Comments | thebitterguy: I am a shattered wreck of humanity.

thebitterguy

I am a shattered wreck of humanity.

Jul 17, 2005 23:04

The con was tiring. I'm feeling unrested ( Read more... )

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anonymous July 18 2005, 03:37:49 UTC

I gather this was an SF con. Which one? And where?

Secondly, why is gaming in the doldroms with SF fandom?

Or is it the opposite, gaming fandom has moved on?

::B::

thebitterguy July 18 2005, 12:08:16 UTC

It was Toronto Trek. They've never had a good gaming track, but since they moved to their new venue it's gotten worse; everything is now squeezed into one room, and the gaming panels are held in that room, which doesn't have a pannelists table at the front.

I don't know if Gamers don't go to SF cons, or if SF cons just treat the gaming content poorly. It was dissapointing.

luciancarter July 18 2005, 19:02:27 UTC

"Panels were good. Should have prepared more for SF Cinema in review. Gaming panels are getting worse each year. They have stopped providing a room for them,and simply shunt them into the gaming room, which pretty much destroys them ( ... )

thebitterguy July 18 2005, 20:50:04 UTC

First off, putting panellists at a round table pretty much eliminates the need for panellists. You can just hold an 'open discussion'.

Admittedly, a panel like "Nice Game" doesn't really need any sort of moderation of direction (thank God), because it can work as just an unfocussed bitch session, unlike most panels.

I actually preferred the panel as a discussion in round rather than the typical pracice of placing panelists behind a table which almost makes them look like some sort of annointed experts.

Amusing fact: They ARE experts, or at least they're supposed to know enough to make them worth listening to. Otherwise it's some kind of namby-pamby chatroom bullshit.

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thebitterguy July 19 2005, 01:09:40 UTC

I think I wrote that before I called you.

But I can be wrathful and sleepy pretty much simultaneously.

anthonyarms July 20 2005, 00:24:12 UTC

Hay, your blogging panel was good, I enjoyed it. And I think I was on a panel with you, talking about "DC on TV, Marvel for movies", or something like that. I thought that it went well(I hope it went well), it was my frist time being a panelist, and you made it fun.

thebitterguy July 20 2005, 03:06:33 UTC

The panel was excellent, once we disposed of that wee moderator.

It was a pleasure to work with you as well. I'm sure we'll do many panels together in the future as well.