Gen Con or.......?

Personally, I would l like for you to go to Gen Con, as I am going and would love to have the opportunity to meet you in person. However, you should do what's best for the channel. There will be more conventions in the future.

I voted yes to go, but I want you to go to take some stress off of work and just hang out over there and relax. I would advice if you do end up making videos, leave the editing portion when you get home, that way you could just focus on Gen Con and the people around you. Although having a 2nd set up is an amazing investment, but so is vocation time from being burnt out. *Edit* Although I do agree with what most people said in the comments, I still believe you should invest in some vacation time at the very least, if not with Gen Con. I haven’t attended to one of those conventions, but I surely will some day. Probably 2025, that’s when I’ll have my RN and BSN finished.

You most certainly will! I plan on eventually attending all of the major cons in the future :) Just a matter of when.

The King of Average

hehe going would indeed be fun! But I enjoy making the best videos I can for you guys as well!

The King of Average

Ah yeah good point, many companies haven't said yes or no but I fear most will end up with "no"

The King of Average

Hopefully it does indeed pick back up!

The King of Average

Essen 2023?! :D Good points btw. I was hoping to actually meet with some companies for interviews more than new games and perhaps see firsthand some gaming "stuff" outside of just games (like tables and such) plus some of you guys of course! But sounds like if I wait a year many more of you could attend as well and it'd just be more useful all around.

The King of Average

I'll end up there at some point for sure!

The King of Average

Not sure how Indiana is actually, probably worth a look!

The King of Average

I saw somewhere they expect less than 6k people which is crazy small for Gen Con O.o

The King of Average

Every opinion counts, especially among you all :)

The King of Average

hehe, so the joy I get out of what I do here is because it's useful for you guys. That's what drives me. So if yall say it's more useful and desired for me to have better footage and an easier time doing it then that's exactly what I'll do, and do it happily. Going to Gen Con would be a lot of fun for sure, but using the new equipment to make better videos for you guys (and hopefully more) and knowing that's desired is far more satisfying long term :)

The King of Average

The wrong answer I feel would be ignoring the consensus here, which is why I wanted to verify and glad I did! Once again I am so thankful to have such a great community. I know I can count on you guys to care for what's best and correct me when I'm wrong and this is proof of it. I make these videos for you guys and yall have told me what you want plain and clear :) If I hadn't of asked though I agree, value in both :) I went to go purchase what I needed, paused and figured I'd ask you guys. Glad I did!

The King of Average

I'd like to see your unique perspective with gen con.

You bring up a good point! With less stuff there but probably similar level coverage it'll mean less useful effort on my part potentially. I'll keep that in mind for the future as well when planning these things.

The King of Average

Pre-buying an editing laptop would actually be huge as that's definitely something needed for any channel travel.

The King of Average

Points well made, for both sides :D

The King of Average

I found it to be a ton of work, but I also was able to scan in my painted miniatures for a fully digital recreation of Conan so the end result can be pretty darn impressive! I hope one day it advances enough to where I can digitize my entire collection like my Plex for movies. I've used it to play board games with some of you in the past so the value proposition is still high for me but man can it be clunky too!

The King of Average

Totally do what you want, I'm good either way, if you feel you'll get a ton out of it and enjoy putting content together from it do it, otherwise do something else. I'm on the other side of a big ocean so its really not my place to suggest what you should do, I also feel its your channel do what makes you want to make more content as that will be the best type of content you can create. :D

Stuart Humpheryes

Tough call. There’s no wrong answer here, but I’d say that with a thinner turnout this year I’d go for the long term value of newer equipment.

Smooth Rivera

I think that coverage of Gen Con is going to be oversaturated this year, so I'd rather have you invest in your setup.

Hah! That's already taken care of elsewhere, though some funds here will go for final setup I imagine in the new place. For now this channel is 100% sell run, most of that coming from you guys :) otherwise there'd be a dip in coverage about 1.5 years from now because I wouldn't be able to back as much :D

The King of Average

Where you guys on the list and I just missed you or are you going just without a booth/space? Wonder how many do that now.

The King of Average

I will look into that for sure! When does it happen this year?

The King of Average

I’m naive to BG conventions but is Gen Con mainly about retailers and publishers connecting and less so fan focused. Would something like Pax Unplugged be more geared towards fans?

Arman

Well, I personally sure hope you come to Gen Con, I'd love to meet you and (hopefully) demo Earth Under Siege for you. It would make total sense if you decide to go another route, but I'm still hoping to see you there :)

Steve Kozlowski

Seems like upgrading and increasing your ease of use in your bread and butter video production and creation is the best option from my narrow view.

My vote is skip this one. Maybe put the money towards a video editing laptop for next year so you can post vides on the fly. Plus This is the first big one post covid. Its going to be a mess and masks and other restrictions will cause issues.

Though I voted for the journey ( an adventure! ) the more logical solution would be a second setup. Its more long term and a lot more beneficial for the videos (and us) in general. Also as other mentioned covid uncertanty might make Gencon a snore fest....

Hi Michael, I wish I could go to Gen Con (it is not going to happen any time soon) so I will definitely not try and dissuade you.

I hate my vorpal board. Scan function sucks, I do like the arm they sent. Best part of the whole thing.

David Seim

What's a vorpal board?

Covid is still a big issue and I think theres still going to be a lot pulling out of these big events. I say second setup!

Any other year id say go but this yeah, maybe not. Jump back in next year

Jonathan Wisner

TBH if Kickstarter is your thing then gonig to a convention should be about meeting up with the gamers and doing stuff together with them.... Companies are not going to pre-announce their KickStarters with playable demo's there.... As you don't focus on retail I don't really see the added value. That being said - I live in the UK, if you'd go to a convention here I'd be like: hell yeah! So it's kinda not fair for us to vote on it as well.....

Eric Woning

I'm going to Origins this year again, going to be at least 1/3 smaller than normal with not only the lack of companies going, but 2 other conventions going on at the same time (normally Origins takes over the center completely). I as a content creator would hold off and get more equipment, look at going next year. And would love to see you go to Origins sometime :)

..money toward the new house ! :)

Is gen con worth it? How will numbers be.....so I voted for the 2nd setup or 3rd option

I don't know how covid is going over your side but we are getting more and more lockdowns here with more rates going up.

I have my vorpal board and man do I need to learn how to use it. The possibility of it is so cool!

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