Category: Conventions

06/17/16

Origins! Day 2 Wrap-up

Origins Day 2 Report ~

James Sterrett, 17 June 2016

Day 2!  We laughed, we played, we did not cry.  That we will admit to.

Lines were still long in the morning, with some people needed over an hour to get their badges.  That slowed the flow of people into events a bit but the hardcore crowd got stuck into their gaming as the day wore on.  Not yet at the level of Saturday’s hordes, though!

Photos from Corinne Mahaffey, click to enlarge

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06/16/16

Origins! Day 1 Wrap-up

What does Wednesday at Origins look like?  It depends on what line you’re in ~

Corinne Mahaffey and/or James Sterrett, 16 June 2016

Day One Report

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All photos by Corinne Mahaffey; click to enlarge

The big news of the day:  Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday struck GAMA’s systems, disconnecting their registration database from their front end in the convention center.  For some time, this slowed picking up pre-registration badges to a crawl and created a line that extended most of the length of the convention center.

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06/8/16

News! Origins Releases On-Site Program Book

Check out the latest from GAMA ~

GrogHeads Newsdesk, 08 June 2016

The Origins on-site program (PDF) has been released.

Of note to the GrogHeads community is the map of the gaming hall, that show where we’re co-located with several of our wargaming partners, and nicely nestled near the front of the D-Hall.

Origins Map

Of course, they just labeled us “War Gamers” even after years of specifically branding this as “GrogHeads Central Command”…  Le sigh.

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