ickle rant

[Ladyd]

It's just been bugging me really...but for those people who posted pictures of yourself posing with the guests at the saturday night party....DON'T, it's not clever and it'll Nark people off, and it's in the same catagory of videoing the talks and putting it on you tube for everyone.

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE respect the guests in their down time, esspesially when it states in the con book on the 1st page even 'to which a lot of people respected might i add' that you must not take photos or ask for auto's of the guests in their down time...they are too nice to say no but will then leave the scene promptly after the mobbing and wont come back because of YOU yes YOU....do you not see the evil burning eyes upon you from other tables and on lookers who watch you do this thing to which we do not take part in cos we have respect for our fellow human beings who said yes to attending an event for everyone to worship them for the weekend....you get your official photo...leave it at that...sure talk to them get a memorie, he said this i said that we all laughed....but respect the rules and the people OK.

 

next time i see someone doing this i WILL be forced to cause a fuss and i mean it, infront of the guest if i have to, i will go into security mode and politely escort you away from them, just to embarress YOU.

 

WHY should i sit there and let you break the rules and annoy me and many other people and let you get away with it when the rest of us are sticking to the rules.....

 

*fizzle* + =

Edited March 26, 2008 by Ladyd

[Zarina]

There was a con photographer walking around wanting to make pictures of people with the guests...

[Ladyd]

that shouldn't have even been allowed, now when you said wanting to take picture..did he actually do it? i didn't see him, and i was sat at the table next to the guests when they were being mobeed and even my BF had to step in as security to stop the mobbing cos people couldn't get to their belongings and even worse their alcohol due to people NOT moving from the area.

[Zarina]

Yup, he did

[Ladyd]

*grr* i think i know who it was i'll be aving words cos encouraging punters for that matter is not allowed...but still i'm Narked at the people who posted pictures.

[Zarina]

I can't see what you're so upset about still. Maybe there was complete mobbing (I missed most of the Sendhil/Santiago/David appearances because I was watching Cristine's speech), but that can not be changed now. I can understand people wanting to post their pictures. I haven't seen them in these threads yet to be honest, but I am sure they're in the myspace, facebook or photobucket albums people posted links to.

[mousybrown]

next time i see someone doing this i WILL be forced to cause a fuss and i mean it, infront of the guest if i have to, i will go into security mode and politely escort you away from them, just to embarress YOU.

 

 

i dont in any way want to seem rude or anything and im cutting your paragraph because im making a point on this part so its relevent, but its not actually your job to do anything.

If the celebrities had a huge problem with it the bodyguards can keep people away or showmasters could tell them too. It just seems a little OTT for someone to come in and pull people away from the guests because not only does it embaress them but it also embaresses you.

[acdfolk]

I'm... Not sure what to say. Because I mostly agree, and also got rather PO'd when people were mobbing them for photos, but... *inarticulate* I suppose it's just that I mostly don't know much about the situation as it was. =/

Edited March 26, 2008 by Alexius

[Lenatalia]

When I got to Saturday's party I saw Noah and Jessalyn being photographed with attendees, and though I personally didn't wisht o go across and ask for a photograph, I believe if they had a problem with being 'mobbed' the appropriate people (aka bodyguards,e tc) would have asked for attendees to move along.

 

If the actors were posing (as they appeared to be) then I don't believe this is the same as a sneaky video they were unaware of or didn't consent to being put onto youtube.

 

EDIT: If, however, they were being mobbed then you are correct. However, when I was watching Noah being photographed it didn't look that way. Perhaps I'm just going by my own behaviour though. I would not mob, LOL.

 

Overall for the convention I was pretty impressed at how little mobbing I saw. [From what I saw] Guests were able to walk past attendees or go to the same hotel toilets without being chased or screamed at.

Edited March 26, 2008 by Lenatalia

[mousybrown]

From what ive heard Christine was asking people if they WANTED to photos.

[lovbug]

I think the guests would have stayed longer if they didnt have everyone asking for pics. Sendhil was at my table when they came in and no one had noticed. after about 5 mins he had loads and loads of people around him, few people actually talking to him most just getting there free photo.

I wish they had a no photos with the guests rule. No wonder they didnt stick around long. Its not like they had spent ages having there photos taken already that day.

[mousybrown]

I agree with that. If you go over to have a chat its so hard to actually get near them for people JUST wanting pictures.

I talked to Noah for a bit but we got surrounded so i left cause i then felt very in the way.

 

But hopefully everyone will learn from it for E2.

The guests still seemed to have a good time and thats what matters.

[Morden]

I think the guests would have stayed longer if they didnt have everyone asking for pics.

 

Unfortunately, I have to agree; the guests were "mobbed" soon after they arrived at the Saturday night party. Consequently, they soon left.

 

What really irks me about this is that someone asked on the forums, before the event, "will the guests be at the parties?". The conclusion of the resulting discussion was that the guests might well turn up at the parties, but whether they stayed would depend on whether they were - for the most part - left alone. Of course, everyone taking part in the thread pledged not to bother the guests if they turned up.

 

As hoped, the guests turned up at the Saturday party. As feared, they were mobbed and, understandably, left.

[Lenatalia]

That does sound a bit poo then. When I saw them it didn't seem that bad. I didn't speak to them, other than to say a quick/polite hi to Noah after I nearly bumped into him on my way in, hehe.

Edited March 27, 2008 by Lenatalia

[Morden]

Don't get me wrong; I'm not suggesting that folks on the boards said they'd behave but didn't. I'm just saying that *some* people didn't behave as well as they might have.

[Miss_Bennet]

I saw the guests there, turned around for a minute and when I turned around they were lost in the sea of people.

 

Even if people weren't asking for photos they still would have been mobbed because people would have still wanted to go talk to them.

 

Not to brag but I was at a small backstage party after a gig in December and Clive Owen was there and everybody respected his space. He even ended up talking to me while we waited at the bar!

 

I thought people would have left the guest alone just to hang out since they were around them all day.

 

A guy I met at Eclipse asked Noah's mum if he could have a photo with him and she was happy to let him. She even thanked him for asking her first.

 

Hopefully the guests will be left alone to mingle in November and then they can go talk to people if they wont and just enjoy themselves.

 

P.S It is a bit OTT to decide to be their 'bouncer' it's not really your concern.

[Zarina]

From what ive heard Christine was asking people if they WANTED to photos.

I forgot about that, but that's true actually.

[Wyn]

yeah it was really annoying me and david were seething i hated how they had backed noah into a corner so we went over and just said hi and asked him if he was having a good time and then left him be we were going to do the same with jessalyn but she left first.

 

i think maybe next time there needs to be something said at the opening ceremony like the guests may come to the parties but please don't ask them for pics and also have a word with the guests casue if they are asking people if they want pics it's all gonna get very confusing

[Ladyd]

From what ive heard Christine was asking people if they WANTED to photos.

 

if this is true than thats not a problem...if the guests say would you like a picture then OK,

 

i just have issues of rules being broken and people being encoraged by seeing one peron do something so then they think it's ok for them to do it also when it clearly states in the rules it's not allowed (again witht he exception of the guests offering)

 

next time i see someone doing this i WILL be forced to cause a fuss and i mean it, infront of the guest if i have to, i will go into security mode and politely escort you away from them, just to embarress YOU.

 

 

i dont in any way want to seem rude or anything and im cutting your paragraph because im making a point on this part so its relevent, but its not actually your job to do anything.

If the celebrities had a huge problem with it the bodyguards can keep people away or showmasters could tell them too. It just seems a little OTT for someone to come in and pull people away from the guests because not only does it embaress them but it also embaresses you.

 

I've been crewing for showmasters for awhile now..ok not as much as other people i know but come on...my boyfriend who was dressed up as my own security for the saturday night party was asked to stand in as actual security it was getting so redicuouse...unfortunatly unless the guests do say 'help me' there's not much he could have done except stand there and look the part.

 

it seems OTT but i was sat there being hit, pushed and my bag was trampled on plus i didn't want damage to my newly bought gown and this was all in my own chair because i was on the next table to the guests....and didn't people notice how quickly they left because of not being left alone....if i was one of the guests i wouldn't have the heart to say no to a photo either and would leave promptly after but would feel miffed cos of people breaking the rules.

 

 

 

I think the guests would have stayed longer if they didnt have everyone asking for pics. Sendhil was at my table when they came in and no one had noticed. after about 5 mins he had loads and loads of people around him, few people actually talking to him most just getting there free photo.

I wish they had a no photos with the guests rule. No wonder they didnt stick around long. Its not like they had spent ages having there photos taken already that day.

 

they do 1st page of the con book rule number 4.

 

 

I think the guests would have stayed longer if they didnt have everyone asking for pics.

 

Unfortunately, I have to agree; the guests were "mobbed" soon after they arrived at the Saturday night party. Consequently, they soon left.

 

What really irks me about this is that someone asked on the forums, before the event, "will the guests be at the parties?". The conclusion of the resulting discussion was that the guests might well turn up at the parties, but whether they stayed would depend on whether they were - for the most part - left alone. Of course, everyone taking part in the thread pledged not to bother the guests if they turned up.

 

As hoped, the guests turned up at the Saturday party. As feared, they were mobbed and, understandably, left.

 

as soon as i saw them by the table i was going Ohh Nooooo, i was hoping they weren't gonna show cos i had a fear of what was gonna happen and it did.

[Agent Bristow]

I was surprised at the amount of people that bothered the guests for photos at the party. I was sat at the table in front of them and I saw one person ask David for a photo and as soon as he did that a crowd started to gather around all of the guests. I couldn't blame them for leaving, they didnt come to the party to do another photoshoot. I was also annoyed as I would've liked to talk to some of them but I had no chance!

Hopefully at Eclipse 2 things will be different, I do think it may help if something was said at the opening ceremony about it.

[Lizzy]

I think Christine had to go straight after the Speech, which is why she was offering. Other guests turned up cos they wanted to, and left for no other reason than they were hounded.

[gail-154]

David Anders was at the table next to the one I was sat at, but he was so surrounded by people trying to get photos with him that I didn't even notice him for a while. (I wondered why it was so crowded when I arrived.) I think I might even have barged right between him and his girlfriend at one point, when trying to get out to get a drink, so apologies to them for that, and to anyone who ended up with me in their picture instead of him, but we were asked to give them some space during their evenings off and he certainly didn't get it. Hopefully it won't put any of them off coming back in the future.