Fiar enough. I have worked multiple conventions & worked around all sorts of interesting characters as a result. Maybe it was just the area I live in & the conventions here, I just didn't see it. I would certainly classify the vast majority of the furry community here as socially inept/weird, though the costumes provide a perfect disguise for predators & I had not considered it until I started digging on the problems Q addressed.
Granted I also recognize many LARPers are weird, though the boffer fighters I hang out with have been generally pretty cool, all things considered. Granted we all recognize ourselves for what we are, nerds who never really grew up. Sure we work, pay out bills, raise awesome children, but we still play pretend & can laugh at the silliness of it all. The vast majority of our group also recognizes there are a few that take it way too seriously & have helped those socially awkward kids develop into productive adults that just needed some good mentors (many coming from single mother homes).
There was only ever one event I attended where a guy was creeping on an underage girl. I don't know why a few of us didn't end up in prison. Word probably spread in pedo circles to stay away from our sport/game, I don't know what happened to that guy, but the sheriff who hauled him off said it was good he fell off a boulder & down the hill before he seriously hurt any kids.
Each community needs to keep their eyes out for these predators & I just figured most would.
Good for you keeping your child safe. It is what good father's do IMO
Fiar enough. I have worked multiple conventions & worked around all sorts of interesting characters as a result. Maybe it was just the area I live in & the conventions here, I just didn't see it. I would certainly classify the vast majority of the furry community here as socially inept/weird, though the costumes provide a perfect disguise for predators & I had not considered it until I started digging on the problems Q addressed.
Granted I also recognize many LARPers are weird, though the boffer fighters I hang out with have been generally pretty cool, all things considered. Granted we all recognize ourselves for what we are, nerds who never really grew up. Sure we work, pay out bills, raise awesome children, but we still play pretend & can laugh at the silliness of it all. The vast majority of our group also recognizes there are a few that take it way too seriously & have helped those socially awkward kids develop into productive adults that just needed some good mentors (many coming from single mother homes).
There was only ever one event I attended where a guy was creeping on an underage girl. I don't know why a few of us didn't end up in prison. Word probably spread in pedo circles to stay away from our sport/game, I don't know what happened to that guy, but the sheriff who hauled him off said it was good he fell off a boulder & down the hill before he seriously hurt any kids.
Each community needs to keep their eyes out for these predators & I just figured most would.
Good for you keeping your child safe. It is what good father's do IMO