First I am very happy to have survived the weekend at what will likely be my very last Reactor convention. I don’t want to be mean, but things just did not come together at all. The hotel was way too small and things were almost totally disorganized with main events starting anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour or more late. This disorganization, coupled with an over emphasis on smoking, drinking, and sex (in a distinctly child-unfriendly environment) lead to one of the worst arguments my wife and I have ever had.
We got over the fight and I already knew Reactor wasn’t likely to be very kid friendly anyway. But the level of the excesses was not something I was prepared for. And the fact that there was not a discount registration for children under 12, I think kept a lot of families away, which from what I saw was probably a good thing. Putting on a con for mature audiences only is not a bad thing, but putting one on poorly is!