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Anthrocon recap
9 years ago
This year ac... tbh the magic was missing for me.
It was a con that had some small highlights but a lot of
....
Nothing
Like my boyfriend and I walked around a lot and talked to a ton of people but it seemed like everyone always had somewhere to be or had no time to talk.
I didn't really have my normally posse but I don't think that had anything to so with my thoughts.
Con space
I feel like again like every year it's just too big. Like I know there are a lot of people but like there is so much empty space and forgotten areas. You can go the whole con and not see certain areas. I wish it were smaller.
Dealers room
There wasn't a lot there this year and what was there was IMO way overpriced. Small 6 inch plushies off of a pattern for $50.
The zoo
I still really don't like that the zoo moves from the westin to the convention center. Overall it seems like people weren't that interested in being social. Even with my normal free art sign I didn't get much attention.
Headless lounge
It's too small. Every time I was there all of the fans were taken and all of the head coolers were taken so all I could do was sit and wait until a space freed up.
Attendees
There was no one my age really. It was mostly old people and really young people. So I felt a bit left out.
Events
Any meet ups and events that were held by non staff were....very poorly executed. The instagram meet was mostly standing around. And my boyfriend wanted to go to a vine meetup but no one told him where and when it would be.
Overall
The con was a solid 5.5 out of 10 for me
I probably would have had more fun going to Cedar point.
It was a con that had some small highlights but a lot of
....
Nothing
Like my boyfriend and I walked around a lot and talked to a ton of people but it seemed like everyone always had somewhere to be or had no time to talk.
I didn't really have my normally posse but I don't think that had anything to so with my thoughts.
Con space
I feel like again like every year it's just too big. Like I know there are a lot of people but like there is so much empty space and forgotten areas. You can go the whole con and not see certain areas. I wish it were smaller.
Dealers room
There wasn't a lot there this year and what was there was IMO way overpriced. Small 6 inch plushies off of a pattern for $50.
The zoo
I still really don't like that the zoo moves from the westin to the convention center. Overall it seems like people weren't that interested in being social. Even with my normal free art sign I didn't get much attention.
Headless lounge
It's too small. Every time I was there all of the fans were taken and all of the head coolers were taken so all I could do was sit and wait until a space freed up.
Attendees
There was no one my age really. It was mostly old people and really young people. So I felt a bit left out.
Events
Any meet ups and events that were held by non staff were....very poorly executed. The instagram meet was mostly standing around. And my boyfriend wanted to go to a vine meetup but no one told him where and when it would be.
Overall
The con was a solid 5.5 out of 10 for me
I probably would have had more fun going to Cedar point.
Also I heard something about them shutting down a day early? Closing things on Sunday??
Well, Kiwi, you are always welcome at
Well I plan on attending next year, we'll party it up and make it more lively!
Another thing I noticed was that interaction amongst people tended to revolve around fursuiters. And interactions among fursuiters tended to revolve around specific other fursuiters. Being new I figured this would be the case, but being a fursuiter I had hoped it would be easier to make friends and/or interacting with other people.