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RainFurrest furry convention loses venue
10 years ago
disclaimer: I did not attend RainFurrest 2015. I am citing source articles used for information about what happened.
It is a shame a few furry vandals ruin everything for all the other furries. RainFurrest 2015 finally went too far damaging their venue of The Hilton Hotel in Seattle Washington. The vandalism by the furries including various damage to guest rooms, a flooded bathroom that soaked the offices underneath, towels stuffed into a hot tub pump, multiple petty vandalisms and thefts. The Con Staff sent three people to the hospital, call the police twice, and pull 5 con attendee badges (ie: kick them out of the con). The hotel also expelled some con attendees.
But this was not all; there was inappropriate public behavior (by my judgment) by some of the furries. For instance the furry walking in the lobby/public area in a diaper. I appreciate the fandom being inclusive, but some behavior is for private spaces only.
2021-08-03 update: Sources state the diaper wearing fur was not socializing in the lobby.
One source states the fur in diaper in the lobby was someone pushed out of a adult panel room into a public space. It was not his doing to be in diaper in the lobby. Other sources say that fur was going to, or coming from, and adult panel and did not put pants over the diaper.
After the behavior of the furries at RainFurrest 2015, the Hilton Hotel will not host RainFurrest in the future. How many other hotels will turn down hosting furry conventions when the word get around about furries conventions? Another black eye for the furry fandom. Furries often blame the mass media for our bad image; we did it to ourselves this time.
As for me, RainFurrest now has an unpleasant air about it. I think RainFurrest is a con I will not be attending anytime in the future.
---- ARTICLES
RainFurrest staff letter to attendees
https://www.rainfurrest.org/2016/in.....our-attendees/
It is official. RainFurrest lost the use of the Hilton Hotel.
https://www.rainfurrest.org/2016/in......php/location/
'Inappropriate' hallway behavior
https://twitter.com/zephyrnok/statu.....186689/photo/1
https://forums.vivisector.org/index.....hp?topic=859.0
Fur-What-Its-Worth podcast, Episode 4.
Tugs and Roo comment about the vandalism at RainFurrest 2015.
Postcast is 01:42:04 in length. Comments starts at 00:02:46, ends at 00:09:00
http://www.furwhatitsworth.com/?p=2431
On The Topic Of Maturity
https://www.sofurry.com/view/919996
It is a shame a few furry vandals ruin everything for all the other furries. RainFurrest 2015 finally went too far damaging their venue of The Hilton Hotel in Seattle Washington. The vandalism by the furries including various damage to guest rooms, a flooded bathroom that soaked the offices underneath, towels stuffed into a hot tub pump, multiple petty vandalisms and thefts. The Con Staff sent three people to the hospital, call the police twice, and pull 5 con attendee badges (ie: kick them out of the con). The hotel also expelled some con attendees.
But this was not all; there was inappropriate public behavior (by my judgment) by some of the furries. For instance the furry walking in the lobby/public area in a diaper. I appreciate the fandom being inclusive, but some behavior is for private spaces only.
2021-08-03 update: Sources state the diaper wearing fur was not socializing in the lobby.
One source states the fur in diaper in the lobby was someone pushed out of a adult panel room into a public space. It was not his doing to be in diaper in the lobby. Other sources say that fur was going to, or coming from, and adult panel and did not put pants over the diaper.
After the behavior of the furries at RainFurrest 2015, the Hilton Hotel will not host RainFurrest in the future. How many other hotels will turn down hosting furry conventions when the word get around about furries conventions? Another black eye for the furry fandom. Furries often blame the mass media for our bad image; we did it to ourselves this time.
As for me, RainFurrest now has an unpleasant air about it. I think RainFurrest is a con I will not be attending anytime in the future.
---- ARTICLES
RainFurrest staff letter to attendees
https://www.rainfurrest.org/2016/in.....our-attendees/
It is official. RainFurrest lost the use of the Hilton Hotel.
https://www.rainfurrest.org/2016/in......php/location/
'Inappropriate' hallway behavior
https://twitter.com/zephyrnok/statu.....186689/photo/1
https://forums.vivisector.org/index.....hp?topic=859.0
Fur-What-Its-Worth podcast, Episode 4.
Tugs and Roo comment about the vandalism at RainFurrest 2015.
Postcast is 01:42:04 in length. Comments starts at 00:02:46, ends at 00:09:00
http://www.furwhatitsworth.com/?p=2431
On The Topic Of Maturity
https://www.sofurry.com/view/919996
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Califur_2018