I’m just saying what i saw & heard although i did have 2 guys in front of me who got sent back aswell but by the time we got allowed in they were in within 5 mins anyway so it doesn’t really matter

The merch however was snapped up quite quickly so i failed to see most of what was on offer & i agree that some of it was more than reasonable but others could have been a lil cheaper

The people who had tickets were given priority. I’ve lost count how many times this has been said by both ticket and non ticket holders, those who did not have tickets were not allowed in before everyone else… There was one guy by me who was asked to show his ticket, he didn’t have one so was sent to the back of the line! How much more priority can you get?

The merch was priced amazingly fairy, often I couldn’t believe the deals on offer, I managed to get a mint condition STC issue 178 with the free gifts for £4 which was aparently the most expensive STC there, that should have gone for nearly 4 times that price if they really wanted to price it right. The plushies were priced exactly right and the Japanese stuff was again very cheap for what it was and what you could have paid.

The people who had tickets were given priority. I’ve lost count how many times this has been said by both ticket and non ticket holders, those who did not have tickets were not allowed in before everyone else… There was one guy by me who was asked to show his ticket, he didn’t have one so was sent to the back of the line! How much more priority can you get?

The merch was priced amazingly fairy, often I couldn’t believe the deals on offer, I managed to get a mint condition STC issue 178 with the free gifts for £4 which was aparently the most expensive STC there, that should have gone for nearly 4 times that price if they really wanted to price it right. The plushies were priced exactly right and the Japanese stuff was again very cheap for what it was and what you could have paid.

1st off:The queuing,ok i can understand that this is a big event so sometimes things get delayed but like others have said the people who got there early with tickets should have more priority as it’s been stated those without tickets would have to wait for a hour but instead we got send in at the same time & the queues for the games was offputting to say the least so because of that i missed out on signings,getting a personised drawing etc and ultimately wasn’t worth the wait.
2:The merch now i know Nemain has covered this but i felt there could have been more of a range of items & quantity for that matter.Ok some of the items were reasonably priced & others were not but mainly because most of the merch was snapped up straight away i was unable to get anything of my lil bro let alone myslef.
3:The air con really you should have cheaked this when you were looking at the pavillon and needless to say if you say a place can hold up to 1000 people,8/10 times that number will most likey be met however the venue itslef wasn’t bad but if you do go with somewhere else try to avoid middle of nowhere/back streets(like 09) places i’m just saying.
4:Audience participation yes there was quite alot so not much of a complaint but i think there could be alil more involvement such as finding new ways to get the fans to interact with each other,try hide some gold rings in less likey places/give more of a chance to get gold rings etc (i say drop the whole crab thing as like you said most of them were taking anyway & i still am unsure what you were meant to do with them).

I think there’s a couple of other things but i’m going to leave it for now as this is starting to sound like a rant and i’m not trying to annoy anyone or start anything but i understand there’s always going to be some mishap like the getting the venue ready,powercuts,delays,equipment failure ie the speaker(Dread & Aauk know what i’m talking about) and of course rory’s stuff being stolen but in all honesty no matter how “secure/safe” a place is meant to be it’s better to keep it close at hand but i digress feel free to comment on what i’ve written.

And on the suggestion side of things, This year, I didn’t even realise that Nigel Dobbyn was doing an art surgery! I’m not much of a drawer yet but i’d have loved to have given that a go, but I missed out cause I never heard mention of it :/. I’ll make sure to keep an eye out for it next year though! Lastly, if you guys plan another tournament next year, I think it might be cool to rig a 360 up to the projector and have the finals up on stage for everyone to see :D. Never know, I might make it past the knockout stages and be up there myself next year :p.

Thanks again everyone and keep up the good work. We all appreciate it ^_^!

The only things I can suggest you could maybe improve on (I really dug deep for some critisism, everything else was perfect despite all the issues you guys put up with and never let on.) Are perhaps announcing/notifying the crowd of the times of events (Other than only those on stage) a little more, I missed the SASAS Racing contest because I didnt know when it would start and when it did I had been in the sonic colours queue for over an hour and didnt want to give up my place in line. This could be done on the same backdrop as the stage show schedule or a printed rough full schedule of the day could be handed out to attendees in goodie bags maybe.

Other than that, as you guys already know the format of the queues to play Sonic Colours and Sonic 4 wasn’t the greatest and maybe having a staff member at each console would promote fair usage, one line for those who want to play one act only and another line for those who want to play the full demo could speed up lines and then people can expect to wait forever if they allow others to play as long as they expect to play, and those who only want a short game will not have to wait as long is another suggestion.

The whole day as utterly amazing, I don’t know how you guys pulled it off all things considered. I really don’t know how you can beat this year, besides more attendees (I’ll definately be bringing a few more friends) I know a performance by crush 40 would make me even more excited now knowing how great they are live! But maybe it’s a little too early to start hoping for a demo of “Sonic 4: Episode 2″

All in all, you guys made a lot of people happy, I speak as a 20yr old who was almost reduced to tears of joy at Jun’s afternoon tea session. but all of the on stage events were AWESOME! Thanks guys! Summer of Sonic Rules!

I’ve said this in several other places but as a member of STC-O I just want to know how it’s possible for us to sell prints/comics as seeing Dobbyn and Elson Wong sell their works beside our table made (me at least) feel rather jealous. True, I’m just a STC-O rookie but I’d still love to be get our work out to the community. Maybe next year?

I actually had no questions on delays as I would imagine setting up such a huge event (not to mention the set backs you faced) would prove an enourmaously challenging task.

Anyway apart from lack of air-con I will defiently can’t wait for how you’ll top this next year.