amezri: I’ve mostly stopped posting on Tumblr, but I’m back because this is important. T
amezri: I’ve mostly stopped posting on Tumblr, but I’m back because this is important. There is currently a comic show being run in Saratoga Springs, NY by an awful human being: CHASECON. I am passing on info from people who have been personally victimized and harassed by this person. As for myself, I have encountered him in person several times. Each time he tried to get me to vend at his event even though I told him was not interested. None of the times did he seem to have any recollection that he’d spoken to me before. So here are the major points: 1.) Used photos of many cosplayers and local events on his page before his first convention happened, mostly without permission. 2.) Sending out inconsistent and incorrect information regarding guests and guest appearances. [Pictured above. He went to a cosplayer’s page when she posted that she was not attending the event.] 3.) Slandering and distributing falsified information about Upstate New York cosplayers. 4.) Littering the parking lot of the Albany Comic-Con venu with flyers for his show. It is against hotel and convention policy and he has been told numerous times to stop. [Pictured above.] 5.) Stating that he made his event in order to bring down another entity. 6.) Failing to cancel events after setting them up. People still show up and have no information. 7.) Mistreatment of staff members and guests. 8.) Using his business/convention Twitter and Facebook pages to bash other events and cosplayers. [Pictured above. Makes many vague comments meant to be digs at a specific local show.] 9.) Making fun of cosplayers and people in general for race, weight, and looks on his personal page. [Pictured above. Entries are all public.] He had an appearance on a Podcast and I’ll be honest, I couldn’t make it through the whole thing. Here’s the link. http://evilgeeks.com/2014/05/19/ep-075-countdown-to-chasecon-with-samuel-chase/ And here are some highlights with time codes: ¤ Saying other cons don’t want to spend money to advertise. (4:30) ¤ States that he works two jobs so can fund the con, but also that VENDORS will pay for it. “Vendors eventually will pay for the whole thing as long as they show up.” (5:20) ¤ Claims it’s not difficult to run a show by yourself. (Also, why does he call guests “guest stars”?! Neither here nor there, but it annoys me.) ¤ Bashes other cons. “Some of them basically suck.” (10:00) ¤ “I won’t mention any names…” then mentions other shows and how bad they are as well as, “Nobody brings money to conventions.” (10:40) ¤ He emphasizes that his con tells you to, “bring money and have fun.” If you want to have fun, bring money! He more than implies that if you don’t spend money, you’re not a fan. (11:30) ¤ Complains that the worst thing is when people have a credit card, so emphasizes cash again. “People come to conventions broke.” (14:15) ¤ Makes fun of convention attendees. (16:00) Seriously. That’s 16 minutes in and I had to stop. If you want to attend CHASECON, that’s up to you, but Sam Chase is not any kind of person I want to associate with. He is the worst kind of fan and horribly unprofessional. This guy is now operating under the name Saratoga Comic Con. -- source link