Irreverent Rants

2017-07-xx

by Darknut

Why I'm Not Going To Your Con

So you've organized your own fantasy or Trekkie or comicbooks or videogames or BattleTech or Furry or cosplay convention. Great, I know it's a lot of work. I know it sucks when your celebrity guest Bruce Campbell ditches you to go to some other con. I know you're going to lose a lot of money doing this. Bravo!

But... I'm not going.

It's simple: You don't have a website.

Or: Your website is a fucking Facebook page.

Or: Your website exists, but it has no actual schedule of events.

In this situation, you're asking me to show up without telling me why I should.

That's like announcing a LAN party without saying what game you're going to play.

Maybe your website has a list of pseudo-celebrity guests. Maybe I think it would be cool to see them. But you don't say where and when I have to be. That sucks.

Finally got your schedule together the day before the con? It's too late, sorry. It needs to be there months ahead of time. Otherwise I've already made plans to see Bruce Campbell.

Basically you're asking me to pay $100 or whatever to merely hope that I'll be in the right place and time to see something cool. You think just being there should be good enough? Well, fuck you. Get your shit together already.

And no, I don't have to be the one who fixes your stupid website. Just get somebody to fix it.

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