GaymerX Kickstarter Hits its Goal
GaymerX is putting together their third convention (rebranded as “GX3: Everyone Games”), and to do so they’ve been running a
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Convention News
In depth reporting on issues and news within the Midwestern, North American, and (occasionally) World Convention Scene.
DashCon Rebrands as EmotiCon, Hopes You Won’t Notice
For those of you who don’t remember, DashCon will likely go down as the worst managed convention of 2014. Even
Read MoreThe Convention Generation Gap
I make no secret that I have strong opinions about the diverging age gap between the attendees at Anime and
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Do Some of Ryan Kopf’s Conventions Break the Law? Quite Possibly
Update: Since posting this article, Chrono L.C. has registered with the State of Minnesota and the State of Illinois (not
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Was the “Mineorama” Convention the other kind of Con?
So Minecraft conventions just seem cursed — or at least appear to be run by incompetents and/or scam artists. Unofficial
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Ryan Kopf Helping Run Anime Kaiju, Taiga Con under “Black Materia Inc.” brand
Update: It appears the list of Black Materia, Inc cons also includes Star City Anime in Roanoke, VA Update #2:
Read MoreA Quick Aside On Convention Rape Culture
We haven’t been addressing the assault of a young cosplayer at San Diego Comic Con, but that doesn’t mean it’s
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Ryan Kopf’s AnimeCon.org Sends Weird, Overreaching Statement To Banned Attendee
Ryan Kopf and his company Chrono LC (which operates under the name “AnimeCon.org” and manages Anime Zap, QC Anime-zing!, Anime-SPARK!,
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An Open Letter to the owner of AwesomeCon.net
So we’ve written a few things about Awesome Con here on Nerd & Tie, but believe it or not this
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