Yep. a few years back I went to GenCon, a trip that was "only" a few hundred miles. Fun time, but still ran to several hundred dollars, Tickets, gas, hotel, food, etc. Even splitting expenses with friends.
And I got to attend a Patrick Rothfusss reading. Dang was that line long! I only got in because I registered months in advance.
Sounds like a completely viable alternative to posting on a website from the comfort of your home.
Also, conventions aren't cheap. Even if you don't have to travel far, the tickets themselves are expensive. The meet and greet lines can get insanely long and panels for things like BioWare games tend to get packed.
No kidding. I went to a local con a few years back and met Caity Lotz (Sara Lance in Arrow) there. The ticket to get in the door was $40, not too bad by itself. The ticket to get Caity's autograph (and you had to have a ticket to meet her) was $60. $100 just to walk in and say hi and make 30 seconds of small talk with someone.
No kidding. I went to a local con a few years back and met Caity Lotz (Sara Lance in Arrow) there. The ticket to get in the door was $40, not too bad by itself. The ticket to get Caity's autograph (and you had to have a ticket to meet her) was $60. $100 just to walk in and say hi and make 30 seconds of small talk with someone.
I can awkwardly make small talk in front of attractive women from the comfort of my hometown thank you very much
This thread has become so pathetic....this place always was though, at least now it's more tangible.
By the way about the obscure bad music, constantly fragile person? Yes I, for whatever reason, was surrounded by such people and often still run into such people.
Such people are evil when they coerce others into liking the things that they like, or just generally coercion, whether this is by I don't know, sexual assault or any variety of thing such people are often prone to, but overall yeah, that's bad.
Yeah er I'm just going to go ahead and say they're villains, sorry I can't find anything redeeming to say
Anyway as a Bio fan I'm positively amazed at how different the Bio community feels, because for the first time ever people are just interacting without fear of all these threats and coercion everywhere, it's like this world that I didn't know existed is finally coming forth, and one of the key elements was this place closing down.
I thought it was bad, but I guess not, it's positively amazing, maybe this was the right decision after all.... chaotic, but, for the best.
Are you actually saying anything here or are you just throwing words at the wall and seeing what sticks?
This thread has become so pathetic....this place always was though, at least now it's more tangible.
By the way about the obscure bad music, constantly fragile person? Yes I, for whatever reason, was surrounded by such people and often still run into such people.
Such people are evil when they coerce others into liking the things that they like, or just generally coercion, whether this is by I don't know, sexual assault or any variety of thing such people are often prone to, but overall yeah, that's bad.
Yeah er I'm just going to go ahead and say they're villains, sorry I can't find anything redeeming to say
Anyway as a Bio fan I'm positively amazed at how different the Bio community feels, because for the first time ever people are just interacting without fear of all these threats and coercion everywhere, it's like this world that I didn't know existed is finally coming forth, and one of the key elements was this place closing down.
I thought it was bad, but I guess not, it's positively amazing, maybe this was the right decision after all.... chaotic, but, for the best.
Woah I'm really slow, but now I finally know you're just trolling. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you just keep on it, saying how awful all of us are and that it's all our fault about everything bad that ever happened to BW and a hell of a lot of other random stuff.
I mean Gee, if you hate this place and its people so much, why even come to post here every so often?
Also, obscure music?? what gives...
No kidding. I went to a local con a few years back and met Caity Lotz (Sara Lance in Arrow) there. The ticket to get in the door was $40, not too bad by itself. The ticket to get Caity's autograph (and you had to have a ticket to meet her) was $60. $100 just to walk in and say hi and make 30 seconds of small talk with someone.
Sometimes it's just worth it. For example, I once paid $30 to meet Raphael Sbarge, and I got this perfect thing. I have it hanging above my fireplace.
No kidding. I went to a local con a few years back and met Caity Lotz (Sara Lance in Arrow) there. The ticket to get in the door was $40, not too bad by itself. The ticket to get Caity's autograph (and you had to have a ticket to meet her) was $60. $100 just to walk in and say hi and make 30 seconds of small talk with someone.
Holy crap... oh well, at least she is a qt 3.14
Of all the things I post, he picks up and misconstrues that one?
Just amazing...
Biotic, am I going crazy or do you and mousestalker both have the same signature linking to the same post?
Wait, hang on...I'm so confused.
Look closely at the namesBiotic, am I going crazy or do you and mousestalker both have the same signature linking to the same post?
Wait, hang on...I'm so confused.
Fact is: There's no proper substitute for a forum besides, y'know, another forum. That's just how it is. You don't replace the O with something else and expect to still have H2O. Social media venues like Facebook and Twitter are complementary, not a substitute.
The fact that Twitter selectively enforces their rules makes it worse than any forum.
Ha!
I don't know how I managed to miss that.
The fact that Twitter selectively enforces their rules makes it worse than any forum.
even ignoring that its completely antithetical to indepth conversations, this is one of its grossest problems.
even ignoring that its completely antithetical to indepth conversations, this is one of its grossest problems.
Milo down but Leslie still up says it all.
No kidding. I went to a local con a few years back and met Caity Lotz (Sara Lance in Arrow) there. The ticket to get in the door was $40, not too bad by itself. The ticket to get Caity's autograph (and you had to have a ticket to meet her) was $60. $100 just to walk in and say hi and make 30 seconds of small talk with someone.
Wonder how that $60 got split up.
It all generally goes straight to a charity of some sort in my experience. At least at bigger cons.
I've never had good luck at Q&A's at cons. An awful lot of the questioners either are just gushers ("Squee! Main character is sooo hawt!") or they have interminable, lame questions.
Maybe two good questions get asked in an hour session, if you are lucky.
Then there's the problem of who comes to the con. If it's San Diego or Pax, you'll probably see the A-Team. But I've generally seen scrubs accompanied by a PR flak.
I like Cons and go to one of the biggest. But I don't go there with any expectation of having real questions answered.
It's inevitably people (mostly dudes) who A) believe themselves to be very profound and insightful, and B ) really like the sound of their own voice.
I don't know if I've ever seen anything productive come from those mic Q&As. I usually leave.
I dunno Rugs, I found his obscure music = sexual assault argument pretty compelling.
No wonder hipsters are hated so much, what with them assaulting people with obscure music that they heard first.
I'm just looking forward to the final battle at the end of days, when, as Kefka tells it, the Nerds and the Geeks will stand united as one against the Hipsters who are an affront to all that is good.
I assume it'll be like the Warriors, except with dumber outfits. And stupid, because The Warriors is awesome.
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