Huge gamer convention that threatened to withdraw from Indiana over 'anti-gay' bill has backed down

Business Insider ^ | March 27, 2015 | Julie Bort

[EveningStar]

Full title: A huge gamer convention that threatened to withdraw from Indiana over its 'anti-gay' bill has backed down

... Gen Con, a huge gamers convention hosted in Indianapolis for more than a decade, said it would consider moving to another city if the bill became law. But citing hundreds of messages from the business community, it backtracked after the law was signed and said it would stay put through 2020, the length of its contract with the city ...

[syriacus]

Nice explanation of Indiana Law posted by guitarist.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3273178/posts

[Tzimisce]

TSR’s a crummy company that doesn’t care about its customers (see D and D 4th Edition).

[Ohioan]

Calling a pro-Liberty bill, "anti-gay," only illustrates the brainwashed bias, that accepts the idea that Government has the right to dictate social association and force doing business with those "protected" by legislation granting what are really special privileges, while undoing basic tenets of American culture.

The media, unfortunately, has not and will not actually analyze the impact of so called "Civil Rights" Laws governing the use of private property & patterns of association. Such legislation does not protect rights in the traditional sense, it seriously diminishes them.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

This reminds me of the gay activists’ attempt to boycott Colorado in the early nineties. It was an epic failure.

[EveningStar]

Thanks. I’ll bump it.

[Mmogamer]

TSR is long defunct. Wizards of the coast own the franchise now.

[dfwgator]

“Indiana wants me, Lord I can’t go back there...”

[fish hawk]

Like Obama says about his health care: it’s the law, live with it. Well, same thing here.

[Craftmore]

Maybe they found out they would lose support and money by not having the event?

[Vaduz]

Citing hundreds of messages from the business community,you move your outa the game got it.

[9thLife]

o noes. offended gamers. wuddareweegonnydoooooooooOO!

[nascarnation]

My gay niece comes in from Colorado for this.
It’s a real freak show by my conservative standards.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

TSr isn’t even it’s own entity anymore. They were bought by Wizards of the Coast who in turn were bought by Hasbro.

And yeah, 4th edition wasn’t even really D&D, but the new 5th Edition shines!

[elpadre]

let these people threatening to pull out go with your blessings, they will be replaced 100-fold by others who like what Indiana has done.

[RightGeek]

[nascarnation]

Directionally correct, but far too attractive compared to the reality, LOL.

Great find, though!

[yongin]

tsr was bought out by wizards of the coast in the ‘99. d & d is on its 5th edition. yet the gen con geeks will keep buying the same rule books each edition.

[Salman]

Who cares either way?