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Your First Con: A Most UnConventional Experience
- By Adam Bertocci
- Published 01/8/2007
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(1) Be prepared to wait in lines
There is something about waiting in line that attracts the science fiction fan. Whether they're queuing up for the latest "Star Wars" three weeks after shooting starts, or placing reservations on new video games so they can be the first people to play another damn first-person shooter, if there is a line to be stood in, it will be rewarded with diligent attention.
With that said, this means you've got to get where you're going early. The more popular an event, the more likely it is that it's going to fill. That goes double if they're giving anything away.
Curiously enough, a sci-fi convention is the one place in town where there's rarely a line at the women's restroom.
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Comment #1 (Posted by RB)
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Ah, brings back memories of my first Dragon*con. :)
Comment #2 (Posted by Lillian)
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What you're talking about are the huge media cons such as DragonCon, ComicCon, etc. SF cons are generally much smaller, more intimate, and have a lot fewer media-related events. Writers are the big draws at those conventions, and they outnumber the big media shows by a considerable margin. Try going to one sometime.
Comment #3 (Posted by Kate L)
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If you think long lines, packed events, free swag, and geeks as far as the eye can see are something at a sci-fi con, you've clearly never been to a Microsoft product launch. You'd think all those guys had never seen free pens before! ("Dude...You know you can buy a whole BOX of those - especially on your salary!")