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Dear Kyle,
This is actually a serious question as it seems you may actually have input that I may find useful..;)
I see that you bring your wife to conventions, I have not been able to find myself doing the same, not because my wife does not want to go, but because I am worried that I will not be able to give her any attention during the convention and she will not enjoy her time there. Did you face similar concerns before you first started to bring your wife to cons and how did you deal with them?
My dearest Dragonmoon,
If I were but a mere mortal, I would have most assurdly shared your concers about spending enough time with my wife. Here's a small exerpt from the history of the being known as Kyle Baird:
2007: First ever Gen Con. My wife came with. I tried to balance my time spent with her vs. time spent on her own. I was especially concerned that she'd be able to have fun without me (silly Kyle). We played a Call of Cthulhu together and she had a blast. I signed her up for a "girl gamers" type of game where they helped her build a character and play with a bunch of other girls. She said it helped her feel more comfortable and confident.
Memorable Moment: Played in the first Iron GM tournament and was blessed with Steve Helt, the eventual winner. This was my wife's first D&D experience. During the tournament there was a trivia challenge. Contestants had to guess a monster our of the 3.5 MM based on some of it's stats. I answered the first one out of the gate, "This construct has 15 hit dice..." *DING* "What is a Shield Guardian?" "Correct! WTF?!"
2009: Gen Con II - The Wrath of Con. We signed up for maybe 7 events together and 3 or 3 separate. She had a lot of fun playing Diplomacy and Pathfinder together (except at Doug Miles (name drop) table). She had the most fun playing Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, and Firefly (Heroes) without me. Playing in those games without me allowed her to open up and be silly self while roleplaying.
Memorable Moment: Sitting at the RAM around 1 a.m. and James Sutter shows up. I tried to buy him a drink, but he declined. He was nice enough to come across the bar and sit next to me and my wife. We ended up chatting about all sorts of stuff for over an hour. Awesome guy. I hope everyone gets a chance to know James some day.
2010: Gen Con III - The Search for Angus. No Wife. Judged 10 slots of PFS. Met a bunch of cool people (even those with painted scorpion minis), met a couple of less than cool people (like Angus). Great time, totally different Con experience.
Memorable Moment: Being assigned to Table 38 repeatedly by Josh. I was coming in early every day to help set up, judging every slot, and it was great to develop a personal report with all the PFS volunteers.
Second Memorable Moment: Killing Mark Garringer's cleric with Mickey Ticklefeet the human hating gnome. :D
2011: Gen Con IV: The Voyage Back to Indy. The wife's coming back this year. Our schedule has us spending all day Thursday together, some of Friday together, all day Saturday apart, and Sunday is up in the air. We were lucky enough to get her into SEVEN Call of Cthulhu games. :) We'll see how it goes!
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He should plant some Emo-grass - then it'll cut itself.
Mark Garringer mopes everytime his neighbor cuts his grass. Don't hurt the plants!!Soulless beings like me don't mope.
This is not a question, but is an excellent joke! Take that Mark Garringer! Perhaps Doug Miles (name drop) will help you plant this magical grass.
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Mark Garringer mopes everytime his neighbor cuts his grass. Don't hurt the plants!!Why would I care about plants? I eat plants. It's the little fuzzy bunnies I care about!
Because you care about all living things. I've seen you weeping while you eat a salad. Hippy! Take a lesson from our Numerian created 5-star GM Doug Miles (name drop). Destroy all semblance of life!
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MarmaladeDog memory:
GM Kyle quickly setting up the board with the party and the friendly city guards. I comment that our cavalier would like a charging lane. Kyle smiles and said not to worry about it. No words but 'this is not a combat'.Party interacts with town guards. No one in the party speaks (quiet table). So my Cha 6 dwarf speaks up.
Kyle: "What! You're letting the dwarf speak?"
Kyle rolls some dice.
Kyle: "Roll initiative"
So my question is this: Kyle, do you see this kind of stupid interaction happen a lot and does it usually turn out poorly for the party?
-Swiftbrook
First of all, that's not exactly how it went, but it's close. Perhaps Doug Miles (name drop) remembers it more clearly.
I don't consider that to be a "stupid" interaction. Why wouldn't your Dwarf speak up? What I often see are six people sitting around the table with not a single character having any social skills. It seems like there are always a lot of missed opportunities if only the players thought about "encounters" instead of "combats."
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Only if there is no snow on the ground. If there is, I will hit you with my car and feign that I couldn't see you, because you're wearing white.Is it ok to wear white after Labor Day?
Mike
This is not a question! For this insolence, I will make sure your Paladin spends most of his time on May 22 underneath Dolce Elizabeth Antoinette's dress (Doug Mile's (name drop) bard). The last creature stuck under there was a Dark Creeper.
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This is not a question! Take your catgnomebunny butt out of here! Go bother Doug Miles (name drop). I hear he's got a whole closet full of shiny metal objects for you to play with.*blinks at Mark*
*smooths her fluffy fur**blinks at Mark*
*blinks at Mark**pulls on shorts with a paw*
hi
*peeks in Doug Miles's (name drop) closet of fun catgnomebunny toys... wonder what's in here?*
Kyle .. what kind of shiney metal toys does he have in his closet of fun?
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Kyle,
Don't you think it's a bad idea to invoke Doug's name too many times? Legend has it that when you say "Bloody Mary" or "Beetlejuice" too many times, you summon the creature.
Do you really want to take the chance and summon Doug Doug to your home or place of work? Who knows, one day you could turn around and he'll be RIGHT THERE (that's when you know it worked).
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My response to this will be swift and merciless. On June 10, 2011 in Bellevue, Washington, the world will see Painlord cry. (and not because he's stuck playing at Doug Mile's (name drop) table)
You want to re-enact last year's PaizoCon? :(
Sad, but true, I was, in fact, crying at Doug Miles' (name drop) table last year. That he wasn't running shouldn't matter...I blame Doug Miles (name drop).
Doug Miles (name drop) might even confirm this story...we talked about the table after the event. I guess you and Doug Miles (name drop) did talk about me last night. :(
This is why I hate freedom.
-Pain
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<reads thread wondering why I'm finding it so funny to read Kyle's answers>
2010: Gen Con III - The Search for Angus. No Wife. Judged 10 slots of PFS. Met a bunch of cool people (even those with painted scorpion minis), met a couple of less than cool people (like Angus). Great time, totally different Con experience.
Hey! Wait a second! It's because I'm Canadian, isn't it? (Had to make sure I included the requisite question.)
Memorable Moment: Being assigned to Table 38 repeatedly by Josh. I was coming in early every day to help set up, judging every slot, and it was great to develop a personal report with all the PFS volunteers.
It was a fun time, and it was great seeing Josh assign both you and Neil to Table 38 depending on which of you was a bother (or just nearby) at the time.
Sadly I'm going to miss GenCon and won't get to harass you there this year.
Angus
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Kyle,
Don't you think it's a bad idea to invoke Doug's name too many times? Legend has it that when you say "Bloody Mary" or "Beetlejuice" too many times, you summon the creature.
Do you really want to take the chance and summon Doug Doug to your home or place of work? Who knows, one day you could turn around and he'll be RIGHT THERE (that's when you know it worked).
Why wouldn't I want to summon my dark master, Doug Miles (name drop)?
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Time to make Kyle think.
Other than you have many GM's at GENCON 2010 ran all 10 slots? What were their names or Paizo forum handles?
I know of at least 3 and I am sure there was a few more.
There were 7 GM's who ran 10 slots and Doug Miles (name drop) was not one of them. Their names are top secret and can not be revealed in a public forum.