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UPDATE: Dash Con has gotten in touch and is settling the account right now. Good to hear.
The Baker Street Babes were invited as guests to Dash Con. At the time we were excited at the prospect. Friday we had our panel and live podcast and everything was great. It was lovely to see so many of you...
SHOTS FIRED
Another panelist being left to pay for their own accommodation.
This is fucking disgusting. The vendors got screwed the most. When Dashcon asked for donations to keep the con running people donated money that they were probably going to spend at the dealer's booths. And the featured artists and other people who were promised that their hotel rooms would be paid for got screwed twice. Many of the vendors, if not all, need to live off of the income from shows like this! I am completely disgusted by the events at Dashcon.
i’m sorry if you went to dashcon and hated it. i’m sorry if you spent a lot of your money and got nothing in return. i’m sorry if you spent the con crying and freaking out because you were made to think you were going to get kicked out of your rooms if they didn’t raise enough money. i’m sorry if...
watch out for dashcon 2015, which will include:
a second, slightly larger ball pit
a long-lasting sense of unease
benevolent cucumber and his british chekkbones
a nintendo wii, but we only have two controllers so we have to take turns
We are receiving quite a bit of negative feedback from our fans about this year’s DashCon, and we would like to inform you all that DashCon 2015 will be much, much better. Here are a few of our promises:
A major celebrity. This might be Welcome to Night Vale, or possibly even our own Benedict...
There is no way in hell that I will go to any Dashcon ever again, or any other first year cons, so you've ruined that for other people that try to set up a con, too. And "you promise?" You promise!?!? BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH!? I can't even form words to describe how much bullshit that is. And you will never get Nightvale to agree to come back, ever. You guys are either liars and scammers, or you're so incredibly inept it's pathetic. Karma is a bitch.
What are all your dashcon experiences? Is what happened in that post true?
My Dashcon experience itself I would give a 5/10. My roommates were wonderful, the rooms weren’t bad, I made a few friends in lines, my panel went alright, and I had deep dish pizza. The rest of the con? That’s a far different story.
Arriving at the convention, at the main hotel entrance, there was absolutely NO signs pointing where you could pick up your badge. I had to ask three different guests before someone could point me in the right direction. When arriving, I picked up my badge without ease and hunted down my room. The rest of my evening was spent in the lobby playing a relatively quiet game is CAH with some other con-goers who arrived early.
Friday morning, I woke early, and headed down to walk around. Nothing started until 1pm, so a lot of time was spent in the lobby yet again. Once everything opened, I checked out the Vendor Area/Artist Alley. The vendors at the con were insanely sweet, and very informative, helpful, and had some great wares to offer. I had no desire to attend any panels until my own, so I decided to hunt down the “game room”. Upon finding that, I saw one TV, not on, and about three people sitting around one table. I couldn’t see any real games in sight. I walked around for a while, snapping some pictures of cosplays, then just waited in my own hotel room until my panel. Now is when the real fun hits..
In the middle of my panel, one of my co-panelists got a phone call from one of the owners of Dashcon. She wondered why she would call, knowing she was in a panel, then ignored it. Post panel, I checked tumblr and saw the post begging for money. I immediately texted my co-panelist, and she informed me that was why she got that call. I headed up to my room, and watched the shitstorm hit tumblr. I refused to donate, due to the sketchiness..and I’m not an idiot. Then, past 10pm, when the payment was “due”, silence from Dashcon. Then, only posts from attendees saying we “earned” the money. Absolutely NO official statement from the admins. Regardless, I had pizza, and not a care in the world. Finally, hours later..Lochlan issued a statement, as I’m sure you’ve all seen. I later learned that Dashcon did NOT have the money, but was expecting to be able to pay everything off with what they could earn on Saturday (professional right!?), so they needed a “loan” from their 15 year old guests. Promises have been made for ALL refunds done, but if you donated, I wouldn’t hold my breath for one.
The next morning, I spent a lot of my time in the vendor area again, just socializing. Snapped some more pictures of cosplays, then joined the line for those with reserved seats for the Nightvale reading. Waited in line for about an hour, then got up to show my ID. Wasn’t on the list. I hunted down my confirmation email to prove it, then was finally allowed to find a seat. I waited until 12, when the panel was supposed to start. I gave a ten minutes leniency before I started to get mad. It took until 1 (when the panel was over) before we got any form of explanation. Roxanne came up to explain that WTNV had walked, and that they “had the money”, but WTNV “wasn’t willing to wait”. When asked about refunds for the seats that were reserved, we got a “we’ll see, idk, we can put up a statement later”. Speed up a few hours, our refund is the “one hour in the ball pit, preferred over general seating at the “concert”, and our names entered into some raffle. As someone who paid for my seat, all I wanted was my $15 back. By that point, I said fuck it.
I spent the rest of my night at the mall, picked up some dinner, watched a movie in my room, spent some time with my roommates, and fell asleep. I wasn’t wasting a single second more of my time with this convention, and how it was being run. I am typing this now on Sunday morning, as I pack up my stuff, and get ready to leave without attending a single panel today.
Everything that has been posted in that main post has been true. Mints were given out as prizes, minors were let into 18+ panels (but NOT BDSM 101), money was missing, admins were nowhere to be found, and there are a LOT of disappointed guests. If reading this, you are debating attending Dashcon 2015, I will happily advise you to throw your money else where..at least then you know where it’s going.
Simply put, if nothing else good has come out of Dashcon, it’s that I can look at all these memes about it, and they’re even more funny to me because I was there.
I went to Dashcon and all I got was one free hour in the ballpit.
"Gland-to-gland combat." "Peter-" "The old naked slip-n-slide." "PETER-" "Smashing pissers." "JESUS CHRIST GO TO JAIL"
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You seem to really not like DashCon. Is it, like, the worst-of-the-worst con? (I really don't know, the only ones I properly know of are ones like SDCC and NYCC)
DashCon is a first-year fandom convention for Tumblr users. It is happening this weekend and turning into possibly the largest convention kerfuffle anyone has ever seen.
Due to the DashCon staff done diddly goofin’ by not putting a payment schedule in their hotel reservation contract, they were asked to pay $20,000 by 10 PM last night or the convention would be kicked out of the hotel. They asked attendees and Tumblr users to donate $17,000 via PayPal and cash to keep the con going - and they supposedly raised all of the money. Con attendees then piled into the ballroom to do Mockingjay salutes and wail Freddie Mercury songs to celebrate them falling for what is suspected to be a scam (as people have contacted the hotel to ask about this “$17,000 fee” and the hotel reportedly has no idea what they’re talking about).
You can attend wonderfully informative panels like this at DashCon:
DashCon claimed there would be 3,000-7,000 attendees. There are 1,000 at most and all of them are white kids in flower crowns who are rioting for the anti-sexualization of women in media while simultaneously running panels about “homoerotic subtext in fandoms and finding the gay ships for YOUR fandoms!!!”
The con didn’t have the money to cover WTNV’s transportation and performance fees. When WTNV asked them to pay the remainder of their performance fee prior to the panel beginning, DashCon was unable to do so, and WTNV walked out as they are positively free to do because what the fuck you don’t invite keystone guests if you aren’t able to pay their fees upfront (and showing them your PayPal balance on a smartphone absolutely does not count).
It’s being speculated that Steam Powered Giraffe was not even booked properly in the first place.
A full weekend badge was $65 dollars for a first-year fandom con jesus christ that’s almost the price of most full-fledged comic cons.
The list continues but so far it’s only the con’s second day and it is quite literally the most dramatic, hysterically cringe-worthy convention debacle I have ever seen unfold.
Adding some updates as of 7/12 at 7:35 PM EST:
The game room consists of some tables, one TV, and one gaming console. No, really, that’s it.
DashCon proves they have possibly the worst PR team ever when addressing the WTNV cancellation. Instead of clearly explaining the situation, they say they “don’t want to get into it,” and then offer compensation for those who bought advanced seating tickets for the Night Vale show. What’s the compensation? An extra hour playing in the ball pit (which is really just a slowly-deflating children’s pool with some balls in it). Oh, and if there’s room, you may get one of the first-come-first-serve spots at the Time Crash concert happening tonight. Huzzah!
Most panels are completely disorganized. The “Name That Anime” panel was even handing out hotel mints as prizes for correctly answering questions like “what’s the anime where they fight with clothes!!!”
This still needs verification, but supposedly there are minors being let into the 18+ panels (like “BDSM 101”), which DashCon could easily get sued for allowing. Not that they have the money for it.
It’s been pointed out that as a Marriott hotel, the Renaissance would have required them to submit their full reservation payment 5 days in advance of the event. Therefore it’s very, very likely that the “$17,000 fundraising” was a huge scam. Because DashCon would’ve had to pay that money 5 days before this weekend or the event wouldn’t even be happening in the first place.
Furthermore, someone attempted to debunk the letter that DashCon posted to prove that the hotel asked for money. Not all their points are valid (i.e. “RE:” is commonly used for “Regarding”, not just in response to previous communication, and idk but this dude doesn’t strike me as an expert on internal Marriott stationary), but frankly the letter looks sketchy if only because 17000% 99% of it is whited out. Is it real? Is it fake? We just don’t know.
There has been no confirmation that the money donated in cash and via PayPal last night ever made it to the hotel (if that was indeed where it was intended to go).
People are demanding full or at least partial refunds. Needs verification, but purportedly DashCon has a list at the con where you can sign your name and the amount you donated to be refunded later. Which sounds like a totally effective and not at all easily-abused system.
Attendees are either in denial saying this is the best con ever or they’re crying and having panic attacks. Welcome to Tumblr.
And as a bonus: DashCon originally ran an IndieGoGo campaign last year to raise $5,000 to start their convention. They raised $4,000. The campaign ended in April 2013 and rewards have still not been sent out (which consisted of tea bags, a couple business cards with your Tumblr URL on them, and if you donated $500+, some knick-knacks from Etsy).
More updates, as of 7/13 at 3:59 AM:
CORRECTION: A moderator of the BDSM panel messaged me to say that minors were not allowed in to their panel. There has been neither confirmation nor denial from the other 18+ panels, however.
It turns out that the prizes for the “consolation raffle” are the reward gifts for IndieGoGo donors.
Possibly art theft by DashCon for the nebula graphic in their banner?
Gingerhaze decided to leave the con early after discovering DashCon wouldn’t be covering her hotel room anymore and she was charged the full bill. She is now sleeping on a pull-out sofa with the WTNV folks who threw some massive shade. BakerStBabes completed their convention duties as promised and then left as soon as that was done. No word on if Doug Jones is still on premise or if he’s also bailed.
In this post from 11 months ago, con head Megg33k explains that they had “rented out the vast majority of their convention space and set aside nearly every room in their hotel” and that there was a "legally binding contract and the exchange of money." They also signed a contract and had “monetary obligation” in regards to Steam Powered Giraffe, so I’m curious as to how that appearance fell apart. She also states that Doug Jones was paid in advance, so he should at least be good for appearing on Sunday (if he hasn’t already skedaddled, that is).
DashCon isn’t a registered LLP in Illinois - so technically they’re operating illegally, as their LLP is only registered in Ohio.
A personal account of the early stages of DashCon: fundraising committees, miscommunication, and a web series scam!
Some insight into Cain Hopkins, one of the head admins of DashCon:
An update from a friend whose company is a vendor at DashCon this weekend:
They have attempted to show both Pacific Rim and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog without the legal rights to host a public viewing party. At this point they’re basically just piling on the lawsuits.
Two staff members have popped into the DashCon thread on 4chan’s /cgl/ board in an attempt to defend the con. It’s going about as well as you would expect.
On the plus side, the Homoerotic Subtext panel was completely different than what the DashCon schedule made it sound like and in reality was pretty ballin’.
As always, if you can confirm or deny anything in these masterposts with proper validation, it’s greatly appreciated! I originally did the first one just to answer an ask I got, but as it’s blown up I figured I’ll keep doing it, since I’m captivated by the whole mess anyways. :’D
I’m heading to sleep now but I’ll do another update tomorrow once I’ve caught up on anything else that happens tonight! Hopefully no one dies. I’m not sure how else this con could get any worse.
And one last thing, just to clarify: my heart goes out to all you guys who paid to attend what you thought would be a fun convention and instead got this trainwreck. Even if it turns out that the $17,000 fee wasn’t a scam, remember that it is absolutely unacceptable for a convention to operate this way. I’m so glad that many of you have been able to see the positive in a bad situation and still managed to make friends and have a good time - but don’t forget to stand up for yourselves, too. A convention should never extort money from its attendees for any reason. Again, it’s great that you still made some good memories, but good memories alone do not make a good convention. Make sure your feedback is heard, especially if you want to see this con (or any future Tumblr-oriented con) have any hope of success.
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Basically my dashboard 2013 - Happy New Year Tumblr~
Proabably the 3rd time reblogging this
a commission i did for lokisdaughter !
As somebody who’s literally gone days without food, who’s been evicted, who suffers from mental illness and cannot afford therapy or medication, who cant afford to go back to college and owes student loans as well as hopsital bills: I understand. I really do. I was frustrated as hell people like...
Everyone is bitching about dashcon and yet there’s this dude who has received over $47,000 in donations to make a fucking potato salad.
