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INTEREST: Kameha Con Responds to Recent Guest Cancellations

Lynx Raven Raide wrote:

I'm kind of wondering where Funimation's stance is on this. The reason I say this is that this is a Dragon Ball themed con, to which they have the NA distribution rights to (and by defacto most of the English world) which means Kameha Con probably would have had to do a deal with them to promote it, am I correct? They may be locked in this year, but it does make me wonder if they may pull support from future Kameha Cons because of it.

The owner previously mentioned he might not do it again next year because of all this drama. But that was before he invited Vic back and got a lot of positive feedback so maybe he'll changed his mind depending how well the con goes. It would suck if it got canned. It's pretty close to me and an easy enough drive. Besides it would look pretty bad on Funimation's part to kill a Dragonball convention over this. Another factor to consider is Toei. I wonder how Toei feels about all this drama stinking up the Dragonball name in America.

I dunno if the situation would really be called 'Positive Feedback'. From a con-operations perspective, things got FAR more complicated this week. Guest relations are now a mess. It's bad that the con itself had to formally announce that it had made amicable separations with it's exiting guests because far to many people were screaming about how the con would surely punish those voice actors. Increased security costs. A mad dash for replacement guests to fill in content holes. Reworking the schedule that was probably nearly complete. You see 'Positive Feedback' and I see the makings of an ulcer.

I wouldn't exactly say they have gotten positive feedback given cancellations by some and others openly stating they can't cancel due to this being announced after the deadline has passed (artists wanting to pull out). Not to mention, this is the internet so I wonder how much of that positive response does equal to con goers, and how much of that crowd would you really want going to your convention given their reputation. Sure, there might be some legitimate fans wanting to go now, but given the toxicity on that side* and the fact this is a Dragonball con and not a Vic Mignogna con it has a high possibility of damaging their reputation for the future.

Ashley Hakker wrote:

I dunno if the situation would really be called 'Positive Feedback'. From a con-operations perspective, things got FAR more complicated this week. Guest relations are now a mess. It's bad that the con itself had to formally announce that it had made amicable separations with it's exiting guests because far to many people were screaming about how the con would surely punish those voice actors. Increased security costs. A mad dash for replacement guests to fill in content holes. Reworking the schedule that was probably nearly complete. You see 'Positive Feedback' and I see the makings of an ulcer.

I interpreted their Tweets completely differently. Rial said she cancelled because KamehaCon was unsafe. KamehaCon retorted they took safety very seriously and praised their convention security staff and Texas law enforcement. I took those as a rebuttal to Rial's claim that the convention was unsafe. Their statements came off very curt and matter-of-factly to me, like they were putting their foot down on the issues that were popping up. "KamehaCon is absolutely safe" "Discussions with guests who have withdrawn will be handled privately and professionally" "Kamehameha is first and foremost about Dragonball and the fans"

Lynx Raven Raide wrote:

I wouldn't exactly say they have gotten positive feedback given cancellations by some and others openly stating they can't cancel due to this being announced after the deadline has passed (artists wanting to pull out). Not to mention, this is the internet so I wonder how much of that positive response does equal to con goers, and how much of that crowd would you really want going to your convention given their reputation. Sure, there might be some legitimate fans wanting to go now, but given the toxicity on that side* and the fact this is a Dragonball con and not a Vic Mignogna con it has a high possibility of damaging their reputation for the future.

Yeah, that's why I said depending how the turnout is. But as of right now they have more guests going than they did before Vic was announced. Five dropped after the Vic announcement, but then they announced six new guests so right now they're at +1, not counting Vic himself. From what I saw on Twitter people were @ing them asking if there were any panel openings but KamehaCon said they were already receiving tons of emails from applicants. It sounds like to me people are blowing all this drama up bigger than it really is. I don't think the average convention goer really cares about this internet drama. They just want to have fun at a con.