New convention to be held in Cambridge
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I didn't go personally, but a couple of my friends did (I'll be honest, it was reading Mike Towers' Encyclopedia Dramatica page that turned me off most). They didn't think it was very good (I wasn't there, so I dunno if that is to be put down to it being the first year or not). However, I did hear that Mike Towers mainly used the event to promote himself. Apparently the entire reception area was full of ads for his cons.
Not sure how true that is, as I didn't go myself and I'm relying on the views of other people, but...
Not sure how true that is, as I didn't go myself and I'm relying on the views of other people, but...
chaos
The Boss
Hi Joshawott, if you could ask them why they didn't like, I'd be grateful, as feedback is very important if we want to make this show great.
Myself, I had fun helping organise this, although I think it's a lot of work. As for Alcon promoting their event, they did have a stall at the reception area, so their stall was indeed full of fliers for his con, as for saying it was the whole reception area, well, I've filled all the benches of the around the box office with our Camcon merchandise and con books, maybe one stack of his fliers along with everyone else's fliers, but that was it. It's CAMCON and not ALCON, even though now I realise there's a little similarity in the names
For a first time, we had problems basically because of the huge success it was. At times, it was too packed with people, but unfortunately, our budget was limited so we could only get this much space.
Others complained there was very few stalls, which in honesty is not too uncommon on the smaller cons and it never gets anywhere close to the trade shows (namely Expos and LFCC), but in general, I think most people enjoyed themselves and we have definite plans to make another one next year and hopefully, sort all problems we had this year.
Will your friends like next year show? I'm not sure, as we know we will never please everybody. We will only try and do the best show we can and while people are coming to it, we will keep on doing it.
Myself, I had fun helping organise this, although I think it's a lot of work. As for Alcon promoting their event, they did have a stall at the reception area, so their stall was indeed full of fliers for his con, as for saying it was the whole reception area, well, I've filled all the benches of the around the box office with our Camcon merchandise and con books, maybe one stack of his fliers along with everyone else's fliers, but that was it. It's CAMCON and not ALCON, even though now I realise there's a little similarity in the names
For a first time, we had problems basically because of the huge success it was. At times, it was too packed with people, but unfortunately, our budget was limited so we could only get this much space.
Others complained there was very few stalls, which in honesty is not too uncommon on the smaller cons and it never gets anywhere close to the trade shows (namely Expos and LFCC), but in general, I think most people enjoyed themselves and we have definite plans to make another one next year and hopefully, sort all problems we had this year.
Will your friends like next year show? I'm not sure, as we know we will never please everybody. We will only try and do the best show we can and while people are coming to it, we will keep on doing it.
I also got to speak to another friend who went (who had never been to a con before) and they said they really enjoyed it. So it could have also been a case of them comparing it to other (larger) cons they had been to.
But sure, I'll ask them when I get the chance. If it happens again next year, I'll probably be going along - main reason I couldn't this year was because I didn't get my Jobseekers when I expected to.
But sure, I'll ask them when I get the chance. If it happens again next year, I'll probably be going along - main reason I couldn't this year was because I didn't get my Jobseekers when I expected to.