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The first evening's events consisted of a
Costume Gala Dinner, Live Medieval Music, Prizes, Speeches, and a little side celebration
for the 10th Year Anniversary of Simutronics Corporation. All one can say about this
evening is, WOW! The costumes were spectacular, the food was delicious, the music superb,
the anniversary cake beautiful, and the speeches ... well ... did I mention the prizes? People retired to the ninth floor where JWs Pub was located. It was lovingly
renamed "Room 9" by many of the lush... err... bar goers that night. No
Simutronics employee was seen there, of course. Well, at least none were seen stumbling
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| The next day was the grand Theme Picnic
filled complete with park, tent, live music, turkey legs, games, and RAIN! Yes, the rain
did fall but the spirits of attendees did not! Everyone here at Simutronics was extremely
thankful to all of you for being such good sports and coming and even enjoying the picnic!
The food and music were excellent. The office tours, due to some ranger bus drivers, were
slow to get going, but I think everyone that went can tell you there is nothing like
seeing a penguin strung up or skewered. The highlight for many people, though, was the
Off-With-Your-Head game which began after lunch. Empaths slayed Sorcerers; Gor'Tog's got
killed by Dwarves; and everyone rolled on the ground laughing at all the commentary from
the crowd. That evening games split up and players had the
opportunity to interact with GMs and full-time staffers They asked questions, heard
stories, got peek views into Simutronics' future, and mingled with each other. As usual,
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Soooo.... back to the next day's schedule.
Tortur... err... TOURS! Due to, once again, ranger bus drivers that were obviously
imported from another city just for our benefit ... people got to see more of St.
Louis in one day than most people do in one lifetime. Isn't our city wonderful
though? Most people seemed to opt for recovery than tours that day. (This was probably a
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After much preparation, everyone was back in costume and off to one of two Dinner
Theatres. Most people went to the Royal Dumpe which GS3 players renamed
"Helga's". You couldn't tell who was doing most of the joking and acting, the
actors or the crowd, since the heckling bounced back and forth rapidly. Some audience
participation occurred and much rejoicing was had by all! Another group headed off to
Bissel Mansion Mystery Dinner Theater where they were doing a run of Camelot 5
(a satirical, medieval science fiction mystery). Each person had a role to play and with
our group you can imagine role-play is exactly what they got! As people maneuvered around
trying to figure out who-done-it, laughing and good food was shared by all.(Do I need to mention "Room 9" again? Nah, let's move on to the
next day.)
Sunday was wrap-up, cry, eat brunch, get T-shirt, buy
stuff, and head home smiling day. People were loath to leave but happy to see all the neat
things they could buy and take with them for memories until the next SimuCon! (We won't
mention the people that just couldn't get themselves to leave us and have set up a commune
outside of Simutronics offices. Makes you wonder how one would go about getting a T-1 line
into the wilderness ... hmm)
Everyone here at Simutronics
Corporation wants to THANK all of you for coming in 1997,
and we can't wait to see you at SimuCon '98!
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