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Denfur 2019 in Review
6 years ago
WE INTERRUPT THIS YIFFING WITH A WORD FROM OUR FOX
Oofs okay yikes uh... I have to be real with y'all, but I did not have the best of times at Denfur this year...
While it is true most of it was due to my lack of preparedness as a whole, I gotta say the organization was a bit lacking as well. Okay. So what happened.
Since I am local, I did not bother getting a room for the con. And my roommate was my source of transportation to and from the convention so... As a result, I had no idea exactly where to put my fursuit stuff since he had the keys to the car. You can see where this went; I almost lost it. Thankfully I didn't but I think you can understand that scared the DAYLIGHTS out of this poor foxxo. I did not shake it off until nearly the end of the day.. This was all on the first day by the way, Friday.
I had a bunch of friends bringing me down on Telegram through a chunk of the con. This one is more my fault; I should have addressed them when I wasn't there, but yeah. No help.
Kay so then on Saturday, I practically missed the fursuit photo shoot because again, roomie has the keys and I had to wait for him. As a result of me rushing my suit on, I left my fan in the car. ...Almost overheated at the end of the parade. Lots of almosts going on here. I can't imagine what would have happened if they WEREN'T almosts..
Due to the fursuit games being unforgivingly early on Sunday, I completely missed them since my roommate and I were not even awake until they had already started. Like what the hell? Are they at 10 AM at other cons? Oof. I wanted to take part, dammit.
But as far as scheduling goes, it really did feel really weird this time around. Like, completely different from last year. It did not exactly feel... right. I dunno.
Oh yeah and what was scheduled, IE, the panels, most of them were not very interesting or too niche that they did not apply to me.
And then the dealer's den. While it was a lot bigger than last year, the layout was just puzzling. You could get into it from two ends. But what was in between was a single path, zigzagging between the booths. I wasn't in there a WHOLE lot, but I can imagine this caused a lot of "traffic jams". Seriously, take a look at the layout for the dealers den and you'll see what I mean. The 18+ dealer's room was in a separate room this time, which makes sense. What DOESN'T though was that it was far from the regular dealers room, and stuck next to the panel rooms. Odd. It's the first thing you see going in one of the entrances too! I wonder what impression THAT may have left on some who may not know the fandom all that well.
Okay I am sure I am just nitpicking at this point. But while I did not have a GREAT time at Denfur this year, I can say that it really wasn't BAD either. I mean I DO still have my suit. I did NOT pass out at the parade.. Everyone I am sure did what they could to make the accommodations work. They did what they could to avoid it being "hallway con" again, I saw that effort. ...It still was a bit of a "hallway con". But I think that is more to do with the layout of Crowne Plaza more than the con itself. But what do I know?! This was only my second Denfur, and THE second Denfur overall! Lots of room for changes I am sure. Let's make 2020 a better year, yeah? Yeah. I know we can do it.
While it is true most of it was due to my lack of preparedness as a whole, I gotta say the organization was a bit lacking as well. Okay. So what happened.
Since I am local, I did not bother getting a room for the con. And my roommate was my source of transportation to and from the convention so... As a result, I had no idea exactly where to put my fursuit stuff since he had the keys to the car. You can see where this went; I almost lost it. Thankfully I didn't but I think you can understand that scared the DAYLIGHTS out of this poor foxxo. I did not shake it off until nearly the end of the day.. This was all on the first day by the way, Friday.
I had a bunch of friends bringing me down on Telegram through a chunk of the con. This one is more my fault; I should have addressed them when I wasn't there, but yeah. No help.
Kay so then on Saturday, I practically missed the fursuit photo shoot because again, roomie has the keys and I had to wait for him. As a result of me rushing my suit on, I left my fan in the car. ...Almost overheated at the end of the parade. Lots of almosts going on here. I can't imagine what would have happened if they WEREN'T almosts..
Due to the fursuit games being unforgivingly early on Sunday, I completely missed them since my roommate and I were not even awake until they had already started. Like what the hell? Are they at 10 AM at other cons? Oof. I wanted to take part, dammit.
But as far as scheduling goes, it really did feel really weird this time around. Like, completely different from last year. It did not exactly feel... right. I dunno.
Oh yeah and what was scheduled, IE, the panels, most of them were not very interesting or too niche that they did not apply to me.
And then the dealer's den. While it was a lot bigger than last year, the layout was just puzzling. You could get into it from two ends. But what was in between was a single path, zigzagging between the booths. I wasn't in there a WHOLE lot, but I can imagine this caused a lot of "traffic jams". Seriously, take a look at the layout for the dealers den and you'll see what I mean. The 18+ dealer's room was in a separate room this time, which makes sense. What DOESN'T though was that it was far from the regular dealers room, and stuck next to the panel rooms. Odd. It's the first thing you see going in one of the entrances too! I wonder what impression THAT may have left on some who may not know the fandom all that well.
Okay I am sure I am just nitpicking at this point. But while I did not have a GREAT time at Denfur this year, I can say that it really wasn't BAD either. I mean I DO still have my suit. I did NOT pass out at the parade.. Everyone I am sure did what they could to make the accommodations work. They did what they could to avoid it being "hallway con" again, I saw that effort. ...It still was a bit of a "hallway con". But I think that is more to do with the layout of Crowne Plaza more than the con itself. But what do I know?! This was only my second Denfur, and THE second Denfur overall! Lots of room for changes I am sure. Let's make 2020 a better year, yeah? Yeah. I know we can do it.
