Hello Folks,

 Here is my thread of pictures I took at Gen Con 2019.
This year I roomed with at least 3 other people at first one Hotel , then a second one. Also had bothersome knee pain - more than usual because of a stairway fall back in June. I still toughed it out and wore my Klingon Outfit on Friday and did the Steampunk look

Here are the pictures...

2019, AUG 01 0940 Thu 001   The 'Welcome Gen Con' banners on the street. I took this from the skywalk near the Hyatt
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Opening the Doors to the Vendor Hall
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Sign of Gen Con Shirts, and yes lots of people were wearing that LGBTQ Rainbow shirt...
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Yes, Carmen Sandiego is back. This young woman is a friend. For the past five years she goes around Gen Con doing a geography picture quiz. When she shows you a picture of a place and you correctly guess 'where' it is she give you a button that says "I found Carmen Sandiego at Gen Con 2019". All the photos are pictures she actually took from her vacations over the years.
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A horizontal of landscape picture of Carmen Sandiego
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More later.....(Forum only lets me post 5 at a time)

....More pictures from Thursday August 1st...

The Band Il Troubadore...
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Another picture of Il Troubadore entertaining the crowd near the Vendor Hall Doors
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The Will Call Line. I asked their permission to take the picture. Consent is very important at Gen Con
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That is Steve Jackson posing with me. He complimented my outfit, I had to remind that he used to see me in a Klingon uniform and makeup years ago.
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They are 4 members of an Indianapolis symphony group who were taking donations when people requested selections of music from geeky movies.
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....More Pictures...

The Orchestra group
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That is a really Cool banner for Cyberpunk that was hanging near the Sagamore room
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This is the JBM Press t-shirt booth and the family that runs it. If you have a good memory and were at Gen Con over 10 years ago, that woman was 'Chainmail Girl' at the con from 2000 to 2009.
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That is someone I call the "Other Carmen Sandiego" (She is not the one I know or am used to)
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That is me in my Klingon gear near the Modiphius booth and tables...
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...More soon..

Love the Steve Jackson photo!

....More Pictures, most of these are from Friday when I wore my Klingon outfit...

That's me, Khar'Ton chilling out at the Studio 2 area booth. I think the crowd was getting on my nerves
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College Girl and qartun the Klingon. She asked to take a picture with me. That was in the really long connecting hallway to Lucas Oil field stadium.
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Lucas Field , Gaming All Over the field
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At Lucas Field where the NFL team plays, Game Tables almost everywhere
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Walkers in a Star Wars miniatures game...
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...More pictures soon....

Quote from: Koltar;1098900That is a really Cool banner for Shadowrun that was hanging near the Sagamore room
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You work in a game store and you still cannot bother to read the large letters that say "Cyberpunk" on the banner even though you think it is really Cool?!

Oh look Jeff made a petty comment about a typo.  

My notes said 'cyberpunk or Shadowrun'. The pictures while trying to upload them look smaller than thumbnails.
You could have just said something in a private message

Also sweat was running into my eyes that day when I took the picture. I just saw a Really Cool poster - wasn't looking for an argument or nitpick - apparently others are.

- Ed C.

It IS a really cool poster for Shadowrun.

The imagery looks easily like Shadowrun art and the Cyberpunk name is off to the side and feels minimized.

Koltar, please keep posting pics!

Also, how do you not melt down into a sweat puddle in your Klingon gear?

Quote from: Spinachcat;1098936Also, how do you not melt down into a sweat puddle in your Klingon gear?

You kind of get used to it. Most years I can tough it out for at least 4 to 7 hours.
Last year a lot of people loved the return of the Klingon look after maybe 10 years.
There is a trick to deflect sweat off of one's face using a certain feminine hygiene product if it is trimmed and put strategically underneath the fake forehead - this year I forgot to buy that ahead of time.
Next year I will plan that out better.

- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;1098923Oh look Jeff made a petty comment about a typo.  

My notes said 'cyberpunk or Shadowrun'. The pictures while trying to upload them look smaller than thumbnails.
You could have just said something in a private message

Also sweat was running into my eyes that day when I took the picture. I just saw a Really Cool poster - wasn't looking for an argument or nitpick - apparently others are.

- Ed C.

Sorry to have caught your obvious mistake there, Koltar! :rolleyes:

I'm sure that you will always Get It Right when it is some cosplayer chick dressing up as Carmen San Diego!

Quote from: Spinachcat;1098936It IS a really cool poster for Shadowrun.

Not you too!

Old age means getting better glasses prescriptions, apparently.

There was a new Shadowrun game released at Gencon, right?  Good to see they had a big poster advertising it.

Quote from: Shasarak;1098959There was a new Shadowrun game released at Gencon, right?  Good to see they had a big poster advertising it.

You get a pass. You are from New Zealand and everyone knows that they are fucked up down there in the shadow of Australia.

Quote from: jeff37923;1098946I'm sure that you will always Get It Right when it is some cosplayer chick dressing up as Carmen San Diego!

You just felt like being very rude?

The first Carmen in the pictures is not 'some cosplayer chick' - I would never refer to her that way.
She is a friend that I have known for years.

- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;1098962You just felt like being very rude?

The first Carmen in the pictures is not 'some cosplayer chick' - I would never refer to her that way.
She is a friend that I have known for years.

- Ed C.

If only someone who worked at a game store could get that same accuracy with a new game being premiered! At GenCon! You know, the "Best Four Days In Gaming". It is no wonder that the FLGS is going the way of the dinosaur.

EDIT: I'm going off right now because we just had a thread here asking if GenCon was relevant and from the photos you are showing us (plus the commentary), it isn't. At least not for gaming anymore.