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bayonetbrant

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Reply #30 on: March 18, 2020, 08:08:55 PM
May 1 is the cutoff date

https://www.originsgamefair.com/news/status-of-origins-game-fair-2020

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GAMA is very concerned about having a safe and fun environment for our attendees, game organizers, volunteers, and exhibitors and are closely monitoring the recommendations from the CDC and the Ohio Department of Health. This crisis is rapidly evolving and we want to give people as much notice as we are able of any changes. As such, we will make a go/no-go determination on the convention by May 1st. If the situation changes before that date, we will issue an update but as of this moment, we are proceeding with Origins 2020 as scheduled.

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Reply #31 on: April 01, 2020, 11:16:19 AM
Not sure what this means for Origins, but the governor of Ohio is taking nobody's BS

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52113186


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Reply #32 on: April 01, 2020, 12:57:04 PM
You know how much I abhor talking politics anywhere and I will not start here, but he is reason #3 that I have said for a while now that Origins is buggered.

And let me be clear, I think he has been and is doing the right things.

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Reply #33 on: April 02, 2020, 03:08:06 PM

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Reply #34 on: April 09, 2020, 08:26:33 AM

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Reply #35 on: April 09, 2020, 09:55:58 AM
Yeah... good luck Origins....

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Reply #36 on: April 09, 2020, 10:28:52 AM
Let there be a miracle...the science kind.

Let some doctor notice something she missed the 30,000th time she checked some results somewhere.

Let a vaccine be found, and soon.

Until then, Origins is the least of it.  GenCon is whistling past the graveyard.

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Reply #37 on: April 09, 2020, 03:56:28 PM
Just moved to Oct. 7-11, 2020.

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Reply #38 on: April 09, 2020, 03:56:36 PM

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Reply #39 on: April 09, 2020, 03:57:48 PM
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Reply #40 on: April 09, 2020, 04:03:35 PM
That makes me officially out.  :(

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Reply #41 on: April 09, 2020, 04:05:45 PM
Quote from: bbmike on April 09, 2020, 04:03:35 PM
That makes me officially out.  :(


no problem.  I have a feeling we're going to lose a bunch of people b/c of work

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Reply #42 on: April 09, 2020, 08:09:42 PM
This overlaps with the local convention that I go to each year, CinCityCon.  While there won't be much wargaming at CinCityCon, it's still a lot like being in the Boardroom for the weekend.  And while I think Origins can withstand a bad year, a smaller con that pulls in a couple 1,000 people tops cannot.  Course, both conventions are now relying on COVID not making a surprise surge in the Fall the way Spanish Flu did in 1918.

Regardless, hopefully I'll see you all next June.


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Reply #43 on: April 09, 2020, 08:52:21 PM
Yeah, I expect we're going to take a hit on our booth crew, too, bc school is back in session then...

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Reply #44 on: May 07, 2020, 10:12:34 AM
Looking at a convention free 2020 sadly. Until there is an effective vaccine and smarter people I'm writing off this year.  :waah:


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