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14 years ago
FC was totally awesome this year!
The new convention center is great, the Marriott is fantastic, the Hilton... well, they could stand to improve. A lot. In fact, if you got screwed by the Hilton, CALL AND COMPLAIN to Hilton HHonors. You can reach them at 1-800-548-8690. If enough people file complaints with them, Hilton's corporate offices will take corrective actions, including possible discounts/refunds, as well as reprimanding the hotel to ensure they never treat their customers like that again.
Anyhow, my experience at the Marriott was fantastic, and the staff there were really quite cool. *wags*
Most of my time was spent wandering the con, meeting up with folks, and generally having fun. I got roped into helping
djwolf with the Wolves panel, which turned out to be an awesome experience- so much so that I'm going to volunteer to do it next year. Might even consider helping out in ConOps as well, but we'll see....
Chinese also went really well. We had a smaller group than usual, but I'm okay with that. We still had great food and great conversations with great people, and I'm looking forward to hosting it again next year. I know the restaurant staff will be looking forward to it, too. *wags*
Let's see, what else.... Oh, FC: Unleashed's content has improved considerably. They just need more acts! They've brought back prizes (including cash), audience voting, and more. So, if you were put off by the way FC was (mis)handling FNL/FC:U in past years, those issues have been resolved. Also, Bloop! (You had to be there....)
Speaking of improvements, the fursuit parade is no longer a death march! It's not too long, and it starts & ends in the (VERY COLD) main stage, where the photo is taken (no more abandoning all the fursuiters outside in the sun with no water). So, if an injured
chairo could do it in a wheelchair (he just had a bunch of metal installed in his hip a couple weeks ago), then so can you. XD
So yeah, FC was fantastic this year, and I'm looking forward to 2013. The theme next year will be The Furbidden Planet (retro sci-fi- think original Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Flash, etc), so that should be fun. Hope I get to see you there! *wags*
Bloop!
The new convention center is great, the Marriott is fantastic, the Hilton... well, they could stand to improve. A lot. In fact, if you got screwed by the Hilton, CALL AND COMPLAIN to Hilton HHonors. You can reach them at 1-800-548-8690. If enough people file complaints with them, Hilton's corporate offices will take corrective actions, including possible discounts/refunds, as well as reprimanding the hotel to ensure they never treat their customers like that again.
Anyhow, my experience at the Marriott was fantastic, and the staff there were really quite cool. *wags*
Most of my time was spent wandering the con, meeting up with folks, and generally having fun. I got roped into helping
djwolf with the Wolves panel, which turned out to be an awesome experience- so much so that I'm going to volunteer to do it next year. Might even consider helping out in ConOps as well, but we'll see....Chinese also went really well. We had a smaller group than usual, but I'm okay with that. We still had great food and great conversations with great people, and I'm looking forward to hosting it again next year. I know the restaurant staff will be looking forward to it, too. *wags*
Let's see, what else.... Oh, FC: Unleashed's content has improved considerably. They just need more acts! They've brought back prizes (including cash), audience voting, and more. So, if you were put off by the way FC was (mis)handling FNL/FC:U in past years, those issues have been resolved. Also, Bloop! (You had to be there....)
Speaking of improvements, the fursuit parade is no longer a death march! It's not too long, and it starts & ends in the (VERY COLD) main stage, where the photo is taken (no more abandoning all the fursuiters outside in the sun with no water). So, if an injured
chairo could do it in a wheelchair (he just had a bunch of metal installed in his hip a couple weeks ago), then so can you. XDSo yeah, FC was fantastic this year, and I'm looking forward to 2013. The theme next year will be The Furbidden Planet (retro sci-fi- think original Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Flash, etc), so that should be fun. Hope I get to see you there! *wags*
Bloop!
CJWolf
~cjwolf
Glad you had a great time, maybe I'll be able to make it to next year's
