Inviting us to Cons
Let's say you're the guest coordinator for a gaming convention. You want to get
some big names from the game industry to swing by and talk about their stuff, run demos, and all that
good stuff. Well, if you can't get'em, or you have money left over in the guests budget, you can almost
always get me.
I'm more than willing to go to just about any con in the world, with only two
conditions. First, that I'm not doing anything important that weekend, and second, that it doesn't
cost me anything.
Odds are, I'm not doing anything that weekend. Selling games is what I do for a
living, and going to cons is a good way to do that, so about the only thing you have to worry about is
whether I'm going to another con. Even then, feel free to ask. Odds are I can come to one personally
and send a rep to the other.
Then there's the cost bit. Again, less of an obstacle than you'd think. If you
invite me to your con, there's 3 basic needs of mine you need to deal with. I have to get there somehow,
I need to sleep somewhere, and I need to eat at some point. If you're willing to fly me out first class,
put me up in a nice hotel, and write me a blank check to cover me on food, that's great. Really though,
I'm totally fine with gas money, a dark quite corner with a couch in it, and $5 for one decent meal and
access to the free junk food you're scattering around for attendees.
That's if I'm personally attending mind you. If I'm sending a representative, they'd
potentially have slightly higher standards, likely balanced out by shorter travel distances.
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