Is this a costplay? Well I think so, there costumes are not so good to look at but still it is very attractive to look at.

They should better mention what characters they impersonate to.

As someone who has spoken at more than his fair share of conventions, I can certainly sympathize with the issue of available space. If it means anything, while waiting in line to get in, I overheard someone saying: “I can’t believe they’re putting this in the small room… again.”

And kudos for both asking permission from the original creators of the videos and striving to get the best possible version, something that many others are not mindful of, or simply do not care about. So I certainly take back much of my comments when it comes to perceived laziness.

Time is always an issue as well, something I’m all too familiar with additionally. The idea of a multimedia oriented look at Mega Man fandom is actually quite sound, I guess it just sucks that time did not permit such an approach. Speaking as a cartoonist, I’ve always been interested in hearing from those that create comics based on characters that they didn’t create originally but simply grew up and love to death, along with all the perils and pitfalls that comes with such territory. Maybe next time?

Speaking again from experience, covering a lot of ground in a little bit of time is no easy task. It requires a lot of efficient planning and talking very fast! Anyhow, I’m in the process of downloading last year’s presentation and will give it a look next chance I get.

And no prob with the photo! Nice job on the costume; excellent detailing, and the colors were especially impressive. Also, thanks for the clarification… the original post has been updated.

I appreciate your kind reply, and you do make some very valid points. We had planned to add in more discussions with the videos, but we simply did not have enough time. It seems like you have to be Naruto or Bleach to get a two hour time slot, or even a bigger panel room. I still don’t understand why they put us in a small room AGAIN this year, after we had to turn away people last year too due to capacity limits.

We actually did a lot of planning that you would only really notice if you were behind the scenes. For each video presented, I contacted the actual artists, and about 80% of what we showed were the high quality versions provided directly by them. We had also would have liked to show the new 16 minute video if the newest Megaman fan movie, but like we mentioned at the panel, things kind of fell through at the last minute with the director.

This year’s panel was meant to be a dedication to the fans of the genre, from a multimedia point of view. We had also planned to go into other ventures such as web comics, but once again we were foiled by time constraints. :/ One hour is just not nearly enough to cover a huge series like Megaman…

Thanks for taking my photo, btw. ^_^ I was the one in the spikey armor of Greiga from Megaman Battle Network 6, along with the two Netto cosplayers next to me. I appreciate it!

First off, thanks for taking the time to actually respond to what I had to say, despite all the vitriol that’s contained. Can’t blame you for being non-plussed, since I was rather harsh. Yet I still stand by my words.

I guess ultimately, anything I have to say is invalidated by the simple fact that, yes, I did in fact not bother to check out the programming guide. That being said though, who the hell cares if you went over the history and all that good stuff last time? Granted, not a whole lot has happened in the world of Mega Man in the past 12 months, but given the right mix of Q&A, I’m certain that things would have been at least a little different, along with how you simply shouldn’t assume that everyone in attendance was also from the year before.

Again, and I know this is a strong difference in opinion and philosophy here, but I can’t help but feel that showing a bunch of videos from one’s hard drive reeks of laziness to a certain extent. I have used videos in my presentations in the past, but always as talking points, and I think we all know that the average Otakon attendee has an opinion on everything! Also, when you have a bunch of experts on stage and such a meaty subject, it’s not foolish to expect SOME kind of dialogue, even if its among one’s self. Hell, talk about yourself, such as what it’s like to run a major fan site or do a fan comic, something!

But you are right, the audience loved it, hence why I know I’m in the minority. I also know from experience, whenever a con’s representatives takes a head count and the like, all they can really do is check the occupancy (which no offense, is something that every panel must have surely not struggled with, given the overall large numbers of attendees, period) and reaction. And considering how many of the vids were crowd pleasers, I’m certain you will all be back next year.

Though Ryouko, I guess you missed the part in which I noted that I left before the drawing, so who knows… maybe the kid that took my place got a ticket (you were giving them away to those who didn’t get on at the door) and won? Must admit, that’s a pretty sweet package that I never managed to get a hold of myself.

2008′s Cheers to 21 years of Megaman Panel – http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQY9OC3T

I’m sorry if you were expecting something different and that you did not enjoy it. From the crowd reactions we thought it went over pretty well, and panel ops said it was very well received by the staff as well.

I guess you’ll know not to waste your time with us next year, and let someone else have your seat that really wanted to be in there.