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Dealers Den & Art Auction / Re: Number of auction submissions
« on: April 22, 2012, 17:48:45 »
Hi Cursico,
The Art Show doesn't have a set limit. The only reason we'd refuse something is lack of space or if the person submitting it just wants to put it in for show, but as long as we can still squeeze something in we'll accept it.  At present I can't recall us ever having to refuse anything because we'd run out of space.

If you're unable to pay for or collect art on the Monday morning, come and let one of us know at the end of the live auction and we'll make arrangements for you to do it that night.

Hope that helps :)

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It depends on which company is running the train. Virgin Trains and CrossCountry Trains are frequently standing room only whereas the smaller (yeah, I know) LondonMidland commuter trains will usually have seats available. It's usually safer to reserve a seat in advance, though, as that's the only way you'll be guaranteed one
Also, if you book your tickets in advance, they're usually cheaper than buying them on the day.

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Additionally, I had assumed from previous comments that the Art Auction was going to be censored or have Adult Art segregated this year because of complaints raised last year, and I am entirely surprised at this announcement that Adult Art may be presented un-censored in the middle of a general attendance event.
As lev has already pointed out, the convention is not general attendance, it is over 18s only, however, as I've already pointed out, we are planning to censor it this year. The reason I won't guarantee it is that sometimes things go wrong. Last year, for instance, we were relying on somebody else's MacBook as the one we normally used had broken. This meant we weren't able to set things up until after the art show had closed and because of that ran out of time and couldn't censor it. It was never the plan to have it in uncensored. We should have warned people at the start of the auction but as were already late starting we forgot to announce it (posters would have been no good as the audience were already in their seats), it was a mistake but also a lesson learned. This year we've taken steps to overcome it by creating an auction database that doesn't rely on a mac being available to work and we also have more staff in the art show, which is why I don't envisage it being a problem.
I have never said that the art that's taken to bidders so they can look closer would be censored. You will be able to see this coming and if you don't want to see it you can look away.
If the person presenting it for the auction can't censor it in time for the auction, it should not go in the auction. It's that simple and how pretty much every other fandom convention does it.
The person who presents it isn't the person who censors it, we are. We take a photo and load it into a database and then censor it. The art is always uncensored in the Art Show, though segregated in to a separate area. It would be very unfair of us, and would probably elicit more complaints, if we were to bar art from the auction because we were having problems on our end.
It is alarming that the 'holistic' view is the only (or, even more amusingly) best way to raise money for charity is to peddle pornography to furries.  Does the charity know this?

It strikes me as holding the diverse community in rather low regard.  I have been to events with nary a nadger in sight..
I could probably have contextualised the idea of mixing the art up better. The idea is not that mixing pornography in will keep people in the room, rather that mixing the more popular art work in as we do keeps people longer, whereas if we segregated then the more popular stuff by better known artists would get sold and a large proportion of the audience would leave (something we have witnessed happening). The idea is both that we make more money for charity by retaining a larger audience, but also expose people to art (including general interest) by less well known artists that they may not have seen or heard of before.

Just to reiterate, though, the plan is to censor the art that is displayed on the screen, as long as there are no unforeseen circumstances which prevent us from doing so.

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The current plan is to censor the adult art that's shown on the screen. Due to time constraints and not knowing how much art is going to show up, however, I can only promise to do our best. If needs be I'll put a warning up near the stage room and Art Show to tell people it's not censored, but I don't currently envisage it being a problem.
The art that is carried round the auction for people to have a closer look will not be censored, so I can't guarantee you won't see anything you don't like that way.
We won't be keeping the adult stuff until last. The reason we mix all the art up is to keep as many people in the room as possible because, as it's a charity auction, we obviously want to make as much as we can for them. Over the years we've managed to keep a pretty high attendance by doing it this way.
The Art Show will also not be censored, but like last year it will be split in to general art and adult art, so you should be able to avoid seeing stuff you don't want to see.
Hope this helps :)

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Big Blue Signing In :)
« on: March 08, 2012, 19:30:57 »
Hi di hi there :)

Did you play a xylophone before typing that, and imagine it in a Rhondda accent? If not, you're doing it wrong ;)

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Announcements / Re: The Dealers Den is now full!
« on: March 08, 2012, 19:22:26 »
It needs updating though, there are a few dealers who aren't on it yet. I shall get on to it soon  :)

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Announcements / Re: Shuttle Service and Travel
« on: March 06, 2012, 17:43:31 »
why isnt it goin to the train station thats 2 miles away
r there taxis at that one
Hinckley isn't a main-line station, and therefore is more awkward to get a train to, whereas Nuneaton is on a main line.

You can get taxis from Hinckley, in fact there is a small taxi office in the car park

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi there!
« on: February 19, 2012, 22:24:45 »
Hi Andi, glad to hear you chose our con as your first. There will of course be ATMs at the airport and train stations, but (according to Google Street View, at least) there's also one at a 24 hour Cooperative convenience store/petrol station that's about half a mile (800m)  from the venue, just the other side of the motorway, if you need to get money during the convention.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Howdy
« on: January 04, 2012, 23:57:08 »
Hi Cebelius, welcome to our forum. Hope you have a lot of fun at the con. As far as bike hire goes I hope this helps you find something that meets your needs.

Best regards

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Dealers Den & Art Auction / Re: art types and framing
« on: December 10, 2011, 22:55:57 »
At the moment the art show is only used for items that are submitted to the auction.

We allow any item to be submitted, provided it is allowed by the auction rules.

We do not require item to be framed, but prefer them to have some sort of protective covering to protect them from fingerprints etc.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you'd like any more information :)

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Feedback / Re: Food suggestions
« on: October 20, 2011, 00:13:42 »
If we could keep the salmon, that would be nice too. ;)

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Off-Topic / Re: What's going on with UKFur?
« on: September 19, 2011, 22:05:07 »
It's back up now. Seems it was a case of human error, easily done :)

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Feedback / Re: The New Venue
« on: August 29, 2011, 21:16:48 »
That, and posting people at the 'crossroads' of the two main corridors to keep it clear and avoid getting clogged with people, is all I can think of to make a good hotel choice better.

This would probably be done by the security team, who are constantly patrolling the hotel, though we can't stop people from stopping there at all. It's also important to note that the corridor heading from front to back is much wider than the corridors at the old venue were and so it shouldn't be a huge problem.

Also, the more volunteers we have the easier it will be to keep any possible bottlenecks from clogging up. I'm sure details on how to volunteer will be made available as we get closer to the con so keep an eye out :)


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Dealers Den & Art Auction / Re: Sponsor early entry
« on: August 25, 2011, 11:29:48 »
This is something we'll probably be looking at in the near future, however it's also possible that because the room is bigger we'll have a higher capacity this year which would also hopefully reduce the queuing time :)

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Hi all, and welcome to the "Dealers' Den & Art Auction" section. We hope you like the shiny new look.

We've combined the Dealers and Artists section from the old forum to make it easier to find threads relating to ConFuzzled's Commerce department and to avoid duplicate posts.

You can use this section to talk about anything to do with the Dealers' Den, Art show and Auction or, if you're a dealer, you can use it to advertise your table and what you'll be selling.

Again, we hope you like the new look, and if you have any suggestions that you think would improve it further, please feel free to let us know here

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