Comments | dreda: But... why?

dreda

But... why?

Jan 13, 2015 09:44

Prompted by casual conversations within earshot, posted here because of presumed demographic density ( Read more... )

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mizarchivist January 13 2015, 16:02:22 UTC

Metahacker has successfully encapsulated the why.
Also: ART SHOW! (I'm biased)

jedilora January 13 2015, 18:02:37 UTC

I go to help feed people these days. And my husband runs the SCA ball.

Also gaming, and wearing non garb costume, and seeing internet friends who don't SCA.

randysmith January 14 2015, 02:23:03 UTC

I think this is substantially more of a "Who are you?" question (as opposed to "What do you want?"). Arisia is overwhelming people, energy, alternative science fiction fan culture. If you can sink into that and draw energy from it, it'd be a lot of fun. If you'd enjoy any of those things in small doses but wouldn't enjoy being overwhelmed by them, you would have less fun. I used to go to Arisia, and I enjoyed it the most when I had a well defined volunteer task to do in which I would interact with a well defined, not-changing-very-fast set of people. I eventually decided that suggested it wasn't as much my thing as it was others'.

firespirit1 January 14 2015, 14:31:45 UTC

K and I enjoy reading science fiction and that is the original reason we went. Mostly I go because it's fun. I see some movies, people watch, go to some panels, see friends, and dress up in costume. I have a room to retreat to when the number of people begin to overwhelm me. It is a microcosm of geek culture. As randysmith below says, it depends on who you are. If you enjoy an immersion experience it is a fun place to be. You could also go for one day, just to see whether or not you'd enjoy it.

I also go to Boskone which is a smaller event in February more oriented towards readers rather being an explosion of geek culture. I'm planning on going to PiCon this year since it is at a time I can attend.

lauradi7 January 14 2015, 14:54:52 UTC

I went for the first time last year. I attended a number of panels, danced some, sang some, admired what people were wearing (I only dressed up for the tea dance), said hello to a few people I know from other contexts. I'm not a very outgoing person, but I wasn't overwhelmed. I think a defining moment for me was the time I was standing, reading a flyer posted to a column in the lobby, and Hellboy was standing next to me also reading it. It just seemed like a normal thing, and that's a nice feeling. This time I'm just going for Sunday - attend a panel with NK Jemisin, dance some, learn some stuff, get home not exhausted.
I don't know you well enough to guess whether you'd like it or not.