Subj : Re: Farscape convention? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Ms T Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 00:25:25 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape In reply to RR's post: > Barrnabas Collins wrote: > >>> Most of the Creation "cons" [i.e. negatives] that people have listed >>> are probably true per most of the conventions they host, but I'm led >>> to believe that there's been some leniency whereas the official FS >>> con in concerned. >>> >>> I know numerous people who attended year after year and it appears >>> to me that the event has improved over time. If it was that terrible >>> and that much of a waste of time & money, it would have ceased to >>> even exist by now, no? >> I've attended many conventions over the years. I can think of >> exactly zero good things to say about Creation. >> >> You would have thought a bad convention like Creation would have >> gone out of business years ago. It's still around, someone is >> providing money for this bottomless pit. >> >> Of all the thousands of conventions i've attended over the years >> in many cites/states/countries/etc Creation has got to be hands down >> the worst. >> >> I wouldn't attend a creation con if they flew me out there and >> paid me. >> >> Do yourself a favor, go to fan run conventions. Creation exists for >> one reason only: to con you into spending your hard >> earned money on the junk in their dealers room. > > Your ire seems rooted in something more than just fact. > > I agree that fan-run cons are much more fun, however since to my knowledge > no decent fan-run FS cons currently exist, that leaves the annual Creation > con. > > As I said, I know a *lot* of Scapers who attend this con year in and out, > so it cannot be quite the Ninth Circle of Hell you describe. Yeh. I'm kinda getting that impression too about BC. I WOULD go if someone paid my way and as life should waft away from course, I won't likely be able to afford to go now..., I could walk I suppose, then stand outside hoping the mics are amped loud enough to catch a familiar voice. I suggest you consider yourself fortunate BC that you can scoff at the chance to be a dreamin' fan of something. Those folks involved in the making of Farscape did something rare and oh so valuable to me.., they made me laugh. Laugh and care and no apologies required. This is why I'm a fan and why I'd like to be in the same breathing space of those who added a bit of color to my world. I did ask for opinions about the fore mentioned convention, and I considered your input seriously. But as RR notes.., your ire does seem a bit /beyond/ just a few bad experiences with Creation.., OX -- Ms T Its better to light a candle then to curse the darkness. - Carl Sagan .