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6 years ago
Ok, honestly fed up with arguing to myself about whether to go to #FWA2019 or not, so I decided to do a logical approach and write down the pros and cons to compare.
Reasons to go to FWA:
• One (known) friend is attending. (Note: said friend is local, so it’s not like I could organize a visit under normal circumstances…)
- Will be busy at Artist’s Alley, so it wouldn’t be fair to aggravate him during work
Reasons to NOT go to FWA:
• Too expensive to go one day, yet hard to justify going 4 days of the facts pointed below
• No Badge
• No Fursuit
- Not even a partial
• No panels of interest
• Not interested in dances
• Not interested in Mystery Skulls
• Always wanted to try Escape Rooms, but again those are best experienced with FRIENDS; not crazy enough to attempt to do it with total strangers
• No portfolio/prints/Business cards/other material required to be at Artist’s Alley
• No money and time to gather all of these on time
• Meet-Ups are minefields as it is…
• If going just to play videogames, I’m better off going to a Dave n’ Buster’s…
• Same with board games
• WORST place to MAKE friends
• If going to be alone at a crowded place, I can just lock myself in the library room for free for the same experience
...Unless anyone gives me a proper counterargument, I guess the choice is obvious...
Reasons to go to FWA:
• One (known) friend is attending. (Note: said friend is local, so it’s not like I could organize a visit under normal circumstances…)
- Will be busy at Artist’s Alley, so it wouldn’t be fair to aggravate him during work
Reasons to NOT go to FWA:
• Too expensive to go one day, yet hard to justify going 4 days of the facts pointed below
• No Badge
• No Fursuit
- Not even a partial
• No panels of interest
• Not interested in dances
• Not interested in Mystery Skulls
• Always wanted to try Escape Rooms, but again those are best experienced with FRIENDS; not crazy enough to attempt to do it with total strangers
• No portfolio/prints/Business cards/other material required to be at Artist’s Alley
• No money and time to gather all of these on time
• Meet-Ups are minefields as it is…
• If going just to play videogames, I’m better off going to a Dave n’ Buster’s…
• Same with board games
• WORST place to MAKE friends
• If going to be alone at a crowded place, I can just lock myself in the library room for free for the same experience
...Unless anyone gives me a proper counterargument, I guess the choice is obvious...
Dave & Busters is all arcade games, whereas a furry convention tends to have all the console games (especially the older and the elaborate games) Not that it's a reason to attend a furry convention, it's just a nice extra thing.
I DEFINATELY feel that there are certainly worse places to make friends. You're all there because you have something in common.