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Prayers for those in Hell
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Quote:It was one reason why I asked whether there were any Coptic commentators we can read on this. I tend to end up reading Fr. Tadros Malaty, whose work I much enjoy and from whom I learn much, but it would be good to have some other Oriental Orthodox commentators.
Dear John,
As Kirk may be able to testify, theosis is replete in Syrian Orthodox theology. From about the 6th century onwards, one finds the term metallhanuta, a passive formation from a verb allah, 'to divinise', which corresponds exactly to the Greek theosis; there are also verbal forms used, active and passive. The term is found in a number of different writers and in Syrian Orthodox liturgical texts as well (especially in the long prose prayers known as Sedre).
H.G. Paulos Mar Gregorios of the Indian Orthodox Church is very heavy on theosis. I have his book Cosmic Man, which is a study and analysis of St Gregory of Nyssa's theology, as well as an evaluation of scholarship's treatment of St Gregory's theology. One key text on theosis from that book is: "The very nature of humanity is to be like God, for that is what it means to be created in the image of God. The more humanity becomes like God, the more it becomes itself. Theosis is anthropesis."
I recently purchased H.H. Aram I's "For a Church Beyond its Walls." This book is primarily concerned with ecumenical and ecclesiological issues, but H.H. nevertheless uses the term theosis when discussing the concept of Grace. H.H. Aram I is, as you may know, the Armenian Orthodox Catholicos of Antelias, and he appears to have very good relations with Pope Shenouda. I am doing everything I can to try and get into contact with him in any way possible, but it seems next to impossible to do so.
With regard to Coptic clergy and theologians:
You may want to consider the following article written by a Coptic priest who, for whatever reason, remains anonymous: http://www.saintgeorgechurch.org.au/Deification.pdf
As you can see the above work is uploaded on the website of St George Coptic Church in Sydney, which is under the direction of Fr. Matthew Attia. While he was a layman, Fr. Matta Attia wrote a very short and simple work titled "Blessings upon Blessings" which has a short segment on theosis.
HG Bishop Youssef of the Southern Diocese of the United States advocates theosis on the official Southern Diocese website. In his article "Baptism: Crowning Back into the Original Glory", His Grace states:
By adoption, we all become sons of God through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Through this adoption, we have become everything God is, except for His Divine nature. Retaining our human nature, we can still become members of His family through Grace. The process of growing in the knowledge of the Lord and His Word is called deification. Deification simply means growing in grace; according to what God is by nature. According to the Churchs teachings, to grow in grace one must believe in and be faithful to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Source: http://suscopts.org/resources/literatur ... nal-glory/
In the Q and A section of that website, His Grace responds to a query on theosis:
Theosis or Deification means "union with God" taken from the Greek Theos - God, and the word Enosis - union. Our Lord Jesus Christ asked God the Father "They also may be one in us" (Jn 17:21). He also gave us the command of Theosis "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect" (Mt 5:48), our goal in life is to accomplish perfect union with God through the grace of the Holy Spirit. Man was created in the image and likeness of God, and then sin created a gap between God and mankind, causing damage to our souls. All Christians through baptism receive the seed of Theosis, which is not only to the forgiveness of sins, reconciliation and justification, but also a restoration of God's image. The sinful inclination of our human nature should not govern our behavior anymore; instead we should strive to live a holy life looking towards Jesus Christ the author of our faith, and growing in His knowledge and sonship. The restoration and sanctification of Theosis brings us back into relationship with the Creator. St. Athanasius' presentation of Theosis was summarized as "the reintegration of the divine image of man's creation through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit conforming the redeemed into the likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also of the believer's transition from mortality to immortality so that he is enabled to participate in the eternal bliss and glory of the kingdom of God."
Our full union with God is a union with the "energies" of God. These energies, while an extension of God, are not to be confused with the "essence" or "substance" of God, which is unknown by humans and is shared only by the Holy Trinity. Our union with God will not make us gods but will make us partners in the Divine nature in works not in essence. We will not acquire the unique characteristics of God such as being the Creator, the Omnipotent, the Omnipresent, but it will make us partners with Him in building the Kingdom by our own salvation and by winning the souls of others to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Source: http://www.suscopts.org/q&a/index.php?qid=649&catid=383
A contemporary Coptic Orthodox priest of the United States, Fr Matthew Wahba, wrote his thesis on "The Doctrine of Sanctification in St. Athanasius? Paschal Letters" (the foreword of this published work was actually written by Bishop Kallistos Ware). Fr. Matthew Wahba discusses theosis therein.
"Come and incline your ear to the voice of your Mother who gives you life by the sweet music of her voice. Come and suck the sweet milk of Orthodox doctrine from the living breast of the Mother who bore you" - St Philoxenus of Mabug
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Dear Andrew,
I am most grateful; many thanks.
When I was a catechumen I read through the Cachetical Lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, and he is very clear on theosis and the Eucharistic feast. In Lecture 22:3, he states plainly:
Quote:3. Wherefore with full assurance let us partake as of the Body and Blood of Christ: for in the figure of Bread is given to thee His Body, and in the figure of Wine His Blood; that thou by partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, mayest be made of the same body and the same blood with Him. For thus we come to bear Christ in us, because His Body and Blood are distributed through our members; thus it is that, according to the blessed Peter, we became partakers of the divine nature.
This is in line with what St. Ignatius, (Ephes xxi) taught, when he speaks of Christians as
Quote:breaking one bread, which is the medicine of immortality, and the antidote that we should not die, but live for ever in Jesus Christ.And in a famous passage, St. Gregory of Nyssa wrote:
Quote:?Since then that God ?containing flesh partook for its substance and support of this particular nourishment also, and since the god who was manifested infused Himself into perishable humanity for this purpose, viz. that by this communion with Deity mankind might at the same time be deified, for this end it is that, by dispensation of His grace, He disseminates Himself in every believer through that flesh whose substance comes from bread and wine, blending Himself with the bodies of believers, to secure that, by this union with the immortal, man too may be a sharer in incorruption. he gives these gifts by virtue of the benediction through which He transelements the natural quality of these visible things to that immortal thing.?
Thus spoke the Fathers and thus, I thought, taught the Church. From the articles you cite (for which many thanks) I see that is so; so if there are those teaching another doctrine they open themselves to the comments made by St. Gregory of Nyssa after his visit to Jerusalem:
Quote:What means this opposing array of new Altars? Do we announce another Jesus? Do we produce other Scriptures? {Epistles XVII)
Assuredly we do not, so it would be interesting to know exactly what is being said about Theosis. I do find it difficult to believe that it can be denied by any Orthodox - let alone ones as eminent as the persons you cite; very odd indeed.
In Christ,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
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Dear Andrew,
We now have, from a brother on Tasbeha, this reference:
Here is what the Keraza has to say on this matter; the relevant issue is Friday 23rd February 2007.
From it it is clear that His Holiness is condemning the notion that humanity can be united with the essence of the Divine, which is indeed heretical; but I am unclear anyone is teaching that.
Perhaps it is the absence of a fully developed distinction between the Divine 'essence' and the Divine 'energies' which leads to this situation; the Pope makes no such distinction in his pronouncement.
This, at least, pushes us along a little.
In Christ,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
Post: #19
prayers for those in hell
The prayers spoken for those in hades are beautiful and should not be
"edited" but made known throughout the Christian world. The only objection anyone could make is the term "hades", but I have always understood this as most definitely not purgatory, but a place of anxious waiting. Souls who undergo this period (which we cannot comprehend in terms of human time) most definitely need our persistent prayers.
Theosis is so traditional an aspect of Orthodox Christianity that I cannot even conceive of it being challenged within Orthodoxy. When we partake of Christ's Holy Body and Blood we are partaking not of His divine essence, but of His Resurrected Body. Obviously terms like "theosis" and
"divine" can be misunderstood. In a Syriac prayer directed to obtain the aid of Yoldath Aloho (the Theotokos) we refer to Her as "godess", but it is obvious from the context that this is not the same use of the word as in pagan religions, but rather as expression of Mary having undergone (if that is the right word!) theosis.
If I have the opportunity I will ask HE Bishop Athanasios Touma about this,
maybe it will be dealt with at a meeting of the heads of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
With prayers,
Kirk Yacoub
Post: #20
Dear Kirk,
Thank you for this, which certainly confirms what Andrew and myself had thought to be the case.
It does look as though there is a misunderstanding of what is being said. I am not sure if, as has been suggested to me elsewhere, the want of a theological vocabulary which includes 'essence' and 'energies' is part of the problem, but it is certainly one that could do with sorting out.
In Christ,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
Post: #21
Theology is a specialist discipline using a specialist language with a specialist methodology to address specialist questions. This is hardly unique: when the IT specialist who looks after my computer, or the mechanic who looks after my car, or the physician who looks after my health, considers a problem, each applies a specialist methodology and speaks (unless he or she happens to be skilled in translation into non-specialist terminology) a specialist language. Real problems arise when those without the education (or the knowledge of the specialist terminology) attempt to address the specialist questions. I spent the last week teaching in a program on Aboriginal land title claims; it included anthropologists and lawyers. Anthropologists use terms like ?culture? or ?norms? or ?tradition? in special ways, just as lawyers use ?title?, ?evidence? and ?contract? in special ways. Fortunately, my first degree was in anthropology, and I now work and teach in law, so I was able to understand and use the specialist language of those disciplines. Some participants, who were neither anthropologists nor lawyers, became confused when they used what might be called popular language to respond to statements in specialist language.
The problems regarding (apparent) Coptic Orthodox official repudiation of traditional doctrines like theosis, prayers for the departed and the nature of that which is received in Holy Communion seem to have their their origin in a lack of theological education and a lack of knowledge of theological language.
For example: it is easy and appropriate to denounce theosis if it means (literally) that Man can become God or gods (as in Mormonism and some schools of Hinduism). But I do not know of any Orthodox theologian or Church that teaches such a doctrine. Theosis is an extremely complex and difficult doctrine to explain; very sophisticated theological language is required to express and make sense of it.
But there is an added complication: Orthodox theology (like the disciplines of anthropology and law) is like a jigsaw puzzle. It can only be understood when all the pieces are integrated. It is easy to take one piece in isolation and comment on or criticize it; but no piece has meaning in isolation from the whole. Theosis makes little sense apart from everything from Orthodox anthropology (the origin, nature and future of human beings) to Orthodox eschatology. If that comprehensive understanding of the whole Orthodox Tradition is lacking, any commentary or criticism will be (probably fatally) flawed. This is also reflected in the ?proof texting? approach to Scripture: plucking a verse from here and a verse from there in an attempt to prove some assertion. Scripture cannot be understood other than as a whole, and (in Orthodox terms) other than as a part of the whole Orthodox Tradition. The dreary, inadequate and one might say unorthodox approach of many Coptic Orthodox writers whereby they attempt to ?prove? particular doctrines by a selective ?proof texting? is popular amongst Protestant Fundamentalists, but is unknown in and entirely contrary to the spirit of Orthodoxy.
I am free to dispute the specialist claims of the IT consultant, the mechanic and the physician, but if I lack any competence in their areas, and lack any fluency in their language, how valuable will be my arguments? That I am a Priest (or that someone else is a Bishop) confers no competence whatsoever in theology, any more than it does in information technology, motor mechanics or medicine.
Fr Gregory
Post: #22
Dear Fr Gregory,
Quote:Theosis makes little sense apart from everything from Orthodox anthropology (the origin, nature and future of human beings) to Orthodox eschatology.
Much more importantly, "everything from Orthodox anthropology...to Orthodox eschatology" make very little sense apart from Theosis (especially when it comes to Christology! Theosis is the primary soteriological presupposition underlying the dogmatic proclamations of the Three Ecumenical Councils, and the Church's resistance to Chalcedon).
"Come and incline your ear to the voice of your Mother who gives you life by the sweet music of her voice. Come and suck the sweet milk of Orthodox doctrine from the living breast of the Mother who bore you" - St Philoxenus of Mabug
Post: #23
Dear Andrew
I agree, of course, with your comments. My analogies, like all analogies, were inadequate.
I think there is another problem underlying the current situation. If people assume (or are taught) that Priests or Bishops, by virtue of being Priests or Bishops, are theological authorities, they will tend to accept unquestioningly what they are told. This can create a dangerous situation in which people believe Priests and Bishops are theological authorities, so the Priests and Bishops also come to also believe that they are theological authorities ? regardless of the level of their theological education. Therefore there is no need for theological education of clergy because, presumably supernaturally, they receive all the theological knowledge they require through ordination. This then inhibits, or even prevents, clergy being challenged for dubious or even false teaching because, by definition, their teachings must be true. Even worse, those making the challenge are represented as attacking the Church or the Faith.
Even in the rare cases in which some teaching is challenged (as with Fr Matta) there is no dialogue or debate, merely a denunciation without theological specifics (and usually a lot of dubious ?proof-texting?).
I do not think anyone needs a PhD for salvation, or even to be a Priest or a Bishop! However, I do think that those who claim to teach (particularly those who claim to teach with the authority of the Church) ought to be competent to do what they are doing ? or not do it. As you may be aware, in some Orthodox traditions (for example, the Armenian) not all Priests are permitted to teach, preach or hear confessions. Only those judged theologically competent to do so are permitted to undertake these important responsibilities.
We know, and have been warned, of the consequences of the blind leading the blind!
Fr Gregory
Post: #24
Dear Fr Gregory,
I agree with your above assessment. The question of the proper relationship between laity and clergy and a proper interpretation of the authority of the latter and the role of the former when it comes to theological issues is a very delicate one. St Ignatius of Antioch's ecclesiology which seems to very strongly support the idea that one is to wholly and without question submit to their Bishop seems to be rather idealistic in my opinion, but then again, St Ignatius was dealing with a very peculiar historical situation, and I wonder if his ecclesiological principles are more appropriately understood in that context.
Back onto the topic of prayers for the departed and their practical effects, I found this interesting quote from St Bar Hebraeus' Zalgae, quoted by Dr. Paulos Mor Athanasius Kadavil in his The Syrian Orthodox Church: Its Religion and Philosophy:
"By the prayers for the departed, unpolluted souls of believers experience a certain delight. On the other hand, these prayers help cleanse the dirt off the mirrors of the polluted souls." (p. 78)
There's nothing very specific that we can infer from the imagery he uses here, but at least there is the suggestion that even the unrighteous benefit from the prayers of the Church in some sense (and one would reasonably assume that this distinction between polluted and unpolluted souls corresponds to the souls in paradise and the souls in hades, respectively...or would that be stretching it?)
"Come and incline your ear to the voice of your Mother who gives you life by the sweet music of her voice. Come and suck the sweet milk of Orthodox doctrine from the living breast of the Mother who bore you" - St Philoxenus of Mabug
Post: #25
Dear Fr. Gregory,
Many thanks for your comments and clarifications. The real problem I suppose is when you write:
Quote:If people assume (or are taught) that Priests or Bishops, by virtue of being Priests or Bishops, are theological authorities.Especially when it is the Bishops who take on that assumption with, or without, the theological education necessary.
It is natural that those who call their Priest 'Father' should look to him as the child would to the father; but as those of us who are fathers know, our children soon recognise we are pretty fallible.
It would seem as though the need for greater theological education for the clergy is an urgent one. Is it just that the Coptic Church has had its hands full for so long just trying to hold its position against all the odds, so has not had the time and energy to devote to this work?
In Christ,
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)
Post: #26
prayers for those in hell
Dear Andrew,
The quotation from Bar Hebraeus is very apt and, also, exact without being lengthy or complex. Christ was straightforward in the way he spoke,
acknowledging that there would be those that would not understand, very often the "educated and knowledgeable".
I did not have the opportunity of talking with Bishop Athanasios on Sunday, but when I mentioned the action of the Coptic Synod to a member of the congregation I was met with wide-eyed astonishment and the remark, "But we must pray for everyone, even our enemies." Once again, a straightforward remark that hits the nail on the head.
Kirk Yacoub
Post: #27
May I interject, but may it be made clear that I am no theologian, no scholar and no authority on anything. But for all questions there is an answer in the Bible. The act of interpretation by mere man merely distorts Gods word. We should always turn to God for the answers and the Bible - not mere humans:
As I see it the answers are here:
In most modern translations of the Bible, the word "hell" has been transliterated from the original Hebrew and Greek languages where the words "she'ohl" in Hebrew and "hai'des" in Greek appeared. (2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6; 2 Kings 23:10 ). These words do not refer to any literal place.
Gospels frequently portray images of destruction and torment in hell. Sometimes this destruction is referred to as annihilation or punishment when God's Kingdom gets established on earth (Matthew 3:10-12, Matthew 25:41-46, Luke 3:9, John 5:28-29 ). Other times it is said to be the fate of the individual sinner (Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:29-30, Luke 12:5). While flames and destruction are the most common depictions, darkness or exclusion are also referred to, (Matthew 22:13, Matthew 25:30, Luke 13:22-28, Luke 16:19-28 ) and Jesus describes a place of "weeping and gnashing of teeth"; this quotation appears six times in Matthew and once in Luke.
A vivid account of hell is found in Luke 16:19-28 (Lazarus and Dives). In this account, it is said that nobody can pass from the bosom of Abraham to hell or vice versa. Fire and thirst are again described, and it is stated that the souls that are in Hell can see those that are in Heaven and vice versa. Many view this story as a parable, and as such, believe its meaning may not literally define the existence in the afterlife, but instead serve as a metaphor or illustration.
Of course there are those who believe that hell is a place on earth which is any time that you are suffering during your life and it could be said that if that reigned true those people would certainly appreciate your prayers!
So, we don't know - but what we do know is this. We can guard our own salvation quite simply.
1. Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved Romans 10:13
2. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life John 3:16
Romans 3:21-24 tells us that God saved us through Christ, who has freed us by taking away our sins .. God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty.
Promises from God:
God forgives all sin. Isaiah 1:18
God wants to save wicked people too. Ezekial 18:21
Believing in Jesus as Lord brings eternal life John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9.
Hope this sheds light.
Anne Bradburn
Post: #28
I do apologise for my most simplified approach to complex matters.
Anne Bradburn
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A call option written by an investor who does not already own the underlying shares. If you write a naked call and the option is exercised by the holder, then you would have to buy the stock at the market price to meet your obligation. Naked calls are very risky, though potentially very rewarding.
An electronic stock exchange established by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). The Nasdaq lists over 3,200 companies and is the largest equity securities trading market in the U.S.
A system where traders on a trading floor or in a trading pit shout and use hand signals to make transactions or trades with each other.
A derivative security that gives the holder a contractual right to buy or sell a set amount of a stock, commodity, or other asset at a specified price on or before the option's expiration date. An option is purchased for a fee, called a premium.
A person who is buying options. Call option holders have the right to buy a stipulated quantity of the underlying asset specified in the contract at a specified strike price. Put option holders have the right to sell the specified amount at the strike price.
A condition that is met when a call option's strike price is above the prevailing price for the underlying stock. For example, if stock ABC is trading at $120 and the option's strike price is $125, then the option is out of the money. For a put option, if the strike price is below the current market price of the stock, then the option is out of the money.
A securities market where trades are conducted by phone or computer network directly between dealers rather than on a physical trading floor. All bonds trade over-the-counter, as do unlisted stocks (generally, stocks of smaller companies that do not qualify for listing on an exchange).
A contract that gives the holder the right to sell a particular asset at a specified price at any time prior to the expiration of the option.
A company, usually traded publicly, that raises money from shareholders and invests that money in a portfolio of real estate properties. REITs are modeled after mutual funds, although the tax treatment of REIT income is different.
A statistical technique used to find the mathematical relationship between a dependent variable (such as a company's stock price) and one or more independent variables (such as GDP, income growth, or inflation). Regression analysis is used to predict future values of the dependent variable based on changes in the independent variables.
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend. When a price has gone too far and traders deem the security overbought or oversold, the price may stop rising or falling and move in the opposite direction for a period of time.
A type of IRA in which contributions to the account are not tax-deductible, but qualified withdrawals are completely exempt from federal income tax.
A federal agency whose mission is to protect investors from fraud or other unlawful market activities.
A nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1970 to protect investors in the United States. SIPC insures the assets in investor accounts (up to certain maximum amounts) at registered brokerage firms in the event of bankruptcy of those firms.
An instruction to a broker to sell a stock at the market price after the security has touched the specified stop price. A sell stop is always placed below the present market price and is usually designed to protect a profit or limit a loss.
The general feeling among investors as to which direction the stock market is heading. If the sentiment is that prices are going up, it is said to be bullish; if the sentiment is toward a downward movement, it is bearish. Investors base sentiment on market activity and movements in the prices of securities.
A situation that occurs when you have sold something you do not own. In commodities, if you enter into a contract to sell a commodity which you don't own with a promise to deliver it at a set price on a future date, then you are short that commodity. In stocks, you are short a stock if you have sold it and borrowed the shares from a broker to deliver to the purchaser, with an obligation to replace the borrowed shares at a future date. Being short means that you're bearish, or negative on the market, and that your goal is to make money when the price of the security or commodity that you choose to short falls in price.
A retirement plan available to small employers and self-employed individuals in which both the employer and employee can contribute to an IRA.
An annuity contract that you purchase from an insurance company with a single upfront payment. An SPIA usually starts making regular monthly payments to you immediately.
You create a straddle when you simultaneously buy a put and a call on the same stock at the same strike price and with the same expiration date.
You build a strangle when you buy a put and a call on the same stock with the same expiration date but at strike prices that are equally out of the money. A strangle costs less than a straddle because both options are out of the money, but you only make a profit if the price of the underlying stock moves dramatically.
The price at which the stock or commodity underlying an option can be purchased (call option) or sold (put option) pursuant to the terms of the contract.
An exchange of streams of payments over time according to specified terms. The most common type is an interest rate swap, in which one party agrees to pay a fixed interest rate on a notional principal amount in return for receiving an adjustable rate from another party.
One-sixteenth of a point.
A price change in a security's trades. If the next trade takes a security up in price, it's an uptick; if it takes the security down, it's a downtick. In futures and options trading, a tick is the minimum change in price, up or down.
The spread between the high and low prices of a security or commodity within a particular period.
Debt obligations of the U.S. government that are secured by its full faith and credit. Treasuries include bills (maturities of less than one year), notes (maturities of 1 to 10 years), and bonds (maturities of more than 10 years).
A statistical measure of the movement of a financial asset's price over time, gauging how fast the price of the asset changes. The price of a highly volatile security can change dramatically over a short period of time. A measure of the volatility of a security relative to the overall market is its beta.
A person who is selling options. Call option writers have the obligation to sell a stipulated quantity of the underlying asset specified in the contract at the specified strike price if the option is exercised by the holder. Put option writers have the obligation to buy the specified amount at the strike price if the option is exercised.

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Thursday, August 13, 2009
GenCon Running Liveblog: Day 1
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We were up early. We ended up waking up at 0500 and heading downtown to the convention. After waiting all year, there's simply no tolerance for waiting a minute longer. We wanted to be there, even if it's hanging out around the exhibit hall.
There's such a thrill, coming in the the convention center! Gen Con! As always, I kissed the ground of Gen Con in thanksgiving. I try to pick a clean spot, but no there's guarantees in life.
8:36 I'll be trying to get into the dealer hall soon, but for now, we are checking out the Battletech Pods! There's already a crowd for the puppies, and I have to admit, they look awesome.
9:51 The doors open in 10 minutes, but I was able to get in an hour beforehand, to try to get a few shots before the madness started. WotC had a pretty good line going already (with Very Important Gamers allowed in before the general populace), but Paizo was crazy.
Mind you, this is a full hour before regular attendees get into the hall.
Jason Buhlman informed me that the display area the Pathfinder books were on is comprised of more Pathfinder books. Cubits, he said. He started to measure in cubits. He said they brought thousands. Talked to Erik Mona briefly, but he was slammed with requests.
I couldn't get a look at the back of the Geist book, as they had it under pretty heavy guard (not out with the other books--too precious, I suppose!). Will try again later.
Fat Dragon's Ultimate GM Screen is tremendous. Will be heading back there soon.
Eclipse Phase is out. Expected a bigger to-do/display about it, but maybe that's the difference between online buzz and reality.
Fantasy Flight has a really nice display, and it sounds like they'll really be pushing the new edition of Warhammer Fantasy!
More in a bit. Time to walk around a bit more...
11:10: People have now been in the Paizo line for an hour, to purchase Pathfinder. One thing to remember is that while companies may have policies that folks disagree with, many of the game designers have worked together before. Saw a couple of WotC folks shaking hands with the Paizo folks, congratulating them. That's how it should be.
Spoke to Bruce Cordell at WotC. He confirmed really the only big thing they have for this year's show is the setting announcement for this next year. He said, "looks like it's all Pathfinder", with a laugh, nodding towards the huge line. Nice guy--said he had a lot of fun hanging out with ChattyDM and his game last night.
Here's a shot of Eclipse Phase. The Catalyst guys seemed to hem and haw when I asked to take a pic. Not my first dance, but was still mildly surprised.
11:18: Here's some pics of Pinnacle's Weird War II for Savage Worlds.
Here's the Paizo Line. Note the Paizo sign in the distance--it goes all the way around.
12:11: Holy cow, folks. My buddy was in line 1 hour, 10 minutes for Pathfinder. Cooling our heels for a minute.
Gaming Paper seems to be getting some notice. Cool idea. 30 square feet of nice-quality gaming paper for $4. Nice when you want to save that awesome dungeon design from last night. The gentlemen selling it actually makes paper for a living, and is also a gamer. This is how these sorts of things come about.
Here's a pic of Geist, and White Wolf staff.
3:33pm: A lot of the first day is taken up with scouting and meeting old friends.
Just played in a 15-minute Pathfinder demo. Great fun!
The Kenzer booth doesn't have demos in booth this year, which is a bummer. Talked to Mark Plemmons, until a man in a kilt interrupted like I wasn't standing there.
The Dragon Age game and Green Ronin booths are right next to one another. Interesting bit of cross-marketing. I took plenty of photos, which I will post up in a bit. Honestly, maybe it's just when I hit them, but the GR booth seemed a bit slow.
Stopped by Mongoose! Earthdawn and FantasyCraft are both up! They had a nice flow of traffic when I was around.
The Forge and IPR booths are split this year, so both are much smaller. Ron Edwards challenged Pundit to an iron-cage rhetoric match (not really).
Went back to the FFG booth, but no one was running the 3e demo. Was told the same bit on the Warhammer 3e, so nothing else to report. Honestly, the amount of attention Fantasy Flight gives to RPGs here is underwhelming. All you really see are board games, board games, board games.
Hirst Model Arts do a nice job presenting what you can do with your molds.
I have a panel starting shortly--I'll be doing a big update tonight, though, so stay tuned!
There were a lot of booths that were just briefly scouted today, with all intentions of hitting them tomorrow. I'll also be playing in one of the "Return to the Tower of Gygax", something my circle and I have really been looking forward to.
Col. Lou Zocchi no longer runs Gamescience, but he is still here. He's a Gen Con Guest of Honor, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather have in that spot. Phil Vecchione from Gnome Stew said his entire group has converted to Gamescience dice. Soooo many Gamescience dice, glowing from a flashing LED display! Lou is still doing his bit, and the Gamescience both has easily quadrupled in size from last year. I make sure to tell the Colonel every year how much seeing him at Gen Con means.
OK, so clearly, today belonged to Pathfinder. There were a few copies left in the Paizo booth when I left. I'm sure they'll restock, but I'm not sure how long they'll last. Obviously, one day does not make a product a success, but the enthusiasm is definitely there.
I think there's definitely a bit of grumbling over the Forge/Indie Press Revolution booth split. Ron Edwards was at one, the IPR guys at the other, and it seemed kinda standoffish. I know there was the whole earlier in the year with Professor Edwards and his disagreement with IPR's business model or what have you, but it made both booths seem tiny compared to previous years.
Luke Crane's Burning Wheel booth did not get the latest Burning Wheel product. I heard that he will have 50 copies at most, but they were still enroute. This is not uncommon for publishers in the first day or so of Gen Con.
Crystal Caste had an inflatable d20. Something useless, most likely, but I still desired it. They're always a fun booth to visit.
Good panel with the RPG Bloggers Network. Got to meet folks like Purple Pawn and Newbie DM. Jeff from the Bone Scroll also hung out with us for part of the day.
You don't realize what a wide selection Goodman Games has until you see their booth. I saw Rob Conley's Points of Light II. I think they could do with a layout that has things not just laid out, but more vertical and featured. Just my 2 cents.
Gareth Skarka at the C7/Adamant Booth said that in just a few short hours, he had sold 56 pdf copies of his Pathfinder accessory, Tome of Secrets, through RPGNow. Here's a shot of that and Savage Mars.
The Cubicle 7 folks also told me the Qin Game Master's screen is somewhere over the Pacific, but they had a copy there.
Who ya gonna call?
Yes, the Battletech Pods are awesome.
Here's a shot of Green Ronin's Dragon Age promo and a shot of their proximity to the Dragon Age booth itself, if that tells you anything about their priorities going forward re: Dragon Age.
Belly dancers, singing pirates, and a Ghostbuster. I love Gen Con.
OK, for buzz, I have to be honest. I try to talk to folks about what they're buying this year. Aside from Pathfinder, most people were at best undecided. The Battletech Pods were pretty busy, but my main focus at the convention is gaming stuff. There were some minor waves for Savage Worlds products, and Gaming Paper, and dice are always popular, but I think this is a crowd this year that's very undecided about where to put their money. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
12 comments:
- Aaron said...
Hey, if you have time to go back to Cubicle 7 later, do you think you could ask them about the Doctor Who RPG?
- August 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Zachary The First said...
I'll sure try. They have a big banner/poster up for it.
- August 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM
- Jeff Tillotson said...
I've never been to GenCon. I understand why people are in line for Paizo....limited number of that book. But why is there a line to Pinnacle?
- August 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Well, people get excited. For Savage Worlds, Pinnacle is release Weird War II and Fantasy Companion. Guess people wanted first crack at it!
- August 13, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Aaron said...
I... I have never desired dice as much as I do now. I want, no, I NEED to go to GenCon next year just for the GameScience booth.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Go while you can...while Col. Lou is still attending! Use that picture for motivation! :)
- August 13, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- Rob Lang said...
Many thanks for doing this, Zach. It's great to read through all the hum and drum when you can't be there. It's almost like being there but not quite! :)
When you're at C7, see if you can get a piccy of the staff for me, thanks!
- August 14, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- Mike said...
If you stop by the Goodman Games booth, check out the 1st edition AD&D module "convention special" - "Talons of the Horned King". I think you might like it.
Then again, I wrote it, so I'm a little biased. :)
- August 14, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- Fred Hicks (Evil Hat Productions) said...
Hey, Zachary, about this:
I think there's definitely a bit of grumbling over the Forge/Indie Press Revolution booth split.
Is there specific grumbling you can cite? I haven't heard any on the intertubes, but I'm not in person there at the show.
Ron Edwards was at one, the IPR guys at the other, and it seemed kinda standoffish. I know there was the whole earlier in the year with Professor Edwards and his disagreement with IPR's business model or what have you, but it made both booths seem tiny compared to previous years.
First off, the kerfluffle with Ron had little to do with the booth split.
The booth split has been in discussion, amicably, for two years -- both Brennan and Ron have been on board with the idea that it needed to happen.
We were originally going to split it in 2008, but since Brennan couldn't make it to the summer cons that year, plus a few other factors, we didn't feel ready to do it when it came time to decide. But it's been a plan since 2007, this just happens to be the first year it actually happened. :)
On the IPR side, I've talked with Brennan and confirmed that IPR's footprint is the same physical size as it was before. The Forge Booth used to be a 20'x20' space, with a 10'x20' space used for the IPR driven sales venue, and the other 10'x20' space used for the Forge booth's demo areas. This year, IPR's booth is a 10'x20' space, so the IPR portion is the same size as last year. I totally agree that it might have a psychological effect of *seeming* smaller, but the actual physical dimensions haven't changed for that part of things.
I have no idea what the Forge booth looks like this year -- no pictures have surfaced yet!
- August 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Sgt. Lou needs to stop representing himself as a Colonel. His little State Defense Force rank isn't an actual military-awarded rank. Zocchi was a non-com, and deserves as much respect and honor for that as an actual officer would, but to misrepresent himself as such borders on criminal.
- August 14, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@Anonymous: Col. Lou is, like me, a retired USAF non-com. He also holds the rank of Colonel in the Alabama State Defense Force, the state militia for that state. I'm fine with the man's service to one of our states, our hobby, and his country.
I appreciate you sharing your opinion on the matter, but if you don't mind, could we move any further discussion on this to email (if you have anything further to say?). I really would hate to clutter up the thread with that sort of negativity, and would appreciate it very much.
On the IPR side. I asked about the Forge booth, and got sort of an uncomfortable hemming and hawing, and not what I'd call a cheery pointing towards their relative location. I certainly don't want to start a crapstorm over it, and fully prepared to accept that perhaps the fellow was having a bad day, or I caught him at a bad time. I know there's lots of folks who have good friends represented at several of the indie booths.
Thanks for the clarification on the split. I know the "diaspora" had been a discussion in previous years--just coincidence, then, that this part of it happened at the same as the unpleasantness from earlier in the year.
I think with the booth, the perceived difference is not having as much of a demo area. I'm used to a lot more tables.
On a more positive note, S7S is very striking on the shelf! Jeremy Keller is also tempting me with the print copy of Chronica Feudalis (which I have the pdf of).
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27th January 2012
2012 marks the bicentenary of Augustus Welby Pugin (1.3.1812 14.9.1852). A Pugin Trail, events and exhibitions will highlight his legacy in Birmingham.
Pugin was arguably the greatest British architect, designer and writer of the nineteenth century. Some of his finest work includes the interiors of the House of Lords, the Catholic church of St Giles, Cheadle, and his own house, The Grange, Ramsgate.
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A delightful print display and trail 'Pugin, Dürer and The Gothic' is now open, and runs until 24 June. Exhibits are from the Barber's own collection and include a late medieval Brussels wood carving of Joachim and Anna, once owned by John Bernard Hardman; an early Netherlandish triptych of the Deposition, once owned by Pugin; a collection of eight prints and one drawing by Dürer, widely recognised as the greatest German Renaissance artist and a prime inspiration to Pugin, and a Pugin octagonal table on loan from King Edward's School.
Lunchtime talks: 29 February (1.10pm); 1 March and 29 March (1.15pm).
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