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It was wonderful. Not without its down-sides - I don't think you can put me into a con situation and not have me find at least something to be annoyed about - but wonderful in spite of it. I did buy Deliria, as well as one other game and some other stuff; Scott picked up some stuff as well. I walked out on one session (a first for me, but the guy running it would've appreciated it if he'd known how annoyed a player I was going to be if I stayed - or maybe he did anyway, who knows; he didn't seem upset). But I also had a few I wished would not end....
Stupid con. The whole thing went and ended. *grin* It was a good trip, and I'm alive. I'll provide more details later - I kept a pretty detailed paper journal, so I'm not going to lose stuff by waiting to put it up. I've also got a card and a half of photos (most of which quite likely suck - the conditions were non-ideal and I was trying not to be a complete nuisance as I got photos of people and things). I may get some of those up tonight, I may not.
We don't have our luggage yet. I was very not surprised to get to Portland and find I had no luggage. We had, at DFW, a 40-minute connection across over 20 gates. We power-walked it and arrived when almost no one was seated in the boarding area, but there was a line of about 20 people to get on the plane - so, as best as I can tell, we arrived just after they called the last group, but before "final boarding." We were seated just forward of the wing, so I could see the area where baggage was loaded. And not all that long after, maybe 10 minutes, a baggage cart drove up - and was waved off by the handler. The compartment had already been closed, and we were pushed back just minutes later, so I suspect it was an issue of "can't afford the delay" (although we had golf tournament folks on board, so it could be "can't fit the baggage" - but it didn't look like that much at the baggage carousel in Portland). In any case, I wasn't really very surprised. The lady at the baggage claim carousel got a list - several other people coming in from Indy, dunno if there were any others. So we got a phone number to call, called it, and they will deliver our bags sometime tonight. This is fine by me. I am, however, annoyed and baffled at being required to describe my bags, including material they're made of (never paid attention, honestly...) and their contents. See, they're not "lost" bags. They're "delayed" bags. They still have the tags on, and in fact your computer system knows right where they are. So why are you asking me what's in them, then further asking if there's books or jewelry? Not impressed. But, we'll get the bags tonight, so.
We're home, we're safe, there's nothing critical in the baggage, and we'll get it soon anyway. And it is vaguely amusing.
Stupid con. The whole thing went and ended. *grin* It was a good trip, and I'm alive. I'll provide more details later - I kept a pretty detailed paper journal, so I'm not going to lose stuff by waiting to put it up. I've also got a card and a half of photos (most of which quite likely suck - the conditions were non-ideal and I was trying not to be a complete nuisance as I got photos of people and things). I may get some of those up tonight, I may not.
We don't have our luggage yet. I was very not surprised to get to Portland and find I had no luggage. We had, at DFW, a 40-minute connection across over 20 gates. We power-walked it and arrived when almost no one was seated in the boarding area, but there was a line of about 20 people to get on the plane - so, as best as I can tell, we arrived just after they called the last group, but before "final boarding." We were seated just forward of the wing, so I could see the area where baggage was loaded. And not all that long after, maybe 10 minutes, a baggage cart drove up - and was waved off by the handler. The compartment had already been closed, and we were pushed back just minutes later, so I suspect it was an issue of "can't afford the delay" (although we had golf tournament folks on board, so it could be "can't fit the baggage" - but it didn't look like that much at the baggage carousel in Portland). In any case, I wasn't really very surprised. The lady at the baggage claim carousel got a list - several other people coming in from Indy, dunno if there were any others. So we got a phone number to call, called it, and they will deliver our bags sometime tonight. This is fine by me. I am, however, annoyed and baffled at being required to describe my bags, including material they're made of (never paid attention, honestly...) and their contents. See, they're not "lost" bags. They're "delayed" bags. They still have the tags on, and in fact your computer system knows right where they are. So why are you asking me what's in them, then further asking if there's books or jewelry? Not impressed. But, we'll get the bags tonight, so.
We're home, we're safe, there's nothing critical in the baggage, and we'll get it soon anyway. And it is vaguely amusing.
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(notes that you have several people on your friendslist who are both on my list and known to me IRL (as well as PCD, who I don't know except through the net and her novels), and isn't really surprised.
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