A & G Ohio --- Febuary 8-10, 2008 in Akron, OH. ANIME and GAMING Ohio

This is a brand new con. (Hopefully no one minds me posting this so soon). It's still in the works and will all be ready before the official date.

Pre-Reg will be happening I believe at Ohayocon for any that are attending that convention.(Do not quote me on this I am very forgetful)

Our forums are : A & G Ohio Forums! The official website is : A & G Ohio

More info of what to come will be posted on the A&G Ohio Forums. Well take care all.

(Hopefully no one has a problem with me posting this)

Alright here I am co-con chair for A&G ohio. 1st off...
thanks Tsubasacon for an awesome con this year!! it was great can not wait till 07!!!

alright now back to A&G Con.
THis is is 24/7! no stopping from 12noon friday-sunday at 4am! (can you make it this far?)
it will be at the hilton hotel in Akron/Fairlawn, OH.
February 8-10, 2008.
THis is a Gaming and Animation convention.
We are running live events during weeee hours of the morning, and bunches of 18+ panels and events!

-RBG, cos-arena, video game room, lan party room, dealers, amv contest, cosplay, skits, props contest, who's line, foam fighting exibition tournament, king of NES tourney, and tons, tons, more!!
Not to mention after hours Blitzball Games in the Hilton's Indoor pool!!
(yes we have permission and is in the contract!)

This is convention is being run by myself and kyo (ryan logan) in association with the Random Battle Group.

*hope this helps *

Sounds interesting.

Its going to be awesome ^^

Pre-Reg Forms are now on the forums. First Pre-Reg Deadline is Jan.15th, 2007 - $25!

Wait... this con is over a year away and you've already set a first pre-reg deadline, of $25 no less? How much is that at-con price gonna be? $100?!

Yeah, it seems really far off to be even advertising it this aggressively. But I guess you can't plan too much for your first con... *shrug*

Wow, Akron (finally, a con where I don't need a hotel room! Awesome!). I'm definately going to have to think about it... but as of now, too far away to know for sure if I can make it.

Ah well.

Well to tell you the truth a 25 dollar pre-reg is not bad at all especially for a full 48 hr convention, but I see where you are comming from figuring we are cutting the first date off early. Then again since it is our first year we need to be agressive with promoting that way we get as many people as possible. To answer you about pre-reg price thing though, the cut off for pre-reg is $40. (Not going to be $100. lol)
(if we were charing 100 bucks a registration everyone would be getting free panda treats, a con badge and a case of bawls and then some. haha)

I have been working relentlessly on new ideas for this convention and since we have the whole hotel and they are letting us do w/e it is that we want, the brainstorming power has went into overdrive and we have at least 5-10 events that have never happened at a convention. but.. sorry to say that everyone will have to wait until probably ohayocon 08 to see what these are

I'm willing to wait....if you give me a discount. :D

My thoughts exactly...
Even if pre-reg cuts off at $40, at-con pricing will probably be like $40-50, which, IMO, is ridiculous for a small, first year con in a little hotel in Akron.
Also, being a 48 hour con isn't a big deal. Colossalcon is in the same boat as you (small hotel, though much bigger city) and 42 hours of con....but it's only $30 for the weekend if you pay AT THE CON. Pre reg is even cheaper.
I'm really wondering what you're gonna have to make it worth the extra $15...even the "and gaming" part isn't THAT big of a deal, since most anime cons incorporate gaming in one way or another.

Well, I'd rather see aggressive advertising over lack of planning and such.
Though, I think the price will end up being a big turn off.

I think I may end up going to this, because I won't have to buy a hotel room and such for once(Yay for living in Green!) Though, it will depend on how much money I have left after Ohayocon next year (if I go, haven't decided yet, ohayocon is not getting put above Animepunch and Sugoicon, no, not at all.)

The fact that RBG is running it is a plus in my eyes, of course! Since I'm following Kyo to hell and all already...

Following Kyo to hell seems like a poor decision on many levels, but hey, your call!

I found out I was going when I saw me listed on a flier, so I guess that means I'm going!

(for those of you living in akron SORRY) I think akron sucks, it's too far, it's small, it's boring, it sucks.

the mall sucks too.

I went thare for an audition and was BORED!!!!

...Yeah, Akron does pretty much suck. Which mall did you go to though, there's multiple ones within driving distance.

And the following Kyo to hell bit was pretty much decided at Ohayocon's NC17 whose line...

I heard that Akron is crackhead central...though I really can't verify.

Though, I can't complain about the location...it's only like a half hour from my house, so I won't have to get a hotel.

i live 4 hours away GRRRR which is why iget a hotel room YAY i like hotels they feel so foreign.

I'll be there ^_^

i like cookies too, and ice cream. banana pudding. :rolleyes:

~Everyone needs to think outside the box with this whole pre-reg/ reg thing. Be original in ideas and such, and this is where we strive. Though I am NOT going to be releasing details yet, but once things are in hand I will let everyone know of some of the special things going on. As far as the rate goes though, there is going to be SOOOOOO many different ways to save money that will overly compensate our #1 priority and that is the people.
~You have to get this COMPARISON stuff out the window first, because we are NOT an anime con. We are animation (which Yes in turn includes anime, which is a big part of animation in general as far as similarities and style of art) convention and gaming. Not 1 over the other either. I do want to say that one of my favorite things is going to cons, but there is NO way anyone can argue me the point of saying that any cons around here are 24/7. No way possible. what a dance... film.. and sometime, yes Sometimes a game room stays open through the night that give you 24/7 status?? Alright , well I will be fair then and say that it is then, well I want a new term for A&G then. Because we are throwing out the rules when it comes to the sleep rules. in short there are none! We are running Special LIVE events all the way through the night, I am talking about big events that are exclusives to A&G (most cons wouldn't try these due to liability issues. lol) and of course we will do movies, and 3 game rooms (in which the set -up is going to be insane + Red Octane Will be in the building hosting a official U.S. guitar hero tournament) and a lan party room, and panels going on as well. So... I say if you wait till the door to get your badge I will personally make it worth the extra $5 bucks you pay.

~Thanks for the smart@ss'titude of that comment, but you are talking to king smart@ss (ask my wife she hates it. haha). on the planning side, lets see... CCC of last year is when hard core planning started. Early enough? We already have guests and vendors signed on before a YEAR prior to the event and a pre-lim schedule of 40+ events and 60+ panels! (at least 15 of those have never been done at a con to my knowledge) not to mention over 20 pre-regs in the first month of offering.

**I am done ranting, sorry my spelling sucks so stuff's probably wrong. lol*
BTW if anyone wants to talk to me about anything PLEASE I encourage you to email me Conchair@AandGohio.com

OH BTW. this is a first for ANY convention to do--

ANYONE that shows proof of a Hotel room registration with the Hilton for A&G Ohio (reciept from convention or verification from the hotel), Will Recieve a $20 buck con registration rate from them and a friend! (2 badges for $20 each!!)
*if you have already pre-reg'd which we have a pretty good amount! *thanks* , when you show up for badge pickup present your hotel reservation/reciept and we'll re-imburse you the difference of your pre-reg rate*

Thanks again everyone. :alco:

1. Interesting, to say the least

2. Well, ok, that being said I can't compare you directly to an anime con. I can still do all the price comparing I want, though, cause it's an event I'd like to go to, whatever label you want to give it...and if I'd rather put the money somewhere else, labeling what the con is won't have any impact on that.

I consider a con 24/7 if it doesn't have a closing time where everyone has to leave for the night...period.

The events and the extra $5 thing seems kinda convincing, though.

3. I honestly wasn't being a smartass about that comment, that's my honest to goodness opinion on this.

Y'know, I honestly don't see the appeal of getting no sleep at all during the weekend. To me, that encourages not going back to the room, which encourages NOT SHOWERING (and thus confunk,) and that aside, after about twenty hours of not sleeping I start to get slap happy and liable to pass out at any moment. Well, unless I'm pumping myself up with Vault and sugar, and then I get riduclously hyper and give myself a headache and try to do Can't Stop Falling in Love(speed mix) on ddr until I get it right.

THEN I pass out.

I want to know; you aren't bumping up the price of at-con reg because of the hotel reinbursement thing, are you? I live in Green, it wouldn't be feasible for me to get a hotel room, so while I would of course end up paying less than if I got a hotel, it still doesn't rub me right. Assuming you're doing that.

I can understand encouraging people to get the rooms, but.. eh. I dunno.

oh no lothlin. This is just one of the special things that we want to put out there. (we were going to announce it when we updated our website, but kyo released it early on CCC forums. lol) The price at the door will still be as is. $40 dollars.

and DK. Fair enough ;)

oh and about staying up throughout the night is great! just for the fact that there's ususally no kids running around so con staff really loosens up. Not to mention all the interesting people running around still at night.
But yeah totally agree about the con funk thing though. I told my staff that I was purchasing a couple cases of axe body shots to pass out to people that wasn't smelling to pretty. :lolguy:

True, it does encourage con funk, plus it's pretty much impossible to stay up the entire time, so it's not like you'll benefit entirely from it.

It is more flexible for nightowls, though. They can stay out till 4am if they want, then sleep till noon...vs non-24/7 cons where they're closed at like 1-2amish.

Many cons ourside of Ohio kick people out of the convention center at 12am or 2am. Ohio is lucky because most of its cons are small enough to stay in hotels which tend to be lax about that, so you can still hang out (or even play games or watch movies if they have them playing).

On that note, scheduling live events in the early morning is a cute idea, but it has some consiquences. Most panels I schedule at 2am or 3am never get more than 2 or 3 people showing up to them, and tend to be kind of lame. It also detracts from the parties (which at these things are hard enough to make awesome already) because a decent percentage of the people who are awake and looking for something to do (rather than being awake and just hanging out in the lobby) are in panels. The third disadvantage is that the people who are cool to have at parties, and really contribute to their success are also the people who get put in charge of the late night events (for the same reasons that make them fun to have at a party) which means that the most fun party animals aren't even on the party scene (and can't host parties either).

You also run the risk of sabataging yourselves, because any decent program director is going to at least have the thought that whatever gets put at 3am, or 4am had damn well better be awesome because otherwise no one will show up to/stay awake for it. That means that you end up putting (or at least wanting to put) some of your best programming when only 3% of your membership will even have the option of going to it.

Well, it doesn't NEED to be panels. It could be video rooms, game rooms, random crap like the game show thingies, the band, etc.

whats going on? has the price gone down yet? if not then buh bye.

Why would they make you pre-reg a year in advance? That's pretty gay. <_<

it's called thinking ahead.

As far as the night events, panels, w/e. I do not have to defend it, because I know that it is going to be boss. Even though I will say that no one will make late night happen like A&G. I do agree with mike about the obvious point that most cons can not get any type of crowd after dark though. That is why we have been promoting out to night groups and such.

The price is still as is. like it has been since january. it will be $40 at the door unless you have a hotel room and then we have a special discount for you and a friend.

Hail to the trogdar.

:domo:

Well now that you've insulted me maybe I won't go. That's 30 potential dollars walking away. :screem:

Oh stop it you two! Can't we settle this with an old fashioned CRAB BATTLE!!!
(LOL, INTERNET WARS!)

But back to the points of some of the previous posts were making about having cool stuff late at night and all, if you wanna try that, then logically wouldn't the best way to schedule this would be to have regular con stuff like anime viewing and regular gaming hours and dealers room shopping during the morning-mid afternoon then have the awesome events and panels late at night (this way figuring it would give people some time to be passed out during the day and get rested to stay up all night.) If theres sumthing in the dealers room u wanna buy or viewing rooms u wanted to watch, you just get up for that and then go back to bed. Logically, in my opinion, this is the only way it would work out if you wanted all the cool stuff to happen late at night and have an actual audience (have standard, typical things during the day that people could commonly see or expect at another con, and save ur big guns for later at night when everyone is rested and anxious...maybe even drunk so it's more interesting heh heh).

How did he insult you? All he said is that they're thinking ahead.
If anything, YOU insulted him by calling how they're running the convention gay.

I would go, but it's too far. Can't get people to drive me there.. =<

Maybe 2009, perhaps. With Bemani cosplays, and groups of Paralists!

Thanks DK.
and I wasn't isulting anyone.

and those are good ideas baka boy. thanks!

**THere is to be an OPEN A&G meeting for whom ever wants to attend**
Meeting: in the LOWER ATTRIUM (just inside the front doors)
WHen: Friday @ 6pm!! Please be punctual as we might be moving area do to sound issues and so I can hear everyone's thoughts.

THANKS BUNCH!

Gotta say as much as I don't want to drive to Akron I just might go to this. The A&G Conchair won a Smash Bros match between various Ohio conchairs which I take as a sign that A&G is going to be the rocking con of the future here in Ohio.

A&G Ohio...it's going to be the worst con ever...you should go [and I am!]

I'm not going to disagree with that. but it'll be entertaining from start to finish.