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    LFCC 2018: Highs and Lows

    in London Film & Comic Con 2018

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    5 hours ago, manels1976 said:

    Lows

    Gold Pass -  This used to be a great offer, but in the past few years the benefits have steadily declined meaning that we are paying £200 for a glorified queue jumper pass that has no benefit when there a large number of Diamond passes. This offer needs to be looked at again and either have proper early entry (5 min is a joke, by the time you get the crowd in, the main doors are open and are much closer to signing tables), re-instate the Gold Room (there are plenty empty rooms available in the building), give us a proper goody bag (you didn't even have one this year), think up some new exclusive benefits or seriously reduce the price.

    Food/Drink - I know this has nothing to do with Showmasters but food and drink prices in the venue were extortionate

    Yeah, I agree with this. I didn't buy a gold pass this year for exactly this reason. I can honestly say that I barely noticed a difference. 

    Most of my photos were batch 1 or 2, so little difference there. 

    The autograph queuing was riotous at best, so it wouldn't have made any difference there. 

    The only benefit would be getting in a few seconds before the main queue. This needs to be extended to 20 mins minimum, but even then, this was to give us an advantage for virtual queues tickets which were largely useless this year anyway. 

    I won't be buying a gold pass again unless the price comes down or the benefits improve substantially. 

    LFCC 2018: Highs and Lows

    in London Film & Comic Con 2018

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    The Highs

    • The layout. Excellent for the most part with lessons learned from the first few Olympia events. Sensible locations for the photos, autographs etc. Thanks for moving the queue zones for Photo A-D. That prevented the usual congestion on the floor area in between. There was a lot of space between stalls as well, which really helped foot traffic moving around.
    • The crew. Most of them were excellent and helpful. They seemed to be very well informed this time so I think whoever was in charge of the daily briefings did an excellent job.
    • Air con. Excellent throughout, despite the insane heat outside. The autograph area became a little overheated, but that was due to having so many people and a lower ceiling.
    • Lots of free talks on the Friday and Saturday. That really helped to fill the gaps. Thank you.
    • An excellent guest list. You managed to cater for so many genres and interests. Outstanding agency work there.

    The Lows

    • Autograph queuing. I already posted about this separately, but this weekend was the worst I'd ever experienced. The queue needs to be treated like the Photo pits with very clear instructions on which passes/numbers are being currently accepted. The queue needs to max out at about a 20-25 minute wait. Any longer and it causes chaos for your customers. For instance, the Lance Henrickson queue was ridiculous. I tried to join three times and when I finally managed to get in, it was a 90 minute queue. This meant that I missed a photo shoot and was able to obtain less autos overall (costing you guys money). If a queue is 90 minutes, you also need to factor in the guests breaks, talks and photos, so a 90 minute window isn't that easy to make room for from a customer perspective. The crew were completely ignoring the virtual queue system that day. Anyone could join the queue at any time and as a result, it was massive. When they finally took control and started calling out numbers, it was too late. There were people waiting with numbers like 80, whilst people with 300+ were already in the queue. Completely pointless, a waste of time for many, and it would definitely have caused SM some lost revenue.
    • The pit staff need PA's or something to help them control their zones. It would help with their sense of presence and control of the area.
    • Very few free talks on the Sunday.
    • Extremely uncomfortable seats. I know that's probably beyond your control as the Olympia own the seats, but geez, those things really did into your back.

    Overall, an outstanding event Showmasters! I can't wait for next year. :D 

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    Signs, signs, signs ---Please more signs - digital too

    in London Film & Comic Con 2018

    Posted · Edited by Xenomorph

    Personally, I think it's just another large expense with potential IT issues. I think most would be satisfied with a large White Board on Velcro that they can just pull down and update. Either that or give them PA's so they can be heard by everyone.

    They certainly need some help. Being a pit crew boss must be one of the most challenging jobs at the event.

    Virtual Queues

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    Hello, please fix the autograph virtual queues. 

    They're far too long. They're allowing queues to form deep into the hallway with waits of around 1 hour +. This defeats the whole purpose and efficiency of virtual queuing. Ideally, the queue should end at the notice board which is around a 20-25 minute wait. It's just a mess otherwise and they're not even checking ticket numbers any more. 

     

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    Who are you meeting!?

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    I've only got 5 guests this year (Fox, Capaldi, Weller, Calllis and Staite). That's the fewest guests I've ever met at a LFCC. Since I travel from Glasgow, I like to make it worthwhile and get at least a dozen guests, but the lineup this year isn't as interesting for me as it usually is. 

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    Latest Guest Announcement - WILLIAM HOPE

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    3 hours ago, taz101 said:

     

    Guys, I am going to start my own Alien poster at LFCC this year. Black just doesn't pop for me and I was thinking of doing white. Question - I know they have a lot of colours at the desk but is white common??

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    I have a similar poster. I haven't framed it yet, was worried that the sunlight or lightbulbs would bleach and fade the poster eventually. Does anyone here use any specialised frames that prevent this? Looking for recommendations basically...

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