On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Karen J. Cravens wrote:

> That'd be the core track, yep.

No, that was the whole point... to get away from distractions and do 
some serious gaming.  Not to try to get some gaming done in between 
distractions.

If we reach a point where we're all gamed-out and we feel like taking 
a break with some sightseeing, that's fine...  we'll do whatever feels 
right at the time.  But I don't want to _schedule_ non-gaming events 
to disrupt the gaming.  We let that happen three Gatherings in a 
row... I'd like this one to _really_ be about gaming this time, and 
not just in spirit.  I don't want to mislead people about what this 
event is about.

A weekend is a very short amount of time, and much of it is going to 
get eaten up by people's travel time.  I want to make it clear to 
everyone who comes that gaming is what it's all about.  I don't want 
nine people going off to a museum for half a day, leaving three people 
who came for games sitting around wondering what happened to the 
gaming they were promised.

I guess I see it as being like camping... you don't invite your 
friends to go camping with you and then leave them by themselves in 
the tent while you go to the mall to shop and see a movie.

Oh, and people are welcome to have migraine headaches and throw-up in 
the kitchen if they need to... I just don't want to put that on the 
schedule either.  And we won't be having any seafood.  (Did I get sick 
during the first Gathering?  I'm sure I must have, but I can't recall 
it.)

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