It’s no coincidence that tickets went on sale for Gencon yesterday.
Now, I’m not one for conspiracy theories. For example, I think that “media bias” has little do do with conspiracy, or from people at the top with specific agendas trying to force those things on the common person. I think it is more the result of an “old boy’s club” sort of thing, where people in media tend to hire people like themselves, and so you wind up with something of a common approach to things like politics.
Anyways, now that I’ve alienated and/or bored half of my readers, let’s get back to Gencon.
You see, I’m guessing that yesterday was something big in the world of sports. I know because I tried to order some wings for carry out at about 6:30, and the order taker just laughed at me.
I’ve made it known before that I’m not big into sports. I don’t have anything against sports, or sports fans. It’s just not what I’m into. Heck, I had a blast at last year’s Superbowl party. But I was more excited about registration opening up for Gencon than I was for this big football game. I’ve been planning, for days, to log in at exactly 3 PM EST, and buy my badge, and get the info I’d need to reserve my hotel room. By 3:05, I’d accomplished my mission.
So, back to conspiracy. I think it’s no accident that badges for the Superbowl of D&D went on sale the same day that the NFL played their big game thingy. Maybe Peter Atkinson is trying to capitalize on the hype, or to offer the portion of gaming geeks who aren’t that into sports something to do on Superbowl Sunday. Maybe the all-powerful moneybags in the NFL thought that they could strong-arm Gencon into opening registration on Superbowl Sunday so that their fan base would miss out, and therefore not switch interests from sports to D&D.
Maybe both Superbowl and Gencon registration were planned for the same day in order to detract from Lois Lane’s birthday. Just maybe, Lex Luthor is behind this.
Have a good one, all y’all. Look for a surprise on the blog later this evening.
