kapart24

There will be a lot who would go just for the exhibitors and the con floor. I've met people (obviously locals) who went to LFCC not for the guests but for the stalls to see whats there to buy. Hopefully that brings in enough to warrant a second con and hopefully get more guests. That said, SM is asking too much of it's fans by pushing the responsibility of getting bigger names on to us. We can only do so much with word of mouth without something to show and point at. We can't say "Yeah they are the ones who organise LFCC" because that creates the idea that SM puts in as much effort in getting quests for their non london shows (sorry SM but to be frank you don't) We would have to say "Yeah they are the ones who organise LFCC.... but we will never get a fraction of the big guest they get but you should totally come along anyway" as you can imagine, thats a big turn off. Like I said before SM needs to take a leap of faith on this one and try to secure 2/3 big names at the very least instead of us taking the leap of faith that our word of mouth will allow SM to secure bigger names as I just don't want the con to arrive and have SM say (obviously in a nice way) that we are at fault for not getting big guests in because we couldn't get the word out and have more people pre-book as thats obviously not fair on us when we don't have much to work with.

But he'll die multiple times throughout the weekend. At first we'll laugh and joke about it but by the end we'll be going "Damn it Sean, get it together"

Unfortunately this is a big catch 22. You need more ticket sales to get bigger guests, but you need bigger guests to get more ticket sales. Personally I'm going as it's a quick train from where I live so I can go just for the exhibitors. For LFCC I wait for at least 3 quests I'd like to see before booking due to costs and It's a waste if I'm going just for the exhibitors. Here there is no one I'm interested in seeing (maybe Craig Charles out of Robot Wars nostalgia) but I can afford to take the hit for any loot I may find. It's also a case of each side wanting the other to take a 'leap of faith' and unfortunately with it being a first con and a non-london con at that, the pressure is more on SM's side to take that leap.