Unfortunately, that falls right in the middle of grad school visit time. It I went, I'd be out four of of the next five weekends. =x_x=

This doggy will be going lol
Will be looking forward to seeing you again =3

Awesome, see you there.

FurSquared doesn't have an art show, and as a furry convention art show artist that is my primary con-going activity. As a result, I am passing on this one. I need to save my money to participate in conventions that do have art shows, such as DucKon, IndyFurCon, Midwest Furfest, etc.

Since we are on the subject of conventions, Liedt, do you know whether or not you are going to be going to any MLP:FiM conventions this year? I know that Midwestria and yourself had your differences, but my friend  paw093 and I have been lamenting the loss of that local-area pony convention ever since it got shuttered for good and have been looking for a good replacement pony convention to go to ever since. I almost went to Sweet Apple Acres con last July as a dealer, but my God it is a good thing that I didn't as it imploded spectacularly, getting cancelled the day before the convention was supposed to start. I really dodged a bullet with that one, as had I gone I wouldn't have found out that it had been cancelled until I had already driven to Tennessee and checked into my hotel room. Then there was Cutie Mark Con in Cincinnatti, Ohio... I was sad that I missed that one last year too, but it looks like I dodged yet another bullet by missing it. Based on what I have read, apparently it had bad organization, cancelled most of its special guests, and had low attendance. It has also ceased to be this year, being absorbed into some kind of general anime and gaming convention.

So now I am left with two other relatively local area pony conventions: Trotcon, and Ponyville Cider Con. I know someone on staff at Trotcon, and it has existed for more than a single year, which are both good signs. However, on the down side its posted special guest list is disappointing for the second year in a row too-- so far the most notable official MLP:FiM-related person that they have is Heather Breckel, who is a colorist from the IDW My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book series. Wow. I don't mean to demean Ms. Breckel, as I do find the comic series to be well done, but if that's a convention's headlining guest that is horribly underwhelming. Trotcon thus far has no one from the actual television show-- no voice actors, no writers, no animators, nothing. All of their other special guests are podcasters from the brony fandom, and I am sorry, but if someone is from the fandom at best they should be considered nothing more than a panelist-- not a headlining special guest. That is a really low bar Trotcon is setting. Despite that, Trotcon is still on my list of possible conventions due to the fact that it is relatively close, but it is definitely not a sure thing with me. I have to wait and see if they bulk up their special guests and programming a bit before I make a decision whether or not I want to try to get accepted into their artist alley and go.

As for Ponyville Cider Con, that is a new pony con taking place in November in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While they have posted no guests yet and are a great unknown, they are still my greatest hope for my pony con for this year due to how close Milwaukee is. I can't ignore the convenience of a con that is so close. Hopefully it won't implode between now and when it takes place in November, as it would be nice to go to at least some kind of dedicated pony con again. Despite Midwestria's own problems, it still gave me and paw093 a lot of fond memories, so we'd like to recapture some of that fun and good times once again. What are your thoughts and plans for MLP:FiM conventions this year, Liedt?

How did I know the longest reply was going to be yours?

Oops, forgot to actually reply to the question.

It does not look like I'll be attending any MLP cons this year. Time is just not my friend, I have too many Military obligations that are coming up every decent weekend when I could get on the road for a con. This one, may be my only con at all, for the year. I'm going to miss MFF too, first time in 8 years, as I'll be in the desert in CA for some warfighter training.

How did I know the longest reply was going to be yours?

Because awesomeness of my caliber cannot be contained in 140 characters or less!

It does not look like I'll be attending any MLP cons this year (...) This one, may be my only con at all, for the year. I'm going to miss MFF too, first time in 8 years, as I'll be in the desert in CA for some warfighter training.

I am very sorry to learn that you won't be able to attend any other conventions this year, and I wish you all the best with your military training and duties. Hopefully next year you will be allowed a little bit more free time so that you can enjoy yourself at more cons.

I'm going!!! We gotta hang out!!!!

Y'know with the number of times we bump into each other at a con, its funny we just don't hang out more often.

This is going to be a small con, ill find some time.

Ima be there!!

Always good to chat or have a drink with you. Since I've moved down south, haven't been able to catch up at LAFF meets.