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- From: rang@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken)
- Subject: Re: AA'93, AX'93, and Flame Wars
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- Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 06:03:53 GMT
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- FACT: There are two conventions.
- FACT: Not everyone that is going to one is going to the other.
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- Considering these two facts, I assume people want to make an opinion of
- which con is better, and go to the con of their choice.
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- So how does one consider which con to go to? The perfect staff is not one
- of my credentials, because I don't think there is such thing. The GoH list
- can be quality and/or quantity (I assume people hate this logic), but if
- someone you want to meet is at one con, why not go to that one? I, for
- one, want to AX' 93 provided Rumiko Takahashi goes, and Mikimoto.
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- SO what other credentials are there for each convention? One of mine happens
- to be : IS IT FUN? AT last AX '92, I went to kareoke, midnigt madness, met a
- lot of friends around the country and around the world..ANother happens to be
- a ggod dealers' room, and I haven't been disatisfied at the previous
- convention, except for the fact that they are crowded (A lot of people seem
- to agree that a good dealers' room is a healthy benefactor.)
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- What detracts me from a convention? Anime politics..I ought to know that
- politics has destroyed a lot of my fun..the C/FO, advanced fans vs.
- beginning fans, even w/in Cal-Animage, and now AA vs AX. Now, big flames about
- anime won't go away too often, but it's time to see beyond these
- politics. It's a matter of what is going to satisfy your pleasure, whether
- you have enjoyed your previous experience at AX '92 and AC '91 and expect
- even more, or feel you hated it and take your chances at a smaller con.
- It's up to you to look beyond the opinions of "A-person-on-this-staff-sez"
- or "There's a rumor-that-[meaty gossip]" and make your own decisions..
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- Jyanken
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