SHOUT OUTS!
Shout out to Leonard who hosted Flames of War! You came up from Moscow with awesome terrain, gorgeous models, and a desire in your heart to spread the love of the game! You were very kind to me when I came to take part in the demo, and I had a great time!! Thanks also to Jeff, Steffen, and Sean who helped me learn there too!
Shout out to Cthulhu Bob! Thanks for bringing all your awesome games once again!! I regret that I was so busy working to attend any, and I am very jealous of all the lucky gamers who did!!
Shout out to Bob Kelley of Gamers Haven! Thanks for providing so much prize support for the 40K tournament! I know the players really appreciate it too!
Shout out to Steve Berenyi and Josh!! Thanks for coming all the way from Butte Montana to get here for our Con! I hear you had to fight through fire, flood, freezing cold, herds of buffalo, and roaming bands of al-quaida terrorist just to get here! Thanks for your dedication. It was awesome to see you again and I really wish we could have gamed together. I NEVER GOT TO FACE STEVE'S SALAMANDERS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE! DARN!!! We will have to reschedule! And more Dark Heresy!
Shout out to the Warhammer 40k Tournament winners! Matt the Man for Best Overall, Tweed for Best Sportsmanship, James T. for Best Appearance, Jason P. for Best General, and Chris G. for Best Army Background! Well deserved all of you!
Shout out to the rest of the Warhammer 40k Players!! Thanks for making it so easy for me to run! You guys, and gal are super cool and I look forward to playing every one of you!! Thanks to Brad K, Bryan B, Kriston, Mekel, Dan H., Brant, Ian, Chris, Matt L., Jenn, Joseph, Steve B., Nick, Ryan, Joel and a one more whose names escape me at the moment!
Shout out to Matt Hobson at Hobby Town! He provided terrain for the Warhammer 40k tourney and the WARMACHINE tourney, PLUS he provided prize support for the WARMACHINE tourney! Matt also helped advertise and spread the word about GameCon Spokane. He really supports the gaming community!
Shout out to John at Merlyn's! He provided terrain for the Warhammer 40k tourney and helped advertise and spread the word about GameCon Spokane. He really supports the gaming community!
Shout out to Kim Harris and Quasi-Joe! These two are gaming department heads for RadCon and MisCon respectively. They travelled far and with great determination and enthusiasm to help us have an awesome Con! Thanks for supporting us guys, and believe me, it is a Pleasure to support your cons too! I will see you both at RadCon and MisCon. You can find me in the Gaming room!!
Shout out to Edgar and Patrick for running Lego Pirates! (And for all your other help too!) You two ship-mates are the scourge of the Lego Seas and your dedication to plunderin' and killin' is quite admirable!
Shout out to Joe Dellwo and the security volunteers! Nice job guys! I will remember fondly the first time I heard, "Put down that candy bar and soda!! Take it outside!" LOL! Seriously, you guys did a great job around the clock and it is a very important job and we are lucky to have you all!
Shout out to SCC Gaming Club! Thanks Matt, and the crew! You guys were awesome. See my comments to security above. You guys rock!
Shout out to SFCC Gaming Club! Thanks Drew! Your hours of running Magic the Gathering are appreciated! Awesome job!! You really came through!
Shout out to EWU Gaming Club! Thanks Nick for your hard work with the tourney, with security, and for assisting Gamer's Haven! You put in a huge number of hours and really helped out!
Shout out to Justin (with the eye!)! You are a mad-man when it comes to working! You helped with set-up Thursday, Friday and tear-down all into the evening on Sunday. You did hospitality, ran errands, security, and everything you were asked to do and more!! You are a gem and I am so glad to have met you!!
Shout out to the con attendees! I know for some it was their first con and for others it was their 50th. I met a man who had never done any gaming but came to GameCon, bought some dice, and PLAYED GAMES!! Super shout out to whoever it was that took Nathan in and taught him to game!!!
Shout out to Kevin H! He judged the 40k painting, gave me tips and advice on tourny running, and worked Security too! You rock, my former Chapter Master!!
Shout out to Don Burly for getting me my first game at the con (Sat nite or Sunday morning, I can't remember...) and then working Security all night so I could nap! Thanks a ton, Bro!!
Shout out to the Legion of the Damned 40K Fight Club! Thanks for helping me paint terrain Don Burly, Reinkenstien, Fabio, Tweed, Little C, Big C, Michelle, and Mekel! Thanks for the help with set-up, tear-down and hauling stuff around! And Jake K. for being the Ringer!
Shout out to Jenn for running 40k demo games! That brings new blood into our community!
Shout out to Joel and Ryan for organizing and running the 40k Apocalypse all-nighter!!
Shout out to my wife, my Mom, my Dad, and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. YOU ROCK!!!!!
Shout out to whoever invented the exclamation mark! Without I would be at a loss of punctuation!!!!!!!!!!
Shout out to everyone i met, played with and talked to! Thanks for making the trip worth while.
Chris (Big C) David, Mike (Dark Heresy GM) you guys rock.
To IAN, BRANT, and KRISTON. I had great fun in our games. even though my sallies rolled so horribly Brant it was an awesome game.
Mikel, thanks for the Pick up Game on friday.
Looking forward to next year.
Stephen
This was the first Con I've ever been part of organizing. It was an amazing experience and there are so many people we need to thank I could not possibly list them all, but there are a few I HAVE TO mention:
First, the FANtastic four:
Big C the "MC". Your energy all weekend was FANtastic.
Gamergirl. Your ability to keep track of everything was FANtastic.
Spicey. Were you even at the Con? Your hospitality was FANtastic.
David. FANtastic GM. FANtastic Security. ... decent gamer. :P
Others I have to mention by name:
Darla. Thanks for putting up with me for 8 hours of registration!
Bob K. Thanks for your support of the Con and gaming in general!
Kim H. Thanks for inviting me to play the one game I got in all weekend.
Justin. Thanks for all the heavy lifting ... Dude you rock!
And SO MANY other volunteers to made it all happen. THANKS!
Reinkenstein
This type of energy is what makes our community awesome! (again with the exclamation point).
I want to include Shout Outs to all of our LAN crew ... Archer and Harry and Jen. Your skill and professionlism made your LAN area so fun and trouble free.
I want to Shout Out to Ethos Crew, thanking them for your lanyards and for the GameCon Logo (Thanks Ben), thanking them for endless hours of demos and awesome card gaming sold at low prices.
Speaking of low prices, HEY BOB, thank you for bringing your store to GameCon, We are estactic that Gamers' Haven is back in the community.
Thank you Bob and Antagonist Games, I hope everyone got a chance to play and check out the new game Battle Royale.
Thank you DK (and Elizabeth)for trying out my game and letting ME play DnD (a neutral evil Dark Elf Rogue, are we kidding).
Tanya your character has been dead for three days and I did it so quietly noone noticed). That was a funtastic game.
Thank you Mike C, Thom D, and Sean for never being board ... I mean bored. Always the energy to teach people new and favorite board games.
Shout out to Sean for the Scheduler,
Thank you Registration volunteers, M, Darla H, Mike R, Carol D, Mija, George N, and Norma (for advising). Thank you for doing that thankless job and doing it amazingly well
Thank you to all the representitives from other conventions, Cthulhu Bob, QuasiJoe, Kim Harris, Mark Rounds, Illuminati Rob, Reddish Beard. Thank you for running conventions, gaming, and helping the community grow.
Thank you to Stan the videomaster and John the webmamster (and BSG Veteran) for gaming and professionalism in jobs well done.
Shout out to John Goff, the SGR, and all the other gamemasters who make these events so fun!
Thank you to all of you who donated food items and especially the SPD Lions Club for their large contribution.
Shout out to Rodolfo P for making the use of facilities possible and for the fantastic Warmachine tournament with its Food Machine.
Special thanks to Scott, Dave, Mike and Michelle who made the rest happen.
I am going to see if this is the longest forum ever.
Good Luck and Good Gaming!
Wow .. where do I even begin? GameCon was a great success and everyone came together to make this happen.
I want to thank all the patient gamers who came through Registration.
.. Brad Kane, Jaeger and Brandy for whisking me away to play CHEEKY MONKEY!
.. ETHOS for being optimistic and having a great product! I hope you cleared your inventory and are working on more decks!
.. Bob Kelley for his constant laughter and knowledge of his future store attendees! You wait, man, I'll be winning that Tourney in Las Vegas in a few years.. ;-)
.. SECURITY and VOLUNTEERS! Chris, Dave, Scott and Mike could not have made GameCon possible without all the help from volunteers. My Nintendo NES system and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles went unmolested all weekend and I know that everyone appreciated all of your hard work.
.. SpoCon for your generous use of Table Tops! We really appreciate your offer and assistance through our first Convention.
.. Cat for wearing that skirt.
.. D.K. for running 'Tomb Of Horrors' after midnight so that Chris and I, exhausted as we were, had a chance to play together! (You did awesome, by the way).
.. Edgar for taking off your shirt. To change in to a pirate! Awesome!
.. Thank you to Reinkenstein for, voiceless and nearly catching a cold, for running an over-packed game of Dark Heresy.
.. To Zach, Justin, Jenn, Renee and so many others for all your hard work!
.. To David Parker for trading characters with me so I didn't have to play a man! :) I got a mousy, skiddish girl character that fit me just fine.
.. To Chris .. because I love you.
.. Thank you to all of the Registration volunteers who helped turn lines of gamers into happy, registered gamers!
.. Thank you Digital Lizard for our BEAUTIFUL badges, to Benjamin at ETHOS for our BEAUTIFUL logo, to John Ammons for the BEAUTIFUL website and to Sean for implementing this BEAUTIFUL schedule.
Thank you to my fellow GameCon Board: Chris Snell, David Morris, Mike Reinkenstein and Scott Spicer.
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Make certain that you support the local gaming stores and businesses that support you and your conventions ...
Gamers Haven ... now in Post Falls!
Thank you Bob for the terrain tables and your prize support to 40K and Dark Heresy, your support of Magic the Gathering, and the gaming community.
HobbyTown USA ... at the Y!
Thank you Matt for terrain tables and your prize support for WarMachine. Show Matt your GameCon badge and you will be rewarded.
Uncles Games ... Valley Mall!
Thank you Stephanie and Rick for your constant promotion and your prize support for Yu-gi-Oh!.
There will be a Settlers of Catan tournament at Uncles on Jan 23rd.
Merlyn's ... downtown Spokane!
Thank you John for your promotion and terrain tables.
Ethos ... undisclosed address of UnderFire Media.
Thanks to Steve and the Crew for Lanyards. Get this game into stores!
Good Luck and Good Gaming!