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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1744451" data-attributes="member: 19675">Just the other day, Kurt Schilling was pitching a great game against the Texas Rangers (baseball, if you're unfamiliar).&nbsp; Schilling is a MAJOR sci-fi fan and amateur historian who heads and/or participates in several different sci-fi organizations and is behind a particular sci-fi publishing company (I forget which one).This was noted in the broadcast because there was a HUGE sci-fi convention being held in the hotel in which the announcers were staying.They noted that, despite the immense number of &quot;interesting&quot; people, the overall experience was pleasant, because they were much better behaved than most conventioneers they had encountered.They also noted that a particular &quot;older gentleman in an interesting costume&quot; had had no luck finding women at the con.So, it was kind of a wash, publicity wise: we are well behaved, but we aren't exactly &quot;chick magnets.&quot; (Or perhaps they were describing the paucity of women attendees- that much was unclear.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 1744451, member: 19675"] Just the other day, Kurt Schilling was pitching a great game against the Texas Rangers (baseball, if you're unfamiliar). Schilling is a MAJOR sci-fi fan and amateur historian who heads and/or participates in several different sci-fi organizations and is behind a particular sci-fi publishing company (I forget which one). This was noted in the broadcast because there was a HUGE sci-fi convention being held in the hotel in which the announcers were staying. They noted that, despite the immense number of "interesting" people, the overall experience was pleasant, because they were much better behaved than most conventioneers they had encountered. They also noted that a particular "older gentleman in an interesting costume" had had no luck finding women at the con. So, it was kind of a wash, publicity wise: we are well behaved, but we aren't exactly "chick magnets." (Or perhaps they were describing the paucity of women attendees- that much was unclear.) [/QUOTE]

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