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Badges are for sale, and yet there isn't a 2016 thread. Why have you forsaken us, Quarex?
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Jan 23, 2016 00:40
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Got mine. Only like half a year left guys!
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Jan 23, 2016 02:57
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Ah, these salad days of badge purchasing before we all turn on each other during the room lottery (which will, as always, have a backdoor that will cause problems). GenCon!
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Jan 23, 2016 03:19
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Deathlove posted:Ah, these salad days of badge purchasing before we all turn on each other during the room lottery (which will, as always, have a backdoor that will cause problems). GenCon! I'LL KILL YOU YOU SON OF A BITCH edit; for your room obv Nemesis Of Moles fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 03:20
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Keep the faith my friends! Keep alive the dream of the downtown hotel! :Returns inside ivory tower with VIG Companion friend.:
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Jan 23, 2016 04:19
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I booked a hotel within a mile in August either it was a great find or a loving shithole and I'll regret it.
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Jan 23, 2016 04:34
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The one time it's ever been advantageous to be living in Indianapolis 
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Jan 23, 2016 04:38
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I think we need to do this room lottery Ork style. I'm 6'5" so I'll go first...
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Jan 23, 2016 04:44
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They should just use Lucas Oil as a shanty town and tent city. It'll be somewhere between Fallout 4 and the execution scene from the Omega Man. 5XL shirts will make excellent tents and you can all get in on the ground floor of my new pet project, the utili-ger.
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Jan 23, 2016 04:57
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Do the 4 day badges sell out at all or do they just sell as many as they can? I want to wait until the 30th to grab my tickets.
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Jan 23, 2016 04:59
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When do badges get sent out? As they're ordered, or do they do them all at once during the summer? Probably going to be moving in April, so I don't want to have my badges sent to the wrong address.
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Jan 23, 2016 05:11
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Usually they get sent out around July if I'm remembering correctly. I don't think they sell out of anything other than VIG and VIG Companion passes, which have a finite amount.
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Jan 23, 2016 05:14
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I really want to buy a badge, but considering that the folks I go with aren't going this year it's highly unlikely I'll be able to go with no one to split a room with.
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Jan 23, 2016 05:57
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Badges for sale with the hotel apocalypse coming this Sunday and we're stuck with this 2015 thread. Quarex, I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed
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Jan 23, 2016 07:14
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JetSet posted:When do badges get sent out? As they're ordered, or do they do them all at once during the summer? Probably going to be moving in April, so I don't want to have my badges sent to the wrong address. Will Call now opens on Wednesday (at like noon I think) and is open 24 hours a day during the con. I'd honestly recommend the Will Call if you aren't sure the badges will be mailed to the correct address.
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Jan 23, 2016 07:59
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TheHoosier posted:The one time it's ever been advantageous to be living in Indianapolis  10/10 will pretend to be a tourist in my own city again
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Jan 23, 2016 08:29
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Reynold posted:
Same. That and we get to watch the room lotto fight from afar.
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Jan 23, 2016 14:50
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No Gen Con for me this year. I have to live vicariously through y'all.
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Jan 23, 2016 15:48
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It feels so weird not having to join the hotel melee this year. I get to make up for it with Gary Con event registration in a couple hours. Still think I'll get my badge this weekend, just seems wrong not to.
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Jan 23, 2016 15:54
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Rad Valtar posted:I booked a hotel within a mile in August either it was a great find or a loving shithole and I'll regret it. Yeah, I've got a room in the Westin, but GenCon rate is cheaper.
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Jan 23, 2016 16:56
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Deathlove posted:Yeah, I've got a room in the Westin, but GenCon rate is cheaper. I figured it was more expensive but the security of knowing it's done was worth it.
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Jan 23, 2016 17:55
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As someone who has never actually won the housing Thunderdome, what kinda rooms can you get through it? Prices, locations, etc? And uh, how strictly do they enforce that 1-2 people per badge thing? Nemesis Of Moles fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 18:05
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:As someone who has never actually won the housing Thunderdome, what kinda rooms can you get through it? Prices, locations, etc? The Thunderdome covers all of the downtown hotels though I think there are a couple small ones not in it. Prices differ based on the hotel. The JW is of course going to be more expensive than the La Quinta Inn down by the prison. They might have raised the rates too. I don't think we'll know until Tina Turner repels down from that ceiling. EDIT: I don't think they strictly enforce it unless you're cramming a dozen gamers into a room. How many people are you planning on cramming into a room? RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Jan 23, 2016 19:54
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4, which I'd imagine should be ok, I had a single suite with 6 people squeezed in last year so this year I'll be in the lap of relative luxury.
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Jan 23, 2016 20:01
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:As someone who has never actually won the housing Thunderdome, what kinda rooms can you get through it? Prices, locations, etc? Rooms per badge, right? quote:Room Limits In-Place You can cram as many people into a room as the hotel will let you get away with, and in my experience the hotels don't give a poo poo as long as you're not openly doing it and you don't piss off the cleaner. We had 10 to a standard double room in 2014, and 12 to a suite last year. Probably end up doing again this year.
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Jan 23, 2016 21:10
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Holy poo poo. I refused to do more than 3 per room because I like to be able to sleep in a bed rather than in a pile of all my friends like we're mice.
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Jan 23, 2016 21:21
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Having 7+ people in a room is a rite of passage.
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Jan 23, 2016 21:58
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How can you all fit your body pillows in there with you? Seems like a logistics nightmare.
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Jan 23, 2016 23:01
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:How can you all fit your body pillows in there with you? Seems like a logistics nightmare.  STEALTH EDIT: That said, I think there's gonna be four or five of us in the room.
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Jan 23, 2016 23:19
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It's not too bad if you are all good friends and bring earplugs. Keeps costs down. I would do the suite thing again this year only I don't think we are going to have enough people. It was awesome to have a room that could seat our entire group in comfort. That fucker was huge -- had a round table that would seat 8 easily and was perfect for gaming. Then there was a couch and a couple of recliners in a different area. It cost like $1000 a night, but split 12 ways that's fine. And we could just book it without having to go through the whole lottery thing. Waifu pillows get left at home. No wives, no waifus. No husbands, no..husbandus? Is that even a thing? It's probably a thing. Quarters are tighter on the drive up than in the room.
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Jan 23, 2016 23:19
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I'm planning on doing the whole 4 days this year.
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Jan 24, 2016 00:03
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I believe it is spelled "hasubando," Saint Gerald. Mai hasubando pillow~ Oh Making a new thread ugh so hard I guess I will start by looking at my pictures from last year for inspiration! And will otherwise mostly copy/paste the original post from this year, though of course with corrections corrected rather than annotated. That made sense right
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Jan 24, 2016 01:23
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saint gerald posted:It's not too bad if you are all good friends and bring earplugs. Keeps costs down. You could always come share my futon with me. I will just have to let the wife know she gets the bed to herself that week.
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Jan 24, 2016 01:59
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Dr. Quarex posted:I believe it is spelled "hasubando," Saint Gerald. Hasubando. I pray to all that is holy that I am never in the situation of having to need to know that again. Backno posted:You could always come share my futon with me. I will just have to let the wife know she gets the bed to herself that week. I am slathering myself from head to toe in apple butter in anticipation.
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Jan 24, 2016 02:43
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saint gerald posted:Hasubando. I pray to all that is holy that I am never in the situation of having to need to know that again. Too bad you 2 destroyed your goodie basket before this storm hit.
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Jan 24, 2016 12:46
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Which hotels should I be gunning for if I somehow get a sweet lottery spot
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Jan 24, 2016 17:50
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For those who are about to die, we salute you.
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Jan 24, 2016 17:53
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Texibus posted:Which hotels should I be gunning for if I somehow get a sweet lottery spot http://www.gencon.com/attend/hotelmap Downtown ones connected by skyway or within a few blocks will be good. As far as quality IDK but you should be gaming, not sleeping
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Jan 24, 2016 17:54
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The best part if you don't get a good hotel is watching the gencon forums and everyone proclaim "I"M NOT GOING THIS YEAR NOW! THX GENCON!!11" or writing super long rants about how their situation should allow for the first picks of hotels.
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Texibus posted:Which hotels should I be gunning for if I somehow get a sweet lottery spot JW Marriott, Marriott Downtown, Westin, Hyatt Regency, Le Meredian, Omni Severin, Crowne Plaza. And goodbye, GenCon website. Deathlove fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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