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(...) Frank, While I was not able to participate at the fest I have an idea or two: - Maybe an Imperial Ship would act as a police type presence. Entering at a random or GM determined point. Sort of on patrol and seeking to eliminate any ship it (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: It was great meeting people at BrickFest!
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(...) ...How could you forget Shiri! Her bubbly enthusiasm almost made up for the rest of us being exhausted off our feet by Sunday :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com jains.has.it <-- Jain's Guide www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) d'Oh! And of course Shiri Dori, who traveled a great distance to get to BrickFest! --Todd (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) This is a GREAT idea. It works better for creations that don't move around but even they could benefit. Just have each room get a unique letter prefix and have the room coordinator start handing out numbers as models appear. (or have a big box (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) [snip] Kudos to all participating, presenting, planning and covering BrickFest(tm) 2002. I am still enjoying the reports and photos appearing about this marvelous event. Larry your transcript of the LD session was superb. I, like most others, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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is about the best way that I can describe Brickfest. Thanks to the organizers for setting up and managing Brickfest. I had a wonderful time taking a look at all the MOCs and talking to all the fellow attendees I met. In fact, it was the atmosphere (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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It was a special moment to actually have someone come up to me and say how much of a pleasure it was to finally meet ME. Over the course of the entire weekend I did that to quite a few of my idols, but Todd, you were the one who made ME feel (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people)
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(...) Yes, thanks to the Animation folks for not needing their room. I think we also gained one or two players who got suckered into the game instead of playing with animation stuff... But you were a help on Friday. You came up with a couple (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Definitely would have helped. Over the next months, I plan on organizing all my minifigs, so I may make up bags of pirate crews which would speed up that part. More islands certainly would have helped. (...) I've never quite figured out the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'm sorry to have rebuffed you. I have been trying to figure out just how to use non-pirates in the game. There needs to be some additional background work done. I am also afraid that such additional background detail may be an additional load (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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Grr... I'll probably respond to all the comments tonight. I have one post on it's way, but something in our firewall at work is making it take a minute or two to open an NNTP connection, and I hate editing messages in the web poster (no spell check (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think seeing machines at LUG events would be awesome! no reason it can't be done, other than being careful to avoid "confusion" of TLC involvement. I'd recommend slapping a big LUG sticker on the side of the machine and NOT putting a LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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Thanks for the fast writeup, Frank! And thanks again for running such a great game. I think having a few people around who could handle the "normal" activities of movement and combat meant that when one of us was near contentious happenings, we (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) really....that was interesting. I asked Frank when he was taking a bit of time for you guys to plot your moves.... I should have used the key words .... "went bad" I guess.... ;) Ben (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I agree, but I think that this is in spite of some things that you may feel it is because of. (...) Very important! It would be even better if we could coordinate the game ahead of time, and get more participation in island provision and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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I returned home late last night from BrickFest 2002 exhausted. It was a good exhaustion though, the kind that you get after a really rewarding experience. A big part of that rewarding experience was being able to show all of the talent and effort of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) That would be putting it mildly! (...) I was unaware that you asked to use imperials. I played imperials last year (who promptly "went bad")... (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GzqGCF.EsI@lugnet.com... (...) non (...) Indeed so, the crane moves surprisingly quickly and smoothly given its mass and size. Interesting counterweights too! Jennifer (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) (URL) think it ended up in 251 (across from one of the train rooms?) The game started off in the Mindstorms room, IIRC and was moved Saturday morning. It was a small room and there were only a dozen or so misc MOCs. -Rob. (Saw ya taking (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Bill Changing Machine
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Kevin Salm writes: SNIP (...) Been there, done that (at least at the set level, more analogous with a soda machine). From Larry's trip archive: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.party)
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