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Fellis posted:Unfortunately, st gerald was being sarcastic Yeah, seriously just get in groupme and then ask "Any goons want to meet up" during gencon and get fifty replies. High Velocity was great to meet up at.
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I love you all but please don't use Soylent in place of actual food. Half of the fun of GenCon is going to all the cool places around for food and I don't want my fiasco buddies getting heavy metal poisoning from their nutrient sludge.
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I love you all but please don't use Soylent in place of actual food. Half of the fun of GenCon is going to all the cool places around for food and I don't want my fiasco buddies getting heavy metal poisoning from their nutrient sludge.
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I just remade it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jNHe8oYKYbffaelCoeTtf_0RXbnC1_e12K-cWTFs2sA/edit?usp=sharing The groupme is better while at Gen Con, but for planning purposes I think the spreadsheet is way better. Go add your info Gen-Goons!
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Yeah, if you go full-Soylent, you will miss out on the joy of Haveli, which will make you a sad goon.
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Jun 7, 2017 18:26
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I've never put anything in the store or auction but I really want to get rid of my Marvel Dice Masters collection. I'm thinking the store would be the best bet.
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Thanks for the opinions on the bridge simulations! It sounds like they are something to skip, but I do have one final question--everyone was mentioning opinions on Artemis, but it looked like there were two other bridge simulation systems in the events catalogue. Is that just my misunderstanding and they're all actually based off Artemis? Or is Artemis the only one to definitely avoid?
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Agrias120 posted:Thanks for the opinions on the bridge simulations! It sounds like they are something to skip, but I do have one final question--everyone was mentioning opinions on Artemis, but it looked like there were two other bridge simulation systems in the events catalogue. Is that just my misunderstanding and they're all actually based off Artemis? Or is Artemis the only one to definitely avoid? I only have personal experience with Artemis: lots of fun to play at home with friends, bad experience at GenCon.
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nesbit37 posted:I just remade it: Ilor posted:Yeah, if you go full-Soylent, you will miss out on the joy of Haveli, which will make you a sad goon. Rad Valtar posted:I've never put anything in the store or auction but I really want to get rid of my Marvel Dice Masters collection. I'm thinking the store would be the best bet. Yeah anyone who has anything remotely nerdy clogging up closets or basements at home--GRAB IT AND PUT IT IN THE AUCTION Some of the things I have loaded up and sold at previous Auctions (that you might not immediately think to sell) to varying degrees of great success (I think everything in this list went for at least $10):
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Fellis posted:Unfortunately, st gerald was being sarcastic Oh good lord yes. Every year the challenge is always to fit the Gencon events around the shenanigans from the good folks in this thread. Now that sounds even more sarcastic than my other post. This one isn't sarcastic, honest. And don't bring Soylent because you'll miss out on some good food and good times and what even is that stuff anyway.
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Haveli's best thing is their buffet, go during their lunch buffet and theres no losing move
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I'm skipping meals to save money to buy toys, duh.
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Forget games, i just want to eat St Elmo and Haveli all week.
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Slandible posted:Forget games, i just want to eat St Elmo and Haveli all week. This guy gets it.
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+1 for Haveli buffet, and if you go at like 11am or 1pm it's not even crowded. I intend to do that any day I don't have events so hit me up goons.saint gerald posted:Now that sounds even more sarcastic than my other post. This one isn't sarcastic, honest. And don't bring Soylent because you'll miss out on some good food and good times and what even is that stuff anyway. I said "unfortunately" because shattering your preconcieved notions about how bad goons are is disorienting  Also soylent is gross, sharing a meal with folks is like 33% of human existance don't cheapen it. If you really want to eat on the cheap/efficient/low cost i have a video for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFV73wpEAw E: not actually advocating this behavior, just illustrating an extreme
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I now understand why I have never Havelid properly, because I am a world-famous lunch-avoider at the convention. As I think I already literally posted once on this very page Oh well, I will just sit in the Auction with my expired Sunbelt Granola Bar stash and stare wistfully in the direction of Haveli's buffet Edit: The guy in that video just said "flaccid bacon" and now I am sad Edit: O.K. for as much as some of this is super-weird I am intrigued by the concept of the prison fridge and I have to acknowledge I never knew the avocado trick. Though I also suspect it means further ruining any overripe avocado still in the store. Pretty libertarian Edit: A name I have not heard since the late 1990s apparently always wins the egg-making contest at some hacker convention Dr. Quarex fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Yeah that guy is Libertarian with a capital L, but it seems to be more "goobermint messing with my off the grid cabin in the woods" vs "literally eat the poor FYGM" Oh poo poo groupme is leaking into the thread pull up pull up Also, sorry in advance for infecting your youtube recommended with videos of that guy's talks but they are pretty interesting because he's a physical security consultant. I like the one on elevators.
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Dr. Quarex posted:Yeah anyone who has anything remotely nerdy clogging up closets or basements at home--GRAB IT AND PUT IT IN THE AUCTION True words. Two years ago i was in the room when an item came up: a lovely rusty red toolbox full of weird index cards and some terrain bits and masking tape and I think a butterknife. The auctioneer dubbed it the "hobo murder toolkit," and I knew I needed to have it. A couple of dollars later she was mine! I've murdered no hobos with it* but I did turn it into a case for my Guild Ball minis (Masons) and other nerds are jealous. Dreams can come true at the auction, goons. People will pay money for your crap that you can't imagine anyone else wanting. I'm living proof!
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Carteret posted:lol just lol if you've never had the meat-sweats at GenCon *angry chanting* GROVER LUNCH! GROVER LUNCH!
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Woot! Thank you hotel script, just got a room at the Hilton Garden Inn. Was really hoping for the Westin or something attached but I'll take it.
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WerrWaaa posted:Any word on best swag to pick up this year? Goon hugs are in hot demand
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FFG just announced they are adding more tickets for the L5R event. 2nd Chance!
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head58 posted:True words. Two years ago i was in the room when an item came up: a lovely rusty red toolbox full of weird index cards and some terrain bits and masking tape and I think a butterknife. The auctioneer dubbed it the "hobo murder toolkit," and I knew I needed to have it. A couple of dollars later she was mine! I've murdered no hobos with it* but I did turn it into a case for my Guild Ball minis (Masons) and other nerds are jealous. Carteret posted:FFG just announced they are adding more tickets for the L5R event. 2nd Chance!
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Hot Tip for those wanting to buy THE NEW HOTNESS at GenCon: Don't. In more words, you shouldn't because: 1. VIGs will likely buy them out during their special shopping hour they get before the whole shebang begins. 2. VIGs will likely gouge you for the privilege of buying it from them. 3. Your FLGS is going to have it shortly after you get back anyways, and you should let the MSRP support your store instead of the manufacturer/sweaty VIGs.
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The VIG-salt is pouring in from the Gen Con forums I see. AlsoLuiCypher posted:... This. Especially never stand in line at the FFG booth. Also, if you want in early the VIGs aren't even the biggest part of that. It's all 'bout dat Trade Day badge now. (Which is the reason they slashed the number of companions the VIGs could bring this year.)
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And also why they cut Educators from being able to use the Exhibition Hall on Trade Day this year. Which is a drat shame, as it would have been one of the most tangible uses thus far of the Dr. part of my name.
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8one6 posted:The VIG-salt is pouring in from the Gen Con forums I see. Also I'll be happy to revise that by stating that last year, before regular attendees even stepped foot into the hall, VIGs bought every copy of SeaFall. You could not buy it if you had a regular badge - they were all gone basically before the con even started. I will also say that this is not entirely the fault of the VIG program. I would argue that most of the blame falls on suppliers deliberate under-supplying (like a toy manufacturer) to create excess demand and driving hype. Plaid Hat is almost always guilty of this and (surprise surprise) they published SeaFall. Case in point, Stonemaier brought a lot of boxes of Scythe with them, and even though it was a hyped and well-reviewed game they were able to meet the demand. I remember that they always held onto some so they had copies available to sell every day of the con.
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Dr. Quarex posted:And also why they cut Educators from being able to use the Exhibition Hall on Trade Day this year. Which is a drat shame, as it would have been one of the most tangible uses thus far of the Dr. part of my name. Even though I don't have an educators badge this year it pissed me off. I mean the educator part of trade day already kind of sucks, and now for the same price you get less badge value. They should at least drop the cost or something since the educators are mostly non-profit folk coming.
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nesbit37 posted:Even though I don't have an educators badge this year it pissed me off. I mean the educator part of trade day already kind of sucks, and now for the same price you get less badge value. They should at least drop the cost or something since the educators are mostly non-profit folk coming.
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There's honestly no reason to buy anything at Gencon that you can't get at your FLGS unless it's a crazy good deal, which is rare, or exclusive to GenCon, which is also rare.
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Does anyone happen to know if the new Scythe expansion will be available at Gencon? From what I've seen online I don't think so, but I'm not sure what information everyone else is privy to.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:There's honestly no reason to buy anything at Gencon that you can't get at your FLGS unless it's a crazy good deal, which is rare, or exclusive to GenCon, which is also rare. The big exception being if you want to get something signed.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:There's honestly no reason to buy anything at Gencon that you can't get at your FLGS unless it's a crazy good deal, which is rare, or exclusive to GenCon, which is also rare. But yes, my purchases in the Exhibition Hall itself have almost entirely switched from games to another category of thing you might want to get there: fabulous clothing and accessories!!! I think a good 25% of my shirts are from Gen-Con, and I would like to bring my sock tally up around that percentage as well. It would be easier if the average nerdy shirt were not per this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w700Q_5-y0 Edit: Oh and beyond fabulous clothing and accessories another category of things you can clearly buy at Gen-Con and not feel bad for stealing money from your local economy is incredibly stupidly expensive furniture
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A lot products get released much earlier at Gencon than retail, and you can find a few Kickstarter exclusives, but otherwise you're just paying a big premium. The one exception is the CGE booth with the crazy guy that will cut you deals left and right. I think I got 3 Dominion expansions for $40 total last year from him.
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Dr. Quarex posted:The other big exception being if you are in the Auction/Auction Store, as they specialize heavily in "crazy good deals" in huge numbers and, well, sort of "exclusive to Gen-Con" in the sense that your local game store is not going to have, say, a shrinkwrapped copy of a rare game from 1976. Buy whatever you want at gencon. I come from canada so furniture is out of the question. If you see a fancy game you might want, note it down and go back on Sunday and see if its there. I'd say you might be missing out on things if you go to gencon to just buy things. Go out to events or meetup with goons.
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Haystack posted:The big exception being if you want to get something signed. This is also very true. Dr. Quarex posted:The other big exception being if you are in the Auction/Auction Store, as they specialize heavily in "crazy good deals" in huge numbers and, well, sort of "exclusive to Gen-Con" in the sense that your local game store is not going to have, say, a shrinkwrapped copy of a rare game from 1976. This is also true. I love the auctions and go every year. If I don't get anything, I go for the spectacle as well. I was mainly talking about the door busting at the dealer hall to get that new game that comes out a month from Gencon.
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