I-Con at Stony Brook? Peg and I did that a lot in the 90s, repping for Steve Jackson Games and running GURPS as MIBs. We probably crossed paths at least once.
The last con Peg and I attended was Philcon, circa 2018 or so. It used to be one of the biggest cons on the East Coast with hours and hours of quality programming. We attended every year like clockwork, even regularly planned on doing some of our Christmas shopping in its dealer room (back in the day when it was held in mid-November). But sometime in the early 2000s, after they hosted the 2000 Worldcon (as "The Millennium Philcon"), the concom decided they wanted to make it a smaller, more intimate, "literary-only" con instead of the sprawling multimedia delight it used to be. It's utter crap now, with almost nothing to offer.
So yeah, we know the same feeling.
The last con Peg and I attended was Philcon, circa 2018 or so. It used to be one of the biggest cons on the East Coast with hours and hours of quality programming. We attended every year like clockwork, even regularly planned on doing some of our Christmas shopping in its dealer room (back in the day when it was held in mid-November). But sometime in the early 2000s, after they hosted the 2000 Worldcon (as "The Millennium Philcon"), the concom decided they wanted to make it a smaller, more intimate, "literary-only" con instead of the sprawling multimedia delight it used to be. It's utter crap now, with almost nothing to offer.
So yeah, we know the same feeling.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....