Legacy on sale at the @trzewik booth! I really enjoy this game. pic.twitter.com/xT7iRjQis5
— Grant Rodiek (@HyperboleGrant) November 22, 2014
Legacy has been on my wish list for a while, and seeing this bumped it up the list more. But then my id started acting up, and started taking over my logical thinking. Legacy is from Portal Games. Ignacy Trzewiczek is in Portal Games. Ipso facto it would be nice to get the game AND have it signed.
And It Begins
With my id still at the wheel, I posted a humble tweet about this very thing.
I understand everyone's busy at #BGGCon, but if someone can get me @trzewik's Legacy game and have it signed, I will be very grateful.
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 22, 2014
Being BGGCon, I tweeted my preparation for disappointment, but soon afterwards directed it to people who may be able to help.
Ping out to @TheOneTAR, @SteveCC, and @HyperboleGrant, people closest to me that can help. Only asking! Completely understand if you can't.
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 22, 2014
My expectations were low. Everyone was enjoying themselves at BGGCon, and the last thing they want is someone from the distant sidelines making an out-of-their-way request. And I'm rarely a person who is forward with requests. But the chances of me attending a convention with Ignacy present to sign were very slim, so I figured I would give it a shot.
Glimmer of Hope
Posting that, however, felt very selfish of me. A large part of me was wishing they'd sell out, and that my tweet would be ignored. As if some higher power read my mind, Ignacy tweets of their current inventory, and I was relieved to respond with my regrets and best wishes.
@trzewik Oh dear. :( Well, if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. :/ Won't stop me from getting it eventually. :) Hope you sell out! :D
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 22, 2014
Four hours passed, and the idea of owning a signed Legacy game sooner than later had slipped my mind. That is, until I checked my thread again.
@GameritisGuy i can try. Ignacy wasn't at the booth last time I went by, but would you take it unsigned? @SteveCC @HyperboleGrant
— Tiffany Ralph (@TheOneTAR) November 22, 2014
@HyperboleGrant @GameritisGuy @SteveCC Are bags are gonna be tight, but we should be able to pull it off
— Tiffany Ralph (@TheOneTAR) November 22, 2014
"Guys, I need to bow out of the next Smash Bros match. I need to handle this," I told my friends that afternoon. I had to quickly respond, I was a little behind.
@TheOneTAR @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC And if you can't get it signed, that's fine, too! He just looked like he's everywhere you look! :p
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 23, 2014
Turn For the Awkward
At this point, I was happy to get Legacy at the discount, even without Ignacy's signature! But, as I knelt there, hip-gyrating with excitement, the walls of my self-proclaimed logic came tumbling down.
@GameritisGuy @TheOneTAR @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC you know Ignacy didn't design it, right? He did Imperial Settlers
— Tiffany Ralph (@TheOneTAR) November 23, 2014
@TheOneTAR @GameritisGuy @SteveCC Correct. He was involved, though.
— Grant Rodiek (@HyperboleGrant) November 23, 2014
@TheOneTAR @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC Oh? Oh. 😳 #BoardgamerFail pic.twitter.com/SIaIZqZNCE
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 23, 2014
I let my id get the best of me. I presumed everything from Portal Games was of Ignacy's hand. I was a FOOL!! My mind's in shambles as things started getting...awkward.
@TheOneTAR @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC Oh dear lord no. I feel so embarrassed...
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 23, 2014
@TheOneTAR @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC Yes, please. Thanks. So sorry.
— Willie Hung (@GameritisGuy) November 23, 2014
Resolution
So, in the end, I bought Imperial Settlers instead of Legacy (which was fine, since THAT was also on my list as well), AND I got Ignacy's signature! (SORRY for the misunderstanding, Ignacy!!)
@GameritisGuy @HyperboleGrant @SteveCC pic.twitter.com/XFFpi91PCO
— Tiffany Ralph (@TheOneTAR) November 23, 2014
As of this post, I haven't seen what he wrote in there yet, but I hope it has no reference to my Legacy misunderstanding.
To Tiffany, Grant, and Ignacy...thank you, from the bottom of my heart. You made this boardgamer-stuck-at-home a very happy man.
Epilogue
Hey @GameritisGuy, I've got your signed copy of Legacy on the way to you!!! pic.twitter.com/TojXVjnvuo
— Steve Caires (@SteveCC) November 23, 2014
Steve's a jerk.
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