Wow, glad i saw this on here. i was curious to see if i was the only one scammed.
They used and abused me thought college to develop some marketing and revamping there website. Pressured me and “rewarding” me with the opportunity to work for them. Biggest regret of my career. No promised payments or tickets to the show that they stated. So many hours and putting my education in jeopardy.
I made a mistake and didnt have the guts back then, my fault for thinking this would open up doors for me.
Thanks Holly for ignoring me after you got everything you needed.
As your most faithful commenter, I must make my existence known with a post. Yes, you have been keeping your fans in the dark, I daresay. Would be nice to hear from you a bit more often, but hey, I’m not one to speak, as I don’t have the motivation to even start a blog, let alone keep it going.
I think I heard the Olympics were happening in Vancouver, but I didn’t care enough about them to actually check it out. The world is full of idiots, and when a smart person sends the idiots on a mission, you get crap like this. Well, this or the crusades… I think you might be better off with protests.
Finally, congratulations on hitting 32 years of life. I think you are no longer entitled to laugh at Shadow for his age. Happy belated birthday! =)
I concur. The ELANS Awards is nothing more than another glorified Pyramid Scheme by the vampiric scoundrels Holy Carinci and Jack Weatherell . Shame on you Jack and Holy for hiding behind the Video Game Industry and working your secret deals and using the credentials of good people and companies to work your schemes. Get out of town. V is coming for you!
[...] The Elans Awards, a scam awards show founded originally by Holly Carinci and Jack Weatherell, that Vancouver was subjected to for the past 3 years, decided that it was done with Vancouver (and Canada) and moved off to San Diego. Good riddance as far as I’m (and many others are) concerned. She is more than free to take her scamshow and go home. We have dealt with Holly and her antics for some time now (much of it is available here on the site, and more yet will likely be made available soon), and the best thing that can happen to Vancouver and it’s Studios is for The Elans Awards to move as far away as possible, and never come back. The antics of the producer (and her former “partner”) have polluted the industry for years… from bounced cheques, scamming webhosts and site designers, using show funding (provided by local businesses for the purpose of actually helping pay for a show) to pay for their own vices (bikes and partying come to mind), to general lying and badmouthing of companies in the Country that have worked hard to be where they are, only to be slandered for not jumping through hoops for the producers on a whim and bottle of wine. The very idea that she has decided to move the show to another city in a different country shows that she has tapped the resources of this one dry, burning every bridge she has crossed along the way. I sympathize to all the companies that are going to get tied up in this down in the States, but I congratulate Vancouver for managing to survive the worst thing to come to the industry in our Great City. Better things are definitely coming… and none of them will have the name “The Elans” attached to them. Do I sound resentful of this farce of an awards show? You’re damn right I do. I refuse to stand and support any group or event that is only out there to rape the industry in hopes of making a quick buck off the hard work of others. To make a claim of being the elite in gaming awards shows is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to steal hard-earned money from game companies… many of which are struggling right now as it is… all so they can try to win a cheap pewter statue worth less than they had to pay out in order to be “nominated”… all the while stomping on the backs of those with talent and skill to recognize, all because they couldn’t afford to pay the entry fees (and then badmouthing those people behind their backs, calling them cheap and unprofessional). The Spike Awards takes the time to notice what the industry has to provide, and recognizes them for it yearly. Why support a second-rate awards show created by the same people who were busted for illegal trading and fined over $80,000, when you can support a real professional awards show like the one put on by Spike TV? The Spike Awards is everything that The Elans wishes it could be but fails at, as well as everything that The Elans claims to be but lies about. [...]
I hope WCG Wordwide ends up in Vancouver next year; it would be an awesome experience. Maybe I’ll even have some of that money stuff people keep talking about and be able to show up. Hopefully they can see past the ELANS, amazing they’re still up and running for another year after everything that’s happened.
Get the garage done, I bet if you put a little cupboard and a fridge in there you would only see Mike maybe once a week when one of them was empty. :p Though as I’ve been finding out, finding a place for everything isn’t nearly as easy as it sounds.
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