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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2502873" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>I've been to five game cons in my life -- four DunDraCons and one KublaCon</p><p></p><p>Never again if I can avoid it</p><p></p><p>Some of the shopping is okay, but the prices are no better than my FLGS, and I prefer supporting the local guy whenever possible. I don't enjoy con games - I find I game in a very different style (certainly not by-the-book) and I prefer to be with my regular gang. I loath the crowds. I did my time in the SCA and don't really like being reminded of that anymore. I find most of the costumes bizarre or embarrassing (as in "You would never catch me DEAD in public in something that stupid!"). </p><p></p><p>And then there are the people who corner you and want to tell you about the character you don't know from the campaign you've never been in under a set of rules you don't use... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> </p><p></p><p>Last time I went to a con (the aforementioned KublaCon) I wore a black t-shirt with a picture of an oak tree. On it it said "Orthodox Druid". Three guys greeted me with "Shalom!" (All of them were quite serious about this.) Another started to speak to me in Hebrew. I guess it's my long beard that threw 'em... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>And don't get me anywhere near the people playing <em>Diplomacy</em> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p></p><p>Nope, done my con time. No further interest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2502873, member: 8447"] I've been to five game cons in my life -- four DunDraCons and one KublaCon Never again if I can avoid it Some of the shopping is okay, but the prices are no better than my FLGS, and I prefer supporting the local guy whenever possible. I don't enjoy con games - I find I game in a very different style (certainly not by-the-book) and I prefer to be with my regular gang. I loath the crowds. I did my time in the SCA and don't really like being reminded of that anymore. I find most of the costumes bizarre or embarrassing (as in "You would never catch me DEAD in public in something that stupid!"). And then there are the people who corner you and want to tell you about the character you don't know from the campaign you've never been in under a set of rules you don't use... :confused: :confused: :confused: Last time I went to a con (the aforementioned KublaCon) I wore a black t-shirt with a picture of an oak tree. On it it said "Orthodox Druid". Three guys greeted me with "Shalom!" (All of them were quite serious about this.) Another started to speak to me in Hebrew. I guess it's my long beard that threw 'em... ;) And don't get me anywhere near the people playing [I]Diplomacy[/I] :mad: Nope, done my con time. No further interest. [/QUOTE]
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