So it looks like my chances of attending are increasing (up to about 50% now, I think), thanks largely to my wife coming along to an AGOT session this past Sunday and the AGOT crowd noting in front of my wife how great it would be if I could join them at Black Friday. (Kudos to Finite and CaseyVA especially for their enthusiasm. For some reason, my wife thinks you're both really cool [shocking, I know!], so your peer pressure there surprisingly goes a long way in persuading her.)

I'm still waiting on my dad, who's visiting me from out of town that week, to see if he'd want to go to NYC. He's never been there before, so I think he'd be up for the trip, but he is getting old and all that so we'll see.

Even if I can't make it, however, I hope to be there in spirit...having helped the other meta folks playtest for the event. (Last year, Finite and I playtested for a couple weeks before the event, honing his Stark deck to something ridiculous. I like to think I played at least a small role in his victory because the 5KE Myrcella he played out of house would have went in my deck had I been able to make it , so all that extra draw was included only because I didn't show  )

finitesquarewell said:

Not much...  Though adding "GROUPIE" below that will cost you a few extra dollars.

Everyone is aware that we may need to charge $ 25 (or slightly more) admission if we go with these T shirts, right? I just want to be clear on that

what's the approximate entry fee without the shirts?

finitesquarewell said:

I believe $10.

I may be able to get the price of the t-shirts down from $15 to about $10 if I go with a two color design (using a black t-shirt to have the effect of providing black as a third color by outlining elements in white) down from the four color design at the head of this thread. Here's a new, two color design I've done:

Looks very chic. A definate improvement over the first design (IMO blue just doesn't go with the black/yellow concept). Makes me wish I could've made allowances for time/budget to join you guys on Nov.

As the editor for the Art Department, I give it my approval.

Lars said:

Hah! Touché.

LetsGoRed said:

If it's a black t-shirt, I suppose that means bringing a roll of duct tape in order to tear out pieces to spell your titles if you choose to take one?  Or just requiring someone to use a black light so you can read black marker written on black fabric. :)

I like the new deisgn.  I'd be game for buying a shirt as well.  Right now I don't have any non work shirts, except those from 40k tournaments, and could use a bit more of a mix up.

Casey, thanks.  I'm still waiting on pricing info from the shirt shop, but if my extrapolations from the price breakdown I got on the prior design are somewhat reasonable, I'm figuring the cost per t-shirt at the quantity I expect to order to be about $10-$12 per t-shirt.  If people who are coming wish to get an additional t-shirt, I'm happy to sell them to you at cost. Just email me with quantity and size(s) that you want for the additional t-shirts.  If people who aren't attending are interested, I'd be willing to ship them to you at cost (for the t-shirt and shipping/packing).  If interested, you can email me your name and size (please make it clear that you are not coming, but would want the t-shirt shipped).  As I get close to the time I have to place the order with the shop, I'll confirm with you that you're still interested and we can work out payment and shipping details. I can't promise I can ship t-shirts to everyone who asks (if anyone asks), as I will only be able to manage so many shipments (I have a job and a happy marriage I'd like to keep ).

despite being a poor grad student, i've used last year's t-shirt enough to justify paying that much for a new one this year. cool design!

Whether or not I make it, I'd like to pick up a T-shirt as well. (I'll send money with the DC folks that go up there.) My size is large...who do I email with that info?

NightsWatchNYC [at] gmail [dot ]com