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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Gen Con. It's a 4 day convention. The Indiana Tourism agency says that this years attendance will be in the neighborhood of 60,000!!!!! I probably don't have to tell you what that does to downtown traffic!!! It's not the cars though. Because most people stay in a hotel downtown, so they can walk to the convention center. It's the pedestrians!!!! OMG! It take 3, 4, sometimes 5 signals if you want to turn! It's so crazy. And nerds? Whoa. Gobs and gobs of nerdy nerds. And mostly men. Interesting. Lots of squishy Wall-E people and basement dwellers too. Big fat guys w/fanny packs. Oh! And dozens and dozens of men walking around in kilts! You know I'm not a joiner so it's hard for me to understand. But I love it for them. Honestly, they look like they're having the best time!! I took all these pictures today, on my lunch walk, for your enjoyment;
(remember, you can click on a picture to see them larger!)
Let the games begin;
nerdy men
In the hotel across the street
There's a place to paint your own game pieces
There's robotics
Here's the Governor and first dog, getting into the act
nerds
attention whore
game enthusiast?
good stuff man
awwww
This years 300+ page "program"
because gaming is stressful!
nerds
more of them
they're everywhere!!
some of them just sit along the halls and play
dude, your costume is sick!
A princess in a sea of nerdy men
alright...where are all the chicks??
those are all made of cards!!!
this is Georgia Street, in front of the convention center
is there a girl in there somewhere?
Ready for Halloween for sure!
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