Darkseid wrote:um ok, when did the con become American Bandstand?
You mean 'Japanese Bandstand', right?
I wouldn't guess that any of this was an intentional slight or particularly political- just a result of the priorities of the con management being well apart from what both we seem to think they should be and what many other conventions have. Honestly I can't say this surprises me when the Convention Chairman is a (founding) member of one of the musical groups performing- it's no more of a surprise than the fact that AMVs get a decent amount of attention at Vlad's cons. What remains to be seen is whether or not the congoers agree with with their choices in the direction of the con. Though not a scientific sample by a long shot, I know I've seen more people griping in various places about the overabundance of musical guests than I've seen jumping up and down about them. I can't imagine that the ADV people are jumping for joy at having their panel up against the main concert of the convention, either- so it could stand the chance of causing friction with both the fans and the companies.
I realize we only lost one of the planned GoH's for the AMV IE... unfortunately, the one lost was the
last one I would have wanted to lose.
