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Exhibitors Drinking Game

Posted on June 28, 2005 By Tom No Comments on Exhibitors Drinking Game
EdTech

OK, there isn’t any adult beverage available, but if there were…

1.  Take a drink every time you see the phrase "Changing the way…" or "Changing the face of".
2.  Take a drink for every cool trinket you score.
3.  Take two drinks for every cool trinket you score without having to sacrifice your vital information.
4.  Take a drink each time you are "swooped" – a vendor enters the walking space and pounces on you with unwanted literature.
5.  Take one drink each time you sit through a software presentation.  You’ll need it to conteract the perkiness.
6.  Take a quest each time you see the word "Quest" appended to some other word – KnowledgeQuest, SpongeQuest, DietQuest.

And finally, some rules for walking through the exhibits…

Rule number one – never make eye contact.  Vendors with companies with which you have not interest will swoop in to hand you something.

Rule number two – don’t get suckered in.   Games and gimicks will get you nothing substantial.  Example, GDW was holding a contest where you were to find someone whose number on their badge matched yours.  After standing in line for awhile to claim your "prize", l that happened was that they entered your number into a computer, and if it matched theirs, you won $500.  Otherwise, nothing for your efforts.  What a colossal waste of time.  Another group would have you wear a red had, and if one of their operatives spotted you later in the convention wearing this thing, you won a prize.  Yeah, right.  Otherwise you’ll just be a shill.

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