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[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

angelmage99

I want to mention not to do Anime Oasis. I heard yesterday that, because of the stupid thing they said, that the con is done, no more. I was talking to some of the organizers for the the Horror con (in the same city) and they told me (they're regulars). Nothing official has been posted from my research.

We should wait until a date is posted or a noticed of Anime Oasis not happening again comes up. That being said I've seen other things that AO is done as well.

Edit: Found the official Announcement

Omg, wow. I had heard people expecting that to happen after how this year went. It definitely seemed like the final straw for a lot of people. Thanks for the heads up!

smithers456

i also considered quoting people from those posts, along with their date of posting and putting it in the updated one so it can still read like the og thread.  

[angelmage99]

Ennichi_Jimetsu

angelmage99

I want to mention not to do Anime Oasis. I heard yesterday that, because of the stupid thing they said, that the con is done, no more. I was talking to some of the organizers for the the Horror con (in the same city) and they told me (they're regulars). Nothing official has been posted from my research.

We should wait until a date is posted or a noticed of Anime Oasis not happening again comes up. That being said I've seen other things that AO is done as well.

Edit: Found the official Announcement

Omg, wow. I had heard people expecting that to happen after how this year went. It definitely seemed like the final straw for a lot of people. Thanks for the heads up!

smithers456

i also considered quoting people from those posts, along with their date of posting and putting it in the updated one so it can still read like the og thread.

A lot of people still went, but I know there was a counter event/picnic at the same time as the con on Saturday. I didn't end up going to the counter event. On top of that it seemed like there was a single person controling the scene instead of a committee. Like Committees are better after you've passed the first few years of being a con.  

[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

From what I've heard others say, it sounds like a lot of people felt it was more fo a solo show a lot of times. Which is unfortunate. If he felt the need to do everything himself, its probably contributed to why he feels so burnt out now. But also, for large community events it's good to get perspectives of many people, not just to enforce your own.

Here's hoping another will rise in its place though.  

[angelmage99]

Ennichi_Jimetsu

From what I've heard others say, it sounds like a lot of people felt it was more fo a solo show a lot of times. Which is unfortunate. If he felt the need to do everything himself, its probably contributed to why he feels so burnt out now. But also, for large community events it's good to get perspectives of many people, not just to enforce your own.

Here's hoping another will rise in its place though.

It is a huge blow. It's the only anime con in the state. The next closest con is in Spokane, WA, Helena, MT, or in Layton, UT (depending on where you live).

Well there was someone trying to crowd fund a ridculous amount of money. They wanted $60,000. I may have shut that down. For a first time con that is not an okay amount of money. $10,000 would have been more reasonable and still be able to do a lot. You don't know how the con will go. They posted it on Facebook and they couldn't answer to me so they took the post down after I stated why I wouldn't.

On the flipside there are two new cons this year. RetroX (toy show, oddly sucessful and coming back next year) and Snake River Horror Con (Happening right before Halloween). The Horror Con is ran by people I know through work, so I'm going to be volunteering for it. They asked for my info when they saw me.  

[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

angelmage99

It is a huge blow. It's the only anime con in the state. The next closest con is in Spokane, WA, Helena, MT, or in Layton, UT (depending on where you live).

Well there was someone trying to crowd fund a ridculous amount of money. They wanted $60,000. I may have shut that down. For a first time con that is not an okay amount of money. $10,000 would have been more reasonable and still be able to do a lot. You don't know how the con will go. They posted it on Facebook and they couldn't answer to me so they took the post down after I stated why I wouldn't.

On the flipside there are two new cons this year. RetroX (toy show, oddly sucessful and coming back next year) and Snake River Horror Con (Happening right before Halloween). The Horror Con is ran by people I know through work, so I'm going to be volunteering for it. They asked for my info when they saw me.

WOW! That is far too much for a baby con imo.. I'm not sure if even Crunchyroll's convention kicked off with 60k. And they've been fairly big for a relatively new con.

I'm glad there's at least those two new ones! Who knows, maybe they'll take off pretty quick too  

[angelmage99]

Ennichi_Jimetsu

angelmage99

It is a huge blow. It's the only anime con in the state. The next closest con is in Spokane, WA, Helena, MT, or in Layton, UT (depending on where you live).

Well there was someone trying to crowd fund a ridculous amount of money. They wanted $60,000. I may have shut that down. For a first time con that is not an okay amount of money. $10,000 would have been more reasonable and still be able to do a lot. You don't know how the con will go. They posted it on Facebook and they couldn't answer to me so they took the post down after I stated why I wouldn't.

On the flipside there are two new cons this year. RetroX (toy show, oddly sucessful and coming back next year) and Snake River Horror Con (Happening right before Halloween). The Horror Con is ran by people I know through work, so I'm going to be volunteering for it. They asked for my info when they saw me.

WOW! That is far too much for a baby con imo.. I'm not sure if even Crunchyroll's convention kicked off with 60k. And they've been fairly big for a relatively new con.

I'm glad there's at least those two new ones! Who knows, maybe they'll take off pretty quick too

Well the new ones are starting off right. Snake River Horror Con is the spawn of Idaho State Horror Con (in Boise) and RetroX is in a bigger and better location for year 2.

There is also some other possible cons that may pop up including a Gaming Con. I have a former Co-worker who is interested in possibily starting one. We've talked about it.  

[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

In the past, does anyone know if we had a thread to advertise in the Guild section of the gaia forums?  

[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

smithers456

We don't have any official Gaia threads in the Forum and Chat areas for our Guild. I honestly don't know much about them. I generally just keep to our threads and our two Affiliated Guilds. If you have any ideas about expanding to those areas let me know.

Yes we use to have two threads in the Guild for advertising.

1.Social Media Cosplay Accounts - Members can post the links to their Anime and Cosplay websites and accounts on it. I. t took a while to find it. I moved the thread to the Getting to know you Sub Forum. I figured that was a good place for the thread for now. Check it out.

2. Convention, Guild, & Website Advertising - You can post in this thread to either promote a convention or even advertise it. You can do this in the Regional Convention Sub Forums as well. This thread also gives you the opportunity to promote multiple Cons or special causes that a particular con is promoting. I could not find this thread. It was supposed to be in the Main Forum.

As for a general advertising thread I could set one up but it would be a case by case permission to post in it.

We could create a new Convention, Guild & Website Advertising thread. Again. Something to think about

I would have to think of how I want to format my post, but I was thinking of creating a thread for us in the Gaia Guild Network. It looks like a lot of other guild advertise there to try and get attention of new members or talk with other guilds. I still need to comb through more threads for ideas  

[Ennichi_Jimetsu]

Quick and simple, and later than I was hoping to get to it, but I made us a small contest ad in this forum:

https://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-guilds-network/anime-conventions-the-global-connection-halloween-contest/t.113290587_1/#2