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It's going to be a great time!! Can't wait!

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This is the same for me. Trying to do printing for SkalCon and can't access the files. :(

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Hi friends. I've inherited this convention. It's a pretty good time, although February in MN is a hard sell. :D

The Con is free if you only want to run games (referee badge) or register as a Judge if you want the option to play as well. Con of the North Website to register for the con.

I need lots of volunteers for games. GM sign up form here!!

The main hotel is sold out but there are shuttles from others. It works well!

If you need a ride from the airport that can also be arranged.

We'd love to see you!

<3

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Leg o' Lamb wrote:
Leg o' Lamb wrote:
So how much did we raise?
So how much did we raise?

We'll be donating at least $5,000. We are still waiting on expenses and budget things to clear. It will probably be more.

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Congrats to Hilary, Erica and AJ!! I still look and mine and go HUH how'd this happen?!?1 :D

Congrats to all the new 5 stars!! You've all put in so much work in the community and it's much appreciated. <3

Thank you Tonya for coming and hanging at SkalCon! It's wonderful to see you and I know that everyone had a great time at your tables. We are very lucky to have you at the convention to help us raise money for Tubman!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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Thank you everyone who came and played, GM'd, shenanigan'd, gave money, gave time, danced, etc.

We couldn't do it without all of you!! hope to see you next year. When we have a total donation we will post it. It used to be so easy when we just took cash. :D

<3 <3 <3

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SkalCon is the best and I'm so excited to see everyone this year and in the future!

Hotel for Saturday is completely booked so if you need help finding other options please reach out to us and we'll figure it out!

<3 <3

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Just call in sick. I'm sure someone at the con would be a great sick voice for you! :D

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We added more Thur/Sun nights If anyone was trying to book and couldn't with the rate, you can again!

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Hilary Moon Murphy wrote:

Question to Jolene and the team: Are we in the same rooms that we use for Con of the North, or somewhere else in the hotel?

Hmm

We are in the Regency, which is the main vendor room for CotN.

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If anyone needs Airport pick up/drop off:

Send me your flight information jolene.danner@10klakesgaming.org

I am putting together a spreadsheet so I can get an idea of who could (a) carpool or (b) be picked up by someone

We are a bit further out this year and I'm happy to help coordinate people who need assistance getting to the hotel.

I'm also getting some more Thur/sun rooms.

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Landon Hatfield wrote:
For someone flying in from out of town, do any locals have a suggestion on the best way to get from airport>hotel and back? I can resort to Lyft\Uber if necessary, but...

Send me your flight information jolene.danner@10klakesgaming.org and we will work something out. I'm sure others will need a ride to and from as well!

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Billiard wrote:
Still waiting to hear back about GMing.

We are working on GMing assignments. If you've turned in the form AJ will get back to you as soon as he gets that round of assignments done. It's quite the process with all these tables. I can't imagine doing all the work that he does on it. I'll stick with figuring out the other stuff. :D

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We are going to have such a great time!!

We're working hard to make sure the new space is going to be amazing!

Laura Shaw and I are working on a Paranoia: Starfinder Edition game for the VIPs/Authors to play while the audience can make modest donations to ~improve the game :D

In an effort to make friday more exciting for all the awesome people that come in to help us setup or just take the whole day off so they can hang out.

(guys we have a STAGE this year!!!!)

Also there's a panel to ask questions after the Paranoia game.

I AM SO PUMPED I CAN'T EVEN SOME DAYS!!!

I look forward to seeing all of you.

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We already know it will be a fabulous time. Hope all of you can join us. YES I am looking at YOU! :D

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Steven Schopmeyer wrote:
Is this where I come to complain about my tables not being reported? :)

THEY ARE REPORTED NAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! <3

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I'm not seeing this as an option under ACG S3 or S4. Or Under PFS S9.

Am I just blind? I need to report 14 sessions of it from SkalCon's running of 9-00.

thanks!

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Keith Apperson wrote:
Nothing better to thaw you off in the middle of February than a room with 23 tables of Pathfinders and Starfinders!

Last year is was like 60F! No need for thawing!

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Steven Schopmeyer wrote:
Is this where I come to complain about my tables not being reported? :)

HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA

it's actually fairly unusual for us not to have this done already. But we actually had so much to do in HQ all con that we haven't done any of it yet.

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It was a great time. The wheels are already a spinning for next year! Hope to see everyone back again and more new faces! This community is one of the best! Thanks to all who came to play.

Thanks to all the people who helped run tables and HQ.

Thanks to everyone who bought dice from me multiple times as I circled the room with my bowl of Starfinder Blue dice or Liberty's Edge dice that needed someone kind to free them from their captivity.

Thanks to everyone who was patient with us learning how to get the traffic flow better while using all the new electronics we've just begun to take advantage of!

:D

TO NEXT YEAR YAHOOS!

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Just wanted to report that half the sessions for 2D Con (152977) seem to have been banished.

I have all the reporting sheets with session numbers marked on them still.

I see that there is an issue existing already but wanted to report this one as well since GM's have been asking where their session went.
thanks!

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Hurray!!! SkålCon is best con!!

Can't wait to see everyone again and hopefully make new friends from new places!!

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I think the Mission accomplished refers to the card game side.

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We have a great time! All our Volunteers are amazing!!

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I mean her hand is on your friend dick

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Officer Rikki Gunderson wrote:
Jolene Danner wrote:
I can't believe I volunteered for this. Wait yes I can. It's mostly fun. ;)

You begged, pleaded, cajoled.

You got what you deserved!

Not the players I want, the players I deserved. So true.

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I can't believe I volunteered for this. Wait yes I can. It's mostly fun. ;)

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Made it through 2 rounds of influence checks. This feast is getting underway soonish....

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They are all so into discovering things, so much discovery so little time.

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What to say? This hellknights feast is going to begin, someday.

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Well we are in the manor... mostly

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Oh boy... what have I agreed to.....

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Neal B wrote:


And who can forget derailing games (all in good fun) with the wonderful PFS community we have there! Particularly a table of Kobolds on a mission to negotiate with a tribe of Kobolds... that they all happen to be a part of.
... and the reptile puns. (Thanks for playing along, Jolene!)

He was gonna make a speech to the chief and he made it. hahah Such a fun game.

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Martin Kauffman 530 wrote:
It seems to me that Paizo should go out of it's way to do whatever it can to encourage local game stores to flourish, even if it means cutting down on it's short term profit. I realize that cutting out the middleman by the online ordering of products is cheaper because it cuts out the middleman; but local gaming venues , I believe, are essential to the long term growth of the gaming community and should be strongly supported. Also to be encouraged are college or high school gaming clubs perhaps with the aid of PFS gaming personnel.

The bridge construction that's been going on at Exit for YMB likely didn't help. But it def didn't have anything to do with PFS people or Paizo.

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As the current organizer of YMB, I was devastated when I heard the news. I *did* shed tears over this news. Working with Dan, Doug, Derek, Cody and the other wonderful employees was always easy. They made room for us, seemingly no matter what. If I called and asked for 5 tables, I GOT THEM!

They reached out to me to have Pathfinder Society Appreciation Day. They gave raffle prizes and bought a cake and gave us the WHOLE STORE (except the computer terminals) where we packed in 7 tables (only short 2 players have all of them full.) Zach and Monica from Fargo came down to help me Oversee, Ryan Blomquist read the Overseer scripted bits while we tallied the points and kept track of time. It was my first special that I organized and it makes me so happy to see how well it turned out. (thanks Earl from ^^^ in this thread)

Running game days here have pushed me many ways. It wasn't easy, but it was good. I am proud of the community we've built up over the years. I'm sad for Dan and Doug, I know they tried to keep the doors open. I know that they are going to try to keep the community going as well, without the store front. I wish them all the luck with that and will happily toss in some events in PFS ways to things that they want to do later.

I've had many good times at YMB playing and GMing. Some of the most memorable:
Port Godless and the 3 Silver Crusaders slaughtering the accountants on the top floor as the 3 Chelaxian's watch in horror.
Fashion shows with Kitty's druid (which on amirite?!?!?) where our characters were too naive to know that the person watching the show wasn't there for the fashion.
Surviving hard mode in Sealed gate.
Surviving King of the storval stairs...
Not surviving AFI:3 Hard mode... (that 1 on that fort save though)
Playing so many amazing games with so many amazing people.

I've laughed, I've cried, I've raged, and I kept going back. Sure we'll all have this at Level Up now on saturday nights. But it won't be the same.

It won't be YMB. That place is the best.

(at least red team got the PokeGym back on saturday) :D

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Chris Rathunde wrote:
TOZ wrote:
A moment of silence please for the three new grippli recruits that did not survive Thursty's table this afternoon.

Not to cast aspersions on anyone, but I think Thursty may have enjoyed their demise. Perhaps even relished it.

Aosrax wrote:
A sad day for the grippli, but I heard a rumor that they are like a hydra, and multiply upon death.
Grippli's Believe It or Not! :-)

Is frog good with relish? I'm not sure...

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Hilary Moon Murphy wrote:


Our intenet connection was wonky, so we did not manage to get the official pre-recorded sound to work, but Jolene Danner narrated Sorrina Westyr's voice beautifully. I loved their system of texting winning conditions.

Now today I need to go survive Boomer's table of Hands of the Muted God. Wish me luck!

Hmm

PS Last night... loud party! This morning... headache. It's no fair that to wake up with a headache when you weren't drinking!

*inserts many hearts* The loud speaker we have this year is very helpful to my voice.

I'm glad everyone is having a fantastic time. I know that I am!!!

Now I'm cleaning up HQ and thinking about next year.

Thanks to everyone who came, donated (items and money), had fun and played hard! I know that next year can only be better!!

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jon dehning wrote:
Jolene Danner wrote:
MisterSlanky wrote:


Listen to the overseer's announcements

THAT'S RIGHT!! DAT OVERSEER THO!! (I hear she's pretty great)

(Along with the help of my excellent team of HQ friends)

Don't you mean "lackeys"?

I was going to say minions but friends seemed nicer and a way to prevent an uprising until I have them in my clutches... I mean... wut?

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MisterSlanky wrote:


Listen to the overseer's announcements

THAT'S RIGHT!! DAT OVERSEER THO!! (I hear she's pretty great)

I got my cheat sheet ready. Imma be making all the important announcements and changing slides and doing math! YEAH!!

(Along with the help of my excellent team of HQ friends)

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I have an Air Bed I can lend if needed. My extra Room is filled by the ND VL's though. :D

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We got this locked down! :D I can hardly contain my excitement for this convention. It's a lot of work by a fantastic team. Everyone WILL have a good time. (or else?)

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I was just coming to ask about reporting it because I don't see it on the list yet. I like to report things right after they are turned in to make sure I don't misplace them. So far everyone is having a great time!

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I love that toad boon! So cool! I'm very excited for Saturday. I had my friend make a map hand out for when Loptop gives them a map. It's adorable. Now I'm going to make some glittery invitations!

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jon dehning wrote:


Friday
HQ Slot 3: Try to remember why hitting the Steak 'n Shake at 4am was "A good idea"

Steak 'n Shake is ALWAYS a good idea! mmmmmm

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I just finished reading it. I was laughing a lot! Great job guys! Can't wait to run it. I've got some fun ideas of flavor things to bring to Free RPG day.

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I got the modules from my Store for my GM's. just checking in on Pre-Gens (are they the same as part 1? I haven't compared yet) and Chronicle sheets for downloading. If it's just VC's that's fine, just want to make sure we have time to get things printed for the event!

The module looks fun and we have 30 RSVP's plus walk in's so it should be a smashing all day event at Your Mom's Basement!

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Serisan wrote:
I'm totally stoked to start prepping 7-20. Running it on May 7th for a table in the MN lodge. I look forward to devouring those sweet, sweet digital pages.

SO. VERY. EXCITED!

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John Compton wrote:
Serisan wrote:
jon dehning wrote:
Andrew Christian wrote:

One of Clinton's two retired scenarios will be available.

We hope any way. It will depend on how well the cornering of one Mr. John Compton goes at Paizo Con.
I think there is no man or woman alive who can stand up to the combined virility of the MN lodge.
If at any point the "combined virility" of a lodge is your way of making a request, I assure you that our answer will be "no."

*sends them back to the drawing board*

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Thanks Tonya!

As for terminology. I call my Saturday PFS Game Days. They are one slot from 6:30-whenwefinish usually 4 tables.

Conventions are multi-slot events whether they are 1 or more days.

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Mark Stratton wrote:

I will apologize, Jon, if I've been condescending - I certainly didn't mean to be. I have to believe, somehow, this is going to get worked out. If not, I'll be quick to say I was wrong.

But, I just ask that folks (not just on this thread but all of them, really) express themselves with a little less...vitriol (maybe that's not the right word.) As I told Andy, I'm happy to help, I really am, but not if someone is going to repay my help by biting my head off. :-)

At any rate, I'll try to work toward a positive solution. It's not my area, but as a VC, I have a responsibility to help improve the overall program.

Hang in there.

I appreciate your support Mark. I don't think we mean to come across as vitriol filled raging barbarians. As we all know text doesn't always translate. I believe that all the MN people who've spoken on this thread have the best intentions and only want to make sure SkalCon is not in fact SkalGameDay.

We're only 150 something days from our con now so we don't have the luxury to sit and hope. We need answers and solutions. We've put in a lot of time and effort already and we're about to start major crunch time.

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