Announcing Coverage of VanaFest 2012!

[Alhanelem]

I was correct.

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

Will it come with a Parade Gorget, or do you still need to find the spawn point?

[Prothscar]

the powder is cocaine isn't it

[SpankWustler]

It's people. Red Powder is made out of people. They're making drink condiments out of people.

[bungiefanNA]

So now they're just teasing us with all the food we won't be able to try because we don't live in that country and can't buy tickets?

[Savlyn]

Does anyone actually care about these posts?

[Camate]

All of these VanaFest-related posts are for all the players around the world (whether attending or not) to see a variety of famous food and drink from Vana’diel come to life. Just because this event is being held in Japan doesn’t mean we should not share these behind-the-scenes type of posts. We hope to give everyone a chance to see the kind of stuff going into the making of these famous dishes, and hope people enjoy it! But even if you don’t, that's okay, too. We would just ask that you not be overly negative to dissuade the enjoyment of others.

[Raucent]

I'm sure there are people who do see it as exciting, however there appears to be a larger majority who note how they cant attend view the stalls,performances,contests etc. purely b/c they are not in japan. To be fair yes we should be glad we get the live stream, however that only does so much, and to other players it only reinforces what they miss out on for not being in the region it is sponsored in. as a comparison there is a massive difference from seeing a concert or sports game on TV versus actually being there

[Alhanelem]

this is an issue for nearly every convention that exists. A handful of conventions like PAX have multiple events in different locations, but most conventions have a single venue. We were VERY lucky to get the fanfests when we did. Conventions are extremely expensive and often not worthwhile to do in multiple locations.

It's a fact of any convention: if you aren't living there, or can't travel there, you're SOL unless there's a stream or other coverage. I don't see all this kind of complaining that you can't go to e3 (or most other conventions0 if you don't live in California.

Deal with it, and take what we're getting. You're not going to get something better, no matter how much you beg.

[Kraggy]

It's a fact of any convention: if you aren't living there, or can't travel there, you're SOL unless there's a stream or other coverage. I don't see all this kind of complaining that you can't go to e3 (or most other conventions0 if you don't live in California.beg.

Totally true, but the issue it seems to me is that many, like me, are sick of seeing only the chosen few Japanese able to have the fun toys given away at these.

Sure, they're entirely fluff and don't provide an 'advantage', but the F-U-N and there is no way for the rest of us to ever get them. Have conventions, fine, but don't provide give-aways that no on else gets a chance of seeing.