Oh, but that's not being 101% tolerant of others. A big no-no in today's convention world... unless you mention you are a Conservative, a Christian, a 'hoarder', those groups can be roundly jeered and criticized.
TAnyone familiar with Gamer funk knows this should be considered no great loss.
Oh, but that's not being 101% tolerant of others. A big no-no in today's convention world... unless you mention you are a Conservative, a Christian, a 'hoarder', those groups can be roundly jeered and criticized.
As someone who does go to gaming cons and is familiar with gamer funk, the number of gamers who actually qualify as the stereotypical basement dwelling social lepers is a very small percentage these days. Certainly under 10%. Heck our local cons actually have a rule against gamer funk (as in if you exhibit it, you are barred from the con). I’ve been to Gen Con in Indianapolis once. It’s quite a spectacle. Of course it is the biggest gaming con by far so it should be a spectacle.
The characteristics I could say are common in gamers:
A) They all think they are geniuses, especially if they are not.
B) Most of them are pretty left wing. There are of course exceptions, but I would say the majority are certainly lefty.
C) They have bizarre flashbacks to 80s high schools and the idea that they are somehow a put upon minority. Truth be told, nobody outside of the hobby gives two damns about what they actually do.
While a lot of gamers like to associate the brilliant, rich, nerd niche with themselves, I know plenty of dumb as a post, poor gamers as well, so that stereotype doesn’t hold. Though likely the crowd at Gen Con is probably pretty close to that stereotype since the con is in no way cheap, so any gamer who can afford to attend is probably a well off techie.