Are you attending Gen Con 2009?

[Eridanis]

I've only missed one GenCon since 2000, and this will not be the second! It helps that I can take the whole week off and spend the first half of the week on a "normal" vacation seeing the in-laws. Only 14 days away - not that I'm counting..

 

[VictorC]

I've never been, would like to go, but am not likely to go ever since I am now married.

I have been married for five of the six years I've gone. My wife has come every year, including the year we weren't yet married.

My wife and I love the Con and it would take some serious force of nature to keep us from it.

On an unrelated note who spends less than $200 in the dealer hall.

 

[reveal]

I'll be there!

 

[Rel]

On an unrelated note who spends less than $200 in the dealer hall.

Me.

I think the last two years I've spent a cumulative total of just over two hours in the dealer hall. And total, in the four years that I've gone, I might have spent $250 in the dealer hall.

I'm generally too busy gaming and hanging out with my friends.

 

[reveal]

Me.

I think the last two years I've spent a cumulative total of just over two hours in the dealer hall. And total, in the four years that I've gone, I might have spent $250 in the dealer hall.

I'm generally too busy gaming and hanging out with my friends.

Ditto. I spent a total of 15 minutes on the floor last year and my schedule was packed.

 

[Woas]

No I'm not. But thanks for asking!

 

[Giltonio_Santos]

nope... I wish I could, but I don't believe I'll be able to leave Brazil for a game convention (or even the one game convention) anytime in the future.

Cheers,

 

[Wombat]

I think it's worth mentioning that I felt as Wombat and some others do for most of my gaming career. My thinking was, "Why would I want to go and game with people I don't know and I'm not friends with when I could be home gaming with people I DO know and I AM friends with?"

For me, this isn't really the problem -- I like smaller conventions quite a bit and have loved meeting people who I only knew on-line before. The problem for me is the pure crush of people at the larger cons.

I think I've grown crowdophobic in my old age

 

[Rel]

For me, this isn't really the problem -- I like smaller conventions quite a bit and have loved meeting people who I only knew on-line before. The problem for me is the pure crush of people at the larger cons.

I think I've grown crowdophobic in my old age

Fair enough. I don't much care for the big crowds either, which is one of the reasons I don't spend a lot of time in the dealer hall. Most of the places I hang out at GenCon aren't even in the convention center proper and are with very small groups.

 

[Rokes]

There's something in the energy of large crowds that I love. I think that's why my time spent in Tokyo will always be remembered so fondly.

Now if there's something specific that I need to walk through a crowd to get to, yeah I hate that. But for just wandering around w/o a schedule, I love the buzz of a good crowd. (being relatively tall probably helps too)