| Subject: Re: I was disappointed actually =( |
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Chichiri
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Date Posted: 08:45:37 05/19/03 Mon
In reply to:
Jake
's message, "I was disappointed actually =(" on 00:00:02 05/19/03 Mon
>Granted, my experience was hurt by having to work 24
>hours and being sick at the time.
Ouch!
>And I hadn't gotten
>much sleep the couple days before ACEN.
That is NEVER good. :( You usually don't get a lot of sleep at a con.
>But I also
>thought the event was very disorganized. The schedule
>in the program book was very wrong, and even though
>they continually printed out updated schedules, those
>were wrong too. Half the time I went to an event, I
>found out it had been rescheduled/cancelled.
>
>Often the guests weren't even aware of the changes.
>They'd show up late because they didn't know they were
>supposed to be there, or they'd be there on time and
>then someone would come in and tell them that they
>were supposed to be somewhere else and this panel
>wasn't supposed to be happening.
Sorry to hear that. :(
>And sometimes the line was so long that I didn't
>bother waiting. Another time, I got to the event and
>sat down in the room with everyone else that was
>waiting; then, 5-10 minutes after they were supposed
>to start, somebody came and told everyone they had to
>leave and go line up in the hallway. I ended up near
>the end of the line, didn't wanna wait, and left.
Yeah, I remember things like that happening when I went last year. It was pretty annoying, but on the other hand, I can see why they did it.
All in all you have to remember that ACEN subsists totally on volunteers to run the thing, like JAC does, except ACEN is MUCH MUCH MUCH larger than JAC with a LOT more events to coordinate. Having gone through running JAC for 2 years, I have a lot of respect for the people that arrange ACEN, even if they have fits of disorganization or whatever, 'cause I at least have an idea of how much effort must go into the con every year.
>I imagine it would have been more fun if I hadn't had
>to work and if I had known more people, but oh well.
Yeah. I had been given the chance last year to work for the con, but in the end chose not to 'cause it does restrict what you can do, and heard that it's not a good idea for a first time ACEN goer.
And from experience, having a lot of friends to meet at the con and go around with at the con really improves the experience a LOT.
>I couldn't really afford to go without working.
*nods* Yeah, so expensive. O.O;
>I'm still debating whether it was worth going, but I
>should probably wait till I've recovered before I pass
>judgement. Some of the panels I did manage to attend
>were pretty cool, and there were some pretty cool
>cosplayers.
*nodnod* Again, sorry to hear you had a not so great experience. :(
Chichiri
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