I took Crazy paul seriously for a moment. Everything on Sarah’s table looks to be backdrop. The sight lines to Paul’s table don’t appear to be blocked.
Undoubtedly Sarah did not look up the con rules for what was an acceptable table and what wasn’t but being eye-catching can’t be against those rules.
Cool, I did interperet her setup correctly. Typical, and not blocking sightlines to his table, unless you’re standing at the end of Sarah’s table, trying to look through her setup.
My 2 cents having run dealers rooms, and as feeelthy merchant scum who owns Stupid Amounts of gridwall.
Well, I do have to agree with him, setting up a display that blocks off other booths -is- pretty rude… but I don’t think that’s being done here. Do sorta wonder who he talked to, or thinks he talked to, this time.
As Dealers Room head, I’ve seen this exact complaint be made (Though more gracefully) , and folsk have made seating requests to be sat next to people with less ornate displays. I can understand this, but people going vertical before or behind the table is also entirely reasonable. We have rules in our Artists Alley about display height, but in our dealers Room.. well, until you touch the ceiling, you can go high.
I’ve also seen *Guests Of Honor* have setups as terrible as Paul’s and I wanted to weep. People do pay attention to your storefront, and while you don’t have to go elaborate, boy can a good tablecloth and some verticality help, especially when you’re trying to do a lot with a narrow space.
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11 thoughts on “Walls”
mitamaking
Wait who…. Looks up Crazy Paul…..
oh wow him, wonder if Josh really works here
Just Here
*Archive dives the character tag*
Oh, that guy. Wonder if he talked to “Josh” again this time.
Moose
Nah, he talked with Terrance. It’s all good.
Just Here
Also, the comic needs more of Antioch Blunderbus, just for the name.
Langland
He is going to get ejected from the con. I just know it.
Vorlonagent
I took Crazy paul seriously for a moment. Everything on Sarah’s table looks to be backdrop. The sight lines to Paul’s table don’t appear to be blocked.
Undoubtedly Sarah did not look up the con rules for what was an acceptable table and what wasn’t but being eye-catching can’t be against those rules.
Trae Dorn
I will say her table set up is NOT meant to be backdrop. Her cages are on the table, with a window she and Ruth can be seen through.
It’s a fairly typical setup though.
Signe Drekkar
Cool, I did interperet her setup correctly. Typical, and not blocking sightlines to his table, unless you’re standing at the end of Sarah’s table, trying to look through her setup.
My 2 cents having run dealers rooms, and as feeelthy merchant scum who owns Stupid Amounts of gridwall.
EcchiKitty
Well, I do have to agree with him, setting up a display that blocks off other booths -is- pretty rude… but I don’t think that’s being done here. Do sorta wonder who he talked to, or thinks he talked to, this time.
E. Bernhard Warg
Other Josh.
Chiaroscuro
Ahh yes. This.
As Dealers Room head, I’ve seen this exact complaint be made (Though more gracefully) , and folsk have made seating requests to be sat next to people with less ornate displays. I can understand this, but people going vertical before or behind the table is also entirely reasonable. We have rules in our Artists Alley about display height, but in our dealers Room.. well, until you touch the ceiling, you can go high.
I’ve also seen *Guests Of Honor* have setups as terrible as Paul’s and I wanted to weep. People do pay attention to your storefront, and while you don’t have to go elaborate, boy can a good tablecloth and some verticality help, especially when you’re trying to do a lot with a narrow space.
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