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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3594657" data-attributes="member: 158">I went to several conventions in the early 90's, and the first couple of times, I had fun just taking in all the demos and eye candy. However, I had planned to stop going after that, not understanding the draw. When the internet hit the big time in the late 90's however, the entire dynamic changed, and I started meeting people I was socializing with daily, and realizing what an awesome group of people most gamers could be. Fast forward to the days of ENWorld, and the social aspect is multiplied one hundred fold. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Now, there's a regular gameday I go to pretty much three times a year in North Carolina mainly to reconect with a bunch of friends and acquaintences that I never had prior to ENWorld. I go to Gencon to literally chat up as many people as I can squeeze into four or five days, from the lurking guests who never sign in, to Gary Gygax and other game designers. In fact, one of the reasons I am going this year is because it may be the last Gencon I get to go to for a while, and may be the last chance to meet up with some of my personal heroes and favorite people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3594657, member: 158"] I went to several conventions in the early 90's, and the first couple of times, I had fun just taking in all the demos and eye candy. However, I had planned to stop going after that, not understanding the draw. When the internet hit the big time in the late 90's however, the entire dynamic changed, and I started meeting people I was socializing with daily, and realizing what an awesome group of people most gamers could be. Fast forward to the days of ENWorld, and the social aspect is multiplied one hundred fold. :) Now, there's a regular gameday I go to pretty much three times a year in North Carolina mainly to reconect with a bunch of friends and acquaintences that I never had prior to ENWorld. I go to Gencon to literally chat up as many people as I can squeeze into four or five days, from the lurking guests who never sign in, to Gary Gygax and other game designers. In fact, one of the reasons I am going this year is because it may be the last Gencon I get to go to for a while, and may be the last chance to meet up with some of my personal heroes and favorite people. [/QUOTE]

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