Colts Fans vs. Gen Con Gamers?

[talien]

I've seen enough comments on the boards here that I'm starting to get really concerned about the culture clash between Colts fans and the Gen Con gamers.

I witnessed one Colt fan swearing at his kid in frustration at the Ram, because there were all these gamers taking up the tables. They expected to be able to get in and couldn't. But honestly, that's about the worst culture clash (if you can call it that) that I witnessed.

I heard one Gen Con person mention that the Colts fans were calling Gen Con fans "perverts." I'm not sure what prompted that reaction.

I've seen a whole bunch of very disturbing second-hand accounts about Colts fans putting down Gen Con attendees.

I had the opportunity to watch the Colts fans go by, and I saw one woman dressed in a completely pink Colts outfit. And it hit me:

Fanatical about game? Check. Dress up in costume to support game? Check. Congregate and pay good money to experience said game? Check.

Sports fans ARE gamers, just another variant.

Was it THAT much of a problem though? Some of the abusive behavior was just plain unacceptable, but I'm not sure what should be done about it.

Is this something that needs to be considered for Gen Con next year? Should Gen Con be scheduled at a different date to avoid this conflict?

 

[d20Dwarf]

I dunno, I was gaming.

Who cares?

 

[undeaddan]

Nope

I'm afraid I have to disagree.

The Colts fans aren't gamers. Why? Because they have nothing to do with the game in any active sense. They are spectators, a completely passive element in the grand scheme of things.

The Colts fans are no more gamers than my cat is when he watches my group play D&D.

 

[scourger]

Don't reschedule!

If I had realized that I could catch GenCon AND a pro ball game, I may have made more effort to attend!

 

[d20Dwarf]

If I had realized that I could catch GenCon AND a pro ball game, I may have made more effort to attend!

Agreed. I was *sorely* tempted to attend, but alas I had a game scheduled with the old gaming group that I wanted to attend. Next year I will probably make the game Saturday night, but I did at least pick up a nice Colts hat.

 

[Mythtify]

If you want to see the real fantatic colt fans, you have to go to Blatimore. Johnny U never played in indy!

 

[Shadowdancer]

Doubt there will be a game during GenCon next year as GenCon will likely be in July.

I saw some of the ticket scalpers heckling a female gamer in costume outside of RAM. Also saw lots of puzzled looks on Colts fans as they walked through the convention center.

But also at RAM, I saw some Colts fans ordering items of the special GenCon menu -- the hamburgers with the stakes through the heart.

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

Well what do you expect out of a Colts fan? Now, if it were a Packers fan . . .

Seriously, though I can see where there would be some friction. Packing was likely impossible at that point for people wanting to see the game, nowhere to eat and having to wade through all the weirdos.

Next year, GenCon will be the 18th of August. That is during preseason. I guess it is a 50-50 chance of there being a home game or not.

 

[Lizzybeth]

And why is the gencon so late in the month. It falls just after the start of school in many areas. Can't they get earlier. They used to be the beginning of august.

 

[JediSoth]

And why is the gencon so late in the month. It falls just after the start of school in many areas. Can't they get earlier. They used to be the beginning of august.

They had to change the date of GenCon so it wouldn't coincide with Brickyard 400. That would be a huge mess compared with having it coincide with a mere pre-season football game.

JediSoth