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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2012 18:56:39 GMT -8
Okay, I decided to make a new thread so we can get organized about who is coming, what their name is, and where we can all meet up.
First thing! If you're coming to Gamicon, tell us in this thread. Tell us what your badge name is, and how we might recognize you.
Second thing! I'm thinking some sort of actual meetup, like going out for dinner might be awesome. My theory at this point is Saturday night, say 7pm-ish? That'll be after most of the afternoon time slots, so it won't conflict too much.
My ideas for meetup are as follows:
Old Chicago. It's a chain place, but they have lots of room, and lots of beer.
Peking Buffet. It's a *giant* Chinese buffet, and a long-standing popular spot in Iowa City. It's a good place in terms of having a lot of things so everyone can eat, regardless of how picky or what dietary restrictions.
2Dogs Brew Pub. This place is a bit further away (none of these are in walking distance, though), and is just a bar and grill... but they have 24 draft lines, and all but, like, 3, are really good craft beers! They even have hard cider on tap, and draft root beer for the non-alchys!
Anyway, those are my thoughts. Feel free to contribute yours, whether they adhere to these ideas, or if you have other ideas.
--Pukka Tukka
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2012 18:57:50 GMT -8
Okay, my badge name will say Pukka Tukka on it. I'm a big fat white guy. With a beard, long hair, and glasses. So I look like every other nerd man in the world. If you see me on Facebook (Anthony Parsons), I look like that. But with glasses. But yeah, badge says Pukka Tukka, so that's also a dead giveaway.
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Post by azuretalon on Jan 12, 2012 19:13:50 GMT -8
Big Far? So can only see you with a telescope from across the room? Myself, Muntjack, UselessTriviaMan, and Cheeseburger Lover at least will be there. Somehow I doubt you'll miss us. Besides being loud and obnoxious, Me and UTM and maybe CBL will be running the massive Grindhouse Pathfinder tourniment. Also Muntjack is like 6'4". My badge name is just my name, Bill Little. Anything cool for a meetup, but I'm personally less that in love with Old Chicago.
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Post by gandalftheplaid on Jan 12, 2012 19:55:21 GMT -8
I'll be there on Saturday. I signed up for a Gumshoe game in the morning, I don't know yet what I'll be doing in the afternoon, and I'm up for a meetup involving food in the evening.
Badge name: "John C"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2012 2:33:51 GMT -8
I'll be there on Saturday. I signed up for a Gumshoe game in the morning, I don't know yet what I'll be doing in the afternoon, and I'm up for a meetup involving food in the evening. Badge name: "John C" I signed up for that same GUMSHOE game! I think... And I fixed my post... big FAT guy.
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Post by azuretalon on Jan 13, 2012 3:24:24 GMT -8
And I fixed my post... big FAT guy. Wait wait wait... So I WON'T need a telescope to see you across the room then? Good to know, you won't need one to find me either.
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Post by muntjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:02:09 GMT -8
I'll definitely be there each day of the con (schedule pending on the Sunday). My badge name says "Andrew Lister." I'm pretty sure our friend Sam will be going all weekend, too, since she's co-GMing the horror game I'm running. I'm up for any kind of food.
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Post by azuretalon on Jan 13, 2012 4:15:48 GMT -8
I'll definitely be there each day of the con (schedule pending on the Sunday). My badge name says "Andrew Lister." I'm pretty sure our friend Sam will be going all weekend, too, since she's co-GMing the horror game I'm running. I'm up for any kind of food. He'll be the one shaking his head and walking away from me.
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Post by jimto on Jan 13, 2012 7:23:00 GMT -8
Just signed up. My badge will be labeled JimTo.
Short, fat guy, formerly of the long flowing locks, now kept closely shaved. Honestly, I got sick and tired of brushing the snags out every time I got off the motorcycle.
I'm signed up for the Saturday 2 PM Song of Ice and Fire game as I've never had a chance to play that. Was thinking about signing up for something in the morning as well, but I have zero desire to get up at 5 am on a Saturday to drive myself over there, and even less desire to pay for a hotel. I've had plans for a year to go to the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee this March and already am splitting a hotel bill there.
A meal Saturday night sounds fine by me. I don't care for Chinese food, but if they have a nice selection like you said, I should be able to get by. I'm fine with any of the options mentioned tho.
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Post by jimto on Jan 13, 2012 7:29:19 GMT -8
Noob question here, but what exactly do I bring with me other than pencils, erasers, and some dice? This will be my first con.
Anything else I should bring? Any tips? Could I carry around a backpack if I wanted?
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Post by uselesstriviaman on Jan 13, 2012 8:30:59 GMT -8
You definitely can, but I recommend that you travel light though. If you want to bring a rulebook for any games you're playing, that's about the only other item I'd suggest. I'll be bringing some snackies and a water bottle, but that's mainly because I'm gonna be running a 6-hour game. I've made the n00b mistake of lugging a hefty backpack around a convention, and never used any of it except dice and writing utensils. Bring the backpack if you're planning on buying stuff from the vendors though - easier to tuck it away than carry around a shopping bag all afternoon. As for a meetup, I'm totally down with that. 7PM Saturday will be just about perfect for me - we'll finish running the Grindhouse at 4, so that'll give us plenty of time to wrap things up and get over to the Two Dogs. Me likey their menu - they have Bass on tap. I'm good.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2012 23:48:22 GMT -8
i'm about 50% on attending, if i do go i'll probably pick up a badge when i'm there, it'll either have veremond on it or my real name josh lefebvre
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Post by muntjack on Jan 14, 2012 9:09:38 GMT -8
I'm a noob, too. I'll bring the books I need to run my games, dice, writing stuff, and that's probably about it. I'm getting pretty jacked for this! Now if the Gamicon people would actually post my games. I have a feeling there are lots of others not yet posted, either.
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Post by jimto on Jan 17, 2012 6:09:33 GMT -8
Now if the Gamicon people would actually post my games. I have a feeling there are lots of others not yet posted, either. Did yours get posted? I left my morning slots open just in case something else popped up I was interested in, but I figured if yours weren't posted, there might be others.
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Post by muntjack on Jan 18, 2012 20:15:48 GMT -8
My games are still not up. I'm going to try sending another email asking when they'll be put up. I figure since it's less than a month away, it might be good to get that up. They don't seem to have all their stuff figured out.
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