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Oh thank god. I was fearing no one else would join me in my misery of missing out on a downtown hotel tomorrow. https://twitter.com/AceParking/status/980894336949788672 Also parking lottery has started. They're requiring a credit card with each entry, my guess is they're hoping to limit shill entries. Little do they know, I'm irresponsible with money and have many credit cards.
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Dr Tran posted:Lucky. I didnt finish until 9:14. My friend finished at 9:06, hopefully he got in. Supposedly they go by form access time now rather than completion time. I got super lucky last year and didn't participate in hotelpocalypse so I can't say. I took forever filling out the form this year because I recently moved so I kept loving up my address so fingers crossed they really are going by access time.
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Was part of the first group in for hotels. Took my time on the form, got my first choice.....outside of downtown. WTF???? So lollll, gonna stay with some friends and uber in. Just don't loving care about it this year I guess.
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Hijinks Ensue posted:Nerd HQ won't be back: https://sdccblog.com/2018/06/nerdhq-not-returning-to-san-diego-comic-con-2018-san-diego-future-uncertain/ I was thinking about this the other day. I feel like SDCC is leveraging their studio contracts to clamp down on the cottage industry of mini-cons popping up around it. It sucks but to a degree it's for the better. As much as you can have a good time outside con w/o having passes, CCI i'm sure would prefer you not be able to go almost a whole other con at the same time as them. Edit: Also, checking the toy thread, it looks like Louisgod doesn't need a goon to pickup.
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I know this thread doesn't see much action this year but I was thinking about it, I haven't heard much about what is actually showing up this year. I hear a lot of things about what's not gonna be there but little about what is. And when I do see things about what's going on, it's poo poo like this: https://twitter.com/CBSTVStudios/status/1013875232321429504 6A is 1000+ person room. To put a marathon in it for a whole day seems like a waste of resources. I suspect that either a) there's a lot of people who really dig old episode of twilight zone and are willing to spend all day in a room with a lovely chair to watch old black and white episodes you can netflix or (more likely) b) CCI is severely lacking programming this year. I'm not gonna pine for the glory of yesteryear, but I will say I'm happy I just have Sunday this year. Edit: Ugh, I just realized it's not all day, but the point still stands, that's a huge room for this kind of thing, even if it is generally considered "after hours"
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This thread stands a good shot of not making it past page 1 by the time of the show for the first time ever I think. Is SDCC just not as exciting for everyone else or is this dead comedy forum too dead and comedy for people? I know I've been a bit in the whatever club this year since I only have Sunday but even last year the shine was pretty much gone on the whole show. But I'm looking at stuff being planned and offsites and such and it's just like "meh" all over. Maybe it's just finding out everyone's favorite nerd moderator was a sex pest and a whole bunch of other famous 'nerd' celebs are enablers that's brought everyone else down.
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FilthyImp posted:Losing the hypetrain from Marvel et al is kind of helpful since you won't have to worry about 9000 Whovians camping out for 8 days. The lotteries and gatekeeping is what're wearing at me at this point too. It's stops being a fun event when your entire year revolves around submitting lottery entries and stressing about whether you'll win said lottery or not. And it didn't used to be all lotteries. They just slowly started implementing it for everything. Hell, they've basically implemented it twice for hotels at this point (once to fill out the form and then again after you submit the form). It just becomes too much anxiety for not enough pay off. Sure, it's great that now I can basically one-click my way to a chance at a WB autograph session but there's something to be said for the people who used to camp overnight for that chance (I never did but I respect the hustle).
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Jul 17, 2018 23:48
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Alan Smithee posted:Anyone doing hasbro line Didn't Hasbro get exclusive portaled?
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Jul 18, 2018 19:41
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It means no one's doing lines and if you didn't get picked in the exclusive lottery, you're poo poo outta luck for purchasing. I'm at Conan and it's the first year I'm not at orchestra level. I'm dying up here in the balcony. gently caress k this theater and it's awful AC "solutions."
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FuzzySlippers posted:I'm definitely seeing less panels I'm interested in this year. Lots of fan panels and even a couple bitcoin panels of all things. Did someone say BITCOIN?????  Unless there's a bunch of poo poo that wasn't put up last night, the tech pavilion this year is really sad. I love the tech pavilion. They usually have some great stuff and last year the two 360 domes they had were tight as gently caress. This year, it's super vacant in terms of booths but there's not enough space between them for me to realistically think they're adding many more things (if any). Plus I found at least three of the booths were either bitcoin or crypto related and that just made me feel dirty.
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Team Coco House is straight fresh to death. Super chill atmosphere, bar, food (popcorn) and just nice. Plus if you're one of the first fifty in, you get the previous day's Conan pop. I'm already having a better time here than anything else at con so far and the show I'm here for hasn't even started.
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Follow up on Team Coco House. The place is still awesome AF but it seems people just signed up for poo poo and didn't actually bother to figure out if it was something they were interested in or not. Kondabolu brothers were both awesome but most of the crowd either signed up with no idea who they were or just wanted free poo poo that the crowd energy was loving dead and heathens didn't even have the decency to laugh at dumb jokes to even try and improve the energy. Still awesome but fuckkkkkkkkk those people. You got your lovely toy, loving leave if you aren't enjoying it you assholes.
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Jul 20, 2018 04:59
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They didn't know they needed them until you decided to poo poo in everyone's toilet and calling it an "inspection."
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Jul 20, 2018 05:15
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"Con exclusive poops delivered piping hot straight to your room. Be sure to look out for our chase variants; runny green and red swirl"
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Jul 20, 2018 05:34
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Con people are loving nasty as fuckkkkkkk. https://www.instagram.com/p/BldeluBhu1K/?hl=en&taken-by=alexpardee Someone took a dump in a booth
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Diabetic posted:Has there been any announcements yet for upcoming games or movies we haven't heard about previously? lol. no.
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Alan Smithee posted:On the off chance there is someone who got into rick and morty panel and doesn't want heir wristband could I get in on that. There's no way there won't be some kind of standby for that. Did syfy karaoke yesterday. Sang Don't Stop Believing, got a loving free Bait shirt. Also, team Coco house either learned from Thursday or something because we did the Final Space table read yesterday and there was alcohol available which I think deffo helped the crowd (though there was a much better mix of people who'd actually heard of the thing they were attending).
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Returning registration is next Saturday the 13th so make sure you pray to the elder gods Friday night.
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Bastard Tetris posted:In for a four day. Goddamn the con got pricey. I have some friends that didn’t get in, can I buy them passes during open reg? If you didn't get preview night you have a CHANCE to buy them tickets too but only if a) they have member ids and b) you get selected for purchase.
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Alan Smithee posted:Welp. Guess that means I'm not good enough for comic con pro unless they are doing the trade approval separately now Gotta make room for all the "new media" filth.
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Oct 18, 2018 05:25
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DC's combing booths w/WB next year so be prepared for a much larger clusterfuck around the back of the convention center. https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/11/14/dc-and-warner-bros-to-join-forces-in-new-super-sized-booth-space-at-san-diego-com
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Erev posted:Did anyone actually get a notification about Early Bird hotel sales beginning? Because it looks like half the stuff is sold out already from an already unusually small selection. I just found out about it by chance. They announced on twitter (and I assume other, shittier, social sites). That's about as much notification as I saw.
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Erev posted:How far ahead of time do they usually warn people about the hotel lottery? In part due to them only announcing the Early Bird hotels on Facebook and Twitter and in part due to the Early Bird hotels being not in places that work well with the trolleys as a backup I'm still waiting on a room. I am also going out of the country for nine days starting this weekend along with my other con-goers. This has seriously upped the anxiety level as you might guess.... They usually give like two or three days notice. Based on previous information and "feel," I would say next Tuesday/Wednesday or the following are the most likely candidates for hotelpocalypse.
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Hotels on Thursday. https://www.comic-con.org/cci/hotels
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Some hotels will tack on a small fee for guests more than like 2, hence the "one person, one bed" thing. The price difference is in the neighborhood of like $20-$30/night so it's not really bad. The smart move is unless you're getting a block, just list only 2 names. The hotels won't check and I've never had an issue getting more access cards as long as we're talking a reasonable amount.
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CCI has been auctioning off returned passes on ebay for like 2 months now. The first ones to go sold for like $6k which is lol but they've been steadily dropping in price since then. They're now selling for about $1k for 2 4-day passes (no preview night) which is less than double retail and no current auctions are above $900. If you're in the market still for passes, now's a great time to pay attention to the ones available. https://www.ebay.com/usr/sdcomic-con
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ccubed posted:Especially since there won't be a hotel room within 30 miles for the weekend. It's more a question of price than availability. On top of a smattering of onpeak hotels, a quick google search says there's definitely hotels available, even some close to the convention center.
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Yeah, gives me a larger area behind artist's alley that's a no go zone. You're right tho, this is definitely gonna help with traffic, especially getting rid of the smaller booths between WB and funko, it just became a nightmare getting to any of them. I also like giving Image a bigger/better space. Now I just hope they do something with it.
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Alan Smithee posted:I’m actually considering not going this year. Someone slap me out of wasting my money Last year I only had Sunday passes and spent a grand total of 1 hour inside the convention center. I had more of a blast last year than like the previous 3 years combined. Off sites are where it's at at this point. You'll have less assholes to deal with and as long as the weather isn't blistering, it's good being outside too.
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Studios must be starting to realize SDCC attendees aren't a good indicator of if people will go see a movie or not, most of them are just there to be starfuckers. Marvel, Paramount and New Line are the only ones with anything announced. Hall H has been forced to promote panels with THE DIRECTORS OF ENDGAME and THE WRITERS OF ENDGAME in two separate panels. The only real saving grace for CCI this year is that Amazon's more than willing to throw good and bad money after bad and look to be painting the town with green. Not a good start for the 50th. Maybe it's just my own impression but it feels like the convention scene is finally starting to die down.
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For people looking for comic things to do, CBLDF teamed with Thought Bubble for a Thursday party. https://www.newsarama.com/45843-cbldf-invites-you-to-british-invasion-sdcc-welcome-party.html Gillen's DJ'ing so it's probably you're only US chance to see that.
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Yeah, I was wearing my bag on preview night and when I got back to my hotel, I noticed one of the straps was tearing pretty badly. Quality seems to have taken a huge dive.
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I was there last night for Anamanaguchi and they had the merch booth open. Long and short, you're correct. They have a long sleeve T shirt, some socks, a bomber jacket and a hoodie. Maybe something more but it was pretty uninspired. They do have a Lazor Wolf tank which is cool though. I think they were mostly hoping blind box mania would still be strong as they're pretty prominently placing a $120 backpack of mystery stuff. I've come to the conclusion that every single last Warner/Turner property is incredibly objectively worse this year thanks to the ATT buyout.
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Food tips this year. Panda Express has a pop up on 6th and J that's giving away a skewer of their new chicken that's really good, plus a drink. The line moves super fast and they don't mind you going through more than once. The Broken Yolk also has a street taco vendor out after they close. It's a very good taco and at $3.75/per (or $4.25 for a queso taco. I recommend that queso taco) it's hard to beat. Otherwise, Coco House is kinda rear end this year, the people they have are good but the location sucks and the people staffing are past normal amounts of standard comic con "tired of doing my job." But piece of poo poo of the year goes to Twilight Zone. experience. Do not do it. It is literally a mirror box you step into with bad acoustics and they play you the intro to the new series. There was zero give away at the end. People waited hours for it. If I was actually a fan of the new bad series, I would seriously consider changing my opinion based solely on how bad this experience is.
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This year seems more than a little bad. Most of the offsites are bad. The Marvel panel was overhyped and all they did was announce poo poo that was previously announced (except Blade, that's very new and very good) and the only footage they brought for the whole 90 minute thing was a trailer for Black Widow. It seems like they took a step backwards trying to improve traffic in the exhibit hall because there are so many more places now that were just jammed up. There seemed to be huge decrease in nighttime things to do as well and what there was seems to all have been way overbooked. There's some highlights but most of it seemed to mediocre at best and for the 50th, it just seems bad.
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Dr Tran posted:Waited 4 hours for the Brooklyn Nine Nine activation. I'm sorry to report this to you but ACAB.
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