Random Facts
I have no real reason to do so, but it would be certainly nice to put a self reminder on what was new in Comic Fiesta 2007, compared to last year - Though it includes both positive and negative facts? Yes, I'm bored, quite.
Feel free to contribute as many facts as you like. And yes, this entry is public for your viewing pleasure.
1) For the first time in CF we actually called GACC crew members and MMU Cyber members to help for this year's CF.
2) If my memory serves, There was only ONE KID in day 1 who fulfilled the 'not exceeding the 90 CM height' requirement , therefore the first to get into the hall for free. I can't remember day 2, but I think there were plenty. Some parents weren't exactly happy though.
3) Ren's Japanese teacher (2 of them) actually came to Comic Fiesta, and they were happy about the event. Because to have middle aged Japanese people who knows only a decent amount of comic conventions, coming for CF is RARE.
4) There were both stalking cases IN and OUT of the hall. Because to me, stalking cases didn't occur as much for previous events, but to have stalking cases and tasteless pranks happening in the event is just plain stupid and idiotic. So please stop it. You know who you are.
5) There were 2 versions of Hare Hare Yukai dance for CF. The official one (which was stated in the booklet) and the secret one (End of day 1, male version) - Both were great dances, the encore version for the secret one was just plain crack thanks to Alfred lol.
6) There was a booth who sells doujin music, named "Superscenic". The first ever in CF where people actually sells doujin music. Though to be honest, the art is not top notch, decent at best, but the book itself is very very nice and the OST rocks!
7) There was also three foreigners who came for the event (I assume British or American...but one of them is from Pakistan) as well.
8) The queue for CF Day 1, approximately around 500 ~ 700 people were cleared in the timespan of 45 minutes only. Tokiya hit the first record streak of selling his first 100 tickets.
9) The total attendee for Comic Fiesta hit about more than 3000 people including the Committees and the Helpers. Further details cannot be made public but one thing that you may know is that, compared to last year, the attendance rate actually went higher. A great improvement.
10) For people who complained about the space for CF, your point might be valid but I need to clarify some things as well. CF is growing bigger and bigger by year, the hall that we prepared for this year was actually sufficient enough to contain more than 3000 customers. Imagine if one day Comic Fiesta would be growing to the size of Comiket - No matter what kinda hall we choose, you'll still complain about the space being too small due to the massive visitors who came for the event. Case in point, PC Fair - for you guys who went to PC Fair, did you guys suffered from the mass visitors who flooded the hall all time round? Same concept. Except CF is not getting to that level anytime soon, but give it about 10 years or so, if CF survived long enough to reach that level, you'll experience the so called "Comiket of Malaysia", and you guys better prepare for it. Because it's an event, a convention. It's normal to feel cramped. Not just that, there are cosplayers as well. Imagine if we have more people attempting the same cosplay as Konpachi or Pacman - It's definitely taking a lot more space than a normal human who stands in the hall.
To make it short - It's a normal situation to feel cramp, hot and uncomfortable during CF, but it's a good thing because you won't want to see CF without people right?
11) There were 2 Lucky Star Cosplayers, 3 Digicharat cosplayers, abundance of Bleach cosplayers, lesser Naruto cosplayers, 3 Trinity Blood cosplayers, 2 DOGS cosplayers, 2 Loveless cosplayers, 2 Fruits Basket cosplayers, A group of Petshop of Horrors cosplayers, 2 FFXII cosplayers, 2 FFXIII Agito cosplayers, 3 people who wore yukata for CF day 2, 5 Organization XIII and 2 KH2 cosplayers, A lot of Katekiyo Hitman Reborn cosplayers, 1 Tales of the Abyss cos(cross)player, One Maria-sama ga Miteru cosplayer, 5 Sailormoon cosplayers, 2 Zelda cosplayers, about 5? 6? Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu cosplayers, 2 Code Geass cosplayers, 2 Harutoki cosplayers, A group of XXXholic cosplayers, one Hellboy cosplayer, One Chobits cosplayer, about 5 Vampire Knight cosplayers, One Pia Carrot cosplayer, about 5 D.Gray-man cosplayers, 5 King of Fighters cosplayers, 1 Pop n' Music cosplayer, 1 Touhou series cosplayer, and a lot more that I probably missed out - feel free to fill it in. (Wow, my memory is amazing *gets smacked*)
12) Att and Hooli made a surprise apperance at Comic Fiesta 2007 (for those who care lol)
13) Final Emcee debut for Alfred and Shaun. Sad to see them go but...oh well. Yes, that means they won't be our emcee anymore for next year.
14) The same problem for the sound and announcement problems occured again in CF2007 (Last one happened during 2005 at Sri Sedaya). but unlike Sri Sedaya, the hall for Times Square cannot be fixed thanks to the fact that the hall's height is massively tall, and there is no sound block around it. Imagine if you're in the hall ALONE and you try to shout - You'll realize that the echo that surrounds the hall is very strong. So in other words, there isn't anything that the DJ booth can do about it. (Unless we pay more to the Times Square people to help setup sound blocks or something, which I guarantee it won't be cheap)
15) AS for why there was a slight schedule delay during Day 1, it's because there was a power outage happened in between 12:45pm+ until 1:30pm+, Jason, one of the helpers for ticketing nearly experienced electric shock and thanks to that, the ticketing department had to shut down one counter, making it 3 counters operating from 2 pm till 6:15 pm. It wasn't in our control, if anything blame the Times Square management (which I suggest you don't because it's not like they asked for it either). As for the announcement miscomunication...I don't even know how or why did it happen as well *rolls eyes*
16) There was a one way only crowd flow order during the cosplay chess event.
That should be it for now, you can add more if you want to, Contributions are nice!
Feel free to contribute as many facts as you like. And yes, this entry is public for your viewing pleasure.
1) For the first time in CF we actually called GACC crew members and MMU Cyber members to help for this year's CF.
2) If my memory serves, There was only ONE KID in day 1 who fulfilled the 'not exceeding the 90 CM height' requirement , therefore the first to get into the hall for free. I can't remember day 2, but I think there were plenty. Some parents weren't exactly happy though.
3) Ren's Japanese teacher (2 of them) actually came to Comic Fiesta, and they were happy about the event. Because to have middle aged Japanese people who knows only a decent amount of comic conventions, coming for CF is RARE.
4) There were both stalking cases IN and OUT of the hall. Because to me, stalking cases didn't occur as much for previous events, but to have stalking cases and tasteless pranks happening in the event is just plain stupid and idiotic. So please stop it. You know who you are.
5) There were 2 versions of Hare Hare Yukai dance for CF. The official one (which was stated in the booklet) and the secret one (End of day 1, male version) - Both were great dances, the encore version for the secret one was just plain crack thanks to Alfred lol.
6) There was a booth who sells doujin music, named "Superscenic". The first ever in CF where people actually sells doujin music. Though to be honest, the art is not top notch, decent at best, but the book itself is very very nice and the OST rocks!
7) There was also three foreigners who came for the event (I assume British or American...but one of them is from Pakistan) as well.
8) The queue for CF Day 1, approximately around 500 ~ 700 people were cleared in the timespan of 45 minutes only. Tokiya hit the first record streak of selling his first 100 tickets.
9) The total attendee for Comic Fiesta hit about more than 3000 people including the Committees and the Helpers. Further details cannot be made public but one thing that you may know is that, compared to last year, the attendance rate actually went higher. A great improvement.
10) For people who complained about the space for CF, your point might be valid but I need to clarify some things as well. CF is growing bigger and bigger by year, the hall that we prepared for this year was actually sufficient enough to contain more than 3000 customers. Imagine if one day Comic Fiesta would be growing to the size of Comiket - No matter what kinda hall we choose, you'll still complain about the space being too small due to the massive visitors who came for the event. Case in point, PC Fair - for you guys who went to PC Fair, did you guys suffered from the mass visitors who flooded the hall all time round? Same concept. Except CF is not getting to that level anytime soon, but give it about 10 years or so, if CF survived long enough to reach that level, you'll experience the so called "Comiket of Malaysia", and you guys better prepare for it. Because it's an event, a convention. It's normal to feel cramped. Not just that, there are cosplayers as well. Imagine if we have more people attempting the same cosplay as Konpachi or Pacman - It's definitely taking a lot more space than a normal human who stands in the hall.
To make it short - It's a normal situation to feel cramp, hot and uncomfortable during CF, but it's a good thing because you won't want to see CF without people right?
11) There were 2 Lucky Star Cosplayers, 3 Digicharat cosplayers, abundance of Bleach cosplayers, lesser Naruto cosplayers, 3 Trinity Blood cosplayers, 2 DOGS cosplayers, 2 Loveless cosplayers, 2 Fruits Basket cosplayers, A group of Petshop of Horrors cosplayers, 2 FFXII cosplayers, 2 FFXIII Agito cosplayers, 3 people who wore yukata for CF day 2, 5 Organization XIII and 2 KH2 cosplayers, A lot of Katekiyo Hitman Reborn cosplayers, 1 Tales of the Abyss cos(cross)player, One Maria-sama ga Miteru cosplayer, 5 Sailormoon cosplayers, 2 Zelda cosplayers, about 5? 6? Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu cosplayers, 2 Code Geass cosplayers, 2 Harutoki cosplayers, A group of XXXholic cosplayers, one Hellboy cosplayer, One Chobits cosplayer, about 5 Vampire Knight cosplayers, One Pia Carrot cosplayer, about 5 D.Gray-man cosplayers, 5 King of Fighters cosplayers, 1 Pop n' Music cosplayer, 1 Touhou series cosplayer, and a lot more that I probably missed out - feel free to fill it in. (Wow, my memory is amazing *gets smacked*)
12) Att and Hooli made a surprise apperance at Comic Fiesta 2007 (for those who care lol)
13) Final Emcee debut for Alfred and Shaun. Sad to see them go but...oh well. Yes, that means they won't be our emcee anymore for next year.
14) The same problem for the sound and announcement problems occured again in CF2007 (Last one happened during 2005 at Sri Sedaya). but unlike Sri Sedaya, the hall for Times Square cannot be fixed thanks to the fact that the hall's height is massively tall, and there is no sound block around it. Imagine if you're in the hall ALONE and you try to shout - You'll realize that the echo that surrounds the hall is very strong. So in other words, there isn't anything that the DJ booth can do about it. (Unless we pay more to the Times Square people to help setup sound blocks or something, which I guarantee it won't be cheap)
15) AS for why there was a slight schedule delay during Day 1, it's because there was a power outage happened in between 12:45pm+ until 1:30pm+, Jason, one of the helpers for ticketing nearly experienced electric shock and thanks to that, the ticketing department had to shut down one counter, making it 3 counters operating from 2 pm till 6:15 pm. It wasn't in our control, if anything blame the Times Square management (which I suggest you don't because it's not like they asked for it either). As for the announcement miscomunication...I don't even know how or why did it happen as well *rolls eyes*
16) There was a one way only crowd flow order during the cosplay chess event.
That should be it for now, you can add more if you want to, Contributions are nice!