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RMFC is gone...
8 years ago
...and I still can't believe it. This was my first con. It was where I first met ShadowCheetah and Elaki and so many others that I consider now as friends and family.
This was the con that forever banished any lingering doubts I had about what a fur con might be like. Before RMFC all I had was that one horrible CSI episode and a smattering of talk show episodes as glimpses of what furry cons were like. Thanks to RMFC I know that fur cons are nothing like those horrible stereotypes.
Though I will dearly miss this con, I hold no malice toward the con staff, volunteers, or anyone else involved in putting the con together every year. As time goes on I'm sure we will learn all the details about what went wrong and when. But I'm not going to jump on the "Lets all hate Sorin!" band wagon.
I was game room staff one year at RMFC and I volunteered in the game room a couple years after. I am sure that is nothing compared to the weight and responsibility of running an entire con, planning events, making schedules, securing room blocks, getting staff and volunteers, etc etc. So until I have personal experience with all the details of running a con- something I will never have, mind you- I am not going to point fingers and lay blame. I hope all the best for the con staff and chairman, and I hope that they can stay strong in the face or the public backlash they are now experiencing.
I just wish that something could have been done other than the cancellation of the entire con. And I hold out hope that another fur con will eventually be able to take the place of RMFC. I have heard rumors of a Mile High Fur Con getting started, but its still in its very early stages. I hope these rumors are true and that this con will be the one to fill the vacuum left by RMFC's demise.
*scampers off to curl up with a few pounds of cheese and NetFlix to take his mind off things*
This was the con that forever banished any lingering doubts I had about what a fur con might be like. Before RMFC all I had was that one horrible CSI episode and a smattering of talk show episodes as glimpses of what furry cons were like. Thanks to RMFC I know that fur cons are nothing like those horrible stereotypes.
Though I will dearly miss this con, I hold no malice toward the con staff, volunteers, or anyone else involved in putting the con together every year. As time goes on I'm sure we will learn all the details about what went wrong and when. But I'm not going to jump on the "Lets all hate Sorin!" band wagon.
I was game room staff one year at RMFC and I volunteered in the game room a couple years after. I am sure that is nothing compared to the weight and responsibility of running an entire con, planning events, making schedules, securing room blocks, getting staff and volunteers, etc etc. So until I have personal experience with all the details of running a con- something I will never have, mind you- I am not going to point fingers and lay blame. I hope all the best for the con staff and chairman, and I hope that they can stay strong in the face or the public backlash they are now experiencing.
I just wish that something could have been done other than the cancellation of the entire con. And I hold out hope that another fur con will eventually be able to take the place of RMFC. I have heard rumors of a Mile High Fur Con getting started, but its still in its very early stages. I hope these rumors are true and that this con will be the one to fill the vacuum left by RMFC's demise.
*scampers off to curl up with a few pounds of cheese and NetFlix to take his mind off things*
I heard Sucks too & I was even at the very 1st RMFC con too!
How ever, most of the original FurFright people got together and created the new
Furpocalypse to take it's place because it touched the hearts of so many people.
More or less, it's still FurFright (but re-branded) and it's my favorite convention!!!
I seriously hope something awesome and amazing like this happens to you guys!
Perhaps a bunch of the original staff, maybe a new con hotel, and a new name?
I wish you all the very best and all the love and joy that one can find at a con!!!