miko miko mii ✨Today at 7:50 PM
I was able to get in a few years ago into the 1 day con but never again.....
I'm on a """wait list"""

Onion [1,107]Today at 7:50 PM
Someone say QuitterTalk? I will not have this.

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:50 PM
competition will always be there in the expectations and previous experiences of the consumer

olivinearcToday at 7:50 PM
personally, and this is just me idk if the others do AA too (but if they do it'd be great to chat)

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:50 PM
so optimally, git gud.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

olivinearcToday at 7:50 PM
but like... i don't bother with one day cons and stuff
just bc more effort than they're worth
some people do a con every weekend and others are fine with like 3-4 a year
depends on the ones you throw your hat into, and some are lottery or fcfs so even beginners have a chance

miko miko mii ✨Today at 7:51 PM
I will put you in our application queue for review. Since this is a 1 day show, our dealer/artist room is small and usually our returning vendors will keep their spots.
We usually don't have any openings but if we do, I will let any applicants know if they make it in.
what they told me when I finally got tired of waiting for applications that would never go up and emailed them a month ago
:realcry:

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:51 PM
that's business

miko miko mii ✨Today at 7:52 PM
I've been to all their recent cons
they have room
they're just lazy
as always....

olivinearcToday at 7:52 PM
poorly run cons usually don't mean good sales numbers anyway

lovely magnolia [15,517/50,000]Today at 7:52 PM
that's also business

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:52 PM
gambling on new vendors can reflect badly on a convention

lovely magnolia [15,517/50,000]Today at 7:52 PM
:GWahreeVampySmug:

miko miko mii ✨Today at 7:52 PM
"reflect badly" yeah uhhhhh they don't care about that

olivinearcToday at 7:52 PM
i mean if they were that concerned they'd just jury it
all cons do screening for everything lol
it's so the AA actually stays AA and vendors actually bring relevant goods

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:52 PM
miko has now been banned from all cons
twitter told me that
must be true
anyway
i wouldn't focus on cons
they're not worthwhile unless you can share a table/space with somebody who already has a following to drive traffic(and have a comparable product) or have a following yourself.

olivinearcToday at 7:56 PM
that literally doesn't matter though

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:56 PM
literally explain why
because i call bullshit

miko miko mii ✨Today at 7:56 PM
but what if I want to do cons

olivinearcToday at 7:56 PM
well, from my own experiences tabling at cons with little to no following when i first started, as well as comparing myself to others who have experienced these cons and tabling at them
what you're assuming is also bullshit

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:57 PM
then any outside opinions are meaningless and you should do it anyway

olivinearcToday at 7:57 PM
you don't need a following
people have eyes

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 7:57 PM
but i know you care about the business side
so
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

olivinearcToday at 7:57 PM
like you can't just move goalposts and try to state facts that aren't true
the whole appeal of an online fanbase/following vs selling at cons is that you explicitly don't need some sort of outside help to attract people to your table besides your own merit and merchandise. people come to the AA to purchase goods, they have eyeballs, that's literally all most people need. sure, yes, some people will actively seek you out because "omg you're olivine!" but you'd literally have to have like over 20k followers to have that be some sort of noticeable effect, and even then, it'd have to be at larger cons such as AX or fanime besides 10 or so extra sales on friday or sat or whenever.
some people make 10k a con and have next to no online following because it's simply a different situation, that's all.

TommDere ☆ Done/50,000Today at 8:01 PM
and some make nothing
it's a gamble

olivinearcToday at 8:01 PM
i mean, everything is a gamble
we're literally in a chat where most of us try to fund our games through kickstarters or patreon
there's a lot of similar overlap between how vn and AA is handled because some of it is how we market and what we make and some of it is pure luck