Comments on: WW Chi: mopping up the sweat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/08/ww-chi-mopping-up-the-sweat/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: joshamman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/08/ww-chi-mopping-up-the-sweat/#comment-2660 joshamman Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:33:30 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/08/ww-chi-mopping-up-the-sweat/#comment-2660 I experience the police first hand, as they gave us their blessing to have a poker game by the fountain, only to change their minds later, and come at us in a V formation, with their riot gear on and nightsticks out and ready for action. One of them even tried to intimidate us by offering to show us his gun. And not to just check it out. I experience the police first hand, as they gave us their blessing to have a poker game by the fountain, only to change their minds later, and come at us in a V formation, with their riot gear on and nightsticks out and ready for action.
One of them even tried to intimidate us by offering to show us his gun. And not to just check it out.

]]> By: Todd Allen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/08/ww-chi-mopping-up-the-sweat/#comment-2659 Todd Allen Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:52:56 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/08/08/ww-chi-mopping-up-the-sweat/#comment-2659 Can't stay as I stayed at Knuckles much past midnight on Friday. Living in Chicago, I had over an hour of a train ride to get back home to civilization and a decent bar. It wasn't all that crowded, as far as the Comicon used to go. Lots of people outside in the lobby area, though and I did notice the police wandering around a bit. Didn't see much by way of pro's while I was there, either. But let's get down to the more important problems - Knuckles has product problems. I vaguely remember something about them running out of beer last year. (Others in my entourage had more vivid memories of it.) This year, the draft beer was either depleted or the lines weren't working. Problems two years in a row? That's ridiculous. The Sofitel has a better atmosphere, but there prices would be on the high side in Manhattan and there isn't room for a large crowd. You've got three problems here - bad management with Knuckles, poor selection of alternates (Rosemont isn't a happening 'burb), and if you judge your bar cons by your pro'ss, you've got the resulting problem of the pro's going elsewhere. Can’t stay as I stayed at Knuckles much past midnight on Friday. Living in Chicago, I had over an hour of a train ride to get back home to civilization and a decent bar. It wasn’t all that crowded, as far as the Comicon used to go. Lots of people outside in the lobby area, though and I did notice the police wandering around a bit. Didn’t see much by way of pro’s while I was there, either.

But let’s get down to the more important problems – Knuckles has product problems. I vaguely remember something about them running out of beer last year. (Others in my entourage had more vivid memories of it.) This year, the draft beer was either depleted or the lines weren’t working. Problems two years in a row? That’s ridiculous.

The Sofitel has a better atmosphere, but there prices would be on the high side in Manhattan and there isn’t room for a large crowd.

You’ve got three problems here – bad management with Knuckles, poor selection of alternates (Rosemont isn’t a happening ‘burb), and if you judge your bar cons by your pro’ss, you’ve got the resulting problem of the pro’s going elsewhere.

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