Ya, I've heard voice actors don't get paid all too well. Plus, in order to be making income, they need to land a part in a show. It's not like movies where you may get signed on for multiple at a time and you're set. Plus, movies make more money than TV shows, and so do the actors.

Yeah, Tera has said before that voice overs don't paid all that much per recording, especially compared live action work. Even with how busy they all are, part of their income is made up from attending media events such as this and selling swag. One of the reasons people are not use to having to pay for autographs at other, older and larger cons, is because they probably cover a lot of the guests costs for their stay. Being a first year con, they have yet to fully establish the revenue to do something like that.

Actually, that is the reasoning behind a lot of the things they have and have not done so far, the cost of things. I tell you what though, the way things are turning out, this is already a massively successful con. It will still be a test to see how it all comes together logistically. We are looking at, what, probably over 900 attendees? This is definitely going to be on the larger end of what some might consider a small convention, and will only continue to grow.

Those running this con are learning a lot and will continue to learn the do's and don't of running a con. You can be certain that they will get the wrinkles worked out come next year and we will see a convention that will be even bigger, better, and even more fun, than I know this one will be, for everypony.

Also keep in mind that this is NOT an Anime convention, so it shouldn't be compared to one. It's also a first year, and shouldn't be compared to larger conventions. I think part of the misunderstandings about EFNW come from one or both of those things. But this not some other con, this is EFNW, and each con does things a little differently.

9 VAs is a pretty big line up for a first year, and part of the reasoning behind that is, again, charging for autographs. Really, if we could do free autographs, we would in a heartbeat. The thing is that VAs are guaranteed to make a certain amount on the autographs, and if they don't, the con has to compensate for that. Paying for VAs takes away from other things the convention could offer, including space. The longer a convention is around, the better reputation they have, and the more that they can afford. Free autographs probably would have meant less space, and fewer VAs. So there are pro and cons to the whole thing.



Something to consider when considering who to get autographs from is that some of these VAs have done Anime dubs. Maybe try to see if they've been to any nearby cons in the past, or if they will in the future. Just suggesting something that may help.

I understand why they are priced but I am broke from having to pay for items for my Fluttershy costume & my mom is short thanks to the cost of the hotel room & our badges. There are still many other things we have to consider for spending our money on for the trip like gas because we decided to drive up. The original plan was to take the train but my mom felt that driving would be better so we can pack more things & all.
I'm probably only going to get three autographs maybe try to narrow it down to two but it will be extremely hard to do. Luckily I got two autographs from Tara Strong already & I got to meet her so that is out of the way. She is very different then I hoped that she would be. My friend & I were trying to get the VAs at Emerald City Comicon to do voices & we were trying to get Timmy out of Tara by claiming she has fairy god parents but she gave in & said that she does then I was like aww but now Wanda & Cosmo have to go away forever! Then she claimed we tricked her.
Tara was fun but just not exactly what I expected & to be honest I don't really know what I expected her to be like. I'm just glad that I don't have to worry about getting her autograph.

I wish I could go to this con. So many awesome guests. I had a question for anyone looking to make a little extra spending money for the con. I'm looking for someone that would be willing to brave the lines and get my BronyCon Promo card signed by both Tabitha St. Germain and Kazumi Evans. I know the signatures are $20 per person per item. I can throw in an extra 30-40 bucks to cover the fact of waiting in the lines. If it's anything like BronyCon, the lines will be big. If you're interested, email me at gecko443@hotmail.com.

Thought I'd bump this instead of creating a new topic.

For those who can't afford an autograph, can we still watch from a distance? Or is the room/space be closed off and only for autograph payers only?

Something I thought I'd throw out for ideas for next year. Staff have the chance to get signatures at a separate time, how about you give the vendors/dealers a chance at getting autographs too (when the dealers den isn't open) Its really challenging giving up several hours of potential sales just for an autograph even if I really did want a particular signature. I realize that there are con-staff available to watch tables, but in that duration there are no sales occurring (for legal/financial reasons.) Just curious if such times could be worked out so that more of the con population has a chance of getting autographs.

Thanks,
Dustnrain

Excellent idea. Did Dealer's have different badges or the same ones as con people, by the way? Maybe it could just be said that they get priority next year, so they can get back to their tables.

Dealers badges were vertical like staff badges, but had the same color and design as that of regular attendees. Also on a note regarding dealers badges, dealers minion badges were never issued. It was mentioned in registration that one dealers minion badge would be issued per dealer. *shrug*

As many people have already noticed, there were several kinks that we will be addressing next year.