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Despite the fact that PaizoCon 2013 is within walking distance of my house, work commitments have prevented me from attending any of the events being held there.
But PaizoCon's proximity to my residence makes the PaizoCon Store the closest brick-and-mortar game retailer to my house, by a wide margin. So it was that I spent my lunch break this Saturday afternoon strolling over to PaizoCon to purchase a copy of "Rasputin Must Die!"
Unfortunately, after setting out, I forgot whether PaizoCon was at the Marriot hotel or the Hilton hotel just down the hill. Not carrying an internet-enabled smartphone, I devised an ingenious scheme to locate PaizoCon: I would count the number of fellow geeks in attendance at each hotel, thereby triangulating the location of PaizoCon.
Sure enough, as I walked past the nearest hotel, I witnessed the emergence of three cosplayers, several forty-something gentlemen matching the description of a stereotypical IT professional, and no less than three groups of younger geeks with name badges and backpacks. I had located PaizoCon...
Or so I thought.
As I entered the Hilton hotel, I discovered that I was surrounded not by fellow gamers, but by Bronies. That's right, folks. While attempting to locate PaizoCon, I discovered a convention for My Little Pony fans being held in the adjoining hotel.
Having discovered my error, I promptly exited the Hilton, strolled up the hill to the Marriot, and crashed the second geekiest convention I would attend that day. I headed straight for the PaizoCon Store, made a single purchase, and then returned home.
But despite spending a grand total of maybe three minutes in attendance at PaizoCon 2013, I suspect I have just had one of the strangest PaizoCon experiences of the year. All courtesy of My Little Pony.