GeekCon 2001
By quiet 07 Aug 2001
So I went to GenCon for a day this Saturday. For those of you who don’t know what it is, GenCon is a massive 4 day convention for geeks of all kinds who like sci-fi/fantasy.
<p>This was my first GenCon, and I’d have to say that it is an utter success for 2 reasons:</p>
<p>1. I attended with 12 friends from college whom I haven’t seen in a long time.</p>
<p>2. I’m an utter cynic when it comes to things like this. Gencon can be a ton of fun if you don’t take it seriously.</p>
<p>Things of interest that I saw: <br />guy in well done Predator costume<br />
more Stormtroopers than the Imperial Navy<br />
girl dressed up like Rimmer<br />
lots of chainmail bikinis on models<br />
chainmail dress with large woven links worn by a woman with nothing else on<br />
WotC getting shit on and beaten by the smaller gaming companies<br />
making of footage of Episode 2</p>
<p>The guy that did the presentation for Episode 2 was an utter dick. Lucas studios has totally bought into their own hype. On the plus side, we’re gonna get to see Yoda kick some ass, and Samuel L. Jackson’s gonna use a lightsaber.</p>
<p>Afterwords I went to the White Wolf party where Justin Achilli, the Vampire developer, was spinning up a storm, and danced the night away.</p>