Okay, so now I *am* going to United Fan Con. Apparently their money situation has sorted itself out (the fact that Aaron Douglas dropped out probably freed up some funds, I’d think) and I was reinvited.
Honestly, I toyed with the idea of saying forget it, but that didn’t seem fair to all the fans who’d written me expressing dismay over my not being there, especially since they’d purchased nonrefundable tickets.
So I’ll be there.
PAD
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After all they put you through, that’s really gracious of you.
That is really cool of you. I have to admit though, the old saying, “Fool me once . . .” did cross my mind with these guys.
Yeah, well, they offered to send me a letter of guarantee, and even money up front. I said I was willing to take them at their word. Which may have been monumentally stupid on my part, but let’s hope not.
PAD
PAD, after the con is over and you’ve had a little time to think about it, I’ll be interested in hearing your thoughts about whether or not you’d be willing to go again next year.
YAYS!!!!!
Boy, I’d love to hear the reasons why they reversed themselves, but the important thing is that you’re going to go.
Now all you need is a “Top Ten Demand List For Attending Next Year’s Convention” to read at one of your panels.
Something about this sequence of events makes it easy for me to imagine that UFC’s director of programming is George Costanza.
While they certainly deserve to have your presence at the con, I can also understand not wanting to disappoint your fans. Way to take the high road, Peter. Good luck at the con.
OOPS! I meant NOT deserve in that post. *sigh*
The Red Sox in the World Series.
The Patriots undefeated.
Boston College undefeated.
The Celtics and Bruins look relevant for the first time in years.
Peter David at United Fan Con after all!
All is right with the world!
Plus this means I can buy those books I had been waiting on right from the man himself!
You’re a better man than I, Sancho.
Huh, I’m surprised. Both that they came back to you after all this and that you accepted. Hope things go well!
There’s a teen drama in this somewhere…
UFC: “Uhmmmm…. Well… uh… We know we dumped you in a really crappy way and all that so that we could ask some of those prettier girls to the ball and all, but they just dumped us. Wanna maybe, sorta, kinda rethink going to the ball with us?”
PAD: “Oh, I’ll go to the ball on your ticket. I just won’t go with you. I’ve got a better date to go with.”
(Cue uplifting, sappy music – Pad exits through door and slams it loudly as UFC looks sad – PAD sticks head back in and grabs coat that he forgot, killing mood entirely)
Oh dear. I’d better write to them and say that I won’t be running a writing panel after all. It would be immensely silly for me to be doing so when you’ll be there.
You are more gracious than they deserve, but good for you for staying on the high ground.
While you would have been well within your rights to tell them to take a flying leap, your decision is both gracious and makes them look even smaller than they did before. Well played, sir.
Aaron Douglas cancelled? probably has something to do with that Dylan song.
Really, the whole situation sounds kinda bizarre.
After all that, it’s pretty cool of you to go.
Karma would dictate that you go and have a really good time while you’re there.
Jesus, what friggin’ EGO, and all that you idiot dweebs are doing is FEEDING it.
pathetic
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
“…that didn’t seem fair to all the fans who’d written me expressing dismay over my not being there, especially since they’d purchased nonrefundable tickets”
Yeah and getting a f*ckin’ free trip didn’t hurt EITHER, did it, ya fat bášŧárd?
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
My, my, aren’t Ms. Lemaris and Mr. Thompson wearing the childish cranky-pants today?
Personally, I think UFC treated PAD badly; that’s he’s willing to accept their rather backhanded offer at this point says a lot about his high level of integrity. ***idiot dweeb applauds***
By the way, Mr. David…thanks for the ST:TNG books. You and Diane Duane are my faves. 🙂
Aaron Douglas ain’t coming?????
That’s it. I’m cancelling.
Yup, cuz’ I’m so stupid that I’ve based my ENTIRE rationale for going/not going to a CON based on whether or not ONE GUY is gonna be there.
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
“While you would have been well within your rights to tell them to take a flying leap, your decision is both gracious and makes them look even smaller than they did before. Well played, sir.”
Jesus, grovel much, mr. brown-lips?
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
Is it just me, or is it beginning to smell like troll?
“My, my, aren’t Ms. Lemaris and Mr. Thompson wearing the childish cranky-pants today?”
You say that as if the posts were made by two different people.
Is there anything sadder than a guy who feels it’s necessary to post the same opinion three times under three different names? Oh wait, there is: the guy who does that, but can’t think of anything more original than using comic book names for all of his aliases.
Jason M. Bryant: You say that as if the posts were made by two different people.
Good point–I’m still kind of new to the concept of sockpuppets, so the idea that the trollishness had a single perpetrator wasn’t first on my list. ‘Cuz it’s just so childish and pointless, y’know?
Yeah, trolls come in lots of varieties. On Tom Brevoort’s blog there’s a guy who is very well spoken, but everything in the world proves that he knows more about editing than actual editors. One of his favorite things is saying that recent science mistakes in comics proves that Marvel has no editorial oversight whatsoever. If you point out that comics have always had science mistakes, he ignores that and keeps right on repeating it.
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
Hi, I’m such an idiot dweeb web admin that I think the troll actually gives a dámņ whether or not he posts from the same IP address under 3 different names.
“I’m still kind of new to the concept of sockpuppets, so the idea that the trollishness had a single perpetrator wasn’t first on my list. ‘Cuz it’s just so childish and pointless, y’know?”
You dweebs remind me of that old WB cartoon with the big huge bulldog named spike and the little dog that jumps around him saying “whatta we gonna do today, Spike? Huh? Huh? Ya wanna chase cars, huh Spike? Huh? Huh?”
When Peter, er, that is Spike, slaps you away, you look at the camera and say “That’s spike…he’s my Hero!”
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
Very gracious move. I hope it doesn’t bite you in the backside later. Maybe they found somebody to work the finances out (or council them on the costs of getting a bad reputation for guest treatment). The fans reap the benefit though. Cool beans eh?
BTW PAD, are you set for next year’s San Diego Comicon? I missed you at the last one because it was my first SDCC and I planned pretty poorly. Next year I’m going in that sucker prepped for stiff shoulder blocks, long lines, and battlefield photography!
Oh, and,….
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That’s it. I’m cancelling.
Yup, cuz’ I’m so stupid that I’ve based my ENTIRE rationale for going/not going to a CON based on whether or not ONE GUY is gonna be there.>>
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You just can’t be serious. I check out PAD’s blog a couple times a week, but hardly ever comment. Just works out that way for me. Something about your posts seem to lack any sincerity at all. If you really couldn’t care one way or the other about PAD or the other posters/fans of PAD then why even bother trolling for attention?
Waste some time?
Mission accomplished.
You’ll only get minimal attention here. PAD and most of the people here can easily ignore you. I just felt like throwing out one comment to you since you made such a sad attempt at trolling. I mean a REALLY sad attempt. Now please go bug some other board that you actually feel passionate about.
“Now please go bug some other board that you actually feel passionate about.”
My god, listen to yourself. Listen to how totally elitist you sound.
Yes, people CAN ignore me. I don’t expect everyone to listen, just so long as I plant a seed in some of the readers’ minds as to how totally egotistical it is to have a weblog wholly dedicated to one man, and how disgusting it is to have mental midget fans buzzing about him, like drones around a queen bee.
Or flies around crap.
HI. I’M SUCH AN IDIOT TROLL THAT I DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO POST FROM DIFFERENT IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MULTIPLE NAMES WOULD FOOL PEOPLE.
Yes, people CAN ignore me. I don’t expect everyone to listen, just so long as I plant a seed in some of the readers’ minds as to how totally egotistical it is to have a weblog wholly dedicated to one man, and how disgusting it is to have mental midget fans buzzing about him, like drones around a queen bee.
Sad. Haven’t accomplished much in life, eh? Not many friends, eh? Well, trolling won’t fix either of those deficiencies. Perhaps your time could be better spent working on your personality defects.
Ah, but of course you don’t care what anyone thinks of you. You’re a seed planter!
Heh. I doubt there is anyone on this board–even the usual trolls–who is more desperate for attention. Sad, really, that someone can find themselves in a position where even bemused pity from strangers is better than their usual situation of being totally ignored. It’s to be expected when one has nothing to contribute but I imagine it still stings. Well, troll away. Hëll, pretend you matter, if it helps. (But really, the overuse of “dweebs”…such an ineffectual word. Try something new. Use some of the various epithets that are no doubt thrown your way in middle school (you ARE in middle school, right? Because if you aren’t…oh my…)).
Maybe I’m still too naive, or I’ve had one too many whacks to the head, but I’m utterly dumbfounded by
1) people who have violent opinions about a subject of which they know nothing
2) are filled with such utter hatred they feel compelled to destroy everything in their path.
Let me guess, Mr. Multiple-Personality: you kick kittens, too, don’t you?
Sad. Very sad.
how totally egotistical it is to have a weblog wholly dedicated to one man
Yes, as opposed to the majority of blogs, which are run by committee….
Yeah, I know, troll comments aren’t supposed to make sense, bt that one was such a shining example of the principle it just leapt out at me.
Guys, guys, guys… Can’t you read the sign?
“Don’t Feed the Trolls.”
I know it’s tempting, but, much like the sad, scraggly, stray puppies that they are, even pat them on the head once or twice and they’ll never go away 😛
‘Yes, people CAN ignore me. I don’t expect everyone to listen, just so long as I plant a seed in some of the readers’ minds…’
Oh yes, yes, finally I see the light! I could I have lived for so long without your enlighten guidance! I will never again open PAD blog and risking to read somenthing intelligent and humorous. Thank you for saving me from all this merriment, I really own you my intellectual life!
You’re a stand-up guy, PAD. Would that more people tried to emulate this.
PAD, I applaud you for taking the high road here. However, I also feel you would have been well within your “rights” to just say, “thanks, but no thanks.” Here’s hoping they do indeed honor their agreement with you this time!
I assume that the note at the bottom of the comments posted by our DLF the troll (PRINCE CASPIAN reference) are not this person’s sig, but something added by Glenn (or somesuch)?
Nice of them to ask you back and even nicer of you to accept. I guess suddenly not having to pay Aaron freed up their finances enough to be able to pay for you to come. Thank you for actually agreeing to show, since after the way they treated you before, you were under no obligation to do so. I’ve missed you at other conventions either due to time constraints that I had or because I ended up being ill that weekend. I’m looking forward to finally getting the chance to see you in person.
Well, trolls are proof why some people shouldn’t be allowed to use the internet… or have their fingers broken.
At any rate, obviously the troll has no @#$%ing clue what a blog is about, seeing as how *gasp* blogs are dedicated to the people that run them. Oh, so many egos! *roflmao*
Man, I needed this kind of laugh.
And for what it’s worth, if I were a professional and United FanCon had done this to me, I can’t said I would have acted as you have done, PAD. I think I would’ve burned the bridge and hoped that those running UFC were standing on it as it fell.
“I assume that the note at the bottom of the comments posted by our DLF the troll (PRINCE CASPIAN reference) are not this person’s sig, but something added by Glenn (or somesuch)?”
Me, actually. That’s what happens when I stumble over a troll at three in the morning.
PAD
It’s good to read that you’re actually going to UFC, Mr. David. Although there’s no hope of me travelling out of my area to go to a Con given the current state of my finances, it increases the chance that you might show up at AggieCon again sometime in the future. I couldn’t make it to the last one you attended do to workload at the office, more’s the pity.
Celebrity has its benefits and its drawbacks.
People can say what they dámņ well want to about you and you can’t do a thing about it.
Putting out a blog about one’s self is always going to draw both positive and negative comments. You can’t have one without the other.
If you think you can,then you are the ones living in the fantasy world, not me.
Unless you believe that Mr. David is the pinnacle of perfection.
Then again, the way you’ve all rushed to his side, maybe you do—*Twilight Zone music playing in the background*
I’d rather be a troll than the ‘children of the corn’ that you all seem to be about PAD.
(One of the admins comments: Yeah yeah and you got a big pair on you because you can say such asinine things and not be called on it because the owner of the board does believe in free speech and allows people like you to post without censorship. You’re not proving anything other than you are an idiot with a PAD fetish.)
“how totally egotistical it is to have a weblog wholly dedicated to one man”
Yes! What’s next people writing diaries and journals filled with their own thoughts? Biographies dedicated to the history of a single person (some even written by themselves)? photo albums filled with only family pictures? And people posting in blogs just with one name? Where will this egotism stop?
This troll definitly has more than a chip on his shoulder. He has a whole bag of chips.
Then again, the way you’ve all rushed to his side
I just love bashing trolls.
It’s just my way of inflating my ego since I don’t have a blog.
“You’re not proving anything other than you are an idiot with a PAD fetish”
I’ve got a PAD fetish? I’m not his blog’s admin, pal…….
(Yeah but you keep posting and posting and refreshing to see if anyone had seen your tomfoolery. Face it you’re addicted to PAD and this website. Remember the first step is admitting your addiction.)
“I just love bashing trolls.
It’s just my way of inflating my ego since I don’t have a blog.”
You ain’t done didly yet craiggy-boy. Bring it on.
Amateur Troll contestant #361: “Putting out a blog about one’s self is always going to draw both positive and negative comments. You can’t have one without the other.”
Yes, that’s quite true. But for negative comments or criticisms to mean anything at all, they should display some level of intelligence, some sort of logical point and at least a passing relationship to reality. So far, you’re 0 for 3.
Amateur Troll contestant #361: “I’d rather be a troll than the ‘children of the corn’ that you all seem to be about PAD.”
Wow, we’re fans of Peter’s novels, comics and screenplays. You’ve got us there, Tex. But since everyone here has disagreed with Peter’s points and opinions more then a few times, your observation resembles sanity or reality… how?
Anybody else for Glenn just going straight to Disemvowelling Amateur Troll Contestant #361 other then me? He serves no function and he’s not even any fun debating.