I guess that's my wonder with how you make everyone wear a mask all of the time, people have to hydrate and unless straws are also required, I'm still not sure how you do that. 

Masks are basically useless for healthy people, at best they give a slight reduction in chances. The particulates are small enough to go between the fibers of most cloth masks. Masks also leave eyes open to exposure. Any virus in a game room will likely cover everything in that room before too long, and for many surfaces it will stay there for the entire con, for even the most optimistic surfaces, at least for the entire game session. Most sanitizers don't kill it, or are unknown if they kill it. This would make snacking or drinking from most containers a risk, as the container itself is open to being covered.
The 6ft guideline is for people who cover their sneezes, if not covered sneezes travel 15-20 ft in a frontal cone, possibly farther for the very smallest particles. 
We are already seeing numbers climb again as people are fighting and ignoring isolation requests. Many protesters to open states up are getting sick, but the gravity of this situation still hasn't sunk into their heads.

I do hope everything is sorted by the con, but if people keep fighting against the protection measures, the threat will still be extremely real come the con.

From Fact Check, on hand sanitizer:

“'Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing,' the CDC says. 'If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.'

"Likewise, the World Health Organization says that '[w]ashing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.'

"Many experts have agreed that hand sanitizers work, too — because the alcohol, often ethanol or isopropyl alcohol, disrupts the outer membrane layer, or envelope, of viral particles."

And from The Guardian, in a "myth busters" article on Covid, regarding masks:

"Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness).

"If you are likely to be in close contact with someone infected, a mask cuts the chance of the disease being passed on. If you’re showing symptoms of coronavirus, or have been diagnosed, wearing a mask can also protect others. So masks are crucial for health and social care workers looking after patients and are also recommended for family members who need to care for someone who is ill – ideally both the patient and carer should have a mask."

Does this mean I might not be able to bring a stroller through the dealer hall?

This will be a great year to carry around two of the large bags with extended handles and rollers, and continuously spin in a circle with them to enforce a six foot radius.   

Well Mayor of Indy just banned Church gatherings, rest of the State can have them pet Gov, until further notice. He says groups that large are too much of a risk for the spread. 

"Mayor Joe Hogsett clarified that the county’s stay-at-home order ends May 15, while Gov. Holcomb’s “Back on Track” plan has already ended the state-wide travel ban for most of the state.

...

"Hogsett made it clear that there would be no exceptions for churches. He said that since Marion County is the most populous in the state, that it is crucial to not allow any large gatherings to avoid a resurgence of coronavirus infections.

"'Population density is an important factor in this fight,' he said. He invoked Jesus’ command to love your neighbor as yourself, in continuing to stay home through May 15. ... 'This means no large gatherings this weekend,' said Marion County Health Officer Dr. Virginia Caine. She promised a blueprint for Marion County’s reopening by next week. She said it is unclear when the county will move into phase 3 of the Back on Track plan.

“'Marion County’s phased reopening plan will look very similar to the ‘Back on Track Indiana’ plan,' she said, with the exception that that plan has fixed dates. May 24 is when the third phase will begin for the state, and that is still uncertain in Indianapolis."

Hi there, long time lurker first time poster lol. Like so many others I came to the thread back when it was a young thing and I've been following it since just kinda hoping for answers or insight. Now, I'm jumping in with a question that I doubt anyone can answer but hell, I'll toss it out there anyway.

If Marion county is indeed behind Indiana's plan as a whole, how quickly can a con Gencon's size legitimately pivot? Can they wait to get the official go ahead from the county or if things continue on as the county has outlined, would that official yay or nay come too late?

Edit: To the will-call thing, honestly I agree and could see them just mailing out to all that they could just to try and cut that line down to people who absolutely can not do mail. I've stood in that line once. And once was more than enough. Been there, done that, actually got the t-shirt lol.

Also I am not sure they can totally get rid of Will Call cause there has been a cut off point for mailing event tickets. After that point you had to get those tickets from Will Call. 

Maybe for those who still need to pick up at will call or purchase event tickets after the deadline to ship they could schedule a time slot or something? It would probably help lower some of the crowd. No sense in jumping in a line at noon if you have a time slot for 2pm. Though I'm sure something like that would come with its own headaches if you had an event at noon but couldn't even try to get your tickets until 2pm.

You cannot have "distancing" at Gen Con; any idea to try it borders on the insane and is wishful thinking.

Will-call is the least of the problems.  The one place you could somewhat distance people is standing in line, even if the line snakes around the entire LOS block.  The rest of the Con, that doesn't work.

To keep a 6' distance from people, everyone needs to have their own 50 square foot space.  So, in the dealer hall, where you often get 20+ people in those same 50sq ft, do you really think you can keep people that separated?  I've been crowded into 10x20' booths doing demos with a dozen or more people in there, and that density is pretty much the norm in most dealer booths.  Any plan to distance would render the dealer hall pretty much useless.

How about in the game rooms?  You need ~12' diameter (36' circumference) tables to keep 6 people at the proper distance, and the tables have to be at least 8' apart (to allow for chairs & bodies).  Most of the game rooms have 6' tables, and barely have enough space to walk between the chairs.  From where is all this extra space magically going to appear?

For Gen Con not to be a complete shell of itself, things need to be back to the point where people can be crammed like sardines into the hall & the gaming areas, or IMO, it's just not worth doing.

or they could move to electronic badges on your smartphone 

I reckon the mailing cut off date for badge mailing is 2 weeks before the event domestic and probably 4 international (if it’s even available) but that’s just a guess.

on another note - if Gen Con is cancelled I am going to have so much pent up gaming energy I will either go completely berserk in 2021 and blow up my budget by a factor of 78, or I will slake my gaming thirst by forcing railyard boxcar hobos to play Arkham Horror with me.  

Then we will LARP Call of Cthulhu 

Then we will actually summon Cthulhu