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darth_buttocks ([info]darth_buttocks) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2009-08-02 20:52:00


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Entry tags:cons, fandom: twilight, stop giving strangers money you idiots

And the Twicon wank has arrived!
As predicted, Twicon's performance was less than stellar to quite a few fans. Heck, heatherdallas starts off pointing out her disappointment with the con Friday afternoon before a lot of events even got underway. Some are saying they had fun, but none of it seems very emphatic. sunray16 points out what a disaster the Celebrity Q&A session was, complete with WTF? photo of Peter Facinelli! When talk of next year's show comes up, Kiley 1231 suggests that everyone should go to one of Creation Entertainment's shows. Plus further down in the thread she talks about how the volunteers got royally screwed by management. Meanwhile, the one attempt at a positive thread about the con has gotten shot down with the second post.

I do wonder when Skylarkdevlin is going to show up, since she has been the main apologist for Twicon throughout the various trials the con has gone through. I'm sure once she hops on, all hell is going to break loose...


ETA: The blogoshpere is beginning to buzz about the negative reviews Twicon is getting. Rob My World's review of Twicon is scathing. And Convention Fans is telling a similar story.

ETA II: Twicon's Facebook page: TwiCon would like to thank everyone who attended the event. We welcome your feedback, both positive and constructive. Please stay tuned to the official web site for an important statement from the TwiCon partners regarding the Dallas event. Thank you. Which is met with skepticism on the forum

ETA III Bailey Gauthier of the Twicon partners actually apologizes to the fans, while Becky Scoggins just makes a half-assed attempt at defending the con.

ETA IV: Now Bailey is taking her butthurt to Tweeter, and her friends are busy soothing her ego.

ETA V [info]kryptongirl has some interesting personal insights in Twicon Partner Bekca Graspy who apparently has had some wank involving ONTD_Twatlight




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[info]shinga
2009-08-03 05:56 am UTC (link)
I went Saturday.

It was... remarkably boring. My friends and I made of it what we could (God knows we weren't paying, just sort of browsing around and sitting on the sidelines laughing and talking and watching people) and we talked to a few of the actual con=goers and pretty much everyone we talked to had kind of a half-smile going "Eh, yeah, the con's okay... I mean, like... it's all right."

And the answer to "what is worth the money" was ALWAYS no.

It was almost sad that they all got screwed out of that much money. Almost. Mostly it was just funny.

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[info]lizbee
2009-08-03 06:01 am UTC (link)
From the first link:

I know people are upset but I keep in mind this was their first time orginzing the convention and It just saddens me how many people have such negative responses to how twicon has gone and can't just think about all the awesome parts.

I dunno, "if you can't say anything nice..." tends not to apply after I've spent a couple of hundred bucks on something. Call me crazy.

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[info]wook77
2009-08-03 07:05 am UTC (link)
The "professional" team partnering with these people wasn't Gen Con, was it? Cause those people run the worst conventions ever and this totally sounds like my experiences at Star Wars Celebration III (which, btw, cost way too much money and not the 25-50 bucks one of the posters in that first link claimed).

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[info]bookbug87
2009-08-03 07:21 am UTC (link)
I don't have any comment on the wank, but I do think the beer I'm drinking right now is quite appropriate :)

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[info]sisterelwood
2009-08-03 07:35 am UTC (link)
the managing partner of TwiCon Partners, LLC (a legitimate and professional COMPANY)

*reads*re-reads* All you have to do is fill out some forms in most states to become an LLC. Granted different states have different regulations but yeaaaaah... Treating LLC like something holy and sacred makes me LOL.

Oh Twilight fandom- thank you for making the Harry Potter fandom look sane by comparison.

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[info]miraba
2009-08-03 08:26 am UTC (link)
I feel embarrassed for the guy who was assigned to cover it.

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[info]feenix
2009-08-03 09:08 am UTC (link)
...and none of us were surprised.

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[info]kittikattie
2009-08-03 09:42 am UTC (link)
I'm still making lol at people paying 225 dollars. For that much I'd better get some nice free shit with my con ticket.

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[info]crysiana
2009-08-03 10:15 am UTC (link)
I still feel bad for people for whom this was their first media convention who will walk away thinking that this is the standard. Though from what I can tell, anyone who's been to fan conventions before knew better than to touch this one with a ten-foot pole. (Particularly at that price point.)

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(no subject) - [info]quietladybirman, 2009-08-04 04:43 am UTC

[info]coffee_mug
2009-08-03 12:22 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I feel bad for the attendees. Good grief that sounds like an awful time.

Then again .. Twilight fans. Hm.

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[info]pharae
2009-08-03 12:45 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I'm amazed that the attendees put up with that sort of treatment for as long as they did.

I hope the Con flops next year.

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tetradecimal
2009-08-03 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Is 3,000 a respectable turnout for a con?

Also, did anyone manage to see what they had in the artist alley or vendor's room? I'm kinda interested to know what sorta stuff they were selling, since pretty much the only Twilight merchandise I've seen has been posters and those... um... Sweetheart candy boxes.

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[info]isaiddietpepsi
2009-08-03 04:07 pm UTC (link)
Woot! I was waiting for Twicon wank! *rubs hands gleefully*

(Which sounds pathetic, now that I think about it. Oh well. It was a slow weekend.)

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(no subject) - [info]senor_pinata, 2009-08-04 06:34 am UTC

[info]uldihaa
2009-08-03 05:25 pm UTC (link)
You know it was a bad con when even those trying to defend it can't manage more than one or two weak excuses; "First time con" seems to be all they can come up with, which fails do to having hired a 'professional' company to organize it.

People will talk about this con, possibly for years. Unfortunately, it'll be used as an example of EPIC FAIL.

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[info]urban_sombrero
2009-08-03 07:03 pm UTC (link)
YAWN! Someone broke a nail in Twilight fandom, news at eleven. I'm beginning to think no one can take a shit in that fandom without it getting reported here.

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NEWS FLASH!!!!!!1!!!!1ONE! - [info]tofuknight, 2009-08-03 08:20 pm UTC
Re: NEWS FLASH!!!!!!1!!!!1ONE! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-03 08:29 pm UTC
Re: NEWS FLASH!!!!!!1!!!!1ONE! - [info]deliciouschaos, 2009-08-03 08:36 pm UTC
UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]tofuknight, 2009-08-03 09:11 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-03 09:47 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]deliciouschaos, 2009-08-03 09:52 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 01:02 am UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]deadwood, 2009-08-03 10:25 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - mockygogo, 2009-08-03 11:13 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]shutthef_up, 2009-08-03 11:23 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 01:09 am UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]tehrin, 2009-08-03 11:34 pm UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 01:14 am UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-08-04 06:32 am UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 06:58 am UTC
Re: UPDATE!!!!!!222!!!!2! - [info]urpletastic, 2009-08-03 09:51 pm UTC
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UPDATEEE!!!!!!!!!333!!!!!!3!!!3! - [info]tofuknight, 2009-08-03 10:28 pm UTC
Re: UPDATEEE!!!!!!!!!333!!!!!!3!!!3! - [info]_goblin_, 2009-08-03 10:44 pm UTC
Re: UPDATEEE!!!!!!!!!333!!!!!!3!!!3! - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-08-04 04:53 am UTC
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Re: UPDATEEE!!!!!!!!!333!!!!!!3!!!3! - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 01:04 am UTC
Re: UPDATEEE!!!!!!!!!333!!!!!!3!!!3! - [info]senor_pinata, 2009-08-04 06:36 am UTC
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UPTDATED LIST!!!!!!1 - [info]ara, 2009-08-04 01:26 am UTC
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[info]lysana
2009-08-03 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Waaait a sec. $225 for a three-day convention on ONE author's works? The at-the-door for the World Science Fiction Convention in 2002 was $200. That got you full access to FIVE days of everything from a surprise visit from Patrick Stewart to room parties that'd knock a Klingon on his ass from the sheer quantity of alcohol available. And people didn't expect problems? Srsly, people need to pay attention to SF/F fandom and how it's done. The ones who do not study history are doomed to get rooked.

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[info]platedlizard
2009-08-03 11:29 pm UTC (link)
I still can't get over the price of that con. I'm going to PAX next month, the ticket for all three days was $50, and that gets me into pretty much everything.

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(no subject) - [info]swordmage, 2009-08-06 07:52 am UTC

[info]sideofzen
2009-08-03 11:38 pm UTC (link)
This is why you don't go to conventions run by n00bs. They overcharge you and suck.

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[info]darth_buttocks
2009-08-04 12:33 am UTC (link)
This comment by 1twilightdiva sounds about what I expected from the Twicon Partners. They were there to schmooze up the guests, and keep them as far away from the paying fans as possible. I recall similar things being said of Booster Events and their top people after Flanvention fell apart.

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[info]luxshine
2009-08-04 12:40 am UTC (link)
I can't believe people paid $250 for a con. (Just the con, I mean. I understand that with traveling/hotel/food etc... costs can get pretty high. But for JUST the con? No way)

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(no subject) - [info]bigbigtruck, 2009-08-04 08:01 pm UTC

[info]galateus
2009-08-04 02:24 am UTC (link)
ErwinG ... should really discover forms of punctuation ... besides the Ellipses Of Low Self Esteem ...

*gets depressed just typing like that*

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[info]mechanicaljewel
2009-08-04 05:05 am UTC (link)
How do even put together a Twilight convention? HP conventions I can understand-- the series is longer, has folkloric and political undertones that can be discussed, there's a greater variety of fanworks to be shared and discussed (i.e. there are more than two pairings in the entire fic oeuvre), not to mention wizard rock. But Twilight? All you really can do is get the actors there.

And $225? Are you shitting me? I paid $50 for NYCC and got to meet and get autographs from Tamora Pierce, Geoff Johns, James Robinson, and Dave Gibbons (who was so excited to have someone who brought something other than Watchmen to be signed), got recognized by Fred Van Lente (the exact phrase was "Hey, aren't we friends on Facebook?"), shook hands with Joe Simon (the 95-year-old co-creator of Captain America) and got Jim Steranko's e-mail address. Don't even get me started on all the free shit I got and stuff I bought. That's a convention, Twihards.

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[info]jrs1980
2009-08-04 07:51 am UTC (link)
Twicon was featured on the Rachel Maddow Show tonight:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32277401#32277401
They even name-check the term Twihard.

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[info]cricket
2009-08-04 10:29 am UTC (link)
spending that kind of money, they should have just gone to a creation event. they're much better run

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(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-08-04 07:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]deadwood, 2009-08-05 03:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]janegraddell, 2009-08-04 10:46 pm UTC

[info]thebratqueen
2009-08-04 09:51 pm UTC (link)
I will say this, having read through some of the forum comments - the actors seem to be very awesome. So credit to the actors at least.

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