Inside Devcon18
Well, last weekend as part of the EAA Fantasy Department I had the delight appearing at Devcon18. Any comic-con which sparks a security alert is quite exhilarating. Apparently, a member of the public saw cosplay players in black complete with balaclava and bright orange Nerf gun waiting for his friends outside the convention and decided it was a terrorist attack. I would state here that although I don't know much about terrorism I feel that waiting for your co-conspirators on the steps of a building you are going to terrorise is never a good criminal plan.
It's great that people their civic responsibilities seriously but even the police had a good laugh about it when they arrived.
That was a drama which was difficult to top. However, I did manage to get arrested by Stormtroopers and met Darth Vader, two things that I can now tick off my bucket list. There was also a pair of alliance pilots which were great too. The only Harry Potter character on show was Severus Snape and I'm glad to say his wand was not working that day or we would all be dead!
One of the things I love is talking about the lands of Torcia and Mivir. Unfortunately, I'm not so good at map reading especially when its upside down so I was explaining to everyone about the invasion of Torcia and basically... I had the Mivirian horde sweeping in from completely the wrong side (west not east) but then anyone who has ever been in a car with me knows not to follow my directions ever.
A great day!
