Forum - View topicPR: Otakon Welcomes Back Vic Mignogna
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Clyde_Cash
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FINALLY, VIC HAS COME BACK TO BALTIMOOOOOOOOOORE!
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penguintruth
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Mediocrity will descend onto Baltimore such as we haven't seen since Peter S. Beagle!
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jvowles
Otakon Representative
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Oh, you're coming? Vic is one of our most-requested guests and we bring him every few years to please the thousands of fans who line up to see him. Don't like him? that's one less person in line ahead of someone for whom this made their day. Meanwhile he's making a living as an actor (tough thing to do for anyone), and is fulfilling a lifelong dream working in the Star Trek universe as well. Peter has written dozens of perennially popular works, one of which was animated in Japan and continues to be a major draw nearly 30 years later. He comes because he likes our con and visits friends in town when he's here, and most years I barely get to say hello to him because he's signing nonstop all weekend. I'm sorry, what is it, precisely, that bitter internet trolls bring to the table again? |
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penguintruth
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"Popular mid-tier VA and star of that Star Trek fan project nobody's interested in, Vic Mignogna!"
Hope you at least have better control of autograph sessions this year. I stood in line for hours for some surprisingly worthwhile guests last year (the few that were) and didn't get one autograph. I'd hate to see any of Vic's tone deaf Risembool Rangers to miss out on getting his autograph for the fortieth time. Maybe he'll even sign their Elricest doujins this time around if they pretend that he's good hard enough. I'm really looking forward to authors of long forgotten children's books, fashion designers, and maybe a Power Ranger or two. Perhaps another cover designer? At least Vic is a voice actor, but maybe you aren't reaching for the stars enough. Sure you can't get the janitor at Sentai Filmworks? The accountant at Funimation? The guy who stocks the snack machines at Discotek? Oh, and please put signs that tell people not to record a panel in more prominent areas, because sometimes somebody will arrive to a panel which they've said not to record at the beginning, late, long after they've said that, and not know because the sign was hidden behind a veil. And perhaps not having panels deep into the hotel might help, too. The trudge from one panel to the next is bad enough as it is. Last edited by penguintruth on Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:00 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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getchman
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well this thread suddenly got interesting
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Quit being a dick, Penguintruth. I know that's hard for you but if you can't at least try and talk like someone who has a baseline respect for others, I'm happy to give you a break from the pressure of posting on these forums.
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penguintruth
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I'm being a dick? Isn't it more like Mr. Vowles is being over sensitive? If I'm just some "troll", like he asserts, that surely I'm not worth engaging. I have geniune concern over the quality of Otakon's guests, which I have expressed ever since even before last year's, which I might add, I attended.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Keep pushing, see what happens. |
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Nocturne123
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haha, wow, Jim made me laugh out loud with the "So you'll be coming" comeback. Good stuff.
I'm not a huge Vic fan either, though he has done some good work, but seriously penguintruth sound like Vic beat him as a child or something. And honestly, I highly doubt your "Honest concern" for Otakon's guests outweigh the actual work Vowles does for the con. Not every year at Otakon will they get the guests you want to come. No con can do that. If you let that ruin your time when you do go, then that's your own fault. I'd choose Vic and Peter being there any day then having to listen to people yell "What time is it!" or any other inane BS that goes on. That said, this will be my 6th or 7th Otakon I believe |
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Hagaren Viper
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So...does someone have some insider information saying that Vic is in Digimon Fusion...? |
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Maidenoftheredhand
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I am not a Vic fan but there are certainly a lot of people who are. Personally I hope more people do stand in line for Vic, that would mean less people are standing in line for someone I am interested in.
It's pretty early in terms of announcements. I am always most interested in Japanese guests, but with contracts and so forth those usually are announced much later. It's Otakon's 20th anniversary so I am sure they have some big things planned. As for Peter S. Beagle, he's a great guest who always makes times for his fans. I am very happy to have my Last Unicorn book signed by him. |
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Yoda117
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How did you know I was coming to Otakon this year? FWIW: got married... nobody calls me by my maiden name any more. It's "Mr. Mediocrity - Halycon" now, thank you. |
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GWOtaku
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For the record The Last Unicorn alone has sold over five million copies worldwide since its publication. This guy doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. _____ Sat in on a Vic event at Katsucon and the horde there to see him was one of the most enthused I'd ever seen. He's excellent at entertaining a crowd, so if you dig any of his work and haven't been before I would recommend going. |
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