Bronycon Traditions · 7:38am Jul 14th, 2019
I've been going to Bronycon since 2015, the year of the largest attendance record. The last one ever is less than a month away. We should honor it by following some of the strange traditions I've accumulated over the years.
some of these are not actually traditions, but by me pretending they are, they become so 
Escape Room
A few blocks away from the harbor, at Charm City Clue Room. We had a group of 8 last year and did the Edgar Allan Poe room, narrowly solving the last puzzle with less than 1 minute left on the clock. We're gonna do it again! Obviously we're not doing the Poe room again. If you want to join our adventuring party, be sure to ask one of us if there's a spot open!
Last year CCCR hosted a free escape room within Bronycon itself, and if they do so again I recommend trying that out with some friends. It's free and you don't have to walk several blocks. But there's a possibility they only did that last year because literally nobody was going to Bronycon in the past few years, total ghost town, and this year literally everyone in the fandom is going again so maybe there's no spare activity rooms for them to set up. Too bad(!/?)
Notice how 2 paragraphs up I didn't even specify who any of "us" are. That's your first puzzle to figure out for the Hunter Exam.
Fallen Writers' Dinner
Every year the fanfic writers have a huge dinner party together. I never go because I've been banned for life (okay not really, I just wanted to impress you). So instead me and Axis have our own better dinner party for us outcasts, happening at another restaurant the same time!
It's better because very few people go, and we're bad at dealing with crowds and noise, so we prefer this way. That's about it. If you're also that type of person, you're welcome to join.
If way too many people are joining, then by necessity to avoid crowds we must splinter off and become the Fallen Fallen Writers.
Board Games
I like board games. Oink Games are designed to fit in these tiny boxes the size of a cigarette pack, so I'll carry a bunch of those around with me.
KKona Grill
Every year we wait like an hour for the waiter to deliver us overpriced, mediocre sushi. I don't like this place. Let's never do this tradition again.
Look, I understand Baltimore harbor is packed at dinner time, especially with the con going on, but if I'm gonna wait that long then I'd rather be sitting at Cheesecake Factory. Which just happens to be nearby. 
Sleeping!
Even though the Harbor is warm and humid enough to sleep outside on the sidewalk at night, a better tradition is to sleep in a comfortable room. In other words, if you don't have a room booked yet, contact Axis of Rotation, he might be able to help.
I've met the homeless who sleep on the sidewalk there. They're not the same people who beg for money during the day.
Bronycon Bookstore
Just kidding I don't have a book. If you want, I'll write a haiku on a post-it note instead.
Other People's Traditions
I hear other people do fun stuff at the convention too, like room drinking parties, and rave dancing. Let's appropriate their traditions because why not. I just need to figure out what they are first....
adds Haze to the list of people I need to kill meet at bronycon.
I indeed don’t have a room booked yet
I totally want a haiku on a post-it note
I'm down for escape room-age, if the schedule stars align.
I would also very much enjoy the fallen writers' dinner, because I've attended the writer's dinner twice and disliked it both times for exactly the reasons you cite.
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I'll save a spot for you on each!
We're still waiting for Bronycon to post their schedule, so we can reserve an escape room timeblock that won't interfere with something exciting. Possibly that'll be Sunday when the con ends, but we'll see.
When is the Escape Room?
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probably sunday..... when everyone's hungover
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Can I escape with you :3
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trust me and we will escape from the city
it's a little disorganized, and I suspect some people will say "yes" but not show up, so whoever we wrangle up that day is who will join