Gaelcon 2004

AL][EN · 15-06-2004 10:25AM #1

Well folks that time of year has rolled (no pun intended) around again, time to don to robes and grab yer tinfoil axes its gaelcon time

Details are here:

http://www.gaelcon.com/gaelcon2004/index2.php?id=home.php

AL][EN · 15-06-2004 10:27AM

STICKEH!

until after the event

AL][EN · 15-06-2004 10:36AM

It seems that gaelcon this year is on in the Gresham Hotel O'connel St.

Which is great news since its in the center on town (O'connell St) its a stone's throw away from the shops, resteraunts not like in clontarf where you had to send out foraging parties to hunt for food on the hotel grounds, and even better its within stumbling distance of fibbers for the pre gaelcon drinkies that are usually held there

all good methinks

nesf · 23-06-2004 03:54PM

Look forward to seeing ppl there.

Proximity to Fibbers will just save us the bus fare for buying another round. A cunning plan methinks...

dent · 20-07-2004 10:39AM

Great location. Maybe it will lend it a more Warpcon type of feel. Something Gaelcon has being lacking in the past few years.

hedgetrimmer · 20-07-2004 10:48AM

As a long time (now retired) committee member, and chair of a previous Gaelcon (2002), I think I can comment here, but purely from a personal point of view, albeit one might daresay an informed opinion. I think it fair to say that Gaelcon and Warpcon are two very different conventions with two very different feels. Always have been, always will be. I think this diversity is good. The social side of Warpcon is second to none, but I think Gaelcon has an excellent gaming atmosphere. Both have great games, but I think people tend to remember the exciting madess of Warpcon and the gaming experiences of Gaelcon. Again, just an opinion I personally have formed over the last 11 years of involvement.

The Gresham is a cool venue, but I don't think it's a new home. Not that have an insight into the workings of this committee (which looks cool and fresh, btw), but I know the hotel to be prohibitively expensive.

I guess what I am trying to say is I don't think it is fair to expect a Warpcon experience of Gaelcon, and vice versa. Both are superb cons, which I never try to miss, and both are excellent events.

Having been away for a year in Belgium, I am *SO* looking forward to gaelcon thiyear

dent · 20-07-2004 11:01AM

I agree my comment wasn't well developed. Both are totally different conventions probably partly due to Warpcon being a university run event. I guess I feel Gaelcon has being missing part of the social atmosphere. I don't mean serious boozing here. The gaming aspect is of course the reason for the conventions and one that I love but its always nice to be able to step out of it and enjoy the social element. It will be nice to pop out to a pub for a pint and a break. Again maybe its just that I'm getting older now and my best memorys of Gaelcon are from when I was 13. I'm 25 now.

BlackWizard · 30-07-2004 01:39PM

Will people actually go out for a few drinks during it or is everyone all serious 24hour non stop gamers? cause i dont tink id last 24hours non stop gaming! i find lan parties hard!! probable cause there are at night. is it hard going at these events??

dent · 30-07-2004 01:43PM

It all depends on your own preference. Its a huge convention so you are bound to find someone who wants to go for a pint after a mind melting LARP

Fenster · 30-07-2004 08:44PM

Yay for Gaelcon in somewhere decent. It was a pain in the arse last year with it out in Clontarf.

Earthhorse · 08-10-2004 03:09PM

I don't see anything about board games for this year's con.

I have gotten into Settlers over the last year and wouldn't mind having a game against some new opponents. Anyone know if there will be any boardgames run this year?

mp3guy · 09-10-2004 08:16PM

whats the MTG tournaments looking like this year? And why a venue change? (not that clontarf was good........ at all)

Sarky · 09-10-2004 09:35PM

Jeebus, I hope I can go. Having a weekend to myself is tough at the best of times, and people quitting work makes it even harder. It would be worth it just to see last year's Muppets LARP video again...

jaarius · 12-10-2004 10:14PM

gaelcon sucks! i will be attending again this year only to stage a sit in protest about this gaelcon (if that is even the real name of the event). this sit in protest will be held in fibbers and i hope you all join me.

also all sit in protesting folk should buy a weekend ticket to the con to tweak their collective noses.

see y'all there

j

Salubri · 14-10-2004 11:58AM

After 14 years of footwearying trekking to various parts of Dublin city I am delighted to see Gaelcon more centrally located...

I do (of course) have reservations because as everyone knows change is bad *grin* I was happy with Clontarf Castle because I felt that it had brought back the grandeur and "olde" feel of Kilmainham which I miss (that could be just nostalgia).

I have never been in the Gresham and I missed the Burlington so I'm not really sure what to expect here (other than the usual "new venue" chaos *grin*) but I know one thing - if every other Gaelcon is anything to go by it'll be a great laugh!

See you all there!

(Oh and the "fresh" new committee seem to be really efficient *wow* I know what I'm GMing already!)

Guy

brass · 14-10-2004 02:34PM

Yes finally not having to leave aerly to get into town to get a bus. Central good!

Sarky · 14-10-2004 07:16PM

Salubri wrote:

(Oh and the "fresh" new committee seem to be really efficient *wow* I know what I'm GMing already!)

Guy

Efficient committees? Has the world gone mad?

Lir · 21-10-2004 09:20AM

The Gresham is extremely central, but that centrality brings with it a vastly higher price-tag. While I'm not on the committee this year I did organise the venue and I winced quite a bit when I heard the price. A venue that can hold Gaelcon and is located in the city centre is not financially viable in the long term unless people are willing to accept higher ticket prices and I know that the IGA will do whatever is possible to keep them as they are.

Them's the facts unfortunately.

I would be very, very surprised if Gaelcon was anywhere near as central next year (and yes, you can assume some insider knowledge here

), but as the alternative is no con at all I'm really hoping that this is a price people are willing to pay.

I'm looking forward to an amazing weekend of gaming and I hope you all have a great time.

Lir

fozzle · 26-10-2004 10:34AM

Well I had an absolute ball, although the seven hours solid of Call of Cthulhu may have skewed my mind slightly! Well done and thanks to everyone involved, commitee, slaves *cough* staff, senario writers, gms and all, 'twas great fun. Even if we did come close to breaking Jude once or twice during Team Synergy (gm with head on table and hands gripping edge not being a good sign), the game where I discovered I was in fact playing with a kid I've babysat! (*shudder* I feel old!)

Anywho, huzzah for Gaelcon, and I'm looking forward to next year!

Nevyn · 27-10-2004 11:41AM

But breaking the GM is the best fun, we actually keep a running tally on how many and how long before they crack.

And hats off to Damain from belfast who wrote the "be Bob" CoC session in which we had to play the npc sheer insane genius. It really turned the tables on players and it was great watching them sturrgle till the penny dropped.

yes the city centre venue was a shorter journeyin the mornings and as some of us get older we need more sleep but i would be happy to return to clontarf as it lack in stairs and the quiz and auction can be held there.

there are confrencing centres in citywest and in stillorgan that have catered for large lans so they should welcome Gealcon but they are a bigger pain in the arse to get to.

for all those that filled in the diddlysquat questionaire thank you
for those of you that didnt we are coming to hunt you down for we will be
travling to hopefully the rest of the cons looking for fresh Gms to break.

Great weekend the staff did wonderfully despite the hassle of a new venue and venue staff fleeing in fear of most of us.

Specky · 27-10-2004 11:04PM

Just to let folks know, there are a few Diddly-related Gaelcon photos up on Diddlysquat on the gallery page.

For anyone who doesn't think they're going to get to a con over the course of the next year or for anyone who has a bunch of group members who really ought to add their collective weight to the Big Mad Irish Game Survey, you can also now download a PDF from the BMIGS page. You'll find details of where you can post/fax/email it to on the page too.

A proper, on-line completable version will be up quite soon too, or if you're going to be at a con over the next twelve months simply wait until you see us in person.

AL][EN · 03-11-2004 05:53PM

Indeed was fun fun fun all around

ye gods i hear you say. who the hell is this? yes it is i guess who's back blah blah etc etc, I've been watching you all from the corporate hell that is my job unable to reply to any posts on boards (due to lousy firewall) but yes ive been reading all your posts to keep me sane.

so now that im back on boards yaaaay i can resume my ranting and raving like before

AL][EN · 09-12-2004 12:41PM

con's over so im un-stickying the thread (aaawwww)
roll on warpcon

Gaelcon 2004

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