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LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE LINE

By | April 2005

I arrived where the non-fan club line should be and, sure enough, folks were already lining up. Fold-out chairs were set, people…

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LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE LINE

I arrived where the non-fan club line should be and, sure enough, folks were already lining up. Fold-out chairs were set, people were bundled and, most...

LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE LINE

Around 3:30am, it all went to hell again when a GenCon employee arrived and informed us that he was going to finally get us out of the rain, and all we had...

LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE IV – A NEW LINE

As bad as our previous location was, it was on the side of the building that was shielded from the wind. In our new location, lined up down Maryland in...

LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE V – THE LINE STRIKES BACK

At 5:30am we found out why we were still outside: the Hyatt had locked their doors. They didn't like all the fans coming in to access the skywalk earlier,...

LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPISODE VI – RETURN OF THE LINE

Finally 8 am rolled around and the lights, which had been dimmed, came on full blast and we all rose to our feet. The room started to empty, and...

LINE-A-PALOOZA: EPILOGUE – EPISODES VII, VIII, AND IX?

I walked through the convention center, passed the line for the Store, all those people lined up to get an exclusive Vader figure and I wanted to scream...

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