Crafting Circle and Crayon of Vecna I want to attend both. I was gone most of the day and I might be out most of tommorrow but I really want to join both!
In fact I'm hoping to meet Ms. Courts and hopefully meet Mr Christopher Anthony. These are the two people I want to meet most!
Also Question on the Crafting Circle: My Embroidery is done with a Machine not a hand needle and thread. I don't think I want to bring my Embroidery Machine there as it's expensive so what else can I bring if most of my Craftyness is done with the Embroidery and Sewing Machine? I can't knit or crochet.
So am I right in assuming that if I sign up for a seminar, that automatically keeps me from getting into any other events in that timeslot?
Ugh. It's rough having to choose between "try to get into this really cool event, but risk not hitting the seminar" and "get the seminar and give up on the really cool event".
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KC, Sara Marie has asked that people to not sign up for the non lottery stuff just yet. And if you have already done so, to please take themselves out. Sorry, I was all psyched for them as well. So lottery first, then seminars.
Ah, gotcha.
"Shades of Yellow, Saturday afternoon, 1–6 pm" (Greg Vaughn's game) appears to be set as non-lottery as well.
Also:
Kings of Absalom: Fall's End Saturday–Friday
and:
Paizo & Obsidian Entertainment Sunday afternoon, 2–3 pm • Olympic 2 - 75 seats setup as a lottery event (maybe on purpose?)
and:
Not sure why, but all of Monday's lottery events aren't showing under "Registration: Lottery" flag/filter.
and:
Forbidden Island Friday morning, 11 am–1 pm - not open for signup.
Not sure why, but all of Monday's lottery events aren't showing under "Registration: Lottery" flag/filter.
Okay, either it's been fixed, or it's just cutting off at some point. I see them when Lottery and Monday are selected. I notice when I don't have any filters selected, it cuts off on Saturday Morning (#6-10 Core to be precise).
Edit: Okay, finally saw the "Showing 1-100" part... Maybe should be at the bottom too?
Oop, found another:
The Hidden Tomb of Aka Bakar - Sunday morning, 9 am–1 pm - not open for lottery.
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Some likely glitches (Not set up as lottery, but most probably are supposed to be):
Forbidden Island
Friday morning, 11 am–1 pm
not set up as lottery - max attendees 4
Beginner Box: Black Fang's Dungeon
Friday afternoon, 2–5 pm
Not set up as lottery - max attendees 6
Reapers of Reputation
Friday afternoon, 2–6 pm
Not set up as lottery - max attendees 4
Board Game Smorgasbord
Friday afternoon, 3–5 pm
Not set up as lottery - max attendees 4
Third-Party Pathfinder RPG Publisher's Workshop
Friday afternoon, 3–5 pm
Not set up as lottery - max attendees 8
We Be Goblins! - Beginner Box Rules
Saturday morning, 9 am–1 pm
Not set up as lottery - max attendees 4
Adventure Time from PaizoCon
Saturday morning, 10 am–1 pm •
not set up as lottery - max attendees 8
Beginner Box: Black Fang's Dungeon
Saturday afternoon, 1–5 pm
max attendees 4
Shades of Yellow
Saturday afternoon, 1–6 pm
max attendees: 6
The Fireheart Valley Seekers
Saturday afternoon, 2–6 pm
max attendees: 6
The Hidden Tomb of Aka Bakar
Sunday morning, 9 am–1 pm
max attendees: 6
Marvel Legendary
Sunday morning, 11 am–1 pm
max attendees: 4
The Battle of Solly's Farm, Session 2
Monday morning, 9 am–1 pm
max attendees 8
We Be Goblins! (Kid's Track)
Monday morning, 9 am–1 pm
max attendees 6
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In the past, workshops like these were lottery:
Basing Your Minis
Saturday morning, 10 am–noon max attendees 28
The Crayon of Vecna - live model sketching session
Saturday afternoon, 1–4 pm
max - 20
Improv Games, or Make An Ass of Yourself for Fun and No Profit
Sunday afternoon, 4–6 pm
max attendees 10
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So far, I've filled out my lottery picks as follows:
4 - six events
3 - nine events
2 - eighteen events
1 - thirty-seven events.
(I'm arriving too late Friday morning for any of the morning sessions, or all four categories would have a few more entries.)
Is this likely to be an effective distribution of scores? Would it be better to have more threes and fours, and fewer ones?
Customer Service Manager
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Also Question on the Crafting Circle: My Embroidery is done with a Machine not a hand needle and thread. I don't think I want to bring my Embroidery Machine there as it's expensive so what else can I bring if most of my Craftyness is done with the Embroidery and Sewing Machine? I can't knit or crochet.
Feel free to come by and sit and chat or observe! Crafting Circle is a low pressure way to meet others who are of the crafty-art type, meeting and connecting with a niche group within the Pathfinder community.
Also Question on the Crafting Circle: My Embroidery is done with a Machine not a hand needle and thread. I don't think I want to bring my Embroidery Machine there as it's expensive so what else can I bring if most of my Craftyness is done with the Embroidery and Sewing Machine? I can't knit or crochet.
You don't have to bring anything—much of the fun is having a relaxing time to hang out with other crafty folks, see what kinds of things they do, and maybe show off a current project you're working on or a finished object are particularly proud of.
Life permitting, though, we may also have stamping materials for people to try, and potentially spinning materials. And any number of people would be happy to teach you to knit or crochet and recruit you to the cause. :D
Edit: Ninja'd!
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Customer Service Manager
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Forbidden Island
Intentionally left out of lottery
Beginner Box: Black Fang's Dungeon
Intentionally left out of lottery
Reapers of Reputation
Fixed to be lottery.
Board Game Smorgasbord
Fixed to be lottery.
Third-Party Pathfinder RPG Publisher's Workshop
Fixed to be lottery.
We Be Goblins! - Beginner Box Rules
Intentionally left out of lottery
Adventure Time from PaizoCon
Fixed to be lottery.
Beginner Box: Black Fang's Dungeon
Intentionally left out of lottery
Shades of Yellow
Fixed to be lottery
The Fireheart Valley Seekers
Intentionally left out of lottery
The Hidden Tomb of Aka Bakar
Fixed to be lottery.
Marvel Legendary
Fixed to be lottery.
The Battle of Solly's Farm, Session 2
Fixed to be lottery.
We Be Goblins! (Kid's Track)
Intentionally left out of lottery
Basing Your Minis
Intentionally left out of lottery
The Crayon of Vecna - live model sketching session
Intentionally left out of lottery
Improv Games, or Make An Ass of Yourself for Fun and No Profit
Intentionally left out of lottery
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Customer Service Manager
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Previously the trigger for the lottery was how many people it could fit. I forget the cap but it was something like under 30- 40? people and it was lottery. Over that and it was not. This year, one of the improvements to the back end of PaizoCon event entry was to not use a number to determine lottery or non-lottery, but to use a checkbox. I love the fact that I have more fine-tuned control over what events need to be in the lottery, but clearly Katina and I were not 100% used to having to check the box as we missed some. I've gone through and corrected the ones from your list that needed lottery-ing.
The stuff that should *not* be part of the lottery are:
- Games we feel are targeted towards beginner gamers and younger kids (7-10-ish years old) . Kids badges do not get to make lottery choices, so we want those games that they are likely to want to be in to allow for open registration so the kid's badges get a chance at them.
- Events with larger attendance space that are not likely to need to be in the lottery, like the minis painting and live drawing. The room size previously would have been under the lottery cap for attendance, but they don't really need to be in the lottery.
- Seminars
- PFS
- PFACG
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Why the hell are we starting sign ups at midnight?
Don't you know some people have to work early
See this thread for an explanation of the issues.
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Ok why the hell would you start signup at 2pm, people are still at work.
This will screw people that have a job with no internet access.
Because there's no single time that's convenient for everyone. People from several time zones are coming to Paizocon. A time that's conveniently after work in California is pretty late in Connecticut. Lunch time in Washington, DC, doesn't work very well for people in Washington state. 2:00pm Pacific must have been convenient for the Paizo employees (before everything went sideways).
So, did everything get delayed again? I had everything signed up for about two hours ago and now not so much.
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So, did everything get delayed again? I had everything signed up for about two hours ago and now not so much.
The registration system is down while they work on some bugs. You can find the current status in this thread.