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Thought for the night regarding the #BotCon staff & fans returning to my blog…
Aug 25th
You know, if BotCon truly is such a GREAT convention AND you think that the review from Joey Snackpants and I penned was wrong because we “didn’t spend enough time” there – wouldn’t it make sense to want us to come back and experience it again to see if we were wrong and write a follow up? Or does the show really just fail that badly that you’re afraid of what we’d notice the second time around?
It makes for some fun reading. For now, though, I’m going to bed… and yes: Beast Wars stills sucks. 
So How Did My First Day of #GenCon Go? Read on…
Aug 6th
This weekend I am in Indianapolis, Indiana in an attempt to take Shannon to one more city we have never been to so she can buy another Hard Rock Cafe teddy bear, thus bringing the collection to 24 bears.
Oh yeah, and there’s some sort of gaming convention going on here, too.
Wasabi Anime is at Gen Con, the LARGEST GAMING CONVENTION EVER, hosting anime events. (click here.)
I’m not going to lie; I was a little nervous about doing this. Anime at a table top gaming show? Would we get pelted with dice by pissed off fanboys angered by my team and I infecting their weekend with Japanese cartoon stuff? I kept a green D20 in my pocket… just in case.
All my fears were laid to rest, though, after yesterday.
Twitter has been a great tool for us this weekend. As a matter of fact, Joey Snackpants went to a local pub named Scotty’s Brewhouse wearing his Wasabi Anime shirt, and one of the restaurant staff recognized him from being part of Wasabi Anime via Twitter. Ah – this Interwebz.
On a side note: Joey said the Brewhouse did a KICK ASS job catering to the local Gen Con folks. If you read this and are at Gen Con this weekend – you should most definitely check them out.
Speaking of Twitter, we did DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate to a room full of Transformers fans. I explained, in detail, why Beast Wars sucks and the audience agreed. (We have since had folks chanting “Beast Wars Sucks!” when they see us in the hallways.) Then Joey and I saw this post on Twitter…
Enjoyed @WasabiAnime ‘s #Transformers seminar at #gencon. If not for my bum foot, would have loved a 3 hour by them.
It’s good to read that the local gamers are digging our material.
We hosted Grand Theft Anime later in the evening. I can’t remember the last time we performed that particular game show at a convention, but MAN that game is fun. The audience loved it. The odd part (for us at least) was the fact that the contestants were able to answer more of the anime trivia questions than folks at anime conventions usually do. It was crazy, strange and awesome at the same time.
The highlight of yesterday, though, was Mystery Anime Theater 3000. Joey Snackpants and I left our hotel to go to the panel (which would involve us lovingly ripping into the Sailor Moon R movie). Our expectation was to share some jokes with a couple of dozen Moonies who would stop by for a couple of chuckles.
We were both VERY shocked to see the line out front of the panel room when we got there and the realized that they are there for Wasabi Anime. Many of the faces seemed familiar from earlier in the day and, it seemed, we had already started building a local fan base at the show. By the time we started the movie, the room was STANDING ROOM ONLY. The audience was involved, laughing and all had a great time with us.
As a lot of my staff know, I haven’t been into table top gaming since my late teens – so when the Gen Con opportunity presented itself, I was on the fence about accepting it and coming. The amazing feedback and warm welcomes we received from the Gen Con attendees, though, have quickly turned this Florida geek into a Gen Con fanboy.
Now on to day two…
Your Favorite Video Game SUCKS! (according to some guy on YouTube)
Aug 4th
So remember the video we took of Joey Snackpants meeting Peter Cullen – the voice of Optimus Prime? (If not, click here.)
WELL, it seems someone is pissed at us for… well, I can’t be sure. I want to assume this is another “bot-tard” (a nickname someone fed me in a conversation) from all the BotCon/BotFAIL/Beast Wars Sucks/ShortPacked/AllSpark drama, but I can’t be sure. Here’s the comment:
Festress has made a comment on Joey Snackpants meets Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Pr- er… I mean Eeyore.:
lol Can’t wait to make fun of you at Gen Con. From one critic to another you can’t go around saying stuff of one form of entertainment suck when you have a huge list of games on your Xbox live account that suck balls. and really your mocking the guy who did the voice of Optimus Prime. Wow just wow. Yeah I get it that it’s lame he did the voice of Eeyore but he probably made more money doing that than you have in your life. Get ready for a list of games that do SUCK!!!!
Painful grammar aside, it could be that he is pissed at the fact that we gave Peter an Eeyore photo to sign – or (like I stated early) just another one of those Interweb kids from the OMGDRAMAZ of last month.
I took a look at my recent game play history just in case…
And to save the poor chap some trouble – Aside from being able to play Stan Bush’s The Touch, I kind of think Guitar Hero World Tour kind of sucks, too. See you at Gen Con!
FINALLY! The kids from [insert webcomic here] have finally gone home; now for #GenCon
Aug 3rd
I have been insanely occupied with about a thousand and one things in the past week. My wife celebrated her birthday this past weekend and, if my sister-in-law can get me the photos, I will do a write up regarding the masterpiece of planning I pulled off with that.
Things are hectic at “the day job” – but I won’t bore you with that.
The major vacuum sucking all my spare seconds aways is Gen Con. In just a few short days, Joey Snackpants, The Mint Chocolate Chippies, Tentacle Chris, Wasabi Anime, our friend Jingoro, and our pals over at Geeky Pinups and Cosplay Deviants will all be magically appearing the largest gaming convention in the U.S.
At the same time, half of the Wasabi Anime team is getting things together for an appearance at Anime Festival Orlando the same weekend.
In the midst of all this: I’ve gotten through the audio books The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. I’m currently one third through the final book of the trilogy.
To top it off: my health isn’t exactly one hundred percent today.
The good news is that, according to Google Analytics, those zany kids from some web comic have stopped stalking my blog. (Yesterday was the first day without and pings from their website.) I can now continue in peace to point out that Beast Wars Sucks and that BotCon was BotFAIL. Information came my way regarding the second aforementioned opinion; it seems that other very, very interesting people also noted the failure of BotCon. People who matter more than some asshole with a blog.
That made me grin.
Beast Wars may suck, but Dinosaur Ridge DIDN’T!
Jul 24th
This post has nothing to do with Transformers, but throwing in a Beast Wars title after last week’s hubbub was too easy to pass up.
My father-in-law LOVES dinosaurs. The man’s home office contains books, statues and toys of all kinds of dinosaurs; some of them older than me. That said, some of the interest rubbed off on his daughter, so Shannon and I found our way to Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado.
The importance of the place (according the museum guide) stems back to the dinosaur books from our childhood. Remember pre-Jurassic Park how dinosaurs were always drawn with their tails dragging behind them? Well, check out this photo I took:
Notice anything missing from the tracks? That’s right: no tail trail. Allegedly, the discovery of these tracks (while making way for a new hyperspace bypass or something) helped drive the point home that dinosaurs, like dogs, don’t drag their tails.
Seeing the tracks was a fun way to kill a couple of hours (and get some exercise in the process). Also, add this to the list of odd signs you won’t run into in Florida:
After the trek up the hill and back, Shannon and I walked around the gift shop and met the aforementioned museum guide. A younger guy, he seemed really REALLY excited about dinosaurs and fossils. Thanks to him, I now know that the state fossil for Florida is the Eupatagus and the state fossil for Colorado was the Stegosaurus. The guide had them all memorized. Snazzy.
Are we still taking about #Botcon, BotFAIL and Beast Wars? You betcha!
Jul 21st
Seriously.
I really thought this would be over by now. I should be posting more stories from my weekend in Colorado… but I guess not. LOL
I am reposting part of my reply I made to someone in one of my other posts as part of this update to address some of the really inane shit I have been reading in the past twenty-four hours.
So all you zany Transformers fans still lurking around by blog – read on!
The core of all this (lest we forget) is a bunch of fanboys arguing about toys and cartoons from their childhood on the Internet. <sarcasm> SERIOUS business folks. </sarcasm>
People asked for my opinion about said toys and cartoons – I have explained that I reserve that conversation/material for the panels we provide as *entertainment* at a number of conventions.
After further pressing – I offered to explain the thought process (of why Beast Wars sucks) IF something good could come from it beyond opening a whole new debate on the Internet… thus I chose a charity to push for. One, I might add, I feel very strongly about.
I’m just a guy with a blog who likes to write. On my blog, I tend to share my opinions. It seems a majority of the BotCon attendees who have found my blog and keep posting here, though, are “those” fans that the rest of us make fun of… over-obsessive to the point of looking for a flame war or just being a troll.
People keep talking about facts and opinions. Here are some facts:
- I wrote a review for a fandom convention (trade show) for a pop culture website.
- I posted my opinions on my blog… as I tend to do.
- I never went to Transformers fan forums bitch and moan.
- I never wrote a webcomic satirizing any of this.
I took a silly Internet argument and tried to make SOME good of it… and as a result, learned that 10% of the Transformers fans from BotCon (that I come across) who populate the Internet “get it” – and the other 90% really, really need to get a life.
So keep posting! I haven’t had this much focus on my little corner of the Internet since the Ford fiasco. But who cares, right? I’m just a guy with a blog with an opinion that NO ONE cares about… yet here people are posting.
You “people” should think about that.
For those of you that have made donations for Give Kids the World… THANK YOU. The organization is a great group, and I’ve visited (and helped out) at the GKTW village in Kissimmee many times. Seeing those kids first hand reminds you of how even a little bit helps in a big way.
If you have made a donation, and I have your email confirmation, feel free to call me. My number is (407) 536-9272. If you get the voice mail, leave a message and I’ll call back (I do have a day job!) When I call, I will give you a five minute explanation of why, without a doubt, Beast Wars sucks and I will be more than happy to hear why you think otherwise.
Okay #BotCon & Beast Wars fans… here’s your chance.
Jul 20th
So – the argument seems to have shifted from “Tom & Joey suck because they hate BotCon” to “Tom & Joey suck because they hate Beast Wars.” For years, we’ve presented an effective argument as to why Beast Wars kills the franchise… and argument that we have never presented on the Internet since it’s key material in our act for DARE! The Transformers Panel Ultimate.
Well – I will present the argument here on my blog and open it up to scrutiny and analysis for all of the Beast Wars fans who been asking online.
For a price.
Myself and many of my team from Green Mustard Entertainment are fervent supporters of a wonderful charity called Give Kids the World. IF THE VISITING BOTCON/BEAST WARS/SHORTPACKED! FANS CAN MAKE A $250 DONATION TO GKTW, I WILL TYPE OUT THE “BEAST WARS SUCKS” ARGUMENT. Here’s what to do:
1. Go to the Give Kids the World website (http://www.gktw.org/). Click on the tab that says Donate Now! on the far right.
2. Fill out the donation information… what ever amount you choose.
3. Under “Gift Information” select the following..
- I’d like to make this donation: In Celebration Of
- Insert name or special event: Beast Wars
- Please send acknowledgement of this gift to: me@TomCroom.com
Once I have received $250 worth of confirmation emails, I’ll write the post.
ADDED NOTE #1: I made a $5 donation this morning to start the ball rolling.
ADDED NOTE #2: It seems that the confirmation sent “on behalf of” takes a bit to go through… I’m still waiting on it. If you would like to email your confirmation email to me@TomCroom.com instead (removing the pertinent details like last name, address, etc.) that would be fine, too.
