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Just out of curiousity, Quarex, what are reasons for items being rejected from the auction?
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Jul 20, 2022 00:19
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Sounds like they are trying to turn more of the auction into serious business and not just an entertainment.
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Jul 20, 2022 00:20
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Well that makes sense, some of our items are...out there...
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Jul 20, 2022 00:40
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nesbit37 posted:Sounds like they are trying to turn more of the auction into serious business and not just an entertainment. BOOOOOOOO
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Jul 20, 2022 01:02
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nesbit37 posted:Sounds like they are trying to turn more of the auction into serious business and not just an entertainment. there's already an entire dealer hall full of capitalism. i paid for blood!
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Jul 20, 2022 01:13
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Erainor posted:Just out of curiousity, Quarex, what are reasons for items being rejected from the auction? nesbit37 posted:Sounds like they are trying to turn more of the auction into serious business and not just an entertainment. Erainor posted:Well that makes sense, some of our items are...out there... Bottom Liner posted:BOOOOOOOO Deviant posted:there's already an entire dealer hall full of capitalism. Like, I absolutely understand the logic in play where the people whose business interests are tied up in the Auction are primarily interested in maximizing the business aspects of the Auction But T.O.V.A. is definitely going to be less of a draw if all the hilarious stuff gets taken out, and while I have no idea if this will actually impact the bottom line, it certainly will not help bring in more people to remove the only "fun" part. But if the extra people it brings in mostly do not buy the big dollar things anyway, I guess it does not much matter? Also that is definitely a bit negative; clearly there are still funny things that are gaming-related that will be up for bid, I just do not happen to own any of those things (or, more specifically, you are NEVER GONNA GET my D&D tablecloth away from me) Since my absolute favorite part of T.O.V.A. is seeing what entirely inappropriate items will go up for sale and how hilariously high people will bid them, and indeed the hope to be the person getting to announce those items is what got me volunteering in the first place, this might well be my last year, so get in while the getting is good! Not that there are not other auctioneers who do the actual job they are supposed to do better than I do. But who else can you count on to randomly say "MIKE! WHY AREN'T YOU BIDDING?" and watch at least two or three guys in the audience confusedly put up their bidder cards
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Jul 20, 2022 02:16
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I still think you should move to Ohio, get an auctioneers license, and bring TOVA to Origins if it crashes at Gen Con.
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Jul 20, 2022 02:28
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nesbit37 posted:I still think you should move to Ohio, get an auctioneers license, and bring TOVA to Origins if it crashes at Gen Con. Regardless ... GEN-CON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is finally close enough that I have my clothes suitcase packed, a duffel bag completely full of snacks portioned into gallon-sized plastic bags (as you do), and am waiting for my apparently annual "handful of things to pass out at Shots Wednesday" delivery to arrive. No way I will ever be able to recreate the majesty of clearance-raiding 20 shirts for a convention that did not happen, though
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Jul 25, 2022 05:41
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I am bummed that I am going to miss Shots Wednesday this year. Stupid work trip <grumble grumble>
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Jul 25, 2022 14:51
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Ilor posted:I am bummed that I am going to miss Shots Wednesday this year. Stupid work trip <grumble grumble>
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Jul 25, 2022 19:35
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Dr. Quarex posted:Just start drinking wherever you are!
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Jul 25, 2022 21:19
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Ilor posted:I will be on a plane! What could go wrong?!? What, are you the pilot?
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Jul 25, 2022 23:05
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CellBlock posted:What, are you the pilot? Even then...
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Jul 26, 2022 02:02
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I had another Gencon dream. This time I was spending the first morning trying to find the vaccine card check place and ended up deep in the bowels of the mechanical section of the building.
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Jul 27, 2022 16:38
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Maigius posted:I had another Gencon dream. This time I was spending the first morning trying to find the vaccine card check place and ended up deep in the bowels of the mechanical section of the building. Gen-Con dreams are the best, as they are usually low-grade nightmares and just about the only bad dreams I have had since I was a kid. I had my most realistic one ever this year, as I was quarantining in anticipation of travelling and realized it was already Saturday and I had forgotten to leave my house 
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Jul 27, 2022 20:24
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Dr. Quarex posted:You say bowels of the mechanical section of the building, I say A MONSTER!!! A GORVIL!!! Pictured: the gorvil returning to its hovel
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Jul 27, 2022 21:10
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Later today I begin my journey to Indianapolis, omgggggggg Anyone who does not keep up with the Discord or who has not seen it elsewhere yet: WE ARE TRULY BLESSED this year by the Auction's new "actually having submission cutoffs and the ability to reject things" policies, so a tentative auction block schedule FOR THE ENTIRE CONVENTION is actually up, negating the need for me to post schedules from like 2007 and say "O.K., it usually looks kind of like this!" I highly recommend making an event on your phone calendar listing each category, as I know absolutely everyone else takes the Auction as seriously as I do Pretty cool though, we have almost never had sections as granular as "supernatural-themed RPGs" or "sci-fi boardgames" in previous years. O.K. granted there have been a few times internally we knew that we were putting, say, all of the space RPG stuff in one category, but there was never any more public notification of this than being able to see them all stacked onstage beforehand. T.O.V.A. still at 4 on Saturday, so make sure to skip the goddamn costume parade as always; a few genuinely weird items slipped through the "not-gaming-related" rejection filter somehow, so this will probably be its last hurrah as a source of absurd amusement in addition to a great place to pick up weird gaming offshoot products.
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Jul 31, 2022 06:33
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I have a goal of buying "something inexplicable" this year. Doesn't need to be at the auction, but has to be something I probably overpaid for that will make me wonder in a year or so, why did I buy this?. The inflatable USS Enterprise is a good example, along with the $80 stone dice, the waffle sundae, and Gloranta Deity book preview.
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Jul 31, 2022 08:43
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Landed, checked in, and ready to build the dungeon. Gencon ahoy!
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Aug 1, 2022 02:43
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Radio Free Walrus posted:Landed, checked in, and ready to build the dungeon. Gencon ahoy! I am in the all-important final pre-Indianapolis phase we all partake in, where you watch Monty Python reruns with your father in Central Illinois before the last bit of drive Monday morning Planning to hit up Doughnuts & Dragons on Tuesday, since they are closed Mondays anyway. I would be happy to buy extra if anyone is around Tuesday night and fancies a Sweet Dough Toroid
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Aug 1, 2022 03:14
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Dr. Quarex posted:GEN-CONNNNNNNNNN Holdup, where in Central Illinois? Because that's where I am. Also, gently caress yeah TOVA into Collector Auction (but really also prepainted minis onward on Friday, too), my wallet is already screaming. Saturday gonna rule. Any idea what the big ticket items will be this year? I wonder how many thousands I'll spend this year?! 
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Aug 1, 2022 09:34
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Pvt. Public posted:Holdup, where in Central Illinois? Because that's where I am. Also, gently caress yeah TOVA into Collector Auction (but really also prepainted minis onward on Friday, too), my wallet is already screaming. Saturday gonna rule. Any idea what the big ticket items will be this year? I grew up in Normal, though these days my father lives all the way over in ... Bloomington. As for the big-ticket items, sadly the only real preview of things I have as an insider is some of the cool stuff they rejected for not being relevant, including a two-handed sword, a handmade wooden beer mug, and a Denny's menu from 1999. R.I.P. oldschool T.O.V.A. I can definitely examine the goods on Wednesday when I check my own stuff in, though, and report back here. I suppose I do have the preview scoop that we have been given the O.K. to like read descriptions or tell stories about any interesting items this year, as the total number of entries was successfully kept in check by the new system, so there will be no need for blitzing through dozens of things in a few minutes. Probably also means the Consignment Store will be downright manageable?! We can hope! As I mentioned in the Discord, my goal is to balance out to spending precisely $0, between my incredibly low hotel costs and my over 150 items up for bid this year. Even though I also love spending money specifically at Gen-Con and have no idea why I am being so cruel to myself
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Aug 1, 2022 14:01
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Shoulda come down to Springfield to hang out. Much cooler city than normal imo
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Aug 1, 2022 14:27
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Frozen Peach posted:Shoulda come down to Springfield to hang out. Much cooler city than normal imo "You drat right it is" "Oh"
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Aug 1, 2022 14:34
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Anyone see any True Dungeon 101 type events? The wife and I did one in 2019 and we could use a refresher before our session this year... and we also got free tokens last time we went to a 101 event. I looked through both the official dbase and the gencondb site and I don't see anything but it's very possible I'm blind and don't know how to search.
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Aug 1, 2022 15:04
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I'm not seeing any True Dungeon 101 events. I am not terribly surprised, between the prices and the power gamers buying out all the runs I don't know how any new even gets into that game. Maybe at Gamehole Con.
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Aug 1, 2022 15:33
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This blog post came out about a week ago. Thought people might find it handy. https://www.visitindy.com/indianapolis-gen-con-block-party-2022-schedule
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Aug 1, 2022 15:45
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Numinous posted:Anyone see any True Dungeon 101 type events? The wife and I did one in 2019 and we could use a refresher before our session this year... and we also got free tokens last time we went to a 101 event. they have an entire guide on their website, also Fellis and I play every year semi-religiously if you want. also those free tokens are usually garbage. that said, i dont think they're doing the 101 style course, there's a training session baked into each run now
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Aug 1, 2022 16:14
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Deviant posted:they have an entire guide on their website, also Fellis and I play every year semi-religiously if you want. also those free tokens are usually garbage. We're pretty much just rolling with whatever we've got that's been given to us and we won in 2019 from the box after our session, so we don't even have full character sheets and what we do have is I'm guessing beggar tier (except for a badass ring that I pulled at the end of our session that gives +1 level). We were going to ask our group to just borrow some gear that they aren't using - people seem to show up with piles of stuff. Is there a buying/selling area for tokens? I wouldn't mind picking up some cheap potions or scrolls of healing or something but the idea of spending real cash on something we already paid $180 to participate in is meh.
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Aug 1, 2022 19:07
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Numinous posted:We're pretty much just rolling with whatever we've got that's been given to us and we won in 2019 from the box after our session, so we don't even have full character sheets and what we do have is I'm guessing beggar tier (except for a badass ring that I pulled at the end of our session that gives +1 level). so, one of the things that happened during covid was "virtual true dungeon" via zoom, etc. one of the unspoken rules was that if you used any potions or consumables, you're supposed to give them to newbies at gencon this year. so there's a non zero chance they might make it rain on you if you're clearly new. that +1 ring is a keeper, obviously. long term there's lots of ways to get that setup. you can definitely go as expensive or inexpensive as you want, and people's willingness to loan will vary. i don't know of any on site vendors, some of the major sellers do gencon pickup but i think even that window has passed. more on this in discord. Deviant fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Aug 1, 2022 |
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Aug 1, 2022 19:16
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Somebody posted on the official Gen-Con forum saying he will give away True Dungeon tokens to new players! That is all!
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Aug 1, 2022 20:50
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Dr. Quarex posted:Haha, all this time; are you my father?!? Oh nice, I'm in Champaign. Red Raccoon is a great LGS and the owner Jamie is a really cool dude. I get over there a few times a month between needing to go to Bloomington Spice Works or see shows at my friend's bar/restaurant, nightshop. And I fly out of BMI quite a bit because the airport here is surprisingly crap. Frozen Peach posted:Shoulda come down to Springfield to hang out. Much cooler city than normal imo Springfield is a damned hole, but yes it is better than Normal. Not Bloomington, though, just Normal. Cheap flights on occasion, and some good hidden gem food spots like Luca Pizza, Jerk Shop Go!, and Tacology 201. And the 2nd location of my favorite game store, Titan Games. Pvt. Public fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Aug 2, 2022 |
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Aug 2, 2022 06:39
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Today is effectively my last day because I have to tear down TD tomorrow during the day. I am entirely sad because that art dealer hall continues to beckon with a wallet stealing siren song. Still, only ~362 days until we do it all again!
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Aug 6, 2022 19:50
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Maigius posted:I had another Gencon dream. This time I was spending the first morning trying to find the vaccine card check place and ended up deep in the bowels of the mechanical section of the building. I found the hallway of my dreams! I even walked through it getting my vaccine check. 
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Aug 6, 2022 19:59
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Gencon felt like a return to form this year, I was definitely inconvenienced more often by walking roadblocks with those fuckin' board game table bags.
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Aug 8, 2022 04:46
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I am hopeful that VIG titles will be a thing next year.
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Aug 8, 2022 10:28
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It was a good con. I was unable to demo several games I was interested in, as the companies didn't bring them (BGG lied to me), and several things were sold out way before I got to them, and my game group mostly wasn't up for a lot over the weekend, but dammit, I still had fun. Got to sell some magic cards off, picked up a few things here and there. I Heard some rumors that GenCon was raising the fees for running a booth next year, and a lot of folks aren't planning on being back. A few smaller game companies and the Games Workshop bits seller at least mentioned this. Also I was really surprised on early Saturday afternoon to find that the Gallery Pastry Bar down at 110 S. Pennsylvania was basically empty. It's a somewhat pricey but crazy good brunch and dessert place just down on the opposite end of Georgia St. from the food trucks on the left, so very easily walkable from the convention. I am absolutely gonna try to hit them up again next year several times instead of bumbling around downtown looking for a burger place that doesn't have a half hour wait.
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Hoping next year will be mask free. Skipped this year just because it didn't sound like fun rocking a mask for 4 days straight. Probably helped with the gen crud though.
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Aug 8, 2022 19:22
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It was a good con for me this year. A little frustrated with myself that it was the least outgoing I've been at one though (my first time skipping shots Wednesday since gencon 50). It felt like more games that weren't especially noteworthy sold out this year but considering the state of global supply chains maybe I shouldn't be surprised. And honestly it saved me from purchasing a couple games I wouldn't have really played all that much anyway. I do kind of miss the smaller crowds of last year.
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Mr.Trifecta posted:Hoping next year will be mask free. Skipped this year just because it didn't sound like fun rocking a mask for 4 days straight. Probably helped with the gen crud though. More than a day out from the con and still no covid or con crud, so I'd say it was very much worth it!
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