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Animinneapolis
13 years ago
General
so the weekend finally drew to a close, it had its ups, downs, good and ugly, a bit more of the bad and ugly than I expected.
The good:
PoetryNinja's Battle City Tournament went well without hitches as far as I'm aware and it was loads of fun, I dueled my heart out Friday and at one point was ONE LOCATOR from the Semi-finals, alas my harpy/blackwing deck got beat and I got knocked out, I didnt walk away empty handed however, got some nifty door prizes and met some great folks.
the con overall has a very fun and vibrant atmosphere, great panels, lots of ppl, stuff happening everywhere. For a con that last year had only 900 attendees (this year they had 1200 JUST in pre-reg) it was a good con, that being said.....
The bad
Their staff and coordination need to be better, the reg line was 1 example, they had 1 line for both at-con reg and pre-reg, which combined with tight halls and lots of ppl made is swamp like heat and was rather ridiculous, I heard rumors they are going to the Double tree hotel next year (which is where Detour / Convergence is) and that may settle alot of their space issues. However that wasnt the only problem, for instance their first panels friday nearly didnt have microphones/sound equipment, just minutes before the first panels were kicking off the guy finally arrives and sets them up. IMO they could have also done better in Consuite and other area's as well. I give them some credit however for being a newer con thats still growing, and im sure they will improve.
The ugly
There was VERY loose enforcement of drinking age, there was obvious drunken minors without needing to look far, and im doubting the Room Parties were policed much or at all in ensuring people were carded for alcohol rooms.
During the first day I got heat exhaustion, I made it home at 10 and nearly passed out... called sick for work and finally felt better in the morning, Fursuiting didnt happen for me after that out of concern, the hotel's air conditioning was working overtime and it didnt really ever feel like there was times that the hotel wasnt hot and muggy.
My 2 attempts at a
MNfurs meet up there failed badly, Saturday 1 fursuiter showed up (big shout out to 
Aurastar-Taijiya for showing) which surprisingly went well even w/ 1 fursuiter.
Sunday's attempt at a meet and greet failed with 0 showering up.. oh well, CONvergence will be better planned for a meetup and should go well..
The good:
PoetryNinja's Battle City Tournament went well without hitches as far as I'm aware and it was loads of fun, I dueled my heart out Friday and at one point was ONE LOCATOR from the Semi-finals, alas my harpy/blackwing deck got beat and I got knocked out, I didnt walk away empty handed however, got some nifty door prizes and met some great folks.
the con overall has a very fun and vibrant atmosphere, great panels, lots of ppl, stuff happening everywhere. For a con that last year had only 900 attendees (this year they had 1200 JUST in pre-reg) it was a good con, that being said.....
The bad
Their staff and coordination need to be better, the reg line was 1 example, they had 1 line for both at-con reg and pre-reg, which combined with tight halls and lots of ppl made is swamp like heat and was rather ridiculous, I heard rumors they are going to the Double tree hotel next year (which is where Detour / Convergence is) and that may settle alot of their space issues. However that wasnt the only problem, for instance their first panels friday nearly didnt have microphones/sound equipment, just minutes before the first panels were kicking off the guy finally arrives and sets them up. IMO they could have also done better in Consuite and other area's as well. I give them some credit however for being a newer con thats still growing, and im sure they will improve.
The ugly
There was VERY loose enforcement of drinking age, there was obvious drunken minors without needing to look far, and im doubting the Room Parties were policed much or at all in ensuring people were carded for alcohol rooms.
During the first day I got heat exhaustion, I made it home at 10 and nearly passed out... called sick for work and finally felt better in the morning, Fursuiting didnt happen for me after that out of concern, the hotel's air conditioning was working overtime and it didnt really ever feel like there was times that the hotel wasnt hot and muggy.
My 2 attempts at a
MNfurs meet up there failed badly, Saturday 1 fursuiter showed up (big shout out to 
Aurastar-Taijiya for showing) which surprisingly went well even w/ 1 fursuiter.Sunday's attempt at a meet and greet failed with 0 showering up.. oh well, CONvergence will be better planned for a meetup and should go well..
Aurastar-Taijiya
~aurastar-taijiya
I had fun <3
