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Skie:

--- Quote from: Fauho on 19.01.2011, 16:21:29 ---It just feels ackward and uncomfortable to see a huge row of people waiting for hours to get in, you just passing that row last minute, entering before them and snatching goodies away from the people waiting outside just because you can afford more then some who saved up a whole year for this...that is what feels unfair to me... Well, anyway, if everyone else is ok with it I guess I shouldn't bother either >>

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*agrees* Yes, I recall I posted that I think this is the only unfair bit in super sponsorship.

SouthPaw:
Why do I have a sense of déjà vu here? Oh yeah...Probably because we had this exact same discussion last year, when the topic of Sponsor and Supersponsor perks was first mentioned.  m(

The basic summary was that Sponsor and Supersponsor are a good thing, because they help keep Standard membership (relatively) cheap and the "perks" are things that don't cost the con all that much. Of course, they could drop the higher tiers completely, but then the con fee would probably end up somewhere around the €120 mark...

Cheers,

Southie

Fauho:

--- Quote from: SouthPaw on 20.01.2011, 01:51:09 ---Why do I have a sense of déjà vu here? Oh yeah...Probably because we had this exact same discussion last year, when the topic of Sponsor and Supersponsor perks was first mentioned.  m(
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True, but that was before finding out that almost half of the reserved seat area stayed empty during most events there and a lot of furs staying on their room watching the shows on tv, making the main stage feel ackwardly 'empty' during most events, big contrast to the cosy packed events we had at the Ringberg, and besides, I found out that the main stage offers quit good view from nearly every point were you sit, even with taller furs sitting next before ya, making the reserved area a bit unnecessary imho.

Cheetah:
Actually, the empty seats were just a lack of experience ... if you do something like this for the first time, you don't know how many will actually make use of their privilege, and since you promised everyone a seat, you're on the safe side basically reserving one for each. Can you imagine the complaints if just one supersonsor didn't get their seat? So we know that most events won't draw a full audience, so we can reduce the numer of reserved seats for those.

Gyroplast:
Just for completeness sake: We might be largely german, but not pointlessly bureaucratic.  ;)

Security was instructed to NOT shoo people away from reserved seats after the show started, as long as every "authorized" guest, who might be coming in late, still gets a seat if they want to. Everyone seemed to understand "Sure, sit down there now, but if a supersponsor asks to sit here, please scoot over." what I consider as common sense and fair. It's not about segregation, it's all about making this gig more affordable for everyone, and if we promise every supersponsor a seat, we have to be able to deliver, simple as that.

Of course, we cannot help people who don't even LOOK if there are seats available for them, and stay in their rooms right away, no matter how cool EF TV's life feeds are.

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