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It takes a woman who is secure in herself to dress up like a germanic tribesman.

Ah, I saw the link now.

No, no, no, not Ostra/Visi Goths, silly.

I thought you meant Goths with "little rainclouds of doom above their heads wherever they go" type Goths. Porcelain skin, black hair & make-up, yadda yadda yadda ...

Back to topic, please!
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Alright, back on topic. (I think my topic was cooler, but anycrap)

I'm signing up for events. (Too damn late, I know, but I think I can squeeze in a few.)

What events do you guys recomend? I was thinking about taking a few writing workshops. Also, I was thinking of trying out the foam weapon thingy, because I want to beat on people with foam weapons. Also thinking about attending a mini painting seminar, as my technique could use some refinement.

I also am going to an RPGA tournament, which I fully expect to get my ass kicked hard, on the grounds that I really really suck at stuff like that, but hey.

Is there anything you guys have done which you would recomend? This is my first con.

Honestly I find that signing up for things at Con is a waste of time. Standing in line for an event simply takes longer than wandering around until you find a game that needs an extra person. Just poking around and looking at stuff will be more informative and get you playing more games than anything else.

You don't even need omni tickets. The vast majority of groups running demos are running demos. They honestly want you to play their games and resent people from the Con organization trying to ration out who gets to play and when.

Those few times an event was being sufficiently scrutinized that it actually needed people to cough up tickets, there's always some poor guy who has been left holding the bag on a pack of omnitickets that he can't use.

Of course in my experience, you don't even need a hotel room or place to stay. Just show up at the airport and there will be enough gaming geeks around that someone you've never met can spot you a place on the floor.

Scheduling yourself at a con is like scheduling yourself at an amusement park. You're there to have fun, not to check off boxes. Just show up, smile a lot, and don' get emmotionally invested in things. You really can get by entirely on your personality and willingness to try new things.

-Username17

Hmm, that sounds like a good idea. I think I'll give that a try.

It's just hard for me to let go of scheduling at times. At work, I'm notoriously meticulous about how I do things, it's hard to let go of that when it's time to undwind. But what the hell, I'll give it a try.

My girlfriends and I were going to go, but 2 out of the 4 of us got our plans nixed at the last moment. (sigh) We'll try next year, since we all went the prior 2 years.

And no, it's really not a good idear for chicks to bum floor space from gamer guys. Ergo, we splurge on opulent hotel rooms with swimming pools and nice vending machines.

I would be happy to share floor space with you.

-Username17

Wait, did you just invite yourself?

So are you definitely going, Frank? It'd be good to see you again.

Wrenfield, there are currently three of us looking for a fourth person to split a room with. Yeah, we're all guys, but we bunked with a chick last year and it was all good. Let me know if you are interested.

Game On,
fbmf

I'd offer to help, but I promise I WOULD make you feel vaguely uncomfortable, that's what I do to people.

However, it wouldn't be any different if you were male, just for the record.

Thank you all for the kind offers! Especially the wacky offers. But alas, since half the sisterhood baled, the other half nixed the travel plans, out of loyalty the others.

Although I am a bit dissapointed that none of you offered to help me crowbar-open the hotel vending machines. Where's the chivalry on this messageboard, dammit?!?!

Wrenfield at [unixtime wrote:1118427559[/unixtime]]
Although I am a bit dissapointed that none of you offered to help me crowbar-open the hotel vending machines. Where's the chivalry on this messageboard, dammit?!?!

Sorry, but since the Women's Right's movement, you chicks have to crowbar your own machines.

Besides, no junk food for me, I'm trying to lose weight.

I don't have anything to say except I'm so pumped for Gencon, I head-butt my wife so hard we both screamed.

[The Great Fence Builder Speaks]
The threads for 2004 and 2005 were merged into one, and I figure we can just use the same thread for future GenCons.
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Who's going this year?

Game On,
fbmf

I will be going again this year.

As last year, there is a line of people who want to beat my ass. Pre-registration to try to beat my ass will be closing on Friday, so be sure to register until then.

Note the "try", as I don't guarantee that you'll be able to do so, that's up to you and your abilities.

I'm almost completely certain we'll be going this year. There's still a slim chance we'll need to back out, but as of now we look to be attending again.

I"m in and have no idea what I'll be doing. This is my first con too.

No, not this year. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad one, since I can be painfully shy in large groups of strangers and have a nasty tendency to just sort of stand around, fade into the background, and then feel horribly depressed for the next few days.

But maybe next year!

--d.

The one and only Oberoni is definitely going.

I will say from past observation that Frank's crazy sounding GenCon plan actually seemed to work for him.

...is one funny MF.

This is a short message because I must return to my quest to find the mythical land of the Seven Bars.
If only FBMF's woman would stop distracting me with tasty bits of ankle and drinking shots with her hands behind her back I might have found it by now...

[The Associate Fence Builder Speaks]
Merged with Gen Con thread.
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Keep the Magic Alive,
Ramnza

Krowout wrote:
This is a short message because I must return to my quest to find the mythical land of the Seven Bars.

I am convinced they never existed.

Good to see you made it over, krowout. Hope to see you at the next GENCON.

Game On,
fbmf