Quote from: Spinachcat on February 17, 2022, 02:24:03 AM

Quote from: Redwanderer on February 16, 2022, 04:26:20 PM
And get banned and shamed and maybe blacklisted for discrimination? HAH! The 8% can do that all they want but Lord forbid anyone else tries to do that. Oh, it could work but the 92% would have to try some courage and unity and- hey, look- I'm not drunk no more so there's the moon rising in the west!

You're right, but courage is contagious.

Cons that don't bow to woke shit will draw crowds.

   You are right, I would be curious to see what one that was mask optional and no vaxx needed drew for a crowd.   I started eating at a restaurant where they were always mask optional, even when the state mandated masks in businesses, thankfully the food and service is great..but they got me in the door with that policy.

I went to Gen Con in 1984 or '85, I think it was '85. Pretty fun time, but not the be-all, end-all. Went to DragonCon a couple times in the early 2000's when I was living in Atlanta, and that was a whole different ball of wax. By that time it seemed to be all about advertising and professional cosplayers.

But I haven't been to a con since before 2005.

Been going to Cons since 2004 (ish) - uk cons and mostly smaller ones (200-300 people). They were and still are pretty awesome. The only difference between now and then is a wider variety of games, more women playing/running and muster was a bit less crowded this year. Also, the beer is more expensive. Oh, and games run in the main hall are asked to be considerate of children that might be there. Those in the bar/chalets can be as awful/awesome as normal. There's always been a "mature themes warning" or "minimum age required for certain games at the cons I've been to.
This year masks were advised but not required, and we didn't need to prove vaccination.
I missed out on the Cthulhu Dredd this year, but that was due to running in the same slot, everything else was awesome. 

I am at DunDraCon now, and having a good time.

Last night I ran my Incan-inspired fantasy using D&D 5E. I just played a superhero game by Sean Patrick Fannon, using his Prowlers & Paragons system. I'm not sold on the latter, but it was worth a shot, and cool to play with an author whose work I have enjoyed. Not sure what I'll be doing tonight.

Tomorrow I'll be running a Doctor Who larp in the afternoon, and playing more D&D in the evening.

Quote from: jhkim on February 16, 2022, 06:15:36 PM

Quote from: Redwanderer on February 16, 2022, 04:21:51 PM
Once they were cool. Getting a chance to go to one wasn't like finding the pot of gold in Ireland, but it was FUN.

But then the damned 92% let the 8% get it's foot in the door more and more until cons is just another woke brainwash.

What cons did you used to go to, Redwanderer?

I never did go to a Gencon. Always meant to but by the time I got around to it friends of mine who used to go told me not to waste my time because the leftist crap was so bad. Older ones told me it used to be fun but now it sucks. This was years ago so tell me again about how the corner's being turned against the woke. GAH! Pisses me off thinking you're going to a nice village but find out it's turned into a rundown dungheap.
I did go to some smaller ones. They had dnd stuff with pokemon and some video games and comics so it was sort of a mix. It was all right but even those are getting hit by woke. You people got to get this through your heads- THE 8% WANTS EVERYTHING. They'll put cameras in your house to make sure you don't do anything they don't like. Knowing the 92% they'll just dust off the lenses and pay for the cameras.
Still, it was a pretty good time. These places usually got some good artists as in GOOD. One artist did pictures of Cthulhu and that thing in the pit he drew would've scared the hell out of Lovecraft himself.
And some dms had homebrew dungeons. Just cheap folders with cheap photocopied pages and hand drawn maps but pretty good. And no proms.
But now things like Gencon sucks because the 92% never learns. YOU NEVER LET THE 8% GET IT'S DAMNED FOOT IN THE DOOR.
I knew someone used to have a dnd night with his friends. I went a few times but then had to work night shifts so that was that but one day after a couple of years I bumped into him again and asked about it- turns out it broke up. I asked why figuring they had other things to do like what happens in life. Wasn't that. Learn something here 92%-
It was a guys only thing so they'd tell rude jokes and every game always had gals with big knockers needing rescuing somewhere. One of them could draw like a pro and would draw gals in a skimpy getups for each game, hell Frank Frazetta would've liked them- fun stuff.
But one night one of them brought his girlfriend along because she kept nagging him. Of course they had to tone it down, but then she brought a few of her college friends who were real feminist banshees. Now you got to remember there was never any talk about raping or anything like that, the idea was to save these gals so it DIDN'T happen but yeah those damned harpies ranted about how sexist that was- total blarney but hey got to compromise right 92%? So now they wanted "strong womyn" characters and this and that and you can't say that and stop drawing those pictures you sexist so and so and you know what that made the game- woke trash. And those women were ALWAYS pissed off and squabbling and late! It just ended because woke like feminists want to take over and screw it all up so most of the guys said screw this and left.
The moral of this story is when you give an inch to woke crap tests you'll lose it all. Think Gencon or rpg.net turned woke in one day? Try reading that bastard Saul Alinsky's book that's how it always works. Remember that Pundit.

You know what cons must have been like in the old days?  Struggling.  Welcome to VENGER CON, hoss!  We need gamers... desperately.

https://tabletop.events/conventions/venger-con-2022

Currently serving 17 out of 100. 

VS

Quote from: VengerSatanis on March 17, 2022, 06:43:39 PM
You know what cons must have been like in the old days?  Struggling.  Welcome to VENGER CON, hoss!  We need gamers... desperately.

https://tabletop.events/conventions/venger-con-2022

Currently serving 17 out of 100. 

VS

Even if I get banned from here like on rpg.net?

Quote from: tenbones on February 08, 2022, 10:41:07 AM
Today? dude... I would pay to see that shit happen.

Today...today, we get people asking about World War 2 games where nobody has to play the Germans because they're uncomfortable with the very concept.

Quote from: Thornhammer on March 17, 2022, 07:57:26 PM

Quote from: tenbones on February 08, 2022, 10:41:07 AM
Today? dude... I would pay to see that shit happen.

Today...today, we get people asking about World War 2 games where nobody has to play the Germans because they're uncomfortable with the very concept.

Greetings!

*Laughing* Well, I have recently played HOIIV--a World War II global strategy wargame--as the German Reich.

It was fun rolling the Blitzkrieg over everyone!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I noticed Dragonmeet in London getting weirder & weirder - lots of men in dresses - until I didn't really enjoy it any more. Covid 20-21 came as a bit of a relief as I didn't enjoy December 2019 at all really. 

I always used to envy american cons. UK cons were always these myopic and meandering things. ESPECIALLY tabletop cons. Round about 2007-ish I want to say that started changing for the better. You could actually go to a con with the expectation of more than buying overpriced tat and drinking in cheap cosplays. A lot of the Birmingham based cons were good. But then the woke shite hit and all the idiots decided to go full mask off on all their degeneracy. Nowadays there's loads of board games to play at cons. But they're super bloated, overpriced and expect you to sit there for multiple days in some instances. Which is no good when you bought a day ticket because the weekend ticket is over £100 and sold out in a week anyway. And buying 3 day tickets then goes over £120 or £150.

I know tabletop gamers have developed quite the taste for getting rogered up the bum in regards to prices for everything they buy now, but the price gouging alone is disgusting just to have to put up with sitting next to some unhygenic bloke who insists you call him Sapphire.   

Quote from: S'mon on March 18, 2022, 08:09:34 AM
I noticed Dragonmeet in London getting weirder & weirder - lots of men in dresses - until I didn't really enjoy it any more. Covid 20-21 came as a bit of a relief as I didn't enjoy December 2019 at all really.

sounds like dragoncon in Atlanta.

Used to be a great place for RPG products, gaming stuff, anime, etc.

Now it's all COSPlay and movie schlock with the artists relegated to a back room and rpg shit shoved into boxes buried under tables.

Quote from: jhkim on February 08, 2022, 03:16:51 AM
I'll be going to DunDraCon in two weeks. I feel like most of the convention experience is largely the same.

There are differences, of course. There's a wider variety of systems now, which I think is good. DunDraCon has a bunch of AD&D and DCC events, but also a lot of more modern events. In the 80s, there were a lot more of tournament dungeons where groups got points for different goals. That's gone out of style, which I think is fine. Dungeons are challenging, but it's hard for them to be objectively competitive between different groups, because RPGs are inherently open-ended.

I went to DunDraCon V & VI. What's neat is that you can still see the original program books for those DunDraCons here:

https://www.dundracon.com/DDC_PreviousCons.php

Interesting to see some of those old adventure descriptions and some of the fun movies and seminars shown back then.