sevenbastard
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None. I have never been to one and doubt I ever will.
How Many Conventions Did You Attend in the Last 12 Months?
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Old Fezziwig
hell yes bro
Two this year, with plans for one more in the fall.
So, this is leaving me thinking about what gatherings of people I've been to that I think qualify as a "convention", and why.
I went to one gathering that was pretty clearly a smallish convention. A whole bunch of people in a hotel for a weekend, using hotel function space, playing a variety of different games.
I went to another gathering that was of the same form as the convention, but much smaller - the whole thing fit in one person's home. Do I want to count that?
I went to a third thing that was roughly the same size as the second, but took up hotel rooms and function space, but we were all playing the same game. And I don't mean like a Magic or chess tournament, full of separate instances of play of the same game. I mean, like, all of us playing in the giant instance of play. Do I want to count that?
So, somewhere between one and three?
I went to one gathering that was pretty clearly a smallish convention. A whole bunch of people in a hotel for a weekend, using hotel function space, playing a variety of different games.
I went to another gathering that was of the same form as the convention, but much smaller - the whole thing fit in one person's home. Do I want to count that?
I went to a third thing that was roughly the same size as the second, but took up hotel rooms and function space, but we were all playing the same game. And I don't mean like a Magic or chess tournament, full of separate instances of play of the same game. I mean, like, all of us playing in the giant instance of play. Do I want to count that?
So, somewhere between one and three?
el-remmen
Moderator Emeritus
I haven’t gone to a public gaming con since GEN CON in 2007.
I did go to Steel City Con in 2019 (mostly comics, cosplay, and celebrity meet and greets) and did one day of NY Comic Con in 2017 (never again).
I was hoping to make it to Pittsburgh Gaming Expo this October but when i went to put it on the family calendar, my wife already had a hold on that weekend.
I did go to Steel City Con in 2019 (mostly comics, cosplay, and celebrity meet and greets) and did one day of NY Comic Con in 2017 (never again).
I was hoping to make it to Pittsburgh Gaming Expo this October but when i went to put it on the family calendar, my wife already had a hold on that weekend.
MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
I haven't been to a convention on a while. I've wanted to go to a tabletop convention two years on a row, but it keeps consistently falling on the same day as the final of the Champions League. Not my priority, but it is a weekend when a bunch of my cousins get together and I do like that.
I would get to a bigger con with my cousin, but it has gotten quite expensive over time. It's fun, but $35 per person just to go is very expensive for a glorified flea market. It used to be like $4-5 about a decade ago, but the focus on bringing AA celebrities and a change of facilites have inflated the prices steadily. And well, the meet and greets are about $50 to $60 and some do require a kind of raffle on top of a high entry fee.
But well, I've managed to see DeLorean, Batmobile and I think the Ecto1 replicas over the years.
I'm hoping to go to an Anime con by Halloween.
I would get to a bigger con with my cousin, but it has gotten quite expensive over time. It's fun, but $35 per person just to go is very expensive for a glorified flea market. It used to be like $4-5 about a decade ago, but the focus on bringing AA celebrities and a change of facilites have inflated the prices steadily. And well, the meet and greets are about $50 to $60 and some do require a kind of raffle on top of a high entry fee.
But well, I've managed to see DeLorean, Batmobile and I think the Ecto1 replicas over the years.
I'm hoping to go to an Anime con by Halloween.
