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I'm Not Sure How I Feel About Anthrocon This Year.
7 years ago
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While it's true I met some excellent people and managed to get a bit more in the ways of my current commission list done.. the con as a whole felt a little.. off.. this year.
As from what I've been told and have gathered via personal experience there this year;
> Convention paneling was a bit disorganized, in terms of both time and feel. Similarly-themed panels (from what I gather) are being held at around roughly the same time, or have very little transition time in the event someone wants to go to another panel.
> The lines to pay up artists is still a bit inefficient (but this is apparently the norm for AC in Pitt). People easily waiting anywhere from 30m - an hour to pay for their own piece; a process that should take mere minutes.
> There was a noticeable lack of.. people wishing to gather or form meets for pretty much anything. Efforts made to try to do so have ended with nothing.
> I've been noticing / seeing that there were some rude people in the few small social gatherings / events as well, further cementing some people's desires to not return next year.
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But hey.. I suppose the weather was nice. For.. about half the time. And there was Pokemon Go stuff to do, so had that going for a few peeps.
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Man, I really hope MFF is FAR better than AC this year.
As from what I've been told and have gathered via personal experience there this year;
> Convention paneling was a bit disorganized, in terms of both time and feel. Similarly-themed panels (from what I gather) are being held at around roughly the same time, or have very little transition time in the event someone wants to go to another panel.
> The lines to pay up artists is still a bit inefficient (but this is apparently the norm for AC in Pitt). People easily waiting anywhere from 30m - an hour to pay for their own piece; a process that should take mere minutes.
> There was a noticeable lack of.. people wishing to gather or form meets for pretty much anything. Efforts made to try to do so have ended with nothing.
> I've been noticing / seeing that there were some rude people in the few small social gatherings / events as well, further cementing some people's desires to not return next year.
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But hey.. I suppose the weather was nice. For.. about half the time. And there was Pokemon Go stuff to do, so had that going for a few peeps.
...
Man, I really hope MFF is FAR better than AC this year.
Meanwhile everyone in the dealer's den gets to manage their own payment processes and never has any trouble.
Even though I went to and enjoyed the Homestuck panel last year, for instance, this year I couldn't even bring myself to go in. It felt...weird.
The roof wasn't fun, nothing interesting happened in the halls... I think the city of Pittsburgh may have enjoyed the con more than some of the people who went.