First con ever, and I have quite the bit to say about it too. Been wanting to go to this con for years and years and years, and finally went this year.

I'm glad you liked it!

It was okay. What bugged me is I made no friends despite the fact I tried to talk to everyone. I was in the mindset of ten years ago thinking furs talked, only to discover fursuiters did not talk in suits anymore like mascots. Just said hello and walked away. I did get some pics and made the mistake of going alone, but when you dont have friends there is little choice. Also thought it was funny that two of the ones who did the first con presentation did not say hello to me and I passed the main guy like six times and said hello each time without a reaction. The rabbit said hello once and the other three times he just ignored, I assumed it was cause he couldnt hear. I did not sulk in my room the entire time, but was trying to figure out why it was so hard to talk with furries. Ive been one for over fifteen years and I thought it was funny that the guy who did the presentation said nothing to me, but I blame myself for being in disguise.

I did have fun though dont get me wrong, mainly with some conversations I had with other artists and I did get some photos and met some furs from out of state who were cool to talk with. Didnt make friends with them, but got to talk with some and ended up getting a few hugs.

I would love to go again, though next time I go I must not go alone, I need some sort of tail or something, and I might suggest a lot more chairs and places to sit down, especially in the rooms, a lot of the panel rooms were way too small or under seated. I had no drama which was nice, but apparently there was a lot of drama and some drunken incidents. I got way too tired from being on my feet all day with the weight I was holding, but was also a little disappointed in the activities for furs to do. I wasnt the only one there and could suggest more ideas for next time if the opportunity surfaces.

My room was in front of the pool, so I did not get a chance a chance to sit and watch people like others did, but they all seemed to have fun doing so and got lots of good photos from that. Lots of positive energy around.

Overall it was okay, and I say okay because it was my first con and I was alone, so I missed out on the full experience. The only issue I had a problem with was trying to make friends and talking with people as most seemed very unresponsive or ignored and remained in their little group. I did talk to quite the few furs yes, though we did not make friends as it was just common casual conversation and that was very nice to meet some furs who talked. I blame myself though for lacking tails, ears, or other furry articles to show I was a furry.

So I would like to go to the con again next year, perhaps not in disguise as some artists recognized me from ten years ago from being online. It was very pleasant and wish i could have made it to the dealers den earlier to get the right tail for myself, but that place was packed so like everyone got in there and got all the good stuff right away.

Art show was cute, the fundraising could have gone a little better, I noticed the walkers were a bit unorganized going around asking for donations, trying to use some fursuiters to help out, so perhaps a benefit show next time or small benefit event other then the casino to help out, or someone to help them gain more donations as they seemed like fish out of the water walking around asking for donations. Some of the hotel staff seemed a little annoyed, other guests were a slight bit confused, but no one caused too much trouble other then breaking the elevator and a couple of drunks and a stalker at an artists table.

Despite the fact that I myself did not have a thrilling time, the vast majority of the furs did and have tons of great stories to share with everyone about the experience. I do not wish to sound negative or downplay anything as I myself had a nice time, to the point I am still recovering from the experience physically, but I do offer my view point in great detail so that if you do a first con event again, perhaps may I suggest someone to go around introducing the con goers around or giving them a tour so they could at least meet furs as the whole single meet and greet thing was too small and there was not a lot of time for that this year (it was suggested next year to get a bigger room).

Again, dont let my down sounding introduction take away from the experiences of the majority. There was a lot of cute fun, lots of cute and fun suiters, and of course tons of adorable actions, one of which I got to record. I may have had an okay time, but I still got to have fun and was sad I had to leave and it is fun to see all the photos people have posted online. But lots and lots of furs had lots and lots of fun.

Oh one final thing I did happen to notice, though being ignored as I was, it did not gain attention from the special ops working, was the fact that there was some drug dealing going on throughout the con and I did not approve of this at all. I did try to bring it to the attention of at least three special ops officers (the guys in the red shirts) though they said they would keep an eye out or brushed me aside. Drugs specifically that were present, Acid, Ecstasy, Weed, and angel dust. Possibly pills, but I did not hear that directly. A few suiters were dealing in their suits to hide them, a few did so at the dance in the darkness, some did so at the brick wall, some went up to their rooms and this disturbed me since the number of younger furs at this con was a lot. I do not do or deal with drugs myself, but I did want to bring up this specifically due to minors. Of course lots of furs brought beer to their room for some casual drinking, though they did not go around on the floor trying to deal, sell, or share. I know this because i was offered a few times due to my disguised appearance. I do not have names, but I do know someone in a black fursuit was dealing on friday at the dance, was difficult to see, but they were talking about ecstasy and had some hidden in their hand gloves. There was a dealer outside with a black rabbit rubber mask lurking around selling acid and angel dust, this one was not too close to the hotel and I suspect this one heard about the con and was wearing a mask to attract furs to deal with. I do not remember seeing this individual inside of the hotel, but he did lurk around it both friday and saturday. With weed, that one was of course the most popular, the idea of colorado being legal I think attracted a lot of weed sharing. Pills I had only heard around through ear from other furs, that someone named sparks was giving them out before the rave.


i apologize for the long post, but tried to sum up some things as best I could. Again, tons of furs had a huge blast and great time, but to further improve the con, I want to give my experience with the things I saw and the experience I had. After all if a furcon is a great place to meet furry friends, then it helps to know how people act and react and would help to take measures so no one feels ostracized or ignored by staff members who stated it is very easy to make friends. That gives furries a bad image and being around for over fifteen years myself, that is something I find discouraging to see in this newer generation. The drug thing I bring up to warn you and others of some dark dealings; if you have children then keep yourself near them and such activities.

The greatest and funnest part was just seeing suiters interact with one another. I used to be in theater myself and it brought back a lot of fun memories, making me desire to dress up in costume or a fursuit myself and also goof around. Such joys and sights to see at this RMFC and I do hope that this lengthy, but insightful description will ultimately help make next years RMFC even bigger, funner, and much safer. I look forward to going again and will do my best to get there/

Aaaaw yeah

Fantastic con. So much fun! I've been attending different conventions (mostly anime and sci-fi) for ten years and this was one of the most joyful I have ever attended.

glad it was successful

I hope to go one year

Keeps getting better every year.

yeah was great Only wish I knew who I took pix of UGH
Someday I want to stay longer Like Fri & Sat
Sometime I needs to get every single con book you has made
Yeah I was at THE very 1st con in 2007

Glad to have you on board eagle. And Thanks for being there to take care of a seemingly dead account. :P

I'm so jealous that I couldn't go this year. I'm literally a jar of jelly. That's how jelly I am.
Glad everyone had fun ^^

I had a fantastic time, I look forward to the next year greatly! The new hotel was just wonderful, and I really enjoyed the fursuit parade. Though I didn't get much time outside of my dealer's table, I have heard a lot of positive things about the con overall. I'm so happy to have such a great furry convention in my state, keep up the great work!

Had a wonderful time this year, just gets better year after year.

Top 10 is amazing, for such a centrally located state, It won't be long till we are top 5!

It was definitely a blast. I enjoyed the time there and definitely can't wait for next year. If this year was already a lot of fun, I can only imagine what next year will bring!

My first time here w/ the family...we WILL BE BACK!!!!!

Hope to go back again next year!

Had a great time, where do we go for the photo shoot pics?