Fan Fest London info

[Leash]

I wouldn’t say that only UK players are getting the short end. A flight from New York to Las Vegas right now is about $450 (~ £263) round trip (the cheapest), not including hotel stay. East coast USA attendees will also have to pony up a good amount of cash to travel, and even more if they wait too long. There are some attendees that have already thrown down over $1k (~ £586) in travel expenses.

I’m lucky in this case as its a 5 hour drive there, but it will cost me about $150(~ £88) in gas money to get there and back.


And I would be considered the low end of middle class based on my yearly salary earnings. But I learned at a early age to put money aside for anything that might come up. So when these events do pop up I can go out and enjoy myself.


But there is nothing wrong with making responsible choices. Those that don’t go this year will have time to prepare for the next one. Hopefully the first one will be a great success for more to come. I wouldn’t get too upset over SE choices as I’m sure they looked into what would be the best options. It would have been more crappy if they decided against having one in the UK.

[Mjollnir]

Which translates as take home pay following deductions. To receive £67.6k net take home pay, as you correctly calculated, you have have to gross earnings of £106,470.47 factoring in the higher 40% tax rate on earnings over £32,011 for this current tax year and assuming you're on the Basic 1000L Tax Code, which at that earning level is highly unlikely to be fair but you get the idea.

Indeed, your £10k tax-free allowance disappears gradually between £100k and £120k, so your salary would have to be £109,498.20. I can number too!

As I said before, call it four hours work, not two. I think I've spent about that long while at work today on this thread, so yah, £60k salary would cover it.

Sorry, this digression has nothing to do with your opinion that the NA FanFestival is better value for money. I didn't mean to derail.

I'm not bitter that in Las Vegas today, a litre of petrol costs £0.59 and in London it costs £1.30. That's just economics. Same applies to this.

[Grizzlebeard]

I wouldn’t say that only UK players are getting the short end. A flight from New York to Las Vegas right now is about $450 (~ £263) round trip (the cheapest), not including hotel stay. East coast USA attendees will also have to pony up a good amount of cash to travel, and even more if they wait too long. There are some attendees that have already thrown down over $1k (~ £586) in travel expenses.

Valid point. I often forget the size of your country despite the amount of time I tend to spend over there.

[MarVell]

I live and work in London and think £65 for an all day event that can accommodate a relatively small number of people is not bad at all. It costs the same or more to watch a 90 minute Arsenal or Chelsea football match or to go to a 2 hour music concert at the o2 Arena.

I am ok with the price and I am happy that the event is one day only. I love FFXIV but really don't want to spend 3 days at the Fan Fest, that would be too much.

[Kuwagami]

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I wonder how much you would have liked it if it had taken place in Paris during the Japan Expo. You know, when all hotels are filled super fast and the prices skyrocket... Because London Comicon is totally gonna help.

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UK players are the lucky few. Sadly a LOT of us aren't in the UK. And for us lot it costs at least the same as NA players in transport alone, and hotel is going to cost a lot too. All in all, prices may be comparable, maybe.

So sad it's totally not student-friendly. The pre-sales were the only moment we could take the tickets without paying a lot for hotels, but absolutely no info => not taking the risk => bye bye Fanfest

[MarVell]

So sad it's totally not student-friendly.

No offence but I prefer the event not to be student-friendly and hopefully attract a more mature audience.

[mbncd]

No offence but I prefer the event not to be student-friendly and hopefully attract a more mature audience.

Being a student has nothing to do with maturity o.O

My mother teaches people who are 60+ how to use computers. Being a student simply means less resources regarding time and money since they're devoting time to studying something and thus don't have time to work and earn a lot either.

[Chad]

Most of these MMO things are held in mainland Europe and US. Nice to have one in UK for once

[Crosly]

Most of these MMO things are held in mainland Europe and US. Nice to have one in UK for once

Agreed. First fan fest I've been able to make and I played XI for 9yrs. Always wanted to see what these events hold.

[karbuncle]

hey all, i saw on the forum theres somewhere to fill in your character name for Las Vegas ticket holders? Do London get similar as well? not sure how to do that? ><