Running Target Group: Banned Posts: 1,105 Joined: 23-August 10 Member No.: 18,961 |
I saw CGL was charging three times the normal rate to play in Battletech games. Was it the same for SR?
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Aug 21 2012, 02:12 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Aug 18 2012, 08:44 PM) Wife and I had an absolute blast today at Scramble and got to say howdy to Bull, Aaron, and Redjack. Lookin to complete the set by possibly meeting Canray and Critias tomorrow, if possible? This has been a great Gencon - our very first Scramble went amazing. Wife got handed a certificate of stock for ORO corporation while we were scrambling and the GM said it did t have anything to do with the game tho - anyone else have this happen? Even if the Catalyst guys are being noisy down the hall of our hotel room (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ORO certificates was something penguin cooked up unrelated to any Catalyst events, but still interesting. You can find a web site online using the pattern printed on the back of the certificate. As for noisy Catalyst guys, if it was Wednesday night on 14th floor of Marriot, Thursday or Friday night on the 9th floor, or Saturday night on the 8th floor, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT! Shadowrunners are always welcome to stop in and introduce themselves. |
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Aug 21 2012, 04:07 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (almost normal @ Aug 21 2012, 09:07 AM) I saw CGL was charging three times the normal rate to play in Battletech games. Was it the same for SR? Where exactly did you see that? Because I know for a fact that they didn't do so for every Battletech game. I know they do charge extra for their "Trial of Bloodright" events, but that's because you end up leaving it with either some painted miniatures (if you win) or some CGL booth gift certificates (if you don't). It's a special "keep what you kill" event, and I think charging extra is perfectly fair. But as for their Grinder, Boot Camp, and Campaign Scenario sessions? They weren't charging any extra, in any of them that I signed up for. |
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Aug 21 2012, 09:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 16-October 11 Member No.: 40,831 |
QUOTE (DireRadiant @ Aug 21 2012, 03:12 PM) ORO certificates was something penguin cooked up unrelated to any Catalyst events, but still interesting. You can find a web site online using the pattern printed on the back of the certificate. As for noisy Catalyst guys, if it was Wednesday night on 14th floor of Marriot, Thursday or Friday night on the 9th floor, or Saturday night on the 8th floor, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT! Shadowrunners are always welcome to stop in and introduce themselves. Very cool! I did scan the QR code. it looks like if you get four of them together you can scan another QR code. Curious where that would lead to... And the 14th floor was loud all week (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Aug 23 2012, 12:28 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Finally, at long last, I'm home...
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Aug 23 2012, 01:57 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 22 2012, 08:28 PM) Finally, at long last, I'm home... I have to admit, I'm not sure if the snippets I've read of your grand travel adventure make me want to take the train to Indy next year, or make me never want to go near a train again. Glad your fiasco came to an end. |
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Aug 23 2012, 02:35 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
I'm still trying to figure out The Best Way To Get To GenCon ™, myself. I drove last year, and while it wasn't terrible, I didn't really have a fuel-efficient enough vehicle to make it really practical. I flew this year, and just the knowledge that my luggage space was so limited really killed a lot of the fun for me. I didn't buy hardly anything in the vendor's hall, what I did buy was really compact and easy to pack (no boardgames or anything)...maybe it was me blowing the whole thing out of proportion, but constantly thinking "Okay, I have to want this bad enough to pay for it AND to pay for shipping for it" just sucked lots of the fun out of the trip for me. Not to mention the last-minute itinerary changes that gave me a layover in Denver, taking my own trip schedule out of my hands.
Blech. All I want is cheap, readily available, schedule-customizable, transportation with unlimited capacity, able to get me from Texas to Indianapolis without travel time cutting into my GenCon plans too much. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? |
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Aug 23 2012, 02:48 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (DWC @ Aug 22 2012, 08:57 PM) I have to admit, I'm not sure if the snippets I've read of your grand travel adventure make me want to take the train to Indy next year, or make me never want to go near a train again. Glad your fiasco came to an end. Oh, you haven't even heard about my trip home...
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