| Osvald Hotz De Baar 2008-03-13, 9:26 am |
| On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:11:28 +0000, Osvald Hotz De Baar
<curtains4U@upthorpe.farm.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:00:26 +0000, Julie <000@000.net> wrote:
>
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>The stick can only get bigger while these impotent bullies. I bet the
>filthy dog has lots of weird stuff on his PC given his mentality and
>addiction to brutality.
>
>As part of a gang of bullies and conspiracy ring you best make sure
>your house is squeaky clean ding dong because it's only a matter of
>time before you get the KNOCK from the authorities. No matter how hard
>you try you cant hide your posting history no matter what sock puppet
>you used.
>
>Is that where you meet Derek Moody who also lives in a self inflicted
>fantasy world and dresses up in puppet outfits! Which one of you is
>the dominatrix?
>
PS: I'm trying to contact someone who has been trying to contact me
can anyone help?
C Bell & Sons
Church Farm
Church Street
North Kelsey
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN7 6EQ
Tel: 01652-678396
Who also turns out to be our little sock puppet bully DingDong itself
David George Bell
Church Farm Church Street
North Kelsey Lincolnshire LN7 6EQ
Tel: 01652 678396
So BellBoy what was it you were planning to do to me if you had the
balls?
Speaking of bullies masquerading as someone else. What's this rubbish
all about?
You may well be even weirder than Moody after all.
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http://tinyurl.com/3x4vd4
David Bell, Church Farm, North Kelsey, Lincoln, LN7 6EQ
It was interesting to read some of the inside stories of Follycon and
Congregate. My own feeling is that they could have been longer and
more detailed. I suppose the effects of the longer design cycle for
the Contrivance programme will be masked by the effects of the Jersey
site. I still have my doubts about the validity of Contrivance as a
test of two-year bidding, and I can't help wondering what it will do
to the 1991 bid.
I've mucked about at Masquerades a few times and I think Lisanne
summed up the main practical problems very well. Depending on the con
(and the scale of the masquerade) this is one programme item which
should be fixed fairly early, with plenty of time for contestants to
make allowances for any problems like restricted access. An
out-of-town site like BECCON '87 also gives entrants a problem with
grabbing a meal if the timings of con meals and masquerade get too
close. (No, I didn't have a problem but I can see how it might be
one). One twist she doesn't mention that could be useful is a supply
of long drinking straws as Murphy, being what he is, there will be
somebody dehydrating in a full-mask costume who can't get their lips
near a cup!
Photography of the Masquerade is another tricky problem. I'm no expert
but I think that there are a few basic guidelines for audience and
organisers.
1. Flash photography isn't very effective in large rooms. If it is
allowed it will only give good results at short distances. Automatic
flashguns tend to over-expose the subject unless it either fills the
sensor angle of view or is close to a wall. I find the modern fast
films to be far more reliable. Also, the batteries don't go flat ten
minutes after the Masquerade starts.
2. Photocalls can be tricky to organise. A lot depends on the space
and time available. In summer daylight might be available which would
be the simple answer. I think it is worth finding a fairly plain
background not too strongly coloured. Flourescent tubes can put some
very odd colours into a photograph, mostly green, that don't show to
the eye. If you want to get technical, head for the photography
section of your local library.
3. One idea, depending on the layout of the hall, would be to give the
photographers a special area to work from. I've mentioned before the
problem of the contestants strutting their stuff between the judges
and the audience, and this may seem to add to the problems. One pro
trick is to mark the floor for people to stop at but I might soon need
to use spectacles to see the focusing screen anyway.
Comments on the letters: Chuck appears to be about right about
computer types. The PCW range does seem to be more usable. Luckily I'm
a sound sleeper but they were running a lot a Follycon. Most of the
portables that I've seen have an RS-232 port fitted so that might be
the best solution for the fan who brings a portable PC or Z88. But it
would need somebody who knows what they are doing. The PCW8xxx dot
matrix printer can turn out some passable DTP (Desk Top Publishing)
work, but on the whole I think that DTP is a bit of a blind alley for
convention newsletters. Try a half-line between paragraphs but most of
the rest of DTP seems very slow and fiddley to get right.
I mentioned con videos. I think it is fair to say there is likely to
be a lot of tape to edit together. I did a rough estimate afterwards
and the way we worked at Follycon I reckon there must be close to 24
hours of tape. That will take a lot of effort to edit down to a con
video. Maybe the TV programme on the Worldcon wasn't so bad after all.
After seeing Steve Glover's notes I'm looking forward to Iconoclasm.
One point caught my eye about the film programme. Can I add that what
has been shown locally is no guide to what has been shown elsewhere.
Some films never make it out of the largest cities. Equally, some
video stuff never gets into a cinema anyway. Personally I've had
enough of over-muscled heroes waving around horrendously impractical
swords like spare p----s at a wedding.
I never did like the method of collecting one's membership package at
Albacon. Filling in those name and address slips was a pain in the
lower back. I never did learn if there was any reason for them. Was it
the hotel being awkward?
The Eastcon PR arrived. I think that the timing of PRs under two-year
bidding could cause problems, especially for advertisers. If you give
dates for PRs you really must stick to them - if not, the ads you get
will be limited to the "hello, I'm Rog Peyton" type that doesn't date.
Does anyone with experience of PR production have any thoughts to
share?
I don't think that I'm a Conrunner, not according to James Steel's
list anyway. The trouble is that not many people seem to realise that
I'm a fanzine fan. Suddenly I feel terribly depressed. (Thinks: what
does Owen Whiteoak know anyway?) More seriously, what about the
gophers?
Your list missed out Condominium, which might suit a mixed
media/mainstream con.
((The registration forms at Albacons are there to try to ensure that
the convention has up to date addresses for mailing out the next con's
PR1 and to try and find out how people got to hear about the con in
the first place. I've got three years' worth of these cards sitting at
school that I was going to give to a class as a database project, but
never quite got round to it. In any case, the vast majority of replies
to the question "How did you find out about the convention?" are along
the lines of "from a friend" or "at another convention". So much for
saturation leafletting and a total media blitz.))
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