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I'm trying to go again this year (last year was my first!) but it all hinges on whether we can get a good downtown hotel again and my wife not murdering me for going 2 years in a row. I had an absolute blast and want to make it an every year pilgrimage, only this year we're flying instead of driving from NC to IN. I learned a lot from last year- bring comfortable shoes, try to bring my own food to avoid spending so much money on eating, and that it's pretty pointless to bring my own games since last year all my group played was stuff we bought there. I'm also debating on using a technique someone told me for saving on luggage space- take older clothes I don't mind parting with and donate them to local homeless folks before I leave, use luggage to bring back loot. That or I'll do what a lot of the neckbeards I was stuck in close proximity with last year apparently did and not change clothes for 4 days.
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My group was all trying today, best queue was 8 minutes with everyone else 2-3 hours. The portal screwed up and wouldn't let him do anything. Tech support was "trying" last I heard but that was hours ago so more than likely we're staying out by the airport. Kinda hate that, I liked being in the Crowne last year, if I decided I wanted to walk to the room to drop stuff off/use the bathroom I could in 20 minutes round trip.
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Jan 25, 2015 20:57
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So tell me about options riding in from the airport area. I've heard the shuttles suck and cabs can be expensive. Is there a city bus or something?
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Jan 25, 2015 22:13
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Definitely avoid the temptation to fill your day. I did last year and wound up skipping 3 events so I'd have enough time to see all of the dealer hall and auction. And leave some meal time.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:31
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Mudcrab Merchant posted:So yes, I got all the rooms I 'need' in the hotel I wanted (the JW) but I don't have enough beds. Doubles were not even available to us. We're uhh.. still trying to sort that one out. We were at the Crowne last year and they gave us an extra rollaway bed on request. Coupled with one of us bringing an air mattress we all had our own place to sleep, albeit a tiny bit short on floor space
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Feb 26, 2015 03:19
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I hope they sell official Gencon Detroit bulletproof vests! 
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Mar 25, 2015 01:14
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Lord Frisk posted:Yeah, you've never been to Detroit. And I likely never will considering it's the top violent city in America for its population size quote:Detroit, Michigan
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Mar 25, 2015 01:50
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I honestly think the whole Gencon threat is moot anyway, with the exponential growth over recent years it will outgrow Indy by 2020. That said, I wish there was somewhere closer to my house to host it, the drive is bad enough already.
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Mar 25, 2015 04:52
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I never really had to wait anywhere last year, I just had a tendency to go at weird times between normal meals and would be in line 10 minutes tops at Noodles and Co.
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Apr 5, 2015 21:28
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Sigma-X posted:When is event signup? that's later, right? I believe it's on the 17th, so a week from Sunday
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May 7, 2015 22:49
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CaptainRat posted:My dark secret last year is that every day I went back to the hotel room for a mid-day nap before wandering back over to do stuff. There is no right or wrong way to enjoy Gencon. This is the main reason I'm bummed we couldn't get a room near the convention center this year. Last year I could get to the Crowne in 15 minutes tops if I needed to rest (or poop in a clean bathroom).
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May 16, 2015 04:03
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What time is the Colts Grill trivia thing? I missed it last year due to my group having reservations for dinner at St Elmo's, but would like to make it this year if possible. I don't think I've ever met any goons.
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May 16, 2015 21:30
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I was around 2900, moved to 2128 as of now. My buddy who usually meticulously plans a schedule and gets screwed every year said "screw it" and just made a random wishlist. This year he is 241 in queue :facepalm: I will never get in a GenCon Paranoia game 
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May 17, 2015 17:22
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Yeah don't sweat missing registering for every event you wanted, I'd say maybe half the games I was in last year had at least 1 person with a generic. Not to mention I skipped 3 events myself due to dealer hall wandering and sleeping off alcohol.
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May 17, 2015 23:47
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This is the year where I finally out myself as a goon, I just know it
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May 21, 2015 02:03
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I bought a lot at CoolStuff's booth last year. While WOTC had DnD 5e players handbook for $50 CSI had it for $35
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May 31, 2015 20:04
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From what little I've read it seems so. Sadly, as much as I like Ghostbusters I'll skip that.
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Jun 22, 2015 05:17
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Sigma-X posted:Does anyone have any particular healthy / salad-y places to recommend for food during Gen Con? There's a Subway a couple of blocks from the convention center. Maybe not healthy but certainly salady. I'm doing a majorly budget trip this year, considering taking the jug of change in my room, hit Coin Star to convert it and get a Subway $25 gift card and live off that.
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Jul 7, 2015 02:34
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I left more free time this year so hopefully I'll get to meet some goons. Last year I was busy all day every day with events and the dealer hall. But hey, this year I'm on a super budget trip so I can afford to buy things either!  Also we're stuck at a Marriott away from downtown so hopefully I can make friends to share cabs back with in the evening. 
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Jul 15, 2015 06:59
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Sadly we couldn't get a room at any of them and are at the Courtyard Marriott near the airport (or so I am told)
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Jul 24, 2015 04:11
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I'm flying in tomorrow night, and my group of 4 will be at the Courtyard Marriott near the airport until Monday. I'll add myself to the group thing between now and tomorrow.
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Jul 28, 2015 23:24
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Sounds exciting, I'll be sure to try it. I wasn't a fan of last year's because I don't like coffee
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Jul 29, 2015 01:44
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I survived my first flying experience. Will call to get our badges was too long so we decided to go to Killroy's and drink instead. Gencon!
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Jul 29, 2015 22:19
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We have reservations at St Elmo's then we'll hit it. Will call is open 24 hours isn't it? Also drinking! Gencon!
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Jul 29, 2015 22:29
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Well, another Con down and another year I managed to not see any goons. Or as far as I know. I didn't schedule a lot of events but spent a lot of time demoing stuff and walking around. Staying out near the airport wasn't horrible thanks to Uber but I missed being downtown. I think my favorites this year were Hoplomachus and WWE Superstar Showdown.
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Aug 4, 2015 02:21
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Tell me more about Hoplomachus. I saw it then I saw it had monster box expansions(versions maybe?) and I liked the general idea but the mass amount of chips overwhelmed me. It's amazing but fairly pricy. There are 2 big boxes that I believe are both standalone plus Origins which is also standalone and has smaller maps and rules for quick 2 person games. The chips you use for your gladiators are heavy and high quality and the art is beautiful. It's very tactical and the game attack and move mechanics are well thought out. It also has a nice feature of as you earn Crowd Favor for kills, you move up a track and unlock more abilities. There are also special tactics tokens at each level that go to whoever is trailing in score (regardless of which side unlocked it) to keep one side from totally dominating the other. In our ticketed event we were trailing the entire game but the tactics helped us swing around and kill the other side's champions to win.
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Aug 4, 2015 17:52
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I had a footlong at Subway every day for breakfast. Cheap and filling enough that I could just eat one meal later. Of course now I don't want to eat subway for at least a month. It was also a nice alternative to offset what I spent at St Elmo's on Wednesday at least.
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Aug 4, 2015 18:24
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I didn't make it into the auction a single time this year
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Aug 5, 2015 05:58
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I have to say, I encountered fewer rampant stank clouds this year, and I spent a lot of time in the dealer hall. Of course, this was offset by a smell of rear end and crotch cheese smell so thick from either a player or gm at one table that I left a game halfway through. I was gagging it was so bad.
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Aug 8, 2015 02:05
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8one6 posted:I managed to avoid the crud this year, though I did find a pothole in the sidewalk the hard way Sunday so I got to bring home a twisted ankle to walk around on for a few days. I feel your pain, slipped on a wet lobby coming in the hotel Sunday night. No signs or anything, and when I told the front desk the response was "oh." Banged up my knee and hurt my already messed up back. Won't be using that particular Marriott ever again.
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Aug 9, 2015 06:53
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Yeah the guy in our group who was doing our booking had a super short wait then the system froze when he went to pick the room. By the time he got customer service to straighten it out everything was gone
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Aug 10, 2015 00:55
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I took way fewer photos this year, and posted even less. They're on Instagram at pezfortytwo if anyone is interested Maybe next year I'll find some goons. I forgot all about the group app this year.
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Aug 14, 2015 15:18
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I wish they'd go ahead and start using the stadium too. Put the artists over there, maybe the cosplay parade and large crowd events. And give big companies their own rooms for events and selling that they can lock up at night so the main hall has more variety instead of what's quickly going to become the same 50 booths every year. And yeah, the card buyers need to be in the Magic area or something, I avoided them completely this year because the traffic was so bad with 500 nerds haggling over cards
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Aug 20, 2015 20:58
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I watched it a few days ago but it had audio sync issues
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Aug 21, 2015 03:51
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nesbit37 posted:They had those people who gamed the system the first 15 minutes or so and a few others with tech difficulties in the first 5 minutes, but after that it was pretty smooth We were in that group with tech difficulties, my friend had something like an 8 minute wait and when he came up to get a room the system locked up on him and no amount of tech support talking would get us back in in time to get downtown. Staying out by the old airport wasn't horrendous except for having to carry stuff around all day and the cost of using Uber every evening. Also not being able to jet over to our room for a cleaner bathroom.
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Dec 17, 2015 22:38
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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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Watching this makes me sad
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Jan 24, 2016 18:48
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We were by the old airport and it wasn't too bad with uber. What made it better was one of our group invited the rest of us to uber, netting us all $20 credits. We took turns paying and I don't think we actually paid for a single ride all weekend because of the credit.
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Jan 24, 2016 19:55
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My friends bailed on me this year so I couldn't afford to go it alone. I'm not posting out of bitterness and despair. Except now.
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We used a lot of Uber last year. The cab from the airport was like 25 bucks while Uber was about half for the same distance with friendlier drivers.
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