Gen Con 2012 GMs

[James Wilber aka The Magus]

It's not too early to start thinking about Gen Con. Is there an official volunteer list yet? Any idea about when the call will go out for Gen Con GMs?

[Liz Courts]

Moved thread.

[Doug Miles]

Mike should post the call for GenCon volunteers next week.

[Swiftbrook]

End of February is a bit early for Paizo to announce the request for GenCon volunteers.

2011: Call went out April 29 here
2010: Call went out March 19 here
2009: Call went out April 16 here
2008: Call went out June 18 here

So I don't really expect any announcement till mid-March at the earliest.

That said, Doug knows much more that I.

-Swiftbrook

[Doug Miles]

Mike is a different animal than previous campaign managers.

[Dragnmoon]

Doug Miles wrote:

Mike is a different animal than previous campaign managers.

Rawr!

[Dan Luckett]

IMO a much more efficient terminator style campaign manager. He seems to get stuff done, and be damned those who get in his way!

Oh, and my loving wife pointed out that her birthday falls during Gencon this year, and that all kinds of hell would be paid if I even dared think about missing her birthday for this convention. *cries himself to sleep every night till 2013*

[Swiftbrook]

Dan Luckett wrote:

Oh, and my loving wife pointed out that her birthday falls during Gencon this year, and that all kinds of hell would be paid if I even dared think about missing her birthday for this convention. *cries himself to sleep every night till 2013*

Well, you're not going be missing her birthday and getting into trouble if she's there with you in a nice hotel with a little extra spending money. Now if her birthday is the night of the special, you're dead either way.

-Swiftbrook

[Dan Luckett]

Yea, I tried the whole trip to Indianapolis thing...problem is she isn't dumb nor is she a "shopper" she carefully calculates what she's looking for and orders it online. So...yea, I don't know how I'm swinging a trip to Gencon this year. I'll see if any more begging and pleading will work. I don't want this to develop into couples therapy though. :P

[Mike Mistele]

Dan Luckett wrote:

So...yea, I don't know how I'm swinging a trip to Gencon this year.

I don't suppose that she's a football fan? There's a 50/50 chance that there'll be a Colts pre-season game in Indy that weekend.

[Dan Luckett]

No, she didn't even know the superbowl was on till I started showing commercials on my laptop.

[TwilightKnight]

See this is why you need to adjust the vows...

I, <Mrs. Luckett>, take you, Dan, for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, even when you're at GenCon every year, until death do us part"

[Mike Mistele]

I can empathize...a good friend of mine had to skip Origins for three or four years, because when they moved it from early July to late June, it wound up on top of his anniversary, and his non-gamer wife would not have been amused.

Now that Origins is in early June (at least for the next couple of years), he's free to go again.

Alas, it looks like GenCon will be at about that same time of August for the next three years:
http://www.gencon.com/2012/indy/cs/attendees/futuredates.aspx

[TwilightKnight]

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am
;-)

[Dan Luckett]

Bob Jonquet wrote:

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am

;-)

She's a work in progress. I've got her in my Carrion Crown group of her own request. A major win IMO. One day I'll have her convinced to go to cons for the sake of gaming...

[Dragnmoon]

My wife is sooo not a gamer, and Her Birthday is during PaizoCon this year so I was not planning on going.

Instead I was planning on taking her on a trip home to Turkey.

Here is the important part, I remember that I planed on taking her on a trip to Turkey during PaizoCon But I forgot the reason why...

So anyway just before the tickets go on sale I mention to my wife I won't be going this year because I was planning a trip to Turkey for us, she said don't worry she would rather go in December and for me to buy the tickets for PaizoCon and she would pay for the trip there!

I grabbed at it and bought the tickets and plane tickets all paid by my Wife.

Then 2 weeks later it came up in conversation the actual dates of the Convention and she was like, "you do know that is my birthday right?" I was like "Doh! but...but... you said I could go, and we bought the tickets *i.e. she bought the tickets* already"

She gave me an interesting stare *you married guys know that stare* and just said "I know"...

Well I am going to PaizoCon!!! ;)

[Dan Luckett]

Lucky Jerk... :P

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Bob Jonquet wrote:

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am

;-)

who"s that?

[Mike Mistele]

Bob Jonquet wrote:

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am

;-)

Indeed. I'm a lucky bastard in that my wife loves gaming. Have just gotten her into PFS, and she's having a ball with it.

[Dan Luckett]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Bob Jonquet wrote:

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am

;-)

who"s that?

*rolls eyes*

When do I get to see you guys next?

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Dan Luckett wrote:

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Bob Jonquet wrote:

And this is why I traded in my ex-wife for a g/f that is as big a gamer as I am

;-)

who"s that?

*rolls eyes*

When do I get to see you guys next?

no idea ... I'm not able to make it to Origins .. Gencon is super iffy for me ... and I dont know if I'm going to make it to UCON ..

[Dan Luckett]

I'm going to DragonCON...kind of required situation down there. Wanna come?

[Chris Mortika]

Dragnmoon wrote:

Well I am going to PaizoCon!!! ;)

The question is, do you get to come back?

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Dan Luckett wrote:

I'm going to DragonCON...kind of required situation down there. Wanna come?

lol ... saving vaca and monies for neoncon

[Alizor]

This is why you make your wife a Venture-Captain too. It's a win-win!

[Alizor]

Dan Luckett wrote:

I'm going to DragonCON...kind of required situation down there. Wanna come?

More people for Dragon*Con! Recently move down South then...?

[Dan Luckett]

Kyle Pratt wrote:

Dan Luckett wrote:

I'm going to DragonCON...kind of required situation down there. Wanna come?

More people for Dragon*Con! Recently move down South then...?

My buddies wife to be is having a gamer style marriage ceremony down there for her southern friends. She apparently used to have a big holding according to her in the OP scene back in LG. Valerie Hampton if you're curious. I'm the best man, so I'm headed down there for that one gig, and essentially free to explore Dragon*con otherwise.

[Kyle Baird]

pfft. My wife and I celebrated our 7th anniversary in Seattle just a few convenient days before PaizoCon 2010.

[Kyle Baird]

This just in, there will be no call for volunteers at Gen Con this year. *I* will be GMing every table, every slot. Roll for initiative!

[Alizor]

Make sure to keep track of PFS being run there. We're going to have a big presence again.

[Dan Luckett]

Kyle Pratt wrote:

Make sure to keep track of PFS being run there. We're going to have a big presence again.

My buddy is trying to convince me not to volunteer to GM every slot I'm free for. He wants to actually play beside me, not across from me. He rarely gets that opportunity since I'm normally his GM.

[Alizor]

Oh, I wasn't expecting GMs, we need the players too :)

Plus I wouldn't ever want to put GMing at Dragon*Con at a visitor. Just ask Doug and Kyle, I think it scared them away a year and a half ago.

[TwilightKnight]

Kyle Pratt wrote:

Plus I wouldn't ever want to put GMing at Dragon*Con at a visitor

Pfft. I haven't attended a convention yet that I was uncomfortable GM'ing at.

[Kyle Baird]

Kyle Pratt wrote:

Oh, I wasn't expecting GMs, we need the players too :)

Plus I wouldn't ever want to put GMing at Dragon*Con at a visitor. Just ask Doug and Kyle, I think it scared them away a year and a half ago.

Actually it was the 4 hours slots with no time in between. I'd come back if it were reduced to 3 slots a day, 5 hours each.

[Alizor]

I doubt the Con will change the time slots, sadly. We hate them as well, but it's what we're given...

[Dan Luckett]

I actually prefer GMing...I spend most of my time doing it. Playing as a player feels unnatural to me. It'd also be nice to GM for a crowd I don't normally see. I always learn so much at unfamiliar cons.

I don't think I'll sign up for the full blown schedule, but I think I would definitely love to GM a slot a day or something.

[Dragnmoon]

Kyle Pratt wrote:

Oh, I wasn't expecting GMs, we need the players too :)

Plus I wouldn't ever want to put GMing at Dragon*Con at a visitor. Just ask Doug and Kyle, I think it scared them away a year and a half ago.

I need to cover up my 'Single Guy' Memories of Dragon*Con with 'Married Guy' Memories of Dragon*Con so most likely I will be going there again, just not this year.

[Kyle Baird]

Dragnmoon wrote:

I will be going there again, just not this year.

And when that happens, I will definitely NOT be going..

[Doug Miles]

Swiftbrook wrote:

End of February is a bit early for Paizo to announce the request for GenCon volunteers.

2011: Call went out April 29 here
2010: Call went out March 19 here
2009: Call went out April 16 here
2008: Call went out June 18 here

So I don't really expect any announcement till mid-March at the earliest.

That said, Doug knows much more that I.

-Swiftbrook

2012: Call went out February 27 here

[Dan Luckett]

Any other Michigan GM's want to meet up and drive down together, and potentially share a room?

[Swiftbrook]

Dan Luckett wrote:

Any other Michigan GM's want to meet up and drive down together, and potentially share a room?

What about your wife?

[Dan Luckett]

She told me she'd trade me some vacation time if I devoted it to her that happens a week or so after gencon.

Mandi: I say that if you're going to that, then I get to pick something special to do for our vacation week.... That doesn't include the zoo since we'd be going there anyway....