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PatrickD
Joined: 03 Dec 2003
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Location: Boston, MA
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 Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:15 pm |
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| dormcat wrote: | | PatrickD wrote: | | I'm NOT talking "person time", so don't add together the running time of all anime programming at the event. |
Thanks for explaining. However, the "person-time" or "man-time" in my text was the best translation I could find (although I doubt its accuracy) for the total number of attendance that includes multiple entries i.e. count "6" if a person enters the exhibition hall either 6 times a day or once a day for a con spanning 6 days. Those were counted electronically by motion sensors located at gates, and committees love to boast attendee numbers with those figures (not exactly lying). The actual number of "warm bodies" simultaneously in the building is usually much, much less. I'm not sure if they keep or are willing to disclose actual numbers of ticket sales and/or special badges they issued. |
Huh? I wasn't talking about attendance.
| dormcat wrote: | | By the way, do dōjinshi fairs at Tosanbō (AKA Tokyo Trade Center / Tokyo Metropolitan Small Business Center) counts? |
Not if it's something that's held every few weeks. The database is intended more for the big events that happen once or twice a year. |
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jetz
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 2013
Location: Manila, Philippines
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:15 pm |
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| PatrickD wrote: | | jetz wrote: | | A web site? Most cons (just the major ones) here advertise through one "mother" site - cosplay.ph - regardless of whether or not they have cosplay in the list of their activities. Sometimes they have their own site, sometimes they don't. Like THIS one for example, I believe they don't have their own web site. Would that count? |
No. We used to list stuff like that, but now we insist on an event having an actual web site. The reason was that there were a lot of anime gatherings (cosplay gatherings in particular) that were promoted on cosplay.com or with MySpace pages that were really cluttering up the listings by throwing events every month. They became impossible to keep track of and trying to verify information with such pages was extremely difficult.
Nowadays, we believe that any real convention should have an official convention site with all the details such as registration, events, location, etc. In the example you've linked to, that's just a page with a basic schedule in an event calendar. That does not qualify.
We also don't list film festivals...because if we listed every anime screening across the country...well...no. Just no. |
Oh OK. Thanks for explaining. Well we have one on October 7, but it's more of a gaming con (GXCon). You accept gaming cons, right? Sorry for all the questions. Just making sure. |
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PatrickD
Joined: 03 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:00 pm |
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| jetz wrote: | | Oh OK. Thanks for explaining. Well we have one on October 7, but it's more of a gaming con (GXCon). You accept gaming cons, right? Sorry for all the questions. Just making sure. |
Gaming cons are only listed if they have anime too...since the site's "AnimeCons.com" and not "GamingCons.com".  |
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jetz
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
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Location: Manila, Philippines
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:30 am |
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| PatrickD wrote: | | jetz wrote: | | Oh OK. Thanks for explaining. Well we have one on October 7, but it's more of a gaming con (GXCon). You accept gaming cons, right? Sorry for all the questions. Just making sure. |
Gaming cons are only listed if they have anime too...since the site's "AnimeCons.com" and not "GamingCons.com". |
Awww so GXCon's not counted either. Thanks again!  |
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