Bob Snare put this test up on Facebook, and since it didn’t ask me for all my FB profile data first, I decided to go ahead and take the test:<\/p>\n
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1. Fan, fen, geek, gamer, otaku, or other (if “other,” what)?
\n Gamer geek fan.<\/p>\n
2. First con attended?
\n RoVaCon 7 (1982), late Sunday only. Took a while for me to forgive my dad for that one.<\/p>\n
3. At what age did you attend your first con?
\n I’d have been in my late thirteens.<\/p>\n
4. Suffer from “post-con depression?”
\n Not so much. I’m often kinda relieved to turn life back down a few notches.<\/p>\n
5. How many cons a year?
\n Counting only the SF\/F\/anime-based ones, two to four, depending on many factors.<\/p>\n
6. What type of con’s your fave?
\n The ones I get to attend, which will usually be close by, and have several friends going as well. I like cons that are aimed a a wide range of fandoms, because it’s more likely there that I’ll find stuff in which to get involved.<\/p>\n
7. Do you go to cons for the guest, panels, or general con experience?
\n The general experience usually, with secondary emphasis on panels.<\/p>\n
8. Do you hit room parties?
\n Yep, if I know some of the folks there.<\/p>\n
9. Do you get drunk? If so, how much?
\n Nope, I only drink on rare occasions.<\/p>\n
10. Drunken con sex?
\n Not drunken, no.<\/p>\n
11. Any regrets?
\n Nope. I made an unwise choice or two in my youth, but I learned from them.<\/p>\n
12. Have a “con look,” clothing wise?
\n Either a hall costume, or tidy jeans-and-t-shirt.<\/p>\n
13. Do you costume? If so, costume contest? Ever won?
\n I have won “Best Presentation” awards for contest skits, but these days I mostly just hall costume.<\/p>\n
14. Specific “con footwear?” If so, what kind and why?
\n Sneakers, ’cause I’ll be on my feet all day; or whatever the hall costume requires.<\/p>\n
15. Go to the con with a specific person or group?
\n Yep, I like to go with my friends from the SW Virginia and Hampton Roads fandoms.<\/p>\n
16. Meet up with a specific person or group at a con?
\n Old friends from the Northern VA and North Carolina fandoms \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
17. Best con experience?
\n See below.<\/p>\n
18. Worst con experience?
\n There have been so many, of so many different kinds, that that might take me weeks to answer properly. Even then, I could divide it into stuff that happened to me, to people I observed, to the entire con, on the way there or back, food-related… I’d hate to bore anyone with the stories.<\/p>\n
19. Do you do the art show? Buy art or hang?
\n With rare exceptions, I buy. The first piece I ever placed in a show – a VTSSFC crowd portrait – sold, and may still be in Ron Jarrell’s possession, but nothing else ever did.<\/p>\n
20. Dealer’s room? Dealer or patron?
\n Usually patron unless I’m watching a table for someone else. I don’t spend as much as I used to, though.<\/p>\n
21. Do you go to a con with a budget? If so, do you stick to it?
\n Yep. Actually, my budget has built-in emergency leeway in it, in case I find something that’s worth a week of ramen, so I’m pretty good at not leaving the con broke.<\/p>\n
22. Do you stay in the hotel? If not, where? Do you gang up to make the room cheaper?
\n Yes. I am old and tired, and need to be able to go back to the room and nap. I will share with my sweetie and another couple if we all like each other lots.<\/p>\n
23. What do you do for food?
\n I bring bread and cold cuts, and will usually eat dinner out with friends on Saturday.<\/p>\n
24. Do you frequent the con suite?
\n In and out over the course of the evening, looking for a conversation or a cool costume.<\/p>\n
25. Do you game? How much? What type?
\n Yes, but I tend not to at cons very much. It’s time-consuming, and I’m not hardcore enough to go up against the other gamers. I buy gaming stuff though. These days I do a lot of non-CCG card gaming.<\/p>\n
26. Have you ever been staff at a con? If so, what?
\n I’ve run a lot of panels, from Iron Artist to lifestyle stuff. I judge Costume Calls fairly often, and get roped into improv entertainment a lot ’cause people know I’m a ham.<\/p>\n
27. Have you ever senior-staffed a con? If so, what did you do?
\n I co-chaired a couple of them. I’m really not very good at it.<\/p>\n
28. More literary, art, or media-oriented?
\n Yes. I don’t care, just grab my interest.<\/p>\n
29. When do you usually arrive and when do you leave?
\n I usually arrive mid-afternoon Friday if the roads are okay, and leave mid-afternoon on Sunday.<\/p>\n
30. Met an important person in your life at a con? If so, whom?
\n Well, I met the person who introduced me to Starfleet at a con, that only changed my life massively.<\/p>\n
Some of these questions ought to be spun off into full-size journal entries at some point. I’ve done some wacky stuff, and my friends have done even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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