Cosplay Spectacular MC

[Stormfalcon]

I just had to say that while Dieter left some pretty big shoes to fill in his departure, you filled them quite nicely.  It takes a lot to not only keep up with the typical Fanime Masquerade audience, but to give as good as you get, and that you did quite entertainingly.

Well done!

[darkknightcecil]

Check the Doors, I Staff had an problem in the upper balcony for some attendees not listening o_o..

[Sheepy]

Check the Doors, I Staff had an problem in the upper balcony for some attendees not listening o_o..

I was on the upper balcony too as Staff (Press/Professional).
Yeah some people refused to listen to staff... It's kinda annoying -_-;;.

I'm guessing maybe do a staff skit or something to tell people to turn off their phones and don't use flash photography? It could be really hilarious : p. It least then people can't say we didn't tell them.

[kuroi]

Sad to say, but I had to miss Masquerade for my senior prom, but I've been watching people's videos of the skits, and I have to say

YOU WERE AN AWESOME MC

I've been laughing and cheering at your jokes just as if I would at the actual Masquerade. Fantastic job, and I hope you do it again next year when I can actually be in the audience!

[darkknightcecil]

Check the Doors, I Staff had an problem in the upper balcony for some attendees not listening o_o..

I was on the upper balcony too as Staff (Press/Professional).
Yeah some people refused to listen to staff... It's kinda annoying -_-;;.

I'm guessing maybe do a staff skit or something to tell people to turn off their phones and don't use flash photography? It could be really hilarious : p. It least then people can't say we didn't tell them.

Yeah freaking i was on the door on the left telling ppl this row is reserved for staff..and BUT NOO THIS STUPID girl wouldnt listen she like
OH no one told me and I didnt see an sign
wow look at her intelligence ._.

but anyway Derryl
Yeah there were very insane yelling.. when you were about stay stuff

[Keys]

Yeah freaking i was on the door on the left telling ppl this row is reserved for staff..and BUT NOO THIS STUPID girl wouldnt listen she like
OH no one told me and I didnt see an sign
wow look at her intelligence ._.

...except, there wasn't any seating reserved for staff:
http://forums.fanime.com/viewtopic.php?t=7651

Also, I can understand blowing off some steam in private, but I'm rather saddened to see a staffer insulting an attendee publicly on the boards like this, even if you're not mentioning who it was in particular.  With everything going on during Cosplay Spectacular seating, it's not unreasonable that an attendee wouldn't hear something being said by a staffer who is already doing something not condoned by the event coordinator.

Back to the point about flash photography, that is unfortunate.  I worry that more aggressive enforcement would only cause more of a disruption for the audience.  For what its worth, where I was in the back of the theater, I couldn't see what was going on setup-wise with the Pretear skit, but I can understand how people closer to the stage could.  Hopefully by next year, there will be some new strategies to keep this kind of behavior to a minimum.

[angeljibrille]

Yeah freaking i was on the door on the left telling ppl this row is reserved for staff..and BUT NOO THIS STUPID girl wouldnt listen she like
OH no one told me and I didnt see an sign
wow look at her intelligence ._.

#1. There WAS NO reserved staff seating. It was open seating, except for the first 3 rows on the bottom floor, per our union agreement. Who told you to be reserving seating for staff...? We said the staff could sit in the balcony, not that it was reserved for staff.

#2. No one but my staff, the rovers, or the ushers were allowed to be telling people what to do at the Masq.

#3. All having a staff badge got you was getting in at 6:00pm so you could choose what seats you needed. We don't have the resources for reserved staff seating, and the seats you reserved were never used -- people were complaining about the empty rows.

#4. Our attendees are who pay for staff to be able to have a free badge at con. They need to be treated with respect. I don't like seeing our audience insulted here on the boards by staff. We truly appreicate the audience / attendees.

Sorry to come down on you like a ton of bricks, but we got -several- complaints about "agressive staffers" about reserved seating on the balcony -- seating that did not exist, so it was obvious someone took initiative into their own hands, which causes a chain reaction.

Thanks,
Marisa

[Sheepy]

Sorry about making this go off topic, but I really do see the need to defend myself : /.

I don't know about the actual rules for reserved seating, but I was ordered by my upper to save seats for registration staffers. Registration people apparently couldn't get out of their jobs before Masq started. (Or something along those lines.)

I apologize if I screamed at anyone or I made anyone get out of their original better seat, but I do believe we allowed people to move back to the 2nd and 3rd row when no one showed up at 7:30. Don't ask me why the people who the seats were reserved for didn't show up at the end -_-;;.

But please, I tried to be as calm and logical as I could. Again, I'm sorry if I was aggressive to anyone (which I don't think I did), it's just it was a long day and people not doing what I tell them since I was told to do this doesn't help : /.