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Back from TFF 2022! 144th Journal
3 years ago
This is my head.
I'm back! Did anyone miss me? No? Awwwww.
Well, I be brief... as much as I can. Did I enjoy the con? Let's just say I wish it was still going on. Got there just after 1PM on Thursday and didn't leave until just after 9AM on Monday. Didn't get a roommate but that is alright. I had the whole room to myself though kinda a waste of space. The room itself was on the small side but one or two more fur could have fit, especially if they didn't have a full suit. I didn't spend much time in my room anyway, just mostly sleep, shower, and the like. I wanted to spend as much time at the con itself as much as I can. And I did most of it in my partial suit.
Overall I did enjoy the experience. I bought some swag that I'll post in due time (sometime in this century I am sure). Not too many panel I attended this year (got super busy) but I did hit the introvert one and the San Antonio furry meet-n-greet, trying to make new friends.
The raves was so-so for the part though a DJ named something like Cerberus wqas awesome, a rarity. I went so wild that one of my horns went flying off and broke another inch or so from the tip (I lost like a 1/4" from a previous con with a good DJ by thrashing about like a mad dragon). The magnets I used are super strong. I can grab the base of a horn and lift off the whole head without falling off. I can even shake it a bit while staying firmly attached so that kinda tells you how much I went wild. But that being said, I plan either reprint just that broken part and glue it on or just make a whole new set. Probably the first option and then print the entire thing again but use clear filament. The I had some blue LEDs in my current horns and it barely shows through the white PLA I used. I hope the clear ones with a thinner coat of white paint would show up much better. But we'll see.
The only really bad thing (aside from the infestation of dud-stop at the dead-dog dance) and that someone decided it was a good idea to take down the fursuit lounge (i.e. the headless lounge) early on Sunday at midnight despite having the room full of suiters trying to cool off as well as literally hundreds of suiters just outside in the main con space (though even a handful of suiter would still justify leaving it up). Plus all the furries still in the rave. They even unplugged the fans right in front of people trying to use them. Someone ask why and the guy snapped "oh you should be asleep at midnight. Not only that is rude and unprofessional, but dangerous as well as any suiter knows. He even unplugged one of the water stations. Talk about being disrespectful. They should left the fans going until at least an hour after dead-dog ends (it is an official event at the con after all so there is no excuse but even then).
And while I am on the subject, they really should be at least double the amount of fans although 3 or 4 time would be even better. There were times where I had to wait to get to a fan, no fun. One time I went in after going wild at the rave, I could get a fan and sat down at a table, using my tail as pillow (works good as I had to over stuff it to push out the wrinkles due to my poor sewing) as I laid my head down. I got a bit toasty and started to feel a headache coming on as well as a tiny bit of nausea developing, signs of an upcoming heatstroke. I recognized that in time and did found just enough of an opening to a fan to cooled down as quick as I could. But I was done for that Saturday night and went back to my room after getting my temp down (by the way, the con itself had a few hot spots like the dealer's den room) and was fine later. Didn't get that hot although taking down the fans did ticked me off and cut short the final night.
Other than that, the con itself ran fine as far as I can tell although the registation line was long, even on Thursday. I was in line for almost 2 hours even though I got there an hour early. I heard people waited 4-5 hours on the later days. Madness. There was issues with the elevators and escalators. I am glad I was in the south tower where things were a little calmer. I was on the top floor so going down wasn't too bad. One lady was trying to get on the elevator from one of the middle floors to leave on Sunday but constantly got full cars going in both direction. She was on the phone complaining she was waiting for almost an hour when our door opened (with a full car) and saw her. That really sucks I bet. I am glad I left Monday were it wasn't so crowded with people trying to leave. I hope next year I don't get a middle level floor, especially in the craziness that is of the central tower. I had friends there and got in long lines (the elevator con) a few times while trying to get to there room.
I could go on more stuff. Maybe I post more but for now I think I got most of it. Will try to go again next year for sure though. Hopefully they,ll get the fursuit lounge thing sorted out as that was a big pile of bull sh.... stuff. I mean don't take away the fans while suiters are using them. That is just wrong on so many levels. Imagine if someone had a serious heatstroke. Would put a sour note after an otherwise successful con indeed I say.
Oh another thing before I forget. They had a webcam set up that would send pictures to twitter after a few seconds of pressing a button. I did quick a few throughout the days. You can check them out with the hashtag #furconai. I was able to grab many of images I was in and plan to make a collage of them, so keep an eye out for that in the coming epoch.
Well, I be brief... as much as I can. Did I enjoy the con? Let's just say I wish it was still going on. Got there just after 1PM on Thursday and didn't leave until just after 9AM on Monday. Didn't get a roommate but that is alright. I had the whole room to myself though kinda a waste of space. The room itself was on the small side but one or two more fur could have fit, especially if they didn't have a full suit. I didn't spend much time in my room anyway, just mostly sleep, shower, and the like. I wanted to spend as much time at the con itself as much as I can. And I did most of it in my partial suit.
Overall I did enjoy the experience. I bought some swag that I'll post in due time (sometime in this century I am sure). Not too many panel I attended this year (got super busy) but I did hit the introvert one and the San Antonio furry meet-n-greet, trying to make new friends.
The raves was so-so for the part though a DJ named something like Cerberus wqas awesome, a rarity. I went so wild that one of my horns went flying off and broke another inch or so from the tip (I lost like a 1/4" from a previous con with a good DJ by thrashing about like a mad dragon). The magnets I used are super strong. I can grab the base of a horn and lift off the whole head without falling off. I can even shake it a bit while staying firmly attached so that kinda tells you how much I went wild. But that being said, I plan either reprint just that broken part and glue it on or just make a whole new set. Probably the first option and then print the entire thing again but use clear filament. The I had some blue LEDs in my current horns and it barely shows through the white PLA I used. I hope the clear ones with a thinner coat of white paint would show up much better. But we'll see.
The only really bad thing (aside from the infestation of dud-stop at the dead-dog dance) and that someone decided it was a good idea to take down the fursuit lounge (i.e. the headless lounge) early on Sunday at midnight despite having the room full of suiters trying to cool off as well as literally hundreds of suiters just outside in the main con space (though even a handful of suiter would still justify leaving it up). Plus all the furries still in the rave. They even unplugged the fans right in front of people trying to use them. Someone ask why and the guy snapped "oh you should be asleep at midnight. Not only that is rude and unprofessional, but dangerous as well as any suiter knows. He even unplugged one of the water stations. Talk about being disrespectful. They should left the fans going until at least an hour after dead-dog ends (it is an official event at the con after all so there is no excuse but even then).
And while I am on the subject, they really should be at least double the amount of fans although 3 or 4 time would be even better. There were times where I had to wait to get to a fan, no fun. One time I went in after going wild at the rave, I could get a fan and sat down at a table, using my tail as pillow (works good as I had to over stuff it to push out the wrinkles due to my poor sewing) as I laid my head down. I got a bit toasty and started to feel a headache coming on as well as a tiny bit of nausea developing, signs of an upcoming heatstroke. I recognized that in time and did found just enough of an opening to a fan to cooled down as quick as I could. But I was done for that Saturday night and went back to my room after getting my temp down (by the way, the con itself had a few hot spots like the dealer's den room) and was fine later. Didn't get that hot although taking down the fans did ticked me off and cut short the final night.
Other than that, the con itself ran fine as far as I can tell although the registation line was long, even on Thursday. I was in line for almost 2 hours even though I got there an hour early. I heard people waited 4-5 hours on the later days. Madness. There was issues with the elevators and escalators. I am glad I was in the south tower where things were a little calmer. I was on the top floor so going down wasn't too bad. One lady was trying to get on the elevator from one of the middle floors to leave on Sunday but constantly got full cars going in both direction. She was on the phone complaining she was waiting for almost an hour when our door opened (with a full car) and saw her. That really sucks I bet. I am glad I left Monday were it wasn't so crowded with people trying to leave. I hope next year I don't get a middle level floor, especially in the craziness that is of the central tower. I had friends there and got in long lines (the elevator con) a few times while trying to get to there room.
I could go on more stuff. Maybe I post more but for now I think I got most of it. Will try to go again next year for sure though. Hopefully they,ll get the fursuit lounge thing sorted out as that was a big pile of bull sh.... stuff. I mean don't take away the fans while suiters are using them. That is just wrong on so many levels. Imagine if someone had a serious heatstroke. Would put a sour note after an otherwise successful con indeed I say.
Oh another thing before I forget. They had a webcam set up that would send pictures to twitter after a few seconds of pressing a button. I did quick a few throughout the days. You can check them out with the hashtag #furconai. I was able to grab many of images I was in and plan to make a collage of them, so keep an eye out for that in the coming epoch.
