uh-oh

[jazzfish]

. . . wait, Technicon, in addition to being in McBryde instead of an actual convention center, is shutting down at eleven PM?

I want to go this year: a couple days of solid gaming, plus Mr Martin and Ursula Vernon. It's growing more and more difficult to justify the time and expense, though.

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[vond.livejournal.com]

I appreciate it. It's killing me seeing so many things happen this year that generate so much ill-will towards "the con staff". I feel like by being involved in running this thing I'm "signing my name" to the event, and I feel awful when people mention the issues we're having, especially when I agree with most of the statements.

If I had known we were going to do things in this fashion this year, I'd have requested or possibly demanded that we change the name of the event, much like Rising Star did the first year they held the con at Bluefield State.

[jsciv.livejournal.com]

There was a point where the chair said on the staff list (paraphrased) that this was the way he was going to do things and that if the club disagreed strongly enough they could fire him. I'm too far removed from things to know if that was a time to do so or not, and I've said before that there are people with more invested than me who need to be stewards of the con, so in the end I'll just go and make the best of it. If I play more Race for the Galaxy and less World of Warcraft: the Board Game than I'd planned because of time limits on the school grounds, that's unfortunate, but I will at least be playing with some of the coolest folks I know, so that's something important to me. :)

[anterus.livejournal.com]

There was a point where the chair said on the staff list (paraphrased) that this was the way he was going to do things and that if the club disagreed strongly enough they could fire him.

Well, that's pretty much what he said. In part, because there's a point where leadership decisions actually need to be made, and waffling needs to stop. I distinctly remember telling John he should say something to that effect (if you don't like it, replace me) last fall or so. Unfortunately, while I'm not terribly thrilled with how things are going, I don't think there's anyone else who's able and willing (the latter of those being the real problem) to do a better job, so here we are.

I think that if people stop trying to compare this to past TCons (hard, I know, since it's being called, well, TCon), it'll go off much better. Yes, far, far, far from perfect, but there's still plenty of capacity for fun to be had.

[jazzfish]

I think that if people stop trying to compare this to past TCons (hard, I know, since it's being called, well, TCon), it'll go off much better.

Problem is, it was advertised as Technicon, but it sounds like it'll be more along the lines of I-fest^2. Saying "Judge it on its own merits!" to people who are interested in coming for specific things that aren't going to be there is kind of rude.

[anterus.livejournal.com]

I don't know what else we can offer you, then. We're doin' about the best we can with what we have to work with. The town's just not near so damned friendly to cons as it used to be.

Also, you could try to think of it as more of a retro TCon, before it moved off campus, since it was held on-campus for a number of years.