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Good Taking several of my players that had never been to a convention for gaming was the real reward for me. That and the combination of visiting with old friends in the industry I have known or corresponded with for years.Though would have certainly like to have added a few new names to that list like yourself. Bad Some of the seminars were terrible. Makes me wonder what the screening process was. The worst of which was one I sat in just because it fit a window between two others in the same hotel so I decided what the heck.... It was a good idea for beginners that became a bad seminar compounded by the comments of an unqualified speaker. Readers digest was "gaming improv" is not "acting improv". There are as many similarities as their are differences. Actors seldom act sole sitting at a table for hours and having to also create the "imaginary visuals" to go along with the persona they are projecting. But the real (insert LOUD annoying buzzer noise here) was the speaker suggesting that you should "NEVER create a persona that is not your own or very similar ethnicity". REALLY?? When I questioned this for clarity, the speakers reasoning is "it would be considered offensive." REALLY??? Sorry I declared that was totally incorrect. I have had many varied people across a broad multicultural background sit at my table and this has never been an issue... I can't even fathom telling my spanish player that he can no longer use his "sudo-japanese voice" for his samurai character as it is offensive simply because spanish people stereotype japanese ones to sound like saturday morning kungfu theater (don't we all as far as that goes)???? REALLYYYY???? OMG its a game, Entertainment... *Rant over* lol.. anyway..... Ugly We might have to do a better job here in the community for communicating who is going to events and have a bit of face time together. Just 2cp D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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How precisely should I run Saturdays game? One of the personas I need to take on is a thousand year old dragon. Anyone know any millennia old hexapedal sentient flying reptiles available on short notice? I'll talk to my Satanist friend about the devil in next weeks game but really this is going to get expensive. my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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HeroLab is pretty common in the Pathfinder community IME so getting RW to the point where there is an RW download of every AP, module and PFS adventure when it is released would go a long way to getting that community to adopt it. Hopefully the method of securing files is something that can be easily deployed so that Paizo and other publishers can deploy it on their sites. If GM's start seeing the option to but PDF and RW bundles right on Paizo's site that will make them more likely to buy RW in the first place. my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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As to support of RW, I would agree, though I don't utilize PF personally (except cannibalizing Ultimate Campaign ideas) D&D> Pre 1e White Box Edition, 1e, 2e, 3.5 Currently, Set in the World of Greyhawk (The first, longest running and Best Campaign Setting) Software>Extensive use of all forms of MS Products, Visual Studio 2012, DAZ 3d, AutoCAD, Adobe Products. Gaming Specific>Campaign Cartographer, D20 Pro Alpha & BattleGrounds Beta Tester, World Builder, Dungeon Crafter, LWD Hero Lab, Realm Works, Inkwell Ideas Citybuilder & Dungeon Builder, Auto-Realm, Dundjinni Contributing Writer for TSR, WOC, & Canonfire |
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FWIW, I (almost) never attend seminars/panels at a gaming convention. I'm there to play and run games, typically ones that I don't get to play/run at home. I expect them to be a tough sell in general, but maybe that's just me.
I believe the screening process is similar to the screening process for any other event type; very little. Last edited by Parody; August 27th, 2017 at 09:22 AM. |
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GenCon's gotten better in recent years. Seminars are pretty much only done by industry types. I knows that's not a particularly high bar but its still better than years past.
I attended some seminars where I literally found myself correcting the moderating on some pretty basic stuff. my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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