more fandumb weekend

[davemerrill]

So what happened at MetaCon last weekend in Minneapolis is, a vendor was selling bootleg plush toys, was told to stop, refused, was told to leave, refused to leave unless the police made him. The vendor table was surrounded by chairs and the chairs were occupied by staffers, keeping customers from visiting the table. The vendor tried to move one of the chairs, was struck repeatedly by the con chair, and restrained by con staffers.

No, seriously. http://www.nerdandtie.com/2015/09/08/animecon-org-ceo-ryan-kopf-allegedly-attacks-vendor-during-metacon-2015/ Grown men punching each other over bootleg plush toys.

The con chair is no stranger to bad decision-making in the world of fandom, with a ridiculous chain of maid-cafe bullying, con feuding, interlocking directorate corporate con ownership, and sexual assault. Nobody comes out looking like champs in this current story, but as it seems that the vendor is sticking around to press formal assault charges, this particular fan feud has at least one more chapter to go.

Comments

[mr-sadhead.livejournal.com]

"Maid-cafe bullying"?

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

"So it came as no surprise when I came across a post by Chuwei Cosplay yesterday which detailed extensively how Ryan Kopf’s Anime California tried to strong arm the Maid Cafe group she was involved in into signing over ownership, and when they refused to, Anime California began a campaign of harassment that boggles the mind."

http://www.nerdandtie.com/2015/08/06/ryan-kopfs-anime-california-staff-harasses-threatens-maid-cafe-owners-after-they-refuse-to-sign-over-ownership/

I mean, there's plenty of cosplay/lolita/maid drama between different gangs of cosplayers/maids/lolita fashionistas all growling at each other over turf and bragging rights, that always goes on. But trying to harass a maid cafe group into signing over ownership of their group, that's an insane amount of trouble to go through for such a miniscule return.