Question for anyone who went to Starfury...

POSTED BY: chronicthehedgehog
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 06:39
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SQUIGS

Monday, May 9, 2005 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
You can go without buying a ticket but if you do, it's normally best to wear a badge that says "SUCKERS! I'm enjoying my free ride while you stupid punks pay for the guests to come over and all this organisation."

But you only get the right to hang round outside and chat to people. All well and good, but there are other ways to meet other fans. I've known one person do this at other conventions. I don't see it as a huge problem since they're not getting a lot, and aren't costing anyone anything.

SLAYERFEST

Monday, May 9, 2005 1:02 PM

If the event wasn't on they wouldn't be hanging out there. The organiser has to hire the venue. Anybody hanging out at the venue really owes the organiser an attendance fee.

If they try to engage the guests in conversation at the bar or even in the car park again they are capitalising on the fact that the organiser has paid for them to fly over and attend the event.

If I were the organiser I would ensure that nobody who enters the bar area does so without a pass. I know on previous occassions there have been badge checks on the external doors rather than the internal doors. I had the job of stopping people without badges coming in.

I repeat, if the organiser has paid to organise the event and bring guests over then those who attempt to benefit from the guests or the event are expected to pay for their entry. I will report anyone who doesn't pay their way in.

Andy

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SQUIGS

Monday, May 9, 2005 2:11 PM

I'm not talking about talking to the guests. Just the other fans. I agree that benefitting from the appearance of the guests would be unfair.

As for the bar, it all depends on whether the bar area is part of the convention. Usually the reason for not checking badges on the external doors is simply because that area has not been hired for exclusive use of the convention.

SLAYERFEST

Monday, May 9, 2005 2:25 PM

I realise that sometimes the bar area is open to the public and other times it is not, but would your friends CHOOSE to hang out at the bar of the Thistle Hotel for example if the event was not on? I suspect not. Many of us don't wanna hang out at the Thistle period but its difficult to attend the con and avoid the hotel.

My opinion remains the same though. As I said, if I were running the event there I would ensure that nobody entered the conference centre (which has been hired for the convention), unless they had a badge on.

I don't have a problem with non-attendees hanging out at the hotel per se (there are other bars or even local pubs hey could meet friends at) but as we can see from the posts above people have already considered ways to cheat the organiser out of their entry fees and some know of people who have done so. That is to be condemned not applauded. There are enough people condemning the piracy of the BDM after all on other threads.

I want to keep going to events and that can only happen if everyone pays their way in and stops advising or recommending ways to avoid payment. I know the organiser of Starfury will take a really dim view of anyone who does this.

Andy

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EMMA

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:39 AM

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Would people please stop advising people of ways to do it or you will also be reported to Starfury and that alone could result in a ban from future events.

Andy, there isn't a single person giving advice like that here, in fact as I am the one that mentioned it in the first-place I explicitly said the things you did but in a slightly less threatening fashion.

I am sorry if my comments upset you but I was trying to give other people all of the information I have.

Everybody who posted on this thread bought a ticket and went out of their way to ensure its success. Even I, who didn't buy any photos, spent money at the hotel for the sole reason of supporting the con for future events. The people on here are also posting on this thread to encourage other people to go, and I am pretty sure most, if not all of us, have got at least one other person to attend Starfury who normally wouldn't do so (I alone have got 2 extra friends to buy tickets. 1 is now a regular, and I am working on 2 more). I think this is pretty damn cool and makes us all BDH.

Now, no more squabbling, lets all be friends

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