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Other => General Discussion => Topic started by: texasstooge on June 17, 2008, 08:08:24 PM
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SAD NEWS (to some): FedCon USA, the most highly anticipated convention that opened in Dallas, Texas that was attended by the 10s; has come to an end after a respectable one-day run.
To those who don't know what FedCon is, it's a highly successful sci-fi/fantasy convention that originated from Germany in 1992, originally called "Federation Convention". A similar organization named FedCon USA started their convention on Friday June 13, but there were some snags along the way. FedCon USA died on the vine after a few first hours the next day due to low attendance and disorganization. Attendees are getting refunds as we speak.
According to info on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedCon) and on TrekToday.com, FedCon Germany disassociated themselves from FedCon USA on January 2008.
Article found on TrekToday.com (http://www.trektoday.com/news/150608_03.shtml)
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Although me and my family never went to FedCon USA over the weekend, we went ahead and ordered a couple "F(crossed out)DEDCON USA" T-shirts.
In response to this...travesty...someone has written the spoof of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" theme ("Faith Of The Heart") and called it "Epic Fail Con".
Click here to view. (http://tiedyedbrainrays.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/epic-fail-con-1.html)
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Related Links:
- FedCon - Official Website (http://www.fedcon.de)
- FedCon USA - Official Website (http://www.fedconusa.com)
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Additional, this is not to be confused with long-time Sci-Fi convention FenCon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FenCon).
- Official Website (http://www.fencon.org/)