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  1. 1 hour ago, Wrong Name said:

    I knew you would.

    I should explain. Everybody likes you, because you're great, so when you started posting less loads of people thought "well, what's the point if Wrong Name isn't here?" You're an influencer. Those that remained were left with me and that just drove the rest off. 

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  2. I miss when I had a custom rank. It made me feel special. Now I'm a 'Special Effects Co-ordinator" which I think means NEEEEEEERD. This place used to be a community, which was nice as I have no friends. 

    18 hours ago, Geoff K said:

    Why has the Moderation disappeared? Are SM not bothered about the forums anymore & don't want to assign any staff to it, now the volunteer moderators have gone?

    I think that's precisely the case. 

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  3. On 2/21/2023 at 11:02 PM, Daniel said:

    Women Talking was a very well acted and well written film. It did feel slow though and lacked a backstory that would have added more context to the story.

    100+ minutes of women talking? Sounds like my worst nightmare.

    I'm pretty sure I'm the first person in the world to make a joke like that. 

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  4. On 1/30/2023 at 9:05 PM, nicky said:

    Having said that, if these domestic robots are SO advanced why is it so difficult to teach them the difference between right and wrong

    Who is to say what is right and what is wrong? Humans struggle with the grey areas of morals and ethics, so AI doesn't stand a chance. 

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  5. On 9/3/2022 at 9:24 AM, maegurwen said:

    Nearly two months and it's a sad day. Got to a point where I don't think I can fit any more in so all my gaming pops(well most) will be getting sold. 

    Somehow, somewhere I can hear a blue bear cheering..... 

    I would like to cheer, but for the realisation of how the money recouped will likely be spent. 

    (Also, I never cheer, merely nod in approval.) 

  6. On 7/23/2022 at 7:36 PM, Faerie Tanith said:

    Next name: Costas Mandylor

    Ok. I've got this.

    Costas was in Saw 52 with Cary Elwes, who was in Princess Bride with Billy Crystal, who was in When Harry met Sally with Meg Ryan, who was in You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks, who was in Saving Private Ryan with Matt Damon, who was in everything with Ben Affleck, who was in Pearl Harbour with Kate Beckinsale, who was in Underworld:Something with Bill Nighy, who was in Love Actually with Hugh Grant, who was in Cloud Atlas with Tom Hanks who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon.

    Costas Mandylor's Bacon Number is 11. 

    Next up: Costas Mandylor but sensibly. 

  7. 3 hours ago, Raylenth said:

    I think this event has shown they need to rethink how they deal with a few things but I think it was definitely affected by the reduced space and not having many viable options maybe.

    Oh for sure, the space is always a problem and worse this year. Not their fault that less halls were available, but you'd think they'd just invite less guests or sumfink.

    Ideally you'd get one dedicated hall for with all of the photoshoot areas, with plenty of room for queuing (and waiting). Also a larger area to fit all of the autograph desks in. Of course, hiring more halls means more expense, which means inviting more guests, selling more entry tickets, and generally just charging more.

    Possibly the best set up I've seen for photoshoots was at a con that I won't name because I'm a good boy (but it involved walking and stalking). I believe they had an outside company running it, and they used a large hall with 4 or 5 photo areas at one end. Each area had several different numbered queuing lines which went all the way across the hall. There was also an electronic screen saying who can go to which line - e.g. VIP tickets for guest x go to line 8, regular tickets for x go to 9, 10 and 11. Or something like that anyway.

    The flip side was that prices for photos were horrendous. Like, vomit-inducingly high. Also, I think the company ended up ripping a load of people off or something.

    Swings and roundabouts, innit?

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  8. 14 hours ago, Raylenth said:

    So for the auto area it could list it by guest type, Diamond & non diamond, and then under each list who to call when.  So DP Guest Call DP Batch 1, Batch 1-2 ect then All DP's and VQ 1-30 and so on.  Then you can list all the rules, like where Access go, what priority they have in the queue and so on.  It doesn't need to be huge with tons of info but a basic 'this is how this area works' that crew and attendees can refer to might be helpful.

    They should put something like that up on the walls so the proletariat can see it. One for autos and one for photoshoots. 

    Honestly there are some pretty simple ideas that would be easy to do and help a lot, and I've no idea why they don't get done. 

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  9. 10 minutes ago, DCGIRL1987 said:

    I wont write on the facebook pages because at most they are toxic so im going to be suggestive on what was good and what could be done better on here as its a nicer community.

    It's a low bar, but I think we just about clear it.

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