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Comic Gone...The Fall of Comic Con
13 years ago
Its no shock to anyone that has like me suffered and been unable to attend the once greatest event in the world called Comic Con. Let me explain where the downfall all started.
Back on 2011 Regestering for a Comic Con Badge had become nearly Impossable. 3 times with 3 different Ticket buying sites all crashed, not crashed MELTED under the millions trying to get a Badge. The 4th and last try with Ticket Leap still caused major crashing. I tryed for over 4 hours and I never even got on to try to get a badge.
In 2012 it happend again. This time due more to allowing those that wanted to get a badge at the con to. But they only are allowing those that went to the con to get them early. How is that fair? Not to metion they also incressed the fee's of badges from $105 for a four day to $150 and I am sure it will be more in 2013.
The real ones to blame for all this Ticket insanity is the Twi-TARDs. Twilight Fan's have NO right at all at comic Con. Thousands of them have flooded the con making it harder to even get to a ticket. So much that you have to do some messed up Comic Con Member ID thing just to be able to TRY and get a badge and there's still no promise you will get one at all.
Its not the comic con I grew up with. Its become COPRATE CON or COMPANY CON! Its less about the fans and more about getting your company's new shows, games, ect out there. But I do have some idea's to make it better for all.
1. Stop allowing onsite badge buying for next year. Give all those the same chance as those that are lucky enough to go to get a badge for next year or if thats not acceptable then allow non-comic con members to get one onsite for next year as well be fair to those that were not able to make it the year before.
2. Get a new location. San Deigo is a great place. The weathers nice and its all good but its to damn small now. The Convetion center there is not able to any longer support the growing mass each year it hasn't been able to for the last 5 years. Other locations in Anahem or in Las Vega's Cenvetion Center is far more larger to support the size the Con needs and can hold alot more people as well. Time to move on.
3. Lower the Price back. Not everyone can afford at $150 full 4 day pass added to things like gas money/Plane Ticket money, Hotel fees (That are insanely to high already), food, Parking Fee, ect. The price can be well over $1,000 and thats before you even get inside the Convetion. How many of us can really afford something like that year after year?
4. No more Twi-TARDs. Stop having these pannels of Twilight coming to Comic Con and you will see over a thousand or more Comic Con Badges available for those that REALLY want to go to comic con.
Its a sad day when I a loyal fan of the con for over 9 years has to make posts like this for the only place I love. I haven't taken a vacation in over 2 years cause there's no where else to go. I use to be 180 pounds back in 2010. I was fit and happy. Now I am well over 200+ and I don't work out at all no longer see a reason to, and I feel empty and depressed.
Comic Con is life....without out Comic Con there is no reason for life.
Back on 2011 Regestering for a Comic Con Badge had become nearly Impossable. 3 times with 3 different Ticket buying sites all crashed, not crashed MELTED under the millions trying to get a Badge. The 4th and last try with Ticket Leap still caused major crashing. I tryed for over 4 hours and I never even got on to try to get a badge.
In 2012 it happend again. This time due more to allowing those that wanted to get a badge at the con to. But they only are allowing those that went to the con to get them early. How is that fair? Not to metion they also incressed the fee's of badges from $105 for a four day to $150 and I am sure it will be more in 2013.
The real ones to blame for all this Ticket insanity is the Twi-TARDs. Twilight Fan's have NO right at all at comic Con. Thousands of them have flooded the con making it harder to even get to a ticket. So much that you have to do some messed up Comic Con Member ID thing just to be able to TRY and get a badge and there's still no promise you will get one at all.
Its not the comic con I grew up with. Its become COPRATE CON or COMPANY CON! Its less about the fans and more about getting your company's new shows, games, ect out there. But I do have some idea's to make it better for all.
1. Stop allowing onsite badge buying for next year. Give all those the same chance as those that are lucky enough to go to get a badge for next year or if thats not acceptable then allow non-comic con members to get one onsite for next year as well be fair to those that were not able to make it the year before.
2. Get a new location. San Deigo is a great place. The weathers nice and its all good but its to damn small now. The Convetion center there is not able to any longer support the growing mass each year it hasn't been able to for the last 5 years. Other locations in Anahem or in Las Vega's Cenvetion Center is far more larger to support the size the Con needs and can hold alot more people as well. Time to move on.
3. Lower the Price back. Not everyone can afford at $150 full 4 day pass added to things like gas money/Plane Ticket money, Hotel fees (That are insanely to high already), food, Parking Fee, ect. The price can be well over $1,000 and thats before you even get inside the Convetion. How many of us can really afford something like that year after year?
4. No more Twi-TARDs. Stop having these pannels of Twilight coming to Comic Con and you will see over a thousand or more Comic Con Badges available for those that REALLY want to go to comic con.
Its a sad day when I a loyal fan of the con for over 9 years has to make posts like this for the only place I love. I haven't taken a vacation in over 2 years cause there's no where else to go. I use to be 180 pounds back in 2010. I was fit and happy. Now I am well over 200+ and I don't work out at all no longer see a reason to, and I feel empty and depressed.
Comic Con is life....without out Comic Con there is no reason for life.
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Wow, I-I don't know how to feel. Buddy, I had no idea this was upsetting you so much. It's good that you're getting this all out though, keeping it bottled up can't be good for you. I remember my family vacations. We'd all get together and go out to one of the big casinos in Gulfport or Biloxi Mississippi, stay at a hotel on the beach and just chill for a couple of days. As the years went on, less and less of us went, the the hurricane's hit. Sometimes mom and I would still go, sometimes taking my nieces and nephews but nowadays it's gotten too pricey. So...while I can never really understand what it's like at a convention, I don't know what it's like to miss your vacations *hugs you*
