Dominoes falling

[thebitterguy]

Apparently, my question I asked yesterday prompted jefferyab to ask a question related to the topic on the Ad Astra community. The comments get kind of interesting, especially when the chair starts talking about what happened.

A member of the fan community and a regular attendee at conventions within the Toronto environs, contacted the hotel and spoke to every manager and the owner, complaining that Ad Astra was in contravention of provincial law and hotel policy with regards to the service of alcohol at the annual convention. This person has also reported Ad Astra to the liquor control board.

Wow. I guess someone was kind of an a vendetta or something. Just to clear the air, before You Know Who starts pointin' fingers, it wasn't me. I LIKE booze.

Anyway, people justifiably start saying this was awful poopyish (and if you wanna be all John Law about this, fine, take it elsewhere). But it gets real amusing when jarydsyn shows up and starts going all "The con got what was coming to them!"

Wow. I'm not good ad putting two and two together (okay, I am, four! Hah!) but how suspicious is that that some random person with an LJ id where the electrons are still damp shows up to be the voice of dissent?

Admittedly, I haven't been to an AA since I got married (she has, and I love her for that) but it's still annoying that this turned out to be the act of some vindictive shlurr.

Comments

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

I think AA's problem is to be the only literary SF con in a town full of big media cons.

It tries to keep up with the Jones but it can't because its not the same animal and its model is not as scalable.

Literary SF cons provide a range of opportunities and services that media cons don't need to be successful.

I mean what media con needs a 24 hour consuite to be more successful? Yet most literary conventions find them popular and a plus when attracting membership.

[thebitterguy]

True, dat. I was just curious as to the whys, and now I feel like I have a better grasp on the facts.

And, unfortuantely, it comes down to the incredible ability of some nerds to be vindictive dicks.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I like Ad Astra, though I'm rarely in the con suite. If I am it's to talk, not to drink. I even did panels last year (note to self, go to Ad Astra site and offer to do panels).

Ed and I even won best in show at the masquerade one year.

Didn't you meet the missus at Ad Astra?

[thebitterguy]

Yes I did.

I suspect I'm probably persona non grata there, otherwise I'd offer to do some panels n' stuff.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Never hurts to ask.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

That thread was there long before you posed your question.

And yes, how very apparently sockpuppetry.

[thebitterguy]

Well, there was a PREVIOUS post, but the one I linked to was started by jeffreyab after I asked my question.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected.

I have to stand, because without the booze there's no reason to fall down.

[thebitterguy]

I read your second sentence as "how very sociopath-y" and, well, I think that may be applicable too, if it's the person in question.

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

We could organize an outing to a local pub get blitzed and come back to the con-suite as a protest! Of course we would need a van and a designated driver....

Not that I'm suggesting that we actually do that.

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

Except to prove that they can't keep you down.