Bret Hildebran
Elder Member
Stopped by the hotel on Saturday afternoon and around 17 were already in and gaming when I was there. We had 5 on Friday evening which is close to a record for that early. Hopefully we can keep up that pace.
By Sunday attendance was likely pushing 40 - I think I counted 33 definites and am confident I'm missing a few. Once again Dave Ginnard was an incomparable picnic host, entertaining 30-40 hungry ASLers which is a pretty good crowd in a down year. Highlights were Mark Nixon holding court telling stories of various Cons over the years - Origins, Michicon, NOWS etc. But the special guest was Dave Sisler who was thinking he hadn't made an ASLOK since around 2000 or 2001, but was there to share stories of his brother Bill. We definitely missed our foreign guests at Dave's - hopefully next year.
World Cup play is limited to "the Lone Canuck" as Derek Ritter is the only citizen of the world available to play. No pressure there at all. At least the US won in 2018 to make it not quite as big a deal if the US can pull this one out due to not letting any international players into the country...
By Sunday attendance was likely pushing 40 - I think I counted 33 definites and am confident I'm missing a few. Once again Dave Ginnard was an incomparable picnic host, entertaining 30-40 hungry ASLers which is a pretty good crowd in a down year. Highlights were Mark Nixon holding court telling stories of various Cons over the years - Origins, Michicon, NOWS etc. But the special guest was Dave Sisler who was thinking he hadn't made an ASLOK since around 2000 or 2001, but was there to share stories of his brother Bill. We definitely missed our foreign guests at Dave's - hopefully next year.
World Cup play is limited to "the Lone Canuck" as Derek Ritter is the only citizen of the world available to play. No pressure there at all. At least the US won in 2018 to make it not quite as big a deal if the US can pull this one out due to not letting any international players into the country...