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    ファンタジーブックコンでコスプレイヤーが立ち往生



    ファンタジーブックコンでコスプレイヤーが立ち往生

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    4. @syenite on

      Gaylord / National Harbor is local to me and it's a truly gorgeous venue – the atrium is absolutely perfect for a fantasy ball. I've been to a ton of anime and gaming conventions there like MAGfest for the last decade or more—as you say at the end, where's the disconnect?! There's been some hicoughs there like last year when a pipe burst right over artist alley but the staff of the Gaylord is generally pretty easy to work with so I'm SO CONFUSED why OUAC has comm issues? What a shame. I wasn't there but had considered going. Glad I didn't.

    5. @danielleoliver1734 on

      I would be really interested to know the number of attendees and authors / staff. No one is saying it was quite (until Sunday) so they had to have made a lot of money

    8. @ChrisHarperBooks on

      People really need to stop giving into the sunk cost fallacy with these trash cons. If you show up and the room you were promised is not payed for already…leave. just leave. Tell all your fans the con failed to keep their contracts, say get your money back if possible, and warn everyone that they are dealing with scammers. Until people running these things start acting like these are businesses not some get-rich schemes treat everyone as suspect. It sucks that we have to stop giving people a chance…but at this point it's all customers and authors have left.

    9. @thespacejamber on

      As someone who works Magfest, why the hell do these book cons think they can book a giant venue like the Gaylord, Baltimore Convention Center, etc. for the first year of their event? Trying to fill a venue of that size without years of con management experience — and proof that the con will attract the number of folks the venue will hold — is a death sentence.

    10. @davyse on

      My running theory is that anime conventions work while we keep seeing these book conventions crashing and burning is mainly because of going too big too fast without building up experience for the leaders and a solid community of volunteers. Based on my experience attending European cons even newer anime conventions will usually have people with experience running them to either consult or work with to make sure it goes right.

    12. @being_me23 on

      All these cons failing…this is nuts. I don't get it. (btw, love the Rachel Maksy shout-out….check out Sarah Spaceman as well to see some very in depth cosplay creations)

    13. @citrinedragonfly on

      I saw this con advertised on Instagram, and thought I'd look into it, since I'm local to the Gaylord. There was no schedule posted when I checked, about three weeks before the con, and the website was minimal at best. Pretty, but not a lot of substance. I've been there for both Katsucon and for the annual Ice! exhibit, and the hotel is very kind and very accomodating. I decided against going, since I wasn't planning to cosplay or go to the ball, and I'm glad I made that decision. I'm sorry for the people who got scammed and swindled by this, and all of the other convention runners who are behaving so, so poorly this year. Convention-running isn't easy, but I have a lot of friends who have staffed and chaired at conventions, so I know it can work smoothly. If people want to put on a successful convention, maybe they should shadow some of the chairs of the anime/gaming/sci-fi conventions that have been running for literal decades before taking on such a big committment. Or maybe stop over-promising, and start with smaller events at smaller venues. With the Maryland book cons that have failed, booking too large a space and not realizing how much budget you have seems to be one common factor. The Gaylord is massive. The Baltimore Convention Center is gigantic. Big venues cost big bucks. Try a local one-day con with local authors to start, rather than a pricey weekend you can't deliver. The big conventions all started as small conventions, and I think the people creating these romantasy book conventions have forgotten or not realized that.

    14. @standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory on

      We are NOT vetting conferences by advertising & aesthetics now, are we? !?! Why do so many people WANT to be scammed and actively seek out fraud? The connection that you all perceive between professionalism/quality and jazzy aesthetics does not exist, please you all must stop with the obsession on visuals. It is truly horrifying when you start to realize what absolute nonsense is now accepted, just because the graphics look professional. You all know what AI is, but you still refuse to research or judge anything but the most surface factors. I am sorry, but I cannot feel sympathy when I hear people vetting an event by the aesthetics of the marketing. What an absolute assault on critical thinking. You might as well vote MAGA if you refuse to use logic. A lot of "progressive" people are supporting a hellhole of a future because it looks cute and that is just as bad as actively being evil.

    15. @RevenAtheBookWyrm on

      I lost it with the CaFae. You charge people saying it's going to be a Japanese Maid Cafe experience only to give them store bought baked goods on ZooPals?! PLEASEEEE!!!!

    19. @GLVZY on

      As someone not in any of these communities, I am blown away by how much drama there is consistently surrounding events/orders/etc. I’m fully addicted to this content 😂