mmoroz wrote:Ouch... I guess I don't qualify as a hardcore fan.. I really like the band and their music and I even started learning guitar just to play their songs, but a 1.5 hour autograph line is enough to scare me off

Pfft... we stood in line 2-3 hours to see the first two Lord of the Rings movies. It's not that bad. Of course, we got a 3 hour movie out of it. You're getting a 30-second "hi".

Belz... wrote:

mmoroz wrote:Ouch... I guess I don't qualify as a hardcore fan.. I really like the band and their music and I even started learning guitar just to play their songs, but a 1.5 hour autograph line is enough to scare me off

Pfft... we stood in line 2-3 hours to see the first two Lord of the Rings movies. It's not that bad. Of course, we got a 3 hour movie out of it. You're getting a 30-second "hi".

But look at it this way...That 30-second "hi " will give you bragging rights. Not everyone can brag about how they met SCANDAL up close and get a "hi " + you get their autograph(s) - not EVERY autograph is the same you know? ^^

...Kay now I'm being weird. xD

Haha I'll try to think of this.. see how much line I can handle then

Hmm. I wonder how awkward it'd be if we get all the SCANDAL Heaven members in the line and advertise the forums...Something like "HEY YOU. You look like a SCANDAL fan - why not join us at Scandal-heaven.com!? >;D"

Or think up some kind of chant...
.clap.

Ryder Blade wrote:

Belz... wrote:

mmoroz wrote:Ouch... I guess I don't qualify as a hardcore fan.. I really like the band and their music and I even started learning guitar just to play their songs, but a 1.5 hour autograph line is enough to scare me off

Pfft... we stood in line 2-3 hours to see the first two Lord of the Rings movies. It's not that bad. Of course, we got a 3 hour movie out of it. You're getting a 30-second "hi".

But look at it this way...That 30-second "hi " will give you bragging rights. Not everyone can brag about how they met SCANDAL up close and get a "hi " + you get their autograph(s) - not EVERY autograph is the same you know? ^^

...Kay now I'm being weird. xD

haha that is very true. haha my friends got jealous when i told them i met SCANDAL in Japan during promotion of SCANDAL nanka buttobase. although the 15 secs wasnt really long enough......haha i think i almost went silent cause MAMI and HARUNA had to ask me if i was okay, i couldn't move except be in shock and then be rudely pushed and move along. but i felt like i was about to turn to stone. haha jk

anyway so i think i can stay up to chat with some of you., depending if i didn't already fall asleep

^Yeah. I go on the Stage48 forums since I'm also an AKB48 fan and there's a thread where people share their stories of meeting AKB48. I remember one guy said that he met one of the girls and he was just like "...." so she asked her if he was alright xD he was holding up the line for 30 seconds or so too so the staff pushed him along LOL.

I hope it won't be like that for me. Gosh it'd be embarrassing. xD

320x200 wrote:I plan on lining up everything as soon as possible. As soon as doors open for the panel and immediately after I go through the autograph for the concert... *shrug* (presumably there is a TBA meet and greet somewhere in there too to line up for and attend)

If anyone else loves lines and wants to join me so we can hold eachother's spot for 5 minutes and get to go to the bathroom that would be... you know... more comfortable.

My friend and I had planned on checking on the line every 30 minutes or so because I read somewhere that they might be selling some SCANDAL merchandise in the exhibit hall, so we might go check that out for a while and probably line up around 3pm since we only have 1 day badges. We also thought of holding eachothers spots since we won't be allowed back into the concert if we have leave to go to the bathroom during their performance. I almost forgot about the GoH party thought. Hopefully its not too close to the time when the seating is starting for the concert.

I think they're selling the GoH merchandise in the Exhibit Hall along with everything else. I already bought the 3 day passport so I'll probably buy some of the stuff on Friday [I don't really care too much about the fashion show/concert on Friday xD].
I'm new to conventions though, this will be my first time going to one so does anyone know that vendors really do make their items cheaper on the last day? :3

I saw foreigners at zepp tokyo last night.they sat at second floor's seat.
I guess they are AM2's staff.
Perhaps they came to the meeting about AM2's live?

@sagami: Would you have any reason why you guess they were AM2 staff, and not just foreigners in Japan who were fans?

@USG: I did not see this mentioned specifically in the con policies or in the AM2 forum, but do you know if there is any policy against lining up *too early for an event? Basically, what is the earliest that we can line up for an event/concert? And will this be made clear to all the staff so that it is applied consistently?

This question comes from my experiences at other cons, where I was pretty much harassed by the staff and lost my place in line for the Kalafina Concert due to some rude Anime Boston staffers who did not enforce the policy consistently (my group was kicked out for lining before the 30 minute rule, but then other people were allowed to line up 1 hour before anyway). I sincerely hope to avoid this type of situation for SCANDAL, considering the efforts involved in getting to AM2.

Just try asking on the forums if you're not sure. The staff usually answers pretty quickly. I've read through the website and forums and I don't remember seeing anything about it being against the rules to line up too early either. :|

Mercurius wrote:@sagami: Would you have any reason why you guess they were AM2 staff, and not just foreigners in Japan who were fans?

Well,I'm not sure...however
They were calmly watching the concert from beginning to end.
They had a conversation with scandal officials.
that' all.

Ryder Blade wrote:Is there a thread or anything where we can introduce each other like who's coming to the con/meet ups at the con?

I was wondering too if anyone wants to swap contact info. When a bunch of us Perfume fans from Perfume City went to Japan for a show we set up a shared google doc with email addresses and phone numbers. It definitely helped getting people together once we were there. Of course not everyone is comfortable sharing their phone number or email address...

Well they could always make up a another email address if they're not comfortable with it. :3 Or if they have internet on their phone then we could try talking on the Shoutbox...xD

Just bought my 3-day passport! .cool.

320x200 wrote:

Ryder Blade wrote:Is there a thread or anything where we can introduce each other like who's coming to the con/meet ups at the con?

I was wondering too if anyone wants to swap contact info. When a bunch of us Perfume fans from Perfume City went to Japan for a show we set up a shared google doc with email addresses and phone numbers. It definitely helped getting people together once we were there. Of course not everyone is comfortable sharing their phone number or email address...

We can start that thing right here so we dont make another thread.

Name: Alessandro
nickname: Lale
email: alemmora@hotmail.com
cellphone: pm me

Just keep in mind that not necesarilly everyone thats going to the con will post his info or whatevs, dunno. Well theres my info, just add me and PM for my cellphone. Share as much information as you feel comfortable with.

Ill make an event group as well on facebook and post a link here

Mercurius and Ryder Blade asked about lining up super early over at the AM2 forums. Thanks for getting it clarified guys!

Here are the responses from the operations director:

Spoiler:

Probably a good thing that I watched this topic LOL. I didn't notice that my question was answered over at the AM2 con forums.



Probably better to just add me on FB though but it's fine if you're not comfortable with that. :3

Edited by Lale per user for security reasons.

I'm still working things out, but I might be able to go. .toj. If I do, I wanna attend all the SCANDALs event, I see on the schedule that there are only 3 (ONLY 3?! .rage. ) . PANEL @ 10AM-11AM, AUTOGRAPH SESSION @ 11AM-1PM, both in the same room, then the concert @ 8pm-9pm. all on 7/3/2011.

Now What is required to attend those events, How much are tickets and Hopefully the autograph session isn't limited.

I been to AX 2009 @ LA for Morning Musume, and for the whole 3 days, it's been almost a nightmare running around, waiting in lines for hours, then get turned away. Finally able to made it to one Autograph session and the concert made it all worthwhile, but still.
I hope things are more organized @ AM2 convention for SCANDAL. still to do all three events in one day is good and bad at the same time. I don't wanna go unprepared and waste my time.

At AX 2009, in order to go to the autograph session, I need to bought merchandise to get the tickets and wait in line. Concert, I bought tickets.
So what do I need to do at SCANDAL? please response soon, or send me a pm, thank you very much.

xD I'll type out what I remember but it'd be better if you read the entire thread or at last skim through it since one of the AM2 staff answered a lot of questions.

It's actually more like there will be 5 events for SCANDAL. The ones that you don't see on the schedule is the GoH party which will probably be announced during the SCANDAL panel and there will be a private meet and greet on most likely the 4th of July [a Monday] for 3 day passport holders.

Personally, I think it'd be better if you get the 3 day passport. Or at least get a one day passport for Sunday when SCANDAL is coming so that you get priority when it comes to seating for the concert, panel, and autograph session. There will be SCANDAL merchandise sold by the vendors in the Exhibit Hall which will be open from 10AM I think to 6PM. If you're going to the AM2 con for all 3 days, then you could take a gamble and not buy any of the SCANDAL stuff until Sunday when there will probably be more deals but the stuff you want might be gone. If you go on the AM2 con forums, there's a lot more information about stuff as well so I'd go there and look around a bit. And if I remember right, SCANDAL wants everyone to be able to get an autograph unless it's too overwhelming. Also, to attend the autograph session you'll have to go to the panel for a ticket.

For the passport/concert ticket pricings, go to the website and check.

^thank you. it's very useful information.
I just got on AM2 convention page and pre-registered and paid for my 3-day passport and as well as the SCANDAL concert tickets, $20, just to be sure I would get the best seating possible and allowed inside.
I truly cannot wait to be there. Now from what I read, when we attend the panel, we can get stamp, for first priority, for the autograph session, but basically anyone can get it. The concerts as well, the $20 is just for the really good seating. What about he Guest of Honor party thing and how to get in? I don't see it on AM2con.org, SCANDAL GoH page is blank, no info there. btw, i can't get on the forums, it only available to community members, and I don't want to sign up, just for this, knowing I might never use it again.

Btw, how many people are going? is there a count going?

BigDnm01 wrote:^thank you. it's very useful information.
I just got on AM2 convention page and pre-registered and paid for my 3-day passport and as well as the SCANDAL concert tickets, $20, just to be sure I would get the best seating possible and allowed inside.
I truly cannot wait to be there. Now from what I read, when we attend the panel, we can get stamp, for first priority, for the autograph session, but basically anyone can get it. The concerts as well, the $20 is just for the really good seating. What about he Guest of Honor party thing and how to get in? I don't see it on AM2con.org, SCANDAL GoH page is blank, no info there. btw, i can't get on the forums, it only available to community members, and I don't want to sign up, just for this, knowing I might never use it again.

Btw, how many people are going? is there a count going?

i don't think you needed the extra $20 ticket...cause i think the 3 day passport gives you priority to seating first, cause 3 day passports get seating like an hour before everyone else.....

for the goh you have to have the 3 day passport or the one and 2 day badge. and the goh party is basically meeting with the girls make small talk andtake pictures with them. there's one on sunday and possibly on monday though the monday one is only for hotel guests or 3 day passport holders.

Hawaii fan wrote:

BigDnm01 wrote:^thank you. it's very useful information.
I just got on AM2 convention page and pre-registered and paid for my 3-day passport and as well as the SCANDAL concert tickets, $20, just to be sure I would get the best seating possible and allowed inside.
I truly cannot wait to be there. Now from what I read, when we attend the panel, we can get stamp, for first priority, for the autograph session, but basically anyone can get it. The concerts as well, the $20 is just for the really good seating. What about he Guest of Honor party thing and how to get in? I don't see it on AM2con.org, SCANDAL GoH page is blank, no info there. btw, i can't get on the forums, it only available to community members, and I don't want to sign up, just for this, knowing I might never use it again.

Btw, how many people are going? is there a count going?

i don't think you needed the extra $20 ticket...cause i think the 3 day passport gives you priority to seating first, cause 3 day passports get seating like an hour before everyone else.....

for the goh you have to have the 3 day passport or the one and 2 day badge. and the goh party is basically meeting with the girls make small talk andtake pictures with them. there's one on sunday and possibly on monday though the monday one is only for hotel guests or 3 day passport holders.

The passport will basically be your ticket in, so if you buy the passport, you don't need to also buy the concert ticket. And I'm pretty sure that just as long as you have a passport [1, 2, or 3 day doesn't matter] then you get in an hour early for seating. The only time you would rather have the 3 day passport in my opinion, is for the 'private' meet and greet since 3 day passport holders get priority/preference over the 1 and 2 day passport holders.

@BigDnm01: Yeah, like Hawaii fan and Ryder Blade said, if you buy a passport of any kind, you do not need a concert ticket as well. As for the people going, so far there are almost 30 people confirmed/are most likely going to go.


Also, I updated the first post of this thread with as much info as I thought would be good to have on it. Let me know if there's anything else you guys think I should add in.

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t2977-am-convention-2011#137309