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 | | From: | Ali Hopkins | | Subject: | Cons: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:42:01 -0000 |
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 | Now, see - I don't normally much care for Creation Cons. Not that they are
in any way crooks; they run a commercial business with all that entails,
but they do at least pay their guests promptly, treat them professionally,
pay their taxes, don't rip off charities and don't profit from exploitation
of unpaid volunteers. I don't care for their events because they are not
Proper Conventions. I like fan run cons, which I consider to be catering to
the true community of fans.
But.
Creation are now going to be running Stargate Cons, probably in the UK.
This means no one else can run said events on a halfway commercial basis, as
Creation will own the rights. And Creation have Big Expensive Lawyers.
This, therefore, shits all over a certain Grubby Crook in a Mac with a con
name resembling a large lupine carnivore.
Oh Joy! Oh deep and abiding Joy!
Ali
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| | From: | Paul Harper | | Subject: | Re: Cons: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:13:06 +0000 |
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| On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:42:01 -0000, "Ali Hopkins"
wrote:
>This, therefore, shits all over a certain Grubby Crook in a Mac with a con
>name resembling a large lupine carnivore.
Incidentally, last I heard he was busy organising a Battlestar
Galactica con.
Paul.
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Never have so many jumped-up fanboys done so little, with so much, for so long."
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| | From: | Ali Hopkins | | Subject: | Re: Cons: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:28:10 -0000 |
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"Paul Harper" wrote in message
news:7secu058ohu5mea4dbmuaje6fg3qipr55t@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:42:01 -0000, "Ali Hopkins"
> wrote:
>
>>This, therefore, shits all over a certain Grubby Crook in a Mac with a con
>>name resembling a large lupine carnivore.
>
> Incidentally, last I heard he was busy organising a Battlestar
> Galactica con.
>
Was he, indeed. That is very interesting.... gives me an idea or three....
Ali
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| | From: | Paul Harper | | Subject: | Re: Cons: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:48:15 +0000 |
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| On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:42:01 -0000, "Ali Hopkins"
wrote:
>Now, see - I don't normally much care for Creation Cons. Not that they are
>in any way crooks; they run a commercial business with all that entails,
>but they do at least pay their guests promptly, treat them professionally,
>pay their taxes, don't rip off charities and don't profit from exploitation
>of unpaid volunteers. I don't care for their events because they are not
>Proper Conventions. I like fan run cons, which I consider to be catering to
>the true community of fans.
>
>But.
>
>Creation are now going to be running Stargate Cons, probably in the UK.
>
>This means no one else can run said events on a halfway commercial basis, as
>Creation will own the rights. And Creation have Big Expensive Lawyers.
>
>This, therefore, shits all over a certain Grubby Crook in a Mac with a con
>name resembling a large lupine carnivore.
>
>Oh Joy! Oh deep and abiding Joy!
Indeed.
.... and Jonathan Frakes was at The Enterprise pub in London this
evening, but sadly I had to turn down the invite to go :-(
Would have loved to chat about Thunderbirds, too...
Paul.
--
.. A .sig is all well and good, but it's no substitute for a personality
.. JMS: "SFX is a fairly useless publication on just about every imaginable front.
Never have so many jumped-up fanboys done so little, with so much, for so long."
.. EMail: Unless invited to, don't. Your message is likely to be automatically deleted.
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| | From: | Ali Hopkins | | Subject: | Re: Cons: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:18:44 -0000 |
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"Paul Harper" wrote in message
news:0n6bu0d5vrnajsrplkppg1la3iulamh1c8@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:42:01 -0000, "Ali Hopkins"
> wrote:
>
>>Now, see - I don't normally much care for Creation Cons. Not that they are
>>in any way crooks; they run a commercial business with all that entails,
>>but they do at least pay their guests promptly, treat them
>>professionally,
>>pay their taxes, don't rip off charities and don't profit from
>>exploitation
>>of unpaid volunteers. I don't care for their events because they are not
>>Proper Conventions. I like fan run cons, which I consider to be catering
>>to
>>the true community of fans.
>>
>>But.
>>
>>Creation are now going to be running Stargate Cons, probably in the UK.
>>
>>This means no one else can run said events on a halfway commercial basis,
>>as
>>Creation will own the rights. And Creation have Big Expensive Lawyers.
>>
>>This, therefore, shits all over a certain Grubby Crook in a Mac with a con
>>name resembling a large lupine carnivore.
>>
>>Oh Joy! Oh deep and abiding Joy!
>
> Indeed.
>
> ... and Jonathan Frakes was at The Enterprise pub in London this
> evening, but sadly I had to turn down the invite to go :-(
Damn! Was he indeed.
>
> Would have loved to chat about Thunderbirds, too...
>
Um. Lovely man, but I would seriously have to smack him for that. :)
Ali
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| | From: | Dave Whiley | | Subject: | Re: Not all the news is bad. :) | | Date: | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:35:23 -0000 |
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| "Ali Hopkins" wrote in message
news:34lgcsF4di16qU1@individual.net...
> Now, see - I don't normally much care for Creation Cons. Not that they
are
> in any way crooks; they run a commercial business with all that
entails,
> but they do at least pay their guests promptly, treat them
professionally,
> pay their taxes, don't rip off charities and don't profit from
exploitation
> of unpaid volunteers. I don't care for their events because they are
not
> Proper Conventions. I like fan run cons, which I consider to be
catering to
> the true community of fans.
Not that I'm intending to go, but I see they're charging USD319 (£174
according to them... I've not checked the exchange rate for myself).
I knew there was a reason I'd stopped going to conventions...
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Dave
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not-me should be djw401 and there's no need for any wossname
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