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Back from Megaplex: RECAP
8 years ago
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So this was an interesting con, to say the least.
Thursday:
We checked into the hotel. This was the first time we've ever gotten a hotel for Megaplex since we actually live relatively close. But it was totally worth it. The actual organization for pre-reg pick-up and non pre-reg was kind of chaotic, but we got it none the less. The roomie was trying to work on their fursuit half the night, but we still managed some decent sleep.
Friday:
So this is where things got weird. I got groped.
This is the very first and only time this has ever happened at Megaplex for me and boy did it throw me for an unpleasant loop. I'll start at the beginning of the day.
So the roomie still wanted to work on their fursuit and I wanted to go wandering around the con. Therefore, I went by myself. Also this was the first time I'd ever worn make up at this con. I'd gotten this super sweet purple shade that I thought looked cool on me and I was getting non-stop complements for it. Which made me really happy because I can't have my pink hair at work anymore.
Everything was cool at first. I was running into con friends, was getting some sweet con-swag and commissions, and then I saw someone I'd seen for the last 4 cons now. So I was excited. Hey, it's my friends who are always friendly and sometimes share booze! I ran over, started talking to them.. and the first thing he does is reach over and touch his finger to my lips.
"I LOVE these lips."
He proceeds to wrap his arm around me, and as he keeps talking.. he keeps reaching down to rub his hand against my ass. NEVER has he done this before. I don't know howto react so I kinda just... stand there and take it and try to play it of as though nothing is wrong. He keeps asking me where my 'other half' aka my roomie is, and when I tell him they're up in the room working on their fursuit...he assumes I'm alone there. But then it gets worse and he asks me twice if I want to come to his room for harder drinks and 'to go for a ride.'
Again I played it off and told him: "Nah, I'm good." After which he picks me up with one arm and I just kinda... laugh it off even though I was nervous as fuck.
He tries to introduce me to some of his friends and at this point I'm trying to get away from them. As I excuse myself, he leans down to kiss me. I awkwardly move my head and he winds up kissing my glasses... to which I nervously laugh and go "That was my glasses."
He apologizes and goes in for ANOTHER one. So I manage to turn my head and he catches my cheek instead.
I finally manage to get away, and I hide for a little while with an artist I got a commission from. He tries to convince me to go to con security..and I'm just so busy freaking out that I can't do anything but stand there with him and chat for a bit.
After that I decide to do some retail therapy and I head over to the Hyena Agenda booth to get t-shirts for my roomie and myself... and the guy comes back. He wraps his arms around me from behind and.. honestly I don't even remember what he said. I think he was asking me what I was buying. But the girl behind the booth thought we were dating I guess until he finally walked away and I admitted to her that I wasn't okay. She also tried to convince me to go to con security.
I was just so nervous and afraid of being out there alone at that point that I got my shirts, went back to my room, messaged another artist friend about the situation as well as telling my roomie about it, and after a stress nap, the roomie went downstairs with me to finally talk to Con security.
That was the most stressful day for me. But the con staff listened to me, promised I'd be left alone... and I did not see this guy at ALL for the rest of the con. Which was a relief. I kept seeing the girl he was with, but I didn't see him.
We spent half of the rest of the night in Karaoke and then I went to the 18+ Ladie's panel, which was a lot of fun.
Saturday:
Luckily not much happened today. We went shopping, kinda waddled around, hung out with some friends, and ended the day in Karaoke where I kinda sorta got a little smashed. Which made everyone sound better lol
Sunday:
We went shopping. I managed to network with one of the dealers so I may or may not be working with them next yer to give them a little bit of help. Which will be awesome. I also helped another dealer get his Con shirt since he hadn't been able to leave the booth basically the whole time he'd been at the con. (That was an adventure. They'd already closed down the con store so I had to track people down for it. Especially since I had cash so they didn't have to do anything more than take the $20 and hand me the shirt.)
We pretty much ended the day with the Puppeteering 101 panel, which was super fun and awesome. I wish more people had gone to that.
Hotel rating:
This hotel did NOT like us. It was pretty obvious from the way they treated some of us, as well as the fact that on one of the days, they had work going on IN the artist alley that pretty much chased a lot of people out of there.
They didn't know how to keep it cold enough for the fursuiters and really only have a couple of areas cool enough that they wouldn't pass out. (in fact, someone DID pass out in the fursuit picture)
It was also very awkward to have all of the day guests who weren't with our con wandering a round, shooting us all dirty looks, and hearing some of them making nasty comments at us. I didn't enjoy that at all.
AND THEN THERE WAS PARKING. Those who had BOUGHT rooms couldn't park half the time. Security claimed there was no overflow parking...and it was just overall super hectic.
The location also kinda sucked. You had to drive a ways in order to get to any of the food options around you. And honestly... the hotel food was not only expensive, but sucked hardcore. I was glad the roomie and I had been smart enough to bring sandwich stuff to live off of for the whole con.
(Even though I had some complaints about how the con itself was run last year, last years hotel was much better. The full buy-out was fantastic, and they kept it cool enough it in all of the rooms so that the suitors wouldn't die. They had enough parking for the guests staying in the hotel and they also had overflow parking right across the street.)
Con Management rating:
*deep breath*
Where do I begin?
While I am VERY grateful and happy about how they handled the groping situation (I mean hell, the guy even kept checking on me to make sure everything was alright and nothing else had happened), other things... kinda left much to be desired this year.
For example: The placement of the headless lounges. BOTH headless lounges, you had to walk outside to get to. While it was smart to have one next to the main hall (which was in the farthest building), the other one was in the building: The Tower. So the Suitors had to walk outside, through a restaurant or buy the pool, and crossover into the other building.
Also, the fact that we were spread out into three different buildings was... quite odd. This might not actually have been management's fault, but the overall placement of things was a bit strange.
I WILL Applaud them for corralling all of the baby furs in the farthest building for their panel, after some of the things I heard happened last year. Let's not let this turn into Rain Furrest. (AKA the con that was shut down primarily because of bad Babyfur behavior)
Here's to hoping that next years will be a little bit better.
Thursday:
We checked into the hotel. This was the first time we've ever gotten a hotel for Megaplex since we actually live relatively close. But it was totally worth it. The actual organization for pre-reg pick-up and non pre-reg was kind of chaotic, but we got it none the less. The roomie was trying to work on their fursuit half the night, but we still managed some decent sleep.
Friday:
So this is where things got weird. I got groped.
This is the very first and only time this has ever happened at Megaplex for me and boy did it throw me for an unpleasant loop. I'll start at the beginning of the day.
So the roomie still wanted to work on their fursuit and I wanted to go wandering around the con. Therefore, I went by myself. Also this was the first time I'd ever worn make up at this con. I'd gotten this super sweet purple shade that I thought looked cool on me and I was getting non-stop complements for it. Which made me really happy because I can't have my pink hair at work anymore.
Everything was cool at first. I was running into con friends, was getting some sweet con-swag and commissions, and then I saw someone I'd seen for the last 4 cons now. So I was excited. Hey, it's my friends who are always friendly and sometimes share booze! I ran over, started talking to them.. and the first thing he does is reach over and touch his finger to my lips.
"I LOVE these lips."
He proceeds to wrap his arm around me, and as he keeps talking.. he keeps reaching down to rub his hand against my ass. NEVER has he done this before. I don't know howto react so I kinda just... stand there and take it and try to play it of as though nothing is wrong. He keeps asking me where my 'other half' aka my roomie is, and when I tell him they're up in the room working on their fursuit...he assumes I'm alone there. But then it gets worse and he asks me twice if I want to come to his room for harder drinks and 'to go for a ride.'
Again I played it off and told him: "Nah, I'm good." After which he picks me up with one arm and I just kinda... laugh it off even though I was nervous as fuck.
He tries to introduce me to some of his friends and at this point I'm trying to get away from them. As I excuse myself, he leans down to kiss me. I awkwardly move my head and he winds up kissing my glasses... to which I nervously laugh and go "That was my glasses."
He apologizes and goes in for ANOTHER one. So I manage to turn my head and he catches my cheek instead.
I finally manage to get away, and I hide for a little while with an artist I got a commission from. He tries to convince me to go to con security..and I'm just so busy freaking out that I can't do anything but stand there with him and chat for a bit.
After that I decide to do some retail therapy and I head over to the Hyena Agenda booth to get t-shirts for my roomie and myself... and the guy comes back. He wraps his arms around me from behind and.. honestly I don't even remember what he said. I think he was asking me what I was buying. But the girl behind the booth thought we were dating I guess until he finally walked away and I admitted to her that I wasn't okay. She also tried to convince me to go to con security.
I was just so nervous and afraid of being out there alone at that point that I got my shirts, went back to my room, messaged another artist friend about the situation as well as telling my roomie about it, and after a stress nap, the roomie went downstairs with me to finally talk to Con security.
That was the most stressful day for me. But the con staff listened to me, promised I'd be left alone... and I did not see this guy at ALL for the rest of the con. Which was a relief. I kept seeing the girl he was with, but I didn't see him.
We spent half of the rest of the night in Karaoke and then I went to the 18+ Ladie's panel, which was a lot of fun.
Saturday:
Luckily not much happened today. We went shopping, kinda waddled around, hung out with some friends, and ended the day in Karaoke where I kinda sorta got a little smashed. Which made everyone sound better lol
Sunday:
We went shopping. I managed to network with one of the dealers so I may or may not be working with them next yer to give them a little bit of help. Which will be awesome. I also helped another dealer get his Con shirt since he hadn't been able to leave the booth basically the whole time he'd been at the con. (That was an adventure. They'd already closed down the con store so I had to track people down for it. Especially since I had cash so they didn't have to do anything more than take the $20 and hand me the shirt.)
We pretty much ended the day with the Puppeteering 101 panel, which was super fun and awesome. I wish more people had gone to that.
Hotel rating:
This hotel did NOT like us. It was pretty obvious from the way they treated some of us, as well as the fact that on one of the days, they had work going on IN the artist alley that pretty much chased a lot of people out of there.
They didn't know how to keep it cold enough for the fursuiters and really only have a couple of areas cool enough that they wouldn't pass out. (in fact, someone DID pass out in the fursuit picture)
It was also very awkward to have all of the day guests who weren't with our con wandering a round, shooting us all dirty looks, and hearing some of them making nasty comments at us. I didn't enjoy that at all.
AND THEN THERE WAS PARKING. Those who had BOUGHT rooms couldn't park half the time. Security claimed there was no overflow parking...and it was just overall super hectic.
The location also kinda sucked. You had to drive a ways in order to get to any of the food options around you. And honestly... the hotel food was not only expensive, but sucked hardcore. I was glad the roomie and I had been smart enough to bring sandwich stuff to live off of for the whole con.
(Even though I had some complaints about how the con itself was run last year, last years hotel was much better. The full buy-out was fantastic, and they kept it cool enough it in all of the rooms so that the suitors wouldn't die. They had enough parking for the guests staying in the hotel and they also had overflow parking right across the street.)
Con Management rating:
*deep breath*
Where do I begin?
While I am VERY grateful and happy about how they handled the groping situation (I mean hell, the guy even kept checking on me to make sure everything was alright and nothing else had happened), other things... kinda left much to be desired this year.
For example: The placement of the headless lounges. BOTH headless lounges, you had to walk outside to get to. While it was smart to have one next to the main hall (which was in the farthest building), the other one was in the building: The Tower. So the Suitors had to walk outside, through a restaurant or buy the pool, and crossover into the other building.
Also, the fact that we were spread out into three different buildings was... quite odd. This might not actually have been management's fault, but the overall placement of things was a bit strange.
I WILL Applaud them for corralling all of the baby furs in the farthest building for their panel, after some of the things I heard happened last year. Let's not let this turn into Rain Furrest. (AKA the con that was shut down primarily because of bad Babyfur behavior)
Here's to hoping that next years will be a little bit better.
