Dan Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Generally. Hotels usually go up around the end of the year. Do you remember what last year's rate was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted September 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Last year I got the room for about 115 a night I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Was that your share, or the room as a whole? Wendee and I are going, but are planning on just grabbing our own room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 That's the per night rate; actual shares ended up being closer to $100/night (though admittedly that's because we had 6 people last year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Unless I win some money/receive sponsorship, I'm afraid I can't see me being at the next C2E2. My apologies for being poor! At the moment, I see myself in the same boat. I, however, make no apologies for being poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Followup question for Dubs/James. Will you be coming in for the full Wedesday check-in, Sunday check-out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Probably. I need to put in a vacation request for it at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 On the subject of Baseball games next year, The Cubs are hosting The Diamond Backs Through the 24th and The White Sox hosting the Rays the 25th-28th next April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I might finally get to go to Wrigley Field. Failing that, I'll take in a game at U.S. Cellular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Loved Wrigley when I went a few years back, would love to do the Thursday afternoon game again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Depending on my funds, I might be up for taking part in that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Looks like I might be hitting up the World Horror Convention in May! Look for podcasts of me drunk and Jeff Strand high on Snapple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 It's too early to say for sure, but it looks like I may be a panelist at Arisia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 New York City Comiccon, run by ReedPOP who also do C2E2, was hijaking people's Twitter accounts this past weekend when people agreed to link their badge to their Twitter account. They've apologized since but this kinda makes me nervous. Not nervous enough to pull out of Chicago but if this kinda bullshit happens at C2E2 this year, I'm probably going to be encouraging people to try a different con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 NYCC is their testing ground for the bigger, more stupid ideas is what I've seen. With the way it backfired, they won't try it on a smaller scale like C2E2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Oh, NYCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hey if you're going to dress like a steam punk adventurer then you were asking for it. Said a bunch of dicks. Its comic con, not Daytona beach for gods sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 NYCC seems to be attempting to be a new SDCC for the EC. For the most part, it and C2E2 seem completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hey if you're going to dress like a steam punk adventurer then you were asking for it. Said a bunch of dicks. Its comic con, not Daytona beach for gods sake. Things seem to be improving somewhat as people become more vocal, but the idea that it's okay to behave badly to cosplayers (and female attendees and guests in general) has to go away. Today. The story of the fourteen-year-old who was kissed against her will and looked for her mom was heartbreaking. NYCC seems to be attempting to be a new SDCC for the EC. For the most part, it and C2E2 seem completely different. The size and scale of SDCC indicates that another big con is sustainable, and New York is the obvious place to do it. The worries I have is that ReedPop has similar complaints in regards to PAX as well, especially PAX East. I don't doubt that Fensterman takes these issues seriously, but they have to step up their game significantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Pax East kicked out and banned similar assholes for harassing underage Lara Croft cosplayers, the last I heard, and the year I was there, they made the girl who was attempting to wear the barely staying together pink catsuit from Lollipop Chainsaw cover up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I don't want to sound like I'm picking on ReedPop specifically; I'm not. What bothers me is the very small but very vocal breed of assholes who are incensed that our awesome thing is being acknowledged as an awesome thing by "outsiders" and now our club has a lot of new members (especially the explosion of cosplayers in the past few years), and they're going to combat this by being even more brutally, spectacularly ignorant and offensive. "You can't tell ME not to objectify women!" Cons are coming around to the idea that this is a problem that needs to be dealt with, and it needs to happen a little faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Absofuckinglutely. I've wanted to cosplay for a while, but after seeing a friend of mine have several creeps try to take upskirts of her Sailor Pluto costume, it kind of puts you off the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Last year at Arisia, Wendee and I noticed a couple of guys standing at the foot of an escalator taking upskirt videos of women coming down. We confronted them and they were legitimately confused about how this was not okay. To the con's credit, their badges were taken away and they were bounced on the spot, but it only takes one creeper to mar a con's reputation for years. Cons, especially smaller cons, are coming back to a place where kids are being dropped off by mom and dad to enjoy the show for a day. There are a ton more teenagers at shows now than there used to be, and that's awesome. But that makes it all the more important to ensure that attendees are safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I'm avoiding cons as a rule now and I'm not even sure I'm going to C2E2 during the next Chicago trip because I generally don't think they're a healthy social environment for me to be in. That said, I would commit violent acts towards any man that even gave a hint of doing any of that creeper shit within my view. That's not an internet tough guy threat. I would be physically unable to control myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 C2E2 Tickets go on sale next Thursday, guests will start being announced next week as well. In unrelated news (hopefully), Pax East sold out of three day badges in under an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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