I'd forgotten about the great unwashed masses. The last time I went to a con, I was a volunteer, and it was 15+ years ago. I was a volunteer, and the first guy early on day one who walked up to me nearly knocked me over with a wall of stink. He smelled like he'd been wearing the same clothes in a sweatbox for the previous week. One of the many nice things I can say about the younger gamers these days is that they don't stink and their pants fit well enough that I don't see any butt cracks. I don't know if they just take better care of themselves or that their peers simply don't tolerate bad hygiene these days.I as never interested in attending. My F2F gamers went several times, and every time came back with tales of badly-managed access, insane prices, the literally unwashed masses, and the like. Certain events were praised (a live dungeon, for one), but none of my players went more than once.
I’ve never encountered it quite that badly. Gamehole Con has been generally pretty good.For those of you who have gone to cons more recently. Is the stinky con goer still a thing?
Every now and then one will turn up, but the heat will have more to do with it these days. Gen Con has a LOT of walking and you sweat, lucky the AC is good in the convention center and people seem to practice good hygiene.For those of you who have gone to cons more recently. Is the stinky con goer still a thing?
Significantly less so than it used to be.I'd forgotten about the great unwashed masses. The last time I went to a con, I was a volunteer, and it was 15+ years ago. I was a volunteer, and the first guy early on day one who walked up to me nearly knocked me over with a wall of stink. He smelled like he'd been wearing the same clothes in a sweatbox for the previous week. One of the many nice things I can say about the younger gamers these days is that they don't stink and their pants fit well enough that I don't see any butt cracks. I don't know if they just take better care of themselves or that their peers simply don't tolerate bad hygiene these days.
For those of you who have gone to cons more recently. Is the stinky con goer still a thing?
For those of you who have gone to cons more recently. Is the stinky con goer still a thing?
It's probably brought up because it was a common experience for a lot of us. I could go to a lot of places that were crowded without running into someone with a bad odor. But gaming conventions were places where I was almost alwaysd sure to run into someone who stank to high heaven. Perhaps it was just confirmation bias on my part though. Like I said, I've noticed gamers today have better hygiene than they did 30 years ago. Or perhaps my sense of smell has atrophied with age.Oh, any why is this always brought up? It stereotypes gamers and it should be pointed out there are stinky people everywhere that have nothing to do with gaming or being at a convention! My other is saying gamers dress up, so do fans of other events, like football! It is not exclusive!
Yeah, the noise is a major drawback. Hard enough as a player, but brutal for the DM. I don't even like running games in FLGS, my voice can't take it. One of my FLGSs now has private rooms for rent, which is cool, but the price is hard to justify, when I can just host the game at home.Well, in terms of going there personally, GenCon isn't very relevant since it's a 12 hour flight and even though it would be nice to be there once (similarly for GaryCon), I don't think I want to go that bad. In general, it's been quite a while since I visited a convention (even a local one) - playing at conventions is always a bit challenging for me, since I find the noise distracting, and most product announcements I catch online already. I assume they are quite nice for creators, though, in terms of networking.