Starshadw at aol.com writes: > In a message dated 7/22/2002 11:34:27 AM Mountain Daylight Time, mneme at io.com > writes: > > > > Do people who never go to conventions really think this is what they > > are like? > > I've been to enough of them in the past that my opinion is based on my > experience. I've been to big ones (StarCon in Denver - when Patrick Stewart > made his last appearance) and to smaller ones (small gaming convention in > Wisconsin) and they were all the same, whether they were big or little. Lots > of people milling about aimlessly, crowding each other, etc. But media cons and gaming cons *aren't* conventions as I use the term; and from all I hear they're nothing like the conventions I go to. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info