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Message no. 1
From: Michael Orion Jackson <orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 15:40:39 -0600
Wouldn't it be cool to have a list member get together somewhere? Talk
SR, loud music, stuffers, intraveinous injection of hard drugs to blank
out thoughts of how much we spend on SR (I think heroin might actually be
cheaper than buying all the SR stuff out :) ), you know, standard party.
Of course, to be fair, we'd have to take roll and find out where everybody
lives to determine a happy mean for where to meet to minimize transport
hassles. Of course, this would probably result in us meeting in a boat
somewhere in the Atlantic if we took a straight average of lattitudes and
longitudes.... :) It would be a hoot though.....

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of our minds."~Lusiphur, quote ill-rembered and butchered by M. O. Jackson
Message no. 2
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:48:19 -0600
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Michael Orion Jackson wrote:
> Wouldn't it be cool to have a list member get together somewhere? Talk
> SR, loud music, stuffers, intraveinous injection of hard drugs to blank
> out thoughts of how much we spend on SR (I think heroin might actually be
> cheaper than buying all the SR stuff out :) ), you know, standard party.
> Of course, to be fair, we'd have to take roll and find out where everybody
> lives to determine a happy mean for where to meet to minimize transport
> hassles. Of course, this would probably result in us meeting in a boat
> somewhere in the Atlantic if we took a straight average of lattitudes and
> longitudes.... :) It would be a hoot though.....

Wellllll how many of us are going to be at GenCon this year? We
know FASAMike will and ive heard a few others mention they want to go.
Good reason to buy one of the list t-shirts so you can spot a list member
across a crouded gameing room:). we could take over the Shadowrun Q&A
session to :). bring up the Grounding questions and ... hehe this sounds
fun.

Tom-whos-only-gameing-con-has-been-5-GenCons.

Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 3
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 22:23:01 -0500
>across a crouded gameing room:). we could take over the Shadowrun Q&A
>session to :). bring up the Grounding questions and ... hehe this sounds

They have one of those?
Oh-god-I-have-to-go-how-am-I-going-to-explain-this-to-my-fiancee

Can someone get me all the Q&A's from it?

How do I sign up??????? When and Where again?

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 4
From: Mike Buckalew <mike_buckalew@******.COM>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:52:57 -0800
> Wellllll how many of us are going to be at GenCon this year? We

I just mailed off my Early Bird Registration. This will be my first, and
I'm looking forward to it. I went to Origins when it was here in San
Jose a couple of years ago and had a great time. I was disappointed to
learn that it's stopped traveling and is permanently based in Ohio now...

Anyway, I remember Robert Hayden tried to organize a Shadowrn-l get
together at GenCon last year. I don't know if it worked out or not. The
early bird thing is only good through the 24th, and looks like a pretty
good deal.

As we actually get closer to the Appointed Day, we should try to organize
something!


Buck
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Message no. 5
From: Ashelock <woneal@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 20:15:35 -0005
On 5 Feb 97 at 15:40, Michael Orion Jackson wrote:

> transport hassles. Of course, this would probably result in us meeting
> in a boat somewhere in the Atlantic if we took a straight average of
> lattitudes and longitudes.... :) It would be a hoot though.....

See ya in Bermuda!
--

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and we'll all have to be pretty brave to live in it."
Message no. 6
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 22:33:46 EST
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:48:19 -0600 The Bookworm
<Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU> writes:
<snip>
>
> Wellllll how many of us are going to be at GenCon this year?
>We
>know FASAMike will and ive heard a few others mention they want to go.
>Good reason to buy one of the list t-shirts so you can spot a list
>member
>across a crouded gameing room:). we could take over the Shadowrun Q&A
>session to :). bring up the Grounding questions and ... hehe this
>sounds
>fun.
>
>Tom-whos-only-gameing-con-has-been-5-GenCons.

I'd love to go to GenCon, but I don't think I'll be able to make it. I've
got my first year of college in the fall, as soon as I decide where, I
don't yet have a driver's license, and I don't have a job (and, by
result, neither do I have money). OTOH, If I could convince a couple of
friends of mine that GenCon would be the ultimate thing to do at the end
of the summer...hmmm...

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Message no. 7
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:28:49 GMT
Michael Orion Jackson writes

> Of course, to be fair, we'd have to take roll and find out where everybody
> lives to determine a happy mean for where to meet to minimize transport
> hassles. Of course, this would probably result in us meeting in a boat
> somewhere in the Atlantic if we took a straight average of lattitudes and
> longitudes.... :) It would be a hoot though.....
>
I haven't had too much luck with boats and SR, either
1) on metaplane, search cabin 'SS Titanic' why do i get this
'sinking' feeling......
2) GM'ing they claimed salvage on the whole fraggin ferry!
3) or playing the terrorists try and take over, admittedly that was
more fun, poor GM, the poor souls never knew what hit them despite
the party splitting up hit hit the engine room, bridge and rear deck
all at once.


drifting back to listmembers meeting up the only vaugely viable
option (short of a very generous listmember winning 10Million $
or something, like thats going to happen) is Gencon (for NA
continent) and Eurogencon (Europe). I doubt there are enough folks in
a tight enough concentration anywhere else for more than 'organise it
between the two or three of you. But both conventions emntioned are a
good bit off yet.

Mark
Message no. 8
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:37:08 GMT
The Bookworm writes
>
> we could take over the Shadowrun Q&A
> session to :). bring up the Grounding questions and ... hehe this sounds
> fun.
>
> Tom-whos-only-gameing-con-has-been-5-GenCons.
>
> Thomas Price

rumage rumage rumage, theres a carp around here someplace, um
thinks, well ah.... nice old mangy one :), should i hand it to Mike
or use it... i'll think.
Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 21:13:17 +0100
Mark Steedman said on 13:28/ 6 Feb 97...

> drifting back to listmembers meeting up the only vaugely viable
> option (short of a very generous listmember winning 10Million $
> or something, like thats going to happen) is Gencon (for NA
> continent)

Mostly useless for non-North Americans, and even for them it would be a
lot of travel.

> and Eurogencon (Europe).

Since that's always in the UK, everybody else would have to take the
boat. Maybe we could organize a bus trip, picking up listmembers along
the way, though... :)

> I doubt there are enough folks in a tight enough concentration anywhere
> else for more than 'organise it between the two or three of you. But
> both conventions emntioned are a good bit off yet.

It would be a cool thing, though, if it were possible to arrange a meeting
like this. "So _that's_ what that *beeeep* looks like!" :)

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Message no. 10
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:38:08 GMT
Gurth writes
> Mark Steedman said on 13:28/ 6 Feb 97...
>
> > drifting back to listmembers meeting up the only vaugely viable
> > option (short of a very generous listmember winning 10Million $
> > or something, like thats going to happen) is Gencon (for NA
> > continent)
>
> Mostly useless for non-North Americans, and even for them it would be a
> lot of travel.
Hence the (for NA continent) in the above! :)

>
> > and Eurogencon (Europe).
>
> Since that's always in the UK, everybody else would have to take the
> boat.
Not ture! you could take a tunnel, but its not neccesarily all that
convenient.

> Maybe we could organize a bus trip, picking up
> listmembers along the way, though... :)
Someone got a good 'travelling salesman algorithm' to route between
em :)

I'm not sure if there are any really big cons on the continent but i
would have thought so. Somewhere like Germany would probably suit a
number of folks but irregardless its a lot of travelling for meetings
of more than 6 or so, as you find out when you try and draw maps of
them planets really are HUGE. Handy at times, real pest others, come
on Scotty we need a transporter, now!

>
> > I doubt there are enough folks in a tight enough concentration anywhere
> > else for more than 'organise it between the two or three of you. But
> > both conventions emntioned are a good bit off yet.
>
> It would be a cool thing, though, if it were possible to arrange a meeting
> like this. "So _that's_ what that *beeeep* looks like!" :)
>
Mark
Message no. 11
From: Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:41:46 UT
<snipetey snip>
>> somewhere in the Atlantic if we took a straight average of lattitudes and
>> longitudes.... :) It would be a hoot though.....
> Wellllll how many of us are going to be at GenCon this year? We
>know FASAMike will and ive heard a few others mention they want to go.
>Good reason to buy one of the list t-shirts so you can spot a list member
>across a crouded gameing room:). we could take over the Shadowrun >Q&A
>session to :). bring up the Grounding questions and ... hehe this sounds
>fun.
>
>Tom-whos-only-gameing-con-has-been-5-GenCons.

I live in
england...*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* :~(
tim ntoo
ps. when is euro-con and where and who is going ???
Message no. 12
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:29:14 GMT
Peter Coxon writes
>
> I live in
> england...*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* :~(
> tim ntoo
> ps. when is euro-con and where and who is going ???
>
Eurogencon, 28th-31st August 97, Loughborough University.
Only TSR haven't sent out any more details yet.

I will probably be there, as when i can say for sure, maybe after
Easter i'll know.

Mark
Message no. 13
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:46:26 +0000
On 6 Feb 97 at 21:13, Gurth wrote:
[snip meeting & GenCons]
> > I doubt there are enough folks in a tight enough concentration anywhere
> > else for more than 'organise it between the two or three of you. But
> > both conventions emntioned are a good bit off yet.
>
> It would be a cool thing, though, if it were possible to arrange a meeting
> like this. "So _that's_ what that *beeeep* looks like!" :)
*grin* Yeah....

But - has anyone infos on Euro GenCon? Or can tell me where to find
that info?

Sascha
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Message no. 14
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 13:01:12 +0100
Mark Steedman said on 13:38/ 7 Feb 97...

> > > and Eurogencon (Europe).
> >
> > Since that's always in the UK, everybody else would have to take the
> > boat.
> Not ture! you could take a tunnel, but its not neccesarily all that
> convenient.

And end up in Folkestone, while EuroGenCon was held somewhere in the
north, if I'm right...

> > Maybe we could organize a bus trip, picking up
> > listmembers along the way, though... :)
> Someone got a good 'travelling salesman algorithm' to route between
> em :)

Couldn't do it without one, I think :)

> I'm not sure if there are any really big cons on the continent but i
> would have thought so.

There's this really big con in Germany every autumn, I believe.

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Message no. 15
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 13:27:50 +0000
On 7 Feb 97 at 16:29, Mark Steedman wrote:
[snip]
> Eurogencon, 28th-31st August 97, Loughborough University.
> Only TSR haven't sent out any more details yet.
Thanx for the info, Mark. Um... where _is_ Loughborough University?
London?

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Message no. 16
From: "Paul J. Adam" <paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 17:46:59 +0000
In message <m0vtBtO-0004wdC@*******.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>, Sascha
Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE> writes
>Thanx for the info, Mark. Um... where _is_ Loughborough University?
>London?

It's south of Nottingham, north of Leicester, east of Derby.

Turn off Junction 23 of the M1 motorway and follow the A512. The
university campus is on the right after about two miles, just before you
get into Loughborough itself.

Is there a decent SR contingent at EuroGenCon, then? If so I may be
there.

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Message no. 17
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 08:46:03 GMT
Sascha Pabst writes
> >
> > It would be a cool thing, though, if it were possible to arrange a meeting
> > like this. "So _that's_ what that *beeeep* looks like!" :)
There are other ways.... if they are kind enough to put a photo on
the web.

> *grin* Yeah....
>
> But - has anyone infos on Euro GenCon? Or can tell me where to find
> that info?
>
28th - 31st August Loughborough University. You have to 'snail mail'
TSR, i have a copy of the address someplace but they have not replied
to requests for more details yet this year that i know of.

Mark
Message no. 18
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:18:27 +0100
Mark Steedman said on 8:46/10 Feb 97...

> There are other ways.... if they are kind enough to put a photo on
> the web.

Like the one on my page, you mean? I'd be very surprised if you could
recognize me, armed with that one...

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Message no. 19
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:37:31 GMT
On Location of Loughborough University.
I'll complie ammoents to various posts here.

Paul J. Adam writes
>
> It's south of Nottingham, north of Leicester, east of Derby.
>
> Turn off Junction 23 of the M1 motorway and follow the A512. The
> university campus is on the right after about two miles, just before you
> get into Loughborough itself.
>
I could do with looking it up on the map for an exact location but
this if you know where any of the towns in question are should help,
Nottingham should be findable on most maps with any detail at all even
abroad. Its something like an hour and a half North from London, (give
or take lots as my memory is not that good on this)
As to getting there, well by road close to M1 motorway equals use it,
its also on a direct mainline railway from London which is probably
the easiest method for public transport, they ran a minbuss shuttle
from the station last year, though it couldn't cope with the influx
of folks getting off a train from London in one go. (i was comming
from the south as i'd been elsewhere just before that)

> Is there a decent SR contingent at EuroGenCon, then? If so I may be
> there.
There were nearly zero in 1996, hopefully lots of discussion here
will improve matters!

Mark
Message no. 20
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: list member party [very OT :) ]
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:03:11 +1100
> > >
> > > It would be a cool thing, though, if it were possible to arrange a meeting
> > > like this. "So _that's_ what that *beeeep* looks like!" :)
>
> There are other ways.... if they are kind enough to put a photo on
> the web.

I do that... it's the only way I'll ever get to "meet" any listmembers,
living in Australia and all...


Lady Jestyr

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