LogFAQs > #928595379

And it's that the people who go to nerd conventions, whether PAX or SDCC or Blizzcon or whatever, are typically not actually dedicated fans of the subject material.

Judging by the people I personally know who go to blizzcon, few of them actually play any blizzard games to what I'd call a dedicated level. Lots of WoW-dabblers and people who stopped playing Overwatch a month after launch but still share the fan-art on twitter. Almost universally the main reason I hear for going to conventions, especially out-of-town conventions, is that they are essentially a big party. People go to take pictures for their instagram and get wasted at afterparties. Some of them even feel that this is, for whatever reason, the only environment they are capable of doing those things.

The only exception to this I've experienced was going to The International 2015, but that's obviously like 10% convention and 90% tournament so it doesn't really count.