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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #855 on: December 20, 2010, 01:24:30 AM »
Quote from: OnlyElise on December 19, 2010, 10:54:07 PM
Wheeee!!! I'm so excited!!!!  :D   :D   :D

Excited but nervous.  Have never been to a "Con"...did go to a Star Trek Convention in 1972 in Baltimore...met Sulu & Chekov...but that was before many of you were born ::).  Never done RPG on line or in person.  Never dressed up as character in book.  Lordy, lordy, lordy, WHAT have I been doing with my life until now?????  Wasting it away, clearly!  ;D ::)
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #856 on: December 20, 2010, 01:32:00 AM »
I've never been to a con either.  I do like making costumes, though.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #857 on: December 20, 2010, 01:43:30 AM »
Quote from: whingnut on December 20, 2010, 12:50:11 AM
As am I ! The ride down should be full of awesome for Star and I we will have Noey plus Matt and Gilly yay !

yeah well i'm STILL trying to see if i can't get out of work a little early.  i put a cutoff for scheduling at 11am. so in theory i should be able to get out a little earlier. plus mum said she might cover some.  that way hopefully i can get there before the end of the party.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #858 on: December 20, 2010, 01:18:28 PM »
Quote from: Heartsonycgr on December 20, 2010, 01:24:30 AM
Excited but nervous.  Have never been to a "Con"...did go to a Star Trek Convention in 1972 in Baltimore...met Sulu & Chekov...but that was before many of you were born ::).  Never done RPG on line or in person.  Never dressed up as character in book.  Lordy, lordy, lordy, WHAT have I been doing with my life until now?????  Wasting it away, clearly!  ;D ::)

My first con too.  My nerdlyness always went in other directions.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #859 on: December 20, 2010, 02:23:03 PM »
Quote from: Heartsonycgr on December 20, 2010, 01:24:30 AM
Excited but nervous.  Have never been to a "Con"...did go to a Star Trek Convention in 1972 in Baltimore...met Sulu & Chekov...but that was before many of you were born ::).  Never done RPG on line or in person.  Never dressed up as character in book.  Lordy, lordy, lordy, WHAT have I been doing with my life until now?????  Wasting it away, clearly!  ;D ::)
Star Trek con? That counts. And from the description, this one's relatively small.  If it makes you feel any better, this is the first time Whingnut's gonna be dressed up in costume, too. (after repeatedly saying it's not something he'd do.)  :D
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #860 on: December 20, 2010, 02:26:16 PM »
This is probably one of the first times that I've gone out and bought what I needed for a costume.  I usually just put together things that are already in my closet.  I'm not sure what kind of reflection that is on my wardrobe...
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #861 on: December 20, 2010, 03:24:27 PM »
Quote from: Serack on December 20, 2010, 01:18:28 PM
My first con too.  My nerdlyness always went in other directions.

Seems like a first for a lot of us (costumes, Con attendance, etc.)...comfort in numbers I say!  ;D  I guess, technically, I have been to a Con, but back then we still called them Conventions   ;)  I say we all do it up right, even if we have no idea what we're doing!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :o
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #862 on: December 20, 2010, 04:20:17 PM »
Having an idea what you're doing is highly overrated.  :P
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #863 on: December 20, 2010, 04:42:44 PM »
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Having an idea what you're doing is highly overrated.  :P

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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #864 on: December 20, 2010, 04:48:51 PM »
Quote from: Chiroptera on December 20, 2010, 04:20:17 PM
Having an idea what you're doing is highly overrated.  :P

Exactly...where's the fun in it otherwise? ;)
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #865 on: December 20, 2010, 04:55:27 PM »
I've been to the GDC (game developers conference) a few times, but I haven't been to a convention before.  One of the best parts of GDC was watching a plus sized woman win best costume as Vivi (FF:IX) by quite a margin over the slutty costumes.

Also: meeting Tim Schafer (Lucasarts adventure games, Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, etc...) and attending a keynote by Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario creator)
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #866 on: December 20, 2010, 05:21:53 PM »
Quote from: Electric Butters on December 20, 2010, 04:55:27 PM
One of the best parts of GDC was watching a plus sized woman win best costume as Vivi (FF:IX) by quite a margin over the slutty costumes.

Go plus sized women!  ;) 

What about a plus sized woman's slutty costume (J/K!!!)  ;) 

It's all in the creativity and using what you have to work with that counts, I guess.  ;D 

This is going to be fun... :)
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #867 on: December 21, 2010, 01:22:48 AM »
Does anyone know the site's stance on weapons?  No real guns (obviously) but are swords/axes ok if they are peace-bound?
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #868 on: December 21, 2010, 01:28:15 AM »
This is what they had to say earlier about it.  It looks like peace bonded is ok.

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I noted a question about our weapons policy - No realistic looking modern weapons i.e. guns etc. without them being checked by the con staff/security. If we feel comfortable then we will identify it as being okay. As for swords, they must peace bonded and if you are seen pulling the sword in a public area we reserve the right to ask you to leave the con. Probably won't do that, but we reserve the right.
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Re: Jim and Shannon at MarsCon in Williamsburg, VA - 1/14-16/2011
« Reply #869 on: December 21, 2010, 01:37:22 AM »
Thanks :)

The only remaining question is how do we peace-bind your fangs? J/k :P
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