Just to be clear, the guy DID pay to get in, and the single island of tables in the hotel lobby where you paid was also where they handed out badges. So not only was a guy able to literally walk all the way across the convention space without a badge and not get stopped, but apparently whoever took bro’s money made so little effort to give him his badge that he was able to decide that just wandering away from the table would yield better results. Still, let’s not overlook the big screamin’ deal here. I wasn’t down in the convention center area that much over the weekend, but I can confirm that there was VERY little if any badge checking at any of the points where the hotel lobby opened into the rest of the convention center. So, from a practical perspective, the fact that somebody was able to wander around badge-free isn’t that surprising. I’m just surprised on general principle. Given what police states most conventions are about security these days, it was a real head trip to see a con be this lax (ESPECIALLY one taking place right in the middle of downtown)
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