BasharOfTheAges wrote:I'd say a youth curfew would kill the chance of any out of city draw for a con by itself - not to mention the support of any sane staff or organizers... did I just inadvertantly stumble onto something?
meleechampion wrote:We have curfews? In America? Really?
Is this common?
meleechampion wrote:We have curfews? In America? Really?
Is this common?





Mroni wrote:I thought Katsucon was a poorly organised con. In the past I have seen tons of problems at katsucon getting the right equipment, The video contest messing up etc. It all fails in comparison to this fiasco.
Friday night we managed to get sound just in time to get the contest started because nobody thought that the amv contest might need sound equipment!!!.
Saturdays showing sucked because the same equipment scrounged up the night before was stolen
and the dvd player skipped and only one speaker worked.
On top of this half of the staff were very rude to us and the attendees we went to con opps to count ballots for the contest and were sent to the con suite while up there we were then forced to leave by others.
It almost seemed as if we were not wanted at this con.
This was a small con less than a 1000 people all weekend I would say.
The one good thing I remember about the con was the rave.
This con took place in what has to be the most run down city I have ever been in. A complete example of everything moving to the suburbs. I never had a problem crossing the street traffic was minimal even on saturday night. At the con you could either pay 4 bucks for a slice of pizza or go to a crappy food court down the street which had half of it's businesses closed and questionable hygeine.
I won't be going back to this con I don't recommend it to anyone there are plenty on the east coast including katsu, and anime usa not to mention otakon all of which are ran alot better than this pos.
BasharOfTheAges wrote:I'd say a youth curfew would kill the chance of any out of city draw for a con by itself - not to mention the support of any sane staff or organizers... did I just inadvertantly stumble onto something?
Brakus wrote:I know I'm late, but....Mroni wrote:I thought Katsucon was a poorly organised con. In the past I have seen tons of problems at katsucon getting the right equipment, The video contest messing up etc. It all fails in comparison to this fiasco.If you had any problems with Katuscon's contest, you need to talk to Bryan Minnix and his buddy Michael Zubryski, because they ran this year's contest without a hitch. Moreover, I don't know what Katsucon's contest has to do with AMA's contest considering two different people run those contests.
Ok First off let me say Katsucons amv contest this year was great I was talking about problems I have seen There in the past. As a con goer I am comparing 3 cons I have went to in Virginia I don't know who runs them I don't care. A sucky con is a suck con
Friday night we managed to get sound just in time to get the contest started because nobody thought that the amv contest might need sound equipment!!!.It would have helped immensely if Bryan actually attended the crash meeting back in May. Not only am I on staff at AMA, but also I (co-)run the DDR contest at AMA, and I made sure I attended the crash meeting so that I could make sure timeslots are straight and equipment is all taken care of. As Bryan was in charge of the AMV contest, I'd have hoped he'd make it to the crash meeting, but if he didn't, he needs to make sure he talks with Programming and Logistics to make sure he's got everything he needs for the contest. And for other stuff that the convention can't provide, Bryan needs to make arrangements to have his stuff there, or at least a network of friends who can provide stuff.
Well all this stuff should be done in advance of the con. It should be known how many panels there will be and every room should a dvd player and a sound system. This was a tiny con it isn't that complicated. Let me say that the staff setting this stuff up was definitley competent they were actually dealing with shitty equipment.Saturdays showing sucked because the same equpment scrounged up the night before was stolenIt probably wasn't stolen; the equipment probably belonged to Logistics and it was probably returned to them.
No it was swapped with the non working equipment.On top of this half of the staff were very rude to us and the attendees we went to con opps to count ballots for the contest and were sent to the con suite while up there we were then forced to leave by others.Con ops is NOT a place for you to count ballots. Also if you are not staff, you're not allowed in the staff suite, period. I don't believe AMA provides access to staff suite for panelists. Bryan could go in there if he wanted, but he can't have non-staffers tag along. Staff suite is supposed to be where staffers go to "get away" from the Con for a while.
Hello we were all staff had the badges and all. Con opps had a big table in the back of that was not in use. The amv contest is an important part of a con so yes counting ballots was a legitimate use of con ops we were told we could have the space at con ops the the day before but then Brian was told to use the con suite while there we got really shitty "Your not welcome here treatment" From people that were acting like elite staff or something it was complete bullshit.It almost seemed as if we were not wanted at this con.I can't speak for the rest of the convention staff, but not all staff privileges extend to panelists. And of course it's not a good idea to constantly ask the Con chairman for things when they needed to be brought up with Ops, Logistics, or Programming
Seems to me that con chair could have had things running better I.e. making sure all rooms were setup before the con. This was just my experience btw not speaking for everyone and there were many pleasant people there too.This was a small con less than a 1000 people all weekend I would say.AMA got about 3400 attendees this year. A lot more than 1000.
sorry Dude I'm used to a lot bigger cons.The one good thing I remember about the con was the rave.Oh, you mean the rave that started a whole 1 1/2 hours late?
well there you go! I didn't know that though because you see I'm very fat and I only go to the last 30 minutes of a rave less a heart attack ensue.This con took place in what has to be the most run down city I have ever been in. A complete example of everything moving to the suburbs. I never had a problem crossing the street traffic was minimal even on saturday night. At the con you could either pay 4 bucks for a slice of pizza or go to a crappy food court down the street which had half of it's businesses closed and questionable hygeineOf course, you should be one to talk about questionable hygiene, MrOni, especially since you left your clothes back home for the entire weekend.
This is the one insulting thing you have said so far brak and I do take offense do you suspose I would wander around all weekend with no clean clothes. No I had to go pay over 100 bucks to make up for what I left behind. I might be an ogre I'm not a dirt ball though.I won't be going back to this con I don't recommend it to anyone there are plenty on the east coast including katsu, and anime usa not to mention otakon all of which are ran alot better than this pos.Yeah, whatever, you had a lousy weekend, and because of that the con sucked. Big deal. We had a lot of people enjoy themselves despite the hiccups that happened during the weekend. A lot of the bad stuff that occurred in your post was mostly not AMA's problem. It was a lot of your problems. For you to trash AMA because YOU didn't have a good time is insipid, boring, and stupid.
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