NDK is a three day thing, right? Can't do both at all?

If so, I'd say NDK. I'm personally just not of a homecoming guy, I went once. They're neat, no doubt, but not for me. And well, explore! Yes, it's a different fandom, but you can learn some interesting things. I went to animeland once, and honestly, I wish I could've gone all three days. There's more I want to see and do! NDK is on my bucket list. I want to explore other fandoms outside our own, even though I'm not into anime, the convention part of it is always neat and interesting. There will be a /lot/ of fursuiters there, you'll see familiar faces.

Yes, but Saturday is like the main..day, and I don't have enough money for more than one day xD I thought about doing both...but I don't wanna spend another $20 to go to homecoming. I'm already going to have less time given my monthly academy is that day as well :P

I know of a couple furs going, but not too many. Or at least that I know of. What did you do at Animeland? I will probably look around the dealer's den but prolly won't attend panels er anything, haha. I don't know what I would be doing there D:

There's too many furs for me to name, is how many. :P

And ah, I see. Well, I would have done more, but I was only there for a few hours haha. I'll answer that a different way, if I could go to NDK, I'd take every opportunity I could to learn more about the fandom, see what they have to offer, maybe meet some new people. Talked with a fur at Animeland, awesome dude.

Well, both of the events sound annual, so you would be able to attend the next one. (Unless you're a senior this year?)

Can you put a list of pros and cons together?

I guess I could attend next year's homecoming and prom (not gonna go this year for that unless asked xP)

Putting a list of pros and cons? well....NDK wins, lol

I didn't want to sound Harsh, but what SoongDae said about the homecoming being an over glorified dance party, same way I feel about it. BUT it's just opinions, and everyone's are different. And I think NDK would be a great choice! (Totally not being biased, lolol)

Haha xD Okee, thanks Kody. I really appreciate your input!

Of Course!

I honestly think that you should do NDK, because you'll get to dress differently for it, more differently than you would for homecoming. Plus homecoming is nothing more than an over glorified dance party. Trust me you're not missing out on much, I've never even went to my own prom XD

Hahaha xD Exactly! I don't dance... >.> And you didnt?!

You're like the NDK expert xD what would I do though? Like I said, not particularly in my field of interest necessarily

Well I just hang out and catch up with a few friends, probably hit the dealer's den, I should also warn you that the tickets do sell out relatively quickly, especially during a Saturday, so it pays to have a friend buy the ticket in your stead

You can have a friend buy a ticket for you? Like my friend would be getting there very early to buy her own, would she also be able to purchase one for me as well? I wouldn't be getting there till 1pm :P

I'm still not a hundred percent sure on that >.<

Awe man, okay. I hope that works cuz otherwise I won't even be able to attend ._.

I believe you may be able to buy a Saturday badge on Friday. At least last year, when they sold out of Saturday badges on Saturday itself, their sign said that Sunday badges were still available.

Maybe have your folks drive you there on Friday, so you don't have to worry about parking? [Or, have a friend who's attending on Friday buy it for you there!]

Whenever you have the budget for it, though, I do recommend pre-registering for the following year, the week after NDK ends! That way, pre-registration for the weekend is only $5 more expensive than a one-day pass at the door.

Oh yeah, I didn't even think of that. It's so close I guess it really wouldn't hurt to see if I could get one then. I like the idea of having a friend buy it for me as well, given that she's getting there early too for that purpose, but I'm not sure if she would be able to purchase two tickets? That make any sense? I guess I'd have to talk with her more and see if maybe someone else with her could....I dunno

Well, I wasn't really planning on attending NDK at all. I guess if I really like it though, I should go ahead and pre reg for next year, haha. Thanks :)

Ndk definitely go to ndk. In all honesty homecoming dances are really lame with awful music.

Thanks! Haha, yeah xD I would just be going there to look nice probably, haha

It kinda depends!

I had loads of fun going to school dances, but this was when I was growing up mid-1990s in the San Francisco East Bay, and the music was great to dance to at the time. (Also, I was fairly into dancing by high school, having started out as a total dork in the 6th grade.) Though, even when I wasn't dancing, I still had loads of fun hanging out with friends.

BUT! NDK is also pretty accomodating for tangential and even non-anime interests, with a fair amount of people doing non-anime costuming. And if you do decide you want to dance anyway, there is the Masquerave after the costume contest. [If you ever decide to go out of suit, though, I recommend some form of earplugs!]

By the way, at NDK, there will be a fursuit photoshoot on Saturday at 4:00 PM! And last year, there were a lot of suiters there for it, though this year it was scheduled later and we still have to get the word out about it. [I don't know if I'll make it myself, because I'm trying to decide if I want to volunteer to handle folks in large costumes for the Costume Contest. Maybe I might suit up earlier, do 15 minutes of the photoshoot, and then head off!]

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If you're pretty good friends with your classmates, it might be a tougher decision. Otherwise, though it's not too big a deal to miss Homecoming dances.

At least for your senior year, though, I actually would recommend going to prom! With me, at least, I remember it being awesome to be around classmates while all up in formal wear. [I went my sophomore and senior years, though!]

Oh, so you're going to NDK? Well we could always do our own smaller photo shoot if you couldn't make it, haha. I'm sure any other suiters would be up for it ^^

I'm not too close with my classmates, I guess, so I don't think I'd really be missing much. But yes, totally going to prom senior year! Prolly not this year, though, lol

Thanks for your input!

Just another voice chiming into say high school dances are dumb and a waste of money :P

I went to prom once, because I had a date that year. It was super meh. Got some cool formalwear photos with my date and my sister, which were cool, but not worth the admission price...

Super meh? Lol. Yeah, I think the photos would definitely look nice, and I am pretty big on pictures and such, but I didn't really look at it like that. It is a fairly hefty admission price just for some pictures and conversations :P Thanks!