Cons are what you make of it. My first swancon was boring as all hell as I knew no-one and was pretty much ignored. I went to another with a friend of mine the following year and that was enjoyable, we made it fun socialised and the whole set.
But I like your take on the subject, it isn't that the convention doesn't have new people. It's fandom. Like any group we require fresh blood to keep from stagnation. New ideas and enthusiasm.
Hell, looking at JAFWA over the years, the gradual decline of people. The difficulty I had in getting content... *sighs* this ties back in with the fan guest. They're the man (or woman) you want to point at and go "you too can be involved!"
Maybe in the future we also need not only a newbie session nay I say it, friday should have a newbie track to encourage new people so they can be guaranteed of one full on "taster" day, one or two panels don't cut it, we need to give em the full chops with both barrels (if you get my jist).
But having a "Mixer" session may also be a idea. You have a set of people, each with ideas they're trying to get off the ground and have a five minute presentation to sell the idea and see if they can garner interest from outside of their own cliche. We do em in games, they work :)
There's nothing stating that we shouldn't have the same old stuff again and again that everyone loves. But i'm a big believer in making things friendly to a new audience.
And yes, I know what the webcomic panels I run are like at times -_-;
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Date: 2008-03-31 08:08 pm (UTC)But I like your take on the subject, it isn't that the convention doesn't have new people. It's fandom. Like any group we require fresh blood to keep from stagnation. New ideas and enthusiasm.
Hell, looking at JAFWA over the years, the gradual decline of people. The difficulty I had in getting content... *sighs* this ties back in with the fan guest. They're the man (or woman) you want to point at and go "you too can be involved!"
Maybe in the future we also need not only a newbie session nay I say it, friday should have a newbie track to encourage new people so they can be guaranteed of one full on "taster" day, one or two panels don't cut it, we need to give em the full chops with both barrels (if you get my jist).
But having a "Mixer" session may also be a idea. You have a set of people, each with ideas they're trying to get off the ground and have a five minute presentation to sell the idea and see if they can garner interest from outside of their own cliche. We do em in games, they work :)
There's nothing stating that we shouldn't have the same old stuff again and again that everyone loves. But i'm a big believer in making things friendly to a new audience.
And yes, I know what the webcomic panels I run are like at times -_-;