This has been eating me inside since Fanime ended this year.
First of all, I would like to say that Fanime 2004 was my very first anime convention. Ever since then, I have been attending Fanime every year faithfully and I have been telling my friends about Fanime. I even brought them with me to the convention (which btw, some are gaming staff). I would look forward to Fanime every year, throughout the year. But I must say, after this year, I REALLY have no intentions of returning to FanimeCon ever again.
There was a forum topic in the staff section that pertains to my situation (http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,12990.0.html). I reported the problem to Con-Ops and at the end, I felt like the situation was NOT resolved. When I reported the situation, the ConOps brought in some guy and it seems like all he could do was defend his own (aka the Staff member who sent me the threat). I left the ConOps office EXTREMELY upset and crying. I had done nothing wrong to receive a threat from a staff member to ban me and the fact that this particular person is going to be on staff next year COMPLETELY DISGUSTS ME. The threat was purely powered by jealousy on the staff members part, which had nothing to do with Fanime and was a result of this persons actions AT THE CONVENTION. With the knowledge that this person is going to be on staff, I feel that my attendance will be threatened and therefore I have no plans to attend FanimeCon2010. This will be the first time ever that I will NOT be attending FanimeCon. It makes me sad, but I refuse to attend a convention that promotes such childish behavior from the people who are supposed to help make this convention a success.
First of all, I would like to say that Fanime 2004 was my very first anime convention. Ever since then, I have been attending Fanime every year faithfully and I have been telling my friends about Fanime. I even brought them with me to the convention (which btw, some are gaming staff). I would look forward to Fanime every year, throughout the year. But I must say, after this year, I REALLY have no intentions of returning to FanimeCon ever again.
There was a forum topic in the staff section that pertains to my situation (http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,12990.0.html). I reported the problem to Con-Ops and at the end, I felt like the situation was NOT resolved. When I reported the situation, the ConOps brought in some guy and it seems like all he could do was defend his own (aka the Staff member who sent me the threat). I left the ConOps office EXTREMELY upset and crying. I had done nothing wrong to receive a threat from a staff member to ban me and the fact that this particular person is going to be on staff next year COMPLETELY DISGUSTS ME. The threat was purely powered by jealousy on the staff members part, which had nothing to do with Fanime and was a result of this persons actions AT THE CONVENTION. With the knowledge that this person is going to be on staff, I feel that my attendance will be threatened and therefore I have no plans to attend FanimeCon2010. This will be the first time ever that I will NOT be attending FanimeCon. It makes me sad, but I refuse to attend a convention that promotes such childish behavior from the people who are supposed to help make this convention a success.