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MES National Con Report!
11 years ago
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Mind's Eye Society National Convention
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this convention since I hadn't LARPed since high school and know next to nothing about new world of darkness, but it was a lot of fun. I believe attendance was around 300 people, most of whom seemed to run several characters. Print sales were ok considering the population. I got healthy interest in commissions and had several long conversations about picking up some projects in the coming months. One of my favorite parts of doing a smaller con is actually getting to talk to people. The smaller room even made it possible to actually hear people most of the time ^_~
There were definitely some flow issues in the room that I think could have been solved fairly easily. Charities had a table right at the entrance that protruded into the room so there was often a wall of humans physically blocking access. I think moving Charities to the back of the room where the raffle table could be next to them instead of across would have removed that congestion and made it a little easier on Charities staff when they had to explain the raffle system. I had a couple of people come in Saturday that hadn't realized there was anything else in the room.
Staff was awesome in every respect. Even the hotel staff was thrilled to work with them.
I think my favorite part of the weekend was listening to games in the public areas. The hotel is right across the freeway from Sea World, so there were several vacationing families in the hotel as well. There was a mother who was visibly concerned when the Brujah clan meeting next to the pool devolved to its inevitable in character violent argument. She really wanted to say something, but wasn't sure she wanted to say it to the 20+ goth-punk looking people. I think she finally realized it wasn't a real fight when they stopped role play and made a path to let some hotel staff through, then picked up the argument again without missing a beat. Her kids were oblivious to the whole thing because there was a pool and that pool had fountains ^_~
I'm not sure I would travel to MES events that weren't local, but I'd gladly do this one again if it came back to San Antonio or Austin.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13214898/
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this convention since I hadn't LARPed since high school and know next to nothing about new world of darkness, but it was a lot of fun. I believe attendance was around 300 people, most of whom seemed to run several characters. Print sales were ok considering the population. I got healthy interest in commissions and had several long conversations about picking up some projects in the coming months. One of my favorite parts of doing a smaller con is actually getting to talk to people. The smaller room even made it possible to actually hear people most of the time ^_~
There were definitely some flow issues in the room that I think could have been solved fairly easily. Charities had a table right at the entrance that protruded into the room so there was often a wall of humans physically blocking access. I think moving Charities to the back of the room where the raffle table could be next to them instead of across would have removed that congestion and made it a little easier on Charities staff when they had to explain the raffle system. I had a couple of people come in Saturday that hadn't realized there was anything else in the room.
Staff was awesome in every respect. Even the hotel staff was thrilled to work with them.
I think my favorite part of the weekend was listening to games in the public areas. The hotel is right across the freeway from Sea World, so there were several vacationing families in the hotel as well. There was a mother who was visibly concerned when the Brujah clan meeting next to the pool devolved to its inevitable in character violent argument. She really wanted to say something, but wasn't sure she wanted to say it to the 20+ goth-punk looking people. I think she finally realized it wasn't a real fight when they stopped role play and made a path to let some hotel staff through, then picked up the argument again without missing a beat. Her kids were oblivious to the whole thing because there was a pool and that pool had fountains ^_~
I'm not sure I would travel to MES events that weren't local, but I'd gladly do this one again if it came back to San Antonio or Austin.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13214898/
el3ctrophr34k
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I would have loved to be there. And yes, we do tend to run multiple characters. I have 5 myself.
