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• 12:34 Ran one last demo, got a skateboard/tshirt/backpack; waiting for the checkout and car-fetching process and then we leave town... #
• 20:32 @nathanrudy How could you not! It's the social networking of the future! #
• 20:33 Have checked into Four Points in Greensburg PA. Tomorrow, we go the rest of the way home. #
• 20:33 One of these years I will stay over Sunday at GenCon. #

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• 22:14 Slept in, played an Inspectres game, hung at hero games booth, had dinner with forum folks. Day went well enough.#

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• 17:12 my 10am demo at the gencon hero games booth went off well, I think. Tomorrow an on 4pm-6pm slot. #
• 17:15 Westin does cheese n crackers from 5-7 (weeknights at least) in the lobby. Came down to check email as well. #
• 17:15 Want to head back to gencon dealers room before it closes at 6 though. #
• 17:22 Got a glass of wine at the westin cheese and crackers thing. Oooh, relaxing... #

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• 10:37 #gencon - Dealers room is open. Hordes have descended. Am watching champions demo at booth. Will run one myself at noon. #
• 12:37 Have remembered to take my pills. Go me. #
• 12:44 Lacked quorum for demo. *Pout* wil run again tomorrow ten am. #
• 18:48 Am remaining notably unimpressed with Yahoo's "improvements" on del.icio.us - favorite tags on toolbar still borked. #

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• 08:15 Have woken up in hotel in suburbs of Pittsburgh. Soon to get back on the road to GenCon! #
• 08:23 Am at a Sheraton 4-Points. Apparently they have free muffins and coffee. #
• 14:53 Have arrived at hotel. Checking in now. Soon to be going over to register. #
• 15:22 Stupid Westin charges arm and leg for in room wireless! #
• 15:58 @shawnstruck No, I'm not running anything. I didn't even pre-reg. I got my badge onsite - flickr.com/photos/karmakaze/2760901864/ #
• 15:59 Wireless in hotel f*cking lobby is free, but has to be purchased daily for aforementioned arm/leg in actual rooms. #
• 16:00 Westin is king of obnoxious nickel and diming, #
• 16:01 twitpic.com/7krm - Multimedia message #
• 16:50 That last twitpic is my on-side obtained, hand-lettered #gencon badge. Feels so very odd not to be running anything. #
• 21:35 Went to hero gathering. Is still going on but i am relaxing in prep for early bed. #

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1. One small pad of postynotes; courtesy of Beyond Protocol
2. One 10-sided (percentile) die, with fancy font and fussy scrollwork. Attached card advertises "unusual dice" at booth 2125 and offers 10% discount with card; courtesy of Q workshop
3. One 6-sided die, with '6' face reading GENCON'08. Sticker on bag offers 20% of Gencon 2008 Anniversary Special Limited Edition Commemorative Dice Set upon presentation of die at eitherbbooth 317 or 2220; courtesy of Crystal Castle
4. One 9-card booster pack for MapleStory CCG, Set 2, attached card advertises "online code card included!"; courtesy of WotC.
5. One ready-to-play 30-card deck and quickstart guide in a box. Seems to be for Planeswalker theme of the Magic: the Gathering CCG; courtesy of WotC.
6. Plastic-wrapped stack of 20 or so cards for Blue Dragon Role Playing Card Game; courtesy of Konami.
7. One Beginner's Guide and Gamemat for Blue Dragon Role Playing Card Game; courtesy of Viz media.
8. One advertisement for The Elfish Gene and attendant contest; courtesy of WotC
9. One advertisement for Kingdom of Loathing, suggests one might wish to type "/redeem CMCX-P8W3-VPWH" at chat located at Altar of Literacy in Seaside town.
10. One advertisement for Legends of Norrath game and attendant laptop giveaway; courtesy of Sony Online.
11. One advertisement for Campaign Coins, located at booth 1506.
12. One advertisement for Comic Book Heroes exhibit at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
13. One advertisement fot Mayfair Games, located at booth 1239.
14. One advertisement for concert featuring video game music, Aug 15&16 at Hilbert Circle Theater.
15. One sample "free premiere" issue of Massive Gamer magazine, 88 pages.
16. One coupon book for dealers room.

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• 08:33 Oh great, *now* they tell me there's a dress code for the booth I'll be volunteering. #
• 08:34 It's a good thing I have a room near the convention center, 'cause I'm going to be recycling the one skirt I packed. #
• 10:58 Will be heading to drugstore at lunch for "supplies". What lovely timing my cycle has... #

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Slept in. Played one game (Bureau 13, which I've been hitting each con for a while now). Watched a bit of Can of Whupass.

Found HERO Games booth in dealers room.

Tomorrow, no plans, except to fly home in the evening.

Got up, found a leisurely cup of coffee and a muffin, wandered over to a 10am game of With Great Responsibility.

Hit Einstein Bagel Co., which was not crowded at 2pm, had lunch, breifly visisted dealers roon, wandered over to 3pm game of Fae Noir.

Have no evening plans. Will likely find dinner and than rest rather than crash a game with generics. Am taking the con easy.

Have run two out of three games set for today.

Had iced coffee for breakfast and spread a bagel out to last from 8am-4pm. Felt a little faint after running second 4-hour session. Felt better after eating actual food. The 6-2-1 rule is a good thing.

Will leave soon to run third game. Then, most likely, shower and sleep.

I have arrived in Indianapolis, and have checked into the hotel without incident.

Will be fetching swag shortly.

I won't make this a long post. It's late and I should go to bed soon. Oddly enough, for all that the hotel nickel-and-dimes you, the computers w/internet access in the business center are free of charge. Yet internet from the room racks up $11 a day. So I'm in the business center.

So far the games have all gone well. I actually did not take a single generic ticket this convention - I had full showings for every game. That's unprecedented. My games ran well, and the ones I played in was fun.

I slept in, hit the gym, and wandered the dealer's room Thursday morning. I didn't manage to find the HERO booth, but I have instructions to locate it now. I played the noon slot yesterday, a Call of Cthulhu game. There was no prize, but several players commented they'd been amused. (I was handed a bitchy debutante and hammed it appropriately for a 1920's adventure). I even survived (by the skin of my teeth.) The convention must be looking at table assignments, because my two consecutive games I ran were at the same table/room, and the same happened tonight.

My first game today was run by a teenaged GM running (it was clear) her first convention game ever. Aside from a tendancy to railroad and a little nervousness, she did a good job, and I figure she'll work those problems out with experience. Her father asked me quietly for a critique later. The Bureau 13 game was amusing, and ended early enough I was able to hit the hotel gym, shower, and still get back in time for the 5pm game. That... was a full day of gaming. I should sleep soon.