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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #25 on: September 29, 2006, 04:02:04 AM »
Detta digs Adam.

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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #26 on: September 29, 2006, 08:07:00 AM »
 :-D  I know. S'why I said he was great. I strive to be a Detta-approved geek.  :wink:
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #27 on: September 29, 2006, 11:29:34 AM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on September 28, 2006, 10:03:11 PM
Adam's great; Walrus is a dick, though.
At least, on the show he is.

I thought the Walrus was a Paul, not a Dick.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #28 on: September 29, 2006, 12:37:41 PM »
Quote from: pbsaurus on September 29, 2006, 11:29:34 AM
I thought the Walrus was a Paul, not a Dick.
Ohshit I really just busted out laughing out loud. You rule.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #29 on: September 29, 2006, 12:43:28 PM »
I'm glad there are a few old enough to get it.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2006, 02:44:22 PM »
Quote from: pbsaurus on September 29, 2006, 11:29:34 AM
I thought the Walrus was a Paul, not a Dick.

xD

Au Contraire. The Walrus is a John.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #31 on: October 01, 2006, 11:09:20 AM »
I am an Orange County native, and having never been to WorldCon, I decided to go when my friends from the UCLA Sci-Fi and Fantasy Club (I'm an alum), solicited our mailing list for volunteers to run the main live game at the con - A Space Cadet Academy Live Game.

I had.. fun seeing my friends and helping run what was a very cleverly-designed LARP. But the con itself was sort of sad, I have to say. On major problem is that the gaming was COMPLETELY SEPARATED from the main con. It was sort of poorly organized and not a lot of people knew what was going on. I'm glad I was a volunteer and didn't have to pay.

As it so happens, I sort of know the guy who was listed as the director of programming, and that said, I'm not surprised the con turned out that way. When I was a teen (We're talking a good 12, 13 years ago), I worked my first job at a game store in Orange County. This guy was a game-store groupie. He is a strange man, and forgive me for saying, kind of creepy. He had to be at least in his late 30's at the time, and let's just say as a young female sales associate at a game store, I didn't feel entirely comfortable with him. He used to pass me his business card that said he was an "occult investigator", and not the more scientifically-minded kind, I'm sure.

So yeah, when I saw he was director of programming, I knew that con was in for it. But really, who else were they going to get? Sadly I think the age of sci-fi cons is probably a relic of the past.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #32 on: October 01, 2006, 12:27:23 PM »
Quote from: Amaranthe on October 01, 2006, 11:09:20 AM
He used to pass me his business card that said he was an "occult investigator", and not the more scientifically-minded kind, I'm sure.

A real life "Call of Cthulhu" game?
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2006, 10:37:53 AM »
Call of Cthulhu LARPing?

CoCLARPing for short?
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2006, 02:13:43 PM »
Quote from: Demosthenes on October 02, 2006, 10:37:53 AM
Call of Cthulhu LARPing?

CoCLARPing for short?

 :lol:

Nice call Demo. That just about sums it up right there.
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2006, 02:15:59 PM »
Is that pronounced like Scotch Larping?
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Re: World Science Fiction Convention
« Reply #36 on: October 02, 2006, 05:46:29 PM »
Quote from: pbsaurus on October 02, 2006, 02:15:59 PM
Is that pronounced like Scotch Larping?

I believe so.
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