Smidge Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Before anyone would like to point out about posting negative subjects I would like to say that i'm looking to provide feedback to showmasters about concerns I have for the show and I hope i don't come across as another keyboard warrior spouting venom , I like showmasters events , Me and my partner attended the first two CFCC's and this years summer LFCC and we have had the best time you could ask for , weeks and Months before each show there was a build up of guest after guest after guest and We were very excited for these events,Things like a silent auction were posted and a small list of things in the auction posted so there was a build up of "oh wow i want that , i'l have to keep an eye out for it." This CFCC is somewhat different , I was in work today talking about this con with a co-worker who decided not to come because of the the line up , or lack of one. Let me state that i understand showmasters try their best to get as many guests as they can per event and that they try to get a good mix where they can. But this shows lineup is lacking both numbers and variety. Now its fair to say that some people will like/ want to meet people from show A and Show B and some wont but when most of the line up fall under one or the other you automatically turn those not interested in those two or 3 shows/films away. Again you cant win them all fair enough. Guest cancellations are most of the time unavoidable and is an accepted risk in attending a Con that any of the guests can pull out for any reason,at anytime . But to lose the two strongest guests in the line up , from the same show in the same week due to work commitments just highlights a flaw in getting too many from one tv show if one has a change in work commitments its highly possible that another guest from the same show will as well, more so if the show is still in its run . This then leads to further disappointment this time from the fans of the show. A missed opportunity is Dr who, again some have said there is too many Dr who guests in the line up but the finale airs on the saturday of the con,in the city the show is partly filmed in. I'm Not sure if SM tried and were unable to get anymore guests/special screening/other cool tie in or if it didnt even come up in the planning stage or even if they were simply unable to make plans because of not having the information of when the dr who finale would air but it would have been amazing to have some sort of tie in/event. Hallowhedon, LWFCC BFCC and now CFCC are all very close to each other and It feels ( to me anyway) that while showmasters was busy with the recurring - long standing events and the first Belfast show that cardiff got forgotten about and now there is a rush to get info out , as I already said the announcement of the silent auction is great but at time of typing there isn't even a hint of what items might be on sale, its just all seems rushed, Don't get me wrong I understand that SM would pile in time and effort on both the long standing and the first show and they have after show commitments to guests etc, but cardiff is on its third show the first two were great and this one seems to be lacking steam. I feel that showmaster has tried to do too many shows in such a short time and that cardiff is the one to suffer as a result . Don't get me wrong though I'm not saying this con or that con should have more or less focus i just think the timing of events was just too many too soon. I hope that this isnt taken as an attack on SM/Guests etc as i do enjoy Sm events and I will be there on saturday to see 2 or 3 guests , I think my goal for this post was to just ontline my concerns and hopefully have some sort of feel of other attendees thoughts on this years show and if SM or anyone could respond on any points it may clear things up for myself ( and maybe others) so we can all just crack on with having a good weekend edit: Just wanted to add Il be watching the Bournemouth show carefully , my partners parents live down that way and I may be up to "visiting them" around the end of august Edited November 5, 2014 by Smidge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DavidB Posted November 5, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 5, 2014 Surely Jason isnt filming GOT? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidge Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 I dont know to be honest Im not a GoT fan so i dont know how big of a role or even if his character is still alive in it and if i made a huge assumption i apologize but i think the point is still valid but as to jason and carice if its not to do with GoT then its the worst luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar6662 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 All a matter of what you're interested in. Cardiff is guest heaven for me compared to Milton Keynes. There were 5 I was interested in at Cardiff, now just 3 but I can't justify the expense of going for them and there's none at MK, that's the really disappointing event that feels like it's been forgotten and left to the last minute. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz23angel Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 As far as I'm aware, Jason Momoa is in Georgia filming his new series The Red Road. As to whether this is still the case, I don't know, but when I met him in Atlanta I asked him about coming to this this convention, and he mentioned his filming schedule then. He didn't/couldn't give me a definite answer then, it's not really surprising that he cancelled.I'm still sad though.And I do agree with a lot of this post; I went to LFCC last year, which was amazing, but didn't go this year as 1, I had decided to go to Atlanta instead, and 2, because there were only 2 people I wanted to meet.It does seem like maybe there was a bit of an over reach this year for Cardiff, since when have Showmasters released an event schedule this late? It leads me to believe they expected these cancellations, maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatfishTully Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Well...with regards to the two Thrones guests... they were always loose teeth IMO. I was just waiting for them to drop out. Carice in particular, purely because Thrones is usually shot around this time of year. I feel your pain though! I was upset, then angry for a while but then you have to remember events like this are always a gamble. I'm sure if they could attend, they would attend. Sometimes availability gets miscalculated. CC is still a relatively new con... but it just goes to show that SM obviously has the clout required in order to book these guys in the first place. I went to LFCC and 2 of the big 3 Thrones guests dropped out within 24hours of the con...but then you can go to some cons and there are zero cancellations. It's all about luck tbh. Maybe when this con gets more established....the big names will start flooding in :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted November 6, 2014 Showmasters Admin Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi there Well as normal people hate it when a guest has to drop out , the thing is we also hate it when that happens as we lose flight money and we could have also used the budget of the fees on another guest that could attend so we all hate it :-(. When this happens there is nothing anyone can do to change this aspect of the show, i know Jason wanted to be here also he loves the UK but when on a film things can change and things sometimes over run and the filming has to come first it is the way of things sorry :-( jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smidge Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi Jason , thanks for the response it's appreciated as I know everyone at SM will be gearing up for the weekend ahead , Its understandable with guests dropping out that everyone is going to be upset by it and I admit i made an assumption about the two cancellations and it appears to be more of a case of plain bad luck. I was hoping that there would be some clarification on the points about the show and how information has been posted. For example most of the guests were announced last month. Now i can understand if the Guest or SM wanted to hold onto announcements if the guest may have to cancel and wanted to wait until nearer the event before giving the go ahead to avoid disappointing anyone. But Most Shows including the three me and my partner attended had a pretty much full list way in advance. The Silent auction as I've mentioned is another aspect in the 3 shows I've been to there was always a list posted , normally a week ahead with just some of the items on sale, again there is a post stating there is one and thats really it , no teasers. For me anyway it feels like someone in the office has just gone " hey when's cardiff con , we must have loads of time ?, What do you mean its less than a month away ?!?!?!" Sadly it just feels rushed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DavidB Posted November 6, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 6, 2014 Guests are announced when contracts are finalised. This can be months in advance or closer to the event. That's the same with all event, and they're not held onto. They want to be able to advertise as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avengers7 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 It's annoying when you think we were asked to buy entry tickets for Saturday in advance if we were thinking of going, now all the game of Thrones actors have cancelled (with the exception of Alfie Allen who I have already met) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebirdspartan Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Im gutted about Jason but he will be back as ive heard he loves doing cons. Alfie is some consolation though. Kit Harrington hint hint lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hells childe 17 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Was suprised to see the latest CM:MK signing is Welsh and lives in Cardiff ! #justsaying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannycarroll2007 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Surely Jason isnt filming GOT? Who knows with flashbacks but I'd guest it's more likely to be Justice League related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted November 10, 2014 Showmasters Admin Share Posted November 10, 2014 But jason is working on a film thats why he had to pull out . jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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