APgate

Well, that was... interesting. Angel passes sold out after 3 minutes, hours before anyone who's new to JIB could even think about requesting a pass. That, of course, started the whole fair-unfair debate. From where I'm sitting, I'm gonna go with unfair. (With just a hint of Newbies are feeling unwelcome.) But I guess I do understand why the repeat customers got an early start. And I'm sure that JIB ppl couldn't have known that the passes would disappear in the blink of an eye.

However, as understanding as I am, I am also deeply disappointed. I wanted the whole JIB experience. Angel pass (since I can't afford Prophet), La dolce vita and/or Roman holiday (if they have those) and one or two Meet&greets. (And of course POs and autographs, but that goes without saying.) So, not a very promising start. Only reason I'm not completely heartbroken? I noticed this year that lots of APs were being sold... No, wait, wrong verb. They were not being sold, they were... They were... I don't remember. I know it's some weird verb cause nothing is ever sold in the JIB universe. But anyways... I noticed that a lot of APs were being whatevered before the con, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. (Even though it's probably not nice to hope some poor schmuck won't be able to go to the con.) And I'm definitely planning on getting me one of those.

But for now, a Demon pass will have to do.


So, I'm curious. What's so great about JIB? I mean, it obviously has to be the best con ever if they managed to sell out APs in the first 3 minutes. But I don't get it. I saw the schedule for this year. And they had like five things at the same time all the time. So it's like, whatever you do, you're gonna miss something. I don't like missing something. So, what are the upsides?