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puss_nd_bootsSo I just got a notice in my E-mail from the Global PSC Fan Club saying the thing is being dissolved as of the end of July - and as of August 1, overseas fans can join Heresy again! (YAAAAY!) But not Club Alice. (BOOOO!) Apparently, PSC is just going to make announcements regarding that kind of thing for all bands except GazettE on the OHP and Facebook.
Quite frankly, I won't miss the thing - I joined it and found there was Really, Really Not That Much in the way of what I thought I was going to find. No translations of the fan club magazines and club Web sites. No ticket sales for the GazettE Not-Quite-World Tour (which was, um, half the reason I joined). They let you buy tour goods through the club, but there's also been some shopping services offering the same thing. And I'm glad we'll be able to directly join Heresy - I'd rather pay a mild to moderate amount of money for one band I'm truly interested in than a whole pile for two bands I love dearly, a couple of others I like, and a few that are completely off my radar.
Seriously, they could have done so much MORE with the concept. A la carte membership if you were only interested in one or two bands. Streaming lives for those of us who can't exactly travel to Japan to see our favorite bands (especially if ONE of said favorite bands hasn't put out a full live DVD in two years). Regional mini-cons for fans/club members to meet each other in person. Of course, they did none of the above.
Just two questions remain: 1) So what's going to happen to the special perk GFC members attending the Not-Quite-World Tour were going to get (early admission to the venue and a special gift)? Are we going to get it anyway? Are we going to get it if we join Heresy? Are we now not going to get it at all? 2) The OTHER reason I joined GFC is because a friend and I have been talking about getting a group together to go to Japan next year for Alice Nine's 10th anniversary. So does this mean we will now have no way to buy tickets from North America before we go, if we can't join Club Alice?
Quite frankly, I won't miss the thing - I joined it and found there was Really, Really Not That Much in the way of what I thought I was going to find. No translations of the fan club magazines and club Web sites. No ticket sales for the GazettE Not-Quite-World Tour (which was, um, half the reason I joined). They let you buy tour goods through the club, but there's also been some shopping services offering the same thing. And I'm glad we'll be able to directly join Heresy - I'd rather pay a mild to moderate amount of money for one band I'm truly interested in than a whole pile for two bands I love dearly, a couple of others I like, and a few that are completely off my radar.
Seriously, they could have done so much MORE with the concept. A la carte membership if you were only interested in one or two bands. Streaming lives for those of us who can't exactly travel to Japan to see our favorite bands (especially if ONE of said favorite bands hasn't put out a full live DVD in two years). Regional mini-cons for fans/club members to meet each other in person. Of course, they did none of the above.
Just two questions remain: 1) So what's going to happen to the special perk GFC members attending the Not-Quite-World Tour were going to get (early admission to the venue and a special gift)? Are we going to get it anyway? Are we going to get it if we join Heresy? Are we now not going to get it at all? 2) The OTHER reason I joined GFC is because a friend and I have been talking about getting a group together to go to Japan next year for Alice Nine's 10th anniversary. So does this mean we will now have no way to buy tickets from North America before we go, if we can't join Club Alice?
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