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Mudcrab Merchant posted:Ooo yeah do you think we will see the return of hallway sleepers with the expected higher attendance? I'm sure they'll be there as long as they aren't deemed non-compliant with the covid policies.
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Mudcrab Merchant posted:GenCon bingo cards? What should we put on our horrible bingo cards? I definitely cannot get enough of "Food truck with only one item left in stock" and "The Backpack"
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Dr. Quarex posted:[JOIN THE DISCORD TO FIND OUT!] Is 'The Backpack' a literal 2ft3 Companion Cube being worn on someone's back in the dealer hall? I saw that in 2019 and really had to restrain myself.
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BlackIronHeart posted:Is 'The Backpack' a literal 2ft3 Companion Cube being worn on someone's back in the dealer hall? I saw that in 2019 and really had to restrain myself.
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The Backpack will be around this year. Boardgametables.com is the vendor who most egregiously sells these backpacks for like $25 each at every con and they are listed as coming to Gen Con. They aren't the only vendor that sells these things, but they are the ones with the giant tower of these backpacks you can see from any corner of the exhibit hall. I don't quite get what they get out of selling them. They are so cheap I can't believe they are making much of a profit on them no matter how poorly they are constructed. edit: The bag in question - https://www.boardgametables.com/products/board-game-bag nesbit37 fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jun 8, 2022 |
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Seeing they are actually still selling them has me now seriously considering my plan to make up stickers that say "please reconsider your thoughtless decision to wear this bag in a crowded room" and slap them on anyone I see wearing one Or go with my original thought for it to say "I AM AN rear end in a top hat"
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I carried one for a day last year and its miserable to be on that end of it, too.
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I can see the utility in one of those bags for transporting a bunch of games to a game night. do not, under any circumstances, wear it in a literal mass of humanity trying to loving walk here you rear end in a top hat what's wrong with you gently caress
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Yeah they’re only ok for getting games to/from a car. Miserable to carry any further and the backpack straps are worthless. I use the free one I got to store camping gear and that’s a much better use. The free tote bags CSI hands out remain the best way to carry games because they’re relatively compact and force you to not overpack.
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you also inexplicably end up with like, 3 of them? every year
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The pro move is to spend nothing in the dealer hall all convention, but get loaded on Saturday night and buy a guitar on eBay.
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wondering how many loving roller suitcases i'll trip over that people are dragging behind them
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 When Quarex realized he wasn’t at Gencon he decided to destroy the Columbus
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And I would have gotten away with it, too, sneaky kids, et cetera I did not check the Gen-Con hotel tracker page before the vaccination/mask requirement announcement the other day; I see there are three pretty-close rooms available now though!
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I went to GenCon for the first time last year. From the picture it looks like 2021 was completely different than a typical con. It will be like the first time all over again!
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Superstar posted:I went to GenCon for the first time last year. From the picture it looks like 2021 was completely different than a typical con. It will be like the first time all over again! Also, yeah, it really will. Last year was like you got to pop in to Gen-Con 2005 and see what things looked like before the board game market exploded in the 2010s. I doubt this year will be a record like 2019 but I bet it will be at least the like 4th or 5th biggest year And yeah normal years for Gen-Con are like the occasional moments at conventions where you realize that you are seriously considering skipping your ticketed event because so many other things are happening, except that feeling is constant
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Oh and hey everybody, for real now, the 2022 Gen-Con Auction page is up and running and ready for everyone to register new accounts and submit their 2022 goods! Major changes summary: 1: Deadlines are earlier because there is now a separate deadline for items being auctioned, get yo' stuff in by July 8 unless you are purely doing the store option (July 28) B. $75 is the new maximum on items for the Consignment Store @) The $50 tab bidder card option is not purely a deposit but a deposit on purchases (I think this was changed in like 2019 actually) § The new item categories:
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Dr. Quarex posted:The $50 tab bidder card option is not purely a deposit but a deposit on purchases (I think this was changed in like 2019 actually) What's the difference?
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nesbit37 posted:What's the difference? I joke, but I actually did get like $8 refunded once in the couple of years I had a tab before I started volunteering.
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Thats kind of lovely, actually. I frequently would get a bidder card and then just not buy anything that year for reasons. Maybe I never did the deposit? I dunno. I guess I am usually there to pick up my stuff right away so maybe its moot but that still doesn't feel like a great way to do things IMO. At least not for the bidder, great for the auction. Free $50!
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I think my tricksy wife has swapped our room in the Omni for a room in the Westin. Huzzah!
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nesbit37 posted:Thats kind of lovely, actually. I frequently would get a bidder card and then just not buy anything that year for reasons. Maybe I never did the deposit? I dunno. I guess I am usually there to pick up my stuff right away so maybe its moot but that still doesn't feel like a great way to do things IMO. At least not for the bidder, great for the auction. Free $50! Ilor posted:I think my tricksy wife has swapped our room in the Omni for a room in the Westin. Huzzah! When do you get in? I am in the Westin from the Sunday before the convention to Tuesday just to continue my quest to stay in every downtown Indianapolis hotel. I did not know I could get in so early until like two weeks ago, please nobody assume this is purely for my own amusement* *it is also purely for my own amusement
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I just updated the best50yearsingaming.com website to include a 360 tour of Horticultural Hall! Go check it out, especially if you've never been able to stop by the site in Lake Geneva. See where Gen Con started! http://www.best50yearsingaming.com/horticulturalhall
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nesbit37 posted:Thats kind of lovely, actually. I frequently would get a bidder card and then just not buy anything that year for reasons. Maybe I never did the deposit? I dunno. I guess I am usually there to pick up my stuff right away so maybe its moot but that still doesn't feel like a great way to do things IMO. At least not for the bidder, great for the auction. Free $50! Tab is different than a bidder card, you probably just gave them a buck for a number. It was a thing you could do to not have to pay for your stuff immediately iirc.
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Lots more events posted today. Looks like all the MTG events are up now too. https://gencon.eventdb.us/
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Dr. Quarex posted:When do you get in?
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Ilor posted:We'll get in on Wednesday. YAY the AUCTION got a GEN-CON E-MAIL BLAST WOOOOO So apparently most items are registered in the last week or so in previous years, so there is no way to really make much of this information, but it looks (since the item numbers seem incremental?) like they currently have about 10% of the 2019 totals registered after only about a week of being up. (If you were wondering, I asked about... Toshimo posted:Buddy, you know all the people who have access to the POS receipts. Literally just ask how many items sold at price cap on prior years.
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Both Satine and Jamison have cancelled all their events at this point. Whether it was their decision out Gen Con's, it's unclear.
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A bit sad, but work is sending me to EVO and that means I can’t go to Gen Con this year any more. It’ll be the first one I missed (outside of the Gen Con That Wasn’t) since I discovered it 6 or 7 years ago. I hope everyone has fun!!!!!!!!! GEN CON!!!!!
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https://streamable.com/mv589y My phone had this hidden in the Memories feature and I’m dying over here
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Eastmabl posted:Both Satine and Jamison have cancelled all their events at this point. Whether it was their decision out Gen Con's, it's unclear. Given the discussion on the Forums it could be either way, as they cancelled all of his events and then people were cancelling her event so they might have decided to save face by pretending they are doing soul-searching or the Powers That Be might have realized this is getting close to situations they have banned people for in the past Agrias120 posted:A bit sad, but work is sending me to EVO and that means I can’t go to Gen Con this year any more. It’ll be the first one I missed (outside of the Gen Con That Wasn’t) since I discovered it 6 or 7 years ago. 
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Eastmabl posted:35 days? After waiting over two years between the last two in-person conventions, this one definitely seems to have come out of nowhere It probably further helps that I feel like I spent the entirety of last week entering Auction items and time ceased having any meaning
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RIP time traveler's kit, hubby may have tossed the 90s AOL and MapQuest CDs.
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Maigius posted:RIP time traveler's kit, hubby may have tossed the 90s AOL and MapQuest CDs. This is a good reminder that the submission deadline for items actually being auctioned off is like FOUR DAYS FROM NOWWWWW go enter your things!!!
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Dr. Quarex posted:Well, it happened, the value of any other Time Traveller's Kits for T.O.V.A. went up as a result of your husband randomly throwing those out I found a card game from circa 1903, and a Popular Mechanics from 1907, so the past will still be represented. The Burger King promotion of the Red Skeleton reciting the Pledge of Allegiance from 1969 is also in.
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Looks like the auction has extended the deadline to get items in to July 17. It’s more than a week longer so start getting those items entered!
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For all you Latecomer Larrys in the thread, for whatever reason the Auction is still accepting items for bid today despite yesterday being the deadline, so HURRY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROBABLY-JUST-TODAY-GRACE-PERIOD OMG
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