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Gen Con Bingo 33

Posted by Zonk from the just-put-one-down-for-gamer-funk-now-and-save-the-bother dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Gen Con begins this week in Indianapolis. This convocation of the geek is epic in its scope, encompassing all aspects of the gaming subculture. Rabbit over at GamersWithJobs kicks off their coverage with a hilarious little game of their own called "Gen Con Bingo." From the list of potential Bingo squares: The Inappropriate Card Game - Ever see 12 year old boys playing Magic in a public bathroom? It's not pretty. Ever since I've been going to Gen Con (not forever, but long enough that I consider myself a veteran) there has been an entire subculture of teenage boys who will play Magic, or whatever the collectible card game of the moment is, anywhere, anytime. Their therapists say they have 'boundary issues.'" I got that square at my very first Con. I actually thought they were dealing crack in the stall at first, but the mention of a 'Mox' quickly dispelled my imagination of normalcy.
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  • "C'mon kids, I know a place we can play 'magic'. Lets go to the bathroom... I'll show you my Big Furry Monster [wizards.com]"
  • I'm going to GenCon for the first time this year and I was just sorting out what to pack.

    It's good to know that I can leave the shampoo and deodorant at home.

    More room for dice!

    Woot.
  • Looking forward to it, myself. This'll be my first Gencon experience. I meant to go last year, but I had something else come up at the last minute (don't remember what). Anyways, now that I live in the Indy area, I suspect I'll be going every year.

    I'm looking to get into the Living Greyhawk tourney on Saturday. We'll see how that goes.
  • I'm also going to GenCon for the first time this year (I can actually afford to thanks to getting in for free due to a friend who's doing a presentation there, and staying with my brother who lives 8 miles from the convention center), and it's interesting to read these things.

    One thing that he didn't mention in the article: take extraordinary precautions with your wallet. Big gatherings like fairs, festivals, conventions, and so on draw the criminal element, and that wallet poking out of your back pocket ma
    • Yeah, gotta watch out for those Rogues. A few points into Pick Pocket and they think they're master thieves.
    • Good point about watching your wallet. The ONLY time I've ever had my pocket picked was at a comic book convention. I was about 30 and surrounded by mostly kids, so I let my guard down. Next thing I know, I'm making a police report when a hotel janitor brings up my wallet (the staff had been instructed to look for it), minus the cash. It had been found in the men's room wastebin.

      Yessiree, "extraordinary precautions with your wallet" are mandatory. Don't learn like I did, the hard way.

    • You should never keep your wallet in your back pocket, anyway. Besides the fact that you can be pickpocketed anywhere, it's bad for your back and spinal alignment when you sit on it.

      Keep it in the inside breast pocket of your jacket, or deep in your front pocket with seomthing (like keys or cell phone) on top of it.

      Finally, I suggest studding it with staples or tacks points-outward. Not only does this deter pickpocketers, but you'll be able to tell as soon as someone's lifted it, due to the sudden lack
  • Ever since I've been going to Gen Con (not forever, but long enough that I consider myself a veteran) there has been an entire subculture of teenage boys who will play Magic, or whatever the collectible card game of the moment is, anywhere, anytime

    That's the most depressing thing I've heard in the gaming community in I don't know how long.

    Magic ruined GenCon, for my money - it was vastly cooler before the hordes of "gamers" whose only exposure to fantasy gaming was M:tG took the con over. Not that I'm innoc

    • I have to agree with this statement about GenCon. But Origins does not seem to suffer from this same problem. I believe this is because Origins [originsgames.com] appears to be more of a gamers game convention than GenCon is. Origins even has the Origins Awards [originsgames.com] which are internationally recognized awards along with Spiel des Jahres [wikipedia.org].

      I was extremely happy with by Origins visit this year and am actually bowing out of GenCon this year.

      This year Origins introduced the "Board Room" which was a nice place to find pick up boa

    • GenCon 96 was the last and only gencon I went to, and it sounded like it was really the last one worth going to. Pfeh.
    • Yeah, I used to go to GenCon annually when I was a teen in the early 90's because it was local and convenient and good clean nerdy fun. A few years back (last year in Milwaukee? Year before?) I went with my wife and stepson and good lord, it was CardCon. If it wasn't a CCG, you didn't see it. That added to the change in venue from the crusty old Mecca to the Midwest Express Expo Center and eeeyugh.
    • I feel the same way about what Magic did to GenCon. Not only was it harder to find non CCG related content there, but it was hard to get around due to the players. It seemed as if many players strove for locations that caused the most inconvenience to others. I am innocent of playing the game and still fondly remember the bumper stickers that said "Save Gaming, Kill A Magic Player Today".

      I won't even touch the topic of them moving to Indy. I haven't gone since the move as it was only a 30 minute drive b
      • Maybe it was the games you liked. I've never had a problem finding the miniatures hall (except for that one year when it was on the other side of the partly-demolished Mecca.)

  • Gen Con ftw! (Score:3, Insightful)

    by heartless_ ( 923947 ) on Tuesday August 08, 2006 @03:08PM (#15868679) Homepage
    Gen Con is really one of the only mainstream events that gamers can show up just to play together. So far the game companies that have shown up follow that mantra. They bring playable games to Gen Con instead of just previews and this is something I hope will always continue. Unfortunately I've never been able to attend, but since my HS days I always get a hold of the break down of the event from whatever sources offer it. Luckily some folks I talk with regularly will be going so this is the first year I will get to pick their brains about the event. Gen Con has the right format for gamers and I just hope the E3 mindset and E3 booth crap stays away for many more years.
  • I once saw people playing Magic on the floor of the elevator at a Con. Since they were girls it didn't bother me.

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