too many "u"s in that article

I'm here actually, and while I didn't care much about the con (90% of it is shiat I dont recognize and photo ops dont appeal to me) - there to meet friends and hang out - don't listen to the official saying they didn't overbook the event.

There's maybe 2 square feet of unoccupied space in the whole building. The rest of it is stuffed wall-to-wall with way too many people, and that's after they stopped selling Sunday tickets. It's a total mess.

the stench of BO must have been horrible

tag too busy ogling Poison Ivy.

I will have my revenge on you, Wheaton!

Angry nerds, ha ha

Sounds like the fire marshal might have been a Star Wars fan.

\jk, too many people showing up at once is a crowd failure waiting to happen

How the hell did Gates McFadden get out of the chains in my basement?

Let's face it - when you reunite the entire cast of TNG, if you're using anything smaller than a football stadium, it's too small.

wedun: the stench of BO must have been horrible

Surprisingly not. Everything just smelled like food.

Although it would not shock me if there were nerds who simply smelled like overpriced hot dogs and pizza.

I tried to go yesterday, but even at noon, the lines were bigger than I've *ever* seen at that venue.

So I went to the ship and spent the afternoon drinking on the patio.

In other news, nocturnal emissions in Canada on a per-capita basis have exceeded those of Guangdong Province, China.

tdpatriots12: I'm here actually, and while I didn't care much about the con (90% of it is shiat I dont recognize and photo ops dont appeal to me) - there to meet friends and hang out - don't listen to the official saying they didn't overbook the event.

There's maybe 2 square feet of unoccupied space in the whole building. The rest of it is stuffed wall-to-wall with way too many people, and that's after they stopped selling Sunday tickets. It's a total mess.

I think its just as likely that they did a bad job of checking that people going into convention spaces had their
proper badges. I will also bet that they had to leave the physical security up to the bored rent-a-cops that they
venue hires, and they probably just let any weirdo in a costume in.

Sounds like last year at the Fan Expo in Toronto. I was in the area when it was being held, and took a look. The re-entry line was wrapped around the convention center. There was still an area for people to buy tickets, but at that point I think they were smart enough to stop pretending they didn't oversell by an order of magnitude.

Seriously? Why is this news? Every con that's big enough to get TNG cast members as guests is like that.

ds_4815: [img1.fark.net image 54x11] tag too busy ogling Poison Ivy.

I'm surprised that picture hasn't been posted yet with a caption.

Pre-paid 5hundo for photo ops? Oh, you poor SOB.

Green peoples problems.

As for the BO problems, if anyone has some ideas on how to get rid of it, I'd like to know. My teenage daughter has some friends over and they reek (I suggested spraying them all with Febreeze, but my Fiance said no).

Some hardcore fans who had paid big bucks for photo ops with the Expo's various celebrity guests - including Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee for $50 and a picture with the original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for $495 - were also left fuming in the lines, uncertain as to whether or not they'd get their coveted shots.


Um, yeah. I'd be very hard pressed to figure out why I'd want to pay one-tenth of that. Wil, if you're reading this, what's the deal? How much of that does the con kick back to you, or do they pay you a set fee for showing up, and keep all of the fees? Because seriously, WTF?

$495.00 for a photo with a STTNG cast member?

I thought nerds were smart.

I guess I now know why they live in their Mother's basement.
They spend possible rent money on stupid stuff.

Jeph Jacques is there and tweeted that all was cool... Weird.

$495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

RDixon: $495.00 for a photo with a STTNG cast member?

I thought nerds were smart.

I guess I now know why they live in their Mother's basement.
They spend possible rent money on stupid stuff.

I think it's for a picture with all of them.

Still...

Captain Steroid: $495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

1 Canadian dollar is currently worth 1.01924 American, so, do the math.

This is why I stopped going to DragonCon. Four hours in line to pick up a ticket that they refuse to mail even though it was purchased eight months in advance is stupid. I'd say that all these cons need to be run by industry professionals instead of volunteers and the "well that's the way we've always done it" brigade but that'd probably just turn them all into ComicCon. There's got to be a balance somewhere between chaming but bumbling and corporate lockdown.

/Yes the Amiga was a nice computer for its time but you can't run a large scale modern event with it

Captain Steroid: $495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

I think you have to take them all to McDonald's too, but you'll regret it.

WHEEEAAATOOOOOON!!!!

ultraholland: too many "u"s in that article

I don't understand. There are just as many u's, Majesty, as are required. Neither more nor less.

Shouldn't the Weaton tag have been used for this?

J. Frank Parnell: Captain Steroid: $495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

1 Canadian dollar is currently worth 1.01924 American, so, do the math.

*does math*



*will not do math again*

I left early because there's no place to sit down. I actually came home with part of my Con budget in my pocket and didn't stick around to see the Mark Meer panel. All I wanted to do was sit down for a bit and not get yelled at by someone for sitting down. If people can't sit along the wall because it's a fire issue maybe you fools should get an extra room for people to go and sit in.

/my nerd rage, let me show it to you.

overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fans pouring into the venue at once

the BMO Centre on the Stampede grounds

Seems fitting.

And they've reunited before.



Yes, I have a question for Captain Kirk...in that episode where you drown your wife; Why are you so fat?

I guess lots of Moms got a chance to clean their basements this weekend.

buckler: Captain Steroid: $495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

I think you have to take them all to McDonald's too, but you'll regret it.



God Dammit, if Patrick Stewart gets two milk shakes, *I* get two milk shakes! Change my order! CHANGE IT!!

Agent Paper: I left early because there's no place to sit down. I actually came home with part of my Con budget in my pocket and didn't stick around to see the Mark Meer panel. All I wanted to do was sit down for a bit and not get yelled at by someone for sitting down. If people can't sit along the wall because it's a fire issue maybe you fools should get an extra room for people to go and sit in.

/my nerd rage, let me show it to you.

you sound fat

If this guy didn't get in, someone's in for some Scanners-type head explosions . . .

bim1154: Shouldn't the Weaton tag have been used for this?

UsikFark: buckler: Captain Steroid: $495 for a TNG group shot? Is that U.S. or Canadian? O_o

I think you have to take them all to McDonald's too, but you'll regret it.

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God Dammit, if Patrick Stewart gets two milk shakes, *I* get two milk shakes! Change my order! CHANGE IT!!



Then I want FOUR!

\yes, I know that was not part of the FG episode

1973 called. They want to invite you to the Asimov panel.

fusillade762: overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fans pouring into the venue at once

the BMO Centre on the Stampede grounds

Seems fitting.

And they've reunited before.

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Yes, I have a question for Captain Kirk...in that episode where you drown your wife; Why are you so fat?

Fark needs a Hweaton tag.

spiral_fishcake: As for the BO problems, if anyone has some ideas on how to get rid of it, I'd like to know. My teenage daughter has some friends over and they reek (I suggested spraying them all with Febreeze, but my Fiance said no).

please read the label on that crap. the manufacturer doesn't give a damn what goes in your childrens lungs but i'm sure you do. your fiance is a keeper.

manitobamadman: Agent Paper: I left early because there's no place to sit down. I actually came home with part of my Con budget in my pocket and didn't stick around to see the Mark Meer panel. All I wanted to do was sit down for a bit and not get yelled at by someone for sitting down. If people can't sit along the wall because it's a fire issue maybe you fools should get an extra room for people to go and sit in.

/my nerd rage, let me show it to you.

you sound fat

lol based on my comment you would think so, mea culpa. No I was just tired of walking around the floor getting run into by strollers. I think it was a pretty good con they just need to call on a pro from Vegas to organize or start to spread out to the other buildings on the grounds maybe both. Heck we'll get hundreds of thousands of people in and out of the Stampede every year with minimal issues so it can be done.

Everyone rags on Creation cons being over-priced, to restrictive in access to the talent and many other measurements as well. I like them b/c you don't have to put up with crap like this. I buy my ticket, I keep my same seat all weekend and I don't have to wait in a line for photo ops or autos for hours and hours. Yeah, I paid $150 for a pic with Original Cool Spock and Quinto but guess what? Nimoy won't be going to cons anymore and Quinto says it will be years if he does it again but I have a photo of Spock and Spock with me cheesing hard in the middle.

TOS cast members are getting up there in age. Those two seconds during the photo op is priceless to me. Plus, Leonard Nimoy and Jonathan Frakes said I was gorgeous. Can't put a price tag on that memory. I regret not going while De Kelley was still alive.

I was there pretty much all weekend. Man, am I exhausted.

Crazy scene yesterday as I was leaving and no one was allowed in. Nerd rage is a righteous rage.

Highlights for me included Kate Beaton drawing a picture of my son and George Perez doing a sketch for me.

Calgary Expo's become a huge convention in a very short amount of time. I think the organizers have done a good job, but were unprepared for the magnitude it hit this year with the ST:TNG cast, Stan Lee, Adam West, and others. Some changes are certainly going to be necessary as this show continues to grow and rival other Comic-Cons worldwide.

lol, what farking liars. If people are packed in like sardines so that nobody can sit down or breathe, you overbooked by a long shot, pure and simple. What did they think, that people would show up and leave in orderly, hour increments? Greedy bastards.

Sounds a lot like what happens at Toronto, it gets worse every year. Why can't they just book the entire convention center?

/will be dressed as a Bleach character
//don't look at me like that, it's not like I can make a new costume every year, besides I'm going back to school
///I think I'll leave my sword at home though

What's with "The Prisoner" Number 6 suit Wheaton is wearing?

FTA: "Some hardcore fans who had paid big bucks for photo ops with the Expo's various celebrity guests - including Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee for $50 and a picture with the original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for $495 "

Just for lulz, I would have cosplayed as a TNG version of Welshy for that golden photo op.