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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1565476" data-attributes="member: 945">I'm having trouble getting excited about GenCon this year for some reason.There are a lot of factors involved.  I still haven't gotten my badge, and several factors have been at play which have stalled me in that decision.I didn't know what was going to happen with my job, or where I would be, or whether my wife was going to go some educational cruise thingy, which would have sucked up my vacation time.  So, I've waited on the purchase of the badge.  Only recently did my wife say, "yes, you could go to GenCon".  That was two weeks ago.The guy I usually go with (Reddist on here) is also in a state of flux, so he won't know his status for several more weeks, as to whether he'll get to go.  Add to that, the fact that we haven't gotten a room yet.  If he can't go, and I have my badge, I'll have to room by myself, which is expensive.  Unless I try to find someone on here to share a room with, which I can't really ask about until my friend finds out whether he can go or not.But, add to that, a general malaise with regards to GenCon.I was extremely dissapointed with the pick-up games area.  It was virtually non-existant, and what there was, was completely unorganized.  If Peter reads this, and if he can assure me that the pick-up games area will be better this year, that might influence me into going.Mystic Eye Games, whose booth I have worked at for the past two years, may not even be there.  They've been quiet on our message board, so I don't even know if the usual people I hang out with will even be there.  So, if I'm not working the booth, that means I'll be just an average gamer like everyone else.  Which will be nice, but it means that I'll have to fill my day trying to find pick-up games, which can at times be a bit frustrating.  I've got plenty of books, so there's nothing I really want to *buy*, that I can't already get at my FLGS anyway.  Then there is financial cost, and the fact that going requires 3 days of valuable vacation time, which I could spend with my wife and my daughter now instead.  So, there's a personal cost involved.  Add all that together, and I just haven't reached any conclusion as to whether or not I'm even going to go to GenCon this year.  I was thinking of buying the badge (before pre-reg expires) and then waiting to see if my friend was going to be able to go.  If he wasn't, then I could try to sell the badge.  I've come to the conclusion that I could just wait on the badge, and the extra it would cost post-pre-reg would offset the cost of the badge if I have to sell it at a loss if I can't attend.Anyway, is there some compelling reason why I should attend GenCon this year?  Because I'm still on the fence.</blockquote>

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