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| Photo_090205_001 | [V:tES]The friday scattershot, kicking off V:TES for the weekend. Front table: David Tatu (L), Jeff Thompson. Back Table (L-R): Oscar Garza, Danielle Newquist, Joe Churchill, Robyn Tatu. |
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| Photo_090205_004 | [V:tES] The DragonCon Gaming Hall, in the Hyatt. Miniatures tables in the foreground. |
| Photo_090205_005 | [V:tES] Robyn contemplates a discard. |
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| Photo_090205_007 | [V:tES] David's hand: The top card is a Wake of some sort. |
| Photo_090205_008 | [V:tES] Friday night Scattershot action. |
| Photo_090205_009 | [V:tES] It isn't everyday you see Nightmare Curse glued to a vamp... |
| Photo_090205_010 | [V:tES] Darby Keeny (L) explains the finer points of Lazverinus to his predator. John Newquist agrees, or is at least glad to be downstream of the discussion. Back table (L-R): Joe Churchill, Oscar Garza, Robyn Tatu, Danielle Newquist. |
| Photo_090205_012 | Batmen, discussing a shift change, perhaps. |
| Photo_090205_014 | Folks milling around the Hyatt lobby. |
| Photo_090205_015 | Gilligan and the Skipper..."you think the others have figured out we left the island?" |
| Photo_090205_016 | Batgirl and Batman apply beatdown to a hapless villain (Scarecrow, I believe.) |
| Photo_090205_017 | This photo, while grainy, has been declared authentic by photographic experts. It offers a key piece of evidence for the argument that Sasquatch live among us. |
| Photo_090205_018 | The drum circle. I usually spend a few hours here each year, soaking up the beat, watching the dancers and drummers, looking at the ceiling. The lights are usually dim, to allow for napping in the back corner. |
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| Photo_090205_020 | Yes, I'm taking a picture of you. Keep up the good beat! |
| Photo_090205_022 | This guy had room to whirl around, to the beat of the drum circle. |
| Photo_090205_023 | A closer look at the circle. It's still a bit more tame than the impromptu circles on the back patio, but this way, they don't keep three hotels awake all night. :) |
| Photo_090205_025 | Hackey-Sack, on the parque outside the drum circle's ballroom. Last year, I saw capoeira (sp?) dancers in this spot. And they were damn good. |
| Photo_090205_026 | Don't let it touch the ground! |
| Photo_090205_027 | 80's tribute band, McFly prepares for a concert. |
| Photo_090205_028 | 80's tribute band, McFly prepares for a concert. |
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| Photo_090305_003 | Space Marines, on patrol. |
| Photo_090305_004 | Spidey, when MJ finds out about this...you'll be sleeping on the ceiling. Note the correct colors here, vs. a lot of other green pictures. I haven't figured out which software "feature" causes the discoloration, but I'm working on it. |
| Photo_090305_005 | Dr. Girlfriend hands off camera duty to one of The Monarch's minions. |
| Photo_090305_007 | Dr. Girlfriend, and a minion of the Monarch. |
| Photo_090305_008 | Presenting: The top-level stairs/escalator at the Hyatt, one of the better costume- and people- watching spots in the con. The hotel bar is immediately to the right. |
| Photo_090305_009 | And here, we separate the true Space Marines from the bug-fodder. |
| Photo_090305_010 | Mr. Garrison! "You go to Hell! You go to Hell and you Die!" |
| Photo_090305_011 | Mr. Garrison, with his super-secret, undercover agents of decency. |
| Photo_090305_012 | Say Cheese! |
| Photo_090305_013 | It just isn't Dragoncon without hanging out at the bar. |
| Photo_090305_014 | The Hyatt stairwell, viewed from its better side. It's sparse now, but come evening, the costumes and characters will be on parade. |
| Photo_090305_017 | Celtic band, Emerald Rose, performing an extra, late-night set. |
| Photo_090305_018 | The Anime Room: showing Anime Music Videos at this time, I believe. |
| Photo_090305_019 | This has been a regular sight for the past few cons: Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Serenity), wandering the con at 2:30am, with a beer and a small mob of fans. Good luck with the movie! |
| Photo_090305_020 | Late-night dancing in one of the ballrooms. |
| Photo_090305_022 | The proper time to play "Are you a Werewolf": a few hours before dawn. |
| Photo_090305_023 | The villagers discuss the possibilities...one of these people is a werewolf. |
| Photo_090305_024 | Players await for the LAN room to open from its hourly break... |
| Photo_090305_025 | Outside, con attendees socialize and drink up... |
| Photo_090305_026 | Lounging in the walkway behind the Hyatt... |
| Photo_090305_027 | I'm not really sure, either. |
| Photo_090305_029 | Somewhere, down there, is a parade. (I was awakened Saturday morning, by the sound of a siren, heralding such parade.) |
| Photo_090305_030 | The Mariott lobby. Another prime people-costume watching location. The exhibit hall, art show, dealer's room, and miscellaneous conferences are located here. |
| Photo_090305_031 | More of the Mariott lobby. Looks like some rebel fighters have arrived. |
| Photo_090305_033 | Stormtroopers keep things under control. |
| Photo_090305_035 | Afternoon music, in the Hyatt. |
| Photo_090305_036 | [V:tES] Round 2. Free cards for newbies! One day, I'll make a deck from free offerings such as this, and stomp a tournament. |
| Photo_090305_037 | [V:tES] It was round 2 before I remembered I had a cameraphone. Fortunately, round 1 sucked, and was unworthy of pictures. So, here's Queen Anne, after bleeding unblockably. |
| Photo_090305_038 | [V:tES] Round 2. Revelations (top left) must be my favorite card in the game, and here's why. This is Joe's (predator's) hand, as revealed by Matt (grand-pred.). Let's see...two intercept retainers, two anti-bleed untaps, a Freak Drive, a stealth card, and a bloodhunt cancellation card. Note the lack of aggravated damage here. The minion with intercept is tapped. I will only have to worry about being bled for one, and being blocked by my prey. |
| Photo_090305_039 | [V:tES] Early game, round 2. Lazverinus and someone else (dylan?) on my left. Gangrel-antitribu and Tzimisce across from me. More gangrel-antitribu to my right. Somehow, nobody contested vampires here. (Although, two players almost contested a location. |
| Photo_090305_040 | [V:tES] Round 2. Lazverinus gets some help -- an Eternal Vigilance, and something involving damage prevention. Another minion acquires Zillah's Tears. This looks generally grim from my point of view, but at least I can keep Laz from blocking. |
| Photo_090305_041 | [V:tES] Round 2. After a time, we convinced my grand-prey to use dice as counters, instead of adding up the numbers. |
| Photo_090305_042 | [V:tES] Round 2. My grand-predator. Tzimisce, with Hunting Ground and Revelations. |
| Photo_090305_043 | [V:tES] Round 2. We have one of my ventrue-antitribu wearing the vamp-cam. Promo cards lie in the middle of the table; My prey has about...7 pool, my grand-prey looks to have 9. |
| Photo_090305_044 | [V:tES] Round 2. Tragedy strikes my prey, as he sends Lazverinus into the teeth of Celerity/Protean. Laz ended up in torpor after a few rounds and strikes from a gangrel-antitribu. This opened the way for my first VP. |
| Photo_090305_047 | [V:tES] Not much has changed to my right...although my grand-predator has less pool now. Joe draws to replace a card; hopefully with a wolf's claws. That's my Omaya in the bottom-left, btw. She is a wonderful answer to poke-for-one-agg combat. Again, I'm really surprised we didn't contest her. |
| Photo_090305_048 | [V:tES] Round 3. Jeff (prey) brings out two weenies and Petra, and recruits Raven Spys. John (grand-prey) brings out some vamps, and equips them (or sends them anarch -- I can't remember). David (grand-pred) gets a nossie, equips him with a Flak Jacket. I bring out Owain Evans and a Blood Doll, and immediately start receiving dividends (First Action: Governing at superior). I've also made grand-prey and grand-predator aware of Owain's special. |
| Photo_090305_049 | [V:tES] Round 3. Trouble to my right: Oscar (predator) has an Ahrimane and a Dragonbound in play. At least I have some fortitude... David has placed a Raven Spy on his one Nossie. |
| Photo_090305_050 | [V:tES] Round 3. Ossian gets to wear the Vamp-Cam this round. Jeff's looking to get entrenched, two animalism weenies, Petra (w/ both Raven Spies), and about 20 pool. Raven spies everywhere! |
| Photo_090305_051 | [V:tES] Round 3. What remained of Oscar's third round...apparently his deck is weak against Animalism, multi-round combat with guns. Dragonbound, some counter-based card or another, and a scotch, which David and I split amongst ourselves. ;-) |
| Photo_090305_052 | [V:tES] Round 3. And here is said Animalism, multi-round combat with guns. The Gangrel in the middle of picture did most of the damage. |
| Photo_090305_053 | [V:tES] Round 3. Oscar's roommate and a friend came downstairs to check on him... :) |
| Photo_090305_054 | [V:tES] Final Round. Generally, people don't get this close to David Tatu's (5th seed) left, without being ousted. And I chose to sit here. |
| Photo_090305_055 | [V:tES] Final Round. Early-round action. I have chosen the best seating position for this table -- It turns out Darby (prey) was playing a bruise+bleed+vote deck, as heralded by Sela. Robyn (grand-prey) brings out the first of her Nossie Prince+Horde. Matt (grand-predator) has several Tzimisce in play (with Army of Rats). David (predator) is slowly building up Nossies and Gangrel off-frame. Knowing what Matt and David were playing, and going first (or second), I had an opportunity to gain pool from the edge. I brought out March Halcyon with my first transfer, bled on turn two, and held the edge (nossie-marker) for at least two more turns, paying for March plus a pool. |
| Photo_090305_056 | [V:tES] Final Round. It could be worse -- I could be stuck to the left of Sela and Jeremy. This way, Darby has to balance between pressuring his prey (e.g., beating Robyn's vamps into torpor) and keeping me from walking into a VP. I've looked at his hand at this point (via Revelations); it's all Potence combat. So, Sela and Jeremy remain untapped, to catch my vamps. |
| Photo_090305_057 | [V:tES] Final Round. |
| Photo_090305_058 | [V:tES] Final Round. Robyn, my final round grand-prey (4th seed). |
| Photo_090305_059 | [V:tES] Final Round. Darby, my final round prey (2nd seed). |
| Photo_090305_060 | [V:tES] Final Round. Matt, my final round grand-predator (3rd seed). |
| Photo_090305_061 | [V:tES] Final Round. I'd like to introduce you to this neat card, Anachronism. After Lord Ashton equipped with a .44 Magnum, I dropped it on Danielle Diron, to prevent any more such nonsense. She's already got the Ericyes Fragment, for +1 bleed and Dominate on the way. Even though I had fortitude in hand, I wanted to reduce the number of gun-wielding vamps coming to bleed me. |
| Photo_090305_062 | [V:tES] Final Round. Mid-game action. Darby (prey) is either playing the Enchant Kindred (superior) blood, or transferring out a fourth vamp. In either case, I think Darby was paying way too much attention to me, as evidenced by Robyn's (grand-prey's) 20 pool and full complement of vamps. Oh well. |
| Photo_090305_063 | [V:tES] Final Round. Late-round action, David taps Danielle Diron for an action...I was too busy taking the picture to block. Note Danielle's Anachronism. :-) Also note Matt's two pool, and David's four pool. At least David has Eco-Terrorists in play. |
| Photo_090305_064 | [V:tES] Final Round. And some action has occurred to my left: After Photo_090305_067.jpg |
| Photo_090305_068 | Wonka Past and Wonka Present. I still hold that Wonka Past had more style. |
| Photo_090305_069 | The hyatt stairwell, from downstairs. Note the people-watchers along the railing. |
| Photo_090405_002 | The properly attired vampire, out on the town. |
| Photo_090405_003 | Someone gets a lift from her friendly neighborhood Spider-Men. |
| Photo_090405_004 | Mr. Skellington, I presume. |
| Photo_090405_005 | Spider Men! |
| Photo_090405_006 | It's hard to take pictures when the damn ghosts keep getting in the way. |
| Photo_090405_007 | The Skipper and Buddy Jesus share a joke. |
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| Photo_090405_011 | Tim, Galahad, and Arthur take a break from from grail questing to admire the scenery. |
| Photo_090405_012 | The Flaming Carrot! |
| Photo_090405_013 | The Flaming Carrot!! |
| Photo_090405_014 | A Robot Band, getting ready for a show. |
| Photo_090405_015 | Hackey-Sack returns to the parquet. |
| Photo_090405_016 | Old and busted: Naked Mariachi. The new hotness: Naked Devo. |
| Photo_090405_017 | This is an example of what a good-looking woman and a PBR can do for one's image. |
| Photo_090405_018 | A Wampa groupie. |
| Photo_090405_019 | A great Joker. This guy had the manaical evil look down pat. |
| Photo_090405_020 | Indy! |
| Photo_090405_021 | "Ma'am, do you have a license to carry that wampa?" |
| Photo_090405_022 | A predator. |
| Photo_090405_023 | Mr. Flintstone, I presume. |
| Photo_090405_024 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. |
| Photo_090405_025 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. |
| Photo_090405_026 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. LSJ doesn't buy someone's line. |
| Photo_090405_027 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. David Tatu searches for another card. |
| Photo_090405_028 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. David Cherryholmes' creation, in action. It includes Menele and Mylan Horseed, and it's bleeding some Ventrue-antitribu. |
| Photo_090405_029 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. David Cherryholmes(L) untaps a vampire for the (N)th time, with Mylan Horseed, and has a 2-minion advantage over Gabe Peoples(R)...This looks really grim for Gabe. Darby, David Tatu, and LSJ (L-R) finish action on the back table. |
| Photo_090405_030 | [V:tES] Scattershot action. This looks fairly grim for someone's game. |
| Photo_090405_031 | The Anachronism Cooper Mini, trading table space for coolness in the gaming hall. And it could be yours, if you win the tournament! |
| Photo_090405_032 | Secondary prizes for the Anachronism world tournament. None of which, I might add, are allowed as carryons anymore. |
| Photo_090405_033 | The freebie pile again, with a copy of the V:TES player's guide. |
| Photo_090405_034 | A view toward the front of the gaming hall -- when populated, it's solid Magic: the Gathering pickups and tourneys. |
| Photo_090405_035 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_036 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_037 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_038 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. Nobody expects Alacrity! (I ousted Robyn a few turns later, with this Alacrity. Fear Celerity. :) |
| Photo_090405_039 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_040 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_041 | [V:tES] Sunday Draft. |
| Photo_090405_042 | The Stairway of Death, in back of the Hyatt. Treacherous when dry, maddening when wet. |
| Photo_090405_044 | Puerto Rico: It's an entirely fun game, I played it for the first time during the con. Here's my board, in the later midgame. |
| Photo_090405_045 | Puerto Rico: Scott loads trade goods onto a ship. |
| Photo_090405_046 | My Puerto Rico board, from late-game. |
| Photo_090505_001 | No, Stitch, you cannot eat my cameraphone. |
| Photo_090505_002 | Belle, Snow White, and Stitch. And my Treo decided to play nice with the colors for once. |
| Photo_090505_003 | And then...lens flare. |
| Photo_090505_004 | Hold still, this won't hurt a bit... |
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| Photo_090505_008 | The crowd outside the Hyatt's lower bar. |
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| Photo_090505_012 | Have I really travelled halfway across the galaxy for...Light Beer?!! AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH! |
| Photo_090505_013 | The drum circle, the way it should be: dark. |
| Photo_090505_014 | Some characters are evil enough to distort light.... |
| Photo_090505_017 | The 3rd floor of the Hyatt turns into a ring of people/costume watchers for the weekend. |
| Photo_090505_018 | Various X-Men chill out after a long weekend. |
| Photo_090505_019 | I believe these are trooper groupies. Well, they remind me of last year's trooper groupies, anyway. |
| Photo_090505_022 | Blade! |
| Photo_090505_023 | Colossus stands up to the bounty hunters. |
| Photo_090505_024 | I don't know which characters they are, but the costumes are great. |
| Photo_090505_025 | The Hyatt stairwell, looking a lot better now. |
| Photo_090505_026 | Levitation is so much fun. ;-) |
| Photo_090505_028 | For the 24th time, I'm not a werewolf! |
| Photo_090505_033 | Mace, ready for action. |
| Photo_090505_034 | Trooper Elvis, posing for a picture. |
| Photo_090505_035 | Trooper Elvis! |
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| Photo_090505_037 | Picture-taking in the lobby, from in front of the camera. |
| Photo_090505_040 | This was hilarious. |
| Photo_090505_042 | A group photo: Stewie, Captain Hook and his crew. |
| Photo_090505_043 | A group photo: Stewie, Captain Hook and his crew. |
| Photo_090505_044 | Stewie strikes an imposing pose for a photographer. |
| Photo_090505_046 | Shhhhh! lol |
| Photo_090505_047 | Guiness for Strength(tm)! |
| Photo_090505_048 | Last-night mixing in the Hyatt lobby. |
| Photo_090505_049 | Sunday night/monday morning, at the Hyatt bar. |
| Photo_090505_050 | Costume modeling, from both sides of the camera. |
| Photo_090505_056 | I can't remember who's playing, but this is what a large ballroom looks like during the late con hours: full! |
| Photo_090505_057 | More late-night picture taking. |
| Photo_090505_058 | Dance-til-Dawn...I believe this was the "best pirate booty" contest. Arrr!, and stuff. |
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