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Which conventions are not likely to ban you for wrongthink?

Started by RNGm, March 15, 2024, 09:36:51 AM

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GhostNinja

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March 17, 2024, 05:27:15 PM
Quote from: Omega on March 15, 2024, 07:07:52 PM
Several years ago PAX was heavy into the wokeness and pushing the agenda.

Didn't really see that at Pax Unplugged in Philly when I went in 2019 (it was right before the pandemic).  I want to go back this year which will be the first time I go back since then.  If there is wokeness, then I wont return.

A friend and I are discussing starting an OSR con around us and I would make sure X-Cards and wokeness were not allowed.
Ghostninja

Omega

#16
March 17, 2024, 05:59:07 PM
Quote from: GhostNinja on March 17, 2024, 05:27:15 PM
Quote from: Omega on March 15, 2024, 07:07:52 PM
Several years ago PAX was heavy into the wokeness and pushing the agenda.

Didn't really see that at Pax Unplugged in Philly when I went in 2019 (it was right before the pandemic).  I want to go back this year which will be the first time I go back since then.  If there is wokeness, then I wont return.

A friend and I are discussing starting an OSR con around us and I would make sure X-Cards and wokeness were not allowed.

I have not heard any trouble from PAX since that one year.

GhostNinja

#17
March 17, 2024, 08:10:41 PM
Quote from: Omega on March 17, 2024, 05:59:07 PM

I have not heard any trouble from PAX since that one year.

Well I will go this year and see.  I had fun the year I went
Ghostninja

RNGm

#18
March 17, 2024, 08:43:04 PM
Quote from: Omega on March 17, 2024, 05:59:07 PM
I have not heard any trouble from PAX since that one year.

What happened that year out of curiosity?

Grognard GM

#19
March 17, 2024, 10:49:45 PM
Quote from: RNGm on March 17, 2024, 08:43:04 PM
Quote from: Omega on March 17, 2024, 05:59:07 PM
I have not heard any trouble from PAX since that one year.

What happened that year out of curiosity?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say mask and jab hysteria.
I'm a middle aged guy with a lot of free time, looking for similar, to form a group for regular gaming. You should be chill, non-woke, and have time on your hands.

See below:

https://www.therpgsite.com/news-and-adverts/looking-to-form-a-group-of-people-with-lots-of-spare-time-for-regular-games/

Cathode Ray

#20
March 18, 2024, 02:09:31 AM
Maybe a convention list along the lines of Ocule's wokemeter would be useful.
Creator of Radical High, a 1980s RPG.
DM/PM me if you're interested.

Wisithir

#21
March 18, 2024, 02:32:57 AM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on March 18, 2024, 02:09:31 AM
Maybe a convention list along the lines of Ocule's wokemeter would be useful.
I think conventions might necessitate a logarithmic  wokemeter.

RNGm

#22
March 18, 2024, 09:08:15 AM
Quote from: Wisithir on March 18, 2024, 02:32:57 AM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on March 18, 2024, 02:09:31 AM
Maybe a convention list along the lines of Ocule's wokemeter would be useful.
I think conventions might necessitate a logarithmic  wokemeter.

I recommend a mannequin wearing a red hat with a slogan on it mounted by the door.  The time and level of fiery but mostly peaceful destruction as well as the how much the convention staff justify it retroactively should be used as a two tiered system of measurement for wokeness at the con.

rkhigdon

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March 18, 2024, 10:47:01 AM
While some of the bigger conventions have their share of woke, I can say with some certainty that it's pretty easy to navigate your way through them without having to worry about getting banned.  You are much more likely to experience problems with smaller conventions where it is more difficult to avoid people looking to push an agenda.  At least that's been my experience.

THE_Leopold

#24
March 18, 2024, 01:49:21 PM
Quote from: VengerSatanis on March 17, 2024, 05:09:42 PM

If you live anywhere near Wisconsin, get your ass to VENGER CON!!!  Got a question, just ask!


I'll be there running 2 heavily modified Shadowdark games this year and the guest of honor is our own Diversity and Dragons!

Come on down and enjoy burning the torches into the darkness.

AFAIK: Garycon and NorthTexas RPG con is full of old school and modern gaming but hasn't gone the full wokescold Pronoun police that GenCon has turned into.

Stay away from DragonCon, it's an Anime/COSPlay event and there is miniscule gaming these days.
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