Leaving Indy, the magic is gone

[howardtayler]

I am always saddened when I stay in a convention hotel beyond the end of the con. The cool, nerdy, familiar things are gone and the place is just a hotel again. Here in downtown Indy the GenCon layer has been stripped away from countless locations and it's just another city center. My tribe has left. The magic is gone.

Maybe this is a good thing,

Comments

[thefile]

Sal had to be back and teach at Noon on Sunday. Shame on you for keeping him out so late :)

[rono_60103]

I suspect it depends a bit on the event.

With local or regional SF cons, often most or all traces and faces are gone by Sunday evening.

But last week, I wasn't completely separate from Anticipation until we were at the Chicago airport. There were still a lot of con people around the Delta on Tuesday morning, and almost 1/3 of our flight from Montreal to Chicago were people we recognized from the con.

On the other hand, by the time I left the Palis on Monday, little of the con remained there.

How late the event runs on its last day, how many people have to travel and how long it takes to clean up all have an impact on this.

[ccdesan]

I have experienced that so many times in my life. I went back to the Javitz Center after ComicCon in New York to fetch a bag which had been miraculously found intact (after having been stolen), and found just another convention center:

[sandratayler]

Conventions are the modern day Brigadoon.

[maneman]

It was great to finally meet you. :) Thank you for the conversation and the Frag stories, as well as the awesome sketch in my copy of XDM (I'm already a Level 2 Wet Newt).

Parker the Schlocker