Officially afraid [DragonCon]

[mizarchivist]

They released the pocket guide.

Oh dear gods. What on this planet is more geeky than this event? Really. Some of the panels they'll be doing... I.... just have no words with which to describe my reaction. Queen of the spreadsheet, Robin, is going to tackle the specific events we want to do so we can get tactical.

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[shadesong.livejournal.com]

DragonCon is....not a good con. *shudder*

[mizarchivist]

You have a special perspective on all of it. I'm sure my factors will be *mostly* different from yours. Mostly.

I admit unease at the sheer number of people.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

The sheer number of people is a big part of it.

Go in with elbows pointed. Because you will be shoved the entire Con.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I think your experience is not universal. (The wife and I went there for our honeymoon, and had a fabulous time.)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

For me, it's a lot of things. The people are terribly rude, and there are way too many of them - that's the core of it. It's a con that needs the space of a very large convention center, and it's stuffed into two not-especially-large hotels. The crowding turns people mean or meaner. The shoving may have been less of a problem for you because you're larger and harder to toss against a wall! :)

My favorite example of D*Con is the Dealer's Room - which used to be in the convention center, and was, last I checked, crammed into a ballroom. Crammed *tight* - the aisle permits one person at a time. So the only way to make it through is by turning sideways and sidling crablike through - and you can't stop and *look* at anything, because then you're blocking traffic for the thousands of people trying to do the same thing in a space built for maybe a hundred.

If you can tolerate DragonCon, excellent! and I envy you your equilibrium. Me, last time I entered that hotel over Labor Day weekend, I was just meeting a friend for dinner; I managed to get shoved against the wall by heavily-costumed assholes on the way to the elevator (one of the side ones, even, not the main atrium) (the vomit in the elevators is also less than charming), and felt claustrophobic immediately upon stepping into the hotel, with the crush of people and the wall of noise. Never going back, not even just for dinner.

It used to be a good con. It shifted to DrunkenAssholeCon in the early '00s.

[anistastia.livejournal.com]

i didn't know you guys were going to be going. Want to try and get together and say hello?

[mizarchivist]

seems silly not to- ping Matt to work out logistics

[anistastia.livejournal.com]

i will!!! It'll be nice to see you guys again!!

[drwex]

I look forward to reading the write-up afterward.

[drwex]

P.S. have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXsJjVdj1E

[mizarchivist]

holy crap! That must have been some talk show, I'm guessing. That was awesome.

[drwex]

*glee* I forget who first posted the URL but I saw who it was and thought of you. Pass on to Robin if you please?