Day: Wednesday 8 September 2004

  • X-Men Reload is an interesting article from bassaf. And people wonder why I haven't purchased a Marvel comic in recent years despite reading some of my friends' issues.  Continuity used to be their friend, but not anymore.

     

    Anyway, Coppercon XXIV is this weekend, so here's my schedule followed by some Gencon highlights.

     

    Thursday 1800:  FAN161:  Prereg Mystery Panel

    Who's on it and what it is about is a mystery. 

    Thursday 1900:  GAM24:  LARP Systems

    What makes a good LARP game system?  Does the genre affect which system you choose?  Which system do you like best?  What should you consider if developing a new system?

    Moderator:  Paul Tanton

    Thursday 2200:  GAM22:  Writers, Gamers and GMs

    What is your favorite way to either name or generate random names for characters or locations

    Moderator:  None

    Participating: Rachel Amberson, Paul Tanton

    Friday 1900:  FAN141:  Meet the Pros

    Reception for guests and participants to meet CopperCon members.

    Participating:  All Guests of Honour and Participants

    Saturday 1300:  KID7:  Once Upon a Time

    Many fairy tales share common elements. There is a quest or a journey. Things appear in sets of three. Characters get magical "tools" such as magic swords or shoes or carpets.

    Moderator:  None

    Participating: D. F. Sanders, Paul Tanton, Don Markstein

     

    Here I am taking an early lead in Round 2 of the Whirlpool of Blood tournament of Gencon Indy 2004:



     

    Here I am in the first round of the Final Brawl tournament, I think this was the round I lost. 


     

    And here's me in round two, the round I think I won.  Too bad there's no picture of the stalemate round.  That was an awesome game that would have lasted all day without a time limit.  Not that you can see me winning in this picture...


     

    Here's an interesting quiz from jada_marnew:






    You are 40% geek
    You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator.
    Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend.

    You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines!

    Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals!

    You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets overtime.

    Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com