{"id":13802,"date":"2009-08-27T08:49:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T13:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13802"},"modified":"2014-01-30T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T18:19:17","slug":"gamers-in-the-midst-a-day-in-the-life-of-tso-in-pictures-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13802","title":{"rendered":"Gamers in the midst: A day in the life of TSO (in pictures) Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so now I will go on with my discussion of GenCon.\u00a0 As I said before, very nice people, but very dorky.\u00a0 Saw a lot of ridiculous T-shirts like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the droid you were looking for.<\/li>\n<li>Will work for anime.<\/li>\n<li>My other ride is a Kodo.<\/li>\n<li>Ball State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyway, back to the pictures.<\/p>\n<p>This first one made me really sad.\u00a0 I know she had had some problems, first there was the sex tape of her threesome with Pappa Smurf and Gargamel, then she got hurt (and Handy was killed) when the Meth lab exploded.\u00a0 Now look at her, the years have not been kind to Smurfette.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13792\" title=\"100_0272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0272-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"100_0272\" width=\"299\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0272-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0272-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0272.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the major themes of Fantasy is apparenly large breasts spilling out of skimpy outfits.\u00a0 I must say that this is generally something I strongly favor, particularly at Ren Faires and the like.\u00a0 But as with Spandex and nudist colonies, sometimes they work, and sometimes&#8230;.not so much.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/purple-chicks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13801\" title=\"purple-chicks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/purple-chicks-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"purple-chicks\" width=\"361\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/purple-chicks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/purple-chicks-1023x768.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This young lady was playing the Queen of Breastulon IV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/breasts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13797\" title=\"breasts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/breasts-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"breasts\" width=\"262\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/breasts-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/breasts-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/breasts.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lest you think I only pick on the ladies, I give you this cat.\u00a0 I actually had to have it explained to me what it was.\u00a0 Does anyone think this schtick actually worked with the ladies?\u00a0 I&#8217;ve done some retarded things to get women (bar rag origami, singing Karaoke, going to a Milblog convention) but dressing up in this ridiculous outfit is not on the list of things I would do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13795\" title=\"beast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"beast\" width=\"282\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, through it all, the games went on.\u00a0 Lots and lots of games.<\/p>\n<p>And, I was actually tan compared to\u00a0some of the folks, many of whom were actually translucent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/games.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13798\" title=\"games\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/games-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"games\" width=\"361\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I was actually good at this stuff, I would have had pen and paper to write down the games they were playing.\u00a0 But, it was scary enough having to be out in public, so I kept my hands on the camera, ready to call on the Power of Greyskull if anyone got too close to me, or god forbid, engage me in conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/board-game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13796\" title=\"board-game\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/board-game-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"board-game\" width=\"370\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/board-game-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/board-game-1023x768.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was some big inflatable thing there I took a picture of.\u00a0 Really not sure why.\u00a0 At the time though I remember thinking &#8220;This picture alone could draw in 5-6 readers, making all of this TOTALLY worthwhile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13793\" title=\"100_0274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0274-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"100_0274\" width=\"370\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0274-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0274-1023x768.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/board-game.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did like some of the modelling stuff like this picture below, and the guy was really nice.\u00a0 A few years ago I decided that I wanted to do models of famous battles and stuff.\u00a0 Then I remembered how earlier I wanted to make models of boats.\u00a0 I still have a Roman Trireme that consists of 4 pieces of wood glued together, and no planking.\u00a0 Actually Triremes don&#8217;t take as long as it would take me to make.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13799\" title=\"landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/landscape-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"landscape\" width=\"366\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/landscape-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/landscape-1023x768.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, I got tired and couldn&#8217;t handle the mass of people, so I popped smoke.\u00a0 As I was leaving, I saw this arsehole, apparently an Emissary from the Kokeshian Empire, losers at the game of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/loser-at-game-of-life.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13800\" title=\"loser-at-game-of-life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/loser-at-game-of-life-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"loser-at-game-of-life\" width=\"358\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as I walked home, I did see the movie that was playing at the local theater:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/beast.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13794\" title=\"100_0280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"100_0280\" width=\"374\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/100_0280-1023x768.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be in my bunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so now I will go on with my discussion of GenCon.\u00a0 As I said before, &hellip; <a title=\"Gamers in the midst: A day in the life of TSO (in pictures) Part II\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13802\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gamers in the midst: A day in the life of TSO (in pictures) Part II<\/span>Read 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