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GamerCon Con

  • 18-03-2017 07:22PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Organisers of the GamerCon gaming event at the National Convention Centre have apologised to people who have had to queue for hours to get into the event.

    24,000 tickets were sold for the GamerCon convention.

    Many of the tickets were bought by families and many young children were in attendance.

    Some had to queue outside for three hours to get into the Convention Centre and were told they could get in only when others left, as the building was full.
    GamerCon founder and event organiser Ferdi Roberts apologised saying they had miscalculated the traffic flow for the event.

    He said people were not expected to spend all day at the event and that it is not unusual to sell more tickets than a venue can hold.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/technology/2017/0318/860761-gamercon-dublin-lines/

    Not expected to spend all day at the event? For a GamerCon? What did he think would happen?

    If I had come up from the country with my kids, stayed over in a hotel and queued for 3 hours to be met with even more queues when I got inside, I'd be off to the small claims court

    http://www.courts.ie/Courts.ie/library3.nsf/pagecurrent/781D7D5227918A618025715C004CAEF3?opendocument

    Pure greed.


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Comments

  • #2
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    GamerCon Con?


  • #3
    DontThankMe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭DontThankMe


    I'll be ringing Joe first thing Monday morning.

    Bleedin disgrace Joe!!!!


  • #4
    Falthyron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Falthyron


    Dysfunctional? Mismanaged? Over-subscribed? Non-adherence to regulations? Sounds like a typical event organised in Ireland. Garth Brooks at Croke Park comes to mind.


  • #5
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Dublin Comic Con in the same venue - which is run by entirely different people and was a great event - had a limit of 8,000 tickets a day and at times felt very crowded. No idea how they thought they'd get away with selling 12,000 tickets a day, especially when the centre has an absolute capacity limit of 9,400 people.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,106 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    GamerCon Con?

    I'm an aspiring tabloid headline writer


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  • #7
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    super_furry wrote: »
    Dublin Comic Con in the same venue - which is run by entirely different people and was a great event - had a limit of 8,000 tickets a day and at times felt very crowded. No idea how they thought they'd get away with selling 12,000 tickets a day, especially when the centre has an absolute capacity limit of 9,400 people.

    Especially when you see this tweet from the organiser...

    Expecting 20,000+ people? In a venue that can only hold less than half of that. Ridiculous planning, even if he was thinking of foot turnover. Surely you should only sell enough tickets for the max capacity or is this "the done thing" with conventions?

    https://twitter.com/ferdi_roberts/status/820403773281566720

    I have a feeling that it was just a case of pure greed in getting the punters to pay up!


  • #8
    Pete Moss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Pete Moss


    I'm sure there'll be plenty of Fallout from the Mass Effect this poorly organised event will have on people.


  • #9
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    Nerds!


  • #10
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Pete Moss wrote: »
    I'm sure there'll be plenty of Fallout from the Mass Effect this poorly organised event will have on people.

    I'm sure Fifa will be done about it.


  • #11
    The_Valeyard
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    This was just greed. Feel sorry for families out in the rain for hours only to be told to go home.


    Demand a refund and compensation.


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  • #12
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    This was just greed. Feel sorry for families out in the rain for hours only to be told to go home.


    Demand a refund and compensation.

    https://twitter.com/GamerCon_Europe/status/843096288799457282


  • #13
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭George White


    Falthyron wrote: »
    Dysfunctional? Mismanaged? Over-subscribed? Non-adherence to regulations? Sounds like a typical event organised in Ireland. Garth Brooks at Croke Park comes to mind.

    It seems to have been a sham from even before that.
    I was suspicious when there were no games designers, or games developers as guests. Games fans like me expect people like Rhianna Pratchett, John Romero, etc. who have been guests at Irish conventions, Romero lives here, but I asked them this, and they said words to the effect of "maybe next year, but this year, we're focusing on more mainstream audience"
    And I was like - huh? What's more mainstream than the people behind best-selling cultural behemoths? Rather than some people who review them.
    It's like having Barry Norman as sole guest at the Dublin Film Festival...


  • #14
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Good point. Romero was at and involved in the Comic Con - I got to play a Doom deathmatch against him :)


  • #15
    NUTZZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭NUTZZ


    https://twitter.com/CraigOHoon/status/843087221926313989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


  • #16
    DrGreenthumb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭DrGreenthumb


    The gamers got played


  • #17
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭George White


    super_furry wrote: »
    Good point. Romero was at and involved in the Comic Con - I got to play a Doom deathmatch against him :)

    Yeah, great guy.
    But it seems to be something put together by someone with not much knowledge of the scene, trying to be there with guys, Nozin' Aroun' style.
    The guy in charge, "Ferdi" Roberts looks like a smug tosser anyway. http://irishtechnews.ie/ferdi-roberts-interviewed-founder-of-gamercon-coming-to-ireland-march-18th-19th-2017/


  • #18
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Probably should have got a bigger venue at least. How many does Eirtakon get?


  • #19
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭George White


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    Probably should have got a bigger venue at least. How many does Eirtakon get?

    The convention centre is itself a sham. Its food facilities are dire.


  • #20
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Nerds!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

    "The robin in the garden,

    That was me,

    I'm still here, Loving you..

    Until we meet again. "



  • #21
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk


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  • #22
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    George White wrote: »
    The convention centre is itself a sham. Its food facilities are dire.

    What was on offer, out of interest?


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,106 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MilesMorales1 wrote: »
    What was on offer, out of interest?

    Game


  • #24
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭George White


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Game

    They do everything in-house, from when I've been there. All very basic barbeque quality hot dogs and burgers, a limited menu - different areas serving the same stuff.


  • #25
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    The organiser was threatening lawsuits against people for calling the event a scam before it started. I think lawsuits will be going the other way now.

    You guys should read the posts from people who were at the event on the event's facebook page, heartbreaking stuff.


  • #26
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Clandestine wrote: »
    The organiser was threatening lawsuits against people for calling the event a scam before it started. I think lawsuits will be going the other way now.

    You guys should read the posts from people who were at the event on the event's facebook page, heartbreaking stuff.

    As well as the #gamercondublin on Twitter.

    120e on a family ticket PLUS paying to see some eejit YouTube celebrities on top of that?!


  • #27
    George White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭George White


    Yes, not even as I said, relatively minor figures in gaming.
    There's a few Irish indies, but an event like this needs some major international clout.
    Roberts has screwed the thing up. Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.


  • #28
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    If they were so oversubscribed, why were they advertising attendance so heavily even still today and yesterday? Why no guests? Why weren't people warned via social media about overattendance before they wasted their time showing up?


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 9,106 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    George White wrote: »
    Yes, not even as I said, relatively minor figures in gaming.
    There's a few Irish indies, but an event like this needs some major international clout.
    Roberts has screwed the thing up. Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.

    The only way to save it is if 5-6K people decide to just apply for a refund now- at least that might mean that those going tomorrow won't be put out like what happened today.


  • #30
    Rumpy Pumpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    Rumours of a large group of neckbeards gone on the rampage in Dublin city centre after not getting in to this. Currently looting a vape shop.


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  • #31
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »
    Rumours of a large group of neckbeards gone on the rampage in Dublin city centre after not getting in to this. Currently looting a vape shop.

    G'wan back under your bridge there love.


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