PAX responds to Colin Moriarty controversy but will \u201cnot issue refunds\u201d PAX West \/ The Rubin ReportPAX West has finally responded after Sacred Symbols host Colin Moriarty claimed that the convention pulled his PlayStation podcast panel for no reason and misled his fans as a result back on July 30. With only a month until PAX West, the company abruptly canceled Colin Moriarty\u2019s \u2018Sacred Symbols\u2019 panel that had been given the green light previously. Initially the company had not answered to inquiries made by the ex-IGN staffer as to why his panel was canceled, but it finally responded on July 31. \u201cNo refunds!\u201d In a July 31 tweet, Moriarty shared a screenshot of the convention\u2019s response email alongside his disappointment with its contents: \u201cPAX\u2019s response. TLDR: 1.) Reiterated the panel\u2019s cancellation, but gave no reason for it. 2.) No refunds for PAX attendees. 3.) They will refund our airfare expenses in exchange for the free passes they offered. (This last one\u2019s weird. Why would I go where I\u2019m not wanted?!)\u201d Unfortunately for attendees, its response didn\u2019t provide much answer as to why the panel was rescinded and only offered to refund Moriarty and co-host Chris \u2018Ray Gun\u2019 Maldonado\u2019s flights: \u201cWe would be happy to discuss reimbursing you and Chris for for your flights for the inconvenience.\u201d \u201cAttendees are always welcome to contact our customer service line if they have questions regarding the show, but please be advised we do not issue refunds, point of sale indicates all content is subject to change.\u201d PAX\u2019s response. TLDR: 1.) Reiterated the panel\u2019s cancellation, but gave no reason for it. 2.) No refunds for PAX attendees. 3.) They will refund our airfare expenses in exchange for the free passes they offered. (This last one\u2019s weird. Why would I go where I\u2019m not wanted?!) pic.twitter.com\/iElEmNMqDs \u2014 Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) August 1, 2019 In an emotional podcast uploaded on July 31 to his Patreon account, Moriarty said that he was more upset that his fans were not given a way to get a refund for their PAX passes, rather than the fact they pulled his panel. \u201cI\u2019m not going to fight for our right to do a panel. But I am gonna fight for the right to respect my audience. And I\u2019m sick of my audience being disrespected. I\u2019ll tell you that much,\u201d he stated. He offered to refund fans out of his own pocket After PAX refused to give Sacred Symbols fans their money back, the podcast host tweeted out an offer to refund 20 fans with his own money on August 2. \u201cAs you know, @PAX cancelled Sacred Symbols\u2019 PAX West panel without explanation, weeks after confirming it. PAX refuses to give refunds to members of our audience who no longer want to attend due to our absence. So I\u2019m gonna refund 20 of you out of my own pocket.\u201d he said. As you know, @PAX cancelled Sacred Symbols’ PAX West panel without explanation, weeks after confirming it. PAX refuses to give refunds to members of our audience who no longer want to attend due to our absence. So I’m gonna refund 20 of you out of my own pocket. Details below. pic.twitter.com\/qwSMZwR6na \u2014 Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) August 3, 2019 At time of publication, PAX West still hasn\u2019t clarified an exact reason as to why the panel was canceled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PAX responds to Colin Moriarty controversy but will \u201cnot issue refunds\u201d PAX West \/ The Rubin ReportPAX West has finally responded after Sacred Symbols host Colin Moriarty claimed that the convention pulled his PlayStation podcast panel for no reason and misled his fans as a result back on July 30. With only a month until […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}