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Before the convention officially starts, Wing Commander fans gather in Atlanta to have fun and catch up in person.

Day Zero Events - September 1 & 2, 2004




ChrisReid: We landed about 5:45 AM Eastern Time. We debated whether to take the train to the hotel or wait until it got light.
ace:
Frosty: Now that's multi-tasking! IRC McGigaPhone in one hand, some kind of other thing in the other hand.
Hades: That's my sandwich. Also known as breakfast at that time.



ChrisReid: These were all over baggage claim. Is it an ANTlanta joke?
Frosty: Woe be unto all who serve under brutal giant-ant rule.



ChrisReid: They finally fixed the missing possessive apostrophe on the sign! That's been bugging me for years.
Frosty: It really just looks like some frustrated traveller got out a marker and faked it.



ChrisReid: We made it to the hotel after a rough train ride. The first thing we did was set up the computers and update the CIC.
Hades: Before Chris even put his pants on even! Now that's dedication.



Frosty: hi2u



ChrisReid: ace and Blonde arrived later Wednesday morning.
Hades: And I slept through it. :(



ChrisReid: Hades passed out quickly.
Hades: If I look dazed it's because I had been travelling for the previous 24 hours. Wait, I always looks like that.



ChrisReid: Everyone was tired from traveling.



ChrisReid: Frosty arrived in the early afternoon and fell asleep.
Frosty: Ah, Floor - my one true friend.



ChrisReid:
Hades: Evil cam stalker stare! He almost got yelled at by the information booth guy for filming him shortly afterwards.




ChrisReid: After lunch we started looking for stores that sold items that weren't worthless tourist souvenirs.
Frosty: Every time you turn your back, he's there, camera raised high to strike.
Hades: People didn't appreciate my brave efforts sticking my head out of the elevator door to scan for danger.




ChrisReid: The search for a decent electronic or games store lead outside.
Frosty: A fruitless excursion, since Atlanta seems to be comprised of office space, hotels, and parking lots.



ChrisReid: This will become the lower dealers room and the Walk of Fame.
Frosty: Replica swords and Pocky for all!



ChrisReid: We broke open some packs of the Wing Commander Customizable Card Game. It was incredibly fun.



Hades: "Hey Hades and Frosty, go get us something fun!" "Okay!" [2 hours later] "We're back!" "Never mind, we made our own fun.. with CCGs!"



ChrisReid: Frosty and Hades took the train to a real mall and bought some DVDs. Frosty was tired after the experience.
Frosty: Charging through strange new parts of Atlanta after dark on a quest for cheap DVDs can take a lot out of any man.
Hades: A lot of what? Blood? Money? Sanity? In Atlanta, all of them. We risked our lives, damn it.



ChrisReid: Some of the gear Hades and Frosty brought back.
Frosty: (I picked out the binder.)
Hades: Lousy movies? Blame Frosty.




ChrisReid: After another quick run around the block, Frosty was ready to sleep.
Frosty: I'm always ready to sleep!


Thursday, September 2, 2004:
ChrisReid: Good morning!



ChrisReid: Hadrian arrived in Atlanta!


See, they make you ask about the discount. That's how they *get* you.
Hades: I'm pretty sure they've reused that same sign every year for the past four years.



Frosty: Remember kids, corrective eyewear helps you avoid photos such as this one. Visit your local Lens Crafters today.
Hades: Unless the lens fuses to your eye or you claw your eye out putting lenses in or taking them out.




ChrisReid: What the hell? Hadrian arranged an odd meeting with a strange person he met on the internet. This was really weird. We left them for a bit until she went away.
Frosty: I ignored what was going on here, because ignorance is bliss.



ChrisReid: We went looking for the Coca-Cola factory and were lead in the wrong direction by this sign. There was no Coke there. There were lots of scary people.
Frosty: Blasted sign, you've led us to ruin!
Hades: The sign was full of useful facts. Like did you know that there are over 100 different kinds of coke container?



ChrisReid: This guy rode out into the middle of traffic screaming and gesturing at the top of his lungs.
Frosty: Wheelchair Man was a grouch.



Frosty: He tried to get all bossy on Blue Truck, but Blue Truck stood its ground.
Hades: Wheelchair Man could have taken him.



ChrisReid: Fortunately we found the real Coke building not long after.
Frosty: That's the largest scale model of a Coke atom in the world!
Hades: And it spun!



Frosty: It's like that crazy toy at the pediatrician's office, only with coke instead of painted circles of wood.
Hades: This machine had a plate full of bottles which just rotated endlessly. Because it can.



Frosty: Travel tip: Sleep on your feet - it saves time and hotel expenses.






Frosty: I wonder what that all says.



Frosty: the moral of the story: If you drank Coke as much as this wooden polar bear, you'd be deliriously happy as well.
Hades: So much so, your eyes roll in to opposite sides of your head.




Hades: It's a machine that urinates Coke which you can then drink.



Hades: They had creepy Coca-Cola Company products from other countries too. If you ever go, I highly recommend the Italian stuff.




Frosty: I wish I had something to say about this, because it's just so great.



Frosty: Surprise! You're on #Wingnut Camera, teehee!




Hades: Try not to make eye contact with anyone on the MARTA.



ChrisReid: When we came back to the hotel, we stepped into the same elevator as Margaret Weis! She was the co designer of the Wing Commander card game. What a coincidence.




ChrisReid: This was the line to get preregistered convention badges. We decided to come back later.




Hades: We had our traditional meal in Champions.




ChrisReid: Chicken strips are the traditional dinner item at Champion's.




ChrisReid: Later in the evening LOAF showed up!
Frosty: Yay!
Hades: He came with crazy stories including one of strip-searching.




ChrisReid: Frosty's in line to get his convention badge.
Frosty: The second line I got in, and not the last. I love badge lines, apparently.



Frosty: Missing a couple people, but cool nonetheless.



ChrisReid: ace, Frosty, Death and I began a WC CCG game using the expanded four-player game rules.
Frosty: The rules go a little something like this: You play until the heat death of the universe.





ChrisReid: My game ended quickly, and Hades took my spot. The ensuing game took SIX HOURS. LOAF's friend Lisa can be seen in the upper part of the frame.



ChrisReid: Hadrian snapped this one of me photographing the big game.
Hades: While Chris stood on the same kind of table he nearly fell off while taking a picture last year.



ChrisReid: LOAF unleashes the DRAGON PUNCH OF FIRE.



ChrisReid: Lisa and LOAF return from some nighttime adventures.



Frosty: Why hello, ladies.


Continue to Day One



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