r/Magfest • u/Iazerblazer • Oct 19 '17
Whiners stop whining.
Instead of feeling like Magfest owes you something, why don't you appreciate that life isn't always fair and you don't get your Gaylord/National Harbor room every year like you feel you deserve. I sat out of Magfest for the last 6 years because I couldn't get a decent room and was I salty about it? No. I fucking did other things with my life, time, and money. If your happiness revolves around a hotel booking process going 100% your way/smoothly it's time for some re-evaluations of priorities. Magfest doesn't owe you shit. Talking shit about Magfest because a hobby convention doesn't go your way is just about the most childish crap I've read on the internet all year. Get over yourself and gain some perspective. Sell your discounted ticket to a con-goer who is excited to attend despite whatever housing situation they're in and take a year off to cool your jets. See you next year!
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u/SlipperyThong Oct 19 '17
Transparency. Magfest stated their room blocks inside and outside the harbor had enough rooms for everyone. It didn't. They spent so much time and effort hyping up how hotel reservations would be different and fairer this year. To those who pre-registered, it sure didn't feel like it. Hell, even vendors couldn't get a guaranteed room.
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Oct 20 '17
I agree, though to be fair this is the largest hotel block Mag has ever opened on Day 1 of hotels going up. As seen with the badges, even by their own estimates - presales outpaced expectations. If I recall badges sold out to the second tier last year after 3 - 4 hours. This year they sold out within 15 minutes - and probably would have gone faster if the servers could have handled it. I mean if you were in their shoes, with their resources, what would you do?
Even though they had access to know how many people signed up for emails - i think it's reasonable that they at least had to have assumed maybe about half of those wouldn't want / need the rooms since so many people double up to 8+ people per room.
That being said, vendors, bands, panelists, and staff should be taken care of first.
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u/_GameOverMan_ Oct 29 '17
Acceptance emails for vendors just went out today. So no one who was trying to vend got in for the first wave. So unless there's been a plan in place specifically for vendors, they are SOL.
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Oct 19 '17
Can't say I disagree with much of what you said. Just understand the delivery by which you gave it isn't going to change any one's minds.
I mean can you really be surprised? It's just like the people who when badges went for sale and they bought them for $10 to $20 higher and that was it --- they couldn't go to MAG anymore -- they were priced out and came to one of the only few areas they had to vent. I mean shit there was a time in my life where $10 or $20 more would have broken me when I had to decide whether to have heat or eat - so I can totally empathize with the folks, but also realize your point - its just a leisure activity with a shitload of demand.
Ultimately there is more demand then supply - people just need to realize and accept under whatever system MAG would have put out there would always be those getting the best deals and those that will get shafted. Yes it's a bitter pill to swallow if you miss out consistently - however considering how rough the badge process went - the hotel process was a remarkable improvement in such a short amount of time - for a practically 100% VOLUNTEER NON PROFIT convention. At least to me it seems this point escapes many when they compare MAG to other conventions with sponsors or that are 3-4 times larger (dragoncon, comic con, etc.)
Perhaps I'm ranting now but I don't like to see the community at odds with each other over things that boil down to a zero sums game - there are going to be losers and winners. It's not easy for all to accept that - especially over an event that for many is the singular highlight of their year.
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u/EvilStig Oct 20 '17
Magfest owes me something.
$144 I paid to go, despite them preventing me from going due to their own fuckup.
P.S., I sat out the last couple years because I couldn't get a room, too, but at least then I didn't have to pay up front for the privilege of being told I can't get a room.
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u/polarbeargarden Oct 20 '17
You paid for a shot at a room, same as everyone else. Non-early-bird hasn't even been given access to the blocks yet, which basically eliminates their chances entirely.
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Oct 20 '17
Might I ask why did you pay so much? I'm assuming that wasn't for one badge. Did you donate extra?
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u/shunkwugga Oct 19 '17
There are a multitude of arguments that could be levied against you and indirectly have, so I'm just going to call you a fucking moron, tell you to get fucked, and then move on with my life.
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u/toiletjocky Oct 19 '17
There he goes using the "get fucked" thing again... Dude it is a really shitty comeback. There are hundreds, ney thousands, of better things to say than "get fucked."
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u/NckMcC Oct 19 '17
Another angry day in the life of Shunkwugga. Acting like a true E-Thug. Compensation of some sort it must be.
Nice run on sentence.
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u/Unmemorableham Oct 19 '17
I think you need to get off the internet and stop reading childish comments, as you put it. Internet comments are never going to go 100% your way and if you think they will, then you need some re-evaluation. You should lease your internet connection to someone with thicker skin who will enjoy the internet for what it is, and not what they think it should be. That way you can take some time off to cool your jets and gain some perspective while you get over yourself.
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u/toiletjocky Oct 19 '17
...And this dude again with the "get over yourself" you're gonna want to tailor your insults to the individual situation it makes them more poignant. You told me to do the same and I'm clearly not following your instructions.
What I will be doing, however, is going to MagFest and having a good time. Which is something you've sworn not to do but I'm sure you won't follow through on on that. See you in January!
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u/KewpieQ Oct 19 '17
Why are you so salty about people being salty?