"Historicon on the move?????????" Topic

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Sigh.

Please pass the popcorn…..

I'm out…….

Must re-provision.

On the move, you say….Ah, I see; so it's going to be held in the backs of a half dozen tractor-trailers racing high speed down the PA Turnpike Mad-Max style. I wonder how may 6'x 10' tables a semi holds?

Oh, goody ! More rumors ! Or maybe just wishes…

Not the Pa Turnpike…the Jersey Turnpike…naval games will
be played in the water-filled potholes…

Hey, I was going to start that rumor!

Jesus people, get a life or a grip or better yet, get out.

It's coming to Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs in Wilkes Barre, with the overflow in St John's gym in Pittston.

In keeping with Pennsylvania's status as being near the demographic center of the HMGS, I propose the convention be balanced on the seat of a 50cc motorcycle jumping the PA Grand Canyon at Wellsboro.
In the eye of a hurricane.
While conjuring the spirit of Jeff Davis by reciting the Gettysburg Address backwards.
In Ancient Aramaic.

Nope, it's moving to the mothball fleet in the Hudson River.

Actually the OP claims nothing… Rusty just getting you guys all worked up.

TRU

Get out Rusty!!!

Fantastic!!! Just when I finally get all the details for my march to Fredricksburg somebody starts playing with the destination.

He didn't say that it is or isn't. He just asked a question.

But he must know something! That's like knowing about double-secret probation--if you know about it, you've got to be in the inner circle.

I would be ticked if it moves and I lose my deposit with my room. Otherwise, Lord Willing, I will be there

Popcorn! Git yer popcorn right here!

Montgomery could find a way better location than Patton could!

it's going to be held in the backs of a half dozen tractor-trailers racing high speed down the PA Turnpike Mad-Max style.

This would be infinitely more entertaining than some of the obviously unplaytested games I jumped into this past Historicon that were either unbalanced or a snoozefest.

Rusty being Rusty--- Ignore the man behind the curtain!

Yes, it is going to be a mobile con held in the back if an 18 wheel trailer.

I think 14 question marks are insufficient to make the point. I would add a few dozen more.

I have just come from the hairdressers, so can now give some reliable information. Ignore all the prats and their funny ha ha jokes.

Starting in 2017, Historicon will be held in the basement of Mrs. Muskrat Proven of 28 Wimpole Street, Salisbury, MD. Admission will include thee meals daily, each comprised of green bean casserole with pigs in a blanket. Parking in the 3 car garage will be first come first served. Alternat eparking will be located in nearby Bel Air, MD.

Doesn't this come up every year?

Now, why is that?

I was just talking to some guy and he said it would be at my house. Pretty convenient!

Psst…got the real dope..It's going to be held in Maine! In some shack in the woods. In a dark forest. The guy hosting goes by the name of Love-something or other….

Says it will be the best con ever…with the main event being "Cu-something or other Rising", Eh, sounds like a fantasy event to me…

No, no, no, you've all got it wrong. Only I have the straight dope.

HMGS(E) has quietly purchased the demilitarized HMS Ark Royal. They are having her towed to the US Eastern Seaboard. Each July it will be moved to a new east coast port and docked. The flight deck will be used for parking and fair weather gaming. The hanger deck will be all gaming. Fast food vendors will take over the galley. Accommodations spaces will be cheap rented to gamers to stay on site. Each Sunday morning Red Bull will be sponsoring a flugtag competition off the jump ramp. Each state may have 3 entries. Best distance wins the con for a port in their state the following year. At least it will be one way to acquaint gamers with the cleansing effects of water,…as long as we aren't docked in the East River. The theory is that everyone will stay, if for no other reason, to see their favorite TMP adversaries going into the drink.

It's the sort of idea that, if it isn't true, it sure oughtta be.

This brief interlude of insanity is concluded. You will now be returned to you regularly programmed insanity.

HMS Ark Royal

We're going to play on the bottom of the sea? I guess I better start looking into renting Scuba Gear and flights to Spain. Are they still up in arms again trying to charge an entry fee to Gibraltar?

Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, way back up in the woods among the evergreens…

Can Baltimore come back now?

You're not going to have it in the back of a semi trailer. They are 8 feet wide. 6 feet of the table, leave a foot on either side. I mean, are there very many gamers that could actually fit between the table and the side of the semi.

I was going to offer up my basement. The refrigerator is stocked and the sewer lines have been snaked out.

"Can Baltimore come back now?"

They've got their own live action wargames going on in streets of Baltimore.

Looks like another BS "stir the pot" thread by one of the usual suspects…

I find it amusing that this thread consists of 36 posts of utter nonsense, straining to ridicule anyone who expresses dissatisfaction with the current location of Historicon, and not one from anyone doing just that. It is a depressing commentary on the quality of discourse around here. But, by all means, continue to hurl pointless nonsense around. I'd wager a few people manage to feel superior somehow, for being "above" the petty resentments of the way the convention was moved (though not above foolish mockery).

I'd submit that if the long threads discussing well-tread material about the convention moves are tiresome, the endless, pointless, posts mocking the debate itself are well beyond tiresome, as they are actually about nothing whatsoever.

If there WERE a viable alternative, we would be there now. I don't think the official "search for a new venue" team are stupid, lazy or corrupt. They are stuck with a range of C+ to B- choices that will never please everybody.
My requirements are not your requirements. For me it's too far to make a solo drive, so I just don't go and don't obsess about it.
If it was in a convenient location for me I would be tickled pink. But it's not. C'est la guerre.

the sewer lines have been snaked out.

Don't worry, the gang will fix that for you real quick.

I heard it is under Miss Quan's massage palor. "We spoil you while we oil you"

For those who are contributing to the lighthearted banter, I applaud you.

For those taking this too seriously…

For those who are contributing to the lighthearted banter, I applaud you.

For those taking this too seriously…

Still a big waste of bandwidth. But I do like the Stripes meme.

Just more PsyOps and maskirovka by the OP, who never fails to entertain, both here on TMP and in person.

For the record, my understanding is that Historicon is booked for 2016 and 2017 in VA.

Hope to see you there.

P.S.--I also enjoyed the "Stripes" reference.

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On the move, you say….Ah, I see; so it's going to be held in the backs of a half dozen tractor-trailers racing high speed down the PA Turnpike Mad-Max style. I wonder how may 6'x 10' tables a semi holds?

Folded up about 900 tables in a forty foot hi cube.

Troll.

CapnCarp.. Lighten Up Francis is sort of our go-to response to someone who is going hyperbolic on the job. Very fitting in the instance of the tried and true "Let's move Historicon" thread.. driving mass hysteria since somewhere back in the early oughts!

I smiled.

Walt

Speaking of moves, I hear Cold Wars and Fall In may be moving to NJ as soon as Fall In 2017.

Love this thread. So much more interesting than the usual whining. Cleo

Ever get thr feeling you're an expendable extra in a very gory episode of the Twilight Zone?