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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brian Compton" data-source="post: 4185120" data-attributes="member: 24898">But who would you get to buy Gen Con, and why wouldn't such an investor just buy it prior to WotC making a claim?  If the Chapter 11 is resolved and Gen Con is safely back in the black in time, I don't see WotC sitting out this event.  It's too key a marketing tool.  Also, this is a huge event for all those publishers WotC wants to sign onto the GSL.  A strong Gen Con is in WotC's best interest.  Remember, Adkinson bought Gen Con from WotC in part because WotC no longer wanted to be in the convention-organizing business.  If they kill Gen Con intentionally, they or someone else will have to create a similar event, and if it's someone else, WotC does not necessarily get the favorable relationship that it currently has with Gen Con.  Also, part of Gen Con's mystique is its tradition, something a brand new con lacks; it will take a long time to build up such a tradition, and that could hurt attendance.  D&D Experience is young and doesn't sound like it's trying to be a viable competitor with Gen Con- and again, since it only covers D&D, WotC would have to make it bigger to encompass it's other brands, which puts it back at the same spot it wanted to escape in the first place.WotC would be stupid to want to kill Gen Con.  That's what makes their current decision all the more disturbing- why do they think the convention is on shaky enough ground to warrant a "wait and see" attitude when they're normally the first ones in line to get a booth and spots in the event calendar?  What do they see that we don't?</blockquote>

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