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Twitter is key.
I have a love hate relationship with Twitter. I know it is super useful but i get so overwhelmed by the amount of posts during comic con.
My biggest tip is to join Twitter if you haven't already, and subscribe to media outlets that you know attend SDCC. TV Networks (FX, Fox, CW, Cartoon Network, etc), gaming companies (EA, Treyarch, etc.), studios (Sony, Fox, WB, etc.), pop culture media (IMDB, EW, Screenjunkies, etc.). Do your research, look up who has had exclusive parties in the past and keep up to date with their SDCC news from Spring to the beginning of July. Besides my personal connections this is how I get to attend a lot of exclusive parties with that good ole' open bar. Twitter is key.
Did anyone hit the Geek n Sundry party? We really wanted to go but it was at capacity (it seemed like) the entire night.How early were people lining up?
We were going to go (having gone the previous year) but the line was outrageous, even super early! Then they cut off entrance to "regular" people and only allowed celebs/VIPs in. I heard it left a bad taste in people's mouths.
I get some invitations through work. I work at an ad agency who represents some of the Comic Con exhibitors and works with others.Even if you do score an invitation, make sure you don't arrive "fashionably late". The Geek and Sundry party was one of many that was "over-invited". I managed to get in through a kind security guard at the VIP entrance. I don't know if it was because of my type of invitation, though.At another party I attended--Syfy's Magicians party--some invited people came late and couldn't get in because it was at capacity. But, I came on time and got in. The party was fun. I talked to a few of the stars and they were nice. I don't ask for selfies. I just like to talk for a few seconds and they like that. A few years ago, I attended a BBC America party that had Dr. Who and Orphan Black stars. So many people just go up to them, ask for a picture, get the picture, and leave with nothing to say. I'm sure the actors feel like props after a while. My friend would go up and say, "I don't want a picture, I just wanted to tell you...[insert conversation here]". Some of the actors were so grateful for not being a photo prop, they didn't want to let her go.So, that's my advice if you do have an encounter with a celebrity at a party. Talk to them. Don't treat them like a prop for a selfie. A nice conversation with someone is more memorable than standing there for a picture. You don't actually need a trophy. Conversations are better. Act like a VIP, not a fanboy or fangirl.
So, that's my advice if you do have an encounter with a celebrity at a party. Talk to them. Don't treat them like a prop for a selfie. A nice conversation with someone is more memorable than standing there for a picture. You don't actually need a trophy. Conversations are better. Act like a VIP, not a fanboy or fangirl.
There was a big party at the Hard Rock last year that many of us here got passes to, however they also vastly oversold and many of us ended up being locked out just prior to the start time. Definitely a bummer, it would have been worth waiting out early for but we were at a panel. What bugged me about it, is they had us wait in a line outside for over an hour before we got wind that they were likely not going to let anyone else in after all.