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Gencon Photoessay: The People

By Jacob Ezzell
August 10, 2000 · 2 minute read

Somewhere around 35,000 people attended GenCon 2000, and here are some of the highlights.

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Outside the hotel in Milwalkee, we find the Outpost crew
together for a group photo. From left to right:

Elena Berzon, Offical Booth Chick -- Aaron Powell, Technology Coordinator.
Jacob Ezzell, Editor in Chief -- Dutch Stiphout, Director of Technology.
Clinton Nixon, News Editor -- Peter Seckler, Outpost Roadie.
Nick Lalone, Staff Interviewer.

Not shown are Collin Powell, Public relations,
and D----- T-----, Outpost Roadie.

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I saw this young lady just before opening on thursday, maybe she wasn't sure she wanted to be there.

Yup, we're in Wisconsin. Woohoo, Packers!

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Some people look like their pets, and some look like their t-shirts.

An unidentified member of the Dream Pod 9 hockey team. Gotta love those crazy Canadians. You can buy one of them by clicking here. (A jersy, not a Canadian.)

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Chris Hussey from Wounds Unlimited. They opted for the roaming booth approach.

Lisa from Cybergames runs from her fans.

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Aaron and Graveyard Greg hang out at the booth.

Gamers always have impeccable taste don't they?

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Here we have the illustrious John Wick writing his afternoon column at the Gaming Outpost Booth. On the left we have a woman expressing her feelings about "Orkworld" to John.

(Actually, she was itching her eye, but damn that's a good picture.)

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(Top Left and Left) Jared "Memento-Mori" Sorenson always seemed to gather a crowed of onlookers. (Above) Nick "Dak" Lalone, Clinton "Prospero" Nixon and Peter "DocFortune" Seckler post some messages from the booth.

The reaction after Clinton offered to "drop trow" for these nice ladies.

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"Ok kid, so you understand how the game works, right? No, No, keep it, the first starter deck is on me."

Game Master In Training

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www.mulletsgalore.com

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"Miss, I will buy whatever you are selling. Empty cans that say 'whupass' on them? Gimme a dozen."

"God, I hope the modeling agency gives me a callback soon..."

I think these kids were doing lines of powdered dice.

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"Ladies and Gentleman, Dan Aykroyd and Jerry Garcia!"

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Michael Mulvihill, the Shadowrun Developer for FASA, sports a VOR t-shirt.

Paul Butler from Rpg.net sports a wicked haircut.

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Collin sets up Ron Edwards on the Outpost booth computer.

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Another unfortunate victim of bad timing with a camera. Correction, it's John Tynes after finishing last in the Celebrity Deathmatch. - Ed.

Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Overlord and snappy dresser.

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This little lady was promoting a 24 hour anime movie-thon, but we never got her name.

Glori-Ann Gilbert, a porn star who was the decoration at this booth.

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