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Topic: Who's Going to Gen-Con?
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OCDOD
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posted August 12, 2012 11:04 AM
      
This year will be my first time going. Looking forward to playing a little Magic (probably Modern, and a bunch of sealed), and see the HALL OF DEALERS!Also going to be checking out a reading by Brandon Sanderson (had got separate admission in advance) and playing new board games that look intetesting. If I have time, I'll try to see what else Indianapolis has to offer... museum, zoo, etc. Never been there before. So, who else here is going to Gen-Con, and what are you looking to do? __________________
- ocdod [at] yahoo [dot] com
"Legitimate Order Giver 1."
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AGO
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posted August 12, 2012 02:18 PM
 
I'll be there on Friday only. Hoping to get a bunch of cards signed and some good deals on singles. I've lived in Indy my entire life zo I'm pretty burnt out on doing anything else here. The museums are good and I love taking my kids to the zoo.
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hilikuS
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posted August 13, 2012 07:02 AM
Got a hotel for all 4 days.
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moxdiamd
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posted August 13, 2012 07:18 AM
I'll be there all four days. Going to be hopefully expanding on my phyrexian negator collection. Oh yeah...and playing some games.__________________
Collecting a.k.a. Hording...Phyrexian Negator. Foil, regualar, foreign, any. Help the collection grow.
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Zakman86
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posted August 13, 2012 10:18 AM
 
Going, getting drunk, playing EDH, the works.
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Animosity
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posted August 13, 2012 12:17 PM
I will be there like every year.
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BernieB
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posted August 13, 2012 01:34 PM
I will be there! Looking forward to seeing a lot of you, BRING YOUR STONE RAINS!
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implode
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posted August 13, 2012 05:08 PM
If anyone can get me some dragons signed, that would be pretty tremendous. I know its a lot to ask for with long lines and everything. Think it would be pretty sweet to eventually get one of every dragon type signed.
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FleeceItOut
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posted August 13, 2012 06:30 PM
maybe next year
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BernieB
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posted August 14, 2012 05:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by implode:
If anyone can get me some dragons signed, that would be pretty tremendous. I know its a lot to ask for with long lines and everything. Think it would be pretty sweet to eventually get one of every dragon type signed.
Any idea what artists might be there signing cards?
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oneofchaos
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posted August 14, 2012 05:19 AM
Anyone up to meet up at some point fri/sat/sun?
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AGO
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posted August 14, 2012 05:22 AM
quote:
Originally posted by BernieB:
I will be there! Looking forward to seeing a lot of you, BRING YOUR STONE RAINS!
If I get a chance I think I can get you a small stack of em!
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moxdiamd
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posted August 14, 2012 05:23 AM
http://community.gencon.com/files/folders/art_show/entry313873.aspx__________________
Collecting a.k.a. Hording...Phyrexian Negator. Foil, regualar, foreign, any. Help the collection grow.
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Soldier Boi
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posted August 14, 2012 09:11 AM
I planned on going until someone hit my car. If I can get it back by this weekend I will go.
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BernieB
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posted August 14, 2012 01:22 PM
quote:
Originally posted by oneofchaos:
Anyone up to meet up at some point fri/sat/sun?
That sounds cool!
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trying2playagain
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posted August 15, 2012 09:48 AM
not sure yet the only day i could go would be thursday. Was hopeing someone can give me some info. 1 Are there any dealers who sell russian foils?
2 Are there any sealed events early on thursday? If any one knows please send me a e-mail on vaction through thursday. Get back to in. today, but have to be at work at midnight on friday. So just want to see if it's worth the time and gas for me to drive down there
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davef139
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posted August 15, 2012 01:16 PM
I think ill be going still waiting to see if hotel space opens!
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AGO
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posted August 18, 2012 05:40 AM
Wow found a retailer selling foil proxy P9. So classy....
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moxdiamd
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posted August 20, 2012 10:27 AM
Good times at GenCon!! Got to meet Mr. Stone Rain himself BernieB (Dan). Expanded on the Negator collection a little. Got a bunch of cards signed. And played in tournament which I havent done in too many years. Fun!__________________
Collecting a.k.a. Hording...Phyrexian Negator. Foil, regualar, foreign, any. Help the collection grow.
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TimeBeing
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posted August 20, 2012 11:39 AM
quote:
Originally posted by AGO:
Wow found a retailer selling foil proxy P9. So classy....
Gaming Etc proxies or printed ones?
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AGO
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posted August 20, 2012 11:42 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TimeBeing:
Gaming Etc proxies or printed ones?
Clearly printed ones. I don't remember who, I would have to look at a map of the event hall. They were around $10 each.
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OCDOD
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posted August 20, 2012 01:25 PM
So this was my first Gen-Con. Overall the Con itself was awesome, games, people, vendors. But there were some definite highs and lows.
Highs
- Meeting the game designers from Crash Games. Two really cool guys from AZ who demo-ed three of their games for us until past 1:00 in the morning. This one is for a Hive-like game, which was awesome. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/111866/rise
- First row seating for Brian Sanderson reading the prologue from A Memory of Light! (Last book of Wheel of Time for those of you not keeping track.)
- Trying out probably two dozen different board games, and meeting lots of great people. I played a great set of Magic with a nice guy from Japan. Spoke almost no English but all three games went smoothly as we gestured the way through the match.
- Buying a bunch of different games & Magic stuff - special art sleeves, cards, binders, etc.
- Eating at Fogo de Chao. All you can eat steaks/pork chops/chicken/lamb/veal was a perfect ending to everything Sunday night.
Lows
- Super Sealed. My table got product 30 minutes after everyone else. Pastimes organizers / judges were super disorganized. Some people started registering the cards from the 8 different Standard packs, before TO's realized they ALSO didn't have enough copies of decksheets for everyone. They gave up more than an hour after we started... no passing, just keep what you bust.
- Ramada. Very run down place, looks nothing like the pictures on the web. Two fire alarms on two consecutive nights. But that was nothing compared to the BEDBUGS!
I awoke Friday morning my blood on the sheets where they bit me, and about a dozen on my pillow!
I will say the shift manager we dealt with was decent. Apologizes profusely, dry cleaned all our clothes and suitcases / backpacks for free, then comped us the whole weekend in a different room (seeing as we couldn't go anywhere else... with the Con in town).
But it got worse when they tried to bill us the last day! The hotel manager (shift manager's boss I guess) thought we didn't deserve to be comped for 3 nights, only 1. Seeing as they had promised us the entire weekend, we told them we weren't paying a thing. Trying to re-neg on their word ALMOST as bad as the bed bugs.I will never go there again, probably no more Ramada's either. I shall avoid this place like the plague:
Ramada I-70 East Indianapolis
6990 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219 US And if I bring them home with me I will be so miffed! EDIT: UBB tag, link
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- ocdod [at] yahoo [dot] com
"Legitimate Order Giver 1."
[Edited 2 times, lastly by OCDOD on August 20, 2012]
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ryan2754
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posted August 20, 2012 01:43 PM
Yeah, East Indy isn't the greatest place to begin with.
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hilikuS
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posted August 21, 2012 11:24 AM
12 hour drive from NY was horrible. Getting there, amazing.Eatin steak at the Ram, amazing  . Drafts were awesome because you could play a ton of them (single elim). I agree with OCDOD that Pastimes staff was really screwy in the early going, they seemed to straighten things out as the con went on though. Dealer room was like super huge from when I went in 2010, and was pretty awesome all around. Got some neat stuff there. We stayed at the Comfort Suites, which was pretty close to the center. Like a 5-10 minute walk depending on how many blisters from walking, lol. Good times all around .
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BernieB
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posted August 23, 2012 03:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by moxdiamd:
Good times at GenCon!! Got to meet Mr. Stone Rain himself BernieB (Dan). Expanded on the Negator collection a little. Got a bunch of cards signed. And played in tournament which I havent done in too many years. Fun!
Great finally meeting you, too, Glen!
Dan
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