Wasn't there a sort of convention like thing that TomTheGeek had, an event thing, nowhere near a horde of thousands of people but, along the lines that you were talking about.
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Well, why doesn't Badspot just have a table set up in those other big conventions that are hosted? Even if it had a small turnout, it would be great for advertisement.