Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Things I learned at Pandemonium this year...
1. LARPers are fucktards and think it's okay to interrupt games to tell you how cool LARPing is.
2. Bring a can of mace next year to scare off the LARPers (or injure them if they won't be scared off).
3. Roleplayers and war gamers don't mix very well. They're like oil and water. Whoever scheduled RPGs in the war games area deserves to be maced like a LARPer.
4. Twenty-five bucks is still too much to charge for one day of gaming. Next year, volunteer to run a game to get in free. Apparently it doesn't even matter if the game runs -- you still get in free. ;)
5. Roleplayers seem to like being crammed into a room around small, round tables. At least the room seemed well-ventilated, though, as the Roleplayer Stink Factor was way down from what I remember.
6. Buy more raffle tickets. TABS has fuckin' wicked prizes! (And no, I didn't win -- hence the need to buy more raffle tickets next year.)
7. Pick-up games are your friends.
8. Scheduled events may or may not run. But if you have pick-up games, who cares?
9. Always chat with the vendors. You hear interesting stories and find out what their best deals are.
10. Chat with Dave from Wyldstar. He's always a hoot.
11. Next year, ask Dave from Wyldstar ahead of time where all the Tim Hortons locations are in the area. I think he has a map of every Tims in the GTA stored in his head ... and a Tims coffee would've been nice on Saturday morning.
12. Look for water pitchers. They exist. I came very close to buying water before someone pointed out there were dozens of water pitchers filled with ice water all over the games rooms. Maybe I should get my eyes checked.
1. LARPers are fucktards and think it's okay to interrupt games to tell you how cool LARPing is.
2. Bring a can of mace next year to scare off the LARPers (or injure them if they won't be scared off).
3. Roleplayers and war gamers don't mix very well. They're like oil and water. Whoever scheduled RPGs in the war games area deserves to be maced like a LARPer.
4. Twenty-five bucks is still too much to charge for one day of gaming. Next year, volunteer to run a game to get in free. Apparently it doesn't even matter if the game runs -- you still get in free. ;)
5. Roleplayers seem to like being crammed into a room around small, round tables. At least the room seemed well-ventilated, though, as the Roleplayer Stink Factor was way down from what I remember.
6. Buy more raffle tickets. TABS has fuckin' wicked prizes! (And no, I didn't win -- hence the need to buy more raffle tickets next year.)
7. Pick-up games are your friends.
8. Scheduled events may or may not run. But if you have pick-up games, who cares?
9. Always chat with the vendors. You hear interesting stories and find out what their best deals are.
10. Chat with Dave from Wyldstar. He's always a hoot.
11. Next year, ask Dave from Wyldstar ahead of time where all the Tim Hortons locations are in the area. I think he has a map of every Tims in the GTA stored in his head ... and a Tims coffee would've been nice on Saturday morning.
12. Look for water pitchers. They exist. I came very close to buying water before someone pointed out there were dozens of water pitchers filled with ice water all over the games rooms. Maybe I should get my eyes checked.
// posted by Chris @ 2:08 PM 
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