My first Creation con was a Stargate con in Chicago the year before last. Joe Flanigan was scheduled to be there, but he had to cancel. I wasn't interested in most of the other actors or in doing the autograph/photo op thing, and the dealer room consisted of 4 tables of licensed Creation merchandise in the back of the same ballroom where the actors were speaking. I literally had nothing to do for hours on end. That's never happened to me at a con before, especially not one that expensive (and I paid the cheapy price). I spent most of the con hanging out in the lobby with people I knew from MediaWest.