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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:15 am

improvstone wrote:
This is fantastic ... now I know what you all look like ... So during the next GenCon auction I know whose drinks to spike. Some strong laxatives should keep you out of my way.

well youre stuffed there matee as i dont drink

i am gonna take a few things to put in the auction next time as well.

Al

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:24 am

improvstone,

If your saying that I'm "pretty" those are fighting words.

John (kingofpain) now that guy is pretty.

Martin

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:29 am

Prufrock wrote:improvstone,

If your saying that I'm "pretty" those are fighting words.

John (kingofpain) now that guy is pretty.

Martin

I don't remember uusing the word pretty ... but if the shoe doesn't fit ... :lol:

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:29 am

Prufrock wrote:improvstone,

If your saying that I'm "pretty" those are fighting words.

John (kingofpain) now that guy is pretty.

Martin

Yeesh...now I know why you want me to come back so badly next year!

I didnt really put two and two together until I remembered your "special power" you kept using in that Vampire: The Masquerade LARP. I went through my V:TM rulebook and the Brujah don't have a "Bear Hug" discipline.

You sicko perv. :wink:

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:24 am

i tell you - it was soooo convenient that Mike and John had a hotal room in the SAME hotel as all the LARP stuff that was going on....coincidence? i think not

also of note was the amount of times they "went back to the hotel room to take stuff back too" 15 min there and back and gone for an hour+ ..... possibly LARP calling? i think so dont you

John always wanted to go use the cash till by the LARP thing as well...

i tell you - i put it that they are secret LARP enthusiasts

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:13 am

killjoy32 wrote:i tell you - it was soooo convenient that Mike and John had a hotal room in the SAME hotel as all the LARP stuff that was going on....coincidence? i think not

also of note was the amount of times they "went back to the hotel room to take stuff back too" 15 min there and back and gone for an hour+ ..... possibly LARP calling? i think so dont you

John always wanted to go use the cash till by the LARP thing as well...

i tell you - i put it that they are secret LARP enthusiasts

Al

I'll chop off my own head with a dull axe before I ever LARP. :twisted:

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:20 am

killjoy32 wrote:i tell you - it was soooo convenient that Mike and John had a hotal room in the SAME hotel as all the LARP stuff that was going on....coincidence? i think not

also of note was the amount of times they "went back to the hotel room to take stuff back too" 15 min there and back and gone for an hour+ ..... possibly LARP calling? i think so dont you

John always wanted to go use the cash till by the LARP thing as well...

i tell you - i put it that they are secret LARP enthusiasts

Al

Ok I admit it, I was slipping off to my room and slapping on makeup to roleplay "Cromar the Vampire Lord" at the hotel LARP. It's not surprising King wouldn't fess up as he often roleplayed my lackey Egor the Disgusting, who crawled round on all fours and took snacks from LARPers hands as they play acted.

Man, I hate to be a party poop, but those LARPers are some out there people.....

Mike B.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:26 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:I'll chop off my own head with a dull axe before I ever LARP.

The axe is dull? Good start. Good start. Don't want to be accidentally hurting any of your fellow players when you go into your barbarian rage. :lol:

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:34 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:I'll chop off my own head with a dull axe before I ever LARP.

Wouldn't such an action constitute LARPing in & of itself?

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:43 am

g026r wrote:
The axe is dull? Good start. Good start. Don't want to be accidentally hurting any of your fellow players when you go into your barbarian rage.

i could just imagine a LARP version of my Tegel game...oh man if would have been Legendary!

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:08 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
i could just imagine a LARP version of my Tegel game...oh man if would have been Legendary!

Al

It's been done in The Princess Bride. A Giant Shrew is undoubtedly an R.O.U.S.

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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:30 pm

Badmike wrote:It's not surprising King wouldn't fess up as he often roleplayed my lackey Egor the Disgusting, who crawled round on all fours and took snacks from LARPers hands as they play acted.

It's Igor you putz.

sauromatian wrote:Wouldn't such an action constitute LARPing in & of itself?

No...there are supposed to be no violent physical acts in a LARP...even if said act is against one's self. :roll:

g026r wrote:The axe is dull? Good start. Good start. Don't want to be accidentally hurting any of your fellow players when you go into your barbarian rage.

See above post. Besides it's a Vampire LARP and I play a Malkavian spy. And I never "rage". Only those of the pathetic Gangrel clan "rage".

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:17 am

killjoy32 wrote:frank never bids on an auction he is running. he only bid when the other guy was running the auction. he won some and he lost some, but he was always very fair about it.

I'm glad to see that you picked up on that. On one of my first shifts I auctioned of a shrink-wrapped copy of AH's History of the World for about half of what I would have been willing to pay for it; it got on my table without my realizing it was there or I would have had Frank do it.

I was under strict orders this year to go faster and chat less. I think I have now figured out a middle-ground; next year I promise to be more entertaining. I really love to auction off old boardgames and old wargames--my strong suit. I was really disappointed to see so few figures for the auction this year. I fear miniatures are on the decline.

As always, a great pleasure seeing so many of you f-t-f. My thanks to whichever burntwire brother picked up my lunch tab at Claddagh. I will freely admit to being a meal whore--food and beer for stories. Next time, give me a seat at the big table and I can bore more of you at one time...lol.

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:42 am

Tim

i e-mailed you dude, did you get it?

was a pleasure meeting you and good fun to chat, the few chances we did. enjoyed you and frank running the auctions immensely. was much more fun that way than bidding on ebay thats for sure

can't wait for next time

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:46 am

Don't believe I got it.

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:06 am

I fear miniatures are on the decline.

True miniatures, like the Ral Partha, Grenadier, and and others... yep. Dying slowly. Plastic is where its at. And Otherworld. Those kick so much ass I wish I could buy more, and I don't even use miniatures.

Those who can, don't. Those who should not, do.

killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:12 pm

Kaskoid wrote:Don't believe I got it.

Tim

incoming PM

Al

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:17 pm

deimos3428 wrote:It's been done in The Princess Bride. A Giant Shrew is undoubtedly an R.O.U.S.

"The Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist. *Ooof*!"

Great line from a great movie. Thanks for the laugh.

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