[QUOTE=gabriela]
Try walking up to random strangers and demanding “Cite??”
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What’s the proper response?
“Um…www dot..um…god dammit. I can’t remember the entire address! How do I copy and paste in real life?”
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance]
EveCon, a small gaming convention in Washington several years ago (probably late 2000). I sit down to play History of the World with some strangers and the guy across from me has a nametag that says ‘John Corrado’. I introduced myself and asked and it was him. Bingo, completely random.
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I don’t think it was History of the World - I’ve only played that once. (I’ve wished I could get a game of it started, though.) Greg and I rushed to the con on Sunday morning to play Advanced Civ, so I don’t think it was that, either.
Maybe it was that boat-filling bidding game? I want to say Machiavelli, but I think that’s actually an Avalon Hill “Diplomacy but more complex” game.
I happen to work with edwino’s father, and have met / talked to him a handful of times.
Also, to answer the question, I don’t think there are very many Dopers in my area.
For some reason, the Dope tsunami skipped over Detroit.
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
Also, to answer the question, I don’t think there are very many Dopers in my area.
For some reason, the Dope tsunami skipped over Detroit.
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Queen Tonya is in your neck of the woods.
I’ve met a doper’s brother randomly. Said doper and I been exchanging emails about something and so I knew his last name (which is randomly bizarre) and brother-man came into the bookstore where I worked.
I’m not certain if the doper-in-question wants it known he has a weirder-than-him brother. 
[QUOTE=John Corrado]
I don’t think it was History of the World - I’ve only played that once. (I’ve wished I could get a game of it started, though.) Greg and I rushed to the con on Sunday morning to play Advanced Civ, so I don’t think it was that, either.
Maybe it was that boat-filling bidding game? I want to say Machiavelli, but I think that’s actually an Avalon Hill “Diplomacy but more complex” game.
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Maybe. I know it was some crazed thing that Greg wanted me to play. The more complicated the better, as far as he’s concerned.
[QUOTE=Lissa]
I once saw a fellow Doper. I overheard that person talking about the board and even recognized their user name. I said nothing, though, because I didn’t want to reveal my Secret Identity. I’m shy like that. (Which is why I’ll never attend a Dopefest unless it’s to lurk in the shadows and evesdrop.)
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OK, I just decided never to attend a Dopefest. What’s the point if you can’t meet Lissa?