Posted on 08/30/2019 10:53:06 AM PDT by Cecily
For the 33rd straight year, downtown Atlanta is set to come alive with costumed conferencegoers as Dragon Con comes to town, Aug. 29 through Sept. 2. While the daytime events calendar is filled with panel discussions, workshops, gaming, and family-friendly sight-seeing, night time at Dragon Con is something else entirely.
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I can’t imagine anything that would get me to go to Atlanta on purpose. Maybe if I needed a specialized cancer treatment that was only available there.
We went to several up until the early 00s.
Neither of us were costume people. We’d go to panels, get a few autographs, and get some walking in.
DragonCon is way over booked and regimented for me.
These are (supposedly) adults?
I guess we’re not allowed to speak about how ridiculous this whole event is in these enlightened, tolerant times.
Or am I just turning into a curmudgeon?
Went to Origins in Dallas in ‘84.
At one point on the last day one of the hotels pulled a fire alarm to get us to leave because ordinary goers were overstaying.
It was fun gaming and meeting authors and actors from older shows. I have not been in a long time, however. My favorite author is there this year, so I wish I had been able to attend.
It’s gotten to be way too many people!
I remember when hotels were $145 a night...
Funny comment from the video:
“My God! Who’s manning the internet!?!?”
I may be doing Albacon (Albany NY) for the first time next month, just as a change of pace.
Almost everything SF has been taken over by SJWs. The winner of the John Campbell award speaks in Dublin at Worldcon.
Warning, very bad language:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ58zf0vzB0&feature=youtu.be
Did you ever have to pay $600 to go trick-or-treat?
Hey, that was a tiny bit more interesting than watching golf on TV.
No, and these Dragon Con people probably don’t get any free candy either.
True, but a smootch from Jewel Staite or Morena Baccarin would last a lifetime.
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