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Toshimo posted:Indiana has really cracked down on the paperwork for auctioning a child since the incident. With that avatar I trust you're an expert in the matter.
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Glagha posted:Any advice for someone who is often solo looking to do "hey whatcha playing? Cool deal me in" type stuff? Anyone doing meetups? Like others have said, groupme is the answer to your problem. My boardgaming buddy and I hung out in the JW ballroom last year and had a blast trying out new games, watching games get played and chatting about games all night long, it's great.
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May 10, 2019 22:08
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Oh! If you are in the groupme, and have met people at Shots Wednesday, its easier to keep up with whatever the cool game is for this year, and where you can get a game in. Like last year: SO MUCH ROOT!
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OB_Juan posted:Oh! If you are in the groupme, and have met people at Shots Wednesday, its easier to keep up with whatever the cool game is for this year, and where you can get a game in. I'm posting in the GroupMe RIGHT NOW and I still recognize all these names. All you gotta do is ask if anything is going on, or ask if people want to play whatever you've got on hand. Someone will heed the call. Edit: I found this in the GroupMe gallery. I don't know if this is you, Dr., as I haven't seen you at the one Shots Wednesday I've been to. 
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I'm posting in the GroupMe RIGHT NOW and I still recognize all these names. All you gotta do is ask if anything is going on, or ask if people want to play whatever you've got on hand. Someone will heed the call. Holy poo poo! I think some of those stupid lamps are at the bottom of that pic.
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May 11, 2019 05:24
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This shot is from TOVA. COME TO TOVA WTF ARE YOU DOING WHY ARENT YOU THERE NOW
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May 11, 2019 07:36
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That is not a picture of Dr. Quarex, that is Pope Quarex the Twerk, very common mistake E: wait i think that’s a Jafar hat so it’s Magister Quarex (definitely not evil)
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May 11, 2019 13:59
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May 11, 2019 15:17
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I think this might be the year Quarex and I break from whatever we're doing during our Gen Con pilgrimage and actually go to Shots Wednesday; every year I feel like something else has come up although I don't remember what it ever is.
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May 11, 2019 15:46
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CaptainRat posted:I think this might be the year Quarex and I break from whatever we're doing during our Gen Con pilgrimage and actually go to Shots Wednesday; every year I feel like something else has come up although I don't remember what it ever is. Certainly not your liver enzymes.
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May 11, 2019 15:52
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Certainly not your liver enzymes. i definitley didn't reschedule my yearly bloodwork to be BEFORE gencon instead of after nope didnt do that. but if i had.
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May 11, 2019 16:08
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Haystack posted:Join the groupme and you'll get exactly that. Oh I see Fellis did this same thing in a much funnier way Hmm Yes that is fine Yes, giving the toy to the child, which you can see in this quote from your post, is indeed the right choice. But not the only choice. Toshimo posted:Indiana has really cracked down on the paperwork for auctioning a child since the incident. Maigius posted:Holy poo poo! I think some of those stupid lamps are at the bottom of that pic. We regret to inform you that it is Jafar. I am not even mad about that being such a terrible picture of me considering it is an accurate representation of the tragic experience of being near me Fellis posted:That is not a picture of Dr. Quarex, that is Pope Quarex the Twerk, very common mistake Deviant posted:god emperor quarex doesnt go to shots wednesday anyway. CaptainRat posted:I think this might be the year Quarex and I break from whatever we're doing during our Gen Con pilgrimage and actually go to Shots Wednesday; every year I feel like something else has come up although I don't remember what it ever is.
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May 11, 2019 23:53
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Dr. Gargunza posted:Who's running the Star Trek Adventures "Survive Wolf 359" event? (he asked, pretty sure he's not even going to be able to make it this year and also super bummed about it) It's called a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. I'm running it on Thursday and Sunday morning. (The Sunday morning slot is getting moved to 10 am to go into the Modiphius room.) If you can't make it, let me know. I'm going to run the module so I can get a feel for how it hits the table.
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I don't go to Shots Wednesday because my car crew (which this year is looking to be like a convoy crew) likes to do a thing together on Wednesday night (lately, it's been Yard House) before we end up all going our separate ways during the con. I'll pretty much do shots (of things other than Malört) whenever, though. Gen Con is basically my only regular vacation. (Bonspiels don't count, those are serious competition (that also tend to involve a good amount of drinking).)
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May 13, 2019 16:16
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CellBlock posted:I'll pretty much do shots (of things other than Malört) whenever, though. I still have about 1/3 of the bottle left.
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May 13, 2019 17:32
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I want to say you won't get me to drink anymore, but I'm a sucker for death pacts.
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Dr. Quarex posted:And adding us to Shots Wednesday will likely in no way interfere with your ability to consume all the shots yourself, as I do not drink and I am not sure I have seen Captain Rat drink in like five years, but maybe he does sometimes??? I am basically teetotal at this point. Gen Con!
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May 14, 2019 00:07
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I mean, if you want to avoid the hangover you can just take turns downing shots of chocolate milk until you puke.
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Ilor posted:I mean, if you want to avoid the hangover you can just take turns downing shots of chocolate milk until you puke. This sounds even more depraved than alcohol abuse I’m in
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May 14, 2019 03:53
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I met a British guy named I think, Lloyd, at shots Wednesday. He's Drugged Dwarf here. He bought my girlfriend and I drinks so I bought his teetotaller rear end an orange juice and we had a long winded handshake contest. We're basically best friends and I'll be really embarrassed if I got his name wrong.
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May 14, 2019 04:07
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In case anyone didn't know about it, the high programmer website is way easier to browse for Gen Con events. http://gencon.highprogrammer.com/
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I am formally declaring Shots Wednesday to begin at 6pm Wednesday at The Rathskeller http://www.rathskeller.com/ Be there and be square. They close at 10, so we're starting early. It is an uber, not a walk. We will sit in the outdoor beer garden, because it does not require a reservation or hard numbers, as is tradition.
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May 14, 2019 17:44
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Deviant posted:I am formally declaring There is an outdoor entrance to the beer garden, you don't have to walk through the likely very crowded restaurant to get there. Have they always closed at 10? Edit: It still amuses me that the German beer garden serves "French Asiago" pizzas. Admiral Joeslop fucked around with this message at 18:34 on May 14, 2019 |
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May 14, 2019 18:31
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Admiral Joeslop posted:There is an outdoor entrance to the beer garden, you don't have to walk through the likely very crowded restaurant to get there. closing early has always been a problem yes, which is why i am upping the start time to 6, since no one shows up on time to anything ever anyway
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May 14, 2019 18:38
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We usually metastasize to the HV afterward.
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May 14, 2019 18:51
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As is tradition.
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Is “metastasize” the technical term for the motion of a group of goons?
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CellBlock posted:Is “metastasize” the technical term for the motion of a group of goons? Yes, and the correct term for the group is a 'failure'.
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May 15, 2019 14:42
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Carteret posted:As is tradition. we do it that way because we have always done it that way 
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ZachAttack posted:Yes, and the correct term for the group is a 'failure'. 
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ZachAttack posted:Yes, and the correct term for the group is a 'failure'. I couldn't remember the term we came up with. ('Shamefulness' came to mind, but I was pretty sure it wasn't that.) "What happened at your event?" "A failure of goons metastasized in and ruined it. Or maybe saved it. I don't even know anymore."
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CellBlock posted:I couldn't remember the term we came up with. ('Shamefulness' came to mind, but I was pretty sure it wasn't that.) I remember one of the terms we used was a "trundle."
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Double Agent posted:I remember one of the terms we used was a "trundle." I believe that can be used for the majority of GenCon attendees, present company included.
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Ilor posted:I mean, if you want to avoid the hangover you can just take turns downing shots of chocolate milk until you puke. Deviant posted:I am formally declaring As is tradition. My Gen-Con newbie friend is getting in Wednesday night, but not until after 10, so I continue to see no reason I cannot actually go for once. And I am so excited to find out my excuse for not going!
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Oh yeah and might as well finish up my Old Threads Recaps ...A Lynndie England avatar somewhat appropriately greets me from the Gen Con 2006 thread, and by the third post I am foreshadowing my horrific future by complaining about how weird it is that Gen Con threads never break a single page considering how awesome the event itself is. Awww, StolenMerch complaining that his connected hotel was over $110/night  Whoa I posted from the convention that must have been the one pre-smart-phone year I brought my laptop and decided even I would rather do anything else there rather than use my computer in my room. Eww, Quarex, talking about the most attractive woman you saw at the convention? How 2006.Everyone is free to point and laugh at my 2007 thread that only counts in that I asked what the differences were between Gen-Con, Origins, and DragonCon, as at that point Googin' Origins was even more pointless than it is now and I could not get a read on whether DragonCon was actually for gaming or for getting drunk (appropriately). Wow, Arzakon here mentions that Gen Con So Cal was smaller in its entirety than the Exhibit Hall at Gen-Con proper. No wonder nobody talks about it, if there was nothing to talk about. And then Seorin posted a kind-of actual 2007 Gen Con thread but really its only goal was to solve the convention-wide puzzle I just realized I have not even thought about in years (do they still even do it?). Five posts total and only the first post was made before the convention started. Gen Con!!! Gonna go ahead and do an entire post on Nesbit37's 2008 Gen Con thread, as it deserves special consideration for being the best of times and the worst of times at once. Pros: Upbeat opening, nostalgic reminder about the bankruptcy scare, first time attending outside Milwaukee due to getting over his feelings of betrayal (good for you my friend!), assumes correctly that the Auction must still be great. Cons: No replies. And finally we have a sleeper thread I missed in 2009 my first go-through, though uh, uh... it might actually be the saddest thread of all, as it is Doctor Malaver trying to figure out what is going on with Gen Con Paris 2009, which, well... though thanks to this thread I did just notice for the first time that the global recession coincided nicely with the end of non-Indianapolis Gens Con. Edit: Post is not quote-reply-edit
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GenCon 2009 was my first. I played Warmachine for 4 days in the Wabash East corridor. Then I didn't go for 5 years.
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Dr. Quarex posted:
Haha, I forgot about that attempt at a post. Maybe it's foreshadowing for my 2018 PAXU post that I am pretty sure no one but me posted in.
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nesbit37 posted:Haha, I forgot about that attempt at a post. Maybe it's foreshadowing for my 2018 PAXU post that I am pretty sure no one but me posted in. where the gently caress are my bees, bee man
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nesbit37 posted:Haha, I forgot about that attempt at a post. Maybe it's foreshadowing for my 2018 PAXU post that I am pretty sure no one but me posted in. Which was the remake of my thread that got like 4 replies and was archived. I know I posted in yours at least. Despite that I think I did more with goons last year than 2017?? PAXU is so strange to me
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