1999 RussCon Reports

1999 RussCon Reports dice

1/6 -- first anniversary Settlers tournament proposed
1/13 -- introduction of New Win Ratings; Settlers tournament details; Golden Strider
1/20 -- LaserQuest idea; blown speaker; RussCon Y2K Compliance Statement
1/27 -- Jay is Settlers Champion and chooses LaserQuest prize
2/3 -- Bob returns from Ecuador; I get new CD player
2/10 -- The Book of Ratings missing
2/17 -- Settlers tournament player order data analyzed
2/24 -- first appearances of Jeffles and Honey Bears
3/3 -- Marty sets up proper email list for RussCon
3/10 -- further musings on ratings and partial orders
3/17 -- JP writes funny alternate universe RussCon Report since I'm away at CGDC
3/24 -- a bit of political activism
3/31 -- Evan gets engaged
4/7 -- weather is getting warm, so AC must be repaired
4/14 -- things heat up as the AC is still not fixed; "Sports are for losers. Winners play go!"
4/21 -- uh, still no AC
4/28 -- new AC; the 2 Wendies meet at last
5/5 -- Everquest causes decline in attendance; first real appearance of Links section in Report
5/12 -- apparently my main stereo was on the fritz again
5/19 -- Phantom Menace; I leave Kinesoft
5/26 -- another brief explanation of devil points
6/2 -- Heroes of Might & Magic 3 sucks away my time
6/9 -- a plea for clearer game result recording in The Book
6/16 -- Heroes 3 only mentioned once
6/23 -- another bit of political activism
6/30 -- I play and win 6 games
7/7 -- Tim, Alfred & I go to Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic
7/14 -- Ken, Jeffles, Randy all appear; hunting tornadoes and buffaloes
7/21 -- Puffing Billy tournament proposed
7/28 -- good Winsome Games customer support; "I can't reach Climax!" Randy ejaculated
8/4 -- no RussCon
8/11 -- I'm back from a week in San Francisco at the Go Congress
8/18 -- Puffing Billy & LaserQuest are scheduled
8/25 -- Fight AI rumors resurface
9/1 -- JeffF, Marty, WendyWhe win Puffing Billy
9/8 -- ArmadilloCon; "No, fear is the mind killer. Orgasm is the little death."
9/15 -- "after dinner" games played for first time
9/22 -- contest to think of games starting with each letter
9/29 -- contest results; Liberty Lunch is closing down
10/6 -- new NIN album
10/13 -- JeffS performs magic tricks
10/20 -- Fantasy War
10/27 -- Halloween; 63 games played!
11/3 -- low turnout, only 12 of us
11/10 -- "Dirty Harry" gets dirtier
11/17 -- Leonid meteors; my 2 dice beat Jay's 5 in Bluff
11/24 -- William enjoys Union Pacific since it doesn't involve laying track!?
12/1 -- Harry banished to Athens; Jeffles teargassed in Seattle
12/8 -- return of the infamous Black Baron
12/15
12/22 -- supposedly the moon looked bigger
12/29 -- low turnout, only 9 of us

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