Con No Baka

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:52 am

Moonlight Soldier wrote:Sadly I can't attend, I'm in the wrong direction and it's essay season. Let me know how the amv contest goes

Aww. Ahh well Guess I'll have to wait till A-North to meet Mewnie.

And hell yeah I'll be there ... Probably at like 11AM on friday

Looking forward to the contest, from the videos I've seen it's going to be an awesome showing.

mikestrife · Post by **mikestrife** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:30 pm

Had a thread going under constest but I'll post this here just to make sure people see.

If anyone's interested, I want to get all the AMV creators together after the amv comp. Kinda a last resort attempt at a creator party like AN had. If you're interested let all just meet in the AMV comp room after the awards are over. I'll try to just stick around up front and will probably be wearing a black Bad Religion hoodie. Hope to see you all there.

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:07 pm

I'll be wearing my a-m-v.org badge with the picture of Ayako on it. I'll be wearing a grey turtleneck sweater, and I'm about 6 feet tall, with glasses, and I'll probably be wearing a black coat. I'm male, BTW.

That's just in case anyone there wants to say "hi".

Haunter103 · Post by **Haunter103** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:16 am

azulmagia wrote:I'll be wearing my a-m-v.org badge... (etc)

There are a-m-v.org badges? O_o
I want one

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:43 am

Haunter103 wrote:There are a-m-v.org badges? O_o
I want one

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/badge.zip

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:29 am

So. Con No Baka was forced to close a day early due to extreamly poor attendance and there are reports that it was the most poorly managed convention in history.

I'm conflicted between laughing at them or crying for them cause they've likely lost a LOT of money.

Osakaness · Post by **Osakaness** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:08 pm

I got what i needed on friday (Gankutsuou Vol 1 DVD Box)

umm, the only things i found funny about the con was that one of the dealers was selling bootleg dvds, and that every room had the sign "Con no Baka: Anime Convention"

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:05 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:So. Con No Baka was forced to close a day early due to extreamly poor attendance and there are reports that it was the most poorly managed convention in history.

I'm conflicted between laughing at them or crying for them cause they've likely lost a LOT of money.

Jesus fried christ on a stick, not even any of the Kunicons closed early, and at least one of them was $30,000 in the red. Once the con reports get released we'll have to put'm side by side and figure out which one holds the Worst Con Ever crown...

mikestrife · Post by **mikestrife** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:15 am

Mr.Panda wrote:umm, the only things i found funny about the con was that one of the dealers was selling bootleg dvds, and that every room had the sign "Con no Baka: Anime Convention"

lol. Yeah, the dealers room was small but great because since they weren't selling as much the dealers were eager to make good deals.

Also I saw that bootleg table get told off a few times, but when they announced the con was closing saturday night, they went all out shouting prices and trying to push all that crap off. That was pretty funny.

But yeah, I had a great time at the 2 day con, It was very poorly organized but I met some cool ppl and got lots of stuff. I still don't understand how they couldn't have seen it coming though, from pre-orders alone they should have seen if there were going to be any problems.

Also it's not a good idea to hold a first year con in a big expensive hotel. They should have gone for the Ramada or something. Even AN used it like 4 years ago.

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:08 am

Mr.Panda wrote:I got what i needed on friday (Gankutsuou Vol 1 DVD Box)

umm, the only things i found funny about the con was that one of the dealers was selling bootleg dvds, and that every room had the sign "Con no Baka: Anime Convention"

You mean the ones selling the live-action Sailor Moon DVDs, fronted by a blonde who looks like...well I don't want to say anything libellous, so I'll just say "past her prime"? They seem to be at quite a few conventions...

I was actually looking specifically for Sailor Moon R DVDs, but there was a distinct lack of Sailor Moon stuff. I would have bought Petite Cosette, but Princess Tutu was five bucks cheaper so I got that.

The AMV screening room had like, 20 or so people in it, tops.

The con was very unattended, which is weird, because I thought it was advertised enough.

I doubt there will be a Con no Debacle the Second...