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Prufrock
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:28 am

Thanks to Badmike for the shout out. However, I want to make clear that Yaya and AdderMcOne both insisted on helping pay for Frank and Tim's dinner Wednesday night.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:44 am

I'm really surprised to see so many rubber bands around some of these items. They are one of the banes of the comic and card collecting niche.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:16 am

JasonZavoda wrote:I'm really surprised to see so many rubber bands around some of these items. They are one of the banes of the comic and card collecting niche.

Yeah, but they are better than tape.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:24 am

Wow, first-edition Titan ... schweet.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:56 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Yeah, but they are better than tape.

Plastic bags. You put them in a plastic bag that is tightly around it (you can secure the plastic bag with tape) and the pressure is evenly distributed. Rubber bands always gouge edges.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:13 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:Wow, first-edition Titan ... schweet.

There is one or two of those at the auction every year

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:25 pm

and i tell you something....was i the only one who got totally sick of talisman being auctioned? sheesh man how many were there!!!!

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:46 pm

killjoy32 wrote:and i tell you something....was i the only one who got totally sick of talisman being auctioned? sheesh man how many were there!!!!

Somewhat amusing side-story: an acquaintance's apartment burnt down a few years ago. The only possessions of his to survive the fire? Multiple copies of Talisman.

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:58 pm

Man, I'd have loved to have multiple Talismans being auctioned... if they were the expansions (not the base games -- have all of those.)

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:24 am

Pheew!! Finally made it home yesterday after 30+ hours of travelling time! (Left from NY as I went there for 2 days afterward

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Had an absolutely fantastic time at Gencon guys

Meeting everyone and experiencing the games, auctions and trade hall were all huge.

Gencon showed what an awesome group of people the members here are, and I can now put a lot of faces with names.

I managed to get all the extra items I bought home for about $US25 (which was only charged between Indy and New York) I thought my excess baggage was going to be way over but no-one bothered weighing anything... Thanks to Martin and Mike for helping to post some extra stuff home as well.

Funnily enough one of the first things my darling wife asked when I got home was if I was going again next year

(Don't know if she's trying to get rid of me or not :wink:

) - but it's not likely to happen. :cry:

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:41 am

hey bren!

was great to see you again man. i forgot to get that necromancer pic from you dude.....i looked for it when i got home and was gutted when it wasnt there!

glad you got there man...gimme a shout when things settle (you know what i mean).

i just hope you had a real blast - i know we did and i will do you a deal. if you go again next year, i will too.

hope it was worth the real long trip for you. best to you all.

Al

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:42 am

serleran wrote:Man, I'd have loved to have multiple Talismans being auctioned... if they were the expansions (not the base games -- have all of those.)

well there were multiples of the main game, as well as the expansions.

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:51 pm

Someone was kind enough to give me a copy of a CDR that has auction bits on it from last year.
I can hear it, but not see it. I've tried Windows Player and Real Player to no avail. What am I doing wrong?

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:36 pm

If you are trying it on a PC you might not have the required video codec (coder-decoder) installed.

I usually recommend the K-Lite Codec pack available for download from File Hippo.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/

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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:32 pm

bak... interesting jaunt across 8 states.

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:40 am

my burnie bros CD worked just fine. was very amuisng to watch / listen to. the audio of the auctions was a lot of fun.

thanks guys...that was cool!

Al

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:36 am

killjoy32 wrote:my burnie bros CD worked just fine. was very amuisng to watch / listen to. the audio of the auctions was a lot of fun.

thanks guys...that was cool!

Al

It was great seeing everyone from last year and meeting the Acaeum members who didn't attended GenCon last year.

Every year, begining last year Devon and I record the auctions starting around 6:00 PM until the auction lets out each night. So plan on getting a new CD next year.

BTW: Tim the auction is audio only.

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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:05 am

BTW: Tim the auction is audio only

Well, no damned wonder I couldn't SEE anything! Duuhhh!?!

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