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OH MY GOD THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING STUCK BEHIND A TABLE AND NO ONE IS COMING THROUGH
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May 21st, 2015 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Langland
    Langland
    May 21, 2015 at 9:41 am | # | Reply

    Is this the disaster con you’ve been talking about doing or is that still coming?

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      May 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm | # | Reply

      I’m saving that particular storyline for Chapter Seven.

  2. Smithnik
    Smithnik
    May 21, 2015 at 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    I saw this kind of train wreck happen at TWO conventions in Los Angeles. One of them rented a big chunk of the same space that Anime Expo uses, but barely promoted the con. The big draws were celebrity concerts and a film festival, but they didn’t actually make sure their tech worked for the film festival, or that they had an audience for the concerts. It was painful to watch, but I got my admission for half-price through an online coupon, so I got my money’s worth and more.
    The other con, the convention chair insisted on doing the publicity himself, then had a family emergency, so nothing got into the media until the first day of the con. At THAT con, the registration system didn’t work, and they had no backup plan, not even lined paper. So they let the few people who showed up in for free on the first day of the con, which turned out to be the only day I could go.

  3. Nick Schneider
    Nick Schneider
    May 21, 2015 at 7:09 pm | # | Reply

    Reminds me of one that occured here in Omaha not more than 3 or 4 years ago.

    Advertised this one huge guest and a whole lot of little guests no one cared or knew about in the Omaha Metro, decided to host at THE biggest venue in the state, stated that they had over 3,000 attendees where seasoned staffers of other cons estimated that it was probably closer to 600…

    Yep, me knows the feels.

  4. Samma
    Samma
    May 21, 2015 at 10:32 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve just spent the last two days or so reading through the archive and I’ve really enjoyed the story so far. Looking forward to adding this to my regular reads.

  5. Bernhard
    Bernhard
    May 22, 2015 at 8:18 am | # | Reply

    This reminds me of how, in the Eighties, Spirt Of Light would rely primarily on word of mouth to promote their conventions. Never mind that by the time word of mouth reaches anyone in regards to a three day event, said event tends to be over, especially in those pre-internet days.

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    So every few years I've felt the need to make an update about my ever evolving workspace, and how I (more and more) seem to be cultivating an aesthetic that screams "secondary side character in a cyberpunk story who probably gets killed off in the third act." It's an aesthetic I've been working on on purpose (well, not the getting killed off bit), but every time I declare it's reached "peak cyberpunk" I end up outdoing it soon after anyway.

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    RISC is good


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