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_joshuaTurbo

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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2013, 01:38:55 AM »
Quote from: jeffhlewis on January 14, 2013, 09:03:52 AM
Josh - I'm going to need all the CRTs I can get my hands on for my MGC room. are those all yours?

Dude, you and us both!  I'm going to probably be able to bring 5-6 TVs myself, as that's about the limit for what I can fit..... but we should see if one of the Byrons or a spare Opethian can stop for some locally.  The Milwaukee area has to have dozens of thrift shops just oozing CRTs...

And, thanks for the kind words guys, it was fun, but this is nothing compared to the setup we'll have at MGC!!
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Quote from: SignOfZeta on January 14, 2013, 05:46:25 AM
Its great you managed to dig up so many CRTs!

I was thinking the same thing.  Good googley-moogley that's a lot of spare TVs!

Actually all 12 stations were the schools rolly TVs for class movies/presentations.  So I lucked out that they still used CRTs and I didn't have to lug in any of my own.  ;)
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2013, 02:16:25 AM »
great show josh. MISSION ACCOMPLISH'D :D
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2013, 02:42:22 AM »
Quote from: _joshuaTurbo on January 15, 2013, 01:38:55 AM
Dude, you and us both!  I'm going to probably be able to bring 5-6 TVs myself, as that's about the limit for what I can fit..... but we should see if one of the Byrons or a spare Opethian can stop for some locally.  The Milwaukee area has to have dozens of thrift shops just oozing CRTs...

I'm actually about 10 minutes away from the Sheraton in downtown Milwaukee - I actually picked up a 19" Sansui CRT for the show yesterday (for $3! they're basically giving these things away). I'm hoping to pick up 3 or 4 more before the show but I'm running out of room to store these things, haha. I miss having a garage. I still need to troll around the downtown thrift stores to see if I can dig up some more CRTs. Last time I was at Goodwill they had a Toshiba 27" HDCRT for $5; should have grabbed it.

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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2013, 03:10:01 AM »
Quote from: SignOfZeta on January 14, 2013, 05:46:25 AM
I used to run things like this for conventions and stuff, back when PCE was still being developed for even. Its a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

Its great you managed to dig up so many CRTs!


Yeah, it's kind of a pain in the ass.   I almost want to just buy a second set of hardware so my stuff that I have here doesn't need to get unhooked and dragged around every time...
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2013, 03:11:28 AM »
Looks like it was a great time! I see my favorite "hands off" sign duly posted. :lol:
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2013, 07:08:40 AM »
A lot of the Milwaukee area Goodwill stores still sell the big ol' CRT TVs. We even had a sale a few weeks ago for $.99 cents (all old-style TVs).
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2013, 09:08:09 AM »
Quote from: storino03 on January 15, 2013, 07:08:40 AM
A lot of the Milwaukee area Goodwill stores still sell the big ol' CRT TVs. We even had a sale a few weeks ago for $.99 cents (all old-style TVs).


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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2013, 09:15:07 AM »
Quote from: storino03 on January 15, 2013, 07:08:40 AM
A lot of the Milwaukee area Goodwill stores still sell the big ol' CRT TVs. We even had a sale a few weeks ago for $.99 cents (all old-style TVs).

Where was this at?
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2013, 11:01:02 AM »
Looks like it was fun!

I just wish that I had heard about this.  I might have been able to go if I had known about it.  Was there a thread that I missed telling folks about this convention?
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2013, 11:41:31 AM »
Quote from: nectarsis on January 15, 2013, 09:15:07 AM
Quote from: storino03 on January 15, 2013, 07:08:40 AM
A lot of the Milwaukee area Goodwill stores still sell the big ol' CRT TVs. We even had a sale a few weeks ago for $.99 cents (all old-style TVs).

Where was this at?

The Southeast Wisconsin stores lol. from Dec 26th-Jan 2nd.
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« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2013, 01:21:00 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2013, 04:36:46 PM »

Jawsome. Really.

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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2013, 12:20:13 AM »
Quote from: Bardoly on January 15, 2013, 11:01:02 AM
Looks like it was fun!

I just wish that I had heard about this.  I might have been able to go if I had known about it.  Was there a thread that I missed telling folks about this convention?

No, I didn't really mention it much to anyone not local.  I'd feel bad if somebody made the trek across a couple states just to come to this small gathering....  It was a lot of fun, don't question that, and if you'd like to come to the next gathering, there's always MGC in March, VGS in July, and my own little gathering in September that I do in the northwoods of WI.  :)  I'll be sure to share more info about these.  :D
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2013, 12:21:11 PM »
I live relatively close to NYC, yet they never have any good gaming conventions there.  What's up with that?  Why WI?
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Re: Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2013, 04:15:19 PM »
Quote from: TheClash603 on January 16, 2013, 12:21:11 PM
I live relatively close to NYC, yet they never have any good gaming conventions there.  What's up with that?  Why WI?


Exactly! Why are all the fun gatherings so far away from civilization?

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