GenCon Indy 2004/Week of Nightmares

Holy planning time already! The prereg (and hotel reg) for Gen Con Indianapolis this year starts on February 16th (next Monday). Week of Nightmares, anyone? I think it would be pretty fun, we should have the hang of Indy by now, right? My vote would definitely be for doing it at one of the con hotels, being downtown is tres convenient and they seem to be pretty nice hotels. Josh sunday to sunday sunday sunday!!!

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Joshua Duffin wrote: > The prereg (and hotel reg) for Gen Con Indianapolis this year starts on > February 16th (next Monday). Checks date.... sees they have chosen not to conflict with his anniversary this year. > Week of Nightmares, anyone? I think it would be pretty fun, we should > have the hang of Indy by now, right? My vote would definitely be for > doing it at one of the con hotels, being downtown is tres convenient and > they seem to be pretty nice hotels. Will be there with my swimtrunks on! Second the suggestion that we stay downtown. More important than that, though, is that we all just agree on one place; last year's fragmentation of downtown and out-of-town practically ruined it for me. David Cherryholmes Duke Radiology P.E.T. Facility (919) 684-7714 david.che...@duke.edu

> > The prereg (and hotel reg) for Gen Con Indianapolis this year starts on > > February 16th (next Monday). > > Checks date.... sees they have chosen not to conflict with his anniversary > this year. My weddings is August 21st this year, looks like I am done with Vtes

"David Wilson" <d o r o s @ u m i c h . e d u> wrote in message news:BpRWb.1974$Nz2....@news.itd.umich.edu... [ quoted text not captured ] Doh!!! Come on, surely you could have checked the GenCon schedule before you set up your wedding date, Dave. :-) Josh last vtes fling at origins, then? ;-)

"Joshua Duffin" <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:c0gh7f$16vl8f$1...@ID-121616.news.uni-berlin.de... [ quoted text not captured ] The L.A. crowd is in for downtown as well. Maybe we should just pick a hotel and try to all book there. We don't want to go through GenCon's lottery if we can avoid it. -Robert

What day and time is the NAC? chris Joshua Duffin wrote: [ quoted text not captured ] -- chris shorb <www.vtesinla.org> (A V:TES site) prince of torrance, california *** Into the abyss I'll fall - the eye of Horus Into the eyes of the night - watching me go Green is the cat's eye that glows - in this temple Enter the risen Osiris - risen again - Dickinson

[ quoted text not captured ] Well, you'll see all your friends at Origins, so missing GenCon isn't all that bad. =) Kevin M., Prince of Henderson, NV (USA) "Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War* "Contentment... Complacency... Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier

Chris Shorb wrote: > What day and time is the NAC? http://206.65.59.246/vtes/calendar/events.tpl Search for "Championships" in "2004". [ quoted text not captured ] -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

"Robert Goudie" <rrgo...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<c0hlgs$17kc5n$1...@ID-212757.news.uni-berlin.de>... [ quoted text not captured ] I haven't talked to the Boston crew yet, but I've done "commuter GenCon" for the past 3 years and I'm real sick of it. My vote would definitely be for downtown. GenCon's hotel lottery this year seems really lame. If I read it correctly, you ask for a room when you get your pre-reg badge. Then, one week before the Con, GenCon randomly assigns you a hotel room somewhere downtown. Given GenCon's proven lack of organizational skills in the past, I really don't trust them to handle my hotel room. Hell, they couldn't get us a freakin' room for the NAC! Of course, you don't get the GenCon discount when you bypass their lodging lottery. But how useful is the discount when you don't know what hotel you're staying at? -Matt H.

"David Wilson" <d o r o s @ u m i c h . e d u> wrote in message news:<BpRWb.1974$Nz2....@news.itd.umich.edu>... [ quoted text not captured ] Nice of you to plan your wedding on my 31st and my son's 1st birthday... Can we share the cake? ;-) DaveZ Atom Weaver not going to Gen Con either :-(

Hi everyone! i look forward to hanging out and playing many games! lets definitely decide on a central hotel. last year the ny city crew stayed at the westin hotel and was very nice indeed! You may want to consider this one since it was the middle hotel and the nearest one direct from the hotel (through the pedestrian overpass-tube) into the convention, leading to where the VTES pickup games(and tournament)were held. I might also want to mention it was the shortest distance to the starbucks coffee shop ;) point about reservations... the hotel may have already blocked out-like they did last year-all the rooms. so you cant bypass GENCON and get any direct rooms yourself. somebody try to reserve rooms now and see if you can get any during that weekend.... (i would be down for half of the week of nightmares..if that maters in terms of a head count) nick watkins prince nyc

"nick watkins" <nickw...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:6b7886fd.04021...@posting.google.com... > Hi everyone! > i look forward to hanging out and playing many games! > lets definitely decide on a central hotel. > last year the ny city crew stayed at the westin hotel and was very > nice indeed! > You may want to consider this one since it was the middle hotel and > the nearest one direct from the hotel (through the pedestrian > overpass-tube) into the convention, leading to where the VTES pickup > games(and tournament)were held. > I might also want to mention it was the shortest distance to the > starbucks coffee shop ;) > > point about reservations... > the hotel may have already blocked out-like they did last year-all the > rooms. > so you cant bypass GENCON and get any direct rooms yourself. > somebody try to reserve rooms now and see if you can get any during > that weekend.... I was thinking that might be the case. However, if we start reserving rooms the Sunday night before and try to get a week, we might be okay. They won't know we're there for the convention. -Robert

> Nice of you to plan your wedding on my 31st and my son's 1st > birthday... Can we share the cake? ;-) Perhaps Blood Pudding?

> Of course, you don't get the GenCon discount when you bypass their > lodging lottery. But how useful is the discount when you don't know > what hotel you're staying at? www.hotwire.com must be their doing > > -Matt H.

"Robert Goudie" <rrgo...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:c0ip1l$17fegj$1...@ID-212757.news.uni-berlin.de... > > "nick watkins" <nickw...@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:6b7886fd.04021...@posting.google.com... > > point about reservations... > > the hotel may have already blocked out-like they did last year-all the > > rooms. > > so you cant bypass GENCON and get any direct rooms yourself. > > somebody try to reserve rooms now and see if you can get any during > > that weekend.... > > I was thinking that might be the case. However, if we start reserving rooms > the Sunday night before and try to get a week, we might be okay. They won't > know we're there for the convention. I spent some amount of time looking at this today and then neglected to get to posting about it until now. It appears to me that most of the downtown Indianapolis hotels do already have their blocks of rooms reserved for GenCon (and therefore not available to the general public) during the GenCon dates. For some, it is possible to book rooms starting the Sunday before (I was looking at Sun 15 August checkin to Sun 22 August checkout), but the rates are either very high throughout or go very high (like $200+ per night) when GenCon starts. I'm not sure what the best solution is; I don't know how feasible it is to book through the convention and then also book at the same hotel for the Sunday-Thursday leading up to GenCon. It could be tricky (at least for keeping the same room, if that matters much) since the hotels aren't going to have all of GenCon's reservation information downloaded until about a week before the con starts. All that said, since hotel booking does start Monday, I think we should probably all start booking rooms at one particular hotel on Monday for GenCon, and then work out the run-up portion as we can. I don't really have a preference as to which one, though - I think they are all similarly priced (around $130 a night plus tax?) for the ones immediately adjacent to the convention center. I stayed at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown last year; the New Yorkers stayed at the Westin; those were both nice places. The Embassy Suites has free parking (which most do not, although there were non-hotel surface lots near the Convention Center that were fairly inexpensive) but is probably a little farther away. Anyone want to nominate one? I would be willing to defer to Nick and go with the Westin; it is definitely *very* conveniently located. :-) You can see the list here, if you want to check out the available Con hotels: http://www.gencon.com/displayindy.aspx?file=indy-housing Josh not in the west

"Mongrel Matt Hirsch" <mon...@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:683c6519.04021...@posting.google.com... > I haven't talked to the Boston crew yet, but I've done "commuter > GenCon" for the past 3 years and I'm real sick of it. My vote would > definitely be for downtown. > > GenCon's hotel lottery this year seems really lame. If I read it > correctly, you ask for a room when you get your pre-reg badge. Then, > one week before the Con, GenCon randomly assigns you a hotel room > somewhere downtown. Given GenCon's proven lack of organizational > skills in the past, I really don't trust them to handle my hotel room. > Hell, they couldn't get us a freakin' room for the NAC! > > Of course, you don't get the GenCon discount when you bypass their > lodging lottery. But how useful is the discount when you don't know > what hotel you're staying at? hi Matt, I think that is actually not the case. I think what they mean is that the hotels themselves don't get the reservations downloaded until almost convention time (it's just in GenCon's system), but you do know what hotel you'll be at when you sign up. Last year I had a confirmation email in February telling me that my room at the Marriott was reserved. I definitely understand your concerns about their organizational abilities, but I do have to give them credit for handling my hotel perfectly well last time around. The VTES tournament locations, not so much, but... :-) Josh will see the bright lights tonight

"David Wilson" <d o r o s @ u m i c h . e d u> wrote in message news:<pR6Xb.2010$Nz2....@news.itd.umich.edu>... > > Nice of you to plan your wedding on my 31st and my son's 1st > > birthday... Can we share the cake? ;-) > Perhaps Blood Pudding? LOL! Get her to approve _that_ in lieu of a wedding cake, and I'll fly over just to see it... Be sure to post wedding pictures here: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vtes/lst?.dir=/Married+Gamers&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/ DaveZ Atom Weaver

LSJ wrote: > Chris Shorb wrote: > > What day and time is the NAC? > > http://206.65.59.246/vtes/calendar/events.tpl > > Search for "Championships" in "2004". > > 21/08/04 10:00. Why don't you market this on your main page (i.e. the one that says "Major Events: Championships)? I have always thought that when it comes to marketing an event, there really is no such thing as giving out the time and date enough. How about a link on the Chamionships page not just to the calendar (which you have in the Qualifiers section - I didn't even look that far, since I was looking for info about the NAC), but also right under the word Championships have a link to the calendar page you get when you use the sort criteria you use below. That will take folks like me who don't think to use the calendar page directly to the information they need. And then I won't have to bother you with such trivia here on the newsgroup. best - chris [ quoted text not captured ]

"Joshua Duffin" <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<c0gh7f$16vl8f$1...@ID-121616.news.uni-berlin.de>... [ quoted text not captured ] Ok! I am IN on WoN!!!! Lets all get our scheuldes set and plan a Week of Nightmares for Sun thru Sun. I booked my Badge which allowed me to book a room at the Hyatt, but ONLY the Hyatt! Not sure why only the Hyatt but I went ahead and booked it anyway. I figure that if we are all close enough to each other and the convention center, it really won't matter to much what hotel we are staying at as long as we all agree on a location to meet for game play. I'm attachet to the convention center so to walk ANYWHERE local will be no trouble at all. Hell, I bet the steak restraunt would let us play there again. We'll figure it out as time gets closer. Just get the time off first and get ready for another WoN!(you all know who you are:) But as David C stated, out of town is no longer an option....or fun. Downtown rocks. David: may I suggest a FULL wet suit perhaps this time? ;) Check out Vtesinla.org for info on PowerBase:LA, National Qualifier in LA. Come Burn in the Sun. Best to all, Michael Courtois Archon of LA

"Mike Courtois" <Jedi...@rebelscum.net> wrote in message news:c5a0b763.04021...@posting.google.com... > Ok! I am IN on WoN!!!! Lets all get our scheuldes set and plan a Week > of Nightmares for Sun thru Sun. > > I booked my Badge which allowed me to book a room at the Hyatt, but > ONLY the Hyatt! Not sure why only the Hyatt but I went ahead and > booked it anyway. I figure that if we are all close enough to each > other and the convention center, it really won't matter to much what > hotel we are staying at as long as we all agree on a location to meet > for game play. I'm attachet to the convention center so to walk > ANYWHERE local will be no trouble at all. Hell, I bet the steak > restraunt would let us play there again. > We'll figure it out as time gets closer. Just get the time off first > and get ready for another WoN!(you all know who you are:) But as David > C stated, out of town is no longer an option....or fun. Downtown > rocks. Hi Mike! Okay, I am shortly about to book at the Comfort Inn and Suites City Centre (530 South Capitol Ave), about two blocks from the Convention Center, based on the fact that it both has free parking and still has 4-person rooms available today - it looks like there's been quite a bit of purchasing just between yesterday when I was looking and Right Now. I suspect the reason only the Hyatt came up for you was because most hotels don't seem to be bookable through the GenCon system starting any earlier than Monday night? Though I'm not totally confident that I'm right about that. But I seem to be able to book for the Sunday-Monday nights through Comfort Inn's own website (night of 8/15 and 8/16) at http://www1.choicehotels.com/, so we might have to switch rooms one night but it should be all good after that. I will now selfishly suggest that everyone else book at the Comfort Inn and Suites City Centre as well, because it's pretty cheap ($130 for 4) and would be convenient for me. :-) Also, if you are a person who believes I am destined to organize your arrangements, you are probably correct and I am about to book two rooms for this reason. Let me know if you're expecting me to have hotel space for you and you may be in luck. Don't wait until August to do it though, I'm expecting "my" rooms to fill up before then. ;-) Josh week of nightmares 2004! sunday august 15 through sunday august 22! (and don't book your flights home too early on the 22nd, there will be a tournament that morning/afternoon!)

Comfort Inn Suites was very nice, I stayed there last year. It was only a few minutes walk to the Con and nice and comfortable. -JTP "Joshua Duffin" <duff...@bls.gov> wrote in message news:c10mcm$1ca9ts$1...@ID-121616.news.uni-berlin.de... [ quoted text not captured ]

"John P." <verg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:xSTYb.540361$JQ1.488186@pd7tw1no... > Comfort Inn Suites was very nice, I stayed > there last year. It was only a few minutes > walk to the Con and nice and comfortable. > -JTP An endorsement, excellent! My arbitrary choice is vindicated. :-) Incidentally, I am as of today planning to stay at the Hyatt Regency Columbus for Origins this year (June 24-28, staying till Monday morning). They still have rooms! It's the cool wedge-shaped hotel attached to the convention center! Sign up now! Josh (and don't forget, the Comfort Inn & Suites City Centre in Indianapolis for Week of Nightmares 2004, August 15th through 22nd!)