Re: The fun of convention organizing...

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Just think!  Instead of cool UNSC or Islamic Federation ships as
prizes we can be handing out Pokemon packs!
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Yeah, well, now that I think about it, if I had swooped up a box
of 'Fossil' Poke-crack when local store still had some, and you've
got to admire places that refuse to pump price, I could have half
this town playing GZG games, and really cracking a sweat!

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It's cardboard crack.  I've seen 8 year old kids lined up 10 deep,
*shaking*, waiting to buy Pokemon.  It's an addiction.
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I know what you mean; I used to think it was the same for 14 yr
olds waiting for the next new Evil Empire (tm) release, or even
me getting some OOP space ship, but far worse for these little
barely-able-to-understand-the-game kids, worse yet what their
parents allow themselves to have to go through to support their
lil' whinners. *sigh*

I've seen parents able to ride this maelstrom with some style
and sensibility. Actually able to use Pokemon as work tokens,
and get chores done, while working with their kids to under-
stand the whole process. Few and far between...

Anyway, if you could only get the prizes, but not run WotC
tourneys, you could actually turn the dark side to the light.
;->=

The_Beast