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DenFur 2025 Recap
a week ago
I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
Well, it's been a couple of days since DenFur. I'm still kind of exhausted, but if I don't try to get my thoughts in order, I might not ever get around to it. So here's my recounting of my DenFur experience this year:
THURSDAY
For this year, I wanted a room at the convention, but didn't want to pay for it myself. I reached out to the local furry community and had some responses. I decided to room with a pair who would be staying from Thursday evening to Monday morning. They were even willing to let me carpool with them to and from the event. It was a little tight, but we were able to fit my suitcase, backpack, and laptop bag in their vehicle. We made it up to Denver in good time and got checked in, then went down to registration. There was no real line, so that got completed quickly. Supposedly, there were con books on the table with the pronoun ribbons, but I don't remember seeing any. After that, they had to go back for a bag they left behind, leaving me to find dinner. I ended up at Kyoto Scratch Kitchen and had vegetable ramen with a Ramune. It was fine, but I'm not sure my stomach agreed with it. I went back to the hotel and checked out the kickoff dance. I don't really have the energy for dancing, so I just took in the experience. I eventually went back up to the room in time for my roommates to return. We were waiting on the hotel staff to bring up a box fan, which I think my roommates needed for their fursuits. That meant I didn't get to sleep until after midnight.
FRIDAY
Slept poorly. I woke up around 2:30 AM and couldn't fall back asleep for at least 2 hours. Woke up again around 6:30 AM. Got out around 7 and got dressed. Went out and caught the free shuttle running by the 16th Street Mall to get to Sam's #3 Diner. Ended up having 2 cups of coffee with 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, and 4 sausages. Came back to the hotel and hung out for a while. Took the opportunity to place some of my YouTube channel business cards on the stand that had been set up before going to Opening Ceremonies. It was fine, just introducing the guests of honor and the charity, along with the staff for Last Caw and Foxtrot. Headed over to the Rare & Uncommon Fursona Meetup, seeing as rats still aren't very common in the fandom. It was fine. Tried talking a bit with people. Still not great at that. Went to A Brief History of Colorado's Amusement Parks next. It was interesting. The presentation mostly covered Elitch Gardens and Lakeside. I'm not sure if more would have been covered as the panel went to the time limit. I did ask the presenter if they had seen the documentaries Rocky Mountain PBS had done covering early Elitch Gardens and the other amusement parks in the area. I believe they said they had. Decided to head out for lunch at that time. I think I went to Pita Fresh and ended up having a beef shawarma entree with mango juice. I believe it was a little more greasy than I would have liked, as my stomach wasn't really happy with it. Came back and did some looking around the Dealer's Den and Artists Alley. Dropped off a pendant with Curiously Colored Glass, which is sort of a story in and of itself in the difficulties I'd been having with that. Picked up volumes 1 through 4 of the American Journal of Anthropomorphics from Michele Light. Bought a rat themed omamori from Degu Arts. Got a bunch of stickers and a small matted print from various vendors in the Artists Alley. Went back down for the Trials & Tribulations of a New Self-Published Author panel. It was interesting to hear about the entire process of self-publishing a book, from actually writing the story to doing setting for publishing. Although, I'm not looking forward to developing a cover by myself if I try to self-publish something. Went to Taebyn Sings Weird Al after that, although got slightly lost along the way. The panel was plagues with technical issues at the start. The audio from the laptop wasn't getting routed to the speakers, so Taebyn had to sign the first couple of songs without us being able to hear the music. It eventually got fixed near the end. He's not a bad singer, I guess. He gave away some stuff, so I ended up taking a poker chip with his sona on either side. After that, there was an informal get together for Colorado Springs furries. We met by one of the fire pits in front of the hotel and chatted a bit before taking a group picture. I went to dinner after that. Ended up walking to Obento, and had a chicken teriyaki bento box with sparkling peach juice. It was tasty, although it may have caused some problems later. I had a few hours free, so I went around, checking out the game room and the open space. I think that the Animal Art Crimes popup was also open at this point, so I looked in on that as well. This year, they actually got space within the convention. I also took a look in on the dance around 8 PM. Still wasn't feeling up to dancing.
So, getting close to 9 PM, I went over to attend the Transformation panel. Turns out there was a massive line for that. On top of that, the convention staff warned us that there were more people waiting than would be permitted due to fire code, so some people would be unable to enter. Fortunately, I was able to get in. Oddly, there seemed to be a number of empty chairs, even after the orders were given to move down to fill them. Anyway, the panel was intriguing. Started off as a sort of lecture on early media dealing with transformation, such as Ovid's Metamorphoses, going up to more modern works. Then it became more of a free form discussion, with people listing off properties that included transformation. And I think I should have spoken up at this point, because I had recently been playing the visual novel Mice Tea. Mice Tea prominently features furry transformations, but down one of the branching paths, the protagonist and their love interest end up attending a furry convention that is going on at the time and they sit in on a panel on transformation, which went in a similar fashion to what was happening. So there was an unusual case of life imitating art imitating life.
Anyways, after that, I went over to the Furry Visual Novel Fans & Creator Meetup. I was hoping to get some recommendations on furry visual novels to read, which I did, but it felt like I wasn't contributing much to the discussion, so I cut out early. I had heard from friends that a room party was going on that evening, so I went up and checked it out. It was okay, but it exemplified my problems with room parties: drinking, dancing, and trying to have a conversation where you can't hear each other over the music. I eventually gave up and left. I think I checked out the Night Market, which was pretty much just an after hours version of the Artists Alley. There were only a handful of vendors, though. I ended up going back to the room and tried to get some sleep. Unfortunately, something I ate was not agreeing with me. Took a while to fall asleep, not helped by feeling feverish and sweating a lot.
SATURDAY
I don't think I got more than 4 hours of sleep again. I know I was up around 6:30 AM and got dressed around 7. Went out and had breakfast at the Trompeau Bakery and Cafe. Had a quiche and a banana along with some orange juice. The quiche was pretty tasty. Came back and hung around the convention for a while. At 11 AM, I went to the Meet and Greet with Kacey panel. Not a lot of people showed up for that, and partway through, Kacey had to step out for a while, so for a bit it was her partner showing off various works Kacey had done. Still, it was interesting. After that, I intended to go to the Twitch/VTuber Meetup and Hangout to try connecting with other streamers or content creators, but I felt I was having difficulty connecting with them, so I went to lunch early. I ended up going to Poke Bowl and had a salmon bowl with various ingredients and toppings, along with unsweetened ice tea. It was fine. Came back for the How to be a Fursuit Handler Extraordinaire panel, which was mostly general advice on handling people in fursuit. I ducked out a little early because I was planning on going to the Content Creator Meetup, but when I got there, it had been replaced with another meet and greet panel. I suppose this was partly my fault, because the schedule had been updated to have the change in it, but my phone kept showing me a cached version of the page, so as far as I knew everything was fine. The convention had also posted the change on their BlueSky account, but I missed that as well. I think I went back to the Dealer's Den to finish off my shopping for the weekend. I picked up a folder and a couple of prints from Kacey Miyagami, a microfiber towel and some prints from Mao's Menagerie, several books from Fenris Publishing, another book from Donryu, and some tea from the convention store. The tea came with a keychain, which I already had from DenFur 2023, so at first I was going to turn it down, but then I realized I could use it for trade, so I took it anyway. Went back down around 3:30 PM for the Greymuzzle/Silvermuzzle Meet and Greet. This one kind of went better, as I was able to chat a bit with the people at the table and handed out some more of my business cards. I think I kind of wandered around for an hour after that and came back for the Livestreamer Meet and Greet panel. I don't really remember much of that, which means I may have ducked out early. I ended up going to Lazo Empanadas across from the hotel for dinner, because Kacey had mentioned how Freckles would make empanadas and I am somewhat easily influences. Had a couple of empanadas and a soda. The empanadas were really good. Had about an hour to go before the next panel, so I think I wandered around for a bit. I headed to the Silly Drawing Games with Kacey panel at 8 PM, but realized I wanted to get my laptop bag for later, so I went back up. It took 15 minutes to retrieve it and come back down. When I made it back, the room was closed. So I think I went to check out the Foxtrot Invasion Rave. It was interesting in that they had set up a projector in a corner with a VRChat portal, but I still wasn't up for dancing. After that, I had planned on going to a panel on Gnoll Knights, which had sounded interesting, but it seems it was canceled. So I went back up to the room party I knew about. Strangely, there was a line to get in and the party didn't open until around 9:15 PM. And once I had gotten in, I felt like I wanted to be elsewhere, so I went back down to the Foxtrot Rave.
Okay, so at 10:00 PM, I went to the Macro/Micro panel. I was kind of looking forward to this, seeing as I had pushed a macro story to my writing account a few weeks ago, and I was still trying to figure out what ideas I was trying to explore. It kind of ended up as a group discussion on what people enjoy with regards to macro/micro. It seems some people see it as wish fulfillment, which I can kind of see in my own writing, although the wish fulfillment I think I was going for is probably different from what other people are into macro/micro for. Some people seem to be into it in order to work with impossibilities, which I can also see that in my own writing. And some people use macro/micro as a way to explore other kinks and fetishes, which I definitely tapped into with my own story. I will admit that macro/micro is not the primary thing I'm into, but it does seem to work for exploring ideas. I also enjoyed having the forum to discuss macro/micro, as I frequently feel like I can't discuss fetish or kink stuff openly with other furries.
So after that, I was pretty much done for the day. Went back up to the room and tried to get some sleep. Once again, I don't think I got to sleep until after midnight.
SUNDAY
Slept poorly again. I woke up around 4:30 AM and couldn't fall back asleep. Got up around 7 AM, got dressed, and went to the Delectable Egg for breakfast. Had 2 cups of coffee along with a Green Egg and Ham Benedict, which was pretty tasty. Was still pretty tired, so went back to the room and just laid down for a while. I had wanted to go to a panel at 9 AM on Flying Furs: The Aviation Industry and the Furs, but I just didn't feel up to it. Came back down around 10 AM for the Sponsor brunch. I had registered as a Sponsor this year, which let me snag some snacks from the Sponsor lounge over the course of the convention. I figured the brunch would also help cut down on food costs. It kind of worked, as I ended up not feeling like I needed to get lunch. Anyway, after that was the Rodent Meet and Greet. Ended up chatting with a bunch of other rodent furs, along with a couple of cats who sneaked in. Afterwards, I went back up to the room and laid down for a while. I had wanted to go to the Social Hour meet and greet at 1 PM, but I was still too exhausted. I came back down around 2 PM for a series of panels. I dropped into NO! The Raspberry Pi(e) Doe NOT Go In the Oven, which sounded interesting. It did have some information about setting up a Raspberry Pi device, including a bit on breadboarding, which I had done some work with a long time ago as part of a science fair project. I had to duck out early due to the Content Creator Meet and Greet happening. Somehow, that had been moved into Panel 2, which was not conducive to the format. It ended up as more of a Q & A session with the hosts. I left that one early too in order to get to the Digimon Expert Trivia panel at 3 PM. I was excited for that, as the host was part of the local Digimon Card Game community. I figured I wouldn't do great, as most of my Digimon knowledge is from Adventure, Adventure 02, Tamers, Liberator, and some of the games. I did get a lot of questions wrong, but some lucky guesses got me into 3rd place. I got a pair of Gabumon socks as a prize.
After that it was time for Closing Ceremonies, which was preempted slightly by the Charity Auction overrunning its time frame. Still, it did get started fairly quickly. They raffled off a fursuit of Blucifer, the horse statue from DIA. Then they announced the numbers for the year. About 4400 people in attendance, which was more than either of the previous 2 years. They also managed to raise over $22000 for their charity, with about $13000 coming from the Blucifer raffle and $800 coming from the charity poker game. They also announced that the theme for next year would be the planned 2017 RMFC convention theme, Carnival Nocturne. Somehow, I had thought it was spelled Carnivale, which would have meant Mardi Gras, but I guess I was misremembering. Anyway, once that was done, I went to the Hiss N Purr Convention Feedback panel, because I had wanted to raise the issue of panels being rescheduled and moved without clear instructions. Turns out a couple of other people also had issues with panels being shifted around. There were also issues with crowds in the registration line and the Dealer's Den, along with lack of internet or phone signal in the convention space, issues with panels not having buffer time, which resulted in panels running into each other, issues with the sensory room being next to the games room, which meant noise from the arcade cabinets made it into the sensory room, and issues with the 18+ sections. The staff present took the feedback well, and they seem to be working hard to overcome the damage done over the last couple of years.
So yeah, after that, I headed out for dinner. I ended up going to Modern Market Eatery and had a Buddha Bowl with a kombucha. It was pretty tasty. I went back to the convention space and checked out Animal Art Crimes again. I purchased a copy of the book Wild Pokemon from them, having just enough cash on hand for it. I then threw them my last dollar along with a business card to pick up a sticker from them. I headed back up to the room for the evening. My roommates went out, because apparently there was a party happening at the hotel pool. I had considered bringing a swimsuit this year, but I'm not sure any of them fit me. So maybe next year. I spent the time playing with my Switch and reading through my purchases. I ended up falling asleep some time after 11 PM.
MONDAY
My roommates came back around 1:20 PM, waking me up, but I was able to get back to sleep quickly. Had my first night of decent sleep in a while, waking up around 6:30 PM. Around 7, I got dressed and went down the the hotel cafe for an expensive latte and bottle of orange juice. I just hung out in the room for the morning until my roommates got up and started packing. We got out of the hotel a bit after 11 AM and made really good time back to Colorado Springs.
So yeah, that's what I can remember from the convention this year. It felt pretty decent this year, with room for improvement. I guess I'm looking forward to next year. And, thanks to masking up for most of the time, I seem to have avoided con crud and Covid this time.
I want to give thanks to all the people who knew me that I ran into over the course of the convention:
ianthegecko, 
jcollie719, 
gearsypoodrox, Zina (not sure if they have an FA,) G0AT (not sure if they have an FA,) Kybz (not sure if they have an FA.)
I'd also like to give special thanks to Blake and Spazz for letting me share their room. It was quite the experience.
Okay, guess that's my thoughts in order for the time being. I may start putting up pictures I took while at the convention. We'll see if I feel like it.
THURSDAY
For this year, I wanted a room at the convention, but didn't want to pay for it myself. I reached out to the local furry community and had some responses. I decided to room with a pair who would be staying from Thursday evening to Monday morning. They were even willing to let me carpool with them to and from the event. It was a little tight, but we were able to fit my suitcase, backpack, and laptop bag in their vehicle. We made it up to Denver in good time and got checked in, then went down to registration. There was no real line, so that got completed quickly. Supposedly, there were con books on the table with the pronoun ribbons, but I don't remember seeing any. After that, they had to go back for a bag they left behind, leaving me to find dinner. I ended up at Kyoto Scratch Kitchen and had vegetable ramen with a Ramune. It was fine, but I'm not sure my stomach agreed with it. I went back to the hotel and checked out the kickoff dance. I don't really have the energy for dancing, so I just took in the experience. I eventually went back up to the room in time for my roommates to return. We were waiting on the hotel staff to bring up a box fan, which I think my roommates needed for their fursuits. That meant I didn't get to sleep until after midnight.
FRIDAY
Slept poorly. I woke up around 2:30 AM and couldn't fall back asleep for at least 2 hours. Woke up again around 6:30 AM. Got out around 7 and got dressed. Went out and caught the free shuttle running by the 16th Street Mall to get to Sam's #3 Diner. Ended up having 2 cups of coffee with 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, and 4 sausages. Came back to the hotel and hung out for a while. Took the opportunity to place some of my YouTube channel business cards on the stand that had been set up before going to Opening Ceremonies. It was fine, just introducing the guests of honor and the charity, along with the staff for Last Caw and Foxtrot. Headed over to the Rare & Uncommon Fursona Meetup, seeing as rats still aren't very common in the fandom. It was fine. Tried talking a bit with people. Still not great at that. Went to A Brief History of Colorado's Amusement Parks next. It was interesting. The presentation mostly covered Elitch Gardens and Lakeside. I'm not sure if more would have been covered as the panel went to the time limit. I did ask the presenter if they had seen the documentaries Rocky Mountain PBS had done covering early Elitch Gardens and the other amusement parks in the area. I believe they said they had. Decided to head out for lunch at that time. I think I went to Pita Fresh and ended up having a beef shawarma entree with mango juice. I believe it was a little more greasy than I would have liked, as my stomach wasn't really happy with it. Came back and did some looking around the Dealer's Den and Artists Alley. Dropped off a pendant with Curiously Colored Glass, which is sort of a story in and of itself in the difficulties I'd been having with that. Picked up volumes 1 through 4 of the American Journal of Anthropomorphics from Michele Light. Bought a rat themed omamori from Degu Arts. Got a bunch of stickers and a small matted print from various vendors in the Artists Alley. Went back down for the Trials & Tribulations of a New Self-Published Author panel. It was interesting to hear about the entire process of self-publishing a book, from actually writing the story to doing setting for publishing. Although, I'm not looking forward to developing a cover by myself if I try to self-publish something. Went to Taebyn Sings Weird Al after that, although got slightly lost along the way. The panel was plagues with technical issues at the start. The audio from the laptop wasn't getting routed to the speakers, so Taebyn had to sign the first couple of songs without us being able to hear the music. It eventually got fixed near the end. He's not a bad singer, I guess. He gave away some stuff, so I ended up taking a poker chip with his sona on either side. After that, there was an informal get together for Colorado Springs furries. We met by one of the fire pits in front of the hotel and chatted a bit before taking a group picture. I went to dinner after that. Ended up walking to Obento, and had a chicken teriyaki bento box with sparkling peach juice. It was tasty, although it may have caused some problems later. I had a few hours free, so I went around, checking out the game room and the open space. I think that the Animal Art Crimes popup was also open at this point, so I looked in on that as well. This year, they actually got space within the convention. I also took a look in on the dance around 8 PM. Still wasn't feeling up to dancing.
So, getting close to 9 PM, I went over to attend the Transformation panel. Turns out there was a massive line for that. On top of that, the convention staff warned us that there were more people waiting than would be permitted due to fire code, so some people would be unable to enter. Fortunately, I was able to get in. Oddly, there seemed to be a number of empty chairs, even after the orders were given to move down to fill them. Anyway, the panel was intriguing. Started off as a sort of lecture on early media dealing with transformation, such as Ovid's Metamorphoses, going up to more modern works. Then it became more of a free form discussion, with people listing off properties that included transformation. And I think I should have spoken up at this point, because I had recently been playing the visual novel Mice Tea. Mice Tea prominently features furry transformations, but down one of the branching paths, the protagonist and their love interest end up attending a furry convention that is going on at the time and they sit in on a panel on transformation, which went in a similar fashion to what was happening. So there was an unusual case of life imitating art imitating life.
Anyways, after that, I went over to the Furry Visual Novel Fans & Creator Meetup. I was hoping to get some recommendations on furry visual novels to read, which I did, but it felt like I wasn't contributing much to the discussion, so I cut out early. I had heard from friends that a room party was going on that evening, so I went up and checked it out. It was okay, but it exemplified my problems with room parties: drinking, dancing, and trying to have a conversation where you can't hear each other over the music. I eventually gave up and left. I think I checked out the Night Market, which was pretty much just an after hours version of the Artists Alley. There were only a handful of vendors, though. I ended up going back to the room and tried to get some sleep. Unfortunately, something I ate was not agreeing with me. Took a while to fall asleep, not helped by feeling feverish and sweating a lot.
SATURDAY
I don't think I got more than 4 hours of sleep again. I know I was up around 6:30 AM and got dressed around 7. Went out and had breakfast at the Trompeau Bakery and Cafe. Had a quiche and a banana along with some orange juice. The quiche was pretty tasty. Came back and hung around the convention for a while. At 11 AM, I went to the Meet and Greet with Kacey panel. Not a lot of people showed up for that, and partway through, Kacey had to step out for a while, so for a bit it was her partner showing off various works Kacey had done. Still, it was interesting. After that, I intended to go to the Twitch/VTuber Meetup and Hangout to try connecting with other streamers or content creators, but I felt I was having difficulty connecting with them, so I went to lunch early. I ended up going to Poke Bowl and had a salmon bowl with various ingredients and toppings, along with unsweetened ice tea. It was fine. Came back for the How to be a Fursuit Handler Extraordinaire panel, which was mostly general advice on handling people in fursuit. I ducked out a little early because I was planning on going to the Content Creator Meetup, but when I got there, it had been replaced with another meet and greet panel. I suppose this was partly my fault, because the schedule had been updated to have the change in it, but my phone kept showing me a cached version of the page, so as far as I knew everything was fine. The convention had also posted the change on their BlueSky account, but I missed that as well. I think I went back to the Dealer's Den to finish off my shopping for the weekend. I picked up a folder and a couple of prints from Kacey Miyagami, a microfiber towel and some prints from Mao's Menagerie, several books from Fenris Publishing, another book from Donryu, and some tea from the convention store. The tea came with a keychain, which I already had from DenFur 2023, so at first I was going to turn it down, but then I realized I could use it for trade, so I took it anyway. Went back down around 3:30 PM for the Greymuzzle/Silvermuzzle Meet and Greet. This one kind of went better, as I was able to chat a bit with the people at the table and handed out some more of my business cards. I think I kind of wandered around for an hour after that and came back for the Livestreamer Meet and Greet panel. I don't really remember much of that, which means I may have ducked out early. I ended up going to Lazo Empanadas across from the hotel for dinner, because Kacey had mentioned how Freckles would make empanadas and I am somewhat easily influences. Had a couple of empanadas and a soda. The empanadas were really good. Had about an hour to go before the next panel, so I think I wandered around for a bit. I headed to the Silly Drawing Games with Kacey panel at 8 PM, but realized I wanted to get my laptop bag for later, so I went back up. It took 15 minutes to retrieve it and come back down. When I made it back, the room was closed. So I think I went to check out the Foxtrot Invasion Rave. It was interesting in that they had set up a projector in a corner with a VRChat portal, but I still wasn't up for dancing. After that, I had planned on going to a panel on Gnoll Knights, which had sounded interesting, but it seems it was canceled. So I went back up to the room party I knew about. Strangely, there was a line to get in and the party didn't open until around 9:15 PM. And once I had gotten in, I felt like I wanted to be elsewhere, so I went back down to the Foxtrot Rave.
Okay, so at 10:00 PM, I went to the Macro/Micro panel. I was kind of looking forward to this, seeing as I had pushed a macro story to my writing account a few weeks ago, and I was still trying to figure out what ideas I was trying to explore. It kind of ended up as a group discussion on what people enjoy with regards to macro/micro. It seems some people see it as wish fulfillment, which I can kind of see in my own writing, although the wish fulfillment I think I was going for is probably different from what other people are into macro/micro for. Some people seem to be into it in order to work with impossibilities, which I can also see that in my own writing. And some people use macro/micro as a way to explore other kinks and fetishes, which I definitely tapped into with my own story. I will admit that macro/micro is not the primary thing I'm into, but it does seem to work for exploring ideas. I also enjoyed having the forum to discuss macro/micro, as I frequently feel like I can't discuss fetish or kink stuff openly with other furries.
So after that, I was pretty much done for the day. Went back up to the room and tried to get some sleep. Once again, I don't think I got to sleep until after midnight.
SUNDAY
Slept poorly again. I woke up around 4:30 AM and couldn't fall back asleep. Got up around 7 AM, got dressed, and went to the Delectable Egg for breakfast. Had 2 cups of coffee along with a Green Egg and Ham Benedict, which was pretty tasty. Was still pretty tired, so went back to the room and just laid down for a while. I had wanted to go to a panel at 9 AM on Flying Furs: The Aviation Industry and the Furs, but I just didn't feel up to it. Came back down around 10 AM for the Sponsor brunch. I had registered as a Sponsor this year, which let me snag some snacks from the Sponsor lounge over the course of the convention. I figured the brunch would also help cut down on food costs. It kind of worked, as I ended up not feeling like I needed to get lunch. Anyway, after that was the Rodent Meet and Greet. Ended up chatting with a bunch of other rodent furs, along with a couple of cats who sneaked in. Afterwards, I went back up to the room and laid down for a while. I had wanted to go to the Social Hour meet and greet at 1 PM, but I was still too exhausted. I came back down around 2 PM for a series of panels. I dropped into NO! The Raspberry Pi(e) Doe NOT Go In the Oven, which sounded interesting. It did have some information about setting up a Raspberry Pi device, including a bit on breadboarding, which I had done some work with a long time ago as part of a science fair project. I had to duck out early due to the Content Creator Meet and Greet happening. Somehow, that had been moved into Panel 2, which was not conducive to the format. It ended up as more of a Q & A session with the hosts. I left that one early too in order to get to the Digimon Expert Trivia panel at 3 PM. I was excited for that, as the host was part of the local Digimon Card Game community. I figured I wouldn't do great, as most of my Digimon knowledge is from Adventure, Adventure 02, Tamers, Liberator, and some of the games. I did get a lot of questions wrong, but some lucky guesses got me into 3rd place. I got a pair of Gabumon socks as a prize.
After that it was time for Closing Ceremonies, which was preempted slightly by the Charity Auction overrunning its time frame. Still, it did get started fairly quickly. They raffled off a fursuit of Blucifer, the horse statue from DIA. Then they announced the numbers for the year. About 4400 people in attendance, which was more than either of the previous 2 years. They also managed to raise over $22000 for their charity, with about $13000 coming from the Blucifer raffle and $800 coming from the charity poker game. They also announced that the theme for next year would be the planned 2017 RMFC convention theme, Carnival Nocturne. Somehow, I had thought it was spelled Carnivale, which would have meant Mardi Gras, but I guess I was misremembering. Anyway, once that was done, I went to the Hiss N Purr Convention Feedback panel, because I had wanted to raise the issue of panels being rescheduled and moved without clear instructions. Turns out a couple of other people also had issues with panels being shifted around. There were also issues with crowds in the registration line and the Dealer's Den, along with lack of internet or phone signal in the convention space, issues with panels not having buffer time, which resulted in panels running into each other, issues with the sensory room being next to the games room, which meant noise from the arcade cabinets made it into the sensory room, and issues with the 18+ sections. The staff present took the feedback well, and they seem to be working hard to overcome the damage done over the last couple of years.
So yeah, after that, I headed out for dinner. I ended up going to Modern Market Eatery and had a Buddha Bowl with a kombucha. It was pretty tasty. I went back to the convention space and checked out Animal Art Crimes again. I purchased a copy of the book Wild Pokemon from them, having just enough cash on hand for it. I then threw them my last dollar along with a business card to pick up a sticker from them. I headed back up to the room for the evening. My roommates went out, because apparently there was a party happening at the hotel pool. I had considered bringing a swimsuit this year, but I'm not sure any of them fit me. So maybe next year. I spent the time playing with my Switch and reading through my purchases. I ended up falling asleep some time after 11 PM.
MONDAY
My roommates came back around 1:20 PM, waking me up, but I was able to get back to sleep quickly. Had my first night of decent sleep in a while, waking up around 6:30 PM. Around 7, I got dressed and went down the the hotel cafe for an expensive latte and bottle of orange juice. I just hung out in the room for the morning until my roommates got up and started packing. We got out of the hotel a bit after 11 AM and made really good time back to Colorado Springs.
So yeah, that's what I can remember from the convention this year. It felt pretty decent this year, with room for improvement. I guess I'm looking forward to next year. And, thanks to masking up for most of the time, I seem to have avoided con crud and Covid this time.
I want to give thanks to all the people who knew me that I ran into over the course of the convention:
ianthegecko, 
jcollie719, 
gearsypoodrox, Zina (not sure if they have an FA,) G0AT (not sure if they have an FA,) Kybz (not sure if they have an FA.)I'd also like to give special thanks to Blake and Spazz for letting me share their room. It was quite the experience.
Okay, guess that's my thoughts in order for the time being. I may start putting up pictures I took while at the convention. We'll see if I feel like it.
