Midwest Gaming Classic (MGC) 2020: April 3-5

I hope I get sent again.

MGC keeps getting better and better !

LTG : )

#8 87 days ago

JAZ

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Quoted from chad:
Can we make it 3 consecutive years with snow?

Please God no...

#9 87 days ago

CRD

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Quoted from LTG:
I hope I get sent again.
MGC keeps getting better and better !
LTG : )

Lloyd , you will ne thete regardless !

#10 87 days ago

CAM

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Now there are 8am Friday morning options? Dan truly is trying to kill us...

#11 87 days ago

???

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im in.

#12 87 days ago

???

cavalier88z24

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MGC was so kick ass last year. still unbelievable

#13 87 days ago

LTG

Quoted from chad:
Lloyd , you will ne thete regardless !

Now I'm scared. Looks like some kind of secret code.

LTG : )

#14 87 days ago

TRY

vidgameseller

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Lets see what this one brings!!

#15 87 days ago

CRD

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102 ? Nib games in 2019. Can that be beaten, or a new type of record be set....

#16 87 days ago

TRY

vidgameseller

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Quoted from chad:
102 ? Nib games in 2019. Can that be beaten, or a new type of record be set....

That would be neat, but Christopher and I worked our ass off to do our part, along with a couple great friends. If we are doing that many again, Ill have to get more help. Its just so much work setting up all the games that we did. IF CGC lets us do show games again, ill be on board, especially if the new title is allowed

#17 87 days ago

CAM

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Quoted from vidgameseller:
That would be neat, but Christopher and I worked our ass off to do our part, along with a couple great friends. If we are doing that many again, Ill have to get more help. Its just so much work setting up all the games that we did. IF CGC lets us do show games again, ill be on board, especially if the new title is allowed

You guys were VIPs of the show for sure! Hopefully if you can / are willing to do it again, we can drum up a few extra helpers from the community. I'm sure someone will step up!

#18 87 days ago

CSJ

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What's the best hotel to stay at?

#19 87 days ago

JAY

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Hilton of course!

#20 87 days ago

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Damnit. The weekend after TPF!!?? My poor poor liver...

#21 87 days ago

LTG

Quoted from pinghetto:
Damnit. The weekend after TPF!!??

I didn't realize that. I can't close two weekends in a row.

LTG : (

#22 87 days ago

PMR

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Quoted from LTG:
I didn't realize that. I can't close two weekends in a row.

It is a bummer that you have to choose.

#23 87 days ago

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Quoted from vidgameseller:
That would be neat, but Christopher and I worked our ass off to do our part, along with a couple great friends. If we are doing that many again, Ill have to get more help. Its just so much work setting up all the games that we did. IF CGC lets us do show games again, ill be on board, especially if the new title is allowed

I can come a day early and help you guys. Just keep me posted as I will need to put in the PTO.

#24 86 days ago

CCM

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I did just pick up a new trailer yesterday. Its 8 feet longer than the previous one...

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#25 86 days ago

HAN

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Putting the WTB out there early..... looking for cheap project Space Shuttle, Zaccaria gen1/gen2, and/or sci-fi themed early Bally/Stern games, for pickup at MGC.

-Hans

2 months later

#26 18 days ago

DAN

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Whoa, I totally missed this thread until *right now!* A few quick things...

Quoted from chad:
Can we make it 3 consecutive years with snow?

Easter is moving the event around. We couldn't move back a week due to other commitments, so the only option was to move forward. Or we could have moved literally months away, which didn't seem like a great option. It's not perfect, but we knew this in 2017 before we had the first show.

Quoted from Jediturtle:
Now there are 8am Friday morning options? Dan truly is trying to kill us...

We've been asked for a number of years to find some additional time for table top RPGs in particular as their play sessions come in 4 hour chunks. Due to how our timing worked out, the best anyone who is looking for that type of gaming at the show was four sessions. To better accommodate this, we are expanding the show floor to an additional space that can host Friday morning hours. This space is actually all but definitely off-site at the Hilton, so it won't affect the "standard" move-in of other events, but will better be able to fit the more specific timing schedules that those types of games take. Friday morning also gives people who want to try a game like that a great chance to do so without them having to use essentially half of a day of the show to try it out. Cost for Friday morning this year is only $10, and we are going to supplement it with some tabletop and collectible card games as best as possible too

Lots more fun to come. Been working on a lot of stuff behind the scenes

#27 18 days ago

HAN

HHaase

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Dan;

Did you guys send out an e-mail blast yet for vendor registration?

-Hans

#28 18 days ago

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Dan, I had to google "midwest gaming classic gamer quest" to find the section on the web site that showed this as I could not find it going to the main web page. I see that they are registering game hosts so I assume that players will be able to register for these games. Will this be added when we get closer to the show dates?

#29 17 days ago

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Quoted from HHaase:
Did you guys send out an e-mail blast yet for vendor registration?

Yes, although we just had someone else tell us theirs didn't make it through. Contact Gary directly, and he can take care of that

Quoted from Crashnburn:
Dan, I had to google "midwest gaming classic gamer quest" to find the section on the web site that showed this as I could not find it going to the main web page. I see that they are registering game hosts so I assume that players will be able to register for these games. Will this be added when we get closer to the show dates?

If you look at the top part of the page, immediately after the title is a big link in the slider to Gamer Quest. It will start appearing in other places, we don't currently have up as much info because we're putting the final touches on the Game Host stuff right now, and we expect we'll be starting to promote it further.

And yes, there will be options for signing up in advance that should be rolled out, probably in December or January, for games

1 week later

#30 10 days ago

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I'm planning on taking extra days off for the 2020 show (woot!)

#31 10 days ago

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Quoted from LTG:
I hope I get sent again.
MGC keeps getting better and better !
LTG : )

We can car pool

#32 10 days ago

DOG

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Getting excited for next MGC. With Texas and this being so close, I had to make a decision. MGC won!

#33 10 days ago

LTG