Spotted this story in my local paper - The Star Tribune:
MADISON, Wis. — More than 600 self-described geeks are expected in Madison this weekend for a two-day convention that includes role playing, video games, and lots of science fiction.If anyone goes drop me an email or comment with your experience!Others might call it Revenge of the Geeks. The organizers call it Geek.kon, with .kon standing for convention. Like any conference, it's a place for people with common interests to gather.
"Your average American citizen does not know what a LAN party is, nor Warhammer, nor LARP, nor cosplay,'' organizer and panelist Jackie Lee said.
The convention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sponsored by Geek.kon, a registered student organization made up mostly of members of the university's sci-fi and anime clubs, and the university's East Asian studies department.
"Madison is a great place for geeks, and we hope that Geek.kon will be a place for people to experience that,'' said Louise Behnke, one of the event's creators.
2 comments:
Maybe this con (Kon?) will be the next GenCon?
The last convention I attended was a WizardCon in Chicago.
Well, I thought it went off pretty well;
main problems seemed to have been ventilation and crowding, to be expected from the sucky humanities building.
but everyone seemed to enjoy everything. *snicker* I was staff/volunteer so I spent a lot of time hopping from one room to the next to see what was going on.
We did have: board games, rpgs, video gaming, DDR and guitar hero, lots of panels, Luke Ski, Ben Heck, a lot of great vendors and artists (whom we were unfortunately forced to cram into a small room. eek), an amazing cosplay masquerade, LARP, LAN party, and tons of anime and scifi viewings. And CCGs. and a Magic Tournament....
*is a bit overwhelmed* still in recovery mode...
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