ConJecture: Lemme sum up...

[ebenbrooks]

EDIT: I would like to officially apologize to Ms. Masterson and Mr. Sawyer for calling them assholes. It was inappropriate and out of line.

Friday: Actual performances all went well. Unfortunately, the excitement of the evening was dampened by the drama storm that Chase Masterson and Robert Sawyer (yes, the Guests of Honor) threw. It's too bad,

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[ebenbrooks]

What, wait a minute, Mr. Sawyer. Your characterization of the event in question is entirely in opposition to mine and to everyone else's to whom I spoke on that evening.

When Chase was so late that she in fact missed her entire set, Barney said that Allison should at that time take the stage, and that if Chase should show up later she could play the set after Allison. You (and this situation can be corroborated by everyone in the audience) then, indeed, bullied Barney into not allowing this to happen. Your exact words were "you can't make an unilateral decision". The first act then had to vamp for an additional ten to fifteen minutes until Chase arrived, which then made everyone else's set much later.

As for "not speaking up" about people who couldn't stay ... I certainly would have had I known about it ahead of time, but I didn't. Allison, who had a panel to go to, did bring up her time constraints, which were acknowledged by everyone--except, apparently, you when you prevented her from taking the time slot she was assigned by your bullying of Barney.

These are not lies, Mr. Sawyer. They are what happened. Ask anyone else who was in the audience that night and they will corroborate my story.