Failed Brony Convention: The Story Of Las Pegasus Unicon 2013
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Today we dive into the story of Las Pegasus Unicon 2013, a failure of a Brony convention that rivals even Dashcon in sheer ridiculousness. How did this con derail, and why? Let's find out!
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Not sure if you ever heard of the disaster convention that was Tokyo in Tulsa 2019 but it would be interesting if you covered it! The fire alarm in this video reminded me of it. The attendees had to evacuate during the rave since there was too much smoke and it triggered the fire alarm. It was an absolute mess and everyone called it Hobby Lobby con because the poor vendors had their space in an abandoned hobby lobby. It was bring your own lighting too and absolute chaos. The hotel they usually had was under construction so the convention was split between different buildings. Some were even miles apart! Artists were not benefitting much and some artists even made “I survived Hobby Lobby Con” art! Idk if you do video requests or anything but I would love to see this covered since I don’t think anyone did cover it! Love your content and can’t wait to see more videos! 💖
Ooh, where did you get your carousel horse earrings? They’re super cute!
I would totally buy those brony bucks at face value or higher for a bit of bizarre history.
World record for most 4chan users in one location
That title actually belongs to when anonymous went and attacked the church of scientology and protested outside REEing
@@IcyDUD3 I'd put this in close 2nd, followed by HWNDU
Runner-up is probably prison tbh
Maybe /k/ ranch but I don't really know much about that whole event exept for memes. Wish I went though
@@machine-shopbilly6584 true I forgot about that one, I know /pol/ has had quite a few meetups too
The reason this con isn't as well known is because they're forgot to have the most important item present, The Ball Pit
But does it time travel?
@@Dressup_Doll
No, only pizzeria ballpits do that. Bronycon ballpits transport you to the land of Equestria.
didn't someone pee in that ballpit
What’s the story behind that specific ball pit
@@ABSOLCXRPSEZ Someone peed in it
Ohhh man
I'm the girl at the table with Tara Strong at 10:47ish (Though you really only see my hair) That dinner had me feeling so bad for her. She was beaming happy until the food came - When she saw the eggplant in her food she shrieked "Wow that could literally kill me." to the guy who brought it. IIRC they originally brought her a meal with meat in it, she corrected them that she was supposed to receive a vegetarian meal and got brought the eggplant which she was 'deathly' allergic to. For the entire duration of dinner she was just messing around with bread rolls and butter stabbing them and lobbing them at other voice actors who came by the table. She made a butter and bread roll tower that she was hilariously proud of. She was determined to have a good time even though we were all eating and she was hungry. She made us go around the table and introduce ourselves, chatted with us all and really made the most of a good time with us. Like she knew we'd paid money to have dinner at the table with her and she bent over backwards to entertain even though she was miserable. Lovely lady.
The moment I fully realized the chaos was when we went to get... Some sort of bag of con perks, on what I believe was the Saturday... and saw a staff member crying and visibly sweating under the stress. I felt bad for them until the full scope of things became clear later in the weekend after the news of them bailing came. Your video is perfect justice to the chaos of that weekend - I still have my conbooks and PONY BUCKS and some other things from the event only as mementos to how terribly bad it was and how the only real joy was Tara kindly trying to entertain us (And us just ditching the con to go to casinos when things really came tumbling down)
I know of several people who charged back fully the cost of the convention through their banks since I guess in the eyes of the law, it was a huge scam :') Thank you for doing a video on this. It's a weird bump of memory for me and was stressful for everybody at the time but looking back at the chaos is somewhat nostalgic and funny now.
Tara always seemed like an amazingly sweet woman and it broke my heart, seeing how much shit she went through and her talking about how she wouldn't go to first time conventions anymore
Then you saying about she tried to make light of the situation... What a great woman 🥺 I hope to meet her one day
lol i started reading and i didnt realise you were actually her. the con was a disaster but i mean, you met tara strong and you have a fun story to tell people so thats rlly cool and honestly, im kinda jealous lol
Tara is such a sweet lady! I met her at a convention once with my family and since she also voices Raven from Teen Titans (Which my little sister was a big fan of) she did her Raven voice for her. It was so sweet!
that's a really cool story. I'm gonna see tara strong at a local comic con in a few days (september 22nd 23rd 24th) and I'm excited to see her, reading your story with her makes me even more ecited and happy to see her.
I remember when Sandi introduced Unibits, A con only Currency that can't be exchanged back for cash unless you were a vendor
My dad accidentally ended up in the middle of all this lol. He was a pilot at the time and stumbled into the convention by accident. I was getting really into cosplay so he kept sending me pictures of the cosplayers. It was a lil awkward for 14 yr old me to try to explain to my 60 yr old 'doesn't know how Facebook works' dad what a Brony was. I wasn't in the fandom, it didn't really have a draw for me, but I still remember all those pictures and how hard he was trying to be supportive of my interests. I'll have to see if I have any saved anywhere. There was a really cute one of him with a Rainbow Dash cosplayer that always makes me smile.
Sounds like a great dad
@@kingofthering24 it was very much a "he's a lil confused but he's got the spirit moment"
Aw that’s nice
How in the hell does someone just “stumble” into one of these pathetic brony cons? It makes no sense to me.
Aww
The Garfield collection is growing at an alarming rate
they’re... multiplying
you say alarming, i say pleasing
There is no cure they just keep growing
I kind of irrationally despise Garfield and I'm not sure why
So... I’m not the only one noticing this.
las vegas and brony conventions have a very similar but opposite energy
*las Pegasus
@@elliejelly8815 no let them talk they're onto something there
They're a match made in hell
Tenth circle
same spectrum but different ends
Cosplay tip, if you are planning on wearing a very complicated costume like master chief on a hot day, get a cheap camelback pack and freeze the water bladder the night before.
They’re usually slim enough to wear under your costume, so it will keep you cooler, and also help keep you hydrated throughout the day without breaking the illusion
As a ww2/ww1
It works for the uniform because they carried around water bladders during rhe war
Doesn't stop you getting called "nazi" for wearing a us army uniform from the era with a gasmask
Water bladder?
@@rachaelgreen1812 yeah that's a thing for those things, they essentially hold water and allow you to drink it aswell
@@rachaelgreen1812 camelback is a brand name for a water bladder. They mean the same thing
And honestly, with space armor costumes like that it's a good idea to build a space for cooling packs into the armor's backpack if it has one.
Very funny seeing the 3:39 "Sydneigh" half-second blip because it has a similarly wild story surrounding it actually- It wasn't just cancelled, it was cancelled ONE WEEK before its scheduled date, and since so many folks had invested time and money (Nonrefundable plane tickets + artists' prints etc.) in going to this con, a different completely different group of people decided to set up a small-ish tent and put together "SalvageCon", featuring panels + events and even an appearance from Ashleigh Ball (The VA for Rainbow Dash/Applejack), who was originally scheduled to show up at Sydneigh. There are some wild MLP convention stories out there that never left that corner of the internet, even though they definitely should.
PonyConAU was the ones I went too, last one happened during a cyclone on the Gold Coast and they did like a fundraiser to pay off debts after or something, but despite some talk they never really did another one again.
I think the last major Brony Convention left was Alicon in Adelaide which had to cancel due to COVID, no idea if they're going to come back or not.
Unlikely, Alicon purely existted as a vanity project for the organiser and they kinda lost it when the only option was a virtual con. Which considering how much of a clusterfuck the two cons that did happen were, nothing of value has been lost
Dear God please let someone tell the story of Sydneigh
I am so devasted by the fact i can't read this in your voice at ultra-sonic speeds while speaking without any sort of complications at long sybalistic words
But i am grateful that i know a bit more much
Thanks for Part 5 but Really Fast
Just imagine going gambling and you just see a group of bronies...
In the words of FL4K "THE HUNT IS ON"
@@thememesjack6128 lmao I didn't expect a Borderlands joke on this comment-
@@Samlysamm that's borderlands
Im pretty sure I’ve seen you before in like a dsmp or lemon demon comment section...
Dang Mina I didn't know you were in to this
Being a kid in the mlp fandom was traumatising
yep.
*war flashbacks*
Yes it was
Terrifying.
@UCnTaKztR8o1EH9vv9jTIzNA I was 8
15:23 "Today has been, by far, the most chaotic day I've had as a brony" is a line that i'm thrilled to be able to add to my repertoire of bizarre and obscure referential things to say when I am inconvenienced in a trivial way
Yknow, I’m not a Brony and that’s not really my thing, but I have a deep respect for the MLP news guys who helped spread the word to raise money for the guests, the regular folks who chipped in, and the guy who showed the bullshit pamphlets. Shows that these guys genuinely cared about making sure folks came out half alright.
Being an actual child in the MLP fandom was a wild ride believe you me. Don’t even get me started on being in anyway feminine.
You saying that gave me this really weird memory. I remember being in the car like, a million years ago and I was in the backseat with my cousin, who was about 4 or 5 at the time, and she had her mother’s phone. I glanced and saw that she was watching some weird MLP ship video thing?? Like it was a slideshow of 240p fan art of ponies kissing each other and stuff. Makes me wonder what other spooky things she saw that young lol.
Also I know that your pfp has the ace flag, which based, but I honestly thought at first that it was the incel flag lmao (yes, I’m serious, it’s a real thing. Look it up)
**cries in rainbow dash and the cupcake factory flashbacks through an 8 year old’s glasses**
@@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450 incels concern me and I do everything in my power to avoid them.
@@inksans6728 I’m a very squeamish person and the amount of secret gorefests hidden behind cute pinkie pie fan animations was upsetting
@@dragonetafireball
True, they are really gross. Uh, in Mario 64, you have to grab bowser by the tail and Mario spins him around and then throws him. That’s what I want to do to incels
The real question is how long til izzzyzzz holds a Garfield convention in her flat
the Garfields are holding a convention in izzzyzzz's flat RIGHT NOW
Lasagna fest 2021
Wasn't there a Garfield Gather up by Garfield merch collectors?
@@Zoogler I like that name, but it also sounds like a place where people gather around to share their lasagna recipes
@@moshimoshispidermandesu9932 even better
While I feel bad for the people who suffered at this con, the fact that a PONY CONVENTION UNION became a thing makes me extremely happy.
The funniest and most hilariously impressive part of this is that the fallout from this led to the creation of an official “brony convention gold standard of excellence”
That sounds cringe
@@doopclann3428 Why?
I hide my sexuality from my parents yet I openly talked to them about being a brony in high school. Not sure how much worse of a reaction I'm expecting.
To me I'd take a homosexual as a son than a damn brony.
so you got the more embarrasing stuff out of the way first.
@Maya Duket no.
@Maya Duket That's a lie and you know it
@Maya Duket I've seen enough pony porn to know that is a false statement
Seeing Izzy NOT in her usual make-up look is incredibly jarring at this point. You mean to tell me she doesn't ALWAYS look like she just crawled out of the void?
pretty sure they're NB
@@squeenixu Not really the point of the comment tbh but eh
I love when one person corrects another... Then ten more people say the same thing..
@Kit Duguay Ah, my mistake
I just get irritated when I see people jump in incorrectly(although I'm certain it wasn't on purpose, no shade to the commentor) with people's pronouns because it happens with me a lot and half the time the people correcting them aren't even correct. Then I just feel like they're using me as an opportunity to correct someone or "stick up for the oppressed" who doesn't need someone else to stick up for them. I don't like being used as a token and that unfortunately impacted my judgement here(once again I'm sure the commenter had no ill intent). Sorry.
They look amazing with this look, I love all the glitter lol
If I entered a convention and they said "Give us all of your money and we'll give you our fake currency to use for purchases in our dealer room." I'd simply leave.
Ah yes. The memories. I was an Artist Alley vendor (or should I say "vender" as the badges were misspelled) at Unicon. You used 2 quotes from my post about it at 8:44 and 13:54. Another tidbit people might find interesting: At the end of the con, I was notified that I would be required to pay the state of Nevada sales tax. They failed to produce for me the needed form. I then was told to hand over the amount owed as cash in an envelope and they would "pay it for me." Yeeah. No. I didn't go for that.
"Oh we're gonna give you a fake money like vegas chips." Nope. nope. Red flag. Big red flag. I don't like doing that even when in a "trusted" casino
same.
Reminds me of Fyre Festival.....
Yep, number 1 red flag of an event heavily in debt and out to get ur money by any means necessary
very much red flag, you expect them to have the money on-hand to give you at the end? i would of refused right there and gone with actual money. The area it was hosted is very expensive to begin with so no idea how they thought it was ok
The fake money didn’t even look professional. They were just drawings scribbled on a piece of paper.
Okay, off topic, but that little crew of 'Equestria News' reporters constantly keeping up the bit are really cute. What a bunch of goofballs, I love it.
They did really well.
@@silverflight01 were their microphone even plugged in?
@@haileyshannon7548 That was Everfree Network, and yes. They were the video livestreamers that covered a lot of the high profile conventions early on. That there was a lot of homegrown pony media that streamed cons for people who were unable to attend in-person is one of the things that grew the fandom early
Ikon o p9 9
@@haileyshannon75480
I was there. I was meeting my then-boyfriend there, and luckily he booked the room outside the convention rates to get one of the nicer rooms in the place on the top floor. Thus after the con imploded, our room was used as a kind of impromptu meeting room for some of the fandom big names (I was a volunteer for Equestria Daily at the time). Meanwhile, my then-bf and I mostly sat back and enjoyed the little bit of time we got together, because hey, if the con exploded, we could just go on dates and enjoy Vegas.
Honestly I love that. Letting people hang in your room and going on dates is such a vibe
as a vegas local and friendship is magic fan, this is so funny to me and the fact that they held it at the riviera is even funnier. it’s known for being outdated and gross 💀
Was*
“the most opulent hotel ever”
me: oh shit they got the venetian
...”the Riviera”
Me:🤮
A fandom like MLP does not deserve the Venetian. Not even Mandalay Bay.
They can have premier inn here in the uk 😂
@@MezzoForte4 Have you been in the Mlp fandom?
@@Quackervoltz bud it’s a joke lol it’s okay.
@@guytrashgurtdog515 I know. So was my comment.
can't believe they did a fundraiser for the celebrities but not the artists. these celebs can afford to take a loss and buy a plane ticket. the artists can't.
Harsh as it is to say, and I'm speaking here as a content creator in the MLP fandom myself, there's logic there. If an artist gets shafted by a con, they'll probably just boycott that con. But if the rescue mission for the show staff hadn't taken place, there was a very real prospect of Hasbro banning them from going to *any* con, regardless of who ran it.
I have to agree with Logan. Hasbro literally almost involved with this. If they completely banned MLP staff and cast from brony convention, they will lose money not only conventions but artist and it could faded out early.
The fandom is not big anymore but it was back then and artist make a lot of money from it.
I know this cause i'm a former brony and was there during golden age.
Danny?
@@moonlight.8831 "road work ahead" Uh, I sure hope it does
Idk if they make that much money, they're just cartoon voice actors, not like A list celebs
Sometimes I wonder if the MLP episode about the air ship cruise where Twilight was forced to be the guest of honor was directly based on this event...
"One of the organizers was an exotic animal handler who got married the same week her previous husband died"
Wait- Carol Baskin was a brony?😂
"I was there Gandalf...3000 years ago..." No joke, we had a Brony version of the Council of Elrond the night of Saturday where a bunch of the agents corralled the heads of Brony "media outlets" (lol) and the agents said "if we don't salvage this con, Hasbro won't greenlight another con for the show staff" so we all went to work to save the future of potential cons. In hindsight, I laugh at the absurdity of Unicon and the fact that the common denominator was My Little Pony but I gotta give props to the people who stepped in and did what they could to help folks out. I know folks rip on Bronies for being weird but there were some good people that weekend just trying their best to help out each other and prevent them from being stranded in Vegas
Oh ya, the con artist con chair was some lady named Sandi who drove around on this scooter and someone stole it from her on Sunday or so the story goes
Oh hello there
yeah that must've been one traumatizing con
Hey, it's the furry guy from youtube
Yo, I didn't know I'd find you here!
Or maybe I did.
never thought I'd see the furry in denial in this place
Being a minor in ANY children’s show/game fandom back in 2009-2016 was a traumatizing experience for me
nice pfp!
I can imagine my daughter wanting to drag me to something like this.
I was 12 when I was in the MLP fandom. I actually liked it but it was strange talking to older men on MLP Wiki pages. It surprised me but it definitely was a interesting experience.
Bruh I remember accidentally getting smut fan fiction on my/my moms kindle when I was 11!!! I deleted it because after a few paragraphs I noticed it was too adult since I was sneak watching South Park but with that I knew I was getting but I did not expect to see a smut story of a kids show you love at 11!
agreed
I actually went to this, and I'm shocked to hear anyone still talking about it. Complete and utter disaster, made tolerable only because I was lucky enough to have a press pass and be friends with some content creators, so I was able to watch the chaos from the upper deck viewing area. Also got to have a lengthy, chilled-out group chat session with a couple of the writers for the show and comics.
I somehow ended up having a great time because I avoided most of the panels and con floor and treated it as a hangout, but for anyone who went there for actual, normal convention stuff, I can't imagine how ripped off they felt. I'm sure I could probably dredge up some repressed memories or chat logs for behind-the-scenes stuff if anyone wanted more schadenfreude.
I'm getting like an image of you watching this go down with a glass of wine and fancy clothing from afar
having lived in Vegas for 20 years I cannot imagine a worse state to wear any kind of fur anything. Like you'd have to do it in the dead of January and even then.
Uhhh I guess climatised hotels, but even then.
never forget the story of that one kid who had to hide in a random booth because two bronies were chasing her thru a convention
What
@Princc Elijah care to elaborate plz?
Wasn't that one fabricated tho?
@@Homodemon eh, I'm leaning on believing the story since there's been a ton of brony stories like that. I remember hearing about a story where 2 bronies harassed a lil girl over their mlp plush in a build-a-bear shop.
I didn't know it was that convention
That guy is so sweet to actually make sure the people who paid to advertise get their money's worth but it is so hard not to be distracted by that facial hair.
Yes the video was genuinely so great, he went through and showed everyone’s ads and complimented all the businesses 🥺
I was living for the Serj Tankian beard throwback ngl
@@definitelynotashark1799 oh don't get me wrong, i was not hating people can do whatever they want with their face I just am easy to distract haha
@@Izzzyzzz they were talking about YOUR facial hair, izzy
Is he aware that he can brush it?
I was at this convention. I can’t believe I didn’t know about all this. It was super small and there was almost nothing to do. I remember that fake money too! I actually ended up skipping Sunday because I basically spent the entire convention sitting in the hallway. Now I’m super glad I did. I just remember it being boring but not all of this. 😱
I was there as an attendee and on Everfree Network at the time.
I had a good time personally but did witness several friends lose so much money at the artist alley. And remember when the event had ended, seeing all of my mutuals suddenly taking on main con roles. It was nuts. Lol
I’m glad u still in joined it. That’s all what really matters. Also I’m SO EXCITED FOR SOMIC AND TAILS R SEASON 2
as a vegas native I instantly made a lemon face when the riviera was called one of the most luxurious locations lmfao
Which tribe?
@@allgodsnomasters2822 you’re joking bruh 😭 they mean they’re from vegas
@@Ali-yy5bc I think they were making a Fallout: New Vegas video game reference lol. In the game, Vegas is split into tribes
@@lxi.. I'm from the tops
as someone who's not from Vegas - is there ANYTHING worth seeing there? The city looks very boring and overall ''meh'' if you're not into gambling already.
Anyone else super impressed by the two hosts/ field reporters professionalism? They speak like they’ve been delivering the breaking news for decades
Everfree News
They also host Everfree Radio where they do episode reviews in a sort of podcast style
@@MelonTartVA Do they still do Everfree Network?
I miss it.
@@AmbizarYT I think they're just Everfree Radio, if they still exist
Very entertaining
those guys on the brony news network seemed genuinely sweet and i’m glad that all the cool members of the fandom had a community even if some people think it’s “cringe” and they had their shitty moments
THE THOUGHT OF GAMZEE TAKING CARE OF MASTER CHEIF BECAUSE HE OVER HEATED MAKES ME SO HAPPY I-
NAH YOUR RIGHT
i cant believe this event sparked a union in europe😭
300th like
This fiasco leading to a union is the most European thing ever.
@@Leroset Yeah that sounds about right
Looking at your different make ups its like looking at a characters different variants in a gacha game
(Pointing this out just so people arent dumb idiots)
THEY MEAN GACHA AS IN A GAME LIKE GENSHIN IMPACT. NOT GACHA LIFE. GACHA LIFE ISNT GACHA
@@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa I mean it kinda also applies to gacha life. Kinda.
I am gonna spark for her alt clown outfit if I don't get it in the next 300 pulls
@@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa Gacha has the aspect of Gacha in it. It just has become something more of a dress up game. It still has the Gacha element to it. Please don’t call out a game you’ve only ever seen the one part of.
@@veralena8156 ALERT
SOMEONE MENTIONED GACHA LIFE
RUN
This is heartbreaking, imagine being on this team and watching everything crumble apart around you.
Man, this is wild.
A Small Convention I went to in 2013 was passing out flyers and promotional cards for Las Pegasus. I was sentimental and kept the Card along with other souvenirs. Never thought much of it, never planned on going, but it was a name and logo I remember well. I never knew THIS is what happened with it.
I used to exist in the czech brony community on Wattpad back in like 2017 and you mentioning Czechquestria brings back many memories of trying to convince my parents to let me attend it, but fortunately they didn't want an 11 year-old traveling all the way to Prague by themself. Gods
Samee they wouldn't let me go there what a shame honestly
I'm actally kinda glad I never got to go to any
@@deadchannel89
Why? Because of the horror stories?
this is so specific and has such an interesting energy
Oh my god, hello
I used to be obsessed with the thought of going there, so glad I never did (even when I'm like hour and half away from Prague)
Oh my God I see me. I was the short one with the short blonde hair off to the side of the stage of the auction on the last day. I forgot I wore that bright ass orange shirt that day and that my keys were being stolen out of the security office while I was there.
Hi I'm pnut. I was a member of the security force brought in from Colorado. There were about 15 of us or so in total. This was our first major gig so our compensation was meals and rooms. They did not provide meals for us and we were kicked out of our rooms Sunday with everyone else. My friend fidelis was guarding the VIP room and was the only one of us to get a chair. We were being run 15 hours a day on our feet and our captain didn't get any sleep Friday night. We had to lock him in his room Saturday to make him rest. I could be found at the bits table watching the main hall and selling bits. Ashleigh Ball was in tears on Sunday when I was at the main counter in the convention entrance. We were spread thin doing our best for the VIPs watching the hallway, doors, etc for the entire floor. No one got any decent breaks. At one point one of the music bronies called the tallest and kindest member of our team a fucking retard. I haven't seen his name anywhere since so at least he faded away. I got a shirt out of it though which was nice. At the end of the day we did everything we could and a new friendship is witchcraft aired that night. At the motel 6 we stayed at Sunday night before driving back to Utah that tall friend somehow procured a massive box of fun dip, we had a few of those each in our room, and the next morning the four of us that shared one room chanted at a gas station in George Utah "I will destroy you and steal your fiance booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere".
As for the fire alarm we were told it was someone in the casino area who set it off by leaning on a door, not a con attendee. The tiny security team was responsible for the evac. See since we were from Colorado we did not know standard procedure for Vegas hotels was to stay put. We did a full evac in just over a minute, one of the VIPs was going to the bathroom and while doing a bathroom check he told our guy that he was "putting out the fire" and right after he said that the alarm stopped blaring. Golden moment for us. As far as what we were tasked to do, we were drained. We weren't paid we were supposed to be given rooms and food.
If any of you got bits, went to donate, bought a shirt, or donated by card at that auction, you talked to me. I was taking cards for the auction and I sadly had no trust issues at 20 years of age and said "yeah I'm sure the dealers taking bits will be paid back!" Hell I saw that agent take money from the cash box with my own eyes saying it was to pay for the VIPs. The reason for the bits and why people bought them was to avoid the outrageous atm costs.
Fucking Sandi stole my keys and I'm still salty that she made me pay for a damn locksmith back in Colorado to get my spare out of my car so I could go home. Never had a key fob for that car again.
It's a nightmare of a weekend I'll never forget.
Why do I have a feeling that the music brony you mentioned was MandoPony?
SHE STOLE YOUR KEYS???
Wait so. Not only did you get your asses handed to you, just for trying to do what you were hired for, you 1: didnt get the food promised, 2: got kicked out of the rooms you were promised, 3: got crapped on by other people working at/with the con (not to mention the ammount of con goers who were possably taking their fustration out on you as well) 4: you werent set up for success (should have been breifed of protocalls for any event at the venue) and 5: she stole your freaking keys?!? Who the hell does that??? Im so sorry you had to deal with that, im glad yall made the best of it
I saw Saberspark mention someone named Sandi, was she one of the event organizers? And why did she steal your keys?
wow that sounds like a terrible weekend
The idea of what was supposed to be a professional convention… Using… Hand-drawn fake currency brings me actual pain.
I’m just- I- I-
Most MLP fans are either adults (many of which are men) or young girls. Being a little kid in elementary school into MLP as a boy was a very interesting experience.
Imagine you’re a 6th grade girl, already feeling embarrassed about being “too old” to like a kid’s show. When you learn about the online MLP fandom, you’re excited, there’s other people your age enjoying this show too! You can talk about it together! Now, imagine learning about the grown men who are into MLP. Bronies.
I was that 6th grade girl. A special fear was unlocked that day. The word still sends shivers down my spine.
Reminds me of the Bob's Burgers episode parodying Bronies!
Oops, I liked a show.
I got into the MLP fanbase when I was in elementary school. (And yes I did still feel like I was too old to enjoy MLP). But when I heard about Bronies, I wasn't creeped out by them I actually thought it was amazing and breaking gender stereotypes. It seems like a lot of kids we're left traumatised by the MLP fanbase, and then there was me who is very nostalgic for it. Just not the p3doph1l3s.
Then there's some deep-rooted, irrational trauma you need to sort out, Amelia. Jesus Christ.
@@latheredtrillionaire5701 Haha, I love this reply. There is indeed some mental stuff I need to sort out but it’s not related to MLP, I assure you! When I said I learned about bronies in my original comment, I mean I learned about the pedo and neckbeard part of the community. Because that was my first exposure to the word, I’ll always kind of associate it with those types of people in the back of my head. Rationally though, I know that plenty of regular guys call themselves bronies too! No worries, man.
This may be the worst Brony Convention , but at least it wasn't a non existent con where loads of people stood in the scorching hot sun just to get major blisters and sent to emergency room(cough cough...TanaCon)
I remember seeing this comment on pan pizzas video
Technically Tanacon did exist, it just only existed for 1000 people at a time. 😅
You could call it
TANacon
👉😎👉
17:07 now there’s a name I did not expect to see
BAHAHA SAME
I am a man, I am 44 years old and I still collect objects from a romantic anime series from the 80s (Kimagure Orange Road) ... there are adult men much worse than me.
Now I feel really good!
Why would collecting stuff from Kimagure Orange Road be "bad" in any way?
I was worried I was gonna have to eat lunch without something to watch
Same!
: )
this
my favourite food + video pairing is instant ramen and Izzys videos
Saberspark: I'M NOT A FURRY
Also Saberspark: yo this *Brony Convention* kinda sus
Sus
You lookin real sussy
@@isuck133 did youuu take my fortnite card from me bruh 🤨
Either bronies don’t like furries or the other way around because if not they’d crossover and hang out more I think, we’d definitely see joint conventions which would be a riot I bet
@@elliejelly8815 Bronies didn't really like furries all that much. There was a variety of reasons, but bronies used to get *very* mad if you compared them to a furry (if they already weren't one). Then when the brony fandom got to the point of being super creepy/toxic, the furries didn't really want to interact with them due to bad experiences/horror stories.
I'd say by the end of it, the animosity was pretty mutual.
I have been involved in running my local sf con for over 20 years. One of the horror stories from a few years before I became involved was RoseCon, which similarly overpromised and undersold in is first year as a result of inexperienced organizers. In general, if you are trying to start a fan-rin con, don't try to shoot the moon the first year.
I loved that transition from Majora's mask for the last day. Feels like a perfect fit considering what happened.
Here's an attraction idea:
We build a giant jar shaped hotel, and only Rainbow Dash cosplayers can stay in
you got some serious issues brother
Then you turn up the heat
I hate that I know what this is referring to. I hate it.
Connection terminated. You are not here to receive a gift, nor have you been called here by the individual you assume, although, you have indeed been called. You have all been called here, into a labyrinth of sounds and smells, misdirection and misfortune. A labyrinth with no exit, a maze with no prize. You don't even realize that you are trapped.
@Porscha Dasaro First, how old are you? Just tell me if you’re under 13
Between Izzy & Jenny, I’ve willingly learned more about the brony fandom than I would’ve ever thought I wanted too
It was really fun!! I had a nice time when I was in middle/highschool!
Although I was a fan of the show, I never joined in the actual fandom. I now feel like I missed out on a big thing, both good and bad lol
Now check out the Saberspark and Rebeltaxi collab video and you've got the firsthand account.
: )
2:25 G1 MLP collector here, Hasbro actually took back the main MLP fair from us collectors and turned it into a general trade show :/
How? What's preventing you from just continuing to do meetups?
Okay, but it’s so funny to me that Saber was associated with this, lmao. I guess the convention was equivalent to the offbrand films our king reviews.
Oh Saberspark's been involved with this stuff since the start, he's part of the improv troupe that's at a lot of cons
If I’ve learned anything about conventions between this and Dashcon, it’s that’s legit conventions pay the hotel before you show up and the funniest ones pray they make enough money off of the rubes who show up.
As someone who lived in an apartment that was going out of business, I can say with full confidence that usually when a company is going out of business they will do shady things to get any extra money. Usually doubling the costs of things, making up fake bills for things that are usually free, or straight up stealing money hoping that you won't notice. My advice would be to do your research on the venue before attending a convention.
Oh lord this brings back memories, I was one of the musicians who performed there and I remember how much of a crap show that was. We were kicked out of our rooms I remember just stuff being thrown out of people's rooms into the halls my friend was recovering from a hangover in bed still our mutual friend had to pay for our room with her own money so we wouldn't get kicked out it was the weirdest most surreal experience. I almost entirely whipped it from my mind until I was sent this video xD funny enough I see me at 4:35 lmao
Being asked to exchange your money for pretend money should have been an immediate red flag, and there's no way the con staff could have legally enforced that.
Unicon was a huge joke in the fandom after it happened. I went to a local brony con in dallas in 2013 and a vendor was selling some unicon bits they kept from the con in the auction.
cool!
but did you buy them ...
Nightmare Nights
"they pulled a Costa Concordia"
Oh no
"they pulled a Dashcon"
Nooooo 😱
For some strange reason I have a sudden urge to watch Internet Historian.
I started out drawing multicolored horses in that fandom, good customers.
Until the creepy shit started, then I dipped.
To this day I can't believe I was even part of it but hey, like in any fandom you get to know cool and outstanding people that will be your friends and dip with you onto greenier areas.
22:40 ugh.. knowing all the shit that happens at cons, it makes me sad to see a child there.
lol if there's anything that 2000s internet culture has taught me, it's that enthusiasm is not the same as competence
still cant get over how consistently creative and well-done her makeup is, it’s always so fun looking
related: the clown ones or whatever aren’t necessarily my style but hot dang if she doesn’t put a lot of passion into them
I still remember the disaster of this convention. While I wasn't there, many of the bronies of our local state where either attending or thinking of attending while plans for our own brony convention were in the works. It's because of this conventions failure that made the people working to get our own local convention up and running re-think everything. Specially when it came to funding that people don't realize makes up the majority of a conventions success: paying the hotel, paying the people in attendance, artists, ect. It can take years until a convention is ready to run on its own. I still to this day feel bad for all those in attendance. It never should have happened.
I work at a Las Vegas history museum. When guests ask me what my favorite weird Vegas fact is, I tell them about this.
I was there. I was the medic on staff with the security team hired from Colorado (The Lunar Guard). It was the WORST and everyone got scammed. Our rooms weren't covered, I ended up buying doughnuts for all the VAs because their "comped" food never showed up. I have so many stories about that shit.
That was nice of you to compensate the VAs.
Do you have any stories you'd like to share? I'm curious and sure everyone would love to hear!
You should of been there for the planning, hearing Sandi introduce Uni Bits and telling las vegas bronies to do street team work for free
I love reflecting on the brony community now that it’s pretty much officially dead with the end of G4 and bronycon. It’s like we all had the same fever dream and we’re just sitting around the campfire telling weird stories and thinking “wow that sure happened huh”.
I’m an old and am impressed that something My Little Pony-related happened to be huge at all. Not like it was my scene, but nothing else after Gen 1 blew up in the way Gen 4 did.
Get ready for G5 and bitter fans of g4 bitching about it!
@@cellinemartins I’m desperately hoping the majority of 4chan “fufu we’re edgy kids and we like rainbow show for girls how crazy! XD” bronies have died out and we’re left with mostly the gay furries, people that grew up with MLP and people that like feel good cartoons. I like the low key vibey fanbase we have now way more than the early fanbase and I hope it never goes back to what it was.
@@frickinfrick8488 i agree *_shudders at memory of the nsfw shit i came across at 12 y/o_*
@@b4rry420 I remember seeing some of that when I was younger. That's what got me to notice that something was changing it my body.
I remember on the Q&A that Everfree Network hosted, the Bronies who took over the convention on Sunday started to raise money when they were apparently approached by the head organizer and a rep of the Riviera. She tried to coerce them into giving the rep some of the money raised to cover the hotel costs and he told them no, this was going to the special guests. The rep of the Riviera then busted in, saying "WE'RE STILL OWED $18,000!" to which Everfree shot back "That's NOT MY PROBLEM!" The absolute GALL of the Riviera!
ruclips.net/video/gGIv5IQv7fA/видео.html The time stamp is around 34 minutes in when they talk about it.
Including footage of the Rivieria's actual demolition would have been poetic.
as an Italian, I find it hilarious that the expression "to pull off a Costa Concordia" exists. it's amazing.
Stessa cosa
I now understand this thanks to internet historian
Get back on the fuckin boat
letteralmente 💀
every time you make a new video there are more Garfields; waiting for the day that there is just a wall of Garfield in the background.
no god or men only garfield.
They grow
They wait
Their hunger grows
Their lust for blood can no longer be ignored
As a Vegas local when I heard “the most extravagant hotel” I was NOT expecting THE riviera
12:40 I feel bad for that kid in the rainbow dash costume lol
once you see “failed” and “brony” in the title you know it’s gonna be good
as a previous artist alley vendor, I live for convention horror stories and holy shit this is WILD
I am loving your channel so much!! These are the weird kind of corners of the internet I love knowing more about, and you do an amazing job covering the full story.
Also like how you stay impartial throughout unless evidence warrants you not to. Very cool!
Great video as always!!! I just have to say i am absolutely MESMERIZED by your earrings and glitter tears! The way they reflect light is so cool!
the sparkly under-eye is EVERYTHING
ohh my god akdjjjsjfn i love your profile pic and username it's so fuckin adorable
THANK YOU. Honestly she might not know this but her fashiom is *I N S P I R I N G*
Fun fact: Saberspark was there.
No,way!?...
Woahhh
Woah fr? :0
@@peepeepoopoomyguy7457 Yeah, he was with the Everfree guys. He even talked about it on the Rebel Taxi video about this con.
One of his tweets is in the video
You're right, there's nothing like a good convention. And this was nothing like a good convention.
RUclips just randomly suggested me this. You definitely earn my sub for how nice this video is done and how much info I was missing about this unfamous con almost every brony is aware of, even to this day. Thank you!
For anyone not from or over familiar with Las Vegas, claiming the convention would be held at the “high end resort” of the Riviera is like saying they would be holding a banquet at the Michelin Star restaurant, Sizzler.
I’ve been in the Riviera plenty and when I heard “high end” and “Riviera” in the same sentence I did a double-take. Plenty of fond memories but bro it’s no Aria for sure
I thought sizzler was too obscure to see randomly referenced here but okay I guess
Also have I been playing too much salmon run or does sizzler sound like a boss who’s a giant Barbecue
as a non-american, most of these words are entirely incoherent to me
@@yaboimagnus4776 basically sizzlers is a cheap steak/buffet restaurant.
oh godddd i literally went to this convention, but ngl i had no idea just how bad things were until a while after the convention lmaooo
edit: HOLY SHIT IM IN THE VIDEO AT 4:33, WITH THE BLUE WIG AND WHITE SHIRT?!?!?!? IM LOSING IT
BRUHHHH
What was it like
Oooh what can you tell us about the experience? Was the hotel as depressing and dirty as it looks in the footage? Did you lose money?
@@spoods4628 yeah it kinda did LMAO
@@aeddiefarmer honestly i had a lot of fun and didn't originally notice all the shady/dirty crap going on while there, and i managed to skip the chaos of sunday due to leaving the hotel early that morning lol. the aftermath of it all back then was kinda sad to see though, since it scared off nearly all special guests for future cons, and made the brony fandom look somehow even worse lmao
Re-listening to this episode while I'm at work, because your voice is very soothing, and I love your dry sense of humor. Thank you for posting such entertaining videos!
Not a MLP fan, and I did not go to the con, but as someone who grew up in Las Vegas, the moment I heard "they booked the Riviera," I knew it was going to be bad. As a general rule of thumb, if you want a nice casino/hotel, book one of the newer ones. Or don't go for the casino side and book a (decent) chain hotel a little farther off the strip.
Exactly lol like bro
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, I remember when this happened! Here's the thing: they should have asked anyone who lives in Vegas about the Riviera. Any local could tell you it is a much older hotel that is cheap for a reason haha.
What was it like being born and raised in Las Vegas? I know it's mainly known for casinos and gambling (h3ll when I was younger I thought people didn't even live there) but what was it like actually living there and how were the schools there
@Vegas as someone who lives in the area where the heat is wet, I can agree that dry heat is probably better than wet heat, even though I never been in a dry heat area
@@kittykittybangbang9367 I’ve lived in a dry heat area and currently live in a subtropical region, and I would 100000000% take dry heat over wet heat. Humidity makes even lower warm temperatures unbearable.
@@kittykittybangbang9367 living here sucks tbh...I don't like it. The heat sucks...the only thing that is good is that we don't pay state tax and it is genuinely cheaper to live here, but our health care sucks probably the most.
@@tajawillis3085 I know mental health care in Vegas is almost non-existent, last time I lived there. It's usually just make shift hospital stations in whatever hospital has empty beds or space.
It's bizarre being a former fan of mlp but knowing nothing about the actual brony fandom
I never saw a single episode of MLP but think the ponies are cute.
I know, right? I never really saw anything about the show past Season 3 but I knew about a lot of the stuff that happened through fanfiction stories and the occasional RUclips video
I have given FIM a watch from time to time over the years, but it wasn’t until 2018 that I learned about the fandom.
When this was happening I was two probably screaming the friendship is magic intro
Same I was a fan as well and bought Merch as a teen but didn't get involved beyond that. It was a comfort related hobby but I didn't discuss it with others besides my best friend. Too many creeps in this world.
"We'll pay you with what we take in at the door." - the bottom line for every disastrous convention and festival.
If the Riviera was agreeing to deals like that, it's hardly surprising they went bankrupt.
looking back, i'm kind of glad i was too young to go to conventions back then. i thought having an adult fanbase for the show was cool, and i still think it is, but mlp conventions should have had more restrictions or something.
while it's great so many enjoyed the show, the target audience was children, and i think both older fans and parents alike should have protected the target demographic in some way. parents definitely should have policed their children on the internet at least.
when a kid is able to sign up for websites like twitter and tumblr, where a good chunk of the more nsfw content for mlp was easily accessible, then something is very wrong.
I would love to see a dissection of that whole Frozen, Tangled, How to Train your Dragon, rise of the guardians trend that was really popular back in the day, like where people would draw those four characters together and like ship them together and shit. It was huge
Ah yes. Jack Frost x Elsa. Happened across THAT years after the trend burned out. I would love to see Izzy pull THAT holy mess apart lol
rise of the brave tangled dragons 🥵
Yeah that was...something. Had to be my first introduction to fandoms back in the Quotev days. Shit was weird. I don't understand how none of us thought "Hey isn't this cringe? Maybe we should stop."
Jack Frost and Elsa shipping kinda make sense in the context (they both have ice powers) but still it's a bad idea.
Omg you just brought me back to my dark days when I was like 11 😭💀
Idk why but the way you said “they blew up the Riviera in 2016” made me think you were saying the actual Bronies did the destruction lmao 24:18
Imo it didn't start as a scam, but when the organizers saw that this wasn't gonna work out, they started brainstorming how to still personally make a Profit, and just happened to come up with the scam. Or smth like that.