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Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« on: August 20, 2014, 01:31:44 PM »
It was suggested that since the prior ECCC thread is over 10 pages that we start a new thread for 2015.

Emerald City Comic Con is held in Seattle during the last weekend in March. In 2015 it will be on March 27-29. Tickets go on sale September 1.

Roll call: who is planning (or hoping) to attend?
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Re: Emerald City Comic CON: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 02:46:34 PM »
It's on my radar.  Went for one day last year and planning on 2 this year.

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 02:55:18 PM »
I went for the first time last year, attending all days. It was my first time at a big con that wasn't SDCC or Creation, and I found it to be a mix of the two. I certainly enjoyed myself, since I'm planning to go back again this year! And this is despite the fact that I'm already committed to attend WonderCon the following weekend. It's West Coast con mania!

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 09:51:35 AM »
Tickets for ECCC 2015 go on sale in a few minutes (10 am Pacific).

Post here when you get your badge!

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 10:02:51 AM »
Okay, got mine! The deluxe and celebrity passes are still available, if people want them.

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2014, 12:56:09 PM »
Done!
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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2014, 03:41:11 PM »
Deluxe passes are now sold out, but celebrity passes are still available.

We were actually thinking of trying to get VIP passes this year, because we wanted the priority seating in the main room. However they eliminated that altogether this year, so it made our decision easy: regular 3 day passes for us!

They have also posted on their Tumblr page that today's sales broke a first day record for them already, and of course the day's not over.

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2014, 05:26:59 PM »
So I found out why the Sheraton (and some other hotels) con block rooms went so fast... they were actually live a few days early. Valerie on comicconguide.com is going to ECCC this year and she just happened on the ECCC site on August 27 and saw the hotels available. She was able to book the Sheraton then. I did something similar, direct-booking the Sheraton in August, before the official con bookings came out.

Guess ECCC is starting to become one of those 'must book ASAP' type cons!

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2014, 05:59:50 PM »
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So I found out why the Sheraton (and some other hotels) con block rooms went so fast... they were actually live a few days early. Valerie on comicconguide.com is going to ECCC this year and she just happened on the ECCC site on August 27 and saw the hotels available. She was able to book the Sheraton then. I did something similar, direct-booking the Sheraton in August, before the official con bookings came out.

Guess ECCC is starting to become one of those 'must book ASAP' type cons!

Also, this year most of the downtown hotels require a nonrefundable one night deposit. This wasn’t the case last year.
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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2014, 02:05:48 PM »
Special Guest Patrick Warburton was just announced! I'm looking forward to that panel!

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2014, 02:58:56 PM »
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Special Guest Patrick Warburton was just announced! I'm looking forward to that panel!
We saw him at the Venture Brothers panel last year and met him at the signing. Wife got a pic with him.
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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2014, 11:31:23 AM »
I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but the Celebrity pass is now sold out.

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2014, 06:45:36 AM »
Badges are now 2/3 sold out. And they've only been on sale for 2 weeks! Keep in mind that last year they sold out in January, and the year before that, not until almost time for the con. While I'm glad this con is getting more popular, the trend is worrying. This may be a good year to enjoy this con with an 'easy' experience.

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Re: Emerald City Comic Con: ECCC 2015!
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2014, 10:49:07 AM »
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Badges are now 2/3 sold out. And they've only been on sale for 2 weeks! Keep in mind that last year they sold out in January, and the year before that, not until almost time for the con. While I'm glad this con is getting more popular, the trend is worrying. This may be a good year to enjoy this con with an 'easy' experience.

Their badge sales for 2012-2015 have run a very similar trajectory to SDCC from 2006-2009.  :o
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2014, 01:58:22 PM »
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Their badge sales for 2012-2015 have run a very similar trajectory to SDCC from 2006-2009.  :o

Exactly. The locals who have attended this con for years are bewildered and frustrated by this turn of events (you should see some of the anger on ECCC's social media pages regarding badges selling out 'so fast'). But it's pretty clear that next year badges will sell out in days, and the year after the servers might crash from everyone hitting it all at once. I'm glad to see the rise in popularity, but this is the negative that accompanies it.