Comdex cancelled

Sharpie · 06-24-2004

SykkBoy - Combining mainstream & adult to a high level will probably never happen... We have strived over the years to do this & have had limited success. We have contracted with several mainstream companies over the past years to have the people at the top cancel it out prior to the show.

As CD ROM distributors in the early 90's, we exhibited at all the big shows. Our line was half mainstream and half adult. We got away with it for a couple of years because we operated at as a business, and didn't call too much attention to ourselves. However, as the technology grew and more people got into the frey, they DID call a lot of attention to themselves & went overboard - (Comdex 1994 was a prime example) After newspaper headlines at the biggest technology show around - the idea of co-exhistence was over....

Jay worked very hard to get the mainstream technology companies to Cybernet. We hoped for more of them than we ended up with - but it is a beginning. I would have to say that the behaviour of the attendees was exemptlary. It was truly a business conference! It planted the seed for 'more good things to happen:-)

Dravyk - We have looked at locations in the East - and we have not found them to be Adult friendly, or way too expensive.... However, we do have excellent references if we can ever get that far with them. Maybe having a show in a consertative area with San Diego, will help on the reseme... Even Atlantic City wants to add on to the price for Adult conventions (they have been there and done that & are not happy with previous adult conventions) You also need an area that has a lot of Adult companies & potential attendees within a stones throw... It is also good if you have the support of 3 or 4 local companies going in.

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06-24-2004	#1
Sharpie Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 747	SykkBoy - Combining mainstream & adult to a high level will probably never happen... We have strived over the years to do this & have had limited success. We have contracted with several mainstream companies over the past years to have the people at the top cancel it out prior to the show. As CD ROM distributors in the early 90's, we exhibited at all the big shows. Our line was half mainstream and half adult. We got away with it for a couple of years because we operated at as a business, and didn't call too much attention to ourselves. However, as the technology grew and more people got into the frey, they DID call a lot of attention to themselves & went overboard - (Comdex 1994 was a prime example) After newspaper headlines at the biggest technology show around - the idea of co-exhistence was over.... Jay worked very hard to get the mainstream technology companies to Cybernet. We hoped for more of them than we ended up with - but it is a beginning. I would have to say that the behaviour of the attendees was exemptlary. It was truly a business conference! It planted the seed for 'more good things to happen:-) Dravyk - We have looked at locations in the East - and we have not found them to be Adult friendly, or way too expensive.... However, we do have excellent references if we can ever get that far with them. Maybe having a show in a consertative area with San Diego, will help on the reseme... Even Atlantic City wants to add on to the price for Adult conventions (they have been there and done that & are not happy with previous adult conventions) You also need an area that has a lot of Adult companies & potential attendees within a stones throw... It is also good if you have the support of 3 or 4 local companies going in.