For the life of me, I can’t figure out why some of the Gen Con attendees purchased multiple one day passes instead of the heavily discounted 4 Day badges. The only benefit would be that you could get your Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday badges each stamped and get a few extra swag bags. But why?

The bags weren’t all that amazing compared to what I’ve seen in previous years. They had a couple of dice (one which is rather hard to read so it’s mostly useless), a MapleStory booster (card game), a Blue Dragon card game and play mat, a Kingdom of Loathing online “Free Stuff” code (redeems in game for some equipment), a Legends of Norrath online redemption code (1 starter, 1 booster = $12.98 value), post-it notes, and other random paper stuffs.

The cost of buying each badge would run you about $130, as opposed to early registering for a 4 day badge for $65.

Oh, and speaking of mul-ti-passes… There was a costume contest entrant dressed as Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat from Fifth Element. It was of course the outfit that looks to be made of straps, not the sweat pants and suspenders (which is still hot).

You know how it is. We bumped into each other, sparks happen… (and flashes from cameras).