January 30 2007
Moonlight Rising postpones con to 2008.
"In light of recent actions and happenings in the Jossverse fandom that it would be for the best to postpone this year's event till 2008."
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Xander | January 30, 17:44 CET
ProphecyGirl16 | January 30, 17:48 CET
Tonya J | January 30, 18:02 CET
It seems to me they feel the recent Booster disaster contributed to low ticket sales. Personally I think rebuilding ticket buyer's trust has been very difficult after recent years.
At least they are cancelling now, before most people have planned travel. You can't fault them for that.
[ edited by jletham on 2007-01-31 01:05 ]
jletham | January 30, 18:04 CET
Simon | January 30, 18:25 CET
embers | January 30, 18:34 CET
@theonetruebix | January 30, 18:40 CET
daylight | January 30, 18:45 CET
kerfuffle | January 30, 18:52 CET
And it does seem a bit much, given that it's many of the same celebs.
I wish PCH would be nice to me and bankroll me so I could get to these things...altho seeing Amber, Mercedes, or Juliet in the flesh I'd probably embarrass myself and everyone in the room
DaddyCatALSO | January 30, 18:55 CET
"How do you decide which ones are the best?"
You'd need to be prepared to research them or rely on other fans. This didn't work in the case of Booster, even so. As for the best, I like bigger cheaper ones myself. If they collapse you haven't lost out much and they are a lot of fun. It all depends on what you want from a con.
jletham | January 30, 19:03 CET
Dietcoke | January 30, 19:24 CET
jletham | January 30, 19:28 CET
I'm glad to see that they're actually thinking about the best way to go about this in the wake of BE's demise, which I believe is a major factor in the decision to postpone '07. Plus...August is a terrible month in my opinion.
[ edited by Haikes on 2007-01-31 02:38 ]
Haikes | January 30, 19:37 CET
resa | January 30, 19:48 CET
There's also stuff like WorldCon that doesn't really fit into these categories.
ObDisclaimer: None if this is anything formalized or terribly well-defined. I'm not even a seasoned con veteran or anything. They're just things I've observed in reading a lot about cons and attending a goodly number.
KernelM | January 30, 19:59 CET
embers | January 30, 20:04 CET
daylight | January 30, 21:04 CET
Shiai | January 30, 22:06 CET
The same company has also been running L-Word and Charmed cons which appear to have been well attended, and this year are also running a Prison Break/Vernica Mars con which also appears to have a lot of interest, as well as some Whedonverse related cons.
I can understand a lot of people feeling burnt after flan 2 and I respect MR for at least taking some action well in advance. Probably the best way for them to regain the trust of the fans.
Cider | January 31, 01:58 CET
Consider yourself lucky.
killinj | January 31, 14:57 CET