Gen Con Nightmare: What Went Wrong?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This year’s Gen Con was supposed to be a dream for us, but, it turned into a nightmare. From overcrowded halls and logistical chaos to unexpected mishaps, the 2024 Gen Con experience left a lot to be desired. In this video, we break down everything that went wrong, including the biggest mistakes we made, how it impacted our con, and what we could do to improve future conventions.
If you're curious about Gen Con 2024, or if you want to know what really happened to us at one of the biggest tabletop gaming conventions in the world, you won’t want to miss this deep dive into the chaos.
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Best gencon ever was the pandemic one. Was like a ghost town (comparatively) in the hall, and (ironically) the only one i never got sick at.
Gencon should move to Minneapolis. Much better city with better transportation options.
I would be down with that. Although I've only been to Minneapolis twice, I really enjoyed my time there. -Drew
GenCon has been too large for that convention center for most of the last decade, not counting the covid years. Moving would mean a choice between Orlando, Chicago and Las Vegas and Peter Adkinson has dismissed moving to any of those cities.
In the very near future Gencon will become like SDCC where the absolute cap on the number of people the convention center can possibly accommodate will be reached. The first year where people actually get refused tickets who are in line when the system goes online may be what it takes to get the operation moved again.
@@KenS1267 events are already impossible to get, I can only imagine the actual tickets. I wouldn’t mind it being in Orlando.
@@NerdLNerd It would be sad to see it leave the Midwest but Chicago probably has the highest hotel prices of the available options. However Florida has DeSantis and his various posturings which make moving there unlikely.
I'm unsure at times if it's the amount of times I've gone to gencon (think I started in 2003-2004) along with other conventions that has given me good experience in handling them. I mean there is always an x factor like fatigue will kick in there are only so many days you can go out drinking till close wake up early shower and do a bunch of events.
@@cerealkiller195 Very easy to reach burn out, but I still love it!
-Seth
Marvel Multiverse RPG was running two hour slots all con. It was the sleeper hit of the convention.
My routine is Thursday a walk through and actual shopping on Sunday.
@@edwardkopp1116 that’s a great routine. Wish we would have check out the Marvel game. We tried to wing it and failed miserably. Last year we had a clear plan.
@@NerdLNerd I can arrange an online game Fuzzy on the Details if you're interested in doing a cross channel promotion.
Last Gen Con I went to was probably something like 1999, if I had to guess. And my take-away was that you should probably just do your shopping on Thursday, since stuff can easily sell out by Sunday. So, if there's something you want, you should just get it right away.
My other big advice about Gen Con is to go with a friend. It's a very lonely experience if you go alone. I've done it both ways, and have WAY more fun if you've got someone to hang out with.
@@diekluge I agree, get stuff when you see it, you may not find that booth again.
And I came home with Covid from Gencon :(
@@dborne no way! Sorry to hear that!
Only 6000th in line for events? That is extremely good. After going for 20 years I have never been less than that even though I also hit at the milisecond it opens.
@@ryanconrad2786 At this point I think it’s the luck of the draw.
some of the best food I've had in my whole life has been from food trucks. However, there is a great difference from good food trucks to bad ones and it helps to have an iron stomach and some peptobismal lol.
@@valnarz9550 this is 100% accurate! 😂
Good GRIEF!! Drew...you poor guy. What a miserable "con"coction.
That first day I was no longer Drew. I had evolved into Spue! My attacks were “water canon” and ignoring everything around me to just focus on it not happening again. I didn’t always win.
In this video in particular Seth really looks like a young cool ginger Dwight Schrute
@@SabertoothDeathmouse I take that as a major compliment 😀
-Seth
We went last year, first time in a long time, probably the last time we will attend. It was impossible to get into any of the events we wanted to attend, almost all of the games were fully booked by the time we were able to sign up. People were surprisingly rude, that was very unexpected.
Never seen more TS in my life
@@sushiyumyumz5522 "TS"?
Never eat from a Food Truck. We called them Roach Mobiles in SD,
@@nightwind67 hahaha never know what your gonna get! 😂