With Supanova coming up I'm thinking about maybe going. It would be my first convention and I'm wondering about increasing my inner nerd level by attending. However I'm curious as to what you actually do there and why do people go. For example looking at the guests I only recognise about 3 or 4 and I'm not sure why they are exciting in general or what they do when there or what people expect of them. I'm not really into celebrities etc and I kind of think of actors as just people who do acting as a job. So Jack Gleeson was on Game of Thrones but he didn't write it or invent it or do any of that stuff, just portrayed a character. Do they talk about how filming was? Teal'c is a character I really liked in Stargate, if I wanted to get a photo with the actor then I would also have to pay an extra $50 fee on top of the ticket too.

I'm not quite ready to make a costume and dress up but it would probably be fun and interesting at looking at the other people doing that.

The Aussie Transformers collecting club Facebook group I think is having a stall so I guess there are lots of people selling merchandise etc which could be good to look at. Do people who go generally buy stuff? What are the prices like, for things that are not rare or hard to find?

It also goes over multiple days, are the days different?

I suppose more 'general' ones like this and Comic Con are different to something like Botcon which is all about one theme which is more focussed. So Just after some thoughts I guess on the appeal and what you do if you go!