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The highlight (or lowlight, depending on your perspective) was hosted by a man named "Master K." He wore a velvet cape and used a laser pointer. The room had 200 people crammed into seats meant for 80. The Q&A session devolved into a 20-minute argument about whether The Lord of the Rings extended edition was a good date movie. eroticon 2002
For the uninitiated, ErotiCon was a traveling adult convention that peaked in the late 90s and early 2000s. While the Las Vegas event later became the flagship, the iteration—held in a sprawling, slightly rundown hotel convention center in the Midwest—remains a fascinating time capsule. But that is exactly why it matters
Stay tuned for next week: "The Rise and Fall of the Velvet Rope: Where are the ErotiCon organizers now?" The Q&A session devolved into a 20-minute argument
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