Eutaku skrev:Der er både dyre og billige cons overalt i verdenen, Uppcon i Sverige har lige sat deres billet pris op til 600 SEK mens Närcon kører til 250 SEK. Så det med at sige at vi er dyre i forhold til udlandet kan være sandt i nogle tilfælde men det kan måske bare have noget med at gøre at nogle lande får så mange deltagere at et lav indgang gør at de har stadig pengene til at klare deres budgetter. Der er også så mange faktorer der kan påvirke hvordan de sætter deres prisniveau.
LiseR skrev:Men ellers er jeg nu overbevist om at de 300-350 kr jeg punger ud med for min weekend faktisk er ganske lidt!
UppCon costed 650 SEK in 2011, however, it should not go unnoticed that
both events mentioned provided sleeping overs; UppCon charged 50 SEK extra, while the first 1 500 participants with a weekend ticked were entitled to a free sleeping spot at NärCon. With showers, lockers and what not included. I would also like to add, eagerly, that some conventions can also be free of charge, like AnimeCon, which was
still capable of providing accomodation for the price of 75 DKK for the weekend. So, for a person like myself it is cheaper to pay up 700 SEK for UppCon than to pay for a weekend ticket to J-Popcon (= 430 SEK) and staying over at some crazily overcharged hotel. If only I could stay awake for three days straight!
Granted, most conventions I know of, do make extensive use of University buildings and schools. I'm saddened this has not yet been an option in Denmark but I truly am hoping for improved as well as increased cooperation between different parties.
(Sources 2011:
UppCon,
NärCon and
FinnCon-AnimeCon)
For the past 15 minutes I have been trying to dig out old Danish convention booklets, unable to find but one of them, namely J-Popcon's conbook from 2009. That one didn't include the program, though. And Genki's site is already updated for the next year, so no hope of getting my hands on one of the old programs either. Well, seems like I have no other choice but to base my critique on this year's J-Popcon!
In my case, I paid 200 DKK for one day, being Saturday. There were multiple occassions I was really close to just staying home that day, one major reason being the program. The sight of it sure gave me a shock therapy, caused by the amount of empty space. The eventrooms were still rented for a full day, while there was little program on offer. Look, 3 quizzes on the same day?! No alternative program for
three hours
at best while the Cosplay competition was going on?! Don't get me wrong here, there's nothing wrong with quizzes as such but I do see them as subsidiary entertainment, made to fill some of the space up. Cosplay competition is another thing. Yes, possibly a majority wants to go there (me included) but not everyone does! I just didn't feel that they - the minority? - were considered at all.
I had lots of fun on Saturday though, and I'm really happy that I went there, as I got to meet all kinds of awesome people during the day. I was also really pleased with the shopping area, as well as seeing Project Chu's performance and the Cosplay competition (although microphone set-ups could have been better). All other factors included, price-quality-wise the event itself is, in my opinion, too expensive,
especially for one-day visitors.