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LuiCypher posted:Speaking of GroupMe and plans, since LotR Trivia is NO MORE at the Colts Grille on Wednesday, where will enterprising goons decide to meet on Wednesday night? Don't make me bear the bad news again about if it had its day moved.
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LuiCypher posted:The Random Number God gives and takes. Next year you'll wind up with 12:01am. 1: Buy Badge 2: Pray
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LLSix posted:Any idea when/where the events list might be posted? This'll be my first year and I have only the vaguest idea of what to expect. It gets posted on the gen con site, usually about a week or two prior to opening registration for them e. i think anyway I don't pay close attention to events since i go to so few of them
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:If this ever happened at a table I'd just straight walk away, no words, no comment, just out. I don't have time to get murdered by The Puppet Master when I'm trying to play pretend here Little do you know you were the puppet the entire time
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:What is "Gen Con Presents"? Every event I submitted has been changed to add this to them and the same thing happened last year but nothing comes up when I search. Branding
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http://www.gencon.com/forums/9-event-organizers-gms/topics/1071-premier-event-groups-for-2016 better? Appears to be a focus term for gen con on non-premier listings So they're saying you aren't backed by a larger group. Sloober fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Apr 28, 2017 |
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nesbit37 posted:Alright, goons, which one of you made this event a necessity? This kind of thing is standard convention faire almost everywhere
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Dr. Quarex posted:This conversation loop is nearly closed, but nobody has yet mentioned that the Will Call lines on Wednesday are always pretty short, in addition to being short late at night of course. Yeah will call isn't really bad. Line can get real long, but it tends to blaze through real fast. Longest i've waited was probably ~25m or so, which is a line like going way past the corner of the convention hall wall
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nesbit37 posted:Oh god, the bathrooms are some of the worst things I have experienced in my life. I don't know how all the toilet paper is gone by 8am every day but it just is and replaced with a combination of the spells grease and stinking cloud. There's a couple reliably not-used ones, but you must discover them on your own
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I got a suite at the hilton so i'm closer than normal. It does mean that i may not want to scout out that one bar that hosed up on us last year tho
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I'm highly envious of those of you who have someone in your team willing to sell their immortal souls for good hotel rooms I'm just flush with cash because for real suites are easy to get and even now you could probably get one a block away, they're pricey which scares off people. I just view this as my one great vacation per year so i'm willing to spend. saint gerald posted:My crew regularly opts for the Hilton over connected rooms/the JW. They like the rooms better, I guess. Looking forward to unknowingly sitting like right across from you at a table at the weber again
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Haystack posted:The big exception being if you want to get something signed. I'm thrilled my copy of space alert has a nearly illegible Vlaada signature
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Fellis posted:a roller suitcase, the bigger the better. A backpack could hurt your back and shoulders don't loving do this roller suitcase users deserve death by being bludgeoned w/ a bag of dice
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Either that or the boffer weapons without the padding on them. It would be painful so yes. For real i lust for roller suitcase user death at gen con
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They're popular but are also well known in the SA circle as having really bad, nearly unforgivable opinions about things, in addition to dubious game reviews that cite fun as a reason to like something rather than a mechanics based analysis. I'll never forget the complaint that Dungeon Lords had a knock against it because the game name made them think it was a dungeon crawler, when it isn't
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Dr. Quarex posted:I am looking for anything good, but in the meantime here is a 2017 Beginner's Guide to Gen-Con courtesy of BoardGameGeek: Really wierd Brought to you by Carl's Jr
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fordan posted:Fun is unacceptable to goons, as witnessed by the title of the board games thread. Look here pal we don't play games to have fun, we play them to be nerds. This is what you just do. If you know a better way to be nerds, i'd like to hear it.
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enigmahfc posted:It's because the term 'fun' is so subjective that it ends up meaning nothing and is a terrible way of describing something. It's better to say why something is fun so that other people can know where your coming from. If you can't say why you find something fun, then you shouldn't be reviewing games. 
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Slandible posted:Now it's correct. I will break my friendships regardless of winning or losing because if i lose it's due to you being a filthy cheating bastard
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nesbit37 posted:I don't know why but I am having a paranoid moment about housing. Does anyone knows what happens if they try to charge your credit card on august 1 for the 1 night room deposit and the card is declined? For some reason I keep freaking out that is going to happen (there is no reason it should) and that they will just cancel the reservation if that happens. i had to deal with it last year regarding a card expiration date, they just called us and told us it, they don't just cancel it.
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CellBlock posted:I'm having a hard time getting hyped because my group still hasn't gotten our hotel rooms figured out. Also, work is really busy right now, so I haven't really had the chance to think about all the stuff I'm going to do at Gen Con. (I also didn't get any event tickets at all on Saturday, but that's not really a big problem; I can browse the catalog or just do some games on demand or something.) If you're willing to spend for it there is likely still suites available downtown Nemesis Of Moles posted:i know that bathroom anywhere This is most of them
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Dr. Quarex posted:Well how about that. I figured 75,000 would be the limit. Also god drat. And ugh. Well on the plus side it may well not sell out again until another notable anniversary event...unless, you know, those extra 15,000 people have an amazing time and want to come back, but what are the odds of that? Oh...100%. Right. Crap. Suddenly I am even more interested in staying a volunteer. I saw the badge checker once and there was something that kicked it off which escapes my memory
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My true dungeon story is the people i knew that did it were absolutely insufferable and annoying as poo poo and i'm glad i will never deal with them ever again welp that's my story about true dungeon
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:lmao just lmao if you waste your nacho time at HV and not at old point Psh, real pros consume the convention center "Nachos" Bottom Liner posted:I'll be setting up goon games every day Wed-Sun. I'm bringing the following games: I'm planning on tossing AFFO & Terra Mystica in my trunk this time, maybe archipelago Dr. Quarex posted:Yeah I do not remember if the first year in Indianapolis was like that, as I shamefully only went for the weekend and barely spent any time in the surrounding area, but by the second year I know we were already starting to notice nearby businesses picking up on things--a far cry from our treatment in Milwaukee, at least by the last few years once I started going. Milwaukee is bad, yeah def (i live there, so it is even worse). There's people that go to Indy gen con and still think milwaukee is better/can handle it (Milwaukee locals, no less)
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Dr. Quarex posted:(I still remember the angry glares we got from the mall food court workers in Milwaukee when walking in in costume. I basically stopped cosplaying by the time it exploded in popularity. Ugh no I am not claiming cosplay hipster cred I am actually lamenting this fact and thinking all those judgmental gazes of the past are ... look just leave me alone) The best part is that the grand avenue mall has gone no where but downwards the past 15 years and half of it is empty, there's maybe like 5 food places in there now still in business. They're 'overhauling' it but that means nothing with how awful Milwaukee is as a convention city Sloober fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Funzo posted:To be fair to Milwaukee, gaming was nowhere near the mainstream hobby it is now. At the time, it was still very niche. The convention organizers themselves could have done a much better job to promote the con to local businesses though. This is true but looking at an influx of people for a con so openly hostile seems like bad business. Indy is cool since businesses are capitalizing on it so openly
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Dr. Quarex posted:Well there is one place it is never crowded...on the other side of the Auction tables No tip about bring wheelie suitcases. 0/10 would not recommend.
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Actually it can get crowded there too but yeah. I feel you; the Auction was always something to enjoy on its own merits while also relaxing for many years when I went to it, but beginning in the mid-2010s(!) it became more likely that there would not be enough space to casually stretch out and examine your goods while also taking in the bids. Still often fairly empty though.
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Lump Shaker posted:How is the paid game library? If you have a couple solo hours to kill is there a better option for finding pickup games with strangers? Library is huge, but space is limited for gen con size event. Goons probably just as good so yeah get the groupme
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LLSix posted:I'm planning on bringing stuff to make jamon sandwiches so I can spend more time doing anything but wandering around looking for food. Any suggestions on what else would make for good con' snacks or meals? To keep your energy up i recommend a 10lb bag of pure sugar (my go to is usually a couple boxes of protein bars, but i usually go out for full on meals since food tourism is a part of the experience for me) Sloober fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Aug 11, 2017 |
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:If you aren't making time to eat cool food during the con i'm sorry but you're having BadWrongFun 
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djfooboo posted:Rathskeller's kitchen has either gone downhill (likely) or Indy's food scene has just outshined it so much these days (also likely). I'm gonna need more convincing, i can do this real easily in WI
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nesbit37 posted:From hot box pizza, for anyone who wants to poo poo gold and make the toilets sparkle. As long as you wash it down with goldschlager
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djfooboo posted:What if I told you Haveli isn't even the best Indian restaurant in town? Really sellin it right there
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The real ethnic places exist in the west suburbs. There is a restaurant that is so Indian people throw shitt paper in a wastebin, not flush it. I kid you not.
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LLSix posted:Just got back from my first Gen Con and I'm feeling distinctly underwhelmed. I had a hard time finding enough activities to stay busy. It felt like the whole place closed down much earlier than other cons and opened back up later in the morning. We were planning on staying the night this Sunday too, but when it came to it, neither of us could think of a reason to so we headed out when things started closing down at 4. What was your expectation going into it? I fuckin loved it and i almost exclusively lived in jw ballroom 5 after friday. Play games, see someone playing something interesting? Watch a bit, see if you can join. People are very open to just playing poo poo, even with 'strangers' Also groupme. I played a ton of poo poo with goons Sloober fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Aug 21, 2017 |
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Atomicated posted:I can't believe those munchkin tournament shirts are actually legal. When it came up at the auction I thought it had to be a joke nobody took seriously. Munchkin's rules literally have an exception for the game owner to makeup whatever rules they want, and that you can freely cheat if you can get away with it.
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Toshimo posted:My hotel from this year is already sold out for next year. they don't usually let you book in advance anymore, so it might just be listed 'unavailable'
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Deviant posted:Counterpoint: Tom Vasel is a homophobic dickweasel and can choke on his own vomit. Harsh, but fair and accurate
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