I had the Flanvention forum open in another tab and I just clicked past it and noticed it's now asking me to log in.

Uh, whatever.

What I do want to know is what happened with it...are they refunding? Bankrupt (the main BE site doesn't look that way)? Being sued?

ita, BE have deleted their forum, the Flanvention information and Flanvention ticket purchase history (if you're a customer and log in).

There's a police investigation going on in Oregon which has made contact with about a hundred customers, an investigation going on in another state (but they've asked not to be named), and a state level department of justice probe going on in Oregon. (Oregon is where the business address is registered).

No word from the owners for about a week. Suspect they are shittin' it.

and a state level department of justice probe going on

I'm sorry, but that just sounds cool.

Granted, I'm not the one being probed.

Thanks for the heads up, Kevin.

I have no idea if BE was criminal, but they certainly were criminally stupid, all the way through and after the cancelled con.

Yep, that's the best summary I think ita. There's been no real evidence emerge online that they were into fraud with the money, but -- that said -- I think any BE customers would welcome somebody external looking at the accounts and the situation surround the collapse.

The owners managed to bungled the convention, and then continue to bungle the fall out from it. They openly said they don't have the money to refund people last week, so we'll see what happens. The fact they stopped posting online a week ago suggests they are getting legal advice now, though, I suspect. Or at the very least the clue stick has been turned on.

Any con without the hottie security team is not a con worth attending, I tells ya.

You'll be available for the Drive party, right?

I mean, what if that mean guy shows up to try and cut Tim's balls off?

I think he needs a security detail.

And obviously, so will Kristen.

Allyson is hilarious. And on crack.

So I just finished my tivoed "Wedding Wars," an A&E movie about gay marriage with John Stamos and a guy I think is in Grey's Anatomy. And who is playing Stamos's boyfriend but dear little Sean Maher. And he spends most of the movie switching between awwwwadorable and GUH. The flick's ok, but I might need to keep it just for the pretty.

Question - anybody else hear that Nathan, Summer and Joss are apparently coming to London next month for something?

Question - anybody else hear that Nathan, Summer and Joss are apparently coming to London next month for something?

Nobody, that'll be a'nobody as it's an internet rumour gone wrong.