In a few words: it was fucking amazing.

In more words: prepare for a wall of text. <3

To put it in a bit of perspective this was my first big con. I'd only been to MFM and TFF thus far so this was definitely a step up from there in terms of number of people and size of the space. It absolutely rocked my world. It was like going to a convention for the first time all over again. I met an amazing amount of awesome people. Of course  tristwolf and I ran around being crazy, and we hung out and had lots of delicious food with  sablegryphon and  hungrider (it was his first con, omggg). Bothered  nut-case while she chilled in the dealer's den, too. :D Got to run around being extra hyper with  omgsparky! It was awesome seeing her again. We conspired in tripping up  skroy and sending him flying into a pillar. X'D As always I bothered  jasehusky and  taekwo every time I saw them. <3

I got to meet a bunch of people that I've been dying to and that I look up to, namely  tent,  coopertom,  step, and  twitchdawoof! It was amazing getting to see them running around and being able to say hi to them and tell them how awesome they are. Even tried to teach coopertom how to use my squeaky bone but it seems cats can't be taught how to play with decent toys. :c I also tried really, really hard to cheer up  imadramallama but he was having none of it.

 mysteryotter was there being adorable as always. Tried to sneak off with him once again but tristwolf wasn't about to let that happen. ;D Chatted with  ebonywolf99, too, which was a lot of fun!  princessrei demanded hugs and after the adorable picture she did of tristwolf and I, I just had to oblige. c: It was amazing getting to talk to her, she's a super sweet person. Of course  wintersnowolf was there, too, and got to see Roy run around in person! Got a GORGEOUS badge from  animecat that I can't stop staring at. XDD

There are a ton of other furs I met, too, that I'm totally forgetting in my PCD- and sleep-induced stupor. XD

There was a ton of playing, a lot of keep-away with my squeaky bone (you mean, mean people!) and soooo many amazing interactions. Also the Furshoot guys were absolutely stellar! They made the photoshoot experience amazing and if you get a chance to get pictures with these guys I highly suggest it!

I had the chance to play for a good half hour with a couple of mundanes who'd dropped by the convention out of curiosity. The woman thought me playing fetch was just the greatest thing ever. She also wanted everyone that passed to make me do tricks to get my squeaky bone back. XD Tried really hard to figure out if I was a girl or a guy but I wasn't giving away hints! She swore up and down she'd be getting a costume after this and made me promise to be there next year. XDD I was glad to have a couple other furs come up to help explain some things about the fandom (like cost of suits, how some suiters don't talk, etc, etc) for me since most of that's really hard to mime. rofl

This was definitely one of my favorite cons so far. The people were phenomenal. The conspace was gorgeous and very well laid out. The staff did such an excellent job I can't even begin to describe how smoothly things went. This is a con I will definitely be going back to again, though the move to the Westin should be interesting.

So thank you to all the people I met and hung out with. You're all such amazing people and the reason I go to cons. Keep being awesome and keep being furry!

My one, ONE SINGULAR complaint: there were SO MANY fursuiters just popping their heads willy nilly. o__o Call me old school but holy geebus guys keep it on until you get to the lounge! If you wanna peruse the Dealer's Den/Artist's Alley do it when you're not in suit (not like you can really buy things while you're suited up anyway). And it's not like any of these were medical emergencies, there were some sitting at the tables just down the hall from the lounge! It's because of this that Piston's going to be adopting a new persona: the Fursuit Etiquette Police. He'll be walking (or strutting, he never really just walks) around bopping people in the face when they're not wearing their head. >:] Even going to get a badge made with #KeepYourHeadOn on it and Piston dressed as a police dog.

Also use that hashtag on Twitter. Do it. Do it now.
Alsoalso my Twitter is PistonPitbull. Follow meeeee!

Tl;dr Sorry for the wall of text I love you all! You're an amazing group but dammit #KeepYourHeadOn!

PS:  rawkz0rz IS BALLIN'! <3