And then, there's the " 2 classes" thing : As a fan, you just aren't allowed to visit most smaller companies, since they reside within the "trade visitors only" area.
But - most journalists don't go into the "public visitors only" (oh, wait … * ) areas as well.
It's like … two classes living separately from one another, in parallel worlds.
* I always find it interesting that public visitors are just not allowed to visit the trade visitors areas - but trade visitors are allowed to visit the public areas.
Trade visitors should be not be allowed to visit the public areas - but no-one thinks like that.
And here comes my point : The fact that no-one things like that actually shows how much used we are already to this "second-class-system" !
Nobody questions that anymore. Everyone takes for granted that trade visitors are allowed to visit both worlds (although they rather don't do it, because of the loudness war, for example), but the other way round just isn't possible.
EDit : I found this bit from an there linked article not uninteresting as well :
Not to mention that there is a natural hierarchy in any conventional press room. The TV crews look down on the print media, the print media look down on the online media, the online media look down on lowly bloggers and generally the bloggers look down on no-one because they are just happy to be included. It is not unusual for people from TV to ask, then insist, you move to accommodate them on the basis they require the space you occupy for their work. If you decline, expect a gentle reminder from the organisers you are there on their good graces and that if you want that to continue you must respect the natural order of things.
Source :
http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/200167/
And, besides, my "Games Com Snippets" are just similar : I took what I was presented with and took it into this forum here ...