Subject: I've been fortunate, I suppose.
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Posted on: 2012-11-02 04:36:00 UTC
I was never told horror stories, so I've never been wary of the cons. Personally, I love them. Everyone I have ever met at a con has been courteous, polite, and laid back. The fact that they all love talking about the same stuff I do has helped as well. I love them, and I usually have panic attacks in small crowds.
So, ECCC is coming up next March. A group of us (who have mostly been discussing it via the IRC) are planning a Girl Genius cosplay! Anybody else interested?
Thus far, we have:
Nifar: Gilgamesh Wulfenbach
Bryn: Zeetha
Makari: Agatha Heterodyne
Maslab: Othar Tryggvassen
VM: Sanaa Wilhelm
Myself: Vanamonde von Mekkahn
Obviously, there are a great many more characters, main and background, and a near-endless set of possibilities for steampunky goodness. Read the comic (if you haven't already), and then let's talk cosplay!
BA-DUM KISSSSSH.
But seriously, you wouldn't catch me dead in a con of any sort. I've heard stories, and they worry me.
That's not to say it's all bad. It's just off-putting enough to me that even if I was capable of going, I wouldn't.
The first time I was asked about a con, every story I'd ever heard about them flashed before my eyes in the most disturbing way possible - but I wound up going anyway, and it was, and is, most definitely worth it.
If you think about it, all a con really is is a gathering of like-minded people, usually geeks, in a shared space. It's really very awesome - though my experience might be colored by the fact that I've only ever been to cons in the company of fellow PPCers.
Basically, no pressure, but don't knock it 'til you've tried it. They really are amazing.
Therein lies my other problem, though:
I'm so down in terms of cash that I don't think I could afford to get in.
So, unless my life takes a huge turnaround, I probably won't be going regardless of how I feel about it.
Damn lower-middle class working family strife...
I was never told horror stories, so I've never been wary of the cons. Personally, I love them. Everyone I have ever met at a con has been courteous, polite, and laid back. The fact that they all love talking about the same stuff I do has helped as well. I love them, and I usually have panic attacks in small crowds.
But pretty much everyone I've met at cons has been nice. I once struck up a conversation about comic books with some guy I'd never met before, and to whom I freely admitted I knew nothing about comics outside of the animated verses, and it was fun.
Plus, RPGing at Connecticon was one of the most fun things I did. I'd never even played an RPG outside of a very short D&D session, but over three days I did three games of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (ridiculous fun) and Shadowrun, and everyone else was very understanding and cool even though I'd never played any of those game before. So unless Connecticon is a huge outlier, no one is going to do anything more severe than argue over various fandom stuff.
I mean, yeah, I've heard stories of jerks at cons, but I've never actually seen one. Nor has anyone I know, actually, not that I remember. By and large, I think cons are pretty much... just what it says on the tin. Large convoxes of geeks of every stripe, squeeing in solidarity. Sorta like the PPC in a way, just magnified and with molecules instead of pixels.
I've run into a few jerks at conventions, but no more than I've encountered any other place with large numbers of people (and fewer than many other places).
If you're worried, there's always going with a friend buddy-system style.
I won't be able to join you at ECCC; my travel budget and vacation time for 2013 is devoted to CostumeCon. Have fun and take pictures!
I live in Seattle but go to university in Oregon, so I can't go to ECCC. :[
So I am going to sulk during ECCC in my dorm so you guys better have fun and post pictures of your cosplays to cheer me up. :p
Can't make it out to Seattle in March. However, if anyone is interested in a smallish convention in early Feb (8th-10th), check out AlmaCon. It is in Michigan and it is free to attend. Any proceeds made (through donations, vendors, and charity auction) go to the American Cancer Society.
Guests include LittleKuriboh, Tiffany Grant, Chris Sabat, and Eric Vale. Check out those links. You probably know these peoples' voices. And you won't just see these people on a stage. I had a great talk about theatre with Tiffany Grant last year.
It is a good time, and you might get to hear me talk in some panels (not that I think that will get anyone to show up[...or do I?]).
So, come hang out with me, Nesh, and some of our awesome friends.
-Phobos, shamelessly plugging.
While I would love to go to a con and meet with all you guys (Even if I don't read Girl Genius) it's too far away. Well, have fun guys!
I love Girl Genius, too, as you can guess from Agent Lana. Why does all the fun stuff happen where I can't get to it? Are there enough Connecticut-dwelling Boarders for us to meet up at Connecticon? Or Anime Boston, perhaps?
I don't know about a con, but I'll be in Connecticut up until January, and I'd absolutely love if we could throw together a Northeast PPC Gathering. Boston would be cool, possibly?
Anybody else?
Well, I don't think I could go to a gathering if it's not attached, even unofficially, to a con or other event.
All the fun things keep happening too far away! SOMEONE DO SOMETHING IN MODESTO, CURSE IT. (Or at least in San Francisco...)