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MFF 2024 Day 2
11 months ago
Today was certainly a turn for the interesting!
Well... it wasn't all that exciting at first, I'm willing to admit. After the opening ceremony Klussnave and I went over to a panel that was discussing about plot and conflict in writing, and while I'm sure these are all very helpful for everyone else who went, I personally didn't get much mileage out of it; I was basically just nodding and agreeing with what the panel person talked about.
After that we headed to the main lobby and got in line for Artist Alley, and for reasons I cannot quite comprehend still I witnessed quite a bit of TF2 cosplay! I spoke briefly with an Engineer, who happened to talk about two different spy sightings, which has so many layers to it I'm still smiling about it. Not only that, but I saw the frickin' Scout taking pictures with other con-goers. It's honestly amazing how universal TF2 is no matter what the community. When I finally got to Artist Alley I also happened to meet Mabo (Milkybody)! They were so very nice when we spoke I left the alley with a warm feeling in my heart~
Afterwords we scoped out the Dealer's Den and while snek friend was getting food I got in line for Bleucan's table and got a standee from them! It sits nicely with the one I got from them before, haha! It was at this point unfortunately that I was really aching, so me and Kluss retired to a quiet area upstairs to get a quick rest.
Once we were feeling well enough our next stop was a panel for making the most out of the con. This was... I'm afraid the most lackluster part of my day. The talker at the panel wasn't really all that focused on talking about the subject, and they didn't seem to have a mic on either. Kluss and I agreed that it wasn't really worth sticking around.
After leaving we went for the arcade and I grooved out to a rhythm game that I did not try before, but was able to pick up quickly thanks to my prior rhythm experience. Was super fun, the game had all the classics like Brain Power and BBKKBKK, but it also surprisingly had tracks from the Persona games and Jet Set Radio! Was very well worth playing, I think. We then took a rest in the console gaming side of the downstairs where I made idle chat with others until the Variety Show. And speaking of...
I honestly enjoyed the Variety Show a lot. Not every performance was great, but when an act was good it was super fun. Honestly being there in general felt nice because it took me back to the school talent shows I used to watch. Overall good fun!
Our final destination was... the Inflatable Suit Tryouts. Now before anyone may jump to conclusions... I could not wear one. In fact the turnout for this panel was ridiculously high, that only a very small fraction of people actually got to put the suit on at all. But honestly to me that wasn't the highlight of the panel (shocking I know), the real highlight was all the good folk there who actually recognized me by my badge. I honestly went into this event not expecting anyone to take notice, so to have multiple folk approach me and genuinely thank me for my work made me really happy (my apologies I can't list everyone I spoke to as I'm running on empty as I write this journal, I'll be sleeping good tonight at least).
And that was my day 2! Honestly once the "Line Con" phase passed I think MFF picked up tremendously. However the hardest thing I had to deal with... was the realization that I'm genuinely enjoying myself and I'm going to be a very sad bird once this convention eventually ends.
In any case, I'm looking forward to how Saturday goes~
Well... it wasn't all that exciting at first, I'm willing to admit. After the opening ceremony Klussnave and I went over to a panel that was discussing about plot and conflict in writing, and while I'm sure these are all very helpful for everyone else who went, I personally didn't get much mileage out of it; I was basically just nodding and agreeing with what the panel person talked about.
After that we headed to the main lobby and got in line for Artist Alley, and for reasons I cannot quite comprehend still I witnessed quite a bit of TF2 cosplay! I spoke briefly with an Engineer, who happened to talk about two different spy sightings, which has so many layers to it I'm still smiling about it. Not only that, but I saw the frickin' Scout taking pictures with other con-goers. It's honestly amazing how universal TF2 is no matter what the community. When I finally got to Artist Alley I also happened to meet Mabo (Milkybody)! They were so very nice when we spoke I left the alley with a warm feeling in my heart~
Afterwords we scoped out the Dealer's Den and while snek friend was getting food I got in line for Bleucan's table and got a standee from them! It sits nicely with the one I got from them before, haha! It was at this point unfortunately that I was really aching, so me and Kluss retired to a quiet area upstairs to get a quick rest.
Once we were feeling well enough our next stop was a panel for making the most out of the con. This was... I'm afraid the most lackluster part of my day. The talker at the panel wasn't really all that focused on talking about the subject, and they didn't seem to have a mic on either. Kluss and I agreed that it wasn't really worth sticking around.
After leaving we went for the arcade and I grooved out to a rhythm game that I did not try before, but was able to pick up quickly thanks to my prior rhythm experience. Was super fun, the game had all the classics like Brain Power and BBKKBKK, but it also surprisingly had tracks from the Persona games and Jet Set Radio! Was very well worth playing, I think. We then took a rest in the console gaming side of the downstairs where I made idle chat with others until the Variety Show. And speaking of...
I honestly enjoyed the Variety Show a lot. Not every performance was great, but when an act was good it was super fun. Honestly being there in general felt nice because it took me back to the school talent shows I used to watch. Overall good fun!
Our final destination was... the Inflatable Suit Tryouts. Now before anyone may jump to conclusions... I could not wear one. In fact the turnout for this panel was ridiculously high, that only a very small fraction of people actually got to put the suit on at all. But honestly to me that wasn't the highlight of the panel (shocking I know), the real highlight was all the good folk there who actually recognized me by my badge. I honestly went into this event not expecting anyone to take notice, so to have multiple folk approach me and genuinely thank me for my work made me really happy (my apologies I can't list everyone I spoke to as I'm running on empty as I write this journal, I'll be sleeping good tonight at least).
And that was my day 2! Honestly once the "Line Con" phase passed I think MFF picked up tremendously. However the hardest thing I had to deal with... was the realization that I'm genuinely enjoying myself and I'm going to be a very sad bird once this convention eventually ends.
In any case, I'm looking forward to how Saturday goes~
