hackerzc wrote:According to what I've been told by the President, the schedule wasn't sent out for review prior to the press deadline. So not enough experienced eyes were looking at it, and those who did look assumed that "Ballroom 1" meant the entire ballroom.
It was not until programming saw the book with the numbers in it that I was corrected and the actual room we were in was confirmed.
Luckily I was made aware of this and was able to bring it up as an issue.
At first I was told that nothing could be done (which I let everyone know), fortunately everyones posts about it caught the attention of the President who has stepped in to resolve the matter. We will most likely be able to post an update on this either later today or some time tomorrow.
What makes this such a difficult situation is that the current schedule is PACKED... and I mean FULL.... there is barely any open space anywhere in it, and nothing large enough to fit the block needed for the AMV contest.
The only way to take care of the AMV Contest and the Fan Parodies is to totally flip schedules between two rooms (moving JUST the contest is impractical as it would cascade the rest of the schedule for whatever room it went into).
Since this means moving an entire video room to a smaller space programming first needs look over the schedule once more and decide which has the bigger draw, the contest/parodies or what is already slated for the room. From past experience, I expect that the AMV's and parodies will win out in this case as they consistently draw the largest crowds year to year than any other events (save cosplay and the concerts).
While I do not know what the deal with cosplay is, the President is trying to give the AMV's and Fan Parodies exactly what you are asking for ... equal attention.
Additionally, reserved seating had already been setup for those attending the convention who submitted content this year (and was done long before we even knew about the room problem).
........ nobody overlooked the schedule prior to print? And this is reassuring in what way? I know had that happened at acen, someone would have been fired. Scheduling is not throwing darts on a board and using that to determine which random event goes where. You need to consider audiences, you need to consider counter programming and flows. It's not necessarily your fault but honestly that is even more disturbing to hear because that means more than just the amv contest and parody showings are going to be f-ed up.
And I am glad to see the president cares about our fandoms, but the realistic fact is amv editors have every right to be a bit outraged when we get shafted and it takes a lot of griping to even get a second glance. The popularity is about on par with that of masquerade. Nobody would EVER consider screwing them.