PaizoCon Limited Event Schedule!

The FAQ for the event lottery is here.

Will the PFS scenarios we are scheduled to run be added to our schedules by Tuesday?

It saddens me that I am not allowed to run my proposed Alpha Omega slots. Maybe if another game fails to muster a table, I can poach some players. Oh well. There's always next time, I guess.

It saddens me that I am not allowed to run my proposed Alpha Omega slots. Maybe if another game fails to muster a table, I can poach some players. Oh well. There's always next time, I guess.

I don't understand - where did you propose the game? I don't see it on the boards.

The lottery will assign each day's events in separate rounds.

Does this mean the lottery is rolled for each day separately? So, if I had a 4 on a Friday event and a 4 on a Saturday, it would decide on the Fridays first, and then on the Saturdays? Hope that makes sense. Pretty sure I'm wrong, but I want to be sure.

The Blog post said, "email me," so I did. I never heard back from Hyrum, but the slots I wanted to run aren't listed here.

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The lottery will assign each day's events in separate rounds.

Does this mean the lottery is rolled for each day separately? So, if I had a 4 on a Friday event and a 4 on a Saturday, it would decide on the Fridays first, and then on the Saturdays? Hope that makes sense. Pretty sure I'm wrong, but I want to be sure.

Each day is handled separately.

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

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The lottery will assign each day's events in separate rounds.

Does this mean the lottery is rolled for each day separately? So, if I had a 4 on a Friday event and a 4 on a Saturday, it would decide on the Fridays first, and then on the Saturdays? Hope that makes sense. Pretty sure I'm wrong, but I want to be sure.

Each day is handled separately.

Ah, many thanks!

Two questions:
1. "PFS characters welcome" does this mean PFS credit?
2. When will information on many of these be filled out as to if pregens will be made or if our own characters are needed in preparation. Some list neither.

Would I be right in assuming that a PFS scenario is being run in each of the daily time slots? That is my primary interest. I want to know before I sign up for something else.

Speaking of PFS slots, for those of us who signed up to GM PFS, will that schedule be posted prior to the lottery? I'd like to align my lottery picks so they don't overlap with the PFS sessions I am supposed to GM. (I know which slots I put in for, but do not have confirmation.) Apologies if this question has already been answered elsewhere!

Does "2nd level PFS legal characters only" means you use PFS characters or you just make a level 2 guy who is PFS legal? Will boon rewards be given?

The Blog post said, "email me," so I did. I never heard back from Hyrum, but the slots I wanted to run aren't listed here.

Actually The Blog Post said to post it in the Thread.. You only Email him if you where running PFS games.

We're only taking event submissions until April 27, 2011 (2 weeks from today). So post below in the following format:

Speaking of PFS slots, for those of us who signed up to GM PFS, will that schedule be posted prior to the lottery? I'd like to align my lottery picks so they don't overlap with the PFS sessions I am supposed to GM. (I know which slots I put in for, but do not have confirmation.) Apologies if this question has already been answered elsewhere!

Assume the Slots you Volunteered for are the ones you you will be running PFS, so do not put if for lottery slots during those.

I don't see character level given on my events. Considering Yvex's spire is a level 12 dungeon I think that may end up a fatal problem for that event, since I was hoping people would show up with characters.

Last year, after PaizoCon, people asked how the event could be improved. In response I wrote about a frustrating aspect of the convention:

My personal experience: I signed up to judge a PFS adventure on Friday. Josh overbooked the session (perfectly reasonable) and three of us DMs ended up with nothing to do. If we had known sooner, we could have found other games to play in. (Since we didn't get to actually GM, I don't think we even got the PFS OP GM rewards for running a table...)[/smaller]

• While PFS needs a full muster to determine how many tables get slotted with which tiers and sub-tiers, we shouldn't need to go through the muster to determine that there's only enough players for three or four tables.

On Saturday morning, I'd set up to run my "Pathfinder Academy" adventure. Seven people had entered the lottery and won chairs at my table. Only two showed up.

Now, as it turns out, that was sort of okay, because I was able to scrounge around and find some terrific players to join the game. (Some other people had won seats at a session where it was the GM who hadn't shown up.) Now, even so, it was far from ideal; they didn't get to play in the game they really wanted, and some people who would have liked to play in my game, but didn't make the lottery cut, didn't know to show up. Also, starting 45 minutes late was one of the things that kept us from finishing the adventure.

Scuttlebutt around the convention suggested that this problem was rampant. Two GMs just kind of gave up when their players didn't show, and two others managed to scramble to find fresh players.

• The lottery procedure places an undue value on winning table spots. People win their third and fourth choices, which they're sort of ambivalent about attending, but don't want to just release them without some compensation. There's no price to pay for requesting a seat, and no penalty at all for failing to show up.
  
• It would be nice for Paizo to emphasize that it's not cool to win a seat at a gaming table and then just not show up. It keeps other interested parties from playing games according to their interests.

I've been a fan of gaming conventions for years, and I've never seen this kind of problem: not at big shows, and not at small local cons. I'm sure that it's the lottery aspect of PaizoCon game seating, combined with the free game tickets, that's causing these difficulties.

So, my advice: treat the lottery as a series of commitments. Don't sign up for something you're not sure you'd find interesting. And if you don't get into something you signed up for, show up at the table anyways, to see if one of the people who won space decided to drop out.

Thanks for the comments everyone! I've switched some events around due to some conflicts, and extended the non-PFS events on Friday morning to 1pm so they now run 4 hours. I'll be doing the PFS volunteering schedule throughout the day and that should go up before the lottery so you'll have a better idea of what your schedule will look like. I can say that 99% of the PFS volunteers are getting the schedule they requested.

Hyrum.

Thanks for the comments everyone! I've switched some events around due to some conflicts, and extended the non-PFS events on Friday morning to 1pm so they now run 4 hours. I'll be doing the PFS volunteering schedule throughout the day and that should go up before the lottery so you'll have a better idea of what your schedule will look like. I can say that 99% of the PFS volunteers are getting the schedule they requested.

Hyrum.

Dang, the kender game's been moved. Oh well, it's probably for the best. Mustn't allow such games to prosper. ;)

Hyrum, you locked the other thread before I asked this..

But what is the Friday 9am - 12 PFS slot for

I volunteered for that, and I want to make sure you have plans for that since there is nothing on the schedule for that.

Hyrum, you locked the other thread before I asked this..

But what is the Friday 9am - 12 PFS slot for

I volunteered for that, and I want to make sure you have plans for that since there is nothing on the schedule for that.

It's for Assault in Absalom, a PFS Quest

I'm assuming this, as it is the only open event going on from 9-12.

Dragnmoon wrote:

Hyrum, you locked the other thread before I asked this..

But what is the Friday 9am - 12 PFS slot for

I volunteered for that, and I want to make sure you have plans for that since there is nothing on the schedule for that.

It's for Assault in Absalom, a PFS Quest

I'm assuming this, as it is the only open event going on from 9-12.

I see it now, I am assuming since It was not added to my schedule, He did not need me

Strange, same for me. I have one slot that I signed up for, but not the other. And I really wanted to run two slots! - emailing Hyrum about this.

Looks like you were right. They cut the amount of volunteers they needed Friday morning.

*pouts* and I wanted that goody bag!

[edit] Actually, looks like everyone is getting one, plus $10 in the store for each event. :)

Hi, I'm a newcomer, and I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post these questions. I think I need some help with clarity on the paizocon lottery system.
It might be my first time attending--I bought my 3-day badge ticket today.
I'm concerned I might be sitting around with not much to do if I go. On the first page I read, the lotery signup seems to end on May 23rd, but under FAQ, I've noticed the ending date seems to be May 15th. Which one is it?
After signing up today for the lottery events, I checked my event schedule and nothing's there. How do I know if my signup went through?
Help?

<confused>

Hi, I'm a newcomer, and I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post these questions. I think I need some help with clarity on the paizocon lottery system.

It might be my first time attending--I bought my 3-day badge ticket today.
I'm concerned I might be sitting around with not much to do if I go. On the first page I read, the lotery signup seems to end on May 23rd, but under FAQ, I've noticed the ending date seems to be May 15th. Which one is it?
After signing up today for the lottery events, I checked my event schedule and nothing's there. How do I know if my signup went through?
Help?

<confused>

It's the 23rd. They set out a email saying the time was extended. In addition, there are open events (check the open events tab) that are not part of the lottery. Check this thread.