With 51 other open weekends on the calendar, it's a curious decision to run an event that aspires to be similar to NYCC on the exact same weekend, but that is a question that the creators, fans, and publishers will answer...Or already have with 60% of the enlarged NYCC already sold with still 12 months to go. I think this speaks for itself in terms of the support from all corners of the industry.

If Reed had shown any respect, they would not have shown up to not one but two Wizard cons to hand out their fliers for their con. They did so not as vendors, retailers, or exhibitors, but as people buying tickets. That's unethical on multiple levels.

Business is business. Just because some comic fans on a message board want to make it personal does not make it so. In business, there is going to be competition. Wizard and Reed are competing for the convention market. Reed has been playing dirty by walking into Wizard shows and handing out fliers - which, by the way, is a fact that multiple sites will confirm. Wizard shot back by deciding to go head-to-head with them. That's called the free market - if Reed is better, it will win; if Wizard is better, it will win.

As for being brainwashed or whatever else you want to imply, you clearly have never read any of my posts in any other thread. I will not defend things the company has done or does do that I disagree with. Heck, that's part of the reason they like me - I'm outspoken and will argue my points hard. As for the shows, I won't be working the show in all likelihood but going as a fan, and I might check out both while I am in the city. Guess what? If I do, I don't think Wizard will cut my paycheck.

But, again, please feel free to hate all over Wizard since everything that goes wrong in the world is Wizard's fault, and do so in a forum that Wizard provides free for you to do so...

Denim wrote:http://wizarduniverse.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=35990&st=640&start=640

Start with post #648


and here:
http://wizarduniverse.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=40359&st=20&start=20
start with post #29

This dude has yet to reply to any more comments

Foxy wrote:He responded.

But, please, feel free to think that Wizard is somehow a bad guy.

This will be my last reply here, because I really don't want to sit here and listen to 20 people scream at me. Here are the facts, though:

1. You don't call Marvel a--holes when they make you choose between buying X-Men or a DC book.

2. You don't call Sony an a--hole if they release a movie you want to see at the same time as another studio releases a movie you like.

3. You don't call Coke a--holes because they force you to choose between Coke and Pepsi.

Heck, that's part of the reason they like me - I'm outspoken and will argue my points hard.

Joshua wrote:My response:

But, please, feel free to think that Wizard is somehow a bad guy.

Thanks for your permission!

This will be my last reply here, because I really don't want to sit here and listen to 20 people scream at me. Here are the facts, though:

1. You don't call Marvel a--holes when they make you choose between buying X-Men or a DC book.

2. You don't call Sony an a--hole if they release a movie you want to see at the same time as another studio releases a movie you like.

3. You don't call Coke a--holes because they force you to choose between Coke and Pepsi.

That's specious reasoning. You cited examples where people can partake in both. I don't have to choose between Marvel and DC, I can buy both. I don't have to choose between movie studios, because I can see both movies. I don't have to shun Pepsi because I want to drink Coca-cola, I can do both. But when something only happens at one point in time clashes with something else that happens at one point in time, people have to make a decision. But you know what, you're right. I'm not going to call Wizard the bad guy for sabotaging themselves. I'm simply going to go to the convention where the guests appeal to me the most and that clearly won't be Wizard, seeing as how the majority of the industry is not supporting Wizard. Instead of trying to appeal to people and convince them why Wizard has the better convention, you'd rather win a petty internet argument. Way to go!

Heck, that's part of the reason they like me - I'm outspoken and will argue my points hard.

We'll save a seat for you in the "Wizard is a douchebag" section after they lay you off.

Joshua wrote::huh

Um...http://wizarduniverse.invisionzone.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=40359&view=findpost&p=1070295

Solstrom wrote:I think a lot of people are overlooking one of the key points to Wizard's scheduling announcement - the free advertising.
We've all talked about Big Apple 2010 more in the last 72 hours on here, CBR, Newsarama, etc than we likely would have in the next 12 months combined.

TENIME_art wrote:Hey, PoP!ers...if you're serious about starting your own con, can you do me a favor? Move it to more the middle of the year (not April), and have it in Rosemont (not downtown Chicago). Please?