San Diego ComicCon
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My wife dragged me to a similar event back in England once. Its basically a load of fan boys and girls queueing up to have stuff signed by "famous" people.
Meanwhile I was stood at the bar talking to a nice Aussie bloke about my plans to move to Australia. Had a great long chat and several beers with him and only afterwards, when my wife returned from the main event, was I told that he was one of the "famous" people. Sadly I still dont know who he was
What happens? - Lots of people stand in long queues to have things signed by people.
What can you do? - Stand in a queue.
What is there to see? - People from the TV sat behind a table signing stuff.
My wife's friend used to organise smaller, similar events all over the UK and by all accounts, Twilight conventions are the ones to go to if you're a single man. They have massive parties each evening where hundreds of girls in their late teens and early 20s get drunk with about 12 fellas to go around.
Meanwhile I was stood at the bar talking to a nice Aussie bloke about my plans to move to Australia. Had a great long chat and several beers with him and only afterwards, when my wife returned from the main event, was I told that he was one of the "famous" people. Sadly I still dont know who he was
What happens? - Lots of people stand in long queues to have things signed by people.
What can you do? - Stand in a queue.
What is there to see? - People from the TV sat behind a table signing stuff.
My wife's friend used to organise smaller, similar events all over the UK and by all accounts, Twilight conventions are the ones to go to if you're a single man. They have massive parties each evening where hundreds of girls in their late teens and early 20s get drunk with about 12 fellas to go around.
Edited by 200bhp on Friday 1st March 08:11
Yeah, decided to give it a miss. By all accounts the website was unavailable and had sold out within 25 minutes anyway.
But after reading a couple of reviews it sounded like a nightmare
-Extremely crowded and hot (notable body hygiene issues with many attendees apparently)
-The moment anything interesting happens the crowds flock to it and you can't see
-The panels to see celebrities you need to queue for hours, and then you may not even get in when they reach capacity. Heard of people waiting all day and seeing nobody
The porn conventions are probably much the same I imagine.
But after reading a couple of reviews it sounded like a nightmare
-Extremely crowded and hot (notable body hygiene issues with many attendees apparently)
-The moment anything interesting happens the crowds flock to it and you can't see
-The panels to see celebrities you need to queue for hours, and then you may not even get in when they reach capacity. Heard of people waiting all day and seeing nobody
The porn conventions are probably much the same I imagine.
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