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My first gaming convention: advice?

Started by Necrozius, April 14, 2017, 04:38:27 PM

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#30
April 17, 2017, 06:55:18 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;957491If the game is shitty, but the players are cool - then take over the game. Dispose of the craptastic GM and lead the players over to another table and run your own game for them. You have the chops, you yourself said that you are not the passive-aggressive sulking type, so why not save the day for the whole table and possibly become the stuff of con gaming legend?

Bonus points if you can save the game for the sake of the other players from within the shitty game itself! Makes for even cooler stories later.
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#31
April 17, 2017, 06:56:31 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;957772Sure, hotels with poor ventilation smell better on Friday than Sunday, but that's happens at non-gaming events too.

They're definitely a minority.  Plus - they're more of an issue for 5 day cons than for 3 day cons.

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#32
April 19, 2017, 05:28:22 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;957736Lucky for you, I have no problem with telling a dirtbag that he or she needs to wash their ass.

Then we salute you!
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#33
April 19, 2017, 08:12:41 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;957772WTF is up with the stank ass freaks?  

After nearly 40 years of California conventions, I rarely encounter stinky gamers. Sure, hotels with poor ventilation smell better on Friday than Sunday, but that's happens at non-gaming events too. The stinky gamer thing happened far more in the 80s when the average age was in the teens and young adult. And then it was almost always the mega-fatty or the poor guys who couldn't afford a hotel room and just gamed for 3 days straight with naps on the floor.  

In the past decade, I've smelled a handful of stinkers out of many hundreds of players.

Yeah.  GaryCon had 1700 people in one venue and no stinkasses.

Really, I haven't encountered one in literal decades.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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Voros

#34
April 20, 2017, 05:58:35 AM
I encounter one almost everytime I wander in my local game store. Perhaps it is young guys taken unawares by puberty?

Baron Opal

#35
April 21, 2017, 11:06:11 AM
Convention food is crap and criminally expensive. A snack or two is fine, but make sure to bring food or at least scout out where the supermarket is.

Stay hydrated. The last time I was at a converntion I nearly drove myself into a-fib due to all of the free Bawls Gaurana I drank.

RPGPundit

#36
April 30, 2017, 08:27:37 PM
I generally would eat before, or after; if it's not local research ahead of time as to where would be the best place to eat near the convention site.
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#37
May 01, 2017, 01:26:18 PM
Quote from: Necrozius;957293I finally lost patience with my regular pool of potential role players and have reached out to the local community. Ottawa is quite bustling, it turns out, and I've discovered the yearly CanGames event.

As it is on May 19-21, 2017, are you planning on letting us know how it was?
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#38
May 02, 2017, 06:16:06 AM
Hookers.  Bring Hookers.
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#39
May 02, 2017, 08:30:14 AM
Quote from: Spike;960330Hookers.  Bring Hookers.

Been tried. Last GenCon I was at was approached by two after dark while on way to an event in a separate hotel. At first wasnt sure if they were real or attendees goofing off with a joke. Still not sure. Dont wanna know.

At MiniCon though I know there was some wild stuff going on after hours. But that was a pretty wild con and not as much gaming related the times I attended. Was there twice for some social games and a little RPG play and partially business as was at the time finalizing a RPG deal and the IP owner was there. Despite its name it was a huge con and at least once used up all the hotels in the Minneapolis area. Think that was either the one with GWAR or a celtic rock band performing at the con?

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#40
May 02, 2017, 08:33:58 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;960103I generally would eat before, or after; if it's not local research ahead of time as to where would be the best place to eat near the convention site.

And an addendum to that. If theres a Sponsor level and you have it. Then take advantage of the usual sponsor buffet or dinner event some have.

But right there. Check whats local or what your hotel has to offer. Some have really good service at not too bad prices.

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#41
May 02, 2017, 12:54:54 PM
Quote from: Omega;960342Been tried. Last GenCon I was at was approached by two after dark while on way to an event in a separate hotel. At first wasnt sure if they were real or attendees goofing off with a joke. Still not sure. Dont wanna know.

At MiniCon though I know there was some wild stuff going on after hours. But that was a pretty wild con and not as much gaming related the times I attended. Was there twice for some social games and a little RPG play and partially business as was at the time finalizing a RPG deal and the IP owner was there. Despite its name it was a huge con and at least once used up all the hotels in the Minneapolis area. Think that was either the one with GWAR or a celtic rock band performing at the con?

But at Minicon, they aren't hookers.  A couple of the local ladies of negotiable affection wandered in once and the hotel security told them "Good luck, girls, it's being given away for free all over the place."  They left after a few minutes.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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#43
May 02, 2017, 05:08:31 PM
Quote from: Omega;960342Been tried. Last GenCon I was at was approached by two after dark while on way to an event in a separate hotel. At first wasnt sure if they were real or attendees goofing off with a joke. Still not sure. Dont wanna know.

At MiniCon though I know there was some wild stuff going on after hours. But that was a pretty wild con and not as much gaming related the times I attended. Was there twice for some social games and a little RPG play and partially business as was at the time finalizing a RPG deal and the IP owner was there. Despite its name it was a huge con and at least once used up all the hotels in the Minneapolis area. Think that was either the one with GWAR or a celtic rock band performing at the con?

I wouldn't talk to them either because:

1)Happily married

2) Pretty sure my local mega convention is crawling with under cover vice. Much like an STD, an arrest record is the gift that keeps on giving.

Spike

#44
May 02, 2017, 05:25:46 PM
Quote from: MonsterSlayer;9603932) Pretty sure my local mega convention is crawling with under cover vice. Much like an STD, an arrest record is the gift that keeps on giving.

Wear that arrest for Hooking with PRIDE! Its a freaking, or even a fucking, badge of honor!
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