GenCon 2010! - Who's with me?

[Reinboom]

We booked, I think, the same room that Smee's talking about 3 years ago. We had 8 people...I think (me, zeb, angelsword, indurain, zuzuangel, renegade paladin, zombierockstar, and llama)...I may be forgetting someone. Anyway, it was crowded, but fun.

Even though I was a straggler then, I still feel forgotten.

Well, can you wear something like this?



If so, you just might be able to get a free badge.

Hm... I would wear something like that, but I might make it too sexy.
Tempting still, though.

[Alarra]

Awww....I'm sorry Reina. *hugs* I knew I was forgetting someone! So wow, 9 people, yep...that war a full room.

[Lex-Kat]

I shall be attending GenCon this year, again. Not that anyone really cares.

[Krade]

WOOOO!!! MOAR GenCon peoples!

GenCon is definitely one of my favorite reasons for living in Indianapolis.

[SMEE]

I'll be booking my plane tickets early May.
Everything is set this year. I won't miss GenCon.

[Jacklu]

Couldn't find the old thread for this, so I decided to make a new one.

Anyone else planning to attend Gencon this year? I just bought my ticket, which I have been putting off for some time now out of fear of not going for whatever reason. But I had such an amazing time last year... ^_^

[wxdruid]

There is one, but it would be thread necromancy to resurrect it, the last post was from 03-31-2010 and it's almost June (or if you're on the other side of the Atlantic, it already is June).

I still plan on going, already have my leave scheduled and my hotel space reserved... (that is barring anything the AF decides to torture me with).

[Felixaar]

For me right now it is 50/50. I was really hoping to come this year but due to jumbly circumstances it may not happen, it all depends on how and when I get the money together.

[Anuan]

I should be there. There's a slight possibility of me not, but I should attend the Con of the Gen type.

[Kaiser Omnik]

Are the seminars interesting and generaly helpful? Especially game industry seminars, considering I might be interested in designing a RPG of my own...

[Mystic Muse]

Anyone else planning to attend Gencon this year?

Me. I plan on entering the costume contest if I can find some good materials.

[Zeb The Troll]

For posterity's sake, here's the old thread.

[Krade]

Blast! Beaten again! Oh one year I will start this thread. Next year looks good since I got beaten twice this year.

Living in Indianapolis all but guaruntees my attendance. Looking forward to it with all my inconsiderable might.

[InaVegt]

I am so going. Plane tickets, badge, and event tickets all ordered and paid for.

[Lykan]

Gonna be going again this year, assuming I don't get too much flack for skipping out on school to do so. Still need to buy plane tickets/badge, though.

[Zeb The Troll]

Gonna be going again this year, assuming I don't get too much flack for skipping out on school to do so. Still need to buy plane tickets/badge, though.

Good grief! How early does your school start?

[Lykan]

Good grief! How early does your school start?

July 19th. We get about a month and a half of vacation here.

[Zeb The Troll]

July 19th. We get about a month and a half of vacation here.

Now you've got me curious where "here" is. Is it someplace where they have to schedule in 6 weeks of snow days or something? Or do you get, like, an incredibly long holiday break in December/January and/or a longer than typical Spring Break?

[Lykan]

Now you've got me curious where "here" is. Is it someplace where they have to schedule in 6 weeks of snow days or something? Or do you get, like, an incredibly long holiday break in December/January and/or a longer than typical Spring Break?

The summer one's the longest one we have. Winter is two weeks and every semester's end (which is about every 3 months) we get a week off. I hear this is typical of tech schools, but I really have no idea since I have nothing to compare it to. Also, days off due to snow or some other occurrence (we missed a few days because of flooding this semester) is common here, but those days are often made up within the semester itself.

And just to clarify, this is Rhode Island.

[Zeb The Troll]

The summer one's the longest one we have. Winter is two weeks and every semester's end (which is about every 3 months) we get a week off. I hear this is typical of tech schools, but I really have no idea since I have nothing to compare it to. Also, days off due to snow or some other occurrence (we missed a few days because of flooding this semester) is common here, but those days are often made up within the semester itself.

And just to clarify, this is Rhode Island.

Okay, it's the week off at the end of the semester that's different from the rest of us.

[JediSoth]

I will be there. My wife and I are staying downtown again, despite living only 15 minutes from the convention center. She's disabled, so it's just easier this way.

My Gen Con will start Wednesday afternoon with booth set-up, followed by an evening Shadowrun game. You'll see me at the ENnie Awards ceremony on Friday night and the convention will wrap up for me on Sunday evening with booth tear-down.

I say it every year, and I mean it each time: this will be the best Gen Con yet!

[Renegade Paladin]

I'm coming. Sorry for skipping last year, but king and country called. Could have done both Pennsic and GenCon, but they were back to back. This year they're the same week...

[Dallas-Dakota]

I am so going. Plane tickets, badge, and event tickets all ordered and paid for.

Give some hugs 'n high fives to everybody there from me, ok?

[Krade]

Alright. Still two weeks short of necromancy. Since I got beat to starting this thread twice this year, I suppose I'll have to settle for reviving this one before it gets too old. I know I could have just waited a couple weeks and started my own, but that seemed to be getting a little close to the date now that its only five weeks away.

So... Here is GenCon 2010: The Revival of the Second Thread This Year! As many of you know, we usually have an informal get-together at the convention center and generally hang out and have a good time at the con. I revived the thread so we can begin to coordinate whatever might need coordinating even though its mostly going to be "Same Bat-time. Same Bat-channel!" It never hurts to be prepared.

A (slightly less) short list of the folks I'm at least mostly sure are going:

Spoiler

Show

Krade
Renegade Paladin
JediSoth
Zeb The Troll
Allara
Lykan
InaVegt
Kyuubi
wxdruid (and, I'm assuming, catlover)
Jacklu
Marillion
Belethorien
Indurain
Llama
The one they call... Tim
Penguinsushi
Bardic Bunny
SMEE
Vael
Derjuin
ZombieRockStar
Lost Demiurge

There are others I'm pretty sure are coming but I won't put their names up until they actually post here.

Our usual meeting spot is the 2nd floor of the Serpentine Lobby inside the convention center. However, if the current trend of having less space there every year continues, we may need to find a different location. The usual time has been sometime Friday evening and Saturday evening.

I don't think I missed anything too important for the resurection post, so I'll just leave it at that.

[Mystic Muse]

It sounds like I won't be going for the full four days. My cousins aren't going to be at their house so I can't stay there.

I could come pretty much any day though. My GM is going for the full four so I don't need to be concerned about his game.

[Marillion]

I'm gonna be selling tickets there. w00tebega!

[Zeb The Troll]

In our room there will be:

Zeb
Alarra
Belethorien (Zeb's daughter)
Indurain
LLama
Friend of LLama (You may call him ... Tim)

Also in attendance, but not sharing a room with us:

Penguinsushi
Bardic Bunny

I'm not sure who else has committed and might be staying at Castle Jaspero.

[Jacklu]

Don't forget Smee and Vael. Also, Derjuin. <333

[Krade]

I'm gonna be selling tickets there. w00tebega!

Hey I did that a couple years ago. It was fun times. I even sold tickets to a guy I hadn't seen since fourth grade. That was surprising.

Edit: List updated.

Edit II: I've already got tickets for The Red Dragon Inn Doppelganger Trounament. I told Zeb and Allara about it already, but here are the details in case anyone else was interested. I participated in this tournament last year and not that many people showed up. They handed out the characters randomly but that didn't stop most of the people playing (myself included) from trading for their favorites. I don't know if that will be possible again.

Red Dragon Inn Doppelganger Tournament
08/05/2010 (Thursday)
02:00:00 PM
4 hours
$2.00
36 tickets remaining (as of this post)

[Lost Demiurge]

I... SHOULD be there. Going to try for Thursday -> Sunday, but I have no clue if that's the date that I'll end up making. If things fall out badly and it becomes the worst case scenario, I'll be there Saturday and that's all.

We shall see!