What do San Diego, South Carolina, and Scotland have in common?




They all have convention news for us to post!
BronyScot is getting some Larson Action
Palmetto Pony Con is open for pre-reg
Pacific Pony Con has some animation
and


Introducing: MA Larson at BronyScot 2015 We promised you the biggest announcement yet, and here it is. Show writer MA Larson will be joining us at BronyScot via Skype to talk all things pony and answer your questions. Mr Larson will speak with us for a short time on the show and his experiences writing pony, then we will let you all ask questions. MA is one of the most well known people behind Friendship is Magic, writing fan­favourite episodes such as The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Slice of Life, Magical Mystery Cure and The Return of Harmony. He has also written for Gravity Falls, Littlest Pet Shop and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.

In 2014, Larson’s Pennyroyal Academy was published, a novel centered on a school for budding princesses and knights that train to fight approaching armies led by evil witches ­ which was in part inspired by his work on Friendship is Magic. We’re really excited about this one and are sure you will be too, if you cannot make it then we will welcome any questions you would like to ask in advance, comment below, tweet us or email bronyscot@gmail.com and we will do our best to include them! Tickets for BronyScot are still on sale and are priced at just £18. Our music event, Rock Nessie, featuring some of the best musicians in the fandom, is just £10. They can be bought here ­ http://www.brony.scot/tickets.html



Palmetto Pony Con

Friday, September 2, 2016 - Sunday, September 4, 2016

Medallion Conference Center located at: 7309 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, South Carolina

https://twitter.com/PalmettoPonyCon
http://palmettoponycon.com/






About Pacific PonyCon: Pacific PonyCon 2016 is the very first PonyCon in San Diego, CA. Taking place on January 8-10 at the beautiful Kona Kai Hotel & Resort, Pacific PonyCon brings an escape to sunny San Diego during the cold days that accompany the month of January. Join us at our private beach party for some fun, sun, music, ponies and friendship!

Don’t forget to visit and follow us at:

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the dead links of both the Twitter, the convention website itself, and your comments, the CindiCon convention press release has been pulled from the article. Thanks for keeping us informed.  

Comments (88)

  1. PURPLE TRANNY!!

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    1. No it's not. It's just some anons being assholes. :)

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    2. Yeah, there are a lot of anons being assholes in the comments. These spammy messages are the least harmful but by far the most annoying.

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  2. So CindaQuest Pony Fest has a terrible name, terrible OC, a terrible website (that isn't even complete yet,) and terrible spelling and grammar? I have never been this confident in a first year con before.

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    1. so what if they have a terrible name they probably know what they are doing

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    2. This is the Pony fandom were talking about here with the exceptions of NMND and EFNW no 1 really knows what they are doing when it comes to cons, especially Bronycon its just a money farm disguised as a ponycon.

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    3. I know some of the people working for both of the SC conventions, and I can tell you already that CindiQuest was made out of spite- people are already jumping ship from it and some of the other cons are denouncing it.

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    4. Palmetto Pony Con is ran by fractured frequencies and ArBrony Radio
      they already have history in the fandom and with PVL. i WOULD not go to the con anyway just because its ran by
      @Ty_Trance

      in the mean time i think they are scams
      two cons under different names working for the same bad pony
      trying to get your money
      its Mineorama all over again

      http://kotaku.com/shady-minecraft-convention-disappears-ticket-money-mis-1620813226

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    5. Where are you getting the claim that Palmetto Pony Con and CindiQuest are being run by the same person? I know for a fact that they are not.

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    6. They might not be ran by the same person but sure as hell not real and going nowhere

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    7. Both of the Cons in SC are a Scam!!! They are both ran by the same group of people!! When Cinda tried to come to NC we said NO!!!! IT is a scam do not give them your money. Both the brony groups in NC and SC are not supportive of either con.

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  3. They also have the beginning letter they start with in common: S

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  4. Both of the Cons in SC are a Scam!!! They are both ran by the same group of people!! When Cinda tried to come to NC we said NO!!!! IT is a scam do not give them your money. Both the brony groups in NC and SC are not supportive of either con.

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  5. SC are scams, They have no info other then date and place but yet they are ok to take peoples money. Definition of a scam kids

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    1. I don't think you know the definition of a scam, given that you seem to think that everything new is a scam. While CindiQuest is definitely sketchy as a result of its spiteful nature, it should be noted that Palmetto actually booted the creator of CindiQuest after a streak of criminal activity and bad attitude from him. Note that CindiQuest hopped around NC before settling on the exact same date and state as Palmetto had previously settled on.

      Also, what pony convention have you seen that had a full guest list an entire year before launch? If you still think it's a scam, I'd recommend you watch it for a while before you think about putting money down while they work with investors and solidify their guest list.

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    2. And this guys is CJ. .. Head master of scam empire^^^

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    3. Actually I'm not CJ- I hate that guy's guts after he scammed some of my friends for free work and then tried to extort others to let them get their domain back. I always use a contract, something that CJ never will. If I ever meet CJ irl, I will have to resist the urge to smack him and his slandering ass. Trust me, I know CJ and he is basically incapable of making a coherent sentence or using spellcheck.

      And if you're wondering, I have not been paid by PPC because I'm not fucking working for them- all I want is to work on my own stuff and hopefully get some artist alley tables at various conventions.

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    4. (one of the artist that worked for him)
      CJ did not scam us we volunteered our time to work for the con and him
      there is a difference between volunteering and stealing
      he would of paid commission prices if he wished to do so but were were nice enough to volunteer our time
      then this stuff happened so he pulled the plug
      again if you knew CJ personally hes a nice guy (i went to his school)

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    5. He has refused to pay commissions while at the same time asking people to donate for his server after he once again fucks up his finances by commissioning a third-party artist to make something personal rather than keeping an account balance. I stopped doing work for him after he failed to pay me for a project and he went on to bug me for more free work, then bullshit happened where he held a domain hostage and then tried to file a trademark on Palmetto Ponycon after he had relinquished its domain. You might know him as a nice guy irl, but he's unprofessional to say the last when it comes to online interactions.

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    6. im going to call bull shit on that last comment
      if he wants something he will pay like he does any other commission he gets
      the only thing he had commission was that picture above
      he has not commissioned anything else since that picture so your statement is a flat lie
      ~Wave2

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    7. You clearly don't know anything of his finances if you think he's only ever commissioned one image ever...

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    8. he pays his commissions end of story now quit trying to start a lie
      ~Wave2Clan

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    9. You're the ignorant one here. He owes a few hundred dollars between several people for their services/borrowed money. Nobody who deals with him anymore will work without full or at least 50% up-front payment anymore because he'll say he likes something, then dodge important questions.

      He clearly doesn't know how art commissions work.

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    10. Thanks i know i am ignorant
      all that is a lie a straight up lie so you can get people to not trust him
      how about you ask his commissioners
      ~Wave2Clan

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    11. We've already clearly established that he lives a bit of a double life when it comes to certain activities. Can we just fucking drop it and learn from the situation, hopefully fix it?

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    12. you can say that he lives in a double life
      evil vs good then i can agree with that
      but he is only evil when some one pisses him off and seeks revenge in a non harmful way
      ~Wave2Clan

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  6. CindiQuest is NO MORE stop bashing they don't exist our main focus is getting rid of PalmettoPonyCon

    we already know they lack a website
    lack info
    and lack activity
    all we can do is continue to screw them over by passing this article around to the other Con Chairs of every known pony convention out there

    that will surely kill PalmettoPonyCon

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  7. http://puu.sh/kATI2/086650c287.png

    really a QnA is that all you got????

    just shut up and go away we don't need another pony scam
    this is starting to turn into AudioWave Dasher non sense

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  8. What did you do....get this image just because its flooding in South Carolina http://puu.sh/kB9am/651b6f0ada.jpg
    changing your profile picture does not mean anything people still think this is a scam

    your better off doing what CindiQuest, close shop and just stop

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    1. Hey, just thought I'd let you know that I'm actually an acquaintance of the artist who designed that mascot, although I'm not actually associated with the con itself. While it is *terrible* juxtaposition with the flooding in SC, you might be interested to know that the artist actually lives in SC and wanted to draw a seapony anyway well before Juoquin hit the area. Fortunately she stayed safe during the storm, although I'm sure it wasn't fun being cooped up in there.

      Regardless of what you think of the convention itself, you have to admit that it was incredibly unfortunate accidental timing. As much as I'm sure they like their new mascot drawing, I bet they've got their foot in their mouths with the timing.

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    2. Sweets the clan already know its you no need to hide your self behind the anonay tag
      but still some people may take that to offense and worry more
      South Carolina is not getting Federal Aid that's how bad it is down there

      ~Wave

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    3. I'm not Sweets, nor am I CJ or any of the other "usual suspects". I'm not affiliated with the convention but I do know some of the people involved well enough to have a better ear than most of the people bitching in the comments. I know that the weather damage really sucks, and regardless of what people are saying, the venue still did take the down payment, although that might wind up being returned if their damage is too bad. I do know that not a single ticket has been sold, which means that the money provided for the down payment has come from either funds raised internally, or from private investors.

      Also, I love how you're accusing people of making sock puppets when it's pretty obvious that CJ's making his own sock puppets. What business does AudioWaveDasher have criticizing anything anyway?

      ~FineTune

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    4. i can tell you why a single ticket has not been sold
      ~Prices are too high
      ~People think the con is a scam
      ~The con is already blacklisted
      ~The con is very well known for drama and people don't like to deal with a con that has too much drama

      ~Wave2

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    5. I just checked their prices, and the 3-day pass is actually about average for conventions in general. Granted, I've never been to a pony convention so those might be cheaper across the board, but it's certainly cheaper than the "normal" conventions I've been to of similar anticipated sizes. They could definitely do to lower the price of the single-day tickets to reflect the 3-day tickets though.

      As for drama and questions as to whether or not it's a scam, that's largely CJ's fault, who is no longer with the convention after everybody working in it got pissed at him. I know for a fact that he's been spreading rumors, as he has done for a long time and is finally being outed for it.

      I don't know much about their finances, but I do know that 90% of what I've seen posted about Palmetto PonyCon in the past few days is nothing more than speculation. Hold off on buying prereg tickets if you want and suggest that others do the same- that's common sense with any preorder. However, all I'm seeing is a witch hunt.

      ~FineTune

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    6. CJ did not get kicked out he was forced to step down by Ty and L9
      just by the way he ran things yes he runs things like shit who gives a fuck
      his personality is amazing
      and Ty has a bad rep with a few other people ie PVL

      ~Wave2

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    7. Once again, speculation, not facts.

      I was actually there when the "coup" happened and nearly everybody involved(I was just listening in), including his station's staff, wanted him gone for doing stuff like micromanaging and horrible grammar in negotiations with venues. Idgaf about what you're saying about Ty, but my experience with CJ has been far less than stellar, even in non-professional contexts. He's petty and homophobic(at least online anyway), and frequently engages in legal fuckery despite his complete lack of knowledge of contract and IP law. I'm a little surprised he hasn't been arrested or sued yet.

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    8. I'm sure he's an okay person irl, but I'd certainly not work under him any more than I already have- money and attention seem to taint everything when it comes to him. Even if he means well, he's got a long way to go as far as maturing goes.

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  9. im not going to the con due to the fact that it attracted so much drama
    not a single dime from me will go into that con

    ~Wave2

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    1. And that's fine, no one is forcing you to go to PPC. If you change your mind, the doors will be open September 2-4, 2016.

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    2. After being blacklisted I don't think anyone wants to go... you can thank your little friend CJ and maybe in part of me messing with him for your potential con to go sour next time be more public about it and not have your website be so lacking with information

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    3. Wait, did you just say you *wanted* to get it blacklisted before anybody had even made speculations? You do realize that there's not gonna be much information an entire year before a 1st year convention, right? Anybody who knows anything about running an event knows that the planning phases have the least information and lowest engagement, which would make sense for the website to be only partially done- it's pretty obviously not a wordpress theme.

      Dick move man(or whoever you are), dick move.

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    4. The staff chat is disorganized and so off topic when some one asks a legit question i think the con is already dead from the start

      Aaron
      beef up on steroids and go around kicking shadow, neo-nazis, and animal abusers?
      Sent on:
      11:27 am
      From:
      Michael
      Nah
      Sent on:
      11:28 am
      From:
      Unicoding
      build a teleporter so an 24-hour SEA-SC flight takes 1 second?
      Sent on:
      11:28 am
      From:
      Aaron
      explore the hollow earth?
      Sent on:
      11:28 am
      From:
      Aaron
      punch a dinosaur in the face?

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    5. Nope. All I said was the con got blacklisted due to your little friend and all I was doing was messing around with him which made him look like a joke and because of this and his persistence with that con that is non existent... He pretty much gave your con a bad rep also too add the main admin in the SC brony group thought he could make a con a few months back called canterlina but that fail epicly thus make me doubt this con but again the messager ruined the con end of story

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    6. You DO realize posting a small snippet of a PRIVATE conversation could be considered a breach of privacy? And that so much information is talked about through Skype calls that posting the chat regardless is a skewed source to back up your argument with, regardless.

      So your word is not credible whatsoever to me. You're also an asshole, there's also that.

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    7. i have no idea if this conversation is over or what not
      but it sounds like the con is officially dead am i correct
      we can also conclude that Ty is a dick l9 is a dick and there entire crew is a complete disorganization bunch of cry babies
      there pr team is proabably shitting bricks right now going "what do we do what do we do" while sitting in a Fetal position in a corner


      ill seek my crew out to start more drama on this con ill keep you guys posted here
      ~Wave2Clan

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    8. I have to agree with Sweets on this one- whether or not an NDA was signed, sharing stuff posted in a group chat is a dick move and a huge breach of privacy. A snippet that small is basically useless, especially if the group chat is compartmentalized like it should be. If I were to go through just about anybody's chat logs, I could find something that looks very bad out of context, possibly even use the lack of context to flag somebody as a criminal in the least credible way possible.

      As for you, Wave. Anybody who goes around deliberately trying to start drama is too petty for respect- that's just some Mean Girls shit right there.

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    9. you do realize that i really don't care right
      they are shitting bricks right now on a con that is already dead from the start wondering what the fuck to do
      they can't do a QnA because they will get bombarded with a shit ton of question they can't handle
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    10. No NDA no breach in privacy. That should be the first thing someone does before they join a cons team

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    11. They have no NDA nore an LLC not even a contract
      They are planing on LLCing the con witch that is going to fail beuse they have to list everyone who is apart of the con executive team
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    12. Wave, if you don't care, then why are you still going on about it and trying to justify your rants? Do you just spend the entire day white knighting for people or something? Also, for fuck's sake, work on your spelling and "law expertise".

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    13. who gives a fuck about spelling right now
      apparently you care

      ~TheWave2Clan

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    14. Unlike you, I never said that I didn't care. My dedication is minimal, but you're all over the place in these comments while I've just posted from the "mean girls" on in this thread. I just think that your complete disregard for English makes your argument look increasingly childlike, not that your content is much more mature or knowledgeable.

      You've done nothing but call people liars(while making wild accusations yourself), openly admit that you were going to spread rumors, and make fun of people. I have been given absolutely no reason to believe anything you say(including your screen name), and absolutely every reason to not believe any further accusations you make. I'm probably not going to Palmetto Pony Con(for travel reasons, not necessarily the accusations), but I will absolutely investigate some of this stuff when I'm bored enough and when there's some legitimate information available instead of another anon's musings.

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    15. what if i am not English
      Talk to PVL about Ty
      or just mention Fractured Frequencies
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    16. You are on an English-speaking website, and if you are not in the US, then that destroys your narrative about being an irl friend of "cj" as you mentioned elsewhere in the comments in his defense.

      As for Ty and PVL, I can do my own research on that.

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    17. Yo FUCK off TheWaveClan i don't know you and you don't know me
      i have no clue who you are and why my name is in your mouth
      get lost kid this conversation is over
      let PPC do there work
      ~CJ

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    18. Oh there you are CJ welcome to the shit storm ... There is no escape ... Until the drama dies down in which the north wins and the south deals with lots of "waters" and Mr wave you can call me ~t123
      PS you caused this gg m8

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    19. Ahhaha there is an escape its called ignoring everything
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    20. God fucking dammit Wave, he tried to start making it right and you're just fanning the fucking flames! Your head is shoved so far up your ass that I bet you can taste tonsils- no wonder you manage to ignore everything contrary to your bullshit narrative!

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    21. Cj is just a fucking dumb ass. Trying to "fly low" so that no one knows you are the con chair. I don't know what else says Scam but that.

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    22. That of course isn't to say that CJ's not terrible at scheming, just that this is accusation is actually almost too stupid to be legit.

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    23. "God fucking dammit Wave, he tried to start making it right and you're just fanning the fucking flames! Your head is shoved so far up your ass that I bet you can taste tonsils- no wonder you manage to ignore everything contrary to your bullshit narrative!"

      Thanks tastes wonderful


      "Cj is just a fucking dumb ass. Trying to "fly low" so that no one knows you are the con chair. I don't know what else says Scam but that."

      CJ is not con chair anymore for CindiQuest (now disbanned) nor PalmettoPonyCon (soon to be disbanded)
      he is actually quite happy that he is not running a con
      and the reason he flies low is because that's what he does no one knows where he is form time to time
      its basically away for him to lie low until this shit storm dies down

      That of course isn't to say that CJ's not terrible at scheming, just that this is accusation is actually almost too stupid to be legit."

      What the fuck.......am i reading

      ~TheWave2Clan

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    24. There is no "soon to be disbanded." Palmetto Pony Con is happening and it is not going away.

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    25. You sure about that sweets that the con will not happen
      the con is going to crumble beneath your feet
      and the con will cancel
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    26. But it won't. I have faith it won't and I know that the team strives toward the same goal I do-- to make a great convention in SC for all the southeastern bronies to enjoy.

      And that's "Ma'am" to you.

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    27. fuck formal greeting i am calling you what is listed above
      sadly some of the southeastern bronies cant enjoy i
      the con banned one of them
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    28. What the fuck are you even saying with that horrible grammar? Do you just like shitting on every new business under the sun?

      Anyway, I guess it's nice that you admit that your own shit tastes great to you... Nice mis-quote by the way, cunt.

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    29. Thanks for the complements :3 they are so wonderful
      basically you can compare me to AudioWave Dasher but ten times worse and more violent
      you know that fag who shits all over musical artists
      soon we will be the new HorseNews in the fandom as we find the most shit storms that people can find
      even if its minor we will rain hell upon the fandom....i will suggest that everyone keeps there noses clean
      we are coming
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    30. So basically you want to be a professional slanderer when you grow up? Coming to a court room near you...

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    31. Compare us to HorseNews but 10x worse
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    32. Yeah, go ahead and say that garbage on HORSE NEWS. I really hope they find this little treasure trove. If anyone can dig around for info it's Horse News, and I would love to see what you really are.

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    33. hmmmmm i did say this on horse news
      maybe i will get recognized there is nothing stopping them from taking this little article and using it
      just makes me more Horse Famous

      ~TheWave2Clan

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    34. The fuck. Also, I searched your username all over the place and couldn't find jack shit. How's a nonexistant user gonna become famous, especially when he's got no content but a whole lot of attitude?

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    35. because we exist just not to your eyes
      you cant surch us because we are deeper in the internet try us
      im supprsied that HorseNews did not make an article of this yet
      HA
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    36. That sounds like an answer from someone who has no weight or pull anywhere on the Internet at all.

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    37. Sounds about right- on the normal Internet, if you can't be searched, you can't really have much influence unless you're actually the "illuminati"(which would have no interest in revealing itself as an orgy of asshats). Deep Web is not nearly the same thing. I think the reason that HN hasn't made an article yet is because literally nothing has happened other than Wave making an ass of himself and pretending to be CJ's friend before getting caught and going on a little "evil laugh" schpiel.

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    38. oh we exist trust me
      i wonder if Audio WaveDasher is willing to join this clan
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    39. Sure he would- it would just bring your credibility even further into the red.

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  10. Also a little info, after talking to both the head of pr and someone from there staff (that also told me that she was going there next week to get measurements) they both assured me that the convention center was reserved and a down payment was put on it. After calling the con 2 times one two days again and one time today. They had told me both times that nothing was reserved for those dates, and nothing has been put down and signed. So can add providing false info to that. When I contacted one of the people in charge about it was left without an answer. But awesome part it was skype so you could see him trying to make up a response and then just going up.

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    1. it does not matter there was no down payment (confirmed from the con center)
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    2. It's... almost like a huge storm didn't JUST happen in South Carolina.

      That kind of messes with things, y'know?

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  11. OMFG A CON NEAR ME! I'm afraid to go <.<

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    1. To be honest, I think the best time to register for a convention is like 2 months before the event. That way everything's all solidified and stuff. If Palmetto's still around, there should be a lot more information then.

      Personally, I probably won't be going unless I can get a few carpoolers or something though- Maryland's closer to me than SC anyway.

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    2. i would not go anyway
      they don't know what the fuck they are doing
      low life scum bags who can't even have a decent conversation in there staff chat
      also i would not go anyway they may steal your money
      ~TheWave2Clan

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    3. Okay then. Even if they are poorly-organized at the moment, I don't really think you have any right to call them scumbags after what you pulled in the comments above. You admitted to espionage and slander...

      My point is, if they're too badly organized to hold a convention, we'll know well before the aforementioned two months, so there's basically no risk there.

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    4. Anon: We'll be happy to have you! Please keep your eyes on the Twitter for info and further developments!

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