DashCon Disaster -- Welcome to Night Vale Walks Out & More

[@MeliMissfit]

"Give me back my money" I don't even blame him for saying that.

[@Joaquin546]

Meli Missfit nope blame the organizers

[@violetdream5335]

same i will doing the same thing

[@wills242]

Why would you hahaha. This generation will take anything if you tell ‘em they’re special. It’s beyond comical and into absurdism now. Kinda like these podcasts they’re into. No wonder😂

[@milpool8577]

Narrator: "he didn't get back his money"

[@kurayamidesu]

"Let's all sigh together" - oh, yes, so professional.

[@SRBAnimate]

“Give me back my money.”

[@Namikohoshi]

Nightvale paid for their own flight and hotel room, the people hosting the convention wanted to pay them afterwards instead of upfront for the panel. When conventions bring in guest they are responsible for paying everything for the guest. Flight and hotel, even paying them upfront for any panels. Not afterwards, it does not work that way and no guest should pay for their own things! I actually applaud Nightvale for leaving!!

[@imcia1675]

I mean it's not like I can go to a movie theater and ask if I can pay after the movie.

[@SnabbKassa]

yeah, but now people who have never heard of them in any other context just know them for this: once, they walked

[@theladycata9648]

@@SnabbKassa better to have a few people who don’t care enough to learn the full story know you as the ones who walked than to have every sketchy event organizer know you as the ones who worked for free. Ultimately, it’s a business, and doing the nice thing for the fans would be rewarding the people who scammed everyone in the first place. I do feel bad for the crowd who didn’t get to see the show they paid for but you can’t blame Night Vale for choosing the smarter option after being put into a double bind

[@DoctorKnow00]

It’s even worse look for DashCon. The WTNV crew was in the middle of their UK and EU tour. They flew from Europe to Chicago to do this show and got dicked around by the DashCon organizers. They wanted to pay them after the show, because they didn’t have the funds upfront to pay. Or, that what’s what they would have the convention attendees believe. I think the DashCon organizers were trying to finesse the WTNV crew into doing the show for free and then nickel and diming them after the show.

[@ExplodingViper777]

"GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY" No... Ball Pit.

[@Dantaru78]

"Can I go home?" No, ballpit.

[@ExplodingViper777]

Dantaru78 Your home is the ballpit. Ballpit is love, ballpit is life.

[@Dantaru78]

Doc Ethereal You don't like the ballpit? We can't accept that here at dashcon...

[@ExplodingViper777]

Dantaru78 How dare you deny the divinity of the Glorious and Infallible Ballpit?!

[@Dantaru78]

Doc Ethereal But no seriously this was a hilarious train wreck that definitely will be remembered.

[@Tiqalicious]

The most telling part of all of this is the way they try to save face with you guys by attempting to make the night vale folks look like villains. No mention of them paying for their own hotel rooms or anything, just a dishonest attempt to paint the night vale crew as greedy selfish money grubbers who just wanted more. Fucking appalling.

[@soniquefus]

Completely agree with you. I bet they were hoping for everyone to turn on Nightvale to try to make them feel guilty about what they ddid... but that too, blew up in their face.

[@Midgetman82]

"Where do you wanna order from? Pizza Hut? Papa John's?" "Oh come on, we're in Chicago!" Very rightly said!

[@Dcfan200]

I would take both of those over Chicago.

[@ViciousTuna2012]

@@Dcfan200 FYI, not all pizza in Chicago is deep dish.

[@TripleDeckerSupreme]

@@Dcfan200 No way man, even I would take real deep dish or other real chicago pizza over chain any day.

[@JustAnotherHumanist]

at least we have a ballpit

[@djhenyo]

***** *and urine, apparently

[@JustAnotherHumanist]

That ballpit really tied the con together.

[@rabbitos]

apparently someone peed in the ballpit though lmao

[@horsebro5480]

I heard that the ball pit 17 thousand dollars, and that if you brought good seats you get an extra hour in the pit......

[@yasunaoribe5058]

Z00L0GY funny thing is, it was actually someone from 4chan's /pol/ if im not mistaken.

[@JacobHalton]

Madd props to the guy who yelled out "gimme back my money!"

[@NeoMaddy]

I think it says volumes about how pathetic the crowd was that nothing else was done. I assumed people would be booing, cursing and throwing things. They just sat there and took it. Tumblr idiots sure are good at one thing. Getting fucked.

[@imcia1675]

I'm surprised anyone "donated" more money after having already spent $65 just to get in, wait around for several hours, and use a piss-poor ball pit. How naive can they be?

[@MorningMeasure]

Most attendees were actual kids, so. About as naive as you'd expect. Probably part of the reason why the lawsuit never took off, either.

[@leijten]

i'd leave a like but you're at a magical number, so enjoy this useless comment instead

[@goingunder2548]

that was nothing i would have thrown my shoe at them or something

[@NeroBlackheart666]

Nightvale were the only sensible people that attended that shit.

[@boofcario]

That's funny because they didn't lol

[@NeroBlackheart666]

EXACTLY.

[@alyssathehomogay]

"I know, so on the count of three let's all collectively sigh" That was the most condescending thing I have ever heard. These people spent a lot of money to come to this convention, a sigh isn't good enough. This panel was your headline event, the only reason some people even came to this convention. The staff must've never been to a convention, or even talked to people at conventions because then you'd see that a lot of these people are children who begged their parents for this one event, people who had to schedule time off from work to go, people who this is their one vacation out of the year, kids who have been saving birthday money to go...for a convention that was supposed to be an extravagant ordeal they not only missed the target, but didn't even make it close. A real shame to the attendees who had to put up with this. The con staff said that the $17k raised the night prior would go towards wifi for next year; they should've put that towards paying for the WTNV cast to perform/hotel stay.

[@MorningMeasure]

Honestly, that was the one weekend I got off that entire Summer.

[@edvdylanfan]

I wouldve screamed every trigger word in the book at that moment

[@manifestgtr]

RVDMark420 “Trigger word”, eh? What are some of those? Let it flow

[@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209]

The Steam Powered Giraffes Live Concert was also on the headline event, but you know how that ended up

[@SnabbKassa]

Lady, the staff never ran a lemonade stand, never mind went to a convention

[@DavorinMors]

They walked out... you know like normal performers would. I mean, I've never in watched Nightvale, but I feel so bad for them right now that Dashcon is twisting them into being people who "just left" because they weren't paid. No, if I was them I would of left the second they said we don't have the money.

[@DavorinMors]

Also, I loved how they never addressed the guy who yelled "I want a refund".

[@samblackside]

Its sad how they pinned it on them. They always want to perform for their fans but dashcon wasn't organized well. Heck i went to anime expo this year, it wasn't well organized because of all the staff being rude but it sure as hell was more organized than this. I've seen other places more organized than this.

[@TearsOfOblivionXIII]

samblackside Correction: Dashcon wasn't organized at all.

[@samblackside]

Oh you're right my mistake. 65 Dollars for a ticket....wow. there are far better conventions than this.

[@KaijaSchmauss]

*listened to, you mean. Nightvale is a podcast (and a good one at that). But yeah. Dashcon screwed them over and it wasn't okay at all.

[@jennacowan1528]

I was in the room when this was announced and I can't tell you how collectively upset and pissed off I was. I didn't reserve a seat, but I waited four hours for this only to be told they weren't coming. I'm not mad at the WTNV crew at all, but I am mad at DashCon for trying to pin it on them.

[@theoxiiii]

awww

[@lowfiend]

cannabisPREVENTION "Collectively upset and pissed off" isn't a word.

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

I'm sorry that happened to you. How no one didn't punch that chick in the face or get raging mad is a miracle. If I was there i'd have straight up walked to that bitch and demand my money. They'd have to escort me out, cause they straight up Lied and stole your money. Then they had the balls to spit in your face and say " No Refunds. Just Ball Pit ".

[@bajabl]

cannabisPREVENTION who cares this isn't an english class, we know what she means

[@jennacowan1528]

I like how they attempted to correct my grammar when there was nothing wrong with it. "Collectively" means "altogether" so I was both upset and pissed off. Which I suppose is a bit redundant, but whatever, I was typing fast. Anyway, thanks for the replies.

[@Kishona]

"oh come on we're in chicago" perfect.

[@Styxhexenhammer666]

This was no bigger a failure than tumblr's attempts at raiding things.

[@MaakaKarin17]

Except tumblr never raided anything. That was /pol/ riling up /b/ with a fake blog.

[@ddrhero]

MaakaKarin17 no it wasn't. "/pol/ riling up /b/" was tumblr's excuse for what a horrible terrible failure it was.

[@SushiLord89]

MaakaKarin17 I would believe that but judging from everything its mostly tumblr now. Hel lthey are even going around saying 4chan hacked into the hotel's files and ruined everything.

[@twistedpuppetOG]

MaakaKarin17 Awww, /b/'s buttons are so easy to press. :P

[@twistedpuppetOG]

SushiLord89 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! .... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG I can't breathe I'm laughing too hard! >XD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@ericn.wilson2345]

For the Dashcon people who paid money (that they'll probably never get a refund on) for reserved seating, I'm sorry to hear you got burned. For the Night Vale cast and crew, who made that trip on their own dime only to find out they weren't going to get paid, I'm deeply, _deeply_ sorry to hear you got burned. For the people behind Dashcon: I hope the stories I'm hearing out of this get-together are just out of incompetence, because if this was a scam (and even if it wasn't), this video's probably going in a deposition.

[@jaredfogle6612]

burns everywhere

[@ericn.wilson2345]

Seriously, if these people attempt another DashCon, they need to get somebody on board who has actually run a convention, even if s/he just comes in as an advisor.

[@jaredfogle6612]

Eric N. Wilson i might as well cosplay as a ball pit.

[@jaredfogle6612]

***** maybe a midget sized pool fit for a king.

[@boofcario]

Joe Momma Don't quote me on this, but rumors of a SECOND ballpit are circling around.

[@BreezeVideos]

I heard that 4chan went there and peed in the ballpit

[@Berrineso]

Good

[@_james5850]

Breeze yep its on /pol/

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

i just imagine it’s the entirety of 4chan going to pee in a ball pit

[@rizalalbar]

@@iwakeupandboomimarat the pool would be floating in the middle of room full off pee.

[@LexWoodard]

It's really fucked up how the organizer who comes out to explain the situation basically blames the WTNV group for this. "They just walked". No, they didn't just walk. You didn't pay them.

[@TearsOfOblivionXIII]

"Just a fluke" bullshit. EVERY CONVENTION PAYS FOR THEIR GUESTS BEFORE THE EVENT. I hope these people get thrown in jail for all of the illegal bullshit they pulled.

[@Sim0n98]

“Let’s all sigh together” Bitch, this ain’t Kindergarten

[@GoneFishingAway]

With the audience like tumblr, I expect them to act and speak like them.

[@iggykidd]

man, the nightvale people are such jerks for expecting to be paid for the work they do... (sarcasm)

[@wintermoons1215]

I love how that woman tried to put a spin on it like it wasn't Dashcons fault for not following standard business practices. It seems like no one at Dashcon realized the business side of a con until it was to late. WTNV had every right and then some to walk out, 'right before the panel' or not.

[@TheTruePsycho]

"we're gonna sigh together in 3" "GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY" oh my god lol

[@rippepippe]

Happy ten year anniversary and THANK YOU for documenting this historic event

[@NalosGryphon]

They've been planning this for a year but it looks like they did it in fifteen minutes.

[@Ziaberry]

Because the people "in charge" were literally 18 year olds and fucking minors

[@ColCoal]

You trusted tumblr.... seriously what were you expecting.... There was not one person in an SS suit, a shit con if ever ive seen one

[@Coratlan]

I feel like the title "Dashcon Disaster" is a tad redundant isn't it?

[@teiced]

Ha.

[@shannibearstar]

"everything we had" But not rooms, flight, or even pay for being there. Im glad that WTNV left. THey should not have to put up with that shit

[@leerwesen]

But... But.. A whole extra hour in the ballpit!

[@kwixitty]

*Dashcon* = *Why I hate Tumblr* *Response To Dashcon on Tumblr* = *Why I Love Tumblr*

[@howtodrawreallygood]

Hahaha oh God, I don't know whether to laugh, cringe or cry

[@afox8189]

Oh shit I didn't expect you here, did you come for the ball pit. Love your Vids as well

[@slime_bird]

"They wouldn't do a show for us with no payment, or proof of eventual payment. What assholes"

[@ZephyrineDragon]

I love how they were so obviously pushing the blame onto WTNV for this, and not accepting the fact that it was actually THEIR fault for not paying them on time. Also, extra hour in the ball pit instead of an actual refund to the people who paid to see WTNV. Well done, DashCon, well done.

[@letsgetthisoverwith]

seriously, is there anything that TUMBLR touches that isn't complete and utter fail.

[@KatieKat223]

So....I don't really know what to tell you guys.....have an additional hour in the ball pit.

[@TheOnlyAngryCitizen]

I like how she's blaming the entire thing on WTNV being mean or something instead of them being immature children incapable of understanding what it means to run a professional convention.

[@NathanSpelling]

They had every right to walk out for not being paid right at the beginning. Thats how performers work. Dont ask for people to come and then not have all their money ready. Time is money for 'celebrities'. Especially people who are artists.

[@JupiMeow]

Let's collectively sigh together? What is this, preschool?

[@hauntletjpg5205]

I love how she tries to make the cast of WTNV look bad here. It should've been an expectation that they'd be able to pay in full. I honestly feel bad for WTNV, as well as the people who paid to see them, and ended up with an extra hour in the god-forsaken ball pit.

[@kmcardoza1]

This is still embarrassing 6 years later. I’d hate myself If I went to this.

[@Flairlend]

The guy who shouts "Give me back my money!" at 1:46 is a true hero.

[@johncase1353]

The woman giving the announcement "Like, like, like, like and like".

[@VolleyCatGaming]

This is a prime example of a disaster con. To be honest though, Dashcon was a scam from the beginning and the only thing that even held it together was a ball pit and a bouncy house that was bought BY ONE OF THE CON-GOERS FOR THE CON RATHER THAN THE ORGANIZERS. First cons can be horrible, but if a friend of mine's father and friend could run a successful con for 2 years and it only had to do with Video games and Bacon, there's something wrong here. The people at Dashcon had all the means to make this a great con, but they failed to deliver. I myself did not go, but I feel bad for anyone that went there. Also, RIP ball pit. You lasted for 3 days until someone decided to piss in you. You really tied the con together and now we will be making jokes about "Extra hour in the ball pit" for the next few weeks... or until we get sick of it.

[@-coffeecat1590]

Oh dear it's so fun to know that even 7 years later we are still making ball pit jokes

[@matthewmosier8439]

​@@-coffeecat1590I think the Willie Wonka debacle in Scotland has brought Dashcon back to the public eye

[@NacodaLupine]

"I don't know what to tell you guys" here, let me help you: start with how you're going to refund these people's money.

[@TheSleyths]

"On three we're gonna sight together ok?" Hahah yeah that's gonna solve your problems, what the fuck LOL

[@billygowhoop]

The looks of disappointment and bewilderment at the very end gave me quite a chuckle.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

People in the comments keep saying that "collective sigh" was the most pathetic thing ever. They are wrong. The most pathetic thing ever was to update the con rules to explicitly state that the money gut this event was non-refundable WHILE THE PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR THE PANEL TO START! Little did the dude know when he shouted "give me back my money"...

[@okjeffy6581]

The pointy haired boss is not a good person. !

[@PC-xj4wi]

Can somebody please explain to me what is going on here? i am not familiar with what dashcon is or for that matter what a con is and what you do there. and also what is with the joke about the ballpit??!??

[@triangleDAYS]

man... wouldn't they just refund everyone since they then didn't have to pay WTNV then???

[@Honehe]

That would be the decent thing to do, but apparently they didn't offer refunds upfront, then tried to put people on a list to be "refunded later". I'm willing to bet these people do not intend to pay a dime toward the actual convention.

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

They already spent the money on a nice use Honda.... Honestly i'm joking, but i wouldn't put it past these fuckers.

[@triangleDAYS]

it's really disheartening how shady this is :C I hate seeing people get taken advantage of. The right thing to do is to refund the money, they paid specifically for a WTNV show, it was cancelled ergo refund.

[@loladoee]

omg she had so much hope in her eyes at the beginning of the video :( who would have guessed this would become one of the biggest flops in history

[@figment1988]

2014: gimme back my money 2016: PUDDLE!!

[@walkerk19]

Okay everybody sigh together, "1.. 2.. GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY!!!!" The organizers underestimated how big deal it is to run the con. I read they did an indiegogo campaign to raise fund months before but it didn't meet their target, then ignoring the financial problem that should've been addressed asap. Thus leading to fucked up communication with fandom committees to raise donation and the bloody 17k $ fiasco on the first day of the con. How you cannot reimburse WTNVW staff with that amount of money?!? Oh wait... that was deducted by hotel room and accommodation cost... and ball pit

[@sprigganfromffxiv]

This is like an elementary school assembly

[@krustykringle]

"They refused to wait for payment and wanted to be payed upfront." Gee maybe that was because that's how it fucking works.

[@namr3h]

1:46 "Give me back my money!" xD what a disaster!

[@soniquefus]

oh wow, they really DID put the blame on WTNV... that's awful. They should really be ashamed of themselves. "It was a fluke" a fluke that happened to like all the other con guests too... holy shit grow up and take responsibility for once. I really hope WTNV sues or something, this is borderline slander.

[@TheNamelessNarrator]

I feel so bad for all the people who wasted money on this. Like a lot of it was kids who always wanted to go to a convention, but could never get to one near by or one that was affordable and then go to like the world's biggest con artist scheme.

[@silmarailed]

nope, dashcon was actually more expensive than most other cons. and knowing the populace of tumblr i dont feel bad at all, they probably just went home and blogged about how the patriarchy conned and triggered them.

[@TheNamelessNarrator]

homo homo haha oh my god dude, like I go on Tumblr I can't stand those fucking kids, but like coming on here and seeing this sort of shit it's like "damn this is fucking funny"

[@ThatCreeNative1]

i use tumblr for porn

[@sarahparker8076]

not to be entirely cruel but the "i don't know what to tell you" is the worst thing to say. it's like....a surgeon saying to the patient "well sir we took the wrong body part but i don't know what to tell you about that but i can tell say you are in excellent health"

[@adamcdx]

This was 30 min away from my house... I should of attended to experience the cringe

[@Lunaneko.14]

According to sources, you could've literally snuck in for free

[@adamcdx]

I recently went to the venue where this took place. It's also a hotel that has no security to the event area, so looking back I could of.

[@apink3452]

My favorite know-nothings posting here are the ones who think Tumblr as a whole (like that's even a thing) is somehow hurt or insulted by this. Ninety percent of Tumblr users think this whole thing is as funny-pathetic as the rest of the watching world.

[@johnbarthalameuwhaler]

"Alright so one, two..." "Give me back my money"

[@harrystyles705]

I haven't even watched the video yet. The comments and the title are scaring me.

[@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209]

Original DashCon rules: DashCon will not refund badges for any reason Edited DashCon rules: DashCon will not refund badges or *reserved WTNV seats* for any reason Bastards...

[@overweightactor]

00:30 It's Lumpy Space Princess!

[@void-1632]

Guest: Give me back my money Staff: *ball*

[@dentonscheibal3]

1:34 - 1:47 Everyone at CNN+ and their 150,000 subscribers after finding out it's being shut down after only a month in a nutshell.

[@bonjovi7399]

It should've been called Con Con or ScamCon

[@drasislotharian]

Guys, donate 17k to me. I can book a whole shitty motel in Las Vegas, buy 2 (that's right, TWO!) ball pits, a bouncy castle with a slide, and get a pony. #Dashcon2015 let's make it happen!

[@Squatta]

When I made a tumblr account I never signed up for this type of embarrassment

[@Evilgidgit4Ever]

Just a fluke? Just a fluke!? Trying to pin the blame on the guests, who rightfully walked out when you couldn't pay them to begin with, is pathetic. Plus that ball pit, the lack of organization, greedily asking the attendees to pay for the organizers' blunders is totally ridiculous.

[@unwrittenmariposa09]

I feel so bad for these people who sat for hours and then being told, "Nope, not going to work out." Such a waste of money if that happened to me...

[@Hellakiddie]

They were obviously scammed and people keep defending it after they "made the best of it". I use tumblr and can't defend this foolishness

[@unwrittenmariposa09]

I agree.

[@firefighterstation3]

Extremely extremely long time. Lol it’s been an hour

[@BurnBluefireK]

Thank you for providing concrete insight on what a terrible failure this con was. I'm very sorry you and other attendants had such a disappointing experience due to shitty management and just a lack of responsibility by Dashcon's staff

[@BlizzardtheWolf97]

"Run to the bank" hahaha oh my god

[@NineAgito]

"GIMME BACK MY MONEY"

[@CarolineisJam]

can we all just stop here and observe how cute the guy with white hair was

[@r.nicogorodetzky3084]

bro lol

[@thegloriousmoodman2152]

Did they get that pizza, or what?

[@mangofoalix]

Give me my money back!

[@JupiMeow]

The Jack Frost at 1:00 is so cute 😍

[@GoneFishingAway]

@@ratlegttv You look like a girl. You better see a doctor about your T levels.

[@JayDayGamesShow]

"Give me back my money!" loool

[@CakedUpDumptruck]

So I’m here from Internet Historian’s video. The fact that there wasn’t shouting like Lil Jon makes me sad

[@shaunfernando5349]

Lol same

[@ot63]

That'll teach people to never leave their house again! All that's out there is pain and disappointment.

[@SakuyaLeBelShirogane]

i wonder WHY they canceled

[@GashdakSaghzaar]

Oye, como hay demasiados tortilleras ahi

[@rbmadd]

Welcome to Tumblr. Where we made a convention because we think we're better than every other social networking site and no one thought it was a bad idea.

[@ZacharyTatom]

If there's not a class-action lawsuit yet, there should be. Unless the attendees are as disorganized as the staff...

[@GBincProductions]

I love how that one girl was like,"why are you ordering pizza from...this is Chicago!"

[@rrrr7659]

Hahaha they probably looked at the event and were like "Fuck that lol"

[@eriDevoL]

"Guess they're a bunch of CON-artists" my bro. LOL

[@b0x0r97]

This is why you don't piss off the Glow Cloud

[@pinmike8666]

Night Vale should have hired Wade Barret to deliver the bad news.

[@azhr1696]

Free extra hour in the ball pit! The FUCKING ball pit! OH BOY, YOU GUYS!

[@1337EpicSauce]

" Give me back my money " Fucking comedy gold

[@CrispAndBurned]

she's adorable

[@suzannebarnes3399]

"...Night Vale totally walked.". I call bullshit. They 'walked' because the con organizers had their heads so far up their collective asses they could probably see daylight. They are blaming Joseph Fink and company for their screwup, blatantly and unjustly; I worked many a con in years past, and you do NOT juggle a balance in the red against possible gains, especially with your guests and performers! This was a travesty and an insult against the WTNV crew, fans and the con community in general. Have the decency to own your failures, DashCon organizers!

[@TaoPhysiques]

So, if I were to have taken a shit in the ball pit, would I have been kicked out? Because clearly, the convention was shit anyway from the start.

[@lb2180]

Who is this?

[@SaturnBot]

I get the feeling that we're not gonna hear anything from the admins ever again but they'll leave the website up so anybody preregistering for dashcon 2015 tickets is just putting money towards their groceries

[@cwolf201]

i love con trainwrecks. they let me know what cons to not go to even when they get their act together

[@SpunkMcKullins]

tumblr in charge of anything

[@panix6]

10/10 would host again