Grimby the Hutt posted:

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Why do people always have to play the "you just want C5 closer to YOU" card every time they disagree with someone? If you don't agree with someone's opinion, fine. Post your counterpoint and move on, but for the love of God please stop assuming everyone has their own agenda. [I'm talking about everybody, not just you Doc]

And I'm sorry Doc, but I have to disagree with everything you posted. A flight from LA to Indy is about 4 hours. A flight from New York to Indy is about 2 hours and 15 minutes. Sure the flight from the West coast is almost twice a long, but who is really going to complain about a 4 hour flight? Especially when a flight going all the way across the country is 6+ hours. You should probably also look at a map or something and think again about driving distances to Indy. Most of the US is within a day's driving distance. The West Coast states (which are much less populated than the east coast, btw) are a little over a days drive. If you look at it from the standpoint of a family with kids, driving to Indy is a much easier option than driving across the country from Atlanta or New York to LA - especially when flying with small children is almost not an option. The reality is, no matter where it is held it's going to be inconvenient for someone. Having it a close distance to the most people would be advantageous but certainly not completely necessary based on the attendance figures from C4.

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Grimby the Hutt posted:

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Why do people always have to play the "you just want C5 closer to YOU" card every time they disagree with someone? If you don't agree with someone's opinion, fine. Post your counterpoint and move on, but for the love of God please stop assuming everyone has their own agenda. [I'm talking about everybody, not just you Doc]

And I'm sorry Doc, but I have to disagree with everything you posted. A flight from LA to Indy is about 4 hours. A flight from New York to Indy is about 2 hours and 15 minutes. Sure the flight from the West coast is almost twice a long, but who is really going to complain about a 4 hour flight? Especially when a flight going all the way across the country is 6+ hours. You should probably also look at a map or something and think again about driving distances to Indy. Most of the US is within a day's driving distance. The West Coast states (which are much less populated than the east coast, btw) are a little over a days drive. If you look at it from the standpoint of a family with kids, driving to Indy is a much easier option than driving across the country from Atlanta or New York to LA - especially when flying with small children is almost not an option. The reality is, no matter where it is held it's going to be inconvenient for someone. Having it a close distance to the most people would be advantageous but certainly not completely necessary based on the attendance figures from C4.

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miarama posted:

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Who here agrees with her, and what are your reasons for liking the overcrowded situation?

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ValedaKor posted:

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I thought we were done with this. Although the replies have been respectful, I don't want to see this get out of hand.

GenCon will put C-V where Lucasfilm tells them to, in a city that still has space. That's it. Bottom line. It is my guess, based on the input from the members of the Los Angeles Site Selection Committee, that it will be back in Los Angeles in 2009. You must understand how much money it costs to put on one of these things; the LACC gave Lucasfilm a dynamite deal to ink a multi-year commitment. Money talks, folks. Indy is out because of construction, many other cities are out because their convention centers are not large enough, and any other convention center worth its salt is already booked for Spring of 2009. If Lucasfilm determines to move this convention out of L.A. it will cost a lot of money. In a non-movie year, I can't see that happening.

Going to Celebrations should have taught you that it doesn't matter what the attendees think, it is what TPTB in San Francisco want that determines the location. If our input had anything to do with it, GenCon would not be running this convention, after the ticket troubles of the last two meetings.

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miarama posted:

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I talked briefly with someone who said that she preferred the "elbow to elbow" crowd situation at CIII compared to CIV. I was actually kind of shocked with her statement because that's one of the things I hated about CIII. Who here agrees with her, and what are your reasons for liking the overcrowded situation?

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Billy_Dee_Binks posted:

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I'm quite surprised 2009 (TPM's 10th Anniversary) is suggested instead of 2010 (TESB's 30th Anniversary), because basically TPM already had Celebration I. But as a fan of both I don't care which is getting celebrated.

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Ulfor-Bombaasa posted:

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Billy_Dee_Binks posted:

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I'm quite surprised 2009 (TPM's 10th Anniversary) is suggested instead of 2010 (TESB's 30th Anniversary), because basically TPM already had Celebration I. But as a fan of both I don't care which is getting celebrated.

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Until C4, the other Celebrations were in advance of new movies coming out. If Lucasfilm plans to debut the Live Action TV show in the Fall of 2009, then the big attraction to C5 will be Rick McCallum Spectaculars showing exclusive footage of the soon to be aired TV show. So my best guess is that it will anticipate the TV show and not be celebrating a movie anniversary.

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Grimby the Hutt posted:

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I disagree. I think this thread has become more of a "discuss what you think about possible locations" discussion rather than a "C5 should be in this city because I said so" discussion. What's the harm in speculating and discussing possible locations?

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