Well, the thing was that Fingers in the exchange between us even during the registration process was that he was seemed unreluctant with the idea of the Fate panel, with the first message from him being, "Do you know what is wrong with your registration process?", and then after clearing that up, he often said that it won't go through because it was a "game", hence I had to list several arguments that despite Fate being a game, there are so many anime(s) that is coming up and could be discussed through. And then, the fate of the Fate panel was already in doubt even several days before the Con, with somebody already pointing out that the Fate panel in teahouse forums that it was not listed in the schedule despite it being in the programming. It was only during the Panel registration when I picked up the pre-registration tickets that I knew that the panel was still going through.