Quote: I too feel that a gamer-oriented convention would do much more good for the industry

Ah man, you still don't get it.(or you really do get it, but you're dissimulating for some reason)

The only reason video games became a viable form of entertainment is because they were looked down upon in the begining as "a novelty" or as "kiddy fare" and not taken seriously by the corporate casholes.

That has changed, however, to the permanent detriment of quality.

Any "gamer" convention that becomes popular will be infested with insiders, shills, and casholes faster than you can say "Pac-Man"