Currently unfinished posts.

[cdave]

Don't think I'll get around to these, but should really. Plus posting on Friday means no-one will see this anyway.

• Conrunner
  
  • Never seen a better populated programme stream :) Lots of notes.


• Stopping a fight
  • Just a slice of life post describing the 30 minutes or so I spent after I came out of a late night tube into blazing row.


• SFX weekender
  
  • +New 2 day convention!
  • - ... on Friday and Saturday, with no Sunday programme.
  
  
  • +Shed loads of authors
  • -... on a small stage at the back of a noisy pub, and no clue in programme if it was a reading, interview, talk, Q&A, or Ukulele session.
  
  
  • +Hanging with friends
  • -... who I didn't seem to see a lot of on Friday.
  
  
  • +Dead cheap as these things go!
  • ... but then the accommodation was mouldy stained and frayed.
  
  
  • +Went for a swin in the pool (never managed get round to at a con before)
  • -... at noon, as it wasn't open in the morning.
  
  
  • etc. Essentially there were lots of little things wrong, but I think the killer is state of the accommodation. Just see what others have said.


• Good Customer Service - I always mention the bad stuff, so should do the good too.
  
  • Echo Bazzar A turn based RPG text adventure (with log in via twitter). I emailed them to claim responsability for a bug fix they rolled out. They said they'd spotted it anyway, but still gave me a bug hunter's prize.
  
  
  • I emailed the manufacturers of Killer Bunnies to say that one of my cards was damaged in the packaging, and they sent me a free replacement, and a bonus playable card that they must have given out at a convention or something :)

Comments

[maeve-the-red.livejournal.com]

The SFX Weekender looks like it was hoot, despite the location (which I remember 'fondly' from Gencons in the 90s).

[cdave]

Can't say I had a hoot. It was okay. The problems were many.

For instance, the James Masters panel:
It turned out to be an audience Q&A with a fixed mike at the back, which was announce 5 minutes in, and no-one controlling a queue. Actually, the fans behaved themselves and that wasn't a problem. The problem was the people in hall costumes that went Ping! who spent about 15 mins in the dealers room, which was in the same space as the main stage.

Still actors aren't normally a draw for me, and the writers were great, but couldn't bring myself to spend to long crammed into the back of the pub.