The Gate Ten problem goes way deeper than that...the Tuesday before Gen Con, they lost the lease to their main lot due to nonpayment of rent (or specifically, refusing to pay the difference after their rent was significantly increased last year). The lot was given to a different company, who was entirely unprepared to have what is now their lot completely booked for literally two days later. Initially, Horseshoe said they would NOT be honoring Gate Ten parking, but by Thursday morning they apparently changed their mind because they gave me a ticket when I showed up with my Gate Ten pass that was good for all four days. There were no in-and-out privileges, though, as Gate Ten was promising. (I still paid for them, though, since Horeshoe's daily rate was *less* than the Gate Ten prepaid rate but I obviously didn't get refunded the difference.) All told, it ended up alright, though I wish I'd known where the new shuttle drop-off was before Saturday.
I gotta say, I agree with Johnny about the extra space for gaming. I mean, at least during Gen Con they can store that little bit of stuff in a storage closet or something. And maybe advertise at Gen Con about their gaming space and, well you get the gist. And I'm with Mrs Sherpa on the tp situation! Too much is never enough!! Glad to hear you had more positives than negatives 👍😁
As you could see, we were really struggling to find 10 bad things... Also was a bit of a spoiler to say Best Gen Con ever at the beginning of the video! LOL It would be nice to have more space. The area they have is small, but theres only a handful of people there... Maybe a bigger space would encourage more people - might be a good experiment next year... There have been hotel trips where the first roll of quadruple-ply TP ran out within 4 hours... Without any digestive issues from either of us... LOL
The kickstarters pay for wave 1 which is then sold at gencon. If they actually gave the backers wave 1 they would miss out on the revenue of gencon. It's the better business decision. But the customers lose. I'm done with kickstarter
You’re right - there is definitely a legit business reason for it, but the customer who supported it really should get it before some rando at Gen Con.
The 2 things I'd add is.... 1) the convention center removes more and more chairs and areas to rest every year and replace it with open floor. These are gamers that dont have anywhere to sit and olay with friends except the floor. If the seating was replaced for a good reason, i get it. It seems they dont want people there. Walk around or leave. Because i saw them making people get up off the floor if it was an area they didnt want people gathering or resting. 2) save money of the game library pass. If you already have a game you want to play, there were always open tournament tables in the stadium no one was using. Its also the best area to sit down and relax, but it's quite a distance from the convention floor. In my opinion, take some of the demo tables immediately next to the convention floor and block it out for people to play games with friends. Have areas to game at a gaming convention. Rant over.
@theorderofgeeks 100% agree on both point. Looking back at my older GenCon photos, they definitely had more seating in the past outside the vendor hall. I bet its that overdramatic woman in the video who brought out security who made the decision to hide the chairs so they wouldn't get sat on. The games library was really nice, but we just didnt use it enough to justify the cost of it... Especially when they have the comfy church chairs right outside with plenty of open tables... Unless the overdramatic lady decides to take the nice chairs away next year!
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Sheiky gets it - now if only the rest of the world can start to see it LOL Thanks bro
The Gate Ten problem goes way deeper than that...the Tuesday before Gen Con, they lost the lease to their main lot due to nonpayment of rent (or specifically, refusing to pay the difference after their rent was significantly increased last year). The lot was given to a different company, who was entirely unprepared to have what is now their lot completely booked for literally two days later. Initially, Horseshoe said they would NOT be honoring Gate Ten parking, but by Thursday morning they apparently changed their mind because they gave me a ticket when I showed up with my Gate Ten pass that was good for all four days. There were no in-and-out privileges, though, as Gate Ten was promising. (I still paid for them, though, since Horeshoe's daily rate was *less* than the Gate Ten prepaid rate but I obviously didn't get refunded the difference.)
All told, it ended up alright, though I wish I'd known where the new shuttle drop-off was before Saturday.
Oh wow, so much happened the week before GenCon! Thanks so much for telling the scoop behind Gate 10!!!
I gotta say, I agree with Johnny about the extra space for gaming. I mean, at least during Gen Con they can store that little bit of stuff in a storage closet or something. And maybe advertise at Gen Con about their gaming space and, well you get the gist.
And I'm with Mrs Sherpa on the tp situation! Too much is never enough!!
Glad to hear you had more positives than negatives 👍😁
As you could see, we were really struggling to find 10 bad things... Also was a bit of a spoiler to say Best Gen Con ever at the beginning of the video! LOL
It would be nice to have more space. The area they have is small, but theres only a handful of people there... Maybe a bigger space would encourage more people - might be a good experiment next year...
There have been hotel trips where the first roll of quadruple-ply TP ran out within 4 hours... Without any digestive issues from either of us... LOL
Awesome recap of the worst!
Thank you! I feel it was honest and fair... Best Gen Con ever, but theres room for improvement...
The kickstarters pay for wave 1 which is then sold at gencon. If they actually gave the backers wave 1 they would miss out on the revenue of gencon. It's the better business decision. But the customers lose. I'm done with kickstarter
You’re right - there is definitely a legit business reason for it, but the customer who supported it really should get it before some rando at Gen Con.
The name of that restaurant we want to try is Big Woods Speedway.
Awesome - gotta remember that for next year
The 2 things I'd add is.... 1) the convention center removes more and more chairs and areas to rest every year and replace it with open floor. These are gamers that dont have anywhere to sit and olay with friends except the floor. If the seating was replaced for a good reason, i get it. It seems they dont want people there. Walk around or leave. Because i saw them making people get up off the floor if it was an area they didnt want people gathering or resting. 2) save money of the game library pass. If you already have a game you want to play, there were always open tournament tables in the stadium no one was using. Its also the best area to sit down and relax, but it's quite a distance from the convention floor. In my opinion, take some of the demo tables immediately next to the convention floor and block it out for people to play games with friends. Have areas to game at a gaming convention. Rant over.
@theorderofgeeks 100% agree on both point. Looking back at my older GenCon photos, they definitely had more seating in the past outside the vendor hall. I bet its that overdramatic woman in the video who brought out security who made the decision to hide the chairs so they wouldn't get sat on.
The games library was really nice, but we just didnt use it enough to justify the cost of it... Especially when they have the comfy church chairs right outside with plenty of open tables... Unless the overdramatic lady decides to take the nice chairs away next year!