VegasCon!

hopefully we will find time to play bang bang again

especially since steve and dani are coming.

Drinking Game(r) Nerds

You need to come to a con and get down with your fellow gamer nerds...

Come because you can meet Sean, the player of Tyrun

It was VegasCon 2008.  A bunch of us decided it would be fun to ride up and down the strip on the Deuce.  We paid our five dollars for the 24-hour passed and embarked on what would later become known as the Epic Bus Rides of 2008.

It was on one of these bus rides that Sean introduced us to the term "Tribadism".  He used it in a sentence the way some would use the word "bicycling" or "jogging".  It was very casual, as if we were all expected to know what it meant.  Of course we didn't, so he was behooved to explain further.

"Scissoring," he said, "or as I like to call it, Clam Jousting."

I will fully admit that this is the night I decided I'd try and see how many time I could get away with using this phrase or something closely related to it in game without receiving either a caution or a warning for vulgarity or masked vulgarity.  I drove Kyodan to the point of a major freak out because I kept calling him a "bleeding clam" one night.  Clam jousting was to VegasCon 2008 what "I'm on a boat" was to VegasCon 2009Epic.

Of course, this was also the night we began playing the penis game, otherwise known as "Cocks".  We cannot reveal the rules or the method of gameplay for "Cocks" unless you are in Vegas with us.  It's an unspoken rule.  But back to Sean.

Now, I'm not sure if you have ever had the pleasure of roleplaying with Sean/Tyrun in game, but if you have, you must know that the character and the player do not stray far from each other.  They both have some kind of bonus to charisma that is out of this world.  I am not allowed to discuss how this particular picture came to be, nor the alleged things that came after it, but suffice it to say, if I were allowed to disobey the "what happens in vegas stays in vegas" rule, there would be a lot more pictures of our favorite Elven Cleric posed with beautiful women all over Las Vegas, because if there is one thing this dude did, it was pull chicks from every direction.  He wasn't even trying.  It just happened.  He has a way with words.  My man is a cunning linguist.  We were all mesmerized by his charm, men and women alike.  You become easily persuaded when he speaks; most of us were willing to do whatever he suggested.

This man had a woman and her 16 year-old son following us from bus to bus playing the hooker trading card pokemon game.  Who was on the bus when he said in the most angelic tone, complete with the proper use of please, ma'am and thank you,  "Ma'am, would you please pass this card to that gentleman right there?  Thank you."

The woman actually smiled and didn't bat an eye as she passed the card with the half naked hooker on it to another member or our group seated about two rows ahead of us.  This is the same dude who had a grown man read to stick his nose on the floor of the bus and sniff the vomit left behind by some unluck SOB who happened to be sick or drunk on the Deuce.

Sean was every man's wingman that weekend.  If you wanted to meet hot chicks, you needed to hang out with Sean.  His personality is only outshone by his bright smile.  Everyone was drawn to it.  It was mutually agreed that year; Sean won VegasCon 2008.

And I heard today that he's already bought his plane ticket for VegasCon 2010.  So what are you waiting for?  Get down with the Sean groupie club, because it's the right thing to do.  And if this award winning review of his VegasCon 2008 performance doesn't win you over, I submit his performance at Simucon 2009 in the form of a YouTube video he has probably long forgotten about.  I love you, Sean.  You the man.

*this video also contains cameos of a bunch of other people that were also at Simucon and better be at vegascon or else I will kill them.

Tickets Now Available on Play.net

You can now purchase your VegasCon Registration/Ticket on the play.net website under DragonRealms events. 

Hope to see you there!

because shit like this happens

Now, this didn't actually happen in Vegas.  It happened this summer at Simucon, but it is not unlike us to pull shit like this anywhere we go.

The Details

Who: Various DragonRealms Nerds

What: VegasCon 2010

When: March 4-7 2010

Where: Excalibur Hotel, Las Vegas

Why: Because we can. Because it's fun.  Because you want to.  For James

How:  Call the Excalibur.  Use the code XRealms to reserve your room.  Show up.

Do It For James

our gentle giant

I went to my mailbox the other day and was pleasantly surprised to find I had mail from Fort Jackson, SC.  It began as follows:

Hey Momo, What's up?  How you been?  I'm still alive, amazingly enough.  I actually am enjoying basic a lot.  It's lke summer camp, except with more gunds and less sex.  Though there are a few of the females in my platoon who are all over my nuts.  I'm behaving though.  Not worth the risk of getting thrown out, of course. 

This is so typical of the James I know.  Always ready to find the party and good time in everything.  When he initially told me he was going to enlist in the armed services.  I had a mixture of pride and sadness.  Pride because he was doing something to honor and serve his country, but sad because it meant we may not have that many more cons to party together.  You see, I was there the first time James ever did Vegas Con.

This was the VegasCon when the Smelly Cat gang took over the party.  We had a blast.  There are so many memories made that year.  The drunken bus rides.  Trading hooker business cards like it was a game of Pokemon, the vomit bus, and Sean and James (Tyrun and Korsik respectively) almost tossing themselves 26 stories to their death because they were wrestling in the suite.

It's hard to put into words the fun this man brings with him every time he is around.  He won't be with us for VegasCon because he is in basic training, so I think we owe it to him to show up in Vegas and party hard in his honor.

If for no other reason, do it for James.

Come Along As We Storm The Castle!

VegasCon 2010 is upon us with a fresh new venue!  Mark it on your calendars, because from Thursday, March 4, 2010 through Sunday, March 7, 2010, we will be moving our party to the Excalibur to spend four days partying like rockstars.  Last year we rode in a stretch limo every single day.  This year we plan to top that.  There will be partying, drinking, socializing with friends both old and new, a birthday party for our very own Solomon and much, much more!  What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas (mostly), so don't worry about losing any dignity or respectability as you let your hair down and find out just what your friends are like when they aren't glued to the computer gaming for ranks. 

Early registration is $30 and is available through February 20th.  The price at the door will be $40.  There is a block of 30 rooms set aside at the Excalibur, so just use the code "XRealms" when you book your reservation.  The rooms are $51 on Thursday and $91 on Friday and Saturday nights.  For those of you that like to arrive early and leave late, we have secured a few rooms for Wednesday night and Sunday night as well at the $51 rate.  These special rates will only be available until February 1st, so book your room soon!

As always, this site will be your source for the most up to date information.  

So Long Sahara

Believe me, I've heard every complaint possible about the Sahara.  It's old.  The rooms are crappy.  The maids don't really clean.  The doors don't close/lock all the way.  There's no good places to eat inside.  The biggest complaint by far of course being the Sahara's location in relation to everything else that is cool on the strip.

We sought to remedy that this year.  After calling around trying to find the best rates possible, the Excalibur became the new home for VegasCon 2010.  The benefits more than make the higher room rate worth the move.

1. The Excalibur is located on the four corners at Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd (the strip).  On the adjacent corners are New York, New York, the MGM and the Tropicana. 
2. Many eating establishments and watering holes are located within walking distance of the hotel.  That's right, less money spent on cab/Limo Rides.
3. The Excalibur is connected to the Luxor and Mandalay Bay.  You can get from one hotel to the other without ever going outside.
4. Internet access is included in the daily room rate.
5. We all love Tournament of Kings!
6. Dick's Last Resort
7. It's a freaking CASTLE.
8. I heard there's an actual DRAGON there.
9. Their buffet usually runs a special where you can pay $29 and eat all day and all night long.
10. I feel the need to mention the no cabs/no buses/no limos thing again.

Of course, with the move comes some downsizing a bit.  More specifically, we will not have a suite/meeting room this year.  It comes down to money; Excalibur wants $399 a day for us to have a hospitality suite, in addition to a $50 fee per person per day for us to use their food and beverage service (mandatory) if we take a hospitality suite.  This simply was not worth it.  Thinking back to last year, we did not sit in the suite all that much save for the last night when we stayed up all night.  Most times the suite was just a meeting place for us to plan what we wanted to do for the day/evening.  I can assure you that we will be able to have a good time as a group without the suite. 

In the days leading up to the event as well as during, this site will serve as an information source to let you know what is going on as it happens.  Additionally, a Twitter account has been set up, and paired with this site, it will serve as an announcement system for your activity director (moi). 

Of course, if people want or absolutely must have meeting space, we can raise the price of VegasCon tickets to somewhere around $200 per person to compensate, but I figured we'd all rather spend the extra money on booze and gambling.  Wouldn't you agree?  The comments on open; feel free to share your thoughts.

it's officially on!

The contracts have been signed and the rates have been agreed upon!  March 4-7 2010, we will converge upon Vegas.  Our hotel this year is the Excalibur!  More info coming soon!