MFM 2008
17 years ago
General
Got back, and got some sleep know to give my report.
Let me start by saying it was great. The Con was much needed and I had a very good time at the con. I honestly really enjoyed the con. Over all I rate the con 4 out of 5, even though I am going to say some negatives here a in few it was still very good. Had fun going to parties this year getting some alchohol and meeting new people. Also got to hang out with my friends, old friends, and new friends. So that was great. Also got to snag some forge world goodies from GW. That made me happy. Especially since they undercharged me.
Ok time for negatives. Although they are going to sound really strong, they did not ruin my con experience. Mostly complaints on changes with the hotel. They seemed to give less. For example there were far less water stations last then year. On the upper hand the water tasted just fine. It did not taste like it was just from the pool. The people evacuating from the hurricane kind of put a damper on the hotel. I really felt they were being catered to, a little to much. I am sorry for their situation, but honestly they got a roof above their heads. Are con should not have to quite down just becuase you are there. Their sense of intitlement is what really bugs me. Oh well it did not ruin that much though. The only other thing that seemed to bug me a little, was the lack of orginasation this year. What do I mean by that? It was harder to tell what was going on and when. Especially when a lot events were overlapping or not happening. Examples being some events from last year did not happen this year. Althouhg there were some new ones that were cool. However it was really hard sometimes to tell what was going one when.
The one that really kind of miffed me was when a guy tried experiment by having a well lighted room for artist and others to sit chat and draw in. Playing soft semi relaxing music. That went really well, until another DJ came in and ruined it. He wanted to play techno dance. Which honestly was WAY over played through out the Con. There was at least 3 other places playing the same stuff. He started alright by asking us what we wanted. We voted him down. I guess he took offense cause not to long one the con staff on security came in talk to the current DJ. Saying how the room was reserved. Although this experiment was going well. They needed to let the guy play there. So he announced to the artist we had 30 minutes then they were going to switch to more dance crap. Which honestly again I will state they already had that going on 3 other places. Way in the back of the con was not a good place to start another one. So to shorten this story. Artist were chased out and no one came to dance. Honestly really bad judgment. I know they were trying to be fair to the guy who wanted to DJ, but honestly sometimes things just do not work out. Having the DJ do dance in the back of the con when some many are already going on was a bad idea. Kicking out the one artist chill area = REALY BAD IDEA.
Ok, this report getting long. However I got a lot to say. Yeah the complaint list was long. Hey lets face it the negatives tend to stand out more. Again I will state, even with all that I had great time. I still give the con a high rating of 4 out 5. I got some great commissions that I will slowly being posting eventually. Thanks to the following.
maxblackrabbit
bonk
dcrabbit
Phil who I finally got to commission. Orlean Knight who also does really good free art. (excepts tips) at the con. Of course I tipped him.
Also got to meet
michele_light and
fisk
Thanks again to everyone I spent time with for making my CON a great one. There just to many people to name.
Let me start by saying it was great. The Con was much needed and I had a very good time at the con. I honestly really enjoyed the con. Over all I rate the con 4 out of 5, even though I am going to say some negatives here a in few it was still very good. Had fun going to parties this year getting some alchohol and meeting new people. Also got to hang out with my friends, old friends, and new friends. So that was great. Also got to snag some forge world goodies from GW. That made me happy. Especially since they undercharged me.
Ok time for negatives. Although they are going to sound really strong, they did not ruin my con experience. Mostly complaints on changes with the hotel. They seemed to give less. For example there were far less water stations last then year. On the upper hand the water tasted just fine. It did not taste like it was just from the pool. The people evacuating from the hurricane kind of put a damper on the hotel. I really felt they were being catered to, a little to much. I am sorry for their situation, but honestly they got a roof above their heads. Are con should not have to quite down just becuase you are there. Their sense of intitlement is what really bugs me. Oh well it did not ruin that much though. The only other thing that seemed to bug me a little, was the lack of orginasation this year. What do I mean by that? It was harder to tell what was going on and when. Especially when a lot events were overlapping or not happening. Examples being some events from last year did not happen this year. Althouhg there were some new ones that were cool. However it was really hard sometimes to tell what was going one when.
The one that really kind of miffed me was when a guy tried experiment by having a well lighted room for artist and others to sit chat and draw in. Playing soft semi relaxing music. That went really well, until another DJ came in and ruined it. He wanted to play techno dance. Which honestly was WAY over played through out the Con. There was at least 3 other places playing the same stuff. He started alright by asking us what we wanted. We voted him down. I guess he took offense cause not to long one the con staff on security came in talk to the current DJ. Saying how the room was reserved. Although this experiment was going well. They needed to let the guy play there. So he announced to the artist we had 30 minutes then they were going to switch to more dance crap. Which honestly again I will state they already had that going on 3 other places. Way in the back of the con was not a good place to start another one. So to shorten this story. Artist were chased out and no one came to dance. Honestly really bad judgment. I know they were trying to be fair to the guy who wanted to DJ, but honestly sometimes things just do not work out. Having the DJ do dance in the back of the con when some many are already going on was a bad idea. Kicking out the one artist chill area = REALY BAD IDEA.
Ok, this report getting long. However I got a lot to say. Yeah the complaint list was long. Hey lets face it the negatives tend to stand out more. Again I will state, even with all that I had great time. I still give the con a high rating of 4 out 5. I got some great commissions that I will slowly being posting eventually. Thanks to the following.
maxblackrabbit
bonk
dcrabbitPhil who I finally got to commission. Orlean Knight who also does really good free art. (excepts tips) at the con. Of course I tipped him.
Also got to meet
michele_light and
fisk Thanks again to everyone I spent time with for making my CON a great one. There just to many people to name.
Darkhorse
-darkhorse
I gave up on the con when it turned into a big second life convention. I do not know if that has died down but I have never been to SL so I found myself most of the time not having a clue what people were talking about. Other than that I have nothing in common with the new faces and for the old faces... like Hank said. "all my rowdy friends have settled down"
glacierwolf
∞glacierwolf
OP
SL talk settled down. They were advertising a new one, but not overly so. SL is cool I do hang on there, but otherwise it just a 3-D muck with animations to go with what you are doing. All in SL talk was very low this year. In fact other an artist noticing I play SL, that was the only time I ever heard SL mentioned. You missed on Michele Light and few others. You did not warn me Hoss was going to be there. Eh, it was good to see him :P
Darkhorse
-darkhorse
*shrug* I did not know he was going till he was going. Mind you the last time I was there was 2 years ago. I might have been in to second life but it wont run here. I have highspeed but theres a constant 2 second lag because its a dish connection.
FoxyTangerine
~foxytangerine
*wiggles* it was good to see you again!
glacierwolf
∞glacierwolf
OP
Yup, it was good to see you too.
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