I am totally bummed
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:20 pm
I just got some disturbing news. Nothing serious, no health issues or anything. Allow me to explain.
For over 30 years I've been attending a gaming convention known as GenCon - originally sponsored by the company that produced Dungeons & Dragons in its various iterations, and now sponsored by the company that bought the company that bought out the company that produced D&D (TSR bought out by Wizards of the Coast, bought out by Hasbro). For 25 of those years I've been part of an event known originally as the D&D Open and later the D&D Championship. By judging that event I got into the convention free and got a shared hotel room near the convention center. This year Wizards has pulled the plug on this oldest continuously run event at GenCon - the reasons they gave the coordinator included declining signups and "a generation that doesn't see D&D as a competitive event". I didn't participate in this event just for the free room and badge - I enjoyed it. Now, however, it's come to an end. I suppose I could volunteer to run other events (the coordinator said he'd be involved in other events at the convention and would need judges) but it won't be the same.
For over 30 years I've been attending a gaming convention known as GenCon - originally sponsored by the company that produced Dungeons & Dragons in its various iterations, and now sponsored by the company that bought the company that bought out the company that produced D&D (TSR bought out by Wizards of the Coast, bought out by Hasbro). For 25 of those years I've been part of an event known originally as the D&D Open and later the D&D Championship. By judging that event I got into the convention free and got a shared hotel room near the convention center. This year Wizards has pulled the plug on this oldest continuously run event at GenCon - the reasons they gave the coordinator included declining signups and "a generation that doesn't see D&D as a competitive event". I didn't participate in this event just for the free room and badge - I enjoyed it. Now, however, it's come to an end. I suppose I could volunteer to run other events (the coordinator said he'd be involved in other events at the convention and would need judges) but it won't be the same.
