Author Topic: Mayhem in Indiana (Read 4181 times)

Cory Magel · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2015, 05:51:53 AM »

There was an RPG cruise I saw many years ago that went to Nassau.

tulgurth · « **Reply #21 on:** March 26, 2015, 06:22:16 AM »

I'll 2nd Grand Rapids as I work there or even Baltimore. I have housing at either location. Although Indy is only 2.5 hours away. But Indy means hotel rooms or a cab ride and stay in truck for the event.

Warl · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2015, 11:18:23 AM »

Heck why not just put it on a cruise ship... The Rates for housing would nearly be the same :-P

dutch206 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 26, 2015, 11:53:03 AM »

Gov. Pence signed the bill into law this morning. It's GenCon's move now.

CNN Story

Weald Walker · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2015, 02:27:44 PM »

Vegas Baby! Vegas....!?!!?!

Gaming and poker....count me in.

yammahoper · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2015, 08:12:42 PM »

I read that Vegas isn't a great place for gamer conventions as to many people opt to gamble, see shows, etc, reducing attendance numbers.

markc · « **Reply #26 on:** March 26, 2015, 11:09:51 PM »

For Vegas you just have to go early and stay late.

But also gamer's are not normal convention go'ers.

MDC

Cory Magel · « **Reply #27 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:06:32 AM »

The only drawback to Vegas would be that I don't think they could fit the entire convention close enough together to make getting from one event to another. But other than that I'd love it. I really can't spend more than 3-4 days in Vegas before I'm bored with it. So taking a week, 'doing' Vegas for Mon-Weds, then GenCon Thurs-Sun would kinda be cool.

One of the really cool things is everything is open round the clock. I think only New York can beat Vegas on that count. Just done with a 10pm four hour slot and are staving? Not a problem.

markc · « **Reply #28 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:41:03 AM »

Cory,
I can second that after moving from near a big city to a rural area is that I miss the sheer amount of restaurants and the fact that they tended to be open later and more often.
MDC

Weald Walker · « **Reply #29 on:** March 27, 2015, 06:29:15 AM »

Vegas....probably bad for the attendees/gamers themselves (line of credit, sir?) but, could be the best thing for the RPG industry as a whole? Given that the industry already peaked "way back when" in general terms (ie. revenue, new RPG young gamers, impact of video games, etc), a little Vegas-style hype and media coverage probably couldn't hurt. Just my $.02, I'm no marketing analyst (just an armchair one). Besides, if it was in Vegas, like Cory I would go a day or two early and get in my poker fix.

Thom @ ICE · « **Reply #30 on:** March 27, 2015, 08:52:29 AM »

Quote from: Cory Magel on March 27, 2015, 01:06:32 AM

One of the really cool things is everything is open round the clock. I think only New York can beat Vegas on that count. Just done with a 10pm four hour slot and are staving? Not a problem.

New York shuts down, just later then most places.
Vegas is truly all night....

markc · « **Reply #31 on:** March 27, 2015, 10:11:35 AM »

I do not remember the Gen Con dates but does it not traditionally run into World Series of Poker dates?

Does anybody know if there has been any serious contenders to take away Gen Con in the past?

What I am really interested in is,
Anyway now that the bill has passed I am always very curious to see if $ flows into the state or if $ flows out of the state because of the law. In the past there has not been that big of an impact but I think now that in the future there may be a an impact.

MDC

yammahoper · « **Reply #32 on:** March 27, 2015, 11:00:47 AM »

NCAA is threatening to pull out. Move their HQ and stop the March Tourney. The letter released even suggested the BIG 10 move its Championship Tourney.

Equality under the law is being demanded. Love it.

Cory Magel · « **Reply #33 on:** March 27, 2015, 11:30:10 AM »

Quote from: Thom @ ICE on March 27, 2015, 08:52:29 AM

New York shuts down, just later then most places.
Vegas is truly all night....

I've been in a deli in NY at like 3-4am and it was still about 30-40% full! Now, that was 25 years ago... but I can't imagine that's changed too much.

Cory Magel · « **Reply #34 on:** March 27, 2015, 11:37:08 AM »

Quote from: yammahoper on March 27, 2015, 11:00:47 AM

NCAA is threatening to pull out. Move their HQ and stop the March Tourney. The letter released even suggested the BIG 10 move its Championship Tourney.

Equality under the law is being demanded. Love it.

I have to say I'm encouraged by this. Things like this shouldn't be getting passed by, effectively, small groups of fanatics (which is what a lot of politicians are becoming imo) without the input from the general population.

The thing that gets me, is that so many of those who want to segregate themselves from different people want to make a statement out of it. Businesses have the right to refuse service, it's when they try to make a political statement about it that they tend to get themselves in trouble. Although, as I said before, it often tends to have a karmatic impact on their bottom line.

Hopefully he'll get voted out of office next time round and hopefully they'll ask people why and they'll point to this as one of the causes.

egdcltd · « **Reply #35 on:** March 27, 2015, 12:07:57 PM »

My impression is that Las Vegas deliberately tries to confuse people as to whether it's day or night. Admittedly, most of my knowledge of Vegas comes from CSI...

Thom @ ICE · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2015, 12:34:48 PM »

Guys - please leave the political discussion out of this.
There are also many people who could take the opposite position which will not lead to either side changing their opinion - but would end up with hurt feelings and frustration across the board.

This is the last warning on this... next time I will have no choice but to close the thread.
Thanks

Cory Magel · « **Reply #37 on:** March 27, 2015, 12:39:31 PM »

I don't know how many have noticed, but in Vegas there are no clocks in the Casino and if you follow the pathways from the doors to the elevators you often find it is far from the most direct route... they want you to see lots of things before you make it to the elevator.

Quote from: Thom @ ICE on March 27, 2015, 12:34:48 PM

Guys - please leave the political discussion out of this.
There are also many people who could take the opposite position which will not lead to either side changing their opinion - but would end up with hurt feelings and frustration across the board.

This is the last warning on this... next time I will have no choice but to close the thread.
Thanks

Not to give you a hard time Thom, but the political nature of the situation was kinda the point of the initial post, this is the general discussion forum, and no one seems to be up in arms about anyone else's opinions thus far. By enlarge the people on the ICE forums are pretty polite.

Thom @ ICE · « **Reply #38 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:09:51 PM »

Cory -
I lived through numerous arguments over political discussions on these boards, so I will not even let it start.
Feel free to discuss the political aspect on political forums.
Thanks
Thom

dutch206 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:51:49 PM »

One politician from Washington State is already courting GenCon. His sales pitch: "Seattle is the center of the geek universe. Come play with us."

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